Cardvark Challange

I saw that Michelle had entered this Chardvark Challange http://caardvarks.blogspot.com/ and I had a card I had already made that I was hoping would be good for it... I am reposting it for the challange. I used the Walk In My Garden Cricut cart for the flowers and brads black white and red paper and a white gel pen and black Sharpie marker....I hope they like it.

Jeannie

BUTTERFLY SQUARES

This is my most favorite yet... I used the Paper Doll fairy wings to make the butterflies..they are cut twice at 1.25 inches once in velum and once in floral... and inked around the edges... the flowers are cut a .5 inches from Walk In My Garden on shadow blackout... the card is 5x5 the base paper is cut at 4.75x4.75...I ran it through my Zyron upside down... applied each white 2x2 square after I ran the base paper through the sticker maker... then I added clear glitter to the spaces... I love this effect.... the glitter also stuck around the flowers because the edges were a little sticky from the Zyron...the center of the flowers were made with a white gel pen.

Thanks so much for look

Love your comments

Jeannie

COMPUTER FRIENDS

I just had to have this stamp when I saw it... it made me think of the friend I have made on the computer... who are great!!... House Mouse stamp of course... "friends" was cut from the Cricut cart Opposites Attract at 3/4 inch and the tag was cut from Stretch Your Imagination at 3 3/4 inches... used colored pencils to color and mineral spirits and make-up q-tips to blend the colored pencils... this is for all my computer friends out there... you know who you are!!

Thanks for looking

Jeannie

BABY

I had this new stamp just had to make something with it... its a Hobby Lobby clearance... and I just love the pinks and browns together... I cut the "b" with Plantin Schoolbook at 4 inches... the I used my sewing machine..and a brown ink pad ... hand ruffled the pink ruffle... hope you like..thanks for looking.

Jeannie

BEE HAPPY

I found this Bee stamp at Hobby Lobby not on clearance...but had to have it anyway.. I didn't even have a 40% coupon for it... but it was so cute I just had to have it... then my friend Wanda, who inspires me so much, made a card with a pot of flowers and I scraplifted it so I would have a place for my bee... Thank you Wanda!!!... all my cuts are from the Cricut Walk In My Garden cart... the flower pot is cut at 3 inches and so are the stems...the nested flowers including the inside one are cut at 1/2 inch intervals starting at 1/2 inches and going to 3 inches... I used Pumpkin Pie colored ink from Stampin Up to ink my pot... flowers and card... and a brown Sharpie for the doodles... hope that you like...

Thank you always for looking

Jeannie

LIFE

I went to Hobby Lobby yesterday... found this stamp on clearance and colored it with colored pencils blended with orderless mineral spirits ... and the paper was on sale!!! yea...got lots....the letters are cut at 1 inch with a shadow from the Cricut Stamped cart... I just loved the saying... and the sneakers with the dress!!

Its a simple card hope you like

Jeannie

Happy Birthday

I have no details on this card... I made it for a good friend at work...wanted it to be really nice... and semi started over 3 times... reusing something from the firs then second card on to the third... by the time I finished I have no idea how to tell you what I did... do you ever have one of those kind of creative making sessions??

Jeannie

HAPPINESS WOW

I decided to look at some coloring books at the store today... wow a whole host of "stamped" images... I loved this one...took it home scanned it shrunk it and colored it with colored pencils which I blended with odorless mineral spirits...I just love love this little butterfly... My "cartner in crime" Shelly will too... I cut the flowers with the Cricut cart Walk In My Garden all at 1 inch... the leaves are from the same cart at .5 and .75 inches... the swirlies are from the center of the leaves...the bee's on the background paper are a Stampin Up stamp.... the inside matches but I choose not to post it this time... its a "Jeannie" inside....

Thanks for looking

Jeannie

I think I will make this my give-a-way card this week... what do you think??

God Gives Us Rain...

This is for another friend of mine... I used a House Mouse stamp... colored with colored pencils and blended with mineral spirits... on the rain I used Liquid Glass... the flowers are from the Walk In My Garden cart... the corners are from the Jasmine cart... on the flowers it says "God gives us rain so we know our friends"..the inside flower says "Thank you"... its hard to see in the picture.

Thanks for looking

Jeannie

God Gives Us Rain So We Know Who Our Friends Are

I made this for a really supportive friend of mine... I hope that she loves it.... The wings are from Paper Doll Cricut Cart @ 3 inches real dial size.... the center is a piece of paper I rolled up... the squares holding the words are from a Creative Memories Punch...

Hope you love this one

Thanks for looking

Jeannie

IF YOU NEED ME

I have both of my kids going off to two different colleges this August ... I thought of them when I looked at this stamp and Woodstock looked as if he was watching over something... I masked off the stamp to get the bird in the grass.... The letters are from Alphalicious cart at 1 inch with a shadow... the "i" in if was larger and the "f" even larger than that but I don't remember how large... the flowers were from Accent Essentials cart at .75 inches and 1 inches...

I hope you like...

Thanks for looking

Jeannie

Happy Birthday To You!

I was laying down trying to take a much needed nap... this card came to me and I couldn't sleep... I hope that you can tell in just a second or two what it is saying without a title...

I used Paper Pups Cricut cart at 2 inches real dial size on the wagging tail and the sun.... I got the bird off the top of the dogs head...so I had to cut it at 5 inches real dial size to make the bird large enough... I didn't use a whole piece of paper... just placed a 4x4 piece of red paper about where I though the bird would cut out at so I wouldn't waste a huge piece of paper.... the 2 and you are from the Printing Press cart at 1.75 real dial size and so is the "!".....

I really want to know what you girls think of this one..

Jeannie

I MADE THE CRICUT CHIRP NEWSLETTER!!

I am so so excited!!! My Hang In There card made the Cricut newsletter.... I have been published!! I am just so so excited... had to share... here is a link...

http://webmail.att.net/wmc/v/wm/47F36C92000D27EF00003E4322230682229B0A02D2089B9A019C04040A0DBF020E0A06970D9D?cmd=Show&no=893&uid=16145&sid=c0

Wow!!

Bloom Where You Are Planted

This is really a simple card... I used a coloring book image scanned and reduced .... then used colored pencils and mineral spirits to color it... the tag is from the Tags, Bags, Boxes and More Cricut cart cut @ 4.5 inches... I had to cut it that big to get the width and trim the bottom and use a corner rounder on the bottom corners... I cut the letters from the Mickey Font cart at .75 inches and the flowers are a punch... Bloom Where You Are Planted was what the picture screamed at me when I saw it....

Hope you like

Love you comments

Jeannie

IT'S A GIRL

Tammie a friend of mine at work needed a baby girl card for someone she is close to... I was flattered she ask me to make her one to give... I use my Cricut of course... the rocking horse is form the cart Paper Dolls at 4 inches real dial size and the words "its a girl" are from New Arrival cart at 1.25 inches.. the scallops are from Plantin Schoolbook at .75 inches... the inside horse is cut at 4 inches normal... the corners are from the Jasmine cart at 2 inches real dial size... I was really proud of how this one turned out!

Thanks for looking... I love your comments!!

Jeannie

JUST A NOTE

I am really loving the House Mouse stamps lately....I ordered 4 more today... On this card I used a House Mouse stamp... the roses in the stamps of the stamp matched the rose on the Walk in My Garden Cricut cart perfectly...I cut the rose at 3.5 inches... I cut a blackout shadow in darker pink also..... and the vase at 2.5 inches... the squares that I wrote "just a note" on are a punch from Creative Memories.... I cut out 2 extra of the large ones and cut them corner to corner to make the fancy corners on the frame of the stamp. I have to thank Shelly... I wanted to add the words and couldn't think of a good way.... then I thought "how would Shelly add the words?" and it came to me... I didn't post the inside but it simply matches the outside. I added a close up of the stamp... when I enlarge it it got a little grainy.

Thanks for looking

Jeannie

Mothers Day Card

I bought me a new stamp at Hobby Lobby this week... when I finished coloring it and started deciding what to do with it I just kept thinking that the mom had the butterfly look over her eggs while she went to get some nourishment and how sweet that was.... so this is what I came up with... the heart is from the George Cricut cart at 4 inches and the words are both from Beyond Birthdays cart.. mom is at 1/2 inch and love is at 1 inch.... I used brown ink on the stamp and I colored the rest with colored pencils and then blended the color with mineral spirits.... I cut out the stamp after coloring it.. then attached it to brown paper and cut out the mat.... I needed it to pop off the page better.
Thank you for looking!
Jeannie

Hang in There

I have had a bad week so I think I made this one for me...

I use the Cricut Cart Zooballoos for the monkey he is cut at 3.25 inches real dial size and colored with colored pencils and gamasol... the crass is Zooballoos cut at 2.5 inches and 2 inches on the layer feature.... the vine is cut at 2.25 inches on real dial size ... and the letters are the lower case option on Zooballoos also cut at 1.5 inches.... I used Rain Dots from my friend Shelly and a butterfly stamp that I got new from Stampin Up just yesterday...the flower is cut out of scrap paper... and the stem and leaf is free hand... the inside matches but is very simple so I did not post it today...

I hope you enjoy... and I absolutely love your comments.

Jeannie

ENJOY THE SUN

This is one of those cards that I look at one minute and love and the next minute I am not so sure about it... I love the House Mouse stamp....and I think I like the design of the card..... I used Stretch Your Imagination cart from Cricut to cut the frame... I used the layer feature at 4 inches for the frame part of the frame and 4.75 inches for the base part of the frame.... I cut JOY at 3 inches with the upright feature from Opposites Attract.... I used odorless mineral spirits and blender stumps on my Prisma colored pencils when I colored the stamped image.... I stamped the image twice... the mouse and 4 of the front pedals are raised up its hard to see in the picture.. much easier to see in person.

The inside of the card matches but its really simple so I didn't post it today.

Thanks for looking,

Jeannie

TOO MUCH WORK TOO LITTLE HEALTH

I have had to work lots of extra hours lately...there has been a happening at work and I will have to work extra for maybe the next couple of weeks...that leaves me no time for my hobby... making cards...which I love so much...

I have also found out that I am going to have to have surgery April 22nd and I am really nervous about that along with not feeling too well... both of these things together have left me exhausted and a bit frustrated. Please keep me in your prayers.

Keep my website on your list too and maybe I will be back to posting on a regular basis before too long.

Thank you lots,
Jeannie

WHAT BIRTHDAY

Paula a friend of mine at work just had a birthday...of course I found out about it at work on the day of her birthday...she said "OH that is ok I don't want to have a birthday".. ... you should also know she absolutely loves poodles...so this is what I came up with...

I used my Cricut of course.. the poodle is from Paper Pups at 4 inches..as so is Birthday at 1.5 inches... what is from Beyond Birthdays at 1 inch and the saying on the inside is from an old children's movie Alice in Wonderland...it was perfect.

Thanks for Looking

Jeannie

Celebrate .... Your Birthday.... We Did

Finally I got to make another card.... looks like I will be making fewer for a few weeks.. :(... so bear with me...

For this card I used a House Mouse stamp... the Cricut cart Stamped for the Celebrate cut at either 2 or 3 inches... I think I ended up at 3 inches... cut both the shadow and the shadow blackout... the blackout is in white..lol... the corners are Jasmine cart at 2 inchs real dial size... I included the inside it finishes the story. And Raindrops...Thank you Shelly... I love them.

Thanks for Looking

Jeannie

Please Keep Visiting

My part-timer...(only one) has been unable to work this week... maybe for the next couple of weeks...she is why I have an off day... haven't had one this week.... with my Lupus that makes me exhausted... I will post something soon I hope.. I miss making cards!!
Jeannie

USA

I made this card for a lady to send to her son who is in the Marines.... I hope that she likes it..... I bought the House Mouse stamp today at Hobby Lobby... on clearence!!....yea...the USA is from the Base Camp Cricut cart... cut at 1.25 inches.

Thanks for looking,

Jeannie

Heres Peepin @ You Kid

I was inspired by the post on the Cricut message boards and by some cards at work for this one. I used the Cricut cart. Doodle Charms for the Bunny Face..cut at 3.5 inches (I think) the basket is from Doodle Charms at 4.75 inches.... the chick is from Stretch Your Imagination at 3 inches (again I think) and the eggs are from Doodle Charms at 2.5 inches. The sign is hand made. I had lots of fun making this card...for the shading I used colored pencils, mineral spirits and ink.

Thanks for looking!

Jeannie