What a Beary Beautiful Card!

Well, now that we're in between school breaks, subbing has slowed down. Who can blame the teachers, anyways? I wouldn't call in sick on the fun days either! So that means I get a head-start on next year's cards. So I thought, why not use one of my new Cricut Lite Carts?

I was lucky enough to grab three carts on black friday. They were swarming Menards for them! I arrived at 6:40, and they only had a few carts left, and only 3 different ones! One of the carts I bought was the Slumber Party! I've eyed this cart before, but never justified the cost. I really liked the popcorn cut, and the fuzzy slippers, but without out a daughter, I didn't know when I'd need most of the slumber party cuts.

When I first opened this cart, I fell in love with this cute teddy bear! And as they say, the rest was history!

 The bear is cut at 3 inches from the Slumber Party Lite Cart. 

Card base: 5x5

Brown cardstock: 4 3/4 x 4 3/4  and 3 3/4 x 3 3/4

Pattern Paper A: 4 5/8 x 4 5/8  AND (2) 5x1 Use a scallop punch on one 5 inch side. (See picture below)

Pattern Paper B: 3 5/8 x 3 5/8

Once all the papers were layered, and the bear was cut, I used inked the edges in brown, used a brown perm. marker to add fake stitching to the dark brown, and then used my finger to add a dark brown ink to the bear's body. (In the second card, I used the stitching to create ear tufts, as well.) I then used the scalloped strips to adorn the top and bottom of the inside, leaving plenty of space for a stamped sentiment or a personal message.

Happy Crafting! 

<3 Jenni

Butterfly

Good morning!
Here is a fun cute card using tons of layers! I honestly don't think I've used so much paper on a card before.

The base of the card is from Michaels (I love those dollar bins!) as are the flower stickers. The pearls are Martha Stewart, and the coordinating paper is from a stack that was also purchased at Michaels. I don't know the name off of the top of my head, but it is one of my absolute FAVORITES! (If you couldn't tell already!)

The butterfly was cut at 3 inches, from Once Upon a princess.

I think this may be my new "go-to" basic layout for cards. What do you think?

 

The inside of the card. The tag was also cut from OUaP, and the stamp is from an old SU! set.

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I kept writing and deleting this post, because I was afraid I was bragging. However, I can't help buy brag a little bit. One year ago today, I married my college sweetie. Thanks to him, we are living in what feels like a dream. I have my dream house, my wonderful pets, and big dreams for the future. I am so blessed to have him. I may have met him at his frat house, during a party my first weekend at college, but our relationship has been nothing but wonderful. Who would have known that going to a party could have had such a great outcome?

One thing that my husband has been blessed with through me..... is coffee. I was and still am a coffee aholic. I love coffee more than almost anything. So I thought this was a perfect time to use the Coffee themed cuts from the Just Because Cart. I cut and layered everything onto a card base that I got from Michaels. They were $1 for 8 cards and envelopes.

 The coffee jug is embossed with Cuttlebug's Divine Swirls folder. This is one of my only 3 folders. I use this one and swiss dots almost exclusively. I need to look outside the box, I think.

The oval is actually colored to look dusty, but I couldn't capture that effect on the camera. It doesn't look like a plain boring old ugly oval in person.  I promise.

I'm alive

I'm a terrible blogger, I know. Life has caught up with me. I've been working 30 hours a week at the day care, when originally it was supposed to be around 20. I've been trying to clean my house, and keep up with all the pets, as well as enjoy life with my husband. I can't believe we've been married for almost a year now! Wow, this year has FLOWN by. I can't believe it was a year ago right now I was student teaching, getting ready to graduate and writing my resume. I can't believe one year ago today, I was mailing out invitations to my wedding.

Crazy.

My husband also bought me sims 3. Haha. I have said I was going to craft this week, only to pull out something, sit it on the couch and play sims. The depressing thing, is that Sims also reiterates the fact that there is not enough time in the day!

Speaking of time, today is also my mom's Birthday! Happy Birthday Mom! So, I made her this simple card, using the cart Simply Charmed. (I think.) The paper is the cardstock that Michaels carries. Recollections, I think is the name. The inside is stamped with an old stamp from stampin up, and I used glitter brads that I love. Inked with chalk ink, and voila! A simple, but cute birthday card!

Oh wait, I always forget something. *I am so forgetful. Sheesh.* The background of the front of the card was embossed with my brand new cuttlebug, using the happy birthday plate! I also used stickles to add some glitter to the candles.

Now, go get creative!