Bat Man Cards

Happy Monday everyone,

Hope everyone has had a good weekend. 

I have been doing alot of SPRING cleaning, 

got part of the loft cleaned out. And have gone thru my kids winter clothes to 

get rid of things I know won't fit them next winter.

Painted both of my kids bedrooms the last couple of weeks and everything is finally finished. 

So am hopeing to get pictures takin to show how much better they look. I have learned to not paint rooms hot pink and dark blue. LOL Trying to paint over those colours was a nightmare. 

Both rooms took 5 coats of Magnolia paint each!! 

But they look soooo bright and fresh and the light just bounces all around in their rooms. 

So once I have takin pictures I will post them :)

Now onto some cards. As some of you may know, I use MTC software to 

create images or I use free SVG files that my Cricut Expression machine cuts out. 

So I thought I would post a couple new ones that I have made the last few days.

If you would like to know exactly what MTC software
Does and Does Not do, you can have a look at my post here 

My husband is a HUGE Bat Man and Super Man fan So I created this card for him. 

I am so excited, I have not ever worked with vinyl before, but my husband liked this card so much he wants a t-shirt with the image on it . So I am going to be buying some vinyl to try and do that for him. It will be for his Birthday. Still have a couple months til then though hehe

This is the card I made my husband for his Birthday. He hasnt seen this card.

Thanks For Looking :) 

Cheryl

Baby Eeyore

Its sooo sunny out today! Am loving this weather, still a bit cool out though. 

Below are some projects I have made using MTC software.

 Baby Eeyore card I created this from a picture I have. 

 Aloha Card

 These were free SVG files I found online.

 Minnie Mickey Peppermint Card

I created this card from a picture I have

 You're Ok Card 

This was also a free SVG file

 Truck Card 

The truck was a free SVG file I found online. I then used my Every Day Paper Dolls cartridge to cut out the head and hair from my Gypsy

Rocket Man Card

This was a free SVG file I found online

I then used my Every Day Paper Dolls cartridge to cut out the head and hair on my Gypsy

Have a Great Day:)

Cheryl

Happy St. Patricks Day

Happy St. Patricks Day everyone!

Hope everyone is having a fab "green" day :)

I have some projects for you today from Valentines Day.

Am still trying to play catch up on my posts, so will also show you my

St. Patricks Day cards I made as well, along

with a birthday card for my niece who is turning 1 in a couple of weeks:).

And while I have been away I won an award from Jennys Creations 

you can find her wonderful blog here Thank you so much for thinking of me :)  It really means alot to know that I inspire people :)

So Thank you again

Now onto some very cute projects:) 

I will start with the Valentines projects and work down to the St. Patricks Day Cards:)

This is the card that I made for my kids for Valentines Day. I created it on the Gypsy. I welded 2 hearts together from Gypsy Wanderings and then duplicated some of the hearts and made them a smaller size so they would fit on top. I then used an embossing folder to give it a bit of depth.

This was my husbands Valentines Day card. I again used my Gypsy to weld 2 hearts together from Gypsy Wanderings and hiding bits on it, I then used my MTC software and cut the flame and "Hot 4-U" svg out. I popped that up with pop dots. I then used TGF stamp and coloured her in with Promarkers. And added some light pink heart gems and used a white gel pen to finish it off.

 I created the box for it by cutting some old scrap paper ,folding it  and then glueing it in the shape of a square and made a slit in the top for the card to sit in.

This is the treat bags I made my husband and kids. I used a Childs Year and cut the image at 3.50 width and 2.45 height. For the layer of the background I sized it the same and hid the center pieces. I used a Nestability and folded it in half for the image to sit on. and glued that to the tops of the bags.

This is the card I made for my niece that is turning 1 in a few weeks. I used MTC to create this card. 

Isnt Tweety sooooo cute :) The inside of the card says 1st Birthday. 

I punched some flowers and used my Kandis Rhinestone setter to put gems in the middle. I made this card so that they could cut Tweety from the card and put it in my nieces scrapbook:) The card is 6x6

And finally, this is the St.Patricks Day cards I made for friends. I used my Gypsy again and welded 2 hats from A Childs Year together and then cut out the lucky from simply charmed. I put black cardstock at the back of the card that had sticky tape on it. and then rubbed glitter onto the shamrock and the black bit of the hat to give it some bling. I cut out the buckle from the hat by welding 2 rounded squares together from Accent Essentials

Thanks for looking:)

Cheryl

Am Back!!

Happy Thursday Everyone ,

It took a little bit longer than I thought to get my computer back,  my mates shop was very busy!!:( 

He owns a PC repair shop, and our computers get fixed for free,

so if he has a lot of work in at the time then we wait :) 

But I cant complain its fixed for free !!

My computer had to be totally reformated :( 

But before that my mate was able to save all of my documents and pictures :)

So a HUGE Thank You to him :) 

My daughter, Emma's 8th birthday was on the 11th of Feb.!!

My o' my how time flies!!!

Seems like yesterday she was still in diapers! hehe

I did some really cute projects for her birthday. Emma is VERY girlie girlie!! 

She loves pink and purple, fairies and butterflies, her Barbie dolls and she loves to dress up!!!

Complete opposite of me lol, I was more of a TomBoy growing up, 

climbing trees, playing with little metal army guys, rideing bikes, fishing, 

and being covered head to toe in bruises from all the accidents I had lol. 

In saying that...I did have Barbie Dolls  and all sorts of things to go with them and

I loved all of them!! I kept everything so that one day I could

give them to my daughter.

So having a little girl has made me also become more girlie girlie!!

I love going shopping with Emma,  painting her nails and toe nails. 

I have taught her how to braide hair as well !! 

So every year on her birthday we try and do something special for her. 

Now know I also have 2 older boys...but they are not into having birthday parties or stuff like that.

They would much rather have a couple friends around, pizza and cake and watch movies. Hide out in their man cave (bedroom) with their mates lol.

Emma isnt into having big parties either, but she does like having a couple of her friends around , and she likes wearing party hats and having treat bags and things like that. So this year, she helped me decide what we were going to do for her birthday.

Below are some of the pictures from her birthday.

And this is Emma showing off the party hat I had made. Its a free SVGCUT which you can find here.  I used a 12x12 patterned paper. And I sized it to fit the whole page. Then I cut some strips of scrap paper and made the rosette. I cut out the #8 from one of the fonts on MTC software. Added some ribbon to the top and stapled some elastic string to the inside before putting the ribbon at the bottom. Super easy to make and it turned out really nice.

This is Emma with her best friend Hanna

This is the Tutu I made Emma, it was part of her birthday gift. She had told me she didnt like the ballerina ones and wanted a more fairy type tutu. This is a No-Sew tutu you can find directions on youtube on how to make it. This one took about 3 hours to make but only because I used longer strips and then sewed some bells to some of the tulle fabric so it would jingle :). Super easy and super fun!!

This is her birthday cake I made....I am no Betty Crocker lol but I do try :) And if you have not made one of these cupcake cakes....its soooo easy!!!! I used the Giant Cupcake Tin by Wilton. Took 2 cake mixes though...but its a pretty big cake!

Emma blowing out the candle :)

And last but not least ...these are the treat bags that I made for her class. Since they had got out of school the day before her birthday and were not going to be in until after Valentines Day, I sort of combined her birthday and Valentines Day together.

I used A Childs Year cartridge to make the boy /girl images. The size for them was 3inches.
I also used a nestability and folded it in half for the top of the cello bags. And the sentiment is from Whiff of Joys summer collection from last year I think it is.

Thanks for looking:)
Cheryl

Halloween Pictures and Cards

Happy Autumn to everyone.
So sorry I have not posted anything for some time.
I have been very busy. So I am trying to play catch up on a few things.

Good news though, I have been asked to create the banner for my wards
Christmas party this year :)
I am Very excited about being able to do that :)

Also I have joined the PTA at my daughters school, and will be helping them with their Christmas fair, they are trying to have more homemade baked goods this year, so I will be doing a lot of baking, as well as helping out on the craft stalls for the kids. So I am going to be busy for the next few weeks :)

Anyways, since I am trying to catch up on projects and cards I have made over the past few months, I thought I would get them all posted today!!!!

So to start things off I thought I would post the pics of my kids at Halloween :)

David, Derek and Emma Halloween 2010
As you can see my oldest son David didnt feel like
dressing up this year :(

This is my beautiful daughter Emma in her very cute witches outfit :) She said "witches have green faces"....so that is what we did...and I dont know if you can tell, but she has a black mole drawn on her face , she said" mommy witches have big black moles by their noses" Can you tell how excited she was :)

And this is my youngest son Derek as a dead school boy hehe had
a lot of fun doing this outfit and his make-up.

Had a very good Halloween, was not too cold this year and it did'nt rain !!!
I made a huge pot of homemade chilli, and when we got home we had that and watched movies :)

Wedding Anniversary Card

This is a card I made for a friend of mine, she wanted male colours but for it to be a bit feminine.
So I did just that :) Used male colours, deep reds and blues and greys, and added flowers and glitter to make it a bit feminine. And she loved it :)

Items used:
Complete Boy paper pack by My Minds Eye...love this paper pack!!!
Sewing Machine
Nesties
Flower punch and blue gems
White Gelly Roll pen

Stamp by Magnolia:
I used Promarkers on the image.
Skin: Ivory,Vanilla, Saffron
Cheeks:Soft Peach, Coral
Dress and Top: Ivory
Pants: Cool Grey 2 and Black
Shoes:Henna
Roses: Berry Red

Another Wedding Anniversary Card:)

This card I made for another friend of mine, she wanted something a bit cheeky :) So again that is what I did hehe . And she too loved the card:)

Items used:
Penny Lane paper pack
Purple and White cardstock
Ribbon from stash
Border punch from MS

Stamp by TGF
I used promarkers on the image.
Skin and Cheeks: Ivory, Vanilla, Saffron, Coral and Soft Peach
Hair: Pastel Yellow and Buttercup
Dress and Shoes: Mulberry
I did her lips in Red before I stamped , if you do this give it a few minutes to dry, or it could possibly smear when mixing in other colours.

Birthday Card

I got asked to make a birthday card for a woman that was turning 60. I was asked if it could be black and white with pearls. Well I am not used to making
black and white cards period lol.......so this was a bit of a challenge for me!!
But I was up for it!! And it turned out way
better than I thought it would !!
And the woman that asked me to make it, thought it was very elegant:)
Which made me feel very good !!

Items used:
White and Black cardstock
LetterPress with Black ink
Sizzix texture plate
Self Adhesive Pearls
Flowers from stash
Nesties

Wedding Card

So many people have had babies this year and so many people
have been getting married...am sure its something in the water !!! :)

Items used:
White and Gold cardstock
Peel-off stickers
Roses from stash and I took a Promarker around
the edge of the roses to highlight them.

Stamp by Magnolia
I used Promarkers on the image.
Skin and Cheeks: Ivory, Vanilla, Saffron, Coral, and Soft Peach
Dress, Shirt, Pants and Shoes: Ivory, Cool Grey 2 and Black, Henna
Hair: Cinnamon,Henna
Roses: Burgundy

Going Back to August hehe

This is the card I made for Emmas teacher when they returned to school. She was so excited and nervous at the same time about going back because her brother Derek had left the school and gone into highschool:( Gosh how they grow!!!
So she asked if I would make something for her class and her teacher and this is what I came up with.
Since her teacher this year is a male...I didnt think giving him a card to match her Top-Note basket would be ok lol......so I made him the card above. And he really liked it:)

The Top-Note basket I made on my cricut machine.
I found a design, but it wouldnt work!!
So I sat and sat and sat some more and designed a basket that pretty much matched the one I had tried to use.

The lollipops inside are covered with a strawberry lollipop holder,
that I also cut on my machine.
There was enough in this little basket for 27 kids and 1 teacher :)

Baby Carry All Front View

Told you there was lots of woman having babies this year !! This is one of the Baby Carry Alls I made. Again I had found a cut file to use. But upon opening it, I found out that it was the wrong type of file for my program:(
So again I sat and sat and sat some more and re-designed this file! And came up with this, which is pretty close to the one I tried to use!! So I am happy!!
And my friends that have had babies this past summer have loved them !!

Side View

Another Baby Card

I designed this Baby card for a teacher....she didnt know what she was having and didnt want to find out until the baby was born....didnt think anyone did that anymore hehehe
So I used colours that would be ok for a boy or girl!!

Cri-Kit Gel Pens for the Cricut

Ok so I had not bought any craft stuff for awhile!! Talking like 4-5 months !!! So when I seen these I thought omg how cool are they !! And they are very cool!!

So what do they do ?
Well they are pens that come with a case and are magnetic at one end and fit right into your cricut machine . They allow you to draw the images , or wording!!
And if you have a program like MTC or SCAL not sure if its the same in Cricut design studio....but it allows you to draw and then cut out the image !!!

So that is what I had done above....with the gel pens , it drew the image, and then I change the holder back to the cricut blade and cut the image out on the cricut.

I coloured in the ears, toes and flowers with my Pastel Sakura pens.
They turned out really nice :)

Thanks for looking:)
Cheryl

18th Birthday and Baby Cards

Here are some cards I made for a friend of mine.
I hope she likes them :) The pictures dont do them justice .
One of the pictures is rather dark..and no matter what I did ..it was still dark :(

18th Birthday

Items used:
Book-a-Trix board
White and purple cardstock
Papers by DCWV
Brads, Mesh and Ribbon from stash
I used an SVG file from Scrapped Lives. You can find it here .
Really like these little flowers:)
Nestabilities
Purple Glitter glue

Stamp is by TGF
Cheeky Beauty
I used Promarkers to colour her in.

Baby Boy

Items used:
White and Baby Blue cardstock
DCWV Glitter cardstock
DCWV papers
Ribbon from stash
Sizzix Texture Plate
Nestabilities

Baby Girl

Items used:
White and Pink cardstock
Papers by Papermania: Honey and Hugs
Ribbon and tiny flower stickers from stash
Nestabilities
Sizzix Texture Plate


Thanks for looking,
Cheryl

Just a few Cards

Just a few cards today.
Trying to get some of the cards I have made over the summer posted...
bit hard when I have been so busy.
This summer seems to of gone soo fast. My kids go back to school in 2 weeks :(
Love when they are off school. 6 weeks just isnt long enough :(

And sooo many people having babies this summer....omg....seems
like everywhere I look , someone is pregnant lol . Lol someone asked me if I wanted more kids....I said ye maybe a couple of years ago when Emma was like 4-5 ...but now that she is going to be 8 .....no, no, no, no, no lol .

Anyways.....here is a card that I have made for a friend of mine.

Baby Whale Card

Items used:
White, Brown, Light Blue, and Black Cardstock
Blue Glitter flocking powder for the whales spout and belly
Brown Ribbon
DCWV paper for the whales body
GellyRoll pen to highlight


Lots of birthdays the past few weeks as well.
So have a few cards I will be posting over the next few days.
This one is for a birthday coming up :) Can't say who its for though lol

Butterfly Birthday

Items used
Grey co-ordinations cardstock
Gelly Roll pen for faux stitching
Nesties
And I dont remeber where I got the svg file from...When I figure it out
I will link their blog.


14th Birthday

This card I made for a friend of my children.
She really loved it !!

Items used
Book-a-trix
DCWV paper
Hot pink and Light Pink cardstock
Yellow Ribbon, flower and gems from stash
Fruit punch glitter glue on the 14

And last but not least...
My cousin got married a couple of weeks ago...and this
is the wedding card I made her.
She and her husband loved it :)
The colours I used matched her wedding colours.

Wedding Card

Items used
White and Pink cardstock
White ribbon, Corner stickers ,Wedding Day sticker and pearls from stash

Stamp
Modern Couple by Magnolia..think that is the name..
looked on the package
and it dosent say
I used promarkers on the couple

Thank you so much for looking :)
Cheryl

Surfs Up

Today I have a couple of male inspired cards.

The 1st one is a Surfer card. I used a SVG file that I found over at Scrapped Lives. The wonderful Carla designed them.
The only thing she asks, is if you use her files, is to send her a pic
of them , so she can post them on her blog to show what you can do with them.

Surfs Up

Items used:
White, Aqua, Black cardstock
Twine and Brads
Surfer Svg file from Scrapped Lives ...this will take you direct to the link
Aqua ink to ink the edges of the white cardstock
Sizzix Texture plate to emboss the White cardstock
I designed the Surfs Up tag, but do not have an SVG file for it yet .
And Aqua glitter glue to add a bit of bling and texture.

Biker Dude

Items used:
Dark Turquoise cardstock
Basic Grey Paper for the background
Brown core stock card....looks red in the picture...I sanded it down to distress it and to show the white core .
Scal file from Scrapped lives ....will take you directly to the link
I designed the Dude tag...but again I dont have a file for it yet .

Thanks for looking
Cheryl Standley