Feliz Cumpleaños Madison Card

I feel so honored to have been asked to participate in this
wonderful celebration for
Super Kind and Sweet Madison!!

Gaby here to wish you a

And a

I had started by wanting to create a volleyball layout, but I saw Melin's.  I later thought I will have to create something with that oh so sweet picture of Madison and the glasses, but Abby was first and did a great job with it...so I decided to create something I had never created before.  That is how I came up with this card.  I really hope that you like it Madison!

There is so much I want to say, but am a cry baby (emotianal person~ that has gotten my share of teary eyes reading the oh so sweet comment the other talented sweet crafter have left prior to my post), so I will conclude by saying that

You Are My Sweetest Friend Madison!!

Cricut cuts:
Everyday Cricut for outer scallop (Cricut emblem because Madison loves her Cricut)
Sports Mania for Volley Ball (because Madison loves the sport)
Base Camp (for 16)
Cake Basics (for word Sweet)

Birthday Banner

I created this tutorial for She'sASassyLady Blog
My Sister Monica recently celebrated her 40th B-day and I want to show you how I created this banner. I was inspired by a banner Jana Eubank created back in October for Halloween.
After deciding on the design and my sister's likes and her colors (yes, we were all asked to wear black and turquoise!..that's my family! Never mind be happy that I show up to you party, and maybe bring you a gift, but I must wear specific colors? lol... we actually enjoy that kind of stuff!) I set out to create or design on my Gypsy.

For the design: I first had to decide how many pieces/flags I needed for my banner: -HAPPY- -4OTH- -MONI- That is a total of 16 pieces/flags (I cut her name short, phew!!...kidding again, we do call her Moni). Next, I had the colors, black and turquoise and finally I had to decide on the actual theme. Even though my sister is on dialysis, she still keeps her spirits up by always wearing make up and wearing dresses and stockings with high hills most of the time. So there it was the other part of my design!
My next step was to see how much card stock and pattern paper I needed.
After I gathered all the pieces I decided to use
Cricut Country Life, Forever Young, MS All Occasions Cake Art, MS Seasonal Cake Art, and Base Camp cartridges for my project.
Using Country Life I cut 16 of this banners at 11.5" our of very thick heavy DCWV card stock.

I cut 16 of the layers using patter paper also at 11.5"

I adhered the base and layer together using my ATG gun.  I want to mention that I did not need to cut the layer using card board because there was no need since the base card stock was heavy enough, otherwise I would have had to cut the layer twice, once in card board, the other using pattern paper.

My next step was to create 16 rosettes, one for each piece/flag

Using the MS Seasonal Cake Art cartridge and my Gypsy just to see how many I could fit on sheet.  I was able to fit 6 pieces cut at 2".  I used 4 pieces for each rosette, so I had to cut 64 pieces or 10 times a whole sheet plus an additional sheet with only 4!!! My Expression was churning!

Here you can see that I had to score at each peak and valley.  That is 64 x 11.. that is 704 times!

Yes, my fingers were sore!  And I had to fold them too! (now you know why I cut her name short! lol)

This is how I folded each piece in a zig-zag motion.

Next I had to adhere 4 pieces together. You do this by overlapping the ends or two peak and one valley.

This is what it looks like when all 4 pieces are adhered to each other.

Next step is to bring it down or push it down and inward.  It is much easier than it looks. Here I am using one hand so that I can photograph with the other. But with a little finesse and both hands, it is not that hard.

At this point you need to have some 1" circles already punched and the glue gun ready!

Oh, you will be so glad you have a glue gun!

I forgot to take a picture of the scalloped circle I cut to use in between the flag/piece and the rosette.

I cut 16 scalloped circles at 5" using MS All Occasions Cake Art

This was my basic piece/flag for my banner.  I now had to create something to decorate each one of them.

I am not very please on the location of the banner's placement.  I don't think that it highlighted the design and colors, but the party was not at my house! I feel that a banner like this placed on a flat colored wall or surface would emphasise the design much better! What do you think?

For the 3D star I used a Sizzix die and for the 40th I used my Gypsy to weld everything together and create the layer/shadow. The 4 and 0 were size 5" and the t and the h were cut/welded at 2.88" using Base Camp.

She was cut using Forever Young at 7" and her layers. Added a little bling and tulle to her dress.

The lipstick was also cut at 5" with its layers using the Forever Young cartridge.

Added bling and Glossy Accents.

I additionally cut and decorated a piece/flag with a nail polish cut at 5"; the high hills/shoes at 5"; the perfume bottle at 4"; and the boots at 6" using the Forever Young cartridge.
All the letters were cut using Base Camp at 5" with their respective layers.
I finished the banner using lots of black and turquoise ribbon and black tulle.

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BG POTM 2010

My daughter is home and got her to scrapbook with me!!!
We got to play with Basic Grey's POTM kits.
I pretty much created the layout as suggested by the instructions provided/included on the kit with the exception of substituting the name "Lauren" in place of two tiny pictures.  I cut the name using "Base Camp" with it's shadow welded using the Gypsy. I also cut the "2010" and used instead of journaling.

Below is the LO my daughter created

.  She got a bit more creative and added 3D to some of the bottom squares, added and chalked a bird, placed the pictures at a different angle, added two names cut using "Pooh Font" and a sentiment cut using Gypsy Font in place of journaling.  She also cut using punches a couple of hearts.

It was a fun mother-daughter scrapbook day!!!!

Spoiled Card - Cricut Animal Kingdom, Base Camp and Mickey and Friends

I created this card to enter My Creative Time's Throwback Thursday Challenge

The dog was cut three times, one blackout on a darker brown and the shadow and regular cut on lighter brown cardstock using the Animal Kingdom cart.  The letters were cut using Base Camp cart and welding the paw print on the Gypsy from Mickey and Friends cart!

All paper is DCWV and distress walnut ink was used to ink all parts.

One more Two-Page LO for Yessie

The wedding is in July, but the next bridal shower is in two weeks. My initial intention was to create a couple of LO, but I'm on a roll! I might even fill the album (that would be 9 two-page LO and two single LO for front and back of album).

This LO was again created with the Linen Closet from DCWV (I bought several stacks, the print, the solid and the mat Linen Closet stacks because it goes perfectly with her wedding colors) and inspired by PageMaps.

Everything was inked with Tim Holtz Distress Ink antique linen with the exception of the chairs and table.  I used the vintage photo ink for them. I used pop-up foam squares to give the chairs, plate and Dinner word a 3-D effect.  After stamping the sentiment, I colored around it with Prismacolor pencils.

Stamp sentiment - Cloud 9

Chairs, table and cadle holders, Silhouette designs cut with Pazzles

Plate and flatware cut with From My Kitchen cart

Title cut using Gypsy to weld and Base Camp cart

Blue Puffy Paint

EK Punch

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