Mustache Cupcake Picks

Hi friends!  I hope you are having a great day!  We are doing pretty good.  We had a great Thanksgiving then we do Thanksgiving AGAIN on Friday with my hubby's extended family.  Today, we will have a family day.  :)  Though, I did leave my wallet at my mom's house that is 40 miles away and I think the kids are getting a cold.  Oh well.

On one of my previous posts, I mentioned that I made a mustache craft for my friend's son's birthday. Here it is.  The little guy wanted a mustache bash and that he got!  It was a super cute party!  My friend mentioned to me that she needed some way to dress up the cupcakes and I told her that I would make cupcake picks for her.  She is so sweet and her son is a doll so it was my pleasure.  I used The Cat's Pajamas Mustache Cut Ups for these.  I die cut two mustaches for each pick and then used a double stick tape runner to cover on mustache in glue, then I placed the toothpick and added the other mustache.  These turned out pretty cute!  Here's one on a random cupcake I bought Dustin from Target.

And here they are at the party.

Have a great day, friends!

TCP Tues: Make 3 Cards

Hi friends!  I hope you're having a great day!  We are doing pretty well.  The kids are off on Thanksgiving break but we are keeping VERY busy by playing with friends that we don't get to see when school is in session.  It's hard to see friends when school is in because it's just so busy with school and extra circulars.

The weekend before last, we went to a super cute mustache birthday party and I wanted to make a birthday card for the birthday boy.  I have another project I made for this party that I'll share later.  While I was making the card, I figured that I would try to participate in a challenge as well since I only craft once in a while.  I decided to play along with The Cat's Pajamas TCP Tues Challenge because I was going to use their mustache dies for my card anyhow.  I also used TCP Simply Said for all my sentiments.  All the patterned paper is Echo Park Times and Seasons.  The challenge this month is to make a card then make two more cards with what you have on your desk.  Here are my cards:

Ethan's 4th birthday card.  

 Another boy birthday card since my sons have so many friends.

 No 1 Congratulations card.

Have a great day, friends!  

Airmail Love

Hi friends! I hope you're having a lovely day! I fear today is going to be another rough one for me. I have no idea what brings on this pain and discomfort. I've tried examining what I did the day leading up to it but I haven't found any overlaps. Oh well. Hopefully, it will pass soon and I'll be back to myself.

Today, I'm sharing a card I made for The Cat's Pajamas TCP Tuesday 206. This one was a HUGE challenge for me because it's SO trendy. I'm pretty uncomfortable when I feel things are on trend. I'm not much of a trendy person. I just kind of do whatever and hope that it works out.

I looked through my Cat's Pajamas Stamps and this Puppy Love set really stuck out at me. I thought the envelope and this sentiment worked so well with this airmail theme. I also pulled out some airmail goodies. I used an Airmail Envelope from Glitter and Gloss. Aren't they the cutest? I also pulled out some Airmail Divine Twine which is one of my favorites. I pulled out some washi tape from Love My Tapes and some from Target and went to town. The general layout and idea for this card remind me of my friend Lauren from Lauren Elise Crafted. She's so trendy and young. Here's my attempt at trendy. Hope you like it!

Have a great day, friends!

Use Your Negatives!

Hi friends! I'm blogging today on the Love My Tapes Blog and wanted to share the projects here as well.

I took some pieces of fabric tape and made a rectangle on some card stock. Then I die cut it. This first card features the butterfly I cut out. I made it using (from left to right) Ava, Lily,Madison, Emily, and Brooke fabric tapes. Then I used the 17 mm Beige Lace Tape on the card. The paper is Cosmo Cricket Evangeline and the sentiment is from The Cat's Pajamas Simply Said. I used the Sketch N Stash #85 for this. My stash item is the Cuttlebug butterfly die that I never reach for anymore.

For this card, I used the negative of my die cut. I figured that I shouldn't waste it. I used the same papers and stamp set as the above card. I added some seam binding and some pearls to this card.

Have a great day friends!

Fascination With Feathers

Hi friends! I hope you are having a great day! We went to Dustin's cousin's wedding yesterday and it was beautiful! It was pouring rain in San Francisco but we brought our umbrellas and managed to stay very dry. The ceremony was so touching and the reception was right on the water. They had dim sum appetizers, Chinese food dinner, and Kara's Cupcakes, all very SF! :D

Today, I'm sharing a card I made for the Moxie Fab World Fascination With Feathers challenge. I decided to use some feather patterned paper as a background to some birds. The papers are American Crafts Amy Tangerine. The stamps are from The Cat's Pajamas. The set is called Nesting. I just finished with some May Arts string and used a couple punches.

Have a great day, everyone!

Up, Up and Away

Hi friends! Hope you are having a great day! Today, we are headed to Dustin's cousin's wedding. Please keep your fingers crossed for no rain! I know that rain on your wedding day is supposed to be good luck but I'd rather not have the kids be cold and wet.

Here's a card I made for the current challenge over at The Cat's Pajamas blog. This challenge #202 is to use "grass with class" on your card. Umm, can I say that Julie stumped me a bit on this challenge? Here's what I came up with. I used Up, Up and Away. The paper is American Crafts/Dear Lizzy Neapolitan. I used my scissors to fringe cut the grass. (I should probably consider getting fringe scissors.) I also used Copics and a border punch on this card.

Have a great day, everyone!

Love is the Air

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Hi friends! I hope you're having a great day! We had a great time today! We went to a Valentine's party with my mommy group friends who I've known since Brady was only 5 weeks old. It's amazing how much our kids have grown! I adore my friends and their sweet kids. It's always fun to have a holiday party with them!

Speaking of Valentine's Day, I wanted to join in the Valentine's Day blog hop over at the Dancing in Pajamas Blog. I love The Cat's Pajamas and how better to celebrate Valentine's than to make a cute TCP card? I can't think of a better way!

Here's a card I made with an older TCP set that I have. I think this rocket card is perfect for my little guys. They LOVE rockets and space! For this card I used the CPS 5th Anniversary Day 12 Challenge. The paper is Bo Bunny, the doily is from Target, and the ribbon is from L'il Davis. I colored with Copics and added some Stickles.

Have a great day, friends!

TCP Inspiration: What a Blast!

Hi friends! I hope you're having a lovely day! I'm really looking forward today because I am going to a crop! It's been so long! I've missed creating with my friends and finding inspiration with them and from them. I'm very excited!

Today I have a card using this week's inspiration from The Cat's Pajamas. The inspiration comes from my pal Jen del Muro and you can find the challenge on The Dancing in Pajamas blog HERE. It's a gorgeous one this week! I love the beautiful rainbow colors!

I used my darling new What a Blast stamp set for this card. What's that? Copic coloring? ;) I know, I actually remembered how to cute them too. The paper is from the Life is a Party collection from Glimpses by Signify Pink. (Promise, there's a giveaway coming!) I used the Card Positioning Systems Anniversary Challenge 4.

Have a great day, friends!

You're Tweet

Hi friends! I hope you are having a great weekend! I can't believe it's gone by so fast. We did nothing this weekend and quite frankly, that makes me a bit restless. Oh well.

Today I'm sharing a card I made with some The Cat's Pajamas stamps that I had never inked up before. I just HAD to have this sweet bird set when it came out and then I never inked it. Does that ever happen to you? I paired it with some First Edition paper. I love the colors in these papers they are from the Desert Bloom collection.

Have a great day!

Another Post!

I know, I'm super creative with my blog titles! Teehee! I misunderstood one of the rules over at the PaperWorks Co Blog and I've decided to blog this card now. I thought you had to make two cards to enter, but that's with the sketches only, I think. Don't take my word on it though. It's late and I'm kind of tired and my vision is slightly blurry.

So, here's a card I made for a couple challenges. First, I made it for the PWCO recipe #3 which was 3 Cs: Cute, Critter, and Colors of your choice. I decided to use a cute critter and found PJ. After which, I figured out there there was a fun sketch over on TCP blog, challenge 165. I combined my CUTE image with some pretty My Mind's Eye paper (Stella and Rose Gertie) and an SRM Sticker.

Ok, I have GOT to go to bed! Night friends! :D

TCP and Stamping With Markers

Hi friends! I hope you are having a great day! I'm sick. Again. I don't know how this happens! If anyone knows of a effective and readily available multi-vitamin, please let me know! I clearly need it!

I am finally getting around to sharing a card I made SOOO long ago! I get so tired, I just don't blog as much as I usually do anymore. Here's a card I made using The Cat's Pajamas Tuesday challenge 144 which was a sketch. I love these images! I'm also entering this card in Moxie Fab World's Stamping With Markers challenge. So, this isn't an inventive way to use markers but I took a lot of care when coloring my image so maybe that counts for something.

Have a wonderful day friends! And STAY HEALTHY!!

Thanksgiving is Coming!!

Holy smokes! My hubby just pointed out that Thanksgiving is in less than two weeks! When did that happen?!? Crazy!

I made a Thanksgiving card, in honor of Thanksgiving being right around the corner. I used the sketch from this week's The Cat's Pajamas challenge which is a sketch. I decided it would be fun to have some penguins bringing in the yummy food and of course, there has to be AT LEAST two pies at Thanksgiving, right? I really love penguins, so this card really makes me happy!

Have a great rest of your weekend everyone! I hope you are enjoying every minute!!

Card Details:

Card Stock: green, burgundy

Patterned Paper: Cosmo Cricket Nutmeg

Stamps: The Cat's Pajamas

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Memento Rich Cocoa

Coloring Medium: Copics

PS did you see the Deal of the Week category at Paper Maniac?!? It's pretty amazing!

EtsyInspired #112 ~ BeiLeXian

This week's EtsyInspired shop is BeiLeXian. OMGosh, this shop is so cute I could just scream! Seriously, the artwork in this store is just adorable! I love all things cute and whimsical, which describes this shop perfectly. They have all sorts of illustrations, I'm sure you'll find something to be inspired by. This week, BeiLeXian is offering up a print valued at $18 as a prize. The winner will be able to choose which adoralbe print they want.

Please head over to the EtsyInspired blog post # 112 to see how to play and to link up your creations.

Our sponsor this week is Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps. They offer both clear and digital stamps. The designs on their stamps are adorable! They are giving away a $15 gift voucher this week! How awesome!

Here's my creation for this week. I made it using this week's sketch from 2Sketches4You. I was inspired by the photo above. The spooky tree reminded me of Halloween. I also used the colors and birds. :)

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Emily N.

Jackie

Joy

Kerry

Rebecca (Oct Guest)

Savannah

Stephanie

Virginia

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Card Details:
Card Stock: white
Patterned Paper: Cosmo Cricket Matilda
Stamps: The Cat's Pajamas Hello Pumpkin
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Coloring Medium: Copics
Misc: Darice Rhinestones, EK Success border punch, Sakura Glaze Pen clear

Dinner Party Invite

Hello friends! Happy Thurs! I hope you all are having a great day! I am exhausted, I had a hard time sleeping last night then the baby woke up super early this morning. So, bring on the coffee and I hope I can make it through the day.

Here's my card for today. I used two challenges again. Apparently, that's my magic number. ;) The first is the color challenge from The Cat's Pajama's blog. The colors are eggplant, teal and olive. The second is the Mojo Monday sketch challenge.

A little story behind this card. My friends and I get together a couple times a month to have dinner. I was looking at my The Cat's Pajamas Thanksgiving set and thinking that it would make a CUTE dinner party invite. I mean, what's cuter than a penguin sitting down to eat? Ummm, nothing!

Ok, have a great Thurs everyone!

Card Details:

Card Stock: Recollections

Patterned Paper: Echo Park Paper A Walk in the Park

Stamps: The Cat's Pajamas

Ink: Memento

Punch: Fiskars

Misc: buttons

Coloring Medium: Copics