Easter Card from Spring Holiday Cards

In my last post, I shared with you the awesome items I received in an Easter Swap.  So now that my partner has hers, I can show you what I made her!  I've been waiting and waiting to post this.  I know she reads my blog (thank you) so I couldn't post them until this was over! 

Here is the card I made her, using my new cart - Spring Holiday Cards.  This is cut at 5" if I recall correctly (I could be wrong, it's been awhile).

When you make the two cuts, the front and the back, it's a pretty plain card.  You have to embellish these so I got to work! I added googly eyes, a brad nose, stickle ears, yellow paper behind Easter to make it stick out more, more Stickles, and a pretty little bow.

I cut an envelope from this cart as well and cut the single bunny image for the closure.  Here is what the top of the envelope looked like:

And the full envelope with the card in it so you can see what that looks like:

I think L.B. enjoyed it and I liked the way it came out.  Thanks for stopping by!

Easter Swap

I am so excited!   Last night I opened the box that has been sitting in my dining room for almost two weeks.  Laura of Cool Beans by L.B. was my Easter swap partner and she sent me an awesome box of stuff!

Look at all that stuff!!  She is so generous!  There is a huge stack of patterned papers, stamps, ink pads, ribbon, glitter that I am super excited about, adhesive, gems, a photo album, candy, things for my girls and more!

These are the handmade things she included.  Aren't they cute? On the left is a adorable clear bucket with "Scrapbook Queen" written on it, the middle is a photo album, and the right is the card she sent.  So cute!

She even sent my girls some stuff!

Thanks Laura - you rock!!

More First Communion cards

I'm here to share with you two more First Communion cards I made using the Lite cart, Inspired Heart!  I love these.  The first is for my niece:

It is cut at 5".  I used my Gypsy to weld the background ovals to make them into a card.  I cut the top layer twice, once in the dark purple and once in white.   I then cut the white layer to be just the girl.  I tied a ribbon around her waist and added stickles to break up the image.

 
The second card is very similar to the first, except different colors and details.  This one is for my daughter.  It is also cut at 5".  I cut the top layer 4 times, once each in light pink, white, peach, and yellow.   Then I cut them apart and started layering them.  The light pink was the full cut first with the ovals, then the peach in the full girl, next the white for the dress, and finally the yellow for the hair.

After she was assembled, I added the details.  I took my bone folder and marked along her hair to give it some texture.  This is also the way my daughter says she wants to wear her hair on the big day.  I added the ribbon around her waist and some glitter to her skirt (hard to see in these pictures because there isn't that much - just enough to make it sparkle).  She is pop-dotted off the card.

Here is the verse inside, cut using the Centerpoint feature on my E, at 4".  Both cards have the same verse inside.

Here are the two cards side by side.  While I like them both, my favorite is the pink. :)

I'm glad to have finally used this cart since I have had it since Thanksgiving!

First Communion Card

Hello! I have quite a few First Communions coming up, including my own daughters!  She is excited to be taking this next step in her faith.  I decided to make all the cards I need at once.  I will share one with you today and the other two tomorrow (they are very similar so I want to show them both at once).  All three cards are made with Inspired Heart (a Lite cart).

Here is the first card:

This is for a girl who is a little older than the typical 2nd grade time frame that First Communion occurs in.  This card is cut at 4.5".  I cut it three times. Once in the light blue and brown with the cross and pages hidden by using the Hide Contour feature on my Gypsy. I cut it the third time in white, this time only cutting the cross and pages.  I assembled it the way I wanted and added the accents.  I doodled brown around the edges with a marker, added Stickles to the cross, and a ribbon where the page marker cut is.

Instead of welding two background squares on the Gypsy, I just cut the navy cardstock to the size I needed. 

For the inside, I printed this phrase I found online and then trimmed it to fit inside the card. 

I hope you have enjoyed this card and check back tomorrow for the other two!

Easter Bunny Purses

Hi!  Look at these cute little guys that have invaded my basement!  Aren't they adorable?  They are going to be given to three of my co-workers, the 2 other kids at day care and my daughter took one to take to her teacher.  These are super easy to make.  This idea was Scrapalette's and she shared it on the Cricut message board here.  She posted full directions a few posts down.

The purse is cut from Tags, Bags, Boxes, and More at 5".  The ears are from Paper Doll Dress Up at 2.5" true dial size.  They are embossed with the Cuttlebug to give them that something extra.  Op! Here they are showing off their bottoms! :)

This purse is smaller than it appears and fits on the palm of your hand.  I was able to fit 3 pieces of Easter candy inside but even so, it was bulging a bit.  This would be perfect for M&Ms, like Scrapalette does.

My older daughter helped me put these together while we both took turns helping my younger daughter create something as well.  I have a ton of foam Easter stickers so she made this card for my parents. :)

It's not the greatest picture but she's not one to sit still for very long! Thanks for stopping by!!  I truly appreciate every visit!