CFS (Cards for Soldiers)

I am blessed to be a part of a great group of people who make greeting cards for our heroes overseas to send home to friends and family.  Cards for Soldiers offers challenges every three or four weeks to make all kinds of cards. Sometimes they are directed towards an upcoming holiday, or just an everyday card like birthdays, anniversaries, thinking of you,... etc.  I'm very proud to be a participant for over a year in this great organization.  To find out more about CFS log in to the Cricut Messageboard at www.cricut.com, choose messageboard and look for the CFS forum under General chat.  You'll be glad you did.

DDS Challenge #11 Flowers!

Hmmm... say it with flowers. Just so happens that one of my favorite bloggers "Christina" at Creations with Christina did tutorials on flower embellishments recently, so I used one of her suggestions on this card. The challenge is to use flowers on a card with a Dustin Pike image. Christina had a video on using UTEE (ultra thick embossing enamel) with flowers. I didn't have the UTEE, so I just used SU clear embossing powder and put three layers on each set of leaves. The lace border is from a piece of lace I got at A Cup of Memories in Bemus Point, NY. The flowers and brads are from SU colored with copic markers. The bear and bee is one of Dustin Pike's cutest images (aren't they all?). Enjoy!

Baby Shower Favors

 My childhood friend and classmate Chris, along with her DH are in the candy business. So when I needed treats for my Baby Shower Favors, I immediately thought of her. She and the staff at "Peterson's Corn Crib Candies" in Busti, NY did a fantastic job!

The boxes are the Triangle Treat boxes from the Splitcoast Stampers website. I finished them off with cuts from Doodlecharms and New Arrival cricut cartridges.

Doodle Dragon Studio - Challenge #10

The tenth challenge for DDS is to make a birthday card using a Dustin Pike image... Since both of my Dear Grandchildren have birthday's next week this was a labor of love!!  Hope you like them... (Although, I'd rather they like them more.... lol)

Doodle Dragon Studio Challenge #9

Pink, green and white and, of course a Dustin Pike image is the recipe for Challenge #9 at Doodle Dragon Studio.

The paper is from DCWV and my stash of unnamed papers.  I colored Dustin's "Special Delivery" image with Copic markers.  I used flower soft on the blanket for texture.  I used my Cuttlebug to emboss the dark pink mat using the Swiss Dots folder.  The ribbon is Offray Pink Swiss Dot. A Martha Stewart punch was used for the lacey accents behind the image.  Enjoy my attempt at this challenge!

Luncheon Favors

My DSIL, Mary, has invited me to her Sorority's Mother's Day Luncheon for the last several years since my Mom has passed. Last year I made some little favors using one of the purse images from the Cricut TBBM cart.  This year I borrowed an idea from a "Split Coast Stamper" tutorial on Pizza Boxes.  I think they turned out ok.  Many thanks to my DSIL and her wonderful Sorority Sisters for allowing me to participate.

The 2 sided paper is from the K&Co "Ancestry.com" pack.  Ribbons from my stash and $1 stamps from JoAnn's. Stickles for bling.  Thanks for looking!