WOODLAND ANIMALS DECOR

a few months back one of my nieces gave birth to a beautiful baby girl she named 

Isabella.

 Isabella's baby shower theme included owls along with other woodland creatures and critters. i had the pleasure to make the invites showcasing an owl.

the family did such a good job decorating the place.

it was so very pretty!

these woodland animals i used for my project today will be perfect for isabella's nursery room decor. yay!

they sure will add some flair.

and, i know they will love they are handmade. 

i hope you like them as well.

-a hedgehog, and owl and a fox-

-each frame measures 6 inches-

these woodland animals are designed by doohikey designs (shari) from the digi playground.

and if you are into sewing and quilts and great whimsical designs, check shari's blog.

a bit about my project:

the base for the frames is thick chipboard covered with a miss elizabeth's designer paper i found in my enormous paper stash.

and the white outline on the frame was cut on another thick white color chipboard.

(i used my cricut explore and design space for all my die cutting)

the hedgehog measures 4-1/4" tall, the owl 4-3/4" and the fox around 5-1/2".

i individually duplicated and welded each image to make a base for each animal.

i added some pink chalk to their cheeks and also hand punched the bows a few times and stacked them for dimension. 

what do you think? i think they turned out so very pretty.

oh...this bundle is called: woodland characters and it comes not just in the cricut design space format i used but it is also compatible with other die cutters and their software. 

and... if you do not own a die cutter "no problem", you can always print the designs.

i am making this post short so you can enjoy the pic and remember

you can share/link this project and/or all of our projects on different social media sites so others can enjoy them too.

and again,

thanks a bunch for visiting our blog!

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A BABY SHOWER INVITATION...using a cut file from the cutting cafe

super cute invitation in a shape of a diaper.
since is for a girl i made it all funky, hehe, to have some fun!

It's a Girl!
5" wide by 3.75" tall

super girly, right? lol

 ---here is what you get in this file---

                                                       DIAPER SHAPED CARD & INVITE SET TEMPLATE - CUTTING FILE

This DIAPER SHAPED CARD and INVITE SET template - cutting file set features 2 different Diapers.

Each set comes in the following formats: PDF, SVG, MTC and WPC.

Both diapers are approx. 5.25 by 3.75 inches.

The set comes with 3 different invites for each diaper.

The set also comes with 3 circle sentiments and 1 baby pin in small and large sizes.

and this is the invitation file (inside) but you can use them outside too.
(you already know i cut these files by hand because i do not own a machine who cuts digital files and this shape was a breeze to work with)

you can see the template shape here after i printed it out.

i added some black satin ribbon to the sides which i hand stitched to ruffle and a bow from the same ribbon. i used glue dots to attach it and, after i printed out the round sentiment (which comes in the file) i chose to shape it into a tiny tag.

and in case you are wondering, the super cute patterned paper is from heidi swapp.

i will be back next sunday with another project for
the cutting cafe blog

thanks so much for stopping by!

SOMETHING YUMMY FOR YOUR TUMMY

 HELLO FRIENDS

send me a virtual hug so the emptiness from not having my son around does not affect me too much.

we lost power during Irene and encountered closed roads, closed bridges and by the time we got to Boston it was almost time for him to go to a meeting. Our good byes were too short. He started his community services (FYSOP) on Tuesday and he is working with disabled children. he moved a week earlier to participate in this program. we stayed one more day around the city in case we had time to have dinner with him but it was not possible.

in our way home it all hit me, but by the time we got home i was doing better. i had 6 hours to moan, lol.

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the winner for the BBTB2 hop is 

                             ----------craftymom205 said... 1
                                              You added an apple. Love this project.

Congrats "craftymom205". 

please, send me an email with your address.

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Something Yummy for your Tummy

5.5" x 4.25"

hehe---i am not pregnant---hehe

it is just a card, lol. i used the Wrap it Up cart for this one.

 the stork can be find on page #63 on the handbook and is image #43 on the overlay. it was cut at 4 inches.

the sun was hand-drew and the stork has 4 layers plus the patterned paper one.

the sentiment is from My Pink Stamper. It is in the Yummy-licious stamp set. the two asterisks are from Love-a-licious, also from My Pink Stamper (MPS). the foot border is also from My Pink Stamper--LOL--and is from the Sweet Baby clear stamp set. 

i am telling you, you can mix and match her stamps and even make your own sentiments with them--wink! they are so versatile!!!!!

the background paper was purposely made to look wrinkle, :)

and i do not know if you can see the thickness of the stork and clouds on this pic. I am loving the thickness you can acquire with a few more cuts adhered together---awesome look!

this is the inside of the card and the sentiment is also from the Sweet Baby clear stamp set from My Pink Stamper.

Hope you like it and and got to see the versatility of these stamps. this set of YUMMY-LICIOUS is meant to be used mostly with food items, baking the most but you can use them for a totally different occasion as i did here with my card

"Something Yummy for your Tummy"

indeed.

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here is a pic before the departure. 

we had to get more bungee cords to pile up more totes on top :-) since the trunk was already full.

love you all!

soon i will be able to visit you too

 i love to browse your blogs and see what you are up to.

wohoo!

STEP CARD CHALLENGE FOR THE CUTTLEBUG SPOT

 hello my friends

 today we start another week at 

The Cuttlebug Spot 

and this month challenge is making different shape cards.

last week was the tri-fold and this week we have to make a step card. i do not think i have ever made a step card and while looking on the internet i realized there are a few variations on the step card. i chose the easiest one or i did think it was the easiest, but because i enjoy every minute still took me almost half a day to complete.

Sweet Dreams

5.5 x 4.25

A2 standard invitation size

you can use a standard A2 envelope for it

if you never made a step card before you know you can google it and to will give you many tutorials but i will try to give you the basics here.

you need:

a 5.5 x 10.5 piece of sturdy cardstock

you will score it at:

1.25, 2.5, 4.25 and 6

 and fold as picture above 

then you cut some pretty pretty:

5.5 x 1.25

5.5 x 1.75

5.5 x 2.25

adhere as pictured above and embellish as desired.

the baby bottle is from the cricut wrap it up cartridge, image #13 on the overlay. i did my dry embossing with a small cuttlebug folder i had like forever :). the sentiment is from another new release of my pink stamper called sweet baby and as the tittle implies, it is mostly baby sentiments. i did not take a pic of it and it is not on robyn's product page yet, but i know it does have a lot of nice sentiments on it and i am loving it. keep your eyes open for this one and for another awesome one she just showed HERE today. we are all going to love that one.

the onesies is also from wrap it up, image #33. it was embossed with another small cuttlebug folder and a tiny flower rub-on was added too.

the sweet dreams is from a pack of store bought embellishments i have...you must know i am addicted to them too... wink-wink... and it was popped up with foam tape.

i had to go outside to take a decent picture (thank goodness it was not too cold) but this is a nice side view photo of the card.

i had to make a stand for it because it kept falling backwards. i found this stand on the happy hauntings cartridge and twisted it a bit with the gypsy for almost the perfect size ;p... you can find it on page #68 of the happy hauntings handbook.

hope you like it and inspire you to participate in this week challenge and you even might win some candy.

please, click here to see what my teammates made for this week. i bet you will be delighted to see the different takes on this step card.

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--the winner of the action wobbles contacted me and i will be sending the tiny package to Norway this week.

--this FRIDAY, feb.11th. we are having our monthly my pink stamper blog hop starting at 8PM central/9PM eastern time. this one will be lots of fun too.

see you tomorrow 

and 

love you all--!!

*_*

WILD CARD WITH LISA/CARRIAGE

Hello my friends

I hope all of you had a nice weekend...

a nice Memorial Day Celebration.

I am here to introduce you to another card of the Wild Card Series. 

This is # 45 from page #76 of the booklet.The largest size you can cut it is 6 inches on a 12 by 12 mat.

Now, 

I present you with

My Carriage Card

5 inches

 The papers used are from KI Memories Classic Prints I purchased at Hobby Lobby.
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I had all the images on my Gypsy.
I had pressure and blade depth at 3 and it cut like butter, lol.

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This is the inside.
(NOTE:  I adhered all the KI papers to a cardstcok base from Debbie Mumm).
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The back of the card and the envelope using a construction paper again.

Lisa's Carriage Card
(not avail)

I hope you like it.

This is another one I made on November of last year for my niece.

Hugs to All!

Another Note: If you want to participate on Audrey's Showcase
please click HERE for more info.

 Have Fun
with it.

WILD CARD WITH LISA/SAFETY PIN

HELLO 

I almost forgot the series today. I am telling you this crazy mind of mine, lol

Anyhow...we are introducing today the 

Safety Pin Card, 

you will find this baby on page 64 of the cartridge handbook and it is #33 in our series.

My Safety Pin Card

5 inches

I forgot to make the envelope :( but I will today and then edit, ok?

Sorry about that.

EDITED TO ADD ENVELOPE 

remember you can click on the pics for a larger view

Lisa's Safety Pin Card

I absolutely love Lisa's card and envelope.

You can visit Lisa's Blog HERE and have fun looking at her work.

I hope you enjoy these cards and remember,

Thursday we will have #34...the Bandaid Card.

Have a great day and thanks so much for stopping by!

Hugs!