Can't forget to send out a BIG thank you

Happy Tuesday!
Last Saturday, my BF's mom, Arlene took a bunch of us out to dinner to the fabulous Elephant Bar. The food was delicious. The company/conversation was 2nd to none. The atmosphere was fun! I wanted to make sure I sent a thank you note to Arlene. I course, I broke out the elephants!



Card Recipe
-Standard A2 size card
-Layer of black cardstock
-Elephant Stamp
-Versamark stamp pad
-Clear embossing powder
-Heat gun
-Jungle patterned ribbon
-Orange bling
-Thanks stamps
-White craft ink

Unfortunately, a sympathy card

These types of cards are not my favorite for obvious reason. My best friend from childhood lost her father-in-law. I didn't want to make the card to "girly".




Card Recipe
-5.5 x 5.5 card base in olive green
-5 x 5 layer of cordinations cardstock embossed with Cuttlebug folder (herrring bone), then sanded
-bird cut at 3.5 from serenade cartridge
-olive branch cut at 3.5 from Beyond Birthday cartridge
-Stickles (eucalyptus)
-inked edges with Studio G ink (sparkling green)
-sentiment stamp by inkadinkadoo

Get Ready, Cuz here it comes....My first blog post! (San Jose Sharks Birthday card)

Welcome, one and all, to my new craft blog! I am super excited that I have finally started this. I want to be able to share my work. I hope you all take a seat, buckle the seatbelt and ride along this creative journey with me. I will post some of my past crafts very, very soon.

I want to share my latest project though. I didn't want to blog an entry and then not at least put something that is crafty in the entry.

This project was a birthday card that I made for my friend's husband. He is a die-hard, no-nonsense, crazy San Jose Sharks fan! Mad crazy!

Here is the SJ Sharks logo:

So, as I was looking at the logo, I was thinking....not very birthday like. The chomping on the hockey stick was a little harsh, even for me, mother to two boys that know no fear! So, I decided to use my Cricut

 (a.k.a. my partner in crime)

Here is the result!

The blower in his mouth made him less vicious in a way, don't 'cha think?

Materials Used:

*standard A2 size card

*Happy Birthday cuttlebug folder

*ColorBox Ink (Cyan) applied with brayer on embossed image

*Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist in Graphite

*Cricut Cartridge (celebrations) for the blower cut out

*UTEE and Versamark to make the blower sturdier and have a glossy effect
*Stampin' Up distress edger
*3M foam tape to pop up my image and the embossed folder


Thanks for looking!

And remember what Mama used to say, "Don't be a leader, be a follower!"
 The faster I get to the first 25 followers, I am licking the stamp, not the box, because, let's face it...that's gross,  and sending out some blog candy!