Monday, February 28, 2011

Day 59 of 365 Days of Giving Papercrafts

For another friend's upcoming birthday...

Sunday, February 27, 2011

Saturday, February 26, 2011

Day 57 of 365 Days of Giving Papercrafts

To help cut costs, I am donating the programs and menu table tents for my sons Cub Scout Blue & Gold Banquet.



Friday, February 25, 2011

Day 56 of 365 Days of Giving Papercrafts

So, it was 9:30 this evening, my daughter's Princess Tiana (Disney's Princess & the Frog) birthday party is tomorrow at 1:00 PM. And despite my "resolution" to not procrastinate, I have no card made. I googled pics of Tiana and was just going to color print one onto cardstock and call it good. But then I sat there staring at the pic while drinking my rum & coke (it was that kind of night) and decided my princess deserved my best. Well, this is my best at recreating Tiana's lilypad dress. With no pre-planned supplies, I had to go with what was on hand...Below are details of the bodice and skirt and the pic I was originally going to use, but just ended up being my inspiration.


Day 55 of 365 Days of Giving Papercrafts

Happy Birthday to my beautiful Pisces sister-in-law Susan!

Wednesday, February 23, 2011

Day 54 of 365 Days of Giving Papercrafts

This card is going out to a friend who is long overdue to receive a something from me.

Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Day 53 of 365 Days of Giving Papercrafts

A vintage birthday card for a friend's sister-in-law.

Monday, February 21, 2011

Day 52 of 365 Days of Giving Papercrafts

A birthday card requested by a friend.

Day 51 of 365 Days of Giving Papercrafts

A girly girl birthday card for a friend's niece.

Saturday, February 19, 2011

Day 49 & 50 of 365 Days of Giving Papercrafts

I usually like to create "in the moment" rather than ahead of time...However, when illness hits unexpectedly, I'm caught without anything for a daily post!

Fortunately, these two cards were previously made, and worked well for the weekend's birthday celebrations!




Thursday, February 17, 2011

Wednesday, February 16, 2011

Tuesday, February 15, 2011

Day 45 & 46 of 365 Days of Giving Papercrafts



Ooops! I wanted to wait to post Day 45 until after my husband opened his Valentine, and then I completely forgot about it! So, here is both Monday's, Day 45, and Tuesday's, Day 46, cards:

A Valentine for my husband...
And an anniversary card for a friend's parents...

Sunday, February 13, 2011

Day 44 of 365 Days of Giving Papercrafts

A birthday card for my friend's mom, who likes blue and angles...

Saturday, February 12, 2011

Day 43 of 365 Days of Giving Papercrafts

Valentine bookmarks for my daughter's preschool classmates.

Friday, February 11, 2011

Day 42 of 365 Days of Giving Papercrafts

A birthday card for one of Alex's classmates that is having a bowling party.

Thursday, February 10, 2011

Day 41 of 365 Days of Giving Papercrafts

Ok...I am super excited about today's papercraft: Lily pad invitations for my daughter's Princess and the Frog birthday party! I used a combination of the Cricut die-cut machine and it's coordinating design accessory, the Gypsy, to cut a card friendly size and shape of the lily pad from the Create A Critter cartridge. Then I created a word processing doc the appropriate size. After printing the doc, I traced the lily pad on top of it to cut out the matching shape. I scored the doc and glued the scored section to the lily pad so it became a card.

Wednesday, February 9, 2011

Day 40 of 365 Days of Giving Papercrafts

A card to celebrate a little girl's 3rd birthday.

Tuesday, February 8, 2011

Day 39 of 365 Days of Giving Papercrafts

The Valentines are rolling off the presses! This one was made using my Cricut die-cut machine's Indie Art cartridge's heart, black diamond Stickles, k*i memories sticker and printed paper. The heart was cut at roughly 4.5" and the overall card is 5.5" squared.

Monday, February 7, 2011

Day 38 of 365 Days of Giving Papercrafts

A Valentines Day card for my friend to give her niece.

Sunday, February 6, 2011

Day 37 of 365 Days of Giving Papercrafts

A birthday card for my mother-in-law who likes dragonflies. I used my Cricut die-cut machine's Pagoda cartridge to cut the dragonfly "tag" at 5"x3.75" out of printed paper from Die Cuts With A View's Far East stack, and matted it with a turquoise piece of cardstock.

Saturday, February 5, 2011

Day 36 of 365 Days of Giving Papercrafts


A Softball card for my neighbor's niece.

Friday, February 4, 2011

Day 35 of 365 Days of Giving Papercrafts

Valentine's design for my son's 1st Grade classmates.

Thursday, February 3, 2011

Day 34 of 365 Days of Giving Papercrafts

Happy 21st Birthday to my nephew Andrew!

Wednesday, February 2, 2011

Day 33 of 365 Days of Giving Papercrafts

An Anniversary card for a friend's parents.

Tuesday, February 1, 2011