Show and Tell

As much as I enjoyed the card challenge I participated in earlier this week, my real infatuation remains making personalized cards for my friends and family. I feel it is my own little way of giving back and to show how important they are to me. I know sometimes I may go overboard spending hours brainstorming over the “perfect card”, but I do it willingly and with a smile on my face.

My latest project was for friends of ours who became first time parents last Saturday (YAY!). I had attended their baby shower two months ago, where I learned they were going with a sage green and jungle theme for the nursery. As part of their gift, I made them this gender neutral framed collage for their little one.

So when the baby boy arrived on Saturday, I could individualize a card for the proud new parents of  little Jack. I used the same animals from Create a Critter (one of my all-time favorite Cricut cartridges) as I did on the collage. I used my embosser for some texture and finished it off with a couple of sprays of Aleene's Gloss Finish Spray Acrylic Sealer.   

Congrats again Nick and Courtney!

First challenge- ACCEPTED!

This weekend, my fabulous and very handy husband helped me install some additional storage in my craft room. After the screws were all screwed and the nails all nailed, I had to sit back and bask in my personal paradise. And I was inspired.In the many craft blogs I follow, I had heard of card challenges, but never participated in one. I cyberly stumbled upon The Play Date Cafe and instantly fell in love with the challenge PDCC #120.

I am a complete sucker for neutrals and muted colors, so when I read the rules were to use the colors above (baby blue, orangesicle and basil), I accepted the challenge and got to work. I used two of my favorite tools in my craft tool belt- my Cricut for the tree (used cart Straight from the Nest) and my cuttlebug embosser for the leaves and the bottom hill layer.