Happy Birthday Lisa!!

First of all, YAY! This is my 50th, YES 50th post!! Okay, so here is a birthday card I made for my friend Lisa. Here is a link to her scrapbooking blog mimisscrapbookroom.com. The base for the card is a cream colored card stock. The next layer of the card is a peachy pink color. On the pink I used a foam dauber and inked the edges with Chocolate. The dress form is cut using a PaperTreyInk diecut, from card stock with pink and brown butterflies. Around the waist of the dress form I put some CTMH Chocolate Waxy Flax. The giant flower next to the dress form is a CTMH JustBlooms paper flower which I inked with Hollyhock and Chocolate CTMH inks. In the center of the flower I put a Chocolate CTMH flower button. I also put Vanilla Cream CTMH Waxy Flax through the button. The ribbon on the right of the card is just brown ribbon I might have picked up at Wal-Mart. The stamp on the front is from the PaperTreyInk Series: Dress Form stamp set. If you can't read the stamp it says "Wishing you a fabulous day". The stamp on the inside of the card is from the Thoughtful Scripts CTMH stamp set. It is stamped in Hollyhock. The very last picture is my new CTMH Custom Stamp which I am absolutely in love with! Aren't you?
-Mother Goose

Happy B-day Kira

Here is the birthday card I made for one of my friends Kira. The base of the card is light yellow card stock. Both parts of the flower on the front are from the Rustic Flowers CTMH stamp set. The thick part of the flower is stamped in Grey Wool CTMH ink. The other part of it (which you can't really see) is stamped in Crystal Blue and Sunkiss Yellow (bother colors on stamp at same time). In the center of the flower i glued on a light yellow button. Everything on the front of the card is stamped on white card stock. On the edges of the white, I rubbed Sunkiss Yellow and Crystal Blue. There are two different ribbons on the front and they are light blue, and light yellow organdy ribbon from the CTMH Spring Harmony Ribbon Rounds set. Kira is stamped in Crystal Blue from the Bohemian Alphabet CTMH stamp set. The inside words are from the CTMH A Little Everything stamp set and the little  flowers are from the Rustic Flowers set. On the flowers I put liquid glass so they would have some shine. On the edges of the white (inside) I rubbed Grey Wool.

-Mother Goose

Thinking of Rustic Flowers

Here is a thinking of you card that I made the other day for my best friend. The flower on the front is made up of two separate stamps. The thick flower is stamped in Pansy Purple CTMH ink. The other part is stamped in Smokey Plum CTMH ink. The "thinking of you" is stamped in Orange CTMH ink. The flower and thinking of you, are from the Rustic Flowers CTMH stamp set. The button in the center of the flower is just a random blue button from a bag of random buttons I have. On the edges of the white piece of paper I rubbed Heavenly Blue CTMH ink, to bring in the blue from the button. The base of the card is dark purple textured card stock. On the inside, the message is stamped in Heavenly Blue, and is from the Private Eye Tiny Lowercase stamp set. The little flowers on each side of the message are stamped in Pansy Purple and from the Rustic Flowers stamp set. On the flowers I used CTMH Liquid Glass. On the edges of the white paper I rubbed the Orange ink.

-Mother Goose

Happy Graduation Cece!

Here is the graduation card my daughter made for her best friend who graduated 5th grade :). The flower thing on the front is from the Holiday Cakes Cricut cart. The layers of it are light yellow card stock, neon green card stock, and purple textured card stock. The cap is from the Locker Talk Cricut cart. The card base is light grey cardstock. The inside says: CONGRATS in white and purple cardstock, and it has a personal message.

-Mother Goose

July Message Board

Here is the July message board for my community.

-Mother Goose

June Message Board

Here is the June message board for my community. Sadly I only have one good picture :(

-Mother Goose

Happy Birthday Wendy! 2

Here is the birthday card I made my daughter. The stamps used on the front are: Flowers Fairies and Fairy Dust (both are CTMH). The wavy edge was cut using the wavy blade for my Yourstory paper cutter (its really nice).  The Happy Birthday on the banner is from the Thoughtful Scripts Stampset. The banner on the front was cut with the wavy blade from before. Everything on the front of the card is popped-up using CTMH pop-up blocks. The message on the inside is from the CTMH Birthday Wishes stamp. The "love you" is from Fairy Dust. The green on the inside is Topiary CTMH ink. The pink on the front is Pink Carnation CTMH ink. The pink on the inside is also Pink Carnation. The base of the card is a cream card stock.

-Mother Goose

Happy Birthday Wendy!

Here is my daughter's birthday card from her sister (creativity runs in the family :)).The girl on the front is from the Forever Young, Cricut cartridge. The card base  is a cream color and is about 5x7. The dress is a pattern from the Audrey Cricut Imagine cart. I'm sorry but I can't remember what the "you're so" pattern is from, but I know it is from one of the Cricut Imagine pattern carts. On the inside, the "trendy" is from the Forever Young cart. The pattern for it is also from the Audrey Imagine cart. The background for trendy is a dark shimmery pink paper. The beige paper on the front and inside if the card is embossed with dots. The green on the front and inside is just green textured cardstock.

-Mother Goose

Get Well Soon!

My mother-in-law just had back surgery so I made her a get well card! The base is light yellow card stock the pink is bright pink textured card stock. All of the inks used are CTMH. They are (from left to right): Sunkiss Yellow, Hollyhock (2nd gen.),Heavenly Blue, Baby Pink, Crystal Blue, Amethyst, and Sweet Leaf for the stems. In the center of each flower I put a dot of liquid glass, but for the tall blue flower I put it on the dots on the outside. The stampset is One of a Kind (CTMH). For the inside I used Pink Carnation for the get well soon and on the edges. The buggies are stamped in Heavenly Blue. The stampset they came from is  the Celebrations-Solid stampset.

-Mother Goose

Party Animal

It's not any ones birthday yet but here is a birthday card I made last night. The monkeys and palm tree are from a stamp I got a long time ago... I think from Wal-Mart. The happy birthday and the leaves on the palm tree are stamped in Topiary (CTMH). The base of the palm tree is Desert Sand. The brown of the monkeys is Chocolate. The pink of the monkeys is Baby Pink, and the outlining of the monkeys and tree is just Black. For sand on the bottom I used the CTMH Maize color pencil. To make the card more fun I put dots of silver glitter glue all over the front. I also put liquid glass on the coconuts in the palm tree and on the girl monkey's flower. The base of the card is light pink card stock and the white is white card stock. For the hanging monkey I put a hole on each side of his tail and pulled Cream colored CTMH Waxy Flax through them so it would look like he was really hanging. Okay for the inside the white is white card stock, the green is from a paper pack from Joann's called Vintage. The words are stamped in Baby Pink and Pink Carnation was used on the edge of the white paper. Also, the stamp for the inside is Charm Lowercase.

-Mother Goose

Happy Mother's Day Mom

Here is my mother's, Mother's Day card. The base is purple card stock, the dragonfly is blue card stock, the biggest flower is light yellow card stock, the smallest flower is coral card stock even though it looks like light pink, and the last flower is light pink card stock with a green card stock leaf. The whole outside is one big piece (the orange/gold color) with separate pieces on top (dragonfly, flowers, leaf). The cartridge used for the outside is Home D`ecore. Also, the whole front is popped up with CTMH pop up blocks.The blue on the inside is the same blue as the dragon fly. The paper on top of the blue is called Nightlife from the DCWV The Metallic Stack. (The color is like lavender). The cartridge used for the inside is Mother's Day 2010. On the centers of the flowers I put the CTMH Liquid Glass and on the wings of the dragonfly I rubbed it on so it would look like the texture of real wings. For the eyes I put two little blue stick-on gems. I also rounded the corners of the base.

-Mother Goose

Happy B-day Donald

Here is my step dad's birthday card. The dog and dog house are from the Best Friends Imagine cartridge. The happy birthday, ruff ruff, and the dog bone, are all from the CAC Cricut cartridge. The patterns on the words and bone, are from the Best Friends cartridge. Behind the Ruff Ruff I stippled CTMH Grey Wool ink so it could be seen better.
-Mother Goose

May Message Board

Here is the May message board we did for Memorial Day.

-Mother Goose

April Message Board

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Happy Day

Here is yet another card made using the CTMH Cherry-o workshops on the go™ paper pack. Again the ink colors are: Tulip, Chocolate, and Sweet Leaf.

-Mother Goose

Life is Like...

A bowl of cherries! Here is another card I have made using the CTMH Cherry-o workshops on the go™ paper pack. Ink colors are: Tulip, Chocolate, and Sweet Leaf.

-Mother Goose

Sweet Smile

Here is a card I made using the materials from the CTMH Cherry-o workshops on the go™ paper pack. The three inks I used are: Tulip, Chocolate, and Sweet Leaf.

-Mother Goose

March Message Board

Here is the March message board for the community i live in.
-Mother Goose

Cartridges used:

• Simply Charmed
• Celebrate With Flourish
• Paper Doll Dress-up





so cute right?!

You Rock

Here is a card I made just because. All the inks and stamps i used are CTMH, except the VersaMark Dazzle ink i used on the card base. The ink colors i used are Grey Flannel, Pansy Purple, Citrus Leaf, and Ocean. The "YOU ROCK" is from the You Rock stamp set. The little stars are from the Just Be You stamp set. And the big stars are from the Starstruck Stamp set. The ribbon was just white Wal-Mart ribbon that i inked with Ocean and Citrus, using the foam dauber (CTMH). The brads are purple CTMH brads. I popped up the "YOU ROCK" with CTMH pop-up blocks. I stamped everything on white card stock but daubed it with Grey Flannel, because the stripes on the black piece of paper are grey-ish.

-Mother Goose

Find Your Style

Here is a card i made using my new Find Your Style CTMH stamp set. It's really cool.... i got it because my daughter likes it... i do too! Okay, for this card i used dark purple card stock for the base and i used a bright blue piece of card stock on top of it. The only ink color i used was Pansy Purple (CTMH of course). As you can see i used the butterfly from the stamp set and i cut it out after i stamped it on white paper. I also popped it up using pop-up squares. The blue paper behind the butterfly was plain blue paper but i stamped it with the plain dots stamp from the Spot On Backgrounds set. it would have been just plain polka dots except they wouldn't line up right so i just kept randomly stamping and it made this really cool design. On the top right and bottom left i used small white CTMH brads for a little more decoration. On the butterfly it says a bunch of things like: love, soar, fly, free, trust, transform, believe, change, learn, dream, faith, and some other things.
-Mother Goose

P.S. All of the inks and stamps are CTMH unless i say otherwise.

Sympathy Card

Here is a card i made for a girl i work with who just lost her father = (  The "thinking of you" is popped up. the inks i used are: Hydrangea, and Parchment (along the edges of the card base and on the inside.) On the front of the card the leaves were stamped with VersaMark water mark ink, and the stamp is from the Romantic Backgrounds set. The ribbon is just light green ribbon from Wal-Mart. If you can't read the inside well it says: May the peace of God bring you comfort today and hope for tomorrow. The 2 inks and the stamps are CTMH.

-Mother Goose

Grown With Love

Here is another Valentine's day card I made using the CTMH Grown With Love stamp set. The yellow flower is from the White Daisies tube, but I inked it with yellow. The heart on the flower is from the stamp set and I just cut it out and put Liquid Glass over it to make it shiny. The ink colors I used are: Desert Sand, Holiday Red, Sunkiss Yellow, and Sweet Leaf. They are all CTMH.

-Mother Goose

Crazy About You

Here is the V-day card I made for my hubby <3. I used the idea from the CTMH Spring 2010 idea book (page 72). The ink colors used are Outdoor Denim and New England Ivy (CTMH inks). My paper colors are greens, gold, navies, browns, and tans. On the outside where it says love and crazy about you, I second generation-ed the Outdoor Denim because it was too dark. The ribbon I used was from the CTMH Design New England Ivy container. Also, I used the large Outdoor Denim brads at the top instead of buttons like it shows in the book. Around the edges, instead of stiching it i just used white pen. 

-Mother Goose

Hey, Sweetheart

Here is a Valentine's day card I made. For the card base i used a deep red cardstock. The grey sheet on top is actually a textured metallic silver. For the string i used the Cranberry CTMH Waxy Flax. The white hearts are actually left overs from the Feb. message board, and i just put purple behind them. I did not glue down the hearts so they have movement (that is why they are sideways) On the inside everything was stamped using Pansy Purple (CTMH ink). The letters are from Charmed Lower Case stamp set, and the hearts are from the Smitten stamp set (CTMH stamps). Also, i know sweetheart is clearly one word, but it wouldn't fit on the card so i did it like this.

-Mother Goose