Angel Birthday Invite

Hi Everyone,

Just wanted to share some invitations that I made for my friend's daughter.  It is her 1st birthday and my friend picked the Angel from Once Upon A Princess.  I have been working on these in my free time for the past week...kinda hard with a 3 year old but I managed to get it done! :)  She helped me emboss the white layers so that was nice...and she really enjoyed helping mommy with her "work".  That's what I call it when I am crafting so that she will have a sense of the importance of NOT messing with Mommy's work or anything in Mommy's "office/scraproom".  In theory, it's a great idea but it does not work most of the time...LOL.  She is my biggest fan though and that makes me so happy!

Anyway, here are the invites.  Let me know what you think....

 Nicole T.

Bridal Shower Card

Happy Sunday Everyone!

I wanted to share a card that I made a few days ago for my boss' bridal shower party we had at work.  We ended up having the party after her wedding due to the snow storm we had a couple weeks ago.  The couple is going to Hawaii for their honeymoon so the party was a Hawaiian theme and they wanted that reflected in the card for her.

It was an interesting combo for me but I think I pulled it off.  I was stressing about making the card as I wanted to do something elegant but also tie in the Hawaii thing.  In the end, I was pleased with the end result and my boss/co-workers loved the card.

Would love to hear what you guys think of the card....

Thanks....Nicole

Center left blank for everyone to sign.....

opened the opposite way I wanted because I taped the wrong side....lol

MPS Blog Hop Challenge

Hey Everyone,

Today's project is for the challenge over at MPS.  Robyn had a blog hop last night and introduced her new design team along the way.  At each stop, the DT member introduced themselves, made a project and had a word that you had to put together to participate in the challenge!  Robyn has put together an amazing design team and I can't wait to see what all they have in store for us all over the next six months!

Today, I decided to use the Sweethearts cart and the card base is from Birthday Bash...  Hope you like.  Let me know what you think!!  Also if you have any advice on how I can get better pictures, would love it.  My pics never do my projects justice...(and I am using an Ottolite)

  Have a great weekend!! :)

Details:
PTI Cardstock - Rustic Cream, Sweet Blush
Recollections Cardstock - Brown
Birthday Bash Cart - Cardbase cut at 5.31" on Gypsy
Sweethearts Cart - Puppy cut at 3.5" twice for layering effect (although you can't see it in pic)
Cuttlebug - Textile Texture (my favorite)
Paper Studio Bling - Pink Gemstones (2 sizes around edges, lrg for top)
Metal Stickers - Black Nailheads (for eyes)
Antique Linen Distress Ink
MS Brown Flocking Powder
MS Kunzite Glitter
SU Dimensionals (THE BEST)

Nativity Scene Christmas Card

Hey Everyone,

Here is another card I made from the Inspired cart.  I decided to do an easel card for this card.  I really like the way it came out.  It was pretty easy to cut.  The cuts on the Inspired cart are very simple.  Not much to it.  Pretty much two cuts to each image.  I decided to bling it up again with MS Glitter.

Let me know what you think.  I also entered this card into the Peachy Keen challenge to make a project with dry or wet embossing.

Details:
PTI Dark Chocolate Cardstock
Misc. Recollections Cardstock
4 1/4 Easel Card
MS Smoky Quartz Glitter
MS Pointsettia Flourish Punch
$1 Michaels' Stamp
Misc. Christmas Ribbon/Michaels

Thanks....

Nicole

Wisemen Card

Hey,

Just wanted to share this quick card that I have been wanting to do.  This card was inspired by Creative Critters Cricut Club when she did the Hello Thursday for the Inspired cart a couple weeks ago.

I chose the wisemen and the nativity scene to make a card.  This card only has one cut from the cricut and a stamp from the $1 bin at Michaels.

I ran the cut through my 5" Xyron and then used MS brownstone glitter on the wisemen.  It looks like a sparkly bronze.  My picture does not do it justice.  Anyway, a fast and simple card for the holiday.

Details:
PTI - Rustic Cream Cardstock 5x7"Card
Inspired Cart
MS Brownstone Glitter
Stampin Up Basic Brown Stamp Pad
$1 Merry Christmas Stamp from Michaels

Hope you like it!

Nicole

Emma's Throwback Thursday #104

Hi All,

Here is my submission for Emma's Throwback Thursday #104.  The challenge is to make a shaped card and you have to use orange.  My stepson loves Penguins and I have been wanting to make him his card for awhile.  His birthday is next month so this card will be for him.

I used Create a Critter.  I used my xyron to put glitter on the penguin's face.  Used my cuttlebug Distressed Stripes to add texture to his scarf (and of course Diamond stickles for a little bling).  Pretty basic card, but it is perfect for my stepson.

Thanks for looking.

Nicole

3rd Birthday Party Invitation

Hi All!

Wanted to share a photo of the invitations for my daughter's 3rd birthday party.  They did not come out as I originally planned.  My daughter and I were both sick the week that I started making the invitations and by the end I was just so happy to have something to give her friends, I didn't care what they looked like.  Not to mention, I ran out of supplies, etc. and was also preparing for our trip to Los Angeles for a week.  (I actually started asking myself why didn't I just buy a couple packs of invitations from Target - but I quickly pushed that idea aside).  How could I justify the amount of money I spend on this hobby and NOT make my own invitations.  LOL!

Anyway, here they are.  Not perfect, but I got them done (25 of them) before we left for Los Angeles.