PPPR Design Team post...and some baby cards!

Thank goodness it's Wednesday! Hey...once again I'm just glad it's not Monday! :)

This morning I've got another Pretty Paper, Pretty Ribbons design team post to share.

There are a couple of 'welcome baby' cards that I need to make and after coming across this adorable little Jack-in-the-Box from the Pretty Paper, Pretty Ribbons Santa's Helpers cut file, I decided to use it for both of them!

 I created the base of the card with a label shape in my Silhouette Library. The top layer is a simple rounded rectangle.

Baby boy version :)

Supplies:

PaperTrey Ink Kraft cardstock

Echo Park All About a Boy 6x6 paper stack

My Mind's Eye Summer Splash 6x6 paper stack

Pretty Paper, Pretty Ribbons Santa's Helpers cut files

My Creative Time Chocolate Greetings

Peachy Keen Stamps Erkle & Merkle Face Assortment

Baby girl version :)

Supplies:

PaperTrey Ink Kraft cardstock

Echo Park My Girl 6x6 paper stack

Fancy Pants Designs Time for Spring 6x6 paper stack

Pretty Paper, Pretty Ribbons Santa's Helpers cut files

My Creative Time Chocolate Greetings

Peachy Keen Stamps Erkle & Merkle Face Assortment

Don't forget to head on over to Pretty Paper, Pretty Ribbons for more fun projects from the rest of the design team!

Have a kick-butt birthday!

 Good morning! Today, I've got a super special card to share with you! It happens to be my oldest son's 13th birthday! :) He doesn't read my blog (at least I don't think so) but, 

Happy Birthday Damien!

He is our little (okay...our big) karate kid! He is still working on getting his blue belt and it's getting really close. There is a lot of work and dedication that goes into the Kenpo Karate program he is in and he is determined to get it just as soon as his instructor says it's time to test.

So when I found this super cute little Karate Kid From Annie over at SVG Cutting Files, I just had to use it! I actually purchased the file a while back on Etsy, but it is available on her website now. :)

I used the Wave Card Base for my card. I did flip it to work with my karate kid a little better. I used the individual belt from the cut file and just sized it down to fit my little guy. 

 I decided to use the print and cut feature of my Silhouette Cameo to create the sentiment. I just used a couple different fonts, and then lined them up on the shape where I wanted it to print. I printed it on a piece of patterned 6x6 paper and then cut it out. Super easy...and it allows you to create any sentiment you could think of!

Supplies:

PaperTrey Ink Kraft cardstock

Stampin' Up Blush Blossom cardstock

Carta Bella Traditions 6x6 paper stack

Authentique 6x6 paper stack

Core'dinations

Misc papers from my stash

SVG Cutting Files Karate Kids

SVG Cutting Files Wave Card Base

And that's it for today, have a great Tuesday!

Guess how much I love you?

Yay for Fridays! I'm so looking forward to the weekend, where I hope to be doing some major scrapbooking. I am beginning the Project Life system and I can't wait to get started! I'm only about 11 years behind right now, and Project Life is the perfect solution for me. :) I'm not working on the weekly spread, but instead using the system for my kiddos scrapbooks. 

I'm only waiting on some negatives that I am having scanned into digital files by Persnickety Prints.

And then I'll be able to order some images that I have misplaced at one time or another. I hope to get some PL inserts put into place first. :)

But, today, I've got another super cute card to share with you! I've been enjoying cutting out the cute files over at Miss Kate Cuttables. :) And even though it's the day after Valentine's Day, here is somewhat of a non-traditional colored Valentine. But adorable none-the-less!

For my card base, I used Silhouette Studio to weld a circle and a rounded square together. Then did some flipping and more welding to create the base. 

I used some Maraschino Cherry Twine from the Twinery for my balloon ribbon.

Supplies:

PaperTrey Ink Ocean Tides cardstock

We R Memory Keepers Anthologie 6x6 paper stack

Core'dinations

Miss Kate Cuttables Be Mine

My Creative Time Beary Special Thoughts

The Twinery Maraschino Cherry Twine

And just an FYI... 

One of my most favorite stamp companies is having a release blog hop today!

You've got to head over and check out these new products! They will be available at 8 a.m. PST TODAY!! 

Hap-bee Valentine's Day!

Hap-bee Valentine's Day! 

Isn't this Valentine the cutest? I almost didn't send it to my sister. :)

This adorable little bee is a cut file from Kate over at Miss Kate Cuttables. She has some super cute cut files. And not only the cutesy girl stuff, but she has boy files too and sometimes those are hard to find! This was offered as a freebie on February 9th.

I used another free file for my card base. This file can be found over at September Ninth. Ruthie has been offering up some fabulous Hello Kitty SVG files and now some card bases. They are perfect! :)

This is another project I used the print and cut feature on my Cameo for the sentiment. 

Supplies: 

PaperTrey Ink black and white cardstock

My Mind's Eye Fine & Dandy 6x6 paper stack

Carta Bella Tradewinds 6x6 paper stack

Miss Kate Cuttables Bee Mine Bee

September Ninth Designs Free Scallop Circle Card Base

Have a fabulous day!

Have a moo-velous day!

Guess what...it's Wednesday! We're half way through another week. :) But not only that, it's time for another Pretty Paper, Pretty Ribbons DT post! 

And today, I've used that super cute little cow from the new Moovelous cutting file!

I used the Pretty Paper, Pretty Ribbons Layered Lables 1 cutting files to create the layers for my card. I designed and cut everything with Silhouette Studio and my Cameo.

Supplies:
PaperTrey Ink black and white cardstock
Carta Bella Devoted 6x6 paper stack
Core'dinations cardstock
Pretty Paper, Pretty Ribbons Moovelous cutting file
Pretty Paper, Pretty Ribbons Layered Labels 1 cutting file
Pretty Paper, Pretty Ribbons Banners Long cutting file
My Pink Stamper Punny-Licious
My Pink Stamper More Punny-Licious

And don't forget to stop by the Pretty Paper, Pretty Ribbons blog to check out the rest of the design team projects!

You've been struck by cu-pig!

Good morning! Are you ready for another Valentine project? 

I couldn't resist cutting one of the piggies from the Lettering Delights Hogs and Kisses cut sets. :) And I knew exactly what I wanted my sentiment to say, but unfortunately I don't have a stamp that says this...so I had to use the print and cut feature on my Cameo to create it myself.

Isn't it perfect?

I used the Pretty paper, Pretty Ribbons Layered Labels 1 cutting files to create the card base in Silhouette Studio. The card base measures 5 inches x 5 inches.

To create the print and cut file, I just took the base layer and added the font to it. You have to make sure the line color and fill color match (in my case I chose black) to have a well printed sentiment on patterned or colored paper. 

The pink layer is from a 6x6 paper stack, so I just used some TomBow Repositionable adhesive to stick it to my 8 1/2 x 11 inch standard paper. I've tried to cut the paper down to a 6x6, but I've found that it shrinks my file down. Not sure if it was something I had done, but I know I hadn't changed the size. :) Then feed the paper through the printer, then the cameo and voila!

Supplies: 

PaperTrey Ink Black cardstock

Fancy Pants Designs Time for Spring 6x6 paper stack

Fancy pants Designs Love Note 6x6 paper stack

Misc Bazzill cardstock

Lettering Delights Hogs and Kisses Cut It set

Pretty Paper, Pretty Ribbons Layered Labels 1 cutting files

Liz's PaperLoft Boutique black hemp twine

That's it for today! Hope you all have a fabulous Tuesday!

I had so much fun printing this sentiment, that I've created another project using this same technique for my post on Thursday...so don't forget to stop back by!

A couple Valentine projects!

Happy Monday! This morning I've got a couple of Valentine's to share. It's always so hard to make stuff for my kiddos, because they are getting older and well, there isn't much older "boy" stuff out there. :)

I was able to find something over at SVG Cuts that worked perfectly! 

These super cute little sports Valentine's can be found in the 24 Valentines SVG Kit. I created the cards in Make The Cut. (Yes, I finally caved and got a PC just for my Make The Cut.) It's just a little laptop and it runs Windows 8 which is driving me crazy! I was going to get the Microsoft Surface Pro, but for the price, I wanted more storage. Everything works perfectly and I get to use my most favorite SVG cutting program with my Silhouette Cameo. 

 I created the 4x4 square card base with rounded corners. 

 Supplies:

PaperTrey Ink Vintage Cream cardstock

Simple Stories Awesome 6x6 paper stack

Misc Bazzill cardstock

SVG Cuts 24 Valentines

My Creative Time 100% Sweetness

Tiny Bubbles Cuttlebug folder

Have a great Monday!