The Nutty Valentine Squirrel

I'm super happy with how this card turned out. It is my very first easel card!!! So I'm pretty excited about it. :)

I began with the little squirrel from the Create a Critter cart and pop-dotted it to the base. The little heart she is holding is a glittery brad; I also used one on the inside of the card. Her little bow is actually recycled from my Victoria Secret's perfume bottle.

Once again I used a paper that did not photograph well, but the off-white base is a sheet from the pre-embossed K&Co. Elegance Collection stack. It has a bunch of little flowers embossed on it-super cute. :)

The "Nuts About You" sentiment and the acorns were cut using the Just Because cart. I used red glitter glue for the tops of the little acorns. The sentiment and the acorns are pop-dotted.






The cuts, both on the inside and outside of the card which the sentiments are placed on, were just normal squares and rectangles that I used a pair of Studmark Royal craft scissors for the decorative edges.

The Happy Valentine's Day Sentiment is a Clear Studio G Stamp.

I think it turned out so super cute and I hope you think so too. :)

Hugz,
Ash

Happy Tweetheart Day

This V-day card is pretty basic, but cute. I cut the bird from the Create a Critter cartridge, The "tweetheart" sentiment was a single cut from the Strait from the Nest cartridge which I cut in half.

I pop-dotted the bird, as well as the bottom of her wing. I glued the top of the wing flat, giving it a little realism and dimension. I also used Studio G glitter glue on the sentiment. A corner punch was used on the card. Overall, I was happy with the results. :)

Smooches V-day Card

I am in love with this creation!! Every component was cut using the Create a Critter cartridge, with the exception of the kiss mark on the male fish's cheek which was cut from the Potpourri Basket cartridge.

If you (the reader) looks closely, you will notice that some of the seaweed is a swirly pattern paper. The solid colored seaweed is glittery green paper.

I used parchment paper for the sand. The picture doesn't show it well, but I used glossy paper for the water, which is the water from the fish bowl icon. A pattern and solid glitter paper were used on both fish. I cut hearts out for their fins. The lips of the girl fish were a heart that I cut in half and trimmed up. 

I used Studio G glitter glue for the random hearts and seashells. The Smooches sentiment came from a pack of chipboard sentiments.

I don't mean to toot my own horn, but I think this card is so stinkin' cute!!!!

Hats Off to 2010, Hello 2011

I really like the simplicity of this card. The cartouche mounted on the front and inside of the card were traced from a template and then hand cut. After I cut out the front cartouche, I mounted it on a 4" x 6" card (closer to the card fold). Then once it was mounted I hand cut the rectangular card.

The hat was cut using the Create a Critter cartridge, and I used some Studio G blue glitter clue to accent the hat.

The little whistle I hand cut and used a black Sharpie to write 2011, for the mouth piece and the little black line.

The blue and silver paper is actually a file folder, and the sentiment tag is actually a gray and white striped file folder tag. The "Celebrate" sentiment is a Studio G clear stamp.

Overall, I was pleased with it. :)

Blue Penguin

For Christmas this year I traveled to Angie's house to create gift tags for each of my family members. My 9 year old niece's love of Webkinz and animals was my inspiration.

I wanted it to be in pastels, so I decided to make a light blue penguin and go from there. I cut the penguin and the "Just Chillin'" sentiment from the Create a Critter cartridge and colored it's eyes in with a black ballpoint pen.

The snowflakes were from a Martha Stewart border punch. The ribbon holes were also a hole punch.

Before I glued everything to the tag, I embossed the mint green circle with Swiss dots. I used pink glitter for the sentiment and the penguin's scarf as well as pink paper, and white glitter and pink paper for the snowflakes.

Unfortunately the tag did not photograph well at all, but it was so super cute in person!!!