thank you cards

Happy Monday!  I am hosting the challenge over at BBTB2 this week, and I selected a thank you card theme.  I've used up all my thank you cards in the stash after Christmas, so this will help me get restocked.  I got several amazing craft related gifts for Christmas, including some awesome Stampin Up stamp sets and thinlit dies, as well as my new Cricut Explore Air 2.  I had so much fun working with my new supplies on all the cards below, especially learning to use Cricut Design Space with my Explore to attach cursive letters.  Our design team over at BBTB2 has shared lots of great projects and you can link up your own thank you anytime over the next two weeks.

Card #1

Cricut:
Wild Card-many thanks
Stamps/thinlit-SU Swirly Bird stamp set and thinlits for flower and wave
Paper-

Card #2

Cricut:

Beyond Birthdays-merci

stamp set-SU Abstract Impressions 

Inks-melon mambo, mango melody, calypso coral, wisteria wonder, flirty flamingo, granny apple green

thanks a bunch card

Happy Monday!  It's been a good week because my college kid is back home for the summer-it's good to have all the chicks back in the nest, lol!  Although he wasn't far away, I missed seeing him every day.  My high schoolers are finishing up finals, but still have school til the end of May to make up all the days missed due to snow and cold.  Needless to say, they are beyond ready to be done with school!!!!

Our BBTB2 challenge this week is to showcase flowers-because after all, it's May and the flowers have started blooming!  I used the Walk in My Garden cartridge to make this super simple thank you card.  All the cuts, including the sentiment, are from the cartridge.  I liked the flowers against the woodgrain paper!  Hope you will scope out the projects at BBTB2 and play along and have a wonderful week!

Cricut:
Walk in My Garden-all cuts
Paper-CTMH solids, Recollections wood grain print
brown chalk ink-VersaMagic Jumbo Java

Penguins

Happy Monday!  It's not such a happy Monday at my house, as the flu has found us.  I knew it was only a matter of time for the kids, as it began circulating around school district....and the hospital I work at has had very high levels of flu activity and been very busy.  At work at least I am protected by mountains of isolation gear.  I haven't got it yet but I can feel the invisible ticking clock of doom as the inevitable germ here at home breaks through my cloud of hand sanitizer, lol!  One news article I read this week said flu levels were high in every state except Hawaii, with the peak level here in Missouri.  I think that means I should go to Hawaii immediately!  For my health, of course.

Our BBTB2 challenge this week is penguins.  Who doesn't love penguins-they always look so cute and adorable at the zoo!  I did a thank you card featuring this guy from Joys of the Season.  Since it's a thank you for one of the teens to use, I thought a little text-speak would be on point (or maybe it's on fleek-I never get the difference), so UR Cool as my teens would say to someone providing an awesome gift.  We have lots of adorable penguin cards over at BBTB2 and hope you will take the opportunity to make something too!

Cricut:
Joys of the Seasons-penguin
Lyrical Letters 2-font
Paper-American Crafts Jack Frost paper pad print, CTMH solids

Flower thank you cards

Happy Monday!  Spring is in bloom and our BBTB2 challenge this week is spring flowers.  I've got two quick and easy flower thank you cards to share, using flowers from Doodlecharms and Flower Market.  Hope you will stop by BBTB2 this week and take a peek at the rest of the design team projects.  May your week be full of sunshine and flowers too!

Cricut:
Doodlecharms-flower
Paper-CTMH Kraft, Simple Stories prints

Cricut:
Flower Market-flower
Paper-CTMH Kraft base, Simple Stories prints
Stampin up ribbon and punches for sentiment
Swiss dots embossing folder

Coffee/Tea Hi friend card

Happy Monday!  Our BBTB2 theme this week is coffee or tea.  While I don't drink coffee,  I deeply love tea (Constant Comment and Earl Grey are my favorites)!  I used an older cartridge favorite, Lyrical Letters, to make my simple card because I loved this cute little tea cup with "hi friend" attached!  I added a few hearts too (from the Sweethearts phrase on LL), because having tea while catching up with friends always makes my heart happy!  A little pen work around the edges to finish it off and this card was done!  It was also super fast to make, which is always a plus!

Cricut:
Lyrical Letters-all cuts
Paper-CTMH solids
brown chalk ink
black gel pen
SaveSave

thank U card

I'm still feeling under the weather, but looking forward to some Thanksgiving goodness this week!  Our BBTB2 challenge this week is to use the word thanks on a thanksgiving themed project.  There are several people in our lives who deserve some special thanks at this Thanksgiving time of year, and I send a little note of appreciation each year at Thanksgiving.  My basic card design was sparked by something I saw on Pinterest, but in my Nyquil haze, I cannot find it to put a link (I'll try to find it later this week).  I used the Birthday Bash cartridge to cut out the card shape in kraft paper and also for the font for the big letter U.  For the thank part, I used the Sweetheart cartridge phrase thank you (using just the thank part).  The inside, which I forgot to photograph (I'm very very medicated) says "for all that you do".  The yellow candies are from Doodlebug.  Over at BBTB2, the designers have some ideas for you and you can play along and link up a project.  I hope you are able to enjoy the holiday and spend some time with those you love this week!  Happy Thanksgiving!

Cricut:
Birthday Bash-shape card, letter U
Sweethearts-thank
Paper-CTMH Kraft cardstock base, print is Simple Stories (I think)
brown chalk ink
Doodlebug candies

Tea-rific thank you card (for BBTB2)

Happy Monday!  It is another week of what I've dubbed "May Madness", with end of school events EVERY single night.  Can it just be June already?  But for BBTB2, we have only good things in May, such as our teapot/teacup challenge this week.  I made a "Tea-rific" thank you card, using my favorite  teapot from the CM This and That cartridge.  I have a coffee and tea themed stamp set from Stampin Up that had the "tea-rific" stamp and the cute little stack of cups I stamped inside.  Hope you brew up something cute and join our challenge this week-I know I need to make about half a dozen teacher thank you cards before the end of the school year!

Cricut:
CM This and That-teapot cut at 3 inches
Stamp-Stampin Up
Paper-CTMH solids, Fancy Pants Park Bench 6x6 collection prints
brown chalk ink

Flower thank you card (for BBTB2) plus a bonus Disney layout

Happy Monday!  I get to host the BBTB2 challenge this week and I selected flowers, since the tulips, iris, and daffodils are blooming here in KC.  There are so many cricut flowers to choose from that this should be lots of fun-check the BBTB2 sidebar for the rules!  I actually have two projects with flowers to share today, with this springy flower card being the first.  My happy little flower is from one of my favorite cartridges, Doodlecharms. I embossed the leaves with the Swiss dots embossing folder to add a little texture.   I was inspired by this fun Doodlebug flower filled paper!  The design team over at BBTB2 has a whole bunch of flowers for you to look at for inspiration and we'd love to have you link up a project this week!

Project #1

Cricut:
Doodlecharms-flower
Paper-Doodlebug prints, CTMH solids
Scalloped oval and oval punch-Stampin Up
Ink-Stampin Up Early Espresso
Ribbon-American Crafts

Project #2

I have a bonus Disney themed layout for you with flowers!  I used the Mickey and Friends cartridge for some old pictures of us meeting Minnie Mouse at Chef Mickeys on a Disney trip.  Minnie, the title, and flowers are all from Mickey and Friends.

Cricut:
Mickey and Friends-all cuts

Paper-CTMH solids, Echo Park dots and stripes prints
CM letter stickers from the stash

Thankful card (for BBTB2)

Happy Monday!  It's been a rainy weekend here in KC and I've been cozied up in my basement enjoying some crafty time.  Our BBTB2 challenge this week is Giving Thankds.  I used the CM Cheerful Seasons cartridge, one of my faves, for the pumpkin and thankful sentiment on my card.  The BBTB2 team has some gorgeous projects you can look at and then link up a project of your own!

And Happy Thanksgiving to everyone!  I'm looking extra forward to Thanksgiving this year because I don't have to work a shift in the ICU over the Thanksgiving holiday this year for a change.  So bring on the turkey and pie!  My husband is smoking a turkey and my mom and I are making pies and our relatives are coming over to celebrate with us.  I hope you all have a wonderful holiday full of delicious eats and the opportunity to reflect on the blessings of the year!  

  

Cricut:
CM Cheerful Seasons-all cuts
Paper-CTMH prints and solids
brown chalk ink
ribbon-American Crafts

a melon thanks card

I was having a little fun making some thank you cards tonight and decided to link one up with the Fantabulous Cricut punny challenge.  Cards with a good pun are my favorite type to give and receive!  I used the Doodlecharms cartridge for my watermelon and the bg paper is from Doodlebug.  I've had that stamp so long that I have NO idea where it came from!

Cricut:
Doodlecharms-watermelon cut at 2 3/4 inches
Paper-Doodlebug
Stamps-????
brown chalk ink for edges, Stampin Up Early Espresso ink for sentiments

I love U this much thank you card (for Exploring Cricut)

Happy 2014!  I'm hoping for lots of crafty time this year, curled up in my happy place in the basement! Today is my day to share the daily project at Exploring Cricut and I have a winter thank you card for you.  We've got a lot of thank yous to send out after Christmas!

My snowy themed thank you uses the Winter Frolic for the cute little sledder and Artbooking cartridge for the two snowflakes.   My snowflake embossing folder made a snowy white background.  The sentiment on the front is from the Paper Smooches Frosty Fellas stamp set and the inside sentiment is from a My Pink Stamper set.   I was able to use scraps for the cute little sledder, which always makes me very happy!  I was inspired by a Christmas themed card that used the embossed snowflake background that I saw somewhere on pinterest.

Cricut:
Winter Frolic-sledder boy, cut at 3 1/2 inches
Artbooking-snowflakes, cut at 1 1/2 inches
Paper-solids CTMH, inside print Bo Bunny Powder Mountain collection
Stamps-Paper Smooches Frosty Fellas and My Pink Stamper
Swiss Dots and Snowflake Sizzix embossing folders
Scallop punch-Stampin Up
Circle Punch-CM

You can see all the wonderful daily projects at Exploring Cricut this year (also on the Exploring Cricut Facebook page) and play along with our twice monthly challenges.  Hope you join in on one!

Under construction card

Son#3 needed a thank you for a lego set he received, so I put this card together with some lego stickers I had left over from another project  that were in the stash.  They are really fun and look like actual legos!  The Under Construction stamp is from the My Pink Stamper set Boy Crazy.  I'm linking this to the Celebrate the Occasion challenge this week to make a thank you card.

Stamps-My Pink Stamper
Paper-CM cardstock
Ink-Stampin Up real red
baker's twine-Lime Twist

Too Cool thank you

Son #3 requested a thank you card (for his Christmas gifts) that "looks like a lego toy".  Hmmm, a challenge.   The dump truck on Boys Will Be Boys sort of gave me a lego feel and I added some road from Everyday Paperdolls.  Boy cards are just harder to make somehow (possibly not being a boy is the problem?).   However, he was very happy with it. 

Cricut:
Everyday Paperdolls-road
Boys Will Be Boys-all other cuts
card size is 5x5, large brads, white gel pen
Paper-assorted CM cardstock

Grateful thank you card

One son requested I make his thank you card for his Christmas gifts from 3 Birds on Parade (his favorite cart-he's the one who talked me into buying it).  He was very happy with the result!

Cricut:
3 Birds on Parade-all cuts
Paper-My Mind's Eye

Skating card

I've got a few more thank you cards for Christmas gifts to make and this one was inspired by the BBTB2 challenge this week to use the skate from Winter Woodland on a project.  I had to go with the skate from CM Cheerful Seasons, however, as my sons felt the Winter Woodland skate (which has the laces tied in a bow) looked too "girly" for their thank yous.  Whatever!  Since I still used some pink, I'm not sure they will be entirely happy with the finished product anyway, but I liked it! 

Edited to add:  the verdict was mixed from the boys this morning, who announced the card was very pretty, but had too much pink.  I think they had more of a black and gray hockey skate look in mind!  It was comical!

Cricut:
CM Cheerful Seasons-skates
Plaintain Schoolbook-tags
Stamps from JoAnns, twine, and brown chalk ink
Paper-My Mind's Eye striped paper, blue Coredinations, assorted scraps from the stash