Pop-up birthday card

I made this for my sister-in-law, and I think it turned out so cute! I was so excited about the inside that I totally forgot about taking a pciture of the front, lol.  This is a cut from Lettering Delights' All Seasons Pop Up cards, and it was super easy!  The cardstock is from DCWV Nana's Kids stack, and I sized the card to be 5x7.  I cut a small piece of black cardstock and glued it behind the face to make it pop more, and that was about all!  The sentiments are stamps from Stampin' Up, and the card base is from the Butterfly Wings Recollections pack.  Thanks for visiting today!

Vinyl on tile

I made this for part of my niece's wedding gift (the other part was cold, hard cash, lol), and it actually coordinated perfectly with the placecard table!  I used MTC to cut the vinyl, and it was just a file from the gallery that I layered with a second square in the middle to create the cutout in the middle to put in the "P".  This was so simple and easy, but it really looked nice sitting on the table with all of the placecards, which had a tan table skirt and black top!  My boyfriend was even impressed, lol - amazing!  Thanks for visiting today!

It feels good to be back!

Well, it has been a stressful and trying couple of months, but I am finally getting back in the groove!  Now that fall is here, hopefully all of us that took some time from crafting are refreshed and ready to go again!  I know I am ready.

So, here is a waterfall card that is for my sister-in-law, from my Mom.  I used SVG cuts waterfall card set, SU! patterned paper and cardstock, some Recollections gems from Michaels, and some stamps from the Fiskars birthday set at Michaels.  The Daughter-in-Law stamp is from Scrapmaster's Paradise stamps, the mix and match family set.  Hopefully this is the start of my rejuvenation, so welcome back everyone!!!

Thakns for visiting today!

Robot easel birthday card

Since we had the birthday party for my nephews on Saturday, get ready for a few of their cards, lol.  The first was yesterday, and here is the second.  This one was for the eight year old, and he picked out the paper at Michael's, not knowing it was for his card!  So at least I knew he would like it!  The robot is from Lettering Delights Funky Robots clip art set, and the stamp is SU!  This one was really simple and easy, so thanks for visiting today!

Lever birthday card

I just love this set from SVG Cuts!!  This is for my 13 year old nephew's birthday, and he is into skating!  I used the Breezy Backyard Lever Card set from SVG Cuts, Dude cartridge for the skater, and Batman cartridge for the Happy Birthday title.  This card is the pinwheel card, in case anyone wanted to know the style.  The star cardstock is DCWV All About Boys, the blue cardstock is from DCWV Guy Stack, and the inside striped is a loose sheet from Joann's.  The stamp is SU!, and the star buttons are also from Joann's. 

I think I have covered the details, so thanks for visiting today!

Christmas Lever Card

More Christmas in July!  This is a lever card from the SVG Cuts set Holly Jolly Lever Cards, and this is my first attempt from this set.  All papers are from the S.E.I. Christmas Mint collection, and the card base is a Recollections sheet.  The tag with the sentiment is a cut from Lettering Delights Delilah Tags, and the stamp is SU.  Oh, and just as an aside, if you have Make the Cut and have been out of the loop, you MUST go to the site and download the update.  It is amazing, and has some awesome new features, including the one that imported these layers already in the proper colors!!! 

OK, anyway, instead of using the flowers on the tree itself, I decided to put a couple up in the corners with some white gel pen and green gems to accent them a bit.  Finally, the ribbon on the bottom is just a $0.99 roll from Michaels.  I think that covers it all, so thanks for visiting today!

Lever birthday card

This is a card from the SVG Cuts Breezy Backyard Lever Cards, and I was really intimidated by this set at first.  They looked really difficult, but it was actually really easy to put together, thankfully.  This particular card is a mixture of SU! and DCWV patterns, the inside stamps are from a Fiskars set from Joann's, and  the "Wonderful Son" is an SP & Company set.  Overall, the card came out to be a 5x5 square, perfect for my Mom to give my brother for his birthday this weekend. 

Thanks for visiting today!

Explosion box #3

I told you we have a lot of family birthdays in the spring!  This one is for another niece, who hit the teen years last week!  I used the SVG Cuts box template, cupcake, and bird for the inside, and the patterned papers on the inside are DCWV.  The cardstock I used for the base is great, and I wish I had gotten more at Joann's during the sale a couple of weeks ago.  The one exception is the pocket on the inside - that is an SU! pattern.  The stamps are a combination of Scrapmaster's and Above Rubies Studios.  OK, I think that covers it all, so thanks for visiting!

Wow, it's been forever!

I can't believe it has been so long since I posted - oops!!  I have been making a ton of cards (7 in the last 2 days), but I just haven't been on the computer much lately.  Anyway, here is another card I made a la the just a note cart that I will never own (lol).  It is a birthday card for my brother to give to my niece, and I wasn't sure the colors and patterns went together, but I guess it turned out OK.  The phrase on the front is from Lettering  Delights sweet cupcake graphics set, the cupcake on the middle piece is from SVG Cuts Cupcake cards and Tags, and the balloons and flowers are stickers from Recollections.  Both patterend papers were loose sheets from Joann's, and the "My Heavenly Daughter" stamps is from Scrapmaster's line of clear stamps.  I love this set!!!

I made this card in MTC, and used the shadow feature and welded to create the card base.  Thanks for visiting today!

A Kreations by Kim original MTC file - scalloped gatefold card!!

My first one!  I saw a similar card in Cards magazine, decided to challenge myself by trying to make a file from scratch in MTC, and I did it - here it is!!  I know it wasn't rocket science or anything, but I was pretty excited.  I took a 6x6 square, welded two scalloped circles to it, then put the small circles in the scalloped areas to create the cutouts.  The butterfly is from SVG Cuts Edisto Island card set, and the papers are SU!  I needed to add something to the butterfly, so I got out my trusty gel pen and some adhesive gems from Michael's.  On the inside, all of the stamps are SU! except the "happy birthday' which I got at Michael's also. 

Not to be conceited or presumptive, but if anyone is interested in the MTC file, I will more than happily share it with you via e-mail.  Just leave me a comment with an e-mail to send it to, and I will gladly send it!  Thanks for visiting!

Well, I got lazy.

I used the exact same file from my boyfriend's birthday card, and made one for my friend at work.  They turned 30 within days of one another, and with all of the craziness going on for me right now, I just didn't have the energy to start from scratch.  So, here is another waterfall card with some different SU! patterns, all from a pack that was recently on clearance.  The butterfly cardstock is from a DCWV stack.  The stamp on the top is also SU! and the one on the inside of the pull flap is from a set at Michael's.

 Thanks for visiting today!

Waterfall birthday card

This was my card to my boyfriend last week.  I did the flower waterfall card from SVG Cuts and picked some nice, springy colors and patterns to try to pick up his mood.  All of the patterened papers are from Stampin' Up!, but I don't remember the name of the pack, sorry.  I used the Curlz font from Windows to cut out the 3,0, and exclamation points, and the chipboard on the inside is from a DCWV Sweet Stack embellishment pack.  The stamps on the inside of the pull strip are SU! also, and I hand wrote the inside later.

The second flap is a 0 under there - I just realized when I uploaded these that I didn't get a pic of the middle flap, but you get the idea, right?  LOL.  Thanks for visiting today!

Happy birthday to my honey!

Yes, you are reading that correctly.  My boyfriend really did have surgery 3 days before his 30th birthday....poor guy.  I made three cards for him, and here is the first. 

I decided that since he was laid up from surgery, I wanted something happy and upbeat, so I used an SVG from Lettering Delights called Pucker Up.  I also put a layer of acetate on top of the "glass" to give it a mor realistic look and feel.  Stickles were applied to the entire outside of the acetate, and the tag is from the MTC gallery.  The buttons are from Joann's, and th border on the inside is from a K&Co embellishment pack.  Both stamps are SU! and the background mat is from Making memories Just Chill stack.  I think that about covers all of it, so thanks for visiting and stay tuned for the other 2 cards over the next couple of days!

Get well card

I made this for my boyfriend for my family to sign, so I intentionally left it mostly blank.  I also intentionally used a crab on the front - JEEZ he has been crabby.  With very good reason, though.  Surgery went well yesterday, and he is on his way to recovery, two plates and 6 screws later.  Anyway, on to the card details!

I used a crab from a google freely distributed image, and then brought it into MTC to make into a cutting file.  I ran it through the Cuttlebug with the squares folder, and I cut the band aid from an MTC gallery file, so thank you to whoever uploaded that file!  I cut the top layer from vellum to give it a sheer look, then accentuated the holes with black marker.  The card base is from DCWV, the outside sentiment was printed and hand cut (boring, I know, but I just wanted to get it done and had to improvise having no crafting materials at that point in time), and the inside stamps are Clear Dollar Stamps on the top and a stamp from Michael's on the bottom.  Thanks for visiting today!

Berry happy birthday

This card is for my niece's 20th birthday tomorrow.  I am loving this Lettering Delights dollar sale, and these are two sets I got last week.  I alos need to thank Jin at Under a Cherry Tree.  Disclaimer:  she also used strawberries and the pun "berry" on hers, but I SWEAR I had this idea before I saw that!!  But yes, it is a scraplift technically, so thanks Jin!! The card base is from the Sweet Nothings SVG set, and the strawberries are from a graphic set called Love is Sweet.  I did print and cut with the berries and lettering (with a free font from Urbanfonts.com),  and I did the layers in MTC so I could align them with the windows in the card - yay me!  I added some ribbon to each of the tabs/windows, a couple of color coordinated mats for the inside, an SU! stamp.  This card was so easy, it's unreal.  I feel like the front is still a little plain, but with the tabs, I'm not sure what else I can do.  Thoughts???  The third picture is the front with the wondows all opened up.  Thanks for visiting today!

Probably my favorite card yet!!

I LOVE the way this card turned out, but I can't take any credit for the design of it, lol!!!  This is one of the waterfall cards from the SVG Cuts set, and I am SO glad that I went ahead and got this!!  It took a while to put together all of the pieces, and the part that took the most time was picking out all of the different colors and patterns!!  This is a birthday card for a good friend of mine, and I really can't wait to hear from her about how she likes it!  I even included a video this time so you can see it in action, because it is awesome!!

OK, here are the specifics: all papers and stamps are Stampin' Up, which made it really easy to coordinate.  I wish I could remember all of the colors and patterns I used, but unfortunately, I cannot.  However, Barb over at Snowmanlover will probably be able to tell you, if you want to head on over and ask her!  I also used the Divine Swirls on the icing cuts, added some pale green MS gems to the tops of the cupcakes, and the ribbons and brads are from Michael's.  There were a lot of components and details to this card, but I think it is well worth it, don't you??  OK, and finally, here is the video showing the waterfall card in action.  Thanks for visiting today!

More wedding invitation stuff

I did a couple more pieces for my niece's wedding invites, so here they are!  The first is a response card I made up, and the stamp is one I got off of eBay, with SU! Tempting Turquoise ink.  I thought it was perfect!  The flourish in the corner is an SU wheel stamp, and the cardstock for both projects here is SU! Early Espresso and Tempting Turquoise. 

This second piece is a place card I found at a wonderful site by a woman who has a Craft Robo machine, and shares some AMAZING SVG files.  You absolutely need to check out her work here.  Her name is Monica, and her site is Monica's Creative Room, and she has some seriously intricate cards, 3D objects, etc.  Please go visit her if you have MTC or SCAL.  OK, on to the actual project.  She made an amazing place card with a heart theme, so I decided to go ahead and give it a shot and see if my niece would like these.  She has not asked me about seating cards, but I figured, what the heck, I'll ask her!  So, what do you all think???

I altered it slightly by creating a shadow layer for the heart in MTC so I could incorporate all of her colors, and then to finish it off, I used a white gel pen around all of the hearts.  Thanks for visiting today!

Puppy shaped card

How adorable is this little guy????  Oh my....SVG Cuts could NOT have made this easier to make.  It's from the new Charm and Chance set, and I think this is going to be my niece's birthday card this spring.  She loves her little dog, and I just thought of her as soon as I saw the cut.  The card base was cut to fit to a 12x12 page, and the final product is 4x5.  A little smaller than I usually like, but it's fine.  The flower gem in the collar is from some random embellishment set that I can't even remember!  LOL.  You should really take a look at this kit - it has this card, a clover shaped card, a pot of gold treat box, and even more cute stuff!!

I left the inside plain for now, until I am 100% sure what this card is going to be used for, but I added some dimension to the front with a white gel pen and pop dots for the ears.  It's so simple, there is nothing more to say, so thanks for visiting today!  **DISCLAIMER**  Just to let everyone know, I have NO affiliation with any graphic/svg site, company, etc.  Just in case anyone was ever wondering, LOL.

Christening Wobbler cards

My brother was asked to be a Godfather for two sisters today, and one of them is four, the other is 15 months.  I didn't really have any carts or images appropriate for a baptism or christening, so I figured using cute angels would work.  I can't believe that I typed all of this out at first, only to forget to write that I made them WOBBLER cards!!  WOW....the wobbling action was really cute, since they are angels.  Kitty actually looked like she was flying!  One is from Hello Kitty font, and the other is an SVG Cuts bear from Candy Cherub Bears.  The tags are from Once Upon a Princess, and I used Amy Chomas' gel pen holder and Staples gel pens for the sentiments on the tags, and on the inside of the HK card.  The pen I wanted to use for the other card was really acting up, so I gave up and used an SU! stamp for the inside of the pink one.  I used Divine Swirls for the pink bear, and the patterned papers are just loose sheets from Michaels.  The cross stamp on the inside is also from Michaels dollar bin, which I love, PS.

The font for the inside of the HK card was French Script, and I used MTC to do it all!  Well, I think that covers it all.  I didn't realize until I wrote this post how much I had going on with these cards!  Thanks for visiting today.

Valentine Treats

I made one of these for each of my nieces and nephews to go with the printed LD Valentine cards.  I filled them with assorted candy, attached the Valentine, and put a word search / crossowrd with it for all of them last Sunday.  The pattern for the heart box was generously shared for free at Kalo Designs, and it really is simple and CUTE!  The crossword and word search were more printable files from Lettering Delights, and all of the paper is from K&Co's double sided pack that came out this year. 

These are from the LD set Valentine Game Night in the printable files.

The last picture here is the finished product for them.  I just glued the card to the heart, and put the word search combo under them.  I wanted to put a ribbon, but most of them are boys and/or older than 12, so I figured the ribbon was a bit to frilly.  LOL.  Thanks for visiting today.