International Talk Like A Pirate Day!!

AHOY!!!

So..... a few years ago... probably five years, I purchased a book by Paper Crafts Magazine.  It's called "A Card A Day" and it actually has a card for each day of the entire year!  It lists all of the regular holidays, and then it also has cards for other occasions such as Wedding, Baby, Back To School, etc.  But my favorite part of this book, is that it has all of those quirky and offbeat holidays!  Today is one of them.  September 19th is "International Talk Like A Pirate Day!"

I have wanted to make cards for this 'holiday' for the past four or five years, and each year I have just been to sick.  I even say, "I'm going to start on them WAY early," and.... yeah... I never have!  This year I thought was going to be the same. I was excited to start on the cards the first part of September, but my Gastroparesis had other plans. :(  BOOO!    I went into a pretty bad flare (these are the ones that hospitalize me for about a week out of every single month.)  Plus, I never fully recovered from my August one!  UGH!   Well, I am home and feeling a little better, and have even been able to craft a teeny bit!   So I got to make cards for Pirate Day this year!  I filmed a video that I will post here, but I will have pictures below the video in case you don't want to watch it. :)  

 Thanks for watching!  Here are the pictures of my projects:

The first card is for mu youngest niece.  She just turned 3, and loves pirates! (There are some cute pirate themed cartoons on for preschool age kids on TV right now!)  So I turned a Hello Kitty Cut (from the Hello Kitty Greetings Cricut cartridge) and just turned her into a pirate!! 

The background paper is a pirate map from a DCWV stack called "Boyhhood" (I believe that's correct.) It's one of their 8 1/2" x 11' stacks.  The "Ahoy Matey" is from a Cricut Cartridge as well. (I can't remember which one off the top of my head, but if anyone wants to know, I'm more than happy to look it up.)   The map she is 'holding' is a stamp from Stampendous.  It's a pirate set, and I can't find a name on it. Then the gold coin she is also 'holding' is a sticker from a Kids Club sticker pack I got at JoAnn Fabrics.  Then, I just added some gemstones to bling it up a bit.

This next card is for my 7 year old niece. (They are sisters.)  I made them similar, but of course, I couldn't make them exactly the same!   Since her favorite color is purple, this Hello Kitty has a purple and skulls outfit. 

The background paper is from that same DCWV stack (in the pirate section.  There are like three more pirate themed papers in that stack too!  That's an awesome stack, and so versatile!  It's a boy stack, and here I used it for two girl cards!)  All the other details are basically the same as the card above. 

And the last card is for my Nephew.  He is 13 now, so he will probably think this is pretty lame.  But he is SOOOO GOOD to his little sisters.  So I wrote in his card that he can put on his eye patch, and teach them some pirate lingo!  Haha! Here is his card:

For this card, I just cut a skull and crossbones from the Cricut. (if you want to know the cartridges, I can look, just ask!)  This card is very simple, because like I said, he's 13.  The sentiment is on the inside of this one, and I made it say "Yo Matey!"

And then for the kiddos, I gave them a goody bag with Hershey's Nuggets, wrapped in pirate paper, and a cute topper. (Forgot to take a picture of these, but they are in the video)  Also in the goody bag is a pirate eye patch, a fake pirate earring, and a gold coin necklace.  These items are found in the party supplies section of stores.  I got the eye patches from Walmart in the party favors section, and the other earrings and necklaces at Hobby Lobby. (I did get some eye patches there as well.)   See, these eye patches were leftover from my birthday the year I started to go blind.  I had just had my first laser surgery (the doctor tried that to see if it would help slow down the rapid deterioration of my eyes before he preformed the actual surgeries.)  Well, I couldn't see out of one eye at all, and my other was real bad.  But I did still have a little vision, so I invited my friends and family to go bowling, but the catch was.... they each had to ALSO wear an EYE PATCH!  Lol!  If I couldn't see to bowl, neither could they!  Hahaha!  (A couple months after this, is when both retinas detached, and I went completely blind.  Thank GOD for my Ophthalmologist! He is one of the best and most caring doctors I have ever met. (And I've seen a thousands!) 

Wow, that was a lot of unnecessary rambling wasn't it?!  Ok, here are the pictures of the finished goody bags:

Thank you so much for stopping by today, and checking out my projects mateys!!  Don't forget to talk like a pirate today!!  AAARRRGH!!

 
"Don't glue anything I wouldn't glue!!"
               

Football Birthday Card

Hey again!

I wanted to share the birthday card that I made for my oldest brother. I am proud of this card, it is hilarious to me!  Hope you like it too!

 I hope you all have a wonderful weekend!  I'm hoping to get some crafting done!!  Thanks for stopping by!

"Don't glue anything I wouldn't glue!!"
            

School Themed Birthday Cards 2013

Hey friends!!

My post today is to share the birthday cards that I make each year for a local elementary school.  They are birthday cards, for the entire faculty.  Previously, I have made them for two schools, but this year I only had to make them for one.  ("HAD TO"  that isn't right!!.  I volunteer to do this! haha.)   I finished them before school started, but was too sick to get this video and blog post up.  Here's a video, and there will be pictures below. 

 I had to make over 100 of these, so I made about 10 of each design, but no two cards were identical.  They had the same image, but different colors and background papers.  Oh, and most of the photos were taken with the cards tucked into the envelopes, so it looks like I did a horrible job centering the patterned paper! Haha!  Here are the photos:

These are my favorite!  I used a cut from the Recess Cricut cartridge, except on the cut, the chalkboard has an "ABC" and I hid that using my gypsy, and heat embossed the Happy Birthday.  I also used Enamel Accents for her tiny piece of chalk.  It added the perfect touch!  :)  

 The ruler and composition notebook in her hands, are actually Sticko stickers!

 These I actually made the first year I did this project.  I found some of them in my craft room when I recently reorganized it, so I threw them into the batch for this year! I do like this card though.  I used an apple from the Making The Grade Cricut cartridge, and welded "Happy Birthday," and the star using my gypsy.  Then cut it out with different layers/colors.  (Looking back, it would have been way easier to not weld, and just cut the individual pieces, but ah well!)

 For this one, I just used School themed background paper, and a sentiment stamp.  I wanted to make a few simple ones.  I know not all people like the cutesy images.

 This one uses an ice cream cone from the Indie Art Cricut cartridge.  It's one of my favorite ice cream cone cuts!

 This one, uses an image from the Birthday Bash cartridge.  I love this image!!

 

This one, uses the same image from the previous card, except I cut out the mouse and added a few balloons.  It's meant to look like they are floating out as the gift is opened.  I saw a card similar to this on a blog a long time ago, and can't for the life of me find it again!  I would love to give credit where it's due, but I can't find it!  (I'm still searching!)

 This card is just three crayons.  I stamped in the center crayon with various birthday stamps. 

 The next card uses a worm from the Create A Critter cartridge, along with a book from one of the Paper Dolls cartridges.  I used a Peachy Keen Stamps Critter Faces stamp for his face, and added glossy accents to his glasses!  I also used a tiny stamp from a 7 gypsies set called, Numero for the book title. I love this lilttle book worm!!

 This is just a simple cupcake.  I ran the cupcake wrapper through my crimper to make it look real, and ran the frosting through the Divine Swirls embossing folder. I also stamped the candle with a tone on tone chevron print.

 This next one is my favorite pencil cut from the Cricut!  It is from My Community.  I also stamp a "no. 2" on the side to add some reality to it.

 And that's it for the school-themed birthday cards for the 2013-2014 school year!  Thanks for stopping by!

"Don't glue anything I wouldn't glue!!"
            

Halloween Signs at JoAnn Fabrics

Hey crafty people!!

I hope everyone is having an excellent week!  I just wanted to share a quick video today.  I was able to get out of the house and walk around JoAnns last week, and I found myself on the Halloween aisle.  These signs just crack me up!

Thanks for watching!!


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Card Swap Cards

 Hey crafty friends! 

I hope everyone is doing well!  I have had a pretty bad summer, health-wise.  I think the heat just adds to my illness.  BUT!! I have managed to craft a little bit here and there.  I still have to finish the Birthday Cards that I make each year for my sister-in-laws elementary school. 

I decided to join a swap a while ago.  I have wanted to join many of them, but I was always scared that I would go into a 'flare' and not be able to finish my projects in time  And I would hate that!  Well, this swap had a deadline that was far enough out that I thought I could manage it.  And I did!  So today, I want to share the cards that I made.  I posted a video of them on Youtube, but I thought I would post it here too, as well as some photos of the cards.

Here's the Video:

 And here are a whole bunch of pictures:

Here's my {Appy} Birthday card:

 The banner is made with Angry Birds ribbon

 And the magnets on the inside are App Icon magnets!

Here are some Halloween Cards that I made:

 I wanted it to look like the image was busting out of the picture!

Here is another card, this one has a jeweled butterfly layered on flowers and a doily:

And the last one is a "just a note" card made with a clipboard that I cut from my Cricut:

 And these are just some simple 3x3 cards I made to include in the package I sent.  Just to add a little note to each crafter. 

 This was my first time ever actually fussy cutting.  (you can tell!! haha)  I think they turned out ok, but I really shouldn't be doing that.  I just can NOT see well enough! 

I am pleased with how all of my cards turned out.  I really hope the other ladies like them too!  I have received three of the four packages already, and the cards are just FABULOUS!

Thank you for stopping by and looking at my cards!


"Don't glue anything I wouldn't glue!!"
               

Card For My Neighbor

Happy Tuesday!!

Today I have a card to share that I made a few weeks ago.  But then I had a flare up and went to the hospital, and just realized that I never posted it!!

My mom came across this cute/funny saying on an advertisement in a magazine, and she said it would be cute to put on a dog themed card!   Here's the saying:

We decided to make a card for our neighbor, Jodi.  She is also a card maker who makes amazing cards!  Well, she has a poodle, so I wanted to make her a card that featured the same breed.  Here is what I came up with:

I cut the poodle on my Cricut, and ran the body through the Divine Swirls embossing folder for added texture.  I also added glossy accents on her little nose!

Here's a look at the finished card:

I popped both images up, but used thicker foam adhesive on the doggie, to make her appear oloser.  I used some sparkle neon cording (found at Joanns) for the leash.  The lady was cut from the Paper Dolls Teen Scene cartridge.  Did you notice how low I accidently stamped her mouth?  Ugh!! I could have cried!!  I just can't do that stuff with my poor vision!  I don't know why I even try.  And of course, I stamped it after the image was completely put together.  Some day, I swear, I will learn to stamp it first, so when I mess up, I can just recut that one part, and THEN assemble the entire image!   Lol!

I also did not use any background paper because I didn't want to distract from the images.  I'm happy with how it turned out.  (Even with the stamping boo-boo!)

Let me know what you think!  I love comments!  Thanks for stopping by!  Have a GREAT day!


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