My itsy bitsy Spiderman!

Hello and welcome to Die Cuttin Divas Creepy Crawly Challenge #17. I had an absolute blast putting together this layout! It really brought me back to when my kids were teeny tiny. This was back in February 2008. My little guy insisted on wearing a Spiderman costume and running circles around my living room. It's not in this layout but my then 3 year old was doing the same thing. How could I resist snapping tons of action pictures!


I just love how this turned out! I kept finding fun things to add on to it...without overdoing it. And then when I found the 'Itsy Bitsy' sentiment I just fell in love! I pulled out my sewing machine again! It's not perfect but I think it adds a neat perspective to the layout! I also added glossy accents to the black spider to make him shine and stand out a bit! I inked the edges of the paper, spider web, and sentiment. The thread is just from my stash.

Mini Monsters cart - sentiment, webs
Indie Art cart - spiders
Rubber Stampede - ink

Mother's Day!

I'm having so much fun making these Mother's Day cards! It's only 2 weeks away!!! I made this card tonight for a few challenges. The first is Peachy Keen Stamps Let's Face it Friday Challenge #13 which was to create a Mother's Day Card using Peachy Keen Faces! Cricut Cardz Challenge #71 was also to create a Mother's Day project. And finally More Than Favors CCCC #14 was to create a project using the Indie Art project. Here's my latest Mother's Day card.

I am getting more familiar with my gypsy. I used Indie Art for the flowers and Stretch Your Imagination for the flower pot. The flower pot is the layer part of the image. I used the hide feature on my gypsy to hide the flower so I could weld the shadows of the flowers to the pot. I added some Peachy Keen Everyday Character Faces to the flowers and used the ek success Victorian Photo Corner punch. The sentiment is computer generated. The tag is from Gypsy Wanderings. I added some eyelets from Making Memories and a little ribbon. I have to admit it started out not really being my favorite card but I think it's growing on me :)

Dad's day

Good bright sunny (but cold) day bloggers! I've been working on a manly card for last weeks Wacky Wednesday challenge over at More than Favors. Everyone says man cards are much harder but I didn't really believe them.....that is until I had to try one myself! My problem is trying to keep it plain and simple. I think I finally accomplished it though. Take a look :)



The card is a 5x5 and the base cut is from Gypsy Wanderings. I just welded the 2 shapes together with my gypsy. The nut is from Indie Art and is cut at 4 inches. I did some layering and doodling. I unfortunately have no idea where the dad letters are from. I just found those in my stash I'm sure from years ago.

I didn't realize it but I only used 2 cartridges and they were 2 of the free ones I got when I registered my gypsy. So to everyone out there that thinks you need tons and tons of cartridges, you really don't!