Birthday Balloons Stencil and Cards

Welcome Back,
Each new year, I create two dozen birthday cards to mail out to friends and family during the course of the year. I try to get a head start during my Christmas break. This year, I wanted to make a few balloon themed cards, but I have no balloon stamps or stencils. Thought "Bet I can create one with my cricut!" My husband helped me with some of the graphic design using inkscape and corel draw, but I did most of it myself:

I happen to have a pack of 3 blank stencil materials that a friend gave me, and I used two of the with this project. I did large and small balloons. 

Using my MISTI tool, and mass produced 8 cards that were very similar in design. I thought they came out pretty cute!  After stamping them all with the same "HAPPY BIRTHDAY" stamp, I realized, I need to purchase some more Birthday sentiment stamps!  LOL

I entered this card into a few challenges:

Cute Card Thursday - Anything Goes

Seize the Birthday - Anything Goes

Supplies:

Stamps: none

Stencil: Handmade - similar to other balloon stencils

Sentiment: SSS essential greetings
Paper: Neenah Solar White, black cardstock, SU cardstock
Ink: Distress Oxide Inks, SSS Black Ink

Thanks for dropping by!

Snowfake Easel Card by Bird Revisited

Hello again,
In my search for inspiration for gifts for the holidays, I ran across Bird's snowflake easel card from a few years ago. I decided to see if I could locate the file in my archives, and when I couldn't, I simply located it again on Bird's site and downloaded it again.  :) Gotta love technology!

I decided to make it a bit smaller this time around. Aren't they sweet? They will make nice gifts. Here is the link to the .svg file if you want it. CLICK HERE.

Supplies:
Stamps: BE JOYFUL - Simon Says stamp "Big Scripty Holiday Greetings"
Paper: Blue winter wonderland cardstock from paper pack
Ink: Black
SVG file from link above
Rhinestones adhered with glue

Holidays are coming!

Hello Everyone,
I have been busy in my craft room. I have no idea what blogger has been doing in my absence, but I see some things have changed.

First, I made some sweet gift bags for Halloween. I wanted to share them with you. I saw the .svg file on sale from SVGCUTS.com, and I had to clean up my craft room and get crafting!

My co-teachers loved them! I had so much fun making these that I began plotting for the holidays!  More to come!