Black and White and Red and Pink

Having my craftroom in the basement helps me kill two birds with one stone - I can get three or four cards done in the time it takes to get one load of laundry done.  Today's cards were made with scraps that were on my desk, and I love the colors - black/white/red, and black/white/pink.  Whatcha' think?

This little Hello card was made with Stampin' Up Black card stock for the base, and DCWV solid cardstock for the white and red layers and little Scotty dog - isn't he adorable?  He was cut from the Just Because Cricut cartridge at 6-1/2". I used the Tim Holtz Sizzix embossing folder Burlap on the red layer. The black/white polka dot layer is an adhesive backed ribbon that I found in my stash. 

Black and hot pink - love this color combo too.  The black card base is Stampin' Up card stock and the white and hot pink layers are DCWV cardstock.  There's that black/white ribbon again topped by a strip of pink/white ribbon and topped off with two pink Prima hydrangeas and a Prima bling.  The stamps I used are from Unity Stamp's May Kit of the Month.

And here's one more black/red/white combo.  This red/white striped layer is from DCWV spring stack and the daisy border was made with an EK Success border punch.  The hello sentiment is from the Kites2Fly set from The Stamps} of Life.

Time to get dinner ready - enjoy the rest of your day!

A few more Cards for Kids

Hello everyone in blog land - I hope you're enjoying your weekend.  It's warm and sunny here in NJ today, and before I head outside I wanted to clean off my desk and make a few more cards with the scraps for the Cards for Kids campaign.  You can read about it here. I used my Wild Card Cricut cartridge to make these cards and envelopes.

In addition to the card for the ill children, I think a few of these will be used to send prayers and good wishes to their parents.  They need to know someone is thinking of them too during such a difficult time. 

Enjoy the rest of your weekend!

Cards For Kids

I got an email yesterday from Jennifer McGuire about round 3 for the Cards for Kids drive which you can read about here.  I've participated in this before and it's a wonderful, inexpensive way to make an ill child and their families smile, if just for a moment.  There are 13 children that will be receiving these cards, and I've committed to making at least one card for each of them.  Since I wanted to play with my new Cricut cartridge Freshly Picked, I decided to start with this adorable little gnome that I named Norman from New Jersey.

 He was cut from solid and patterned paper from the DCWV Summer Stack.  The hello sentiment was cut from the Wild Card cartridge on green cardstock and the card base was Very Vanilla from SU.

I then cut the label from a patterned paper from the DCWV Fall Stack using the Fancy Labels cartridge just to give the card a bit more color.

So Norman from is all set to visit a few little friends taking my greetings from New Jersey with him.  Please consider sending some cards also - it will make you smile knowing you made someone else smile.

Fancy Labels, Wild Card and Just Because Cards

Well, I finally found the booklet for my Just Because Cards Cricut cartridge and wanted to give it a whirl.  I chose the star card and envelope and used  DCWV solid and patterned cardstock from the Summer Stacks.  The inside was kind of plain being all white, so I cut the frame from the new Fancy Labels Lite cartridge.

Next, I wanted to play with the Fancy Labels cart a little more and cut this scallop oval frame and base from it.  I added it to a card cut from the Wild Card cartridge.  I'm lovin' these three carts and if it wasn't so stinkin' hot in NJ today, I'd have made a few more cards. 

Now I'm off to take a look at the Freshly Picked cart that I just linked to my Gypsy.  That's for tomorrow.  Enjoy the rest of your day.