Who's Birthday is it now?

Owl's have been a big hit this year.  

This little guy was an image I'd been hanging onto in my library and came across the perfect occasion to cut him out.

This one was a lot of fun, another one I really wanted to keep for my collection :)

Total pieces:

20 paper pieces

3 pieces of twine

Hey Cupcake

Here's a fun card I made. Simple yet, there's enough detail to make parts stand out.

My guidelines for this were: Birthday card and any shade of teal.

hmmmm.....

Cupcakes are always a winner for birthdays so I used a light teal color and stamped the cupcake on it.   i drew over the top of the stamped image with glitter pens to add sparkle. Then I just started stacking colors on colors.  haha.  

I did add some pink very lightly around the edges of the white to break up the solid colors and to make the gem on the top of the cupcake stand out a bit more.  

I ran the background paper through my cuttlebug using the herringbone folder.  

Got lots of compliments on this one.  I liked it!

Total pieces:

9 paper pieces (1 inside)

1 gem

Very Simple Retirement Card

A co-worker retired from the office and our team wanted to pass around a card to sign for her.

I wanted to keep the card simple so that the sentiments inside stood out more than the outside of the card.

Total pieces:

5 paper pieces (one hiding inside)

1 twine piece

I made some things for myself

I have been wanting to make a few things for myself but get caught up in what everyone else wants me to make them, I haven't had time.

This year before my craft fairs season started, I decided I wanted to get organized and make a file folder that included all of my craft fair show detail.  And there's no way I could have stood for just a plain black box sitting by my window. haha.

While I was at it, I made myself a cup too :)

Bottle Opener

Ok, I was really impressed with my husband and myself for this one.  

The board came off of an old hospital here in town that our grandma used to work at.  When they remolded it, she really liked the designs on the trim and took the boards home with her.  We have since acquired them and I was excited to use them for this creation.

When we have parties at the house, I always think it would be nice to have somewhere other than a bucket on the ground for people to put their bottle caps.  We used one of the boards and cut it to size, screwed the bottle opener to the top and then attached the metal band for the mason jar. 

I think we may have to throw a party just so we have an excuse to use it now.