Our little creek in town.

Here is the creek that was just in my backyard growing up (well I just had to walk through the park) after the amazing amount of rain we have gotten in the last 24 hours.

Wedding card

Here is the wedding card I made for my cousin to go with her etched glassware. It is brown and cream, the colors of her invite. I know it looks black in the picture. I used Mini Monograms for the circle and scalloped circle. I used Jubilee for the W to match the glassware.

Birthday card

Here is a card I made for my SIL. It started as one thing and turned out to be totally different! The saying is from Doodletype.

Riley's Get Well card.

Well Riley managed to cut his fingers on his left hand. He ended up with 12 stitches on the middle 3 fingers and his thumb. However on his pinky finger he cut through the tendon as well so he went in for surgery yesterday. He is doing well after surgery. He is home and is in some pain but that is to be expected. I had to whip up this card really fast so it isn't embossed or chalked and has no bling. I know it could have benefited from it but I had to make do. Thank goodness the Just Because cartridge made it easy to make a fast card without much thought.

Etched Glassware

My cousin is getting married at the end of August and she asked for this 4 piece baking set. I decided I would etch her new last name on them so if she did travel with them to get togethers she would always know which one was hers. There is one more 8x8 dish that is not pictured, but it really doesn't look any different from the other 2 rectangular pieces. I also bought a bowl because I wanted to do more than just the baking dishes. I only did the initial with a circle for something different. I used the Jubilee font for this.

Rooster Pitcher

This is a pitcher I etched for my SIL for her birthday. She likes rooster's and has her kitchen decorated that way. I hope she likes it!

Riley's Birthday Card.

Riley had a skater/skull theme for his birthday so this is what I came up with. I used lime green because it is his favorite color.

Graduation Gift

This has been going around a couple of blogs posted as their own. (Charming by Design is one) This is indeed my project.

Here is a gift I made for a graduation. I used their school colors. I didn't overdo it as I knew that the graduate, being a boy, really wouldn't care about how it looked on the outside...it's what is inside that counts! LOL! I used my CRICUT to cut the font and the grad cap.  ***This is not a printable file. I have had quite a few requests for a printable file*** I used Alphalicious for the font and the grad cap came off of Locker Talk. The tag is a Creative Memories punch. The tassel came from the Dollar Tree. I stuffed it with money and candy.

To make this you just cut a sideways U shaped cut in the bottle. Fill it with whatever you choose and then cover it with the paper. All of the stuff you put in will keep the U cut from curling in.

I also made these as thank you gifts for Carter's teachers. They are also posted on the blog if you want to take a look. Just click on this link.  Thank you gift bottles.

Teacher gifts

Here are the teacher gifts this year. The cards went to Carter's speech teacher and small group teacher. I added a homemade bar of soap to the cards. (you can see the soap in the picture below). I used Doodlecharms for the apple and Fabulous Finds for the tag.

These are the goodies I added to the 2 liter bottles below. I altered a mini composition book, made magnets using my cuttlebug, altered a pen and added other goodies. I also added a poem that Carter signed, which I did not take a picture of.
Here are the 2 liter bottles filled with goodies! The butterfly was cut from the Wild Saffron paper stack by K and Co. I bent the wings up to make them look 3-D. The tag is from Tags, Bags, Boxes and More. I cut the leaf from the center of the tag using Design Studio. The leaf is from Straight From the Nest. The thank you cut is from Lyrical Letters.

Gracie's birthday card.

My niece had a Little Mermaid birthday and this is what I came up with. I used Disney's Dreams Come True cartridge.