Little Birdie Card

I made this card for a friend of mine that is recovering from surgery.  I wanted a sweet bird to put on the card, and found one in the Cupcake Wrappers cartridge.  I used a stamp from My Pink Stamper.  The paper and ribbon are from Stampin' Up.  I wanted to use patterned paper on the bird, so I chose a piece from the SU set "Beyond the Garden".  By the way, SU is running a great special on patterned paper right now.  It's buy 3, get one FREE!  I took advantage of this during my monthly stamp club.  So, I hope to test out my new patterns with more projects soon!

I hope my friend does get better soon!    

Butterfly Pedi!

Wow!  Has it been a busy week?!?  Two of the three children started back to school last week.  The youngest doesn't start for a few more weeks, so he and I have been getting use to the new routine with the older two at school!  Early mornings!!

The week before school started, Emilee and I went for pedicures.  We wanted to have black and white zebra print for our toes!  Emilee even got to have them on her fingernails as well.  It was fun!  Emilee sat in the special butterfly chair.

So now for a card to match our fun day.  I chose a butterfly from the Cupcake Wrapper cartridge.  This will make a cute cupcake topper in the future, but for now it works on my card.  We also had to use pink and the black and white zebra print in honor of our pedis!  For the top portion of the card, I used an embossing plate with polka dots and my Big Shot.  The stamp is from My Pink Stamper.  Hope you like!

Cupcakes!!

Sorry I went for a while without posting.  We have had alot going on with summer and all 3 kids at home!!  But, I have been doing some projects, and now I need to get caught up on posting them.

My youngest son is allergic to milk and eggs, so we have to be very careful what he eats.  The "normal" childhood treats can be very dangerous for him.  So, we're learning to deal with it and make adjustments when we can.  Several years ago, I found a recipe for a milk and egg-free cake and modified an icing recipe for him.  Like most kids, he could care less for the cake, but loves the icing.  The cake is ok, but is different from a cake made with eggs, so when I make cupcakes with this recipe, they are usually all for Cooper! 

I have had my eye on the Cricut Lite cartridge Cupcake Wrappers for quite a while, and I finally got it at Walmart.com using their cartridge bundle deal.  I was really excited to hold the booklet and see all the wrappers I can create.  One in particular caught my eye.  I think it is suppose to be dog prints, but I see TIGER PAWS.  Our high school's mascot is a tiger and the colors are crimson and white.  I cut the wrappers at 8.2". 

There is a wrapper for any occasion, plus I see using several of these designs with other projects.  I'll cook up more cupcakes soon and create some new wrappers -- they really make it easier to hold the cupcakes and the kids love to pick out which one is for them.

Thanks for looking!