graduation cards

Okay I made my first submission to cricut magazine. I have more in the works. I did two variations of a Graduation gift card/money holder card. We will see. When ever I look at the magazine cards they always look so simple to make and they are, so I tried to keep mine simple this time too.

My son graduates this year and I asked him which card he liked best and he chose the one on the right, because it has some pretty embossing on it. He told me to keep them because I will be needing them. I wasn't able to get the inside pictures to line up right on the screen but both of them have a place for either a gift card or money. In the picture below the embossing looks like a kite, but it is really a graduation hat. The one on the left looks like the owl has chicken pox, LOL. Well need to get busy on the rest of my projects. My next one is a scrapbook pet page. The page is done, I just need to get my dog to sit still long enough for a  picture.That will be harder to do than the page was. Have a great weekend my friends and God bless you all.

Hump Day...

I am so glad we are on our way to the weekend. I don't think I have anything happening Saturday. Then Sunday after church we will be celebrating my husbands birthday and mine, which was yesterday. I hate when it is on a weekday and a Tuesday at that. If it hadn't been for the box of chocolates, two cards with gift cards inside and all the well wishes on facebook, it would have felt like any other Tuesday. I woke at 5:00 a.m., was at work by 6:25. Got off at 12:30 and went over to my daughters house to watch my grand-daughter. That was the best part of the day, you'll have to go to past entries to see pictures, LOL. Then was home by 6:00 and ate a frozen pizza. Oh yeah my daughter made me birthday cupcakes. Thank you Becky.
 I am hoping to have the energy to do some cards or scrapbook or do something crafty, Saturday. We went to Anaheim for the scrapbook Expo, a couple of weekends ago and I am still trying out all the goodies we got there. I have been allotted some of our tax return for the Expo when it comes here to San Diego in May. I can't wait!!! :) Well thanks for visiting. I'm hoping to have some pictures to post this weekend. God bless you and have a great week!

Babies First Year...



I was invited to a former employees baby shower today. She stated on her invitation that they were going with a jungle theme for their new little girl. Times being what they are, I decided to make her a "Babies First Year" mini album. I think it turned out so cute. I used the jungle animals from Create a Critter. I made one pocket page for each month. But instead of putting the months on the tabs, I wrote the numbers, 1-12. I found a stack of paper that was perfect for the backgrounds for each page. Then I stamped a journaling heart for the mommy to be to write a little note to her precious little girl. Each month has a place for a picture on the outside and a pull out page for more fun pictures, mementos or what ever. On some of the pages I added 2 1/2 inch jungle animal from the Create a Critter cartridge. I wasn't able to stay for the whole time so I didn't get to see her open her gifts, I hope she enjoys it. It was fun to make and didn't take me that long to make. I have made one for myself except I put the months on the tabs. I almost forgot to take a picture for February. I ended up taking a picture of our cat doing what he does best, sleeping on my extra craft table chair. But then I remembered something else that happened in February and put that in there too. I love mini albums because they don't take as much effort for me to do a page. So thats my mini album. Have a great Saturday, God bless you all.

 12 pocket pages with numbers

Scrapbook expo, Anaheim

Becky and I made our way from San Diego to Anaheim to shop till we dropped today at the Scrapbook Expo. We found some really good deals. My favorite part was when we stopped by "The Stamps of Life" booth. Stephanie and her husband are the nicest people. She is exactly the same in person as she is in her videos. She is the sweetest person, they both are. I bought too many stamp sets today. There were some really good deals. By the time I got home and took all my stuff out to look at again, my head was spinning. Oh my, where to start. Then I got tired and had to go lay down and take a nap, haha. After my nap I was able to focus again and I made a couple of cards. What a fun day. I hope everyone else had a terrific day, God bless.

It's Thursday again, go figure...

It has been an interesting week. Monday and Tuesday we had off from work, bummer though, no work no pay so you really can't enjoy it. Then to top it all off I was not feeling my best. I was feeling the exact same way I felt a year ago and ended up in the hospital. I have a mind over matter thing going, I can't afford to be sick, so it don't matter! I am feeling some what better today. It's just our crazy weather here. 80 degrees during the day and mid 40's at night. I am okay unless I go out at night.
Back on to more fun stuff. I am on a mission to have one of my cards published in a magazine. I see what is out there and say "I can do that!" I really like the Cricut magazine and they are having a call out. Is that what they call it? I made a card tonight but not for that. I made it just to do it, because I haven't felt good enough to be at my work table.
 I stamped the butterflies on some scrap patterned paper. The oval is from a stamp set from Stamps of Life, it's an outline of a tree. Again stamped on scrap paper from my stash. I then cut and embossed the background on my cuttlebug. Taped the butterflies to the oval and applied pearls. Cut and tied ribbon to the front panel, stamped birthday sentiment and mounted on green scrap paper. I used my ATG to mount panel to front of the card. You can't see it, but inside I used some more scrap paper that matches the oval and a piece of white card stock to the inside. Done! I am really trying to use up some of my scraps. I am doing a pretty good job so far. Have a great Friday!

Scrappin' For Kenzie: Cards For Emily

Scrappin' For Kenzie: Cards For Emily

it's Thursday...

It's Thursday, it's Thursday...yeah it's Thursday. One more day this week and then we have a four day weekend. My head is spinning I am so happy. Okay back to earth now. I was just doing one of the things I do way to much of and that's, surf the net and visit all the creative blogs that are out there. I came across one asking for cards for a dear little six year old who has recently been diagnosed with Leukemia. I think I was able to get the link it is in the post above. Hopefully it worked because I know how important all the support a family gets the better. Her story was our families story 17 years ago. Have a great weekend and God Bless.

Happy Valentine's Day!

I hope everyone had a nice day. I was up late last night, as always, putting together things for work and family. I am such a goof, but I do work better under pressure. Thanks to my cricut expression it didn't take too long for some of the things I made. But I wanted to make special cards for my hubby and kids. My DH works third shift so I always put his cards on the steering wheel so he gets it first thing. He made me stop filling his car with balloons, bummer :(.  I wish I had taken some pictures last night, but by the time I got done all I wanted to was go to bed. LOL
But it was a wonderful day. I hope it was for everyone else too.

Here we go again...

Well here we go again another work week is quickly approching. At least I have a good job, stressful sometimes, but good. The only thing is it takes me way from what I really like to do, papercraft. My husband asked me to make a belated birthday card for his boss. So I need to go make one soon. I also have to put together some Valentine's day goodies for my staff and the school staff where I work. I am so happy I was able to participate in the "My Pink Stamper" Bog Hop. It was so much fun, thank you Robyn.

My Pink Stamper Blog Hop

I am attempting to get into the "My Pinkstamper Blog Hop". We were asked to make something that had red on it, had a circle and a pink ribbon. Oh and also use a cut item. I made this little valentine with the skunk from create a critter. I love this cartridge so much! Happy Valentine's Day everyone!  WooHOO!!!!! I did it! Okay other than the picture being sideways...what can I say I am still new at this. Sorry I don't own any of Robyn's stamp sets. It's not that I don't love them, it's just times have been a little tough lately. But anyway here I am! Thanks for stopping by.




sorry I am still trying to figure this all out :) anyway Happy Valentine's Day!

 

Words to live by

Today was good, today was fun, tomorrow is another one. This is my favorite Dr. Seuss quote. Good words to live by, because no matter what tomorrow is a new day. 

Happy, Happy Friday!

I love Fridays, can you tell? This past weekend we put a coat of varnish on the top of the craft station my husband made for me last Christmas. I had to move everything off the top. What a mess, sort of. When I went to put it all back together I repositioned things. I also purged a lot of stuff. I have also started making cards out of the scraps of pattered paper I have. I am giving myself a week and anything not used in that time will be let go. If you are like me, you know how hard this will be. You always say I can use this or that, then the pile just keeps getting bigger and bigger, well you know. So I have to be strong. I did make some nice cards here are a few of them...

Not the best pictures of the cards, but you get the idea. I was just grabbing scraps from the box and putting them together.., does it look like it? I find the hardest part of all this is putting the right colors together. The colors are not very bright in the pictures but the first one has muted browns, greens and pinks. The other two are made with vintage looking paper bags, scrap patterned paper and scrap card stock.Also used was  piece of lace, ribbon, a flower and a cut out dress form from forever young cricut cartridge. Any way that's one of my goals for the new year. Have a blessed weekend everyone.

welcome 2012

Happy New Year! Today was a wonderful day. It was a lazy day. We went to the Animal Park this morning before it got too crowded and too hot. Then I went for a ride to Temecula. We ended up at a Michael's craft store up there. I had a gift card for $10.00. I bought a bag full of goodies and only paid .30 out of my pocket. I bought two packs of card stock, five stickles, a cute basket and something else. I was so happy when I left the store. What a way to start my new year. I hope everyone had a beautiful first day of the new year. God bless you all.

Happy Monday ...

Happy Monday before Christmas everyone. Hard to believe, huh? For now I am done shopping, as the money has run out :). My job changed our lives forever, two years ago. We have come to terms with it because some of the changes were for the best. We now get to spend more time with our grand-daughter. With Gods guiding hand all things are possible. It just takes a little longer sometimes so patience is a wonderful thing to have. We are learning to do without, but that's okay too. We still have our home and each other. God Bless everyone and have a wonderful Christmas with family and friends.

Wonderful Wednesday Everyone...

Another wonderful day, I have no complaints. I am slowly learning that complaining only upsets me. So I am really trying to just let life happen. God has His work cut out with me around.
Okay anyway, last night I finished my goody bags for the school staff before they all leave for winter break. I got this ideas while I was browsing all the wonderful craft blogs out there. I always try to do something different for them. These were easy to do and so cute. The hat is a little big, but since I live in Southern California, I can just say it's big because he has already started melting. Thank you to who ever I got the idea from. These are just three of the fifteen I made last night. I will be making more for coworkers later. I usually end up making about twenty to twenty-five. The hardest part are all those small dots. :) Thanks for looking. God Bless you all.

Merry Christmas to all...

Happy Monday! I hope everyone had a wonderful day. I had a very quiet day. I got to sleep in. I didn't have to go to work until 12:00. The day at work was pretty quiet and uneventful. I got home by 6:18, warmed up left overs from last night. At dinner and here I am. Trying to post something today. This is my third attempt. This morning I lost my connection, then had to leave for work. I tried just a few minutes ago and lost it again. Maybe I am not supposed to do this today. I am trying to post a  picture, let me try one more time...There we go, my Christmas card sent to anyone who wants to take a look...God bless everyone.

Merry Christmas to all!

Hello again! It's just me...

Good evening everyone.Again it has been so long between postings. We were going to hire my 17 year old son to come here and post for us, but it never happened. I have to do newsletters for work and have a hard time thinking up things to say there. I have been trying to get my mojo back. I've had a hard time getting started again. Life has been a little hard lately and I have not been in the mood to create. I had to force myself to create some cards for a craft fair we have coming up. Our inventory had dwindled down because I gave about 20 cards to a man in prison. He contacted our woman's group at Church asking for cards for his wife who is going through cancer and his son who is turning 6 this year. Then I sent about 20-25 to a nurse back east who asked for cards through the pink stamper blog. Then the everyday happenings. I made about 20 cards last week. I discovered a cricut Christmas cartridge I hadn't really explored before. I saw some card ideas in the Cardmakers magazine that helped me get some inspiration. We really need more birthday cards. My biggest problem is color coordination and patterned paper I have some much paper but have trouble putting them together. Then when I go online to look for ideas I get lost in other people's creativity. Last night I discovered Smash Books. Youtube is wonderful yet horrible at the same time. Once I get started, I can't stop. Then when I try something out it's just not the same. I couldn't wait to get home from work today so I could try and make one. For a first time, it looks okay. But again it was the paper that held me up. That and I forgot how to use my Bind it All. So of course I go online to look up how to use it the right way and got lost in the idea videos. Really, how hard can this be? hahaha. When I have it, I have it. But when I don't!!!!!!!:(. If I can remember how to load pictures I might get one on here tonight. I remembered!!!! There you go. God bless you and yours.

Summer, what was that?

I was just looking at my last message. We did the relay for life. It was a lot of fun this year because I was in better shape than I had been in the past so I was able to hold up my end of the laps this year.
How funny is it that summer is almost over and here I am. The kids are returning to school, the evenings are getting cooler. Luckily we live in southern California and the days are still very warm. One more week and I will going back to my normal schedule. The paychecks were nice, but the hours were killer. I also didn't get to see much of my baby girl this summer. I am so ready to get back to my old routine.
I love summer because we get to go swimming and hang out, but this summer was a killer. I was too tired to really get any paper crafting done. I will soon be getting a much larger craft room soon. I am so excited. I will have all my crafting thing in one room again, sewing, scrapping, card making. My first project is to finish a tee shirt quilt for my son. I started making him a quilt made from tee shirts he got while doing youth theater. They have the name of the shows on the front and some of them had the cast names on the back. I will post a picture of it when I get finished. I have the top cut and sewn together I just need a bigger work area to put the batting and back on right. It turned out quit large, he had a lot of shirts! LOL. Have a great evening everyone and God Bless.

Happy Summer

Summer is here and now the days are longer. That's my new excuse and I'm sticking to it. I don't know what it is an excuse for but, hey. We are getting ready for Relay for Life. We have lots of cards to make. Our last craft fair wiped us out. It's funny how much time a little one takes up. But I wouldn't miss any of it. I feel so lucky to be part of her life. She is growing up so fast!

Sorry, got off track a little. Any way we will be getting back in the groove this year, I hope. I sort of missed the craft fairs last year. But it is just impossible to do them alone. Well I did do the last one alone and did really, really well. But we were inside which makes a big difference. I was having a creative block for a while. I was going out to my craft area and just staring at all the products I own. But nothing was coming to me.

There are so many creative blogs out there and you all are so creative it just get overwhelming at times. I want to find time to enter the Pink Stamper color challenge if I have time. The weekend is coming and I only have a couple of things happening. If I get up really early and get started I just might make it :). Yeah that's what I'll do. Sleep is over rated anyway, right?
God Bless, Ruth

Happy Easter!

He is risen! We here at Rubees hope that everyone is having a joyous day. We had a family get together and ate and played a game and just enjoyed each others company. Of course just like I always do, I was up until midnight finishing up cards and getting ready for today. Here is one of the cute cards I made with my cricut.
What a beautiful day it was. That God would send us His son for the sole purpose of forgiving our sins in such an incredible manner. How wonderful to think that someone loves us this much.
God Bless you all, Ruth