Spring-y "welcome" wreath

Isn't it funny how quickly we get spoiled?  We've had almost 2 weeks of nice warm weather (60's, 70's and a couple of 80 degree days) but today was only about 50 and it felt so chilly.  Of course, if this had been a normal spring, we would have been thrilled with today's temp!  But whatever the temperature, spring officially arrived this past week, and so it's time for spring crafts!

In the fall, I made a wreath that has been hanging on our school room door, and I had intended/hoped to change it every season or holiday.  Well, I missed a few - ok, I missed a bunch! - but at least spring is covered now! :)

Challenges...
Fantabulous Cricut Challenge #103 - "Celebrate Spring" with at least 3 flowers
BBTB2 - "Welcome"
Celebrate the Occasion #55 - "Welcome Spring"
Krafty Girls #3 - "Get Growing" with handmade flowers
Whimsical Wednesdays - "Celebrate Spring"

~wreath from JOTS cut at 10 1/2"
~flowers from GBS at 2", 2 1/2", 3", 3 1/2"
~D'vine Swirls, Distress Stripes, Perfect Paisley, Swiss Dots, and Floral Fantasy Cuttlebug folders
~"Welcome" from Ashlyn's Alphabet cut at 2 1/2"
~Core'dinations and DCWV cardstocks

Thanks for stopping by!!!

Angel shaped Christmas card

I still need a few more Christmas cards and time is flying!  I made 2 this afternoon.  This first one has an angel welded to a rectangle to make a 'tall' card. 

sorry... should have cropped the pic!

Challenges...
Celebrate the Occasion - Christmas shape card
Stampin' Sisters in Christ - TRUE meaning of Christmas -and my digi is the verse they used! :)

What I used:
~Basic Grey Wassail paper (found this is a scrapbook store that I recently found and visited for the first time yesterday... I'll be going back!)
~silver paper is Slice embossed with Divine Swirls Cuttlebug folder
~angel from JOTS cut at 3.5" and welded to a rectangle
~free word art from Word Art Wednesday for last week's challenge that I missed!!  :(


Thanks for looking!!!

"Welcome 2 R Classroom" sign

Here's a fall sign for our home school room.  Not that the kids couldn't find it without this, but now they have NO excuse!  :)  They all really like this and think we should make one for every season.  We'll see! :)

Challenges...
~BBTB2 Contest - "classroom" sponsored by My Creative Classroom
~Fantabulous Cricut - "leaves are falling"

~wreath from JOTS at 10 3/4"
~cut the leaves in contrasting colors and embossed in
       Cuttlebug with Distressed Stripes, Swiss Dots, or Divine Swirls
~welcome, 2, R from Doodletype
~Classroom from C101, each letter turned, and welded
~marker for veins (an idea that seemed good, saw it, hated it, but too late!!)
~gel pen doodles

Thanks for stopping by!!!

"home tweet home" card

I don't have either "Straight from the Nest" or "Stretch Your Imagination" they suggest over at BBTB2 for this week's challenge and blog hop, but I do have DS, so I made my own birdhouse.  

How did I do it?

I cut the dreidel from JOTS, turned it upside down, trimmed the handle, and cut a circle from the middle for the house itself.  Welded a couple of shapes from GBS for the roof.  Used a rounded rectangle for the 'floor'

~ Bazzill cardstock

~ Blossoms and Butterflies paper

~ swirl border from Joys of the Seasons

~ bird from A Child's Year

~ 'home tweet home' is from Tear Drop cut at 1"  

~heart and branch are from Sweethearts (I wanted to use the kissing birds, too, but they didn't cut well that small)

Thanks for looking!!!!

Another Christmas card - jingle belles

Making Christmas cards in February is kind of fun.  Not being under pressure to get them done is nice!  :D

The jingle belles prompt for this week is "text me."  That means use some paper or have a text on your card somewhere.  I chose to use paper with a text... Merry Christmas!  Appropriate for a Christmas card, don't you think?  

I will probably make more like this using Coke paper that I have.  My hubby collects Coke memorabilia and I am addicted to really like diet Coke, so it would be cool.  I think the Coke ads with the bear are so cute! 

What I used:

~Tan cardstock cut at 8 1/2" x 5 1/2" for card

~black linen texture cardstock

~'Merry Christmas' paper from DCWV Christmas holiday stack

~polar bear from Joys of the Season cut at 2 1/2" and shadowed - *Edit-  I obviously forgot to add the shadow!! Grr!

~scarf cut from DCWV glitter mat stack

~glitter glue to add some sparkle to the stars

~ribbon from my stash

Thanks for looking!!!

Valentine Snowman card for Cricut Cardz Challenge #58

I started doing card challenges just last week and have enjoyed it so much that I went looking for more.  This is my take on the Cricut Cardz Challenge #58... use a snowman from any Cricut cartridge.  I am in valentine mode so I thought "why not a snowman valentine card?" and came up with this little guy.  Hope you like him!

(Sorry for the shadow on the bottom!)

What I used:

• A2 ready made card
• Pink background is from SB sized to 5.5"x4.25".  Hearts are from DC
• My snowman is from DC and is cut at 2-2-1/2" with a black shadow, brown 'blackout', and white body.  I hid the eye, mouth, and button contours in DS and made my own
• The scarf and shoes are from the JOTS snowman...  I widened the scarf to fit this guy's neck and trimmed the excess from the ends
• Tags are from VMT
• Words are from DT and welded