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Danielle's Corner Office: March 2009

Monday, March 23, 2009

Black and Cream cards

I bought the "La Creme" stack from DCWV not long ago and decided to make a batch of different cards with the same papers. I ended up making 7 cards (3 of them are a set of monogramed note cards.) All of the die cuts are from the Cricut Storybook cartridge. The stamps I used are Studio G and Clearly Wordsworth. 2 of the cards have cuttlebug embossing on them (Thank You and Birthday Girl). Now I think I need to do something really bright!
Danielle
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Saturday, March 14, 2009

St. Patrick's Day cards

My family ancestory is from a number of different countries but my siblings and I all feel closest to our Irish heritage (we have a bit of English, Scottish, German, Dutch and Native American, too), so St. Patrick's Day celebrations are a must at our house. Here are some cards I made for sister #2 and for my brother (the baby). I posted the card I made for sister #1 a week or so ago.
All the stamps are from Studio G. I used the Cricut for the scalloped circles (Mini Monograms), the bookplate frame (Fabulous Finds), and the gold shamrocks (Paper Doll Dress Up). I found the ribbon at WalMart last year after St. Patrick's Day on sale so I picked up a few rolls. I used a new border punch for the inside of both and the outside bottom of my sister's card. It's by EK Success and it's called "parisian". I had a little trouble getting used to positioning it for the second or third punch and it came out a little crooked, but I like the look of it anyway. On my sister's card I tied the ribbon in a knot before attaching it to the paper. I left it flat on my brother's card, since I have to mail it. I Hope they like them.
Danielle
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Thursday, March 12, 2009

Basket Tags

Kristen sent Amy to buy inexpensive baskets to organize our mail today. We seem to get a ton of mail and sometimes it sits on the counter and gets lost in the general clutter of the 6 of us coming home and throwing keys, purses or whatever else we are carrying on the kitchen counter. I made these tags for the baskets so we would know which basket was new mail and which one was opened mail to be filed. I cut the mailbox and letters from Doodlecharms and the grass from Zooballoo. The mailbox post is cut by hand and I doodled a little on it and on the letters. "You've Got Mail!" is handwritten with a gel pen. The cute little file folders are cut from Fabulous Finds. I hand wrote the letters on the folders, inked them with Walnut ink and hand wrote "To Be Filed". I hope it helps us keep things a little better organized, but I'm not holding my breath-LOL.
Danielle
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Tuesday, March 10, 2009

Get well-Rose

Made this card tonight and didn't know what to use for the sentiment. I decided on a Get Well card because my daughter Amy liked this stamp. All paper from my scraps, Stamps are Studio G, Rose is cut with the Cricut from the Indie Art cartridge at 4". I cut it 4 times in pink cardstock, once in pink patterned paper and then the shadow in brown to give it dimension. I inked the stem with 3 different green inks and the rose with 2 pinks and a tiny bit of cranberry. Ribbon from my stash. I really like this rose cut. It's one of my favorites from the Indie Art cartridge.
Danielle
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Just a Note

I made this card with leftovers from the Birthday card I made last week-it was easier than cleaning up! The sentiment stamp and the inside stamp are Studio G. All the paper was from my scraps, and the ribbon from my stash. I inked with walnut ink, used Martha Stewart butterfly punch and doodled with a gel pen. The paper flowers were a gift and the brads were from my stash. I think I like this one better than the birthday card. It must be the brighter ribbon and the flowers-everything else is about the same.
Danielle

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Monday, March 9, 2009

Lance's Birthday card

This isn't quite what he described to me when he was telling me what he wanted on his birthday card, but I decided to take his idea and make it mine! He likes several of the cuts on the "Indie Art" cartridge for the Cricut and told me he wanted the grenade, the biohazard sign, a scull and something else that I can't remember! When I looked at the cuts I decided I didn't like them together. They wasn't a theme-except that Lance liked all of them. Since he is in the U. S. Army I decided to go with just the grenade and added the stars. I bought a U. S. Army stack by K & Co. a few months ago to make a scrapbook for him, but haven't used any of the papers so I got that out and found some patterned papers I liked, then matched those with the green cardstock from Bazzill and some parchment cardstock I got several years ago. The stamps I used on the inside are from Studio G and Inkadinkadoo, and then I hand wrote "to our favorite soldier". I added a lot of inking with gold and walnut inks, and doodled a bit with gel pen. I think it turned out pretty nice, and I hope he likes it too.
Danielle

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Busy week!

I haven't had time to do any crafting lately-I've been working extra shifts. There were several call offs at work, and I also picked up a shift for someone, so I worked a double shift on Friday and another on Saturday, and then worked days today (Monday). I don't do doubles very often, mostly because I just get so tired when I do, but when someone calls off, I hate for the other nurses to have to work without the needed help. I certainly am glad to have a job right now, when so many people are unable to find work, and I'm blessed to be in a job I like. Tomorrow I have the day off and I plan on doing some crafting, at least a bit. Wednesday is my son's 21st birthday and he has already told me what he expects me to put on his birthday card, so I already know what I'm going to be doing. Hopefully he likes what I come up with. It seems that as fast as I make my cards lately my children say, "Mom, I need a card for ...", and so we look through my cards and they take a birthday, sympathy or whatever card. My daughter needed a sympathy card for someone she works with and my son wanted a birthday card for his friend's mom this week. That's why I make them! I love it that they think my cards are nice enough to give to their friends.
Danielle

Tuesday, March 3, 2009

Happy Birthday Butterfly

The butterfly cut on this card is from the Cricut cartridge, Tear Drop. It was cut from the same blue cardstock as the base of the card, then inked with several colors of ink. I also did a bit of doodling on it with a gold gel pen. Both the sentiment and butterfly stamps are from a set by A Muse. The ribbon is Offray and the paper is from my stash. I did a bit of inking on the papers in gold. I like the way this one turned out, but I don't think the pics show it very well. I had trouble with the lighting-too much or too little!
Danielle

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Monday, March 2, 2009

This is my first St. Patrick's day card this year. I'm digging in my scraps again and this was the results this afternoon. I worked night shift last night and didn't have much sleep when I made this so it's not the best job. The vellum is a little crooked I think, but I really like this stamp and the background paper. I cut the frame corners with the Cricut from the Jasmine cartridge, used a Fiskars border punch, colored the image with colored pencils and mounted it with eyelets. I think it turned out OK for a card made by someone half asleep!
Danielle
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Sunday, March 1, 2009

My new puppy!

We went to the local shelter this week and found an adorable puppy. He is about 6 months old, and we think he may be a shepherd/chow mix. We have named him Reesie and he is setlling in nicely. He had 5 accidents in the house on the day we brought him home, but none since them. He goes into his crate at night to sleep with very little problems, stands by the door when he wants to go out and only barks when someone is coming in the house or when he sees someone he doesn't know in our yard. We are all completely in love with our new baby! I tried to get some photos of him, but as soon as I get down to take a picture he thinks I want to play, so my pics aren't very good. I will have to keep trying, but here is the best one I've taken so far.
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