{Wise Guy} Graduation Card

Howdy!  
I wanted to share with you all one of the cards I created for my nephew who recently graduated high school.  :) 

School colors are kelly green, white and black.   Mascot is a cub
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Owl is from Create a Critter 2 by Cricut page 49 (see image below)
"Wise Guy" stamp is from School Days by My Pink Stamper (see image below)
Paw print stamp - craft store
embossing folder on the owl - Script by Cuttlebug

These stamps are retired so check around the web if your interested in purchase.


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{Holiday Dough} - The Perfect Gift

I have several teen-agers on my gift giving list this year and instead of trying to figure out the right gift I thought this would be fun gift that would sure bring a smile to their face.  
Holiday Dough is "perfect" gift for these guys this year.  It is just the "right size and color".  lol!

If you'd like to make some of these for yourself -- enjoy this free printable. Right click on the image and save onto your computer; insert as a picture into a document and print.

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credit source: I saw this idea online at several different places so I'm unsure who to give the credit to for the original idea.  
gingerbread graphic ~ My Cute Graphics
p.s. the clothespins in the picture are for picture taking purposes only.  




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{Still Rocking at... 70} Man Card

We were recently invited to my sister-in-law's dad's 70th birthday celebration and when planning my card I immediately knew I wanted to have a guitar on it.  He's played in a band with friends his whole life traveling to little local communities entertaining folks from all around.  He plays guitar in the band so this is the focus of my card.  When creating a card for a specific person I really like to personalize it to suit their likes, taste, or what they are in to.  I'm so happy how this card turned out.

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{Good Luck} Card using Cricut's New Testament Cartridge

 

This card is 5.50 x 4.25

Hi everyone -- today I'm sharing a card I created for a very special person in our church that is leaving our parish to go to China :(  His time with us is up and he's been assigned a new mission. This card is just a way to say Good Luck and Thank you for your Service.  I wanted a design that was simple yet elegant and I'm so happy with the results.  I'd love to hear your feedback too.  

In case you'd like to know how I created it…read on.

If you are a Cricut owner and like crosses -- the New Testament cartridge is a.w.e.s.o.m.e!!  This cart has a whole button dedicated to crosses of all kinds of design - simple and intracite. I totally fell in love with this whole cartridge the moment I laid eyes on it sometime ago and as soon as I could I added it to my cartridge library.  I'm pretty selective about the cartridges I purchase now and only buy the ones that I really like instead of being a cartridge "collector" I'm a cartridge "user".  I hope that makes sense.  I only buy the ones I know I'll use.  Okey dokey enough on that.

Supplies:

New Testament cartridge by Cricut - cross page 35 (size about 3 inches)

cardstock - black, ivory

pattern paper - black & ivory stripe 

Sentiments ~ My Pink Stamper

*  “Good Luck” = Fancy Phrases

*  “Thank You for your Service” = Fabulous Phrases

Edger Punch on sides is "Scroll & Dots" by EK Success

To add a variation of ivory color to the corners of the layer -- I just bent the 4 corners and added a black brad to hold it down-- this is a great way to add color without adding another layer.

I also tied black twine around the front layer before I adhered it to the card.

I added pop dots to the cross and Good Luck sentiment for dimension. 

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day! 

♥Tracy

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Decorated {Cookie} Box for Man Gift - Recycle and Re-Use

Recently, while we were on vacation my father-in-law stopped by every morning and night to ensure our critters were fed and taken good care of.  {We have 2 dogs and 2 fair show pigs so that’s why you’ll see these animals on the box below.}  As a little token of appreciation we baked him up some yummy cookies.  Once the cookies were baked.....I had to decide how to give them to him.  Such fun decisions! ☺

I thought about many different ways we could dress them up .... like put them in a bag, on a plate or platter and then I came up with this idea of decorating a box and put the baked cookies inside.  The cookies are a variety of Ready to Bake frozen cookie dough that I purchased from my son as a fundraiser through school.  The athletic department was selling cookie dough to raise money for their athletic program.  

Simple and easy -- definitely my way of baking cookies, just take them out of the freezer and put them on a cookie sheet and bake for 15 mins.  :)

This project is more about how I decorated the box top (that I put the baked cookies in).  The box is actually one from the frozen cookie dough.  These cardboard boxes are sturdy and such a shame to waste.  They already have the brown striped design on the sides so I played along with what was already there and just had to cover the top and front side with scrapbook paper.  

Yummy goodies inside!

Supplies to make top of box:

• Scrapbook paper - “DCWV Guy Stack”
• cardstock (white, black, gray, ivory)
• corner punch - “String Lace” by Martha Stewart
• die cuts - “Animal Kingdom” by Cricut (pigs page 83 & 84  and dog page 128)
• embossing folder on dogs - “Herringbone” by Cuttlebug
• distress Ink - “Tea Dye” Distress Ink (background and inking on sides)
• red ink - “Riding Hood Red” by Stampin’ Up
• brown Ink - “Texas Chocolate” by My Pink Stamper (font)
• font stamps - “Font-abulous” by My Pink Stamper 
• background stamp - “Splatter” by Hampton Art
• “Fringe scissors “- Martha Stewart (for grass)
• white gel pen (for doodling animals) and brown marker for doodling (around edges of white cardstock), black 0.3 Copic multi-liner (for doodling around dogs)
• brown ric rack
• Sisal Twine (looks similar to hay bale twine)
• red buttons

Since the edges of the box had these adorable brown stripes I just measured the scrapbook paper for the top and front side.  I used the brown ink to ink around edges of box {this helps hide any missed spots or to distress the entire box blending all of the colors together.}

Here is a closer look….

Have a great day everyone!  

♥ Tracy


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MPS Design Team Project - May

Hi and welcome!  


Today, Tuesday May 24th is Design Team project day for My Pink Stamper's Design Team and it's all about Father's Day or "manly" projects showing off the newest stamp releases for My Pink Stamper.  You can see all of the latest releases here.  I used the stamp set "Fancy Phrases" and my little man is from the Cricut cartridge Car Decals -- it's such a fun cartridge.  :)

Card measures 6" x 6"

Kraft card stock

Man ~ Cricut Car Decals cartridge cut at 4 inches

"Thinking of You...." stamp by My Pink Stamper "Fancy Phrases"

Thanks so much for stopping by and check out my fellow Design Team members projects by clicking here.  


Have a super sweet day!  :)
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Golfer Card

Happy Monday CJToo Friends!

Here is one of the 3 cards (I'll be showing the others during the next week) I created at the request of one of my viewers.  This one is for her hubby -- she said he really likes to play golf so that was the inspiration for this card.  

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The entire card measures 5 x 7 which is a greeting size card.

Cricut Cartridge

"Golfer" ~ All Sports by Cricut (page 27)

 I designed everything on my Gypsy to layer on a 5 x 7 card so I am unsure of exact measurements *sorry*

Embossing Folders

"Herringbone" by Cuttlebug - pants

"Argyle" by Cuttlebug - shirt

Punches

"Bubble Bath" corner punch by Martha Stewart

"corner rounder" punch by Martha Stewart

Miscellaneous

silver stickles (glitter paint) on golf club

white gel pen

brown marker

brown/white checkered ribbon

twine 

brown button

"For My Husband" and "You're Tee-riffic"stamps

by Scrappy Mom's

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Thanks for stopping by today -- I'll be back on Wednesday with another CJToo Crafty Designers Design Team Post along with a very special guest designer.  

We will have some spring projects to share with you all.  

(smiles)

--Tracy

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Happy Birthday Basketball Fan

Here is the card I created for my 14 year old's birthday which is today. He's a HUGE basketball fan and loves to play and watch basketball.
The card measures 11 x 4 1/4... I wanted to accommodate a long lean BB player.
- I cut the BB player at 7 inches from Basketball Solutions.
- Happy Birthday is cut at 1 1/4 inches from Birthday Cakes cricut cake cartridge.
- Skyler is cut at 1 inch on Varsity letter.
One of my cards would not be complete without some doodling with white gel pens and black markers.
The basketball is a 1 inch circle and I drew on the BB lines.
Thanks for stopping by today ... We're off to celebrate Skyler's birthday by going shopping for a laptop for him....Wish me luck to find one that will not break my pocket book. Crossing fingers!!!
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Birthday Card for Nephew #133

Happy Saturday evening everyone!

Here is a card I made for my nephew back in October....I finally uploaded to YouTube. I hope it gives you some ideas for guy/boy cards. DCWV has a Guy Stack out and it has some awesome papers in it. :)

Thanks for taking the time to comment - I really do appreciate it so much!

♥Tracy



 

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Monkey Birthday Card

My nephew Dylan's birthday is today so I pulled out my "stuff" to make him this sweet card. The card measures 5 x 5 and the monkey is from none other than Create a Critter, Happy Happy Birthday stamp is from MyPinkStamper. Hope you enjoy my card for today. :)
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♥ You're a Deer Birthday Card (for my hubby)♥

Guy cards were so hard to create .....but not anymore now that we have the Cricut Lite Wildlife cartridge which is full of animals for the hunter in mind.  Here is a card I created for my sweet hubby for his birthday which is today.  The MPS stamps go perfect with it too.  :) 

 Thanks for stopping by CJToo's blog. 

::Supplies Used::

Cricut cartridge - Cricut Lite Wildlife Cricut Lite

cardstock - papertrey ink

pattern paper - Reflections Autumn collection - Michael's

cuttlebug folder - Herringbone

wavy dotted scallop punch - EK Success

rustic twine - papertrey ink

black sharpie marker

white gel pen - PeachyKeenStamps

stamps - Family and Friends - My Pink Stamper (for my husband & Happy Birthday) &  More Punnylicious (you're a deer)

Fiskars - scalloped square punch (for square stamps)

decorative scissors for Happy Birthday

pop dots

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Video #20 ~ You Suit Me Just Fine Card for My Honey

Hi everyone....

Here is a card that I made using the Indie Solutions Cricut Cartridge for the heart, spade, diamond and club. I printed the greeting off of my computer but you can use whatever greeting you'd like.

*NOTE* I fixed the sound gap and reloaded the video to YouTube....

Please leave me a comment so I will know that you are watching and liking these video's....It really encourages me to start on the next one. I appreciate that....Ü








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