Monthly Archives: July 2011

Get Well Soon

Posted on July 28, 2011 by Evelyn

I know!  It doesn’t look like a Get Well card!  But the recipient, our uncle, is an avid gardener.  I thought he’d get a kick out of it. I cut the image from page 69 on the Freshly Picked cartridge, … Continue reading →

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Christmas cards

Posted on July 28, 2011 by Evelyn

This little guy is from 3 Birds on Parade.  When I first got the cartridge, I had fun making some of the characters, but never really got around to doing anything with him.  So today, I cut out a sentiment … Continue reading →

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Recycled and/or leftovers

Posted on July 26, 2011 by Evelyn

As I go through my craft room, I’m finding lots of little leftover gems that I decided to make into cards.  I recycled some cards – cutting an image from the fronts and re-using it in a slightly different way: … Continue reading →

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Baby card

Posted on July 23, 2011 by Evelyn

I made and sent this card awhile ago, but haven’t posted it because the colors in the photo are off.  I tried to fix it in Photoshop, and this looks more like I remember (not quite, though!) The baby bunny … Continue reading →

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Photo note cards

Posted on July 21, 2011 by Evelyn

My daughter takes beautiful close-up photos of nature.  I love that she sees beauty in things that other people can pass by without even seeing at all.  When I looked at her pictures, they reminded me of a rainbow, or … Continue reading →

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A challenge of my own

Posted on July 18, 2011 by Evelyn

I have so many Cricut cartridges and svg files that I have bought over the last couple years, I feel like I have over-indulged! and feel a little, tiny bit, guilty about the money spent on them.  Aside from my … Continue reading →

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Wizard of Oz album

Posted on July 16, 2011 by Evelyn

My daughter played Dorothy in her 6th grade play, The Wizard of Oz.  I was trying to think of a good way to scrap all the pictures without taking up pages and pages in her album.       I considered … Continue reading →

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Wedding card

Posted on July 16, 2011 by Evelyn

I needed a wedding card and don’t have any cartridges with wedding images on them.  This image is from Denise’s wedding font.  I have a pad of white Colorbok paper, which has a little bit of texture to it, and … Continue reading →

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Place cards

Posted on July 11, 2011 by Evelyn

I was asked to make place cards for a prom.  The colors were lavender (doesn’t show up very well in the photo) and black and they asked me to include stars.  This is what I came up with.  The font … Continue reading →

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Trenton State Graduation

Posted on July 8, 2011 by Evelyn

I went to college in my 30s.  I was a stay-at-home mom and my children were both in school full time by that point.  I took 3 courses a semester, all between 9:00 and 3:00 so I could put them … Continue reading →

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