Gift Card Holder

Today's fun project was a last minute gift card holder.  I say last minute because I thought of it on the way home from work.

We're having a White Elephant Christmas exchange tomorrow.  I wanted to get nice coffee travel mugs and a bag of Starbuck's coffee but that didn't happen.  Yes, I procrastinated!  I ended up getting a Starbuck's gift card instead.  To go with my nifty gift card I made a cute gift card holder.

Since I couldn't buy the mug I decided to make one!

For my first try at this particular item I don;t think I did too bad.  I should have made it bigger but my measurements were off.  I could have also gone into way more detail with the card but like I mentioned, it was last minute.  I had to put up our Christmas tree, prepare food for the festivities tomorrow, etc.  I was one busy lady today!  Hope whoever gets it likes it...if they even notice it was homemade.  :)

Cricut Expression giveaway

As you know I have been posting about one of my favorite site, www.svgcuts.com, which I visit almost daily to download images or just browse.  I have won something 3 times already by participating in contests they hold.  Well, tonight is the mac daddy of all giveaways.  They are giving away a Cricut Expression bundle and a Cricut Personal cutter along with more gift cards.  Now I know I already have a Cricut but it would be mighty nice to win one of them and give it as a gift to one of my awesome crafty friends or family members.

I'll be around tonight watching their live broadcast online hoping that I am one of the lucky winners.  Here's the link to the info: http://svgcuts.com/blog/?p=8018

Win #3 for me!

I just saw that I won a $10 gift card from www.svgcuts.com.  Woohoo!  That's win #3 for me so far since I found the site.  Now I have to figure out which awesome file I want to download.

I have one last Thank You card to show.  It has a little too much going on with it but it's too late to fix what needs to be fixed without ruining it.  I got the birdie off another awesome site http://scale-files.blogspot.com/.  Paulo, the owner of the site, does some amazing work!  All his images are free to download and I have to tell you they are beautiful!

And still going...

I am still working on Thank You cards.  I made another set today which I think are way cute.  I downloaded the birdcage image from www.svgcuts.com, my favorite site ever!!  By the way, they have been doing a 12 Days of Christmas giveaway that has some pretty awesome stuff including Cricut's!  As you all may have learned by now my Cricut is my bestest bud. 

The link to the giveaway is: http://svgcuts.com/blog/?p=8033


And here are my cards!!

Thank you

See the little birdie in the cage?

Detail shot.  Actually I left one minor detail out.  Oh well.

Thank you cards in progress

I graduated this past weekend and I have to say that I have the most awesome family and friends ever!  The turn out for the party I had after the ceremony was more than I expected!  I am so grateful for all the wonderful people in my life.  Thank you all!

On that note, it's after midnight on a Thursday night and what is Kasi doing?  Working on some Thank You cards in appreciation for my family and friend's awesomeness!  I am chugging away on these babies.  Oh, I don;t work tomorrow so that's another reason I am being an insomniac at the moment.

Here's Thank You card #1....which one of you will get it???

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Oh paper how I love thee!

Handwritten "Thank You"

All the things you can do with making cards is amazing.  I envy some of the cards I see online and strive to make my cards look like theirs.  Problem is...I have no clue how they do it!  I'm learning though.  It's taking tons of time and some money to get all this down but it's definitely working so far.  

Embossed "Thank You"

One technique I just learned is embossing.  I have been dying to figure that one out so I finally did some research and found that there are machines that emboss.  Duh!  I mean I have a machine that cuts images so of course there's be a machine that did something so much simpler.

After this awesome discovery I started looking into the machines.  I ended up purchasing a Cuttlebug based on the price of the machine (40% off at Joann's) and the price of the embossing folders ($2.99 w/40% off).  This turned out to be much cheaper than any of the other embossing folders for other machines.  I hear you can actually use other brands in this machine as well.  We'll see....but back to my story.  The Cuttlebug is AMAZING!  I love that little thing!!!  It opens up a whole new world for me!



I have to show off my latest creation using the Cuttlebug, inking, and another technique I learned....using color to make things stand out.


My fave site is: http://svgcuts.com/blog/?p=7764  

"Thank You" card

Once again, been MIA

I know it's been awhile.  A long long while.  That 30 Days of Truth thing kind of went away.  Maybe I'll start it up again.  I really had nothing to say for the next truth so I've been avoiding it.

So, what's been up with me?  Well, i started my new job just over a month ago and I love it!  It's definitely somewhere I can see myself working for the rest of my working days.  There's so much room for growth.

I've been in a card making kick lately.  I think I prefer it to scrapbooking at the moment. I'm currently working on Christmas cards but I can't post any pictures because I'm sure someone that will get one may see it here before they get it in person.

Here's some of the cards I've made so far, not including Christmas:

Bday Card

Bday Card inside

Kids bday card

Halloween bday card

Halloween inside

There's so much I still need to learn with scrapbooking and making cards.  Mine are more on the basic side.

Other news.  I graduate in less than a month!  December 11th!!  Woohoo!!!

That's all the news I have for now.  Hasta!