Monkey Banner - Finally Complete!

I've been working on this banner for over a month and it is finally complete and I'm pretty excited. Over the summer, my aunt asked me to make a banner for my little cousin(her grandson) who is almost 6 months now. Of course, I graciously agreed. I just can't believe it has taken me this long to get it done. I would work a little bit and then sit it to the side and work on something else. Well, it's finally complete. I used the Create A Critter cart to cut the monkeys,  Forever Young to cut the scallop circles and circles and the font cart is Tear Drop. I realize I need to invest in some more font carts because I think I would have preferred to use a different font. Oh well. Here goes. Oh yeah, my photos of my crafts are frustrating me. I guess I will need to take the time and create one of those light boxes. What do you guys do to get good photos of your crafts?

Birthday Card made from Scraps

I made this card this week for a co-worker. The design was inspired by a card I saw on http://www.pinterest.com/ (which I'm loving right now). The original designer(http://www.flickr.com/photos/cheironb/6044533730/in/pool-647078@N25/) punched circles from scraps and made them into a card. I loved it and so I did the same. The paper line that I used is the Playful Posies by My Mind's Eye. It had most of my favorite colors..orange, blue and greens. All that was missing was BROWN! The orange flower was from a Prima pack that I have. The 'Birthday Wishes' stamp came from an iCling stamp set. I think it is a Studio G set. I also inked the circles with Color Box Espresso Pigment Ink. I wish i would have inked the tips of the flowers too. Oh well....Anyway, I think the card turned out pretty cute. I'm not sure if my coworker realized it was a handmade card although I did stamp HANDMADE BY on the back :-) Anyway, it allowed me to use some scraps and continue working on my crafting skills.



can see the glitter on this shot


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