A Friend Is . . .

I came across this cute saying about friends somewhere, and I knew at once I just had to use it on a card. At first, I thought of penguins and the movie Happy Feet, but that didn’t really click. Then I remembered Dr. Seuss’ Horton who hatched Mayzie’s egg in a treetop, and I knew I had to have an elephant. A quick search on my Gypsy turned up several, but the one that was just perfect for my scheme was Pooh’s friend Lumpy.

Check it out -- can you see how I made a connection between the two?

Of course, my Lumpy is a cut from the Pooh and Friends cartridge. The tree is from Tinkerbell and Friends, grass is from Everyday Paper Dolls, the egg from Stretch Your Imagination, and the font is Don Juan. The negative cut of the phrase is housed in the shadow feature of the muffin pan on From My Kitchen. I used the corner punch of one of my MS punch around the page sets for the corners on the middle panel. By the way, the phrase on the egg on the last panel reads, “Thanks for having me as your friend!"

I wanted to try a tri-shutter card with this one, but I couldn’t get it to work out because of the way I wanted to position the tree. I finally settled on doing a simple trifold card. It turned out pretty good for me, and I hope it’s okay for you, too. Until next time, be a good friend to someone, and remember, “I meant what I said, and I said what I meant … An elephant’s faithful 100 percent!”

A Wishing Well to Wish You Well!

Gypsy Spot Challenge


The Gypsy Spot challenge this week was to make a shape card. Recognize the wishing well from the Happily Ever After cartridge? I couldn’t resist using this cute little well for my card. The scene sports Tommy Turtle looking to find a cool pool of water somewhere near to paddle in, as Susie Cardinal perches on the rim of the well to watch what he’s up to. The image is welded to be a top folding card, and I welded the title using the Gypsy Font. I used a computer generated sentiment inside the card. This was a fun card to make!

Gobble, Gobble, Gobble

Cuttlebug Challenge

To gobble, or not to gobble – that is the question. And how do you think Mr. Turkey feels about the issue? Since he doesn’t anticipate being a guest at the upcoming feast, he’s getting outta there – joining the other cute turkeys over at the Cuttlebug Spot. Strut on over and take a look. You’ll find a fancy parade of gobbling going on.

Gypsy Spot Challenge - Week 2

To Grandmother’s House We Go!
Everybody's going to Grandmother's house!  Come on along, you can go, too!

Designing this project on my Gypsy was really a challenge! Thank goodness for the multi-page feature, because I used 5 pages in one file and 2 in another for this one. Lot of cartridges, too – Sweethearts for the couple, My World for the horse (I also used part of the wagon there for his apparatus, Stretch Your Imagination for the tree, Mickey and Friends for the house, Winter Woodland for the sleigh, ZooBalloo for the rabbit, Animal Kingdom for the squirrel, A Child’s Year for the birds, and the welded letters are Stone Script. The house is also welded to the letter “e” in House. Lots of layers and pop dots for this one. Wow! Did I leave anything out? I hope not, because this was one that took a minute!

This is an oversized card, measuring 6-1/2 by 9-1/2 inches. I didn’t want to scrimp on size, because I needed to be able to put in all the details without having trouble with teeny cuts. It’s okay, I can very easily make a custom sized envelope to fit, and I’ll do that tomorrow. This card is going out to my grandson in Kentucky. He missed his summer visit with me, and he is anxious to spend his winter break here in Georgia. I know he will enjoy this card!

Fruity Cuttlebug Spot Challenge

I Love You to the Core!

Over on the Cuttlebug Spot this week, Nilda challenged everyone to use fruit in some way on a project . My mind was drawing a blank as to what to do, so I had just about given up on any idea to submit. Then as I was sorting through some books to donate to the Goodwill Store, I came across a kindergarten workbook with lots of fantastic clipart I can use with my Pazzles Inspiration cutter. I was flipping through the book when I saw this cute little worm and it hit me – here was my fruity challenge!

I scanned the pic into my computer so I could vectorize and size it how I wanted. Then I cut the layers, and put them together. I cuttled the leaf with Dotted Swiss, the body of the worm and the stem of the apple with Forest Branches, the core with Tiny Mosaic Texture, and the apple with Argyle. I matted my creation on a piece of gray cardstock cuttled with Birds and Swirls. I cut the letters with my Pazzles as well. This was a fun project!

Winter Greetings - Entry for The Gypsy Spot Challenge

The Gypsy Spot blog offered its first challenge this week – to explore the two cartridges that came preloaded on our newest toy from ProvoCraft. While we could use a cut from either of the two cartridges, I used numerous cuts from both cartridges. During an excursion of my favorite blog sites, I came across Deanne’s tutorial for a mini pizza box and gift cards (www.digitaldelightsbyloubyloo.blogspot.com). I tried it, and loved it. Here’s how mine turned out.

This is a 4 inch square box, and I cut the card base at 3½ inches. I used the Wild Card cartridge for the square envelopes.

I used lavender pearlescent paper by Wausau for the box and card bases. The glittered printed card mats are from the Nana’s Kitchen pack I found at Hobby Lobby. For the sentiments and frames on my cards, I used the Gypsy Font. All other embellishments came from Gypsy Wanderings, except for the scalloped circle, which is a punch. I had fun with this project, and I REALLY DID get to know the Gypsy Fonts and Gypsy Wanderings cartridges.

I love designing on my Gypsy!