Valentine's Card!

Wedding planning has kicked into high gear and I have been SUPER busy lately, but I did find some time to make a couple Valentine's cards!
This one is my favorite. The SVG is from Stacky Scraps. She has tons of adorable cartoon character SVGs on her site. Hello Kitty has always had a special spot in my heart, so here she is:

 

Some supplies:

Cuttlebug Embossing Folder - D'Vine Swirl 

Round Gemstone Embellishments

Wedding Planning Update

The wedding is less than five months away! I can't believe how close we are getting after being engaged for nearly two years. Recent updates include:

• The bridesmaid dresses have been purchased
• We met with the photographer we will most likely hire
• We have meetings with two bakeries to try cupcakes in the next few weeks
• We selected our invitation style
  

Most of the major things are finally starting to come together. We need to actually book the photographer, find a DJ, think about a hair stylist, blah blah blah...

Since we are so close, the DIY projects have started in full force. I have been bringing home items from work every day for potential centerpiece ideas. In fact, I just special ordered a gazillion tealight holders for us. Good thing I have an employee discount!
I also plan on making our guestbook and the flower girl basket. I'm not thinking about too many other projects right now since I already have five nights of school plus six days of work every week on my plate.

We're counting down!

Operation Write Home

With all of the holiday madness going on right now, I haven't had a lot of time to post anything terribly interesting here. I did want to take a moment to highlight an important cause, however.

I have been spending the past few months trying to make some nice cards for an organization called Operation Write Home. This organization accepts handmade cards from crafters all over the country and sends them to the troops that are stationed overseas. The troops use these cards to send back to their families for holidays, birthdays, or just because.

I hope everyone takes a second to check out the website. Think about sending in some cards yourself; they could always use more!

Simple Christmas Card

Christmas time is definitely upon us! The fire is going, the stockings are hung, and the tree has been trimmed! I have made/bought a lot of my gifts far, but I still have a few items on my list. One thing that is definitely consuming my time is making Christmas cards. I've made a few very detailed ones, but I also wanted to make something that I could mass produce fairly quickly to fill up the slots on my card list. I opted to put the Cricut away for these cards and just stick with my Cuttlebug (which was actually an early Christmas present for me from Daniel).

I used the basic stamp die and gift box stamp embossing folder that comes with the machine, as well as the Snowflakes embossing folder. I cranked out a bunch of the embossed stamps and embossed snowflakes on some Christmas-patterned paper I picked up from work. After adhering the paper to basic A2 cards, I stuck three present stamps on each card with some pop up dots. The result is not the most intricate card ever, but it takes very little time and still looks very festive.

Save the Date SVG

Today is a big day in wedding planning news: I mailed my Save the Date cards! Unbelievable! Of course I have a few extras for a scrapbook that I am already planning. I have a whole layout for the cards and envelopes in my head, so I decided that I needed a nice "Save the Date" title to put on the top.
It turned out pretty nice, I think... it might even work well if you are adventerous enough to make your own Save the Date cards.
Some of the lines are pretty delicate, so if you do cut this, be careful lifting it off of the mat.
Download Save the Date SVG

Octo Claus Card

Octo Claus is made with the SVG file I posted yesterday. I think he is a adorable!
The Santa hat I used came from My Cricut Scrapbooking.

The background is snowflake patterned vellum over a paper from the Old World stack by DCWV.

Octopus SVG

There are simply not enough octopus SVG files out there. I've been thinking of a cute Christmas card in my head- Octo Claus. My mom is a huge octopus fan, so I plan on making the card for her featuring this guy with some googly eyes and a Santa hat. It sounds crazy, I know.
You can download the strangely un-Christmas-like octopus here:
Octopus SVG