Have a Great Day

Today's share is such a lively piece. I really loved this paper from Fancy Pants. Enjoy!



Contents: Paper - Fancy Pants; ribbon - HL; stamps - Clearly Wordsworth and Michael's

Here Comes Another One Just Like the Other One

I really loved how the colors popped on this one.  It is another birthday card similar to yesterday's share.



I think I will skip posting the others in this same design family.  Look forward to some of my all time favorite cards that I have made coming up soon.

Out of My Creative Box

I totally love leopard print, and I even love cards made with it. I haven't to date really done many cards with Leopard or animal prints at all. So, I broke out my fresh sheets of paper and went to cutting and creating. I was very pleased at how this "Thinking of You Today" card turned out.



Contents: Paper - HL; Stamp - SillyLeAnn Designs; ribbon - Rabom; button - My Minds Eye

Thanks for looking!

Happy Birthday

August was a month full of birthday's and surprises for everyone. And September was no different. I was up to my eye balls in birthdays. Oh, and October doesn't bring any relief. We will have celebrated 10 birthdays just in my immediate family only (also including my DH's family). So, I have a TON of birthday cards to share. :) Fun for you . . . okay and honestly totally fun for me. I throughly enjoy giving gifts. I joke that if I were a millionaire, I would start spending my money and what I could do for others. It is the best feeling to give someone a gift. I am back to making cards and getting ready for the Christmas holidays. I will be getting my Christmas card samples complete by mid-October. Yeah!



I will be honest. I really don't know where most of the stuff on this card came from. :) I know the yellow paper was from Hobby Lobby and the flower is prima.

I made a couple of birthday cards just like this one that I will share off and on. I hope your fall is starting off GREAT!

Girl Leopard Print

I have been so in love with animal print lately.  This is actually a card a did a while back, but really wanted to share.  Enjoy!



Credits:  Paper and ribbon - Hobby Lobby; stamp - cannot remember (I'll try to find out and report back)

Rattle, Rattle . . . Here come the Cards

Long time, no post.  Did you think I stopped blogging?  Well, life sometimes gets a bit crazy.  But, I am hopefully back to blogging again for a while.  I have so many cards and projects to share.  I wish I had endless time to take pictures and share.  I have my little girls birthday party to blog about . . . cards and more cards . . . scrapbook pages . . . so much creativity, so little time.



Credits:  Blue Background Paper - Hobby Lobby; Rattle cut and Paper - designed by Memory Crown and cut with SCAL; Flower Punch - EK Sucess; It's a boy! stamp - SillyLeAnn Designs

Thanks for looking.

Pet Page

I participated in a Pet Page challenge and thought I would share.




Contents: Paper - My Minds Eye; Title - Cut with my Cricut using the font Girls are Weird; Doodled with acrylic paint and white gel ink pen; strips - Treading Water Border Punch from Fiskars; flowers - punched with EK Success Punches; buttons - My Minds Eye; ribbon - party supply

Thanks for looking!

Time for Fall

Already???!!!??? Okay, maybe just for me. :) I was making some fun "nature" cards and I had to do a fall card. Fall is my 2nd favorite time of the year and my favorite to decorate for. Enjoy todays card.




Contents: Sky paper - Cosmo Cricket; Green Texture Paper - Hobby Lobby; Orange and Brown - computer printed; Stamp - SillyLeAnn Designs; Paper Patterns - Memory Crown Cutters Forum

Thanks for looking! See you soon!!

Long Time Coming

This post has been a long time coming, and I know it! Wow, has time really flown by or what! I have been so busy doing all sorts of stuff both family and "business" related. I have finally opened up my "Memory Crown" store. You can find so many of my creative goodies there. The address is http://www.memorycrown.com.


Stop by and do some shopping. I do not have all available products added to the store at the moment. I will be working to add those ASAP. The funny thing is that about 98% of our cards sell within a day or two of making them. So, it will be hard to keep a fresh supply, but keep checking back.

I have also been working on some Cricut projects as well that I will hopefully be sharing over the next few weeks. I have been looking into getting a new program that will allow me to design my own art and let the cricut cut it out for me. I love making new designs. So, I have decided to open a forum to discuss scrapbooking, card making, etc. It also includes a member only area to share our cut files.

Check out the Memory Crown's Cutter Forum Here

Yes, I am the only member. :) Hey, you have to start somewhere, right? My hope is that it will grow into a great community where we can get together to share files that we have created to use on cards or in our scrapbooks. So far, I have 5 files available in svg format. I have about another 5 to get tested and uploaded. In order to cut fonts from your computer or the art I have designed, you will need a program called Sure Cuts ALot. If you want more info on what I am talking about you can visit the Craft Edge homepage. I don't currently own the program but hope to purchase it soon.



I made this card from one of the fall trees that is available at the forum in the members area. Instead of cutting out the leaves and flowers with the file, I used only the tree and added prima flowers. The paper is from Cosmo Cricket and the scripture stamp is from PaperTreyInk.

Thanks for looking and clicking! Hopefully, I'll blog soon! :)

Good Luck . . . and One of my Favs

My husband is taking his mock oral boards today. I am wishing him luck even though it is not the real thing. He has been up for 24 hours and needs to be fully alert. (he is REALLY cranky and a bit elusive when he hasn't had much sleep).

My share today is a darling baby girl card. This is one of my favorite cards that I have made in a while. I'm not sure exactly what I love about it. I think it is the sweetness in it.



Contents: Paper - Basic Grey; Flower - Portfolia; Jewel - dollar store; Giraffe - Jollee's; Stamp - SillyLeAnn Designs

Getting Noticed by Web Searches

This is a different type of post for me. I am in the middle of building a new website. (insert roars of cheers and excitement, LOL!) I have had many people ask how they can get better rankings with major search engines. I set out to answer that question in a paragraph email and realized quickly that I could write an entire book on the subject. Actually, many have been written on this exact topic. Most of the people I rub virtual elbows with are like me: stay at home mom's, extremely small outsource designers, etc. So, I wrote an article geared toward the small operation that will most likely doing all the work themselves. I tried to be general and not assume that you have a degree in web development (is there such a degree?). I hope that you will find this article useful and easy to follow.

Click Here to download the PDF article

Thanks for your support. Your comments are always appreciated. :)

Happy Birthday Share

I am popping in real quick to keep up my good blogging record. :)




Contents: Paper - Daisy D; Ribbon - Lollipop Ribbon; Button - My Mind's Eye; Stamp - SillyLeAnn Designs (again - my stamp!)

Happy Anniversary to Me!

Well, yesterday was my 8th wedding anniversary! I am so blessed to be married to such a wonderful man. We have not been able to celebrate. He has a ridiculous work schedule at the moment, but we will do something this weekend (Sound of Music Ballet and Dinner). So, to honor such a special occasion to me. I am sharing a wedding card I recently made.




Contents: Paper - My Mind's Eye; Ribbon - Lollipop Ribbon; Scallop - Marvy Uchida; Stamp - SillyLeAnn Designs (that's me!)

Another Denim Scripture Card

I have a real quick share for you today. I made another scripture card similar to the one I posted yesterday.




Contents: Paper - ????; Ribbon - MM; Scallop - Marvy Uchida; Stamp - Paper Trey Ink

Another Scripture Card

I made this card after a yellow scripture card that I had made last week (or maybe a little longer). This card is made to look a little rugged or western-ish.



Contents: Paper - ???; Ribbon - MM; Stamp - Paper Trey Ink

Thanks for looking! It is always good to be blogging with great visitors. :)

Sassy Boy to Match

I had a request to match the sassy girl card I posted a couple of days ago. So, here it is!




Contents: Paper - MME and Paper Studio; Ribbon - Craft Supply; Stamp - SillyLeAnn Designs

Welcome to May!!

It is somewhat unbelievable that May is already here. I love summer but feel as if it is rushing upon me this year. May begins our countdown to when the Spray Ground will open near our house. I love summer activities.

My share today has nothing to do with summer. I don't typically make cards that are "seasonal". So, I will share a warm baby boy card instead.




Contents: Paper - Paper Studio; Brads - painted Paper Studio; Scallop Punch - Marvy Uchida; Ribbon - Paper Studio; Stamp - SillyLeAnn Designs

Different Colors

Today's card was a request to make something with purple that was a more mature card. :) Yes, neither are really me. But, I came up with something I thought turned out elegant in the end.




Contents: Paper - ???; Ribbon - HL; Stamp - Clearly Wordworth; Brads - Paper Studio

Sweet and Simple

This is just a sweet and simple Happy Birthday card. In a rush today!! Sorry for such a short post!



Contents: Paper - MME; Ribbon - HL; Stamp - SillyLeAnn Designs

Bunnies Invade Cricut Monday

I have tried to post cricut projects every Monday . . . not with great success . . . but I try to keep that day dedicated to anything I make with my cricut. Today's share is one of my all time favorite projects. I made some birthday invites for my niece who was having a bunny birthday party. I used the Design Studio (I only have the demo at the moment) to make the bunny.



Contents: Rabbit - Cut from the Cricut Design Studio all from the George Cartridge using my Cricut; Card base - cut from the same; Pens - Gel pen and Making Memories; Flower - Portfolia; Jewel - Dollar Store; Pattern paper - digital paper from Polka Dot Potato


Contents: (All Digitally Created and Printed) Scallop border - SillyLeAnn Designs; Fonts - ???? (will try to locate the names) Background paper - two papers blended together from the Potato Hunt at Polka Dot Potato

I was pleased with how they turned out overall. I hope she really enjoyed them as well.