Pooh SMASH

So I love some of the quirky things Winnie the Pooh says.  For a "bear of very little brain" he can be very profound.  This LO is some of my favorite Pooh quotes.
The font is from Cricut's Pooh font and the character is Pooh8 from Pooh & Friends cartridge.  I used a doily and a scrap of Pooh paper along with washi tape from Queen & Co, Tim Holtz and SMASH.  The tickets along the side are from the awesome Rebecca who you can find here.  I used several different ways of adding the quotes - handwriting, stamping, and printing.  I used a heart punch and printed words from Tim Holtz, as well.  Thanks for looking!  April

Angry Birds Birthday card

One of my BFF's sons is about to celebrate his 14th birthday...gosh, it just doesn't seem possible.  All three love Angry Birds, so I am making each one a themed birthday card.  I found this one here. 
The base is a 5x6.5" white card with layers of decorative paper from Around the Block and Whisper White.  I stitched around the edges in a wonky curvy path.  The sentiment (from a Michael's dollar stamp set) is stamped on Whisper White and the notch punched with the 1 3/8" square punch.  I wrapped some Cherry Cobbler baker's twine around the end & secured with a little tape on the back before attaching it to the card.  The Angry Bird directions are on the link above.  I did have to make a few tweeks, since I did not have the bracket die or the five-petal flower, so I used the word windo punch from SU and the bow from the present of Cricut's Doodlecharms (set at 3").  I mounted the top beak with dimensionals, as well as the finished bird.  Thanks for looking!  April

Penguin Punch-Art card

My brother in law really likes penguins, so I hunted all over the craftsites to find a penguin.  Many of the SU demos have several different choices, but this one posted on Splitcoast.  Isn't it just too cute?
The base is a standard A2 in Whisper White.  The Marina Mist is dry embossed using a Sizzix stars embossing folder with the Cuttlebug.  I took a scrap of Whisper White and tore the edges, inked it with Versamark, then heat embossed with clear glitter powder.  The penguin is made with Basic Black, Whisper White, and Pumpkin Pie.  I did not have all the punches, so I cheated and used my Cricut with George & Basic Shapes to cut the feet, beak, and the narrow oval for the face.  The beak is cut at 1/2, the white oval for the face is cut at 1 1/4", and the feet are cut at 1/2".  I used a scrap of red satin to make the bow, attaching it with a mini Zots glue dot.  The sentiment is from SU's Word Play, stamped with Tim Holtz Broken China distress ink, then punched with the SU scalloped circle punch.  I used Versamark to stamp the shooting star from SU's retired So Happy For You and heat embossed with clear powder over the the sentiment.  I also added a little bling over the "i" in wish. 
Inside, I used the stars from SU's retired Starring You and the Broken China distress ink, to stamp along the left edge.  Last, I stamped the sentiment from So Happy For You.  Sorry for the darkness of the photos, my new craft area has florescent lighting...YUCK!  Thanks for looking!  April

close up angle to show dimension

inside of card

School SMASH

Education is important to me and plays such a big part of my life (I am a teacher), so here is a SMASH of my schools from elementary through college.  I printed pics of my schools from online, then used my favorite quote from Dr. Seuss's Oh, The Places You'll Go!  I used the label maker and stamps to write out the quote.  Stamps include Stampin' Up!'s Word Play, CTMH's giggle lower case, Inkadinkado's lower case, and Autumn Leaves License Plates alphabet.  I added a little doodles and a dot trail from school to school.  Thanks for looking!  April

I {heart} Vampires SMASH

I am a bit of a horror/occult nut.  I love books and movies of the paranormal genre.  I still remember the first time I saw a clip of Salem's Lot...I was 8, maybe 9, and it was the middle of the night.  I snuck out to the living room to watch tv.  It was the scene when the graveyard worker hears scratching inside the grave he is getting ready to fill in and he opens the lid.  The kid in the coffin sits up, grabs him by the neck, and...yeah, I screamed bloody murder and didn't sleep with the lights off for weeks!  I watched the remake mini-series when I was pregnant with child number two - hubby was at a meeting, preschooler in bed - and it still scared me silly...I was watching it with the lights on, blanket to hide under, and remote in hand to change channel at the last second.  I know...what a wimp!  LOL
I have read tons of stories from The Ultimate Dracula to Twilight to Bram Stoker's Dracula and love them all.  I had to read it for a college lit class - Literature of the Occult - most awesome lit class ever!  If you have never read Dracula...I beg you, read it!  It honestly sets the bar for good vampire stories.
So, if you have not noticed, I love snatching pics from the internet.  I also swiped an extra NECA New Moon trading card I had stashed.  The blood is the Martha Stewart Drippy Goo punch.  I used the little SMASH post-it tags and the journal slip is from the Entertainment SMASH pad.  I wrote where the vamps pictured were from, as well as adding my movie ticket from Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter.  The tab sticking from the Underworld pic is punched from the Decorative Label punch from SU and held in place with a Tim Holtz mini paperclip.  The journalling is actually the backing from the SMASH pockets packet, trimmed and mounted on the journal slip.  I covered the resturants part with more "blood"...I couldn't resist the "Dinner is Served"...come on, it's totally campy and you know it!  The sticker next to Edward is from a Hallmark sticker set my daughter graciously shared with me.  The title is from a clearance rack at Michaels and I used the Autumn Leaves license plates alphabet to finish the title.  The black background behind it was a left over piece using the checker board from Artful Inspirations Twilight-inspired line of stamps.  Thanks for looking!  April