July 4 Rosette/Wreath

Well, it's about two weeks away now isn't it?   Well, I thought I would post this beauty that I made for my front door for the 4th of July.   It was featured in Cricut Magazine's July 2013 issue and then returned to me.    I used Independence Day and Ribbons & Rosettes as well as an EK Success star punch and glitter paper.   I was really happy with how it turned out!!!   Enjoy the holiday everyone!

Hocus Pocus

I love making Halloween cards!  I think there is just so much inspiration when it comes to Halloween!  This one started with the chevron paper from My Mind's Eye - Lime Twist 'Fly a Kite' 6x6 stack.   Not a Halloween stack but, a great paper for Halloween! 

I decided the focal point would be the rosette which is the spider rosette from the Ribbons and Rosette's cartridge.   I cut 4 of them at 2" each and glued them together. I cut the center medallion from that cartridge as well but, it wasn't the spider cut.  I do know that it was cut using the real size dial and 2 1/4" in green and 2" in orange.  The Hocus Pocus stamp is from Studio G and then I inked the edges of the medallions.

I added a black strip of paper that I embossed using the Spiderweb folder and then added a strip of ribbon from the Target dollar bin.   My final addition was the spider stamped from Inkadinkado.

On the inside, I used some spiderweb stamps and the spider from Inkadinkado and a sentiment from Studio G.   I really love how bright this card turned out for a Halloween card.  :)

New Year's Day Favors

Happy Happy New Year!!!  This year we decided to have a little get together for New Year's Eve.   So, I made some candy favors but, I also made these take home favors for the day after.   I started with a larger size Chinese take out box.   I added some white shredded paper, a gel pack eye mask, a small bottle of ibuprofen, two Starbuck's instant coffee packets, some purse size Kleenex and some truffles. 

I decorated these using the Ribbons & Rosette's cartridge and the Wall Decor and More.   The clocks on the front were cut from Wall Decor and More, cut at 4".   The base layer is plain black and the white layer is the Core'dinations 'White Gloves' paper....just a little glitter.   Then I cut a 3" circle using George and Basic Shapes in a mat silver.   The Rosette was cut from Core'dinations 'black tie' paper using 5 Grass cuts at 2" each.   I scored them and then glued them all together with a 3" black circle hot glued to the back, to keep them together and to attach them to the take out boxes.  I finished with some black tulle wrapped around and tied in a bow at the top.

As you can see, I also attached one to a glass jar centerpiece that I had put the ladies' party horns and crowns in.   I had plain black horns so, I covered the ones for the ladies in some pretty paper and then stuck them in this glass jar and then put some lip gloss in each one, for before midnight! 

Flower Thank you

This card is one that I made with some extra cuts from a previous card.   When I cut 3 of the 1x6 borders from the bracket cut on Ribbons & Rosette's, I had the two bracket strips left over from in between so I saved them as well as a single side cut that I inked in green at the bottom of the card.

The mat paper is from Teresa Collins Everyday Moments stack.   The flower cut is from the Mother's Day Bouquet cartridge, Flower 6 cut at 3 1/2", 3", and 2 1/2" using DCWV Blossom Song paper.

I added a punched center to the flower and a blue gem as well as hand cut leaves that I inked the edges of, from the same DCWV stack.   The stamp is from Studio G and the ribbon was just a misc piece I had.  

On the inside, I used some more scraps and a stamp from Fiskars!

Celebrate with Flowers

I'm on a kick with the Mother's Day Bouquet cartridge lately!  For this one, I used only the Flower 6 cut at 3 1/2", 3", and 2 3/4".   The center of the top flower was cut using a 1" punch from Martha Stewart Crafts and the leaves were cut by hand, using some fancy scissors.  

The strips of paper behind the flower were cut from Ribbons and Rosette's, the bracket cut, using the 1x6 border function, 3 times, and then the edges inked to show them off better.   The stamped sentiment is from Studio G ; the pearls are 'grass' colored from Core'Dinations; and the green and white twine.   All of the paper was from DCWV Flower Song stack.

I added some leftover strips on the inside and another Studio G stamp!

Baby Shower Rosette

Here you have my 2 FOOT Rosette for the Adding to the Nest baby shower theme.  I started with 10 pieces of 12x12 paper and border punched them with a Martha Stewart border punch of birds perched on branches.  When I was done with all 10 sheets, I scored each sheet at two inches and glued them together.

The brown layer was 10 more sheets of the bird3 cut from Ribbons and Rosette's at 6" and then scored each sheet and glued them together.   When I laid the brown on top of the off white, I decided not to bring all the sheets together in the middle.  I laid the brown on top of the off white and left only about two inches showing of the off white and then glued the brown on. 

The top layer is metallic vellum paper that I scored.   I added a large round circle to the top and then the words "Welcome to the Nest' cut at 6" from the Straight from the Nest cartridge, with the shadow.  NOTE: that you have to use the 12x24 mat to cut the phrase at this size.   The 'Baby' is the baby boy phrase from B is for Boy at 3".

Last, I added some feathers that I cut using Straight from the Nest in various sizes between 2 1/2" - 7".  Hope you all have loved this as much as I do.   It took some time but, it was sooo worth it!

Adding to the Nest Party Ensemble

Hello everyone!  Today is  BIG post kind of day!   Over at the Paper Crafts blog, they have a challenge to create a party ensemble.   The challenge is in celebration of their new book, Party Ensembles.   Check it out HERE.

So, my ensemble is done.   I would have liked to do more but, honestly the 2 foot rosette sign has really caused me to lose sleep!!  It took an entire day for me to do but, I LOVE IT!!!   I will give some details but, not too much.   I'll do some posts to provide the details of each item later.   But for now, here it is.   The theme is 'Adding to the Nest' and it's for a baby shower.

The 2' rosette was made using a Martha Stewart border punch, my scoreboard, my Cricut, the Ribbons and Rosette's cartridge, the Straight from the Nest cartridge, paper and a hot glue gun!

Included with the Rosette Sign is a decorative napkin ring, an invitation, a favor and a tent card for the food. 

The invite and the tent card feature the Martha Stewart border punch with birds perching on branches.  The invite is three layers with a chocolate brown, a tan, and then a gold metallic vellum paper that was printed with the invitation.   I added a nest from Create a Critter, a little egg and a real feather to accent.

The tent card was a chocolate brown layer with a tan layer and then chocolate again and a printed sheet that I inked a little to relieve the stark white color.

The favors are one of my favorite parts.   They are No Bake Cookies with a Reese's Pieces egg (since this is that time of year).  The tag is from the Storybook cartridge with a stamped sentiment.   I tied the tag on with three different colors of ribbon.

And the napkin ring was made out of the gold metallic paper, border punched with the Martha Stewart punch, again, and then attached with some glue tape.   I also added the same three ribbons around the napkin ring, as I did the favor.  I really love how this all turned out!!!