Project Voting

So, over at Scrappin with Cricut, I entered my Rocket Favors and it is now up for voting for the best No CARD or LAYOUT Monday.   Check it out!! Thanks!

New 'dog' Home

A close friend and her fiancee just bought a massive old tudor home that they are completely in love with. I haven't been able to visit yet with my own house stuff going on but, I am sooo looking forward to it. They have three massive dogs as well so, what better themed card?

This was cut using the card function of A Child's Year, at 5".   The cut includes the scallop and the bones cut out.   I assumed the layer for this would fit inside but, that wasn't the case so I had to cut it down to make it fit.  Sentiments are from Studio G and paper is from SEI.

A Birthday On the Go

Who says you can't use 'B is for Boy', for a girl card?   The car was cut at 4" from B is for Boy, using paper from the DCWV The Stack 6.   I also used some brads on the wheels and didn't glue them, so that they can spin.  

The background paper is from Best Occasions, as well as the tag.  The 'Ready Set Go' is an Imaginisce stamp and some pink and white Twinery twine.   I also used a Sizzex folder to emboss the yellow sheet across the bottom and a piece of ribbon. 

On the inside, the sentiment is from Hero Arts and the flower medallion is from the Best Occasions stack.

Heart My Teacher

This card was for my son's wonderful kindergarten teacher, from him for the end of the year.   The base apple paper and the polka dot frame paper are from DCWV Schooldays stack.   The 'heart my teacher' sentiment is from a double sided kindergarten sheet that I got at Archiver's. 

My favorite part of this card is the gem paw print that I got for $1 up at the checkout at Michael's.  Perfect as it is part of my son's school mascot theme.  I hand cut the red and yellow paws that the gem paw print is mounted on.

I didn't take a picture of the inside but, I printed a poem about teacher's and added a gift card!  She will definitely be missed until my daughter starts school in 2012!!!  

Happy 7th Anniversary

Yesterday was our 7th wedding anniversary and I didn't have a card for my husband!  I had procrastinated and then both of our kids came down with a virus that caused a high fever and sore throat with blisters.  Not strep though.
With that said, I was checking out some blogs and saw Emma's Cricut Lite & bling challenge over at My Creative Time and I got to thinking about our anniversary.   So here's how it went....
The base card is an A2 in black and then I mounted a sheet from the DCWV La Creme stack.  Then I added a strip of paper in black, that I embossed with the moroccan screen folder.  I used the Lacy Labels cartirdge (which I love), and cut the base of the 'beautiful' cut at 2 1/2" in a cream colored pearl paper.  Then, I used black stickles on each 'flower petal' to make it look a little more manly.   The sentiment is a Making Memories metal embellishment that also has gems on it, and the ribbon is also from Making Memories (looks like a perfect match, doesn't it?).  So, there is my Cricut Lite cut with bling.  I managed to get it done and to him in the nick of time and he seemed to think it was 'manly' so, win win.  ;)

Rocket Favors

With my son's Robot/Outer Space themed party, I was trying to come up with something cute for the favors.   I considered the 3D Robots from the Robotz cartridge but, I didn't want to get in over my head.  So, I was thinking a tubed filled rocket.   I got the tubes from my mom and then covered them in scrapbook paper that had gears all over it.  I knew that I would make cone tops but, didn't know what I would do to stand them up.   When I had almost decided to lay them down, my son took some magnetic clothespins I had and put them on the bottom of one of the tubes.   A 6 year old genius!

So, I cut the top cones using the circle on George and Basic shapes, cut at 6" and then I cut them in half and glued them together.  I bought some standard clothepins and then covered them with the leftover paper from the circles that I cut.  I added the 'loot' and some yellow, orange and red plastic Easter grass tied together, hanging from the bottom, to look like flames of the rocket.   They turned out Super Cute!!!

I entered this in the Decorate to Celebrate Challenge this week as well as the Getting Cricky with K Andrews challenge!

Teacher Card Set

My son's kindergarten teacher this year was just amazing!  He absolutely loved her and so did we.  As an end of the year thank you from me, I made her this set of Thank you cards because she always sends thank you cards.

I bought a sheet of paper from Archiver's that was a kindergarten theme.   One side was this mat yellow with the word kindergarten all over it along with red crayons and easels. 

For the above card, I just added a strip of red paper and then the Thank You sentiment stamped onto orange.

The second card, I used the same paper again and then a lined pattern stamp, stamped in four different colors and then a Thanks sentiment stamped onto green cardstock.   I mounted it all together and then added two yellow brads.

On the reverse side of the paper, there were some cut outs and one was this 'Simon Says'.   I mounted it onto green and added four square brads in each corner.

The last card, I cut two apples from A Child's Year, one at 3 1/2" and one at 3".   I stamped them with the sentiment and added inked the leaves and stem.

Vintage Birthday

Today's card is a vintage birthday card for my friend's mom, inspired by her love of vintage and the latest Getting Cricky Challenge.   It's hard for me to pull off these kinds of cards because I don't normally like the vintage look but, I was really pleased with the way this turned out. 

The paper and charm are from the Bo Bunny Gabrielle collection.   The charm is mounted on a frame cut from Lacy Labels at 3" for the pink and cream layers and then 3 1/4" for the black bottom layer that I also inked up a little with white.

The grey lace ribbon is hemtape that I hand pleated and added some added hat pins.   The sentiment is from Fiskars.

I used the same papers inside along with a strip of the hemtape and a Scrappy Cat sentiment. 

3D Robots

Happy 6th Birthday Aiden!!!  My son's birthday theme is Robots/Outer Space.  The party is at a Bounce House type of place so, it works well.   We aren't allowed any hanging decorations so, I decided to make a 'banner' using the 3D robots.  Since I used this same Robot for the invitation, I decided to make three of them for the cake table.   I cut them at 12" which means, I had to use Design Studio to rotate the cuts but they were super easy to put together.   I used some Stickles to add a little detail and some google eyes.  Then I printed the words and glued them to the fronts.

Robot Invite

My son turns 6 this year and this is what I came up with for his invite.   I kept it a little basic because he invited his entire kindergarten class which meant I had to make like 50 invites.   I used the Robot from the Robotz cartridge and the rectangle from George and Basic Shapes and welded them together on Design Studio.  

For the layers, I only cut the mouth and stomach only and then added stickles at the joints, feet, hands and antenna. I added some google eyes and printed out the front and inside on my printer.   Walla!

End of Year Thanks!

The end of the school year is fast approaching and I am in charge of the kindergarten graduation slideshow.   I altered a mini metal lunchbox (I had several of these left over from a birthday party a few years back).   I traced the lunch box onto some cute paper from the DCWV stack and then glued it on the front and back.   I also glued a strip of paper around it (to cover the logos) and then a strip of AC 'thank you very much' ribbon around that.   On the front, I added an orange strip of paper and stamped Thank You onto it along with a couple chipboard stars.   I put a gift card and some tissue paper on the inside!   I am really going to miss my son's teacher.   I loved her almost as much as he did....I hope my daughter gets her next year!  :)

Celebrate Sunshine

Spring is here, woohoo!  Today's card was made using the Just Because Cards cartridge.  

I started with the cloud paper that's from the new My Mind's Eye Fine & Dandy set.   It instantly made me look forward to nice weather so, I cut the sun from JBC at 8.75".   I forgot about the sizing of the card cartridges so, I had originally started cutting one at 4" and it was tiny so, I recut at 8.75" and it turned out perfect.  

I wanted to glitter the rays of the sun without having the smiling face that the cut has so, I cut two solid circles and stopped at that.   The first circle, I taped the back onto the center of the sun and then I ran the entire thing through the Xyron sticker maker.  Afterwards, I pulled off the circle in the middle.  I mixed together yellow and orange glitter and glittered the rays.   The two colors togheter really looked great on the sun.

The other center circle, I embossed using the cuttlebug 'Seeing Spots' folder and then pop dotted it onto the sun. 

The framing paper, with the polka dots, is from the DCWV Linen Closet Stack.   The ribbon from Hobby Lobby and the sentiment is from American Crafts Dear Lizzy.

And, on the inside, I added a couple strips of paper along with the little tiny sun that I had originally cut and a sentiment from the Paper Studio.

Simple Mother

A simple Mother's Day card today, using some scraps.   I border punched alternating aqua and cream colored pearl paper from the solid DCWV Linen Closet coordinating stack.   The punch is the scallop punch from EK Success.   I added a thin strip of black ribbon down the center and mounted a rectangle with the stamped word, Mother, on the front.   The stamp is from Joann's dollar bin.  Oh, and a little tip here....because I stamped it on pearl paper, I find that the ink wants to smudge so, I covered the entire rectangle in a piece of clear packing tape and then trimmed the edges.   You can't even tell it's there and I didn't lose any of the 'pearl' of the paper.

Glitz Glam and Glitter

Well, this card is sure full of glitz and glitter!!   That's the My Pink Stamper challenge I am working on here...glitz, glam, and glitter!   Well, my little sister (The Crazy Cricut Lady) just turned 24 this weekend but, she was out of town so, I was able to work on her card a little late.  I think it will be worth the wait though.  :).

So, I started with the body of the peacock on Give a Hoot, cut at 3 1/2" in blue DCWV glitter paper.   I inked the edges of his bady and added some different size aqua colored rhinestones and then a black one for his eye.   I cut the legs by hand and then added feathers to the back of him (which is not the easiest thing to do).  The frame around him was cut from Lacy Labels at 3" on gold pearl paper and then embossed using the Cuttlebug peacock folder. 

Now, the base of this easel card is a dark aqua Core'dinations paper and then a light green and a dark green mounted on top (to make this an easel card).   The printed sheet is from the new DCWV Royal Garden stock (the smaller stack is great for cards because the images are scaled down).  Ribbon is from Michael's.  

Now, the sentiment was printed by me and then mounted with pop dots onto some of the scraps.  The bottom one is a pearly gold paper that I used for the frame behind the peacock.   I used a Fiskar's corner punch to do the edges, which met perfectly.   Then, I added some green and yellow feathers across the back and two hat pins ($1.49 for a pack of 12 at Joann's).

The inside base to keep the easel up, uses the same papers but, a different sheet of the DCWV Royal Garden that has borders on it and I just cut this particular one out.   She loves peacocks so, I really hope this is a hit for her!!!

Be Natural, Celebrate You!

Now that I am done posting the pictures from the 'Adding to the Nest' baby shower, I am going to post the rest of my cards that were published in the Cricut magazine.   This one was the third one from January 2012.  Lots of dots going on here! 

The mat paper on this card is from the DCWV Lemon Flower stack (that I LOVE).  The base of the card is 4x6 and I left the mat 3 1/2" x6 so there isn't a border at the top or bottom.   The elephant is cut from Twinkle Toes at 3", ran it through the cuttlebug using the Seeing Spots folder and then added some yellow stickles to her skirt and crown.  The tag is also from the same cartridge.   I cut the black bottom layet at 2" and the top at 1 3/4" so that there would be a border around the yellow paper.  

The ribbon is from Michael's and the stamp from Studio G.   I added a Hampton Arts stamp inside as well as the negative cuts from the yellow layer of the tag.

Robot Birthday

I'm on a roll now with my posts.   I haven't done much lately because of our house building project but, I was sooo looking forward to the National Scrapbook Day challenges that My Pink Stamper does every year.   This entry is for the final challenge of making a kid themed project.

 I cut this Robot from the Robotz cartridge at 4 1/2", using the retro bot function.   I glittered his joints with silver Stickles and then stamped a sentiment on his stomach.   Both stamped sentiments are from a dollar bin set (I think from Michael's).   The mat paper is scrap from The Paper Studio 'A Boy's Universe' stack and the ribbon is from a U'nique set (I think from Pat Catan's).

Inside, I punched the rockets using a Martha Stewart punch and a piece of robot ribbon from Hobby Lobby.

Kraft Paper is Tweet!

I started with a business sized Kraft paper base card.   This is a challenge for me because I struggle with Kraft paper.   I always love projects that use it but, it doesn't seem to inspire me at all.   So, I used a solid brown mat and then the top is a sheet from the DCWV Songbird stack.   I love the little music notes! 

                So, I cut two different perched singing birds from the new April Showers Solutions cartridge.   The perch for the one on the top is cut from the brown paper and the perch for the one on the bottom is cut from the kraft paper.  I used a gel pen to faux stitch their wings and then pop dotted them on and hung them with baker's twine from Martha Stewart crafts.   The sentiment is from a dollar stamp.

Fishing you a Great Day Mermaid

I think the reason I love the My Pink Stamper National Scrapbook Day challenge is because they are fun and last year I was able to make some cards ahead of time, to use later in the summer.   That's how this one turned out.  Once I got started, I thought, this will be prefect for my little mermaid for her July BD.   So, I cut the girl and mermaid outfit from the Once Upon a Princess cartridge at 3", it includes the little seahorse as well.  I glittered her tail with aqua stickles.   The mat paper is from Cosmo Cricket's Salt Air stack.

I used the Fiskars wave border punch to cut the waves out from all the layers, inluding the top of the card base.   The seaweed/pearls are a stamp from Inkadinkadoo and the sentiment is from Scrappy Moms. 

Inside, I used the same seaweed stamp and a couple others from Studio G.   I think it's ADORABLE!!!

Poodles of Fun

The next My Pink Stamper challenge is a 'project' that includes a pet.  The sentiment on this card is from a Scrappy Moms set that my husband got me for Christmas and it inspired me to make a birthday card for my coworker, who loves dogs.  

I cut the poodle from the Once Upon a Princess cartridge at 4".  After I cut it, I decided not to use any of the layers.   Once I cut it, I could pictured one of the poodles you see that have been shaved to down with poofs of fur at the bottoms of the feet and the chest.   Sooooo, I 'taped' off all of the parts that I didn't want flocked and then ran the poodle through the xyron.   Before I added the flock, I removed the taped parts (because now they are sticky on the front and I don't want to waste any flock sticking to them). 

I didn't like the way that the head of the poodle is...it kind of looks like two noses.   So, I cut the one side off and trimmed it up and then glued it back on to look like the poodles ear.   I used a black sharpie to color the nose and then used Glossy Accents to make the nose shiney.   I added a black gem for the eye and three pearl gems for a collar and then a little white gel pen at the tips of the feet to look like a french manicure.  :)

The tag was also cut from the Once Upon a Pricness, poodle cut, using the tag function.   I punched two slits on each side of the tag and then ran black solid ribbon through it.   The mat paper is from the DCWV Luxury stack and the corner punch from Fiskar's.

On the inside, I used a gray vellum and a strip of the mat paper, with a piece of the ribbon covering the seam.   The sentiment is a dollar sentiment that I didn't ink the flowers on and it was stamped onto a second tag that I cut.

One in a Melon

Today's card I made with my bff in mind and the My Pink Stamper National Scrapbook Day Challenge for a 'project' that includes the colors Pink, Green, and Black .  I started with the watermelon paper that I got over the summer from American Crafts.  I decided to cut the watermelon2 cut from the Preserves cartridge at 4".   I used paper from the new Lemon Flower DCWV stack, for the green; solid yellow for the next layer; and then core'dinations pink for the top.   Instead of cutting the black layer for the seeds, I just traced the seed holes from the pink layer, onto the yellow layer and then used a black sharpie to add the seeds through the pink layer.   Then, I took the pink seeds that cut out, colored them, front and back, with the black sharpie and added Glossy Accents.   I also added glossy accents to the entire pink layer.   I cut a black shadow my hand and inked the edges.  

Once the Glossy Accents had dried, I pop dotted the seeds onto the area of the melon where they should be and then pop dotted the entire watermelon onto the card.   The ribbon is from Martha Stewart Crafts and the sentiment is from My Pink Stamper.  On the inside, I added a piece of watermelon ribbon from Michael's and a hand cut seed.  Looks pretty juicy I think!!