Engagement Card

Tonight I am posting a card I made for a cute couple at work that just got engaged.  I made them a little card to congratulate them :)  I do know they will both appreciate the little note.  I pulled out a neglected cartridge and used that for this card-- I do love pulling out my least used carts and making some very fun cards with them.  I also used the tiny key tag punch from SU on this card-- that punch is so fun.  I hope you enjoy my simple card for the night :)  I wish I was better able to capture the fun paper I used for the diamond! 

The Deets:

Cricut Catridge: cut from Sweethearts cart

Paper: SU blue and white, Silver and sparkly white DCWV

Other: SU ribbon, SU punch

Still Thinking Spring!

I am still thinking Spring...the weather here is turning out to be quite nice!  I hope it continues.  So seeing that the weather is so nice and I HAD to pull out my new stamps that I picked up from Peachy Keen this card was what I came up with.  I had made the comment that I needed to really begin to challenge myself and to try some new things-- so I did for this card.  I tried my hand using my Peachy Keen Stamps-- love these little faces!  And the ribbon techinique I used is also new for me--and I kinda like how it looks-- it's fun and easy and makes the card pop.  I am adding my card to the fun challenge I found at Scrapbookaholic By Abby and the challenge was to create anything Springy!  And I think this little chickie screams spring :)

The deets:

Cricut cut from Create A Critter--about 3 inches I think...

Paper: Georgia Pacific white and DSP from my stash

Stamps: PKS critter faces!!! Love em! and of course My Pink Stamper-- love them too!

Ribbon: SU! white grosgrain

Other: white jelly pen, glossy accents

Looks Like Spring!

Thanks for joining us for another challenge with the lovely ladies at the Fantabulous Cricut Challenge Blog!  I hope you stopped by the main blog to see all of the other awesome spring themed projects from the awesome design team!



I love this bird!  How stinkin' adorable.  I cut this bird at 3.5 inches from the Nate's ABC cartridge and I love how it turned out.  I am so glad I've been spending some time digging through my stash of papers to use up.  The cloud paper I used is from K and Company--I love it!  I'm sure I picked it up just because I thought I needed clouds--but upon further investigation I LOVE the gridlines on this paper-- it's in an Old Olive-ish color and I really like it. 

I've not played a lot with this cartridge but I do love the layers it offers and the attention to detail in each of the layers is fun.  I did tweak the beak on the bird a little bit as I didn't like how the worm or something or other looked in his mouth :) So I chopped it off!  I also changed up this card by not using a standard A-2 size.  This card will fit in a business size envelope easily.  Enjoy!

Recipe

Cricut: Nate's ABC cartridge--bird and all layers cut at 3.5 inches

Paper: SU for solids, and Kand Company DSP

Ribbon: SU grosgrain

Other: dimensionals and a googly eye

Dino-Mite!

I was surfing the internet and came across this awesome challenge blog: Challenge By The Page.  Wow what a great way to host a challenge.  I love this idea and really need to spend some more using all of the pages within my cartridges-- not just my favorites.  I really think this challenge will help me step out of my crafting comfort zone!  I do know my style is pretty fun loving and quirky-- perhaps the more challenges I do the more I will challenge myself ;)  haha feel free to <insert an eye roll> here :) Yes, a challenge is meant to challenge me!  I get it. 

I did of course have no problem using my Create A Critter cartridge and the challenge was to use a cut from page 50 of this cartridge.  So I did-- I will admit this is the first dinosaur I have cut! The paper is from an AMAZING find I found at Marshalls--who would have thought to look for paper there--it was a kit with a bunch of cardstock, ribbob, buttons and a big set of thickers-- for $1.99--what a steal!  I did it as a long card and I think I was quite clever in stamping my sentiment a few times in an open space on the dsp!

Recipe

DSP, solid paper and ribbon all from American Crafts

Dino cut from Create A Critter

Stamp: My Pink Stamper

Other: googly eyes and stickles

I Love Sushi!

Oh my goodness it's sooooo true-- I love sushi...you name it it's likely I love it when it comes to sushi.  I enjoy it all sashimi..sushi...ahhhh now I'm hungry!  So enough about food...on to my card.  I am have had my eye on this set from Amuse for pretty much forever.  I kept putting it off and putting it off.  But when they have the HUGE sale a couple weeks ago I knew I had to put it in my order-- and I must say I am NOT at all disappointed.  I love it! 
I am of course creating with the lovely and talented ladies at Stamping 411.  The sketch challenge they are offering is awesome--as per usual for these ladies.  I love checking out what all the other talented ladies do for these challenges--it is so inspirational!  I do definitely see I need to work on my bows-- it's a little sad looking-- but I love the sentiment and stamp so much that I'm just ignoring the bow :)  I hope you enjoy it as well!

Recipe

Paper: SU solid, unsure of the DSP

Ribbon: from $ Tree

Stamps: Amuse Art Stamps

Punch: SU 1/2 inch circle 

Bug Me Anytime...

So I am not terribly fond of bugs-- unless of of course one is referring to my Cricut but that's about the extent of my bug love.  The lovely and talented Barb over at Bug Bites is having a "buggie challenge."  And well because I love her blog I just had to enter...it doesn't hurt that she is offering some super cute bug I mean blog candy!  I am waiting to win her challenge... heck I even left space so I can add the sentiment "Bug Me Anytime"  from the set she is giving away--the set I will be winning!  :)  Ahhh a girl can dream--so wish me luck in her challenge.

My little bug was cut from the Create-A-Critter cartridge...please don't mind that he appears to be missing a layer-- I had a small craftastrophe so this little guy is missing a layer!  Oh well I think he still looks adorable.  And as you can see I left a hefty portion of empty space to add my sentiment... (sending up good thoughts) and the ribbon and gemstones gave it a bit of a pop.  I really like the black rhinestones...they sparkle a tish bit more in real life--my photography leaves A LOT to be desired!  And I'm just not sure I used the right ribbon--not to make excuses for my card but it does look cuter in real life with the sheer ribbon!  But alas I hope you enjoy this card!

Recipe

Bug cut at 3 or so inches with the Create a Critter Catridge

Paper: DSP I believe is American Crafts? Black is SU! and Green is DCWV

Ribbon: from Mike's

Gemstones: from WM I believe--again I took off the outer packing!  Sorry!

Hockey!

Ugh...what a day!  I can't believe how just this weekend I was running around outside with no coat enjoying the lovely spring weather and today...well wow... I had to bust out my coat, mittens and a hat :( I was so looking forward to spring and was loving that I could finally see the grass---but as I look out my window all I see is blowing and drifting snow!  

But I will not let the weather get me down too much!  For this post I am sharing a card I made for some great friends whom I spent last weekend with-- ahhhh it was so much fun!  We spent time in St. Paul and had a great time at the X!  A good time was had by all...well maybe not everyone but I know I had a blast.  My friends are huge hockey fans so I found this card to be quite fitting for them and even tailored the colors to their team!  I am entering this card into the challenge over at Celebrate the Occasion.  The challenge over there this week was to create a thank you card but to make sure it included a tag!  I really love how this card turned out!  I hope you enjoy it too!!

Recipe

Cricut Cuts: Tag and Tag holder from TBBM

Net, stick and puck from EPD, and thanks--not sure :(

Paper: DSP from my stash and solid from Recollections

Other: Brad Making Memories, Ribbon Bazzill