BBQ Invite

Hello everyone! Here is the invite I made to enter into Bug Bites Bug Hop Grillin' and Chillin' Challenge. Your project must include 1 Cricut cut and a "critter" found on the blog hop projects. For my invitation I made a pocket card. I cut the grill from Everyday Paper Dolls at 2 inches and added Glossy Accents to it. The hot dogs were cut at .75 inches, the burger at 2 inches, and the watermelon at 1 inch from Simply Charmed. The BBQ was cut from Robots at 1 inch and I printed the inviation information from my computer. To finish I did some balck stitching and for my critter I drew an ant on top of the watermelon. I hope you all are having a wonderful weekend! Take Care!

Terrific Tuesday Life's A Beach

Hello everyone! Here is the card that I did for Scrappy Mom's Terrific Tuesday challenge. This time the challenge is to use Life's A Beach. I cut the palm tree at 4 inches, the chair at 3 inches, and the crab at 1.5 inches from Life's A Beach. I highlighted them all with black and white pen and added Glossy Accents to the crab's eyes. For the sand I just tore a piece of kraft cardstock and stamped the sentiment which is from Scrappy Mom's Furry Friends set. To finish I embossed the background with Spots N Dots and tied a piece of twine around the side. I forgot to take a picture of the inside of the card where it says "Go to the beach" which I printed off my computer. I hope you all are having a great day and have a fun and safe Memorial Day weekend!

18th Birthday Card

Hello everyone! It is my Niece's 18th birthday and this is the card that I made for her. I also had Card Creations In More By C's So Saturday challenge in mind which is Wobbles, Pop's, or Shakes. By the way, did you know that I won for the month of April? And I won the Disney Pooh Font Cricut cartridge! If you've never played in her challenges, they are every other Saturday and they are LOTS of fun! This month the prize is a Your Story Photo Maker! So thanks Christine and I hope you will participate too!
For my card I cut the girl from Rock Princess at 4 inches and pop dotted her to the card. The 18 circle was cut from George and Basic Shapes at 1.5 and 1.75 inches and the 18 was cut from Robots at 1 inch. I added gems around the circle and mounted it to an Action Wobble. The background was embossed with Spots N Dots Cuttlebug floder and I added 3 gems to the bottom corner. To finish I tied a ribbon and stamped the sentiment. I hope you all are having a great day! Thanks for looking!

Imagine Best Friends Card #5

Hello everyone! Here is the 5th and last card in my Imagine Best Friends card set. I used the stock square in my Imagine at 5 inches and filled it with a pattern from Imagine More. The girl was cut at 3.5 inches from Best Friends and I used Glossy Accents on her hair, eyes, and shirt. THe cat was cut at 2.5 inches and I used Glossy Accents on the nose and collar. To finish I tied a ribbon and stamped the sentiment which is from Scrappy Mom's Furry Friends set. I hope you all liked my BF card set and thanks for looking! Have a great day!

Imagine Best Friends Card #4

Hello everyone! Here is card #4 in my Imagine Best Friends card set. I used the stock square image in the Imagine at 5 inches and filled it with a pattern from Imagine More Cards. The girl and accessories were cut at 3.5 inches from the Best Friends cart. I used Glossy Accents on her hair, eyes, shirt, phone, and purse. I punched a strip of white paper and punched the edges with a border punch and added a ribbon to it. To finish I added this sentiment which was a new technique I tried. I didn't have a stamp that fit with this card so I printed it backwards on a piece of acetate and burnished it on to my card. I was really happy with the result! I did have to touch it up a little with my black pen only because this is textured cardstock. I hope you all liked my card and I will be back with the last card tomorrow.

FB Craftiest Mom Contest

Hello everyone! I entered the Craftiest Mom contest at Cricut's Facebook page and if you haven't entered would you please vote for me? I would really appreciate it! Just click HERE

THANKS SO MUCH!!!

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CTO Challenge # 15

Hello everyone and welcome to another challenge at Celebrate The Occasion! This week the challenge is Retirement. When I think of retirement I think about laying on the beach, so thats what I did for my card. For my card I cut all the images from Pack Your Bags. The lounging girl was cut at 2.75 inches. I cut the shadow layer but trimmed it off around her head, arm, leg, and the legs of the chair so it just framed the chair. I highlighted her eyelashes with a white gel pen and added Glossy Accents to the cup and her lips. The sun was cut at 2 inches and I embossed it with Swiss Dots. I printed the sentiment on craft paper using my computer and just tore it to make the sand. The sentiment on the inside is also printed off my computer that I framed in matching paper. I hope you all will give this challenge a try and I can't wait to see what you will create! Have a great day!

Imagine Best Friends Card #3

Hello everyone! Here is the third card in my Imagine Best Friends card set. I used the stock square image for the background and filled it with a pattern from Imagine More Cards. The girl was printed and cut at 3.5 inches and I used Glossy Accents on her hair, eyes, and the image on her shirt. The dog was also printed and cut from Best Friends at 1.5 inches. I used Glossy Accents on his nose, eyes, and collar. I tied a ribbon and stamped the sentiment which is from an old set from JoAnn's. Thanks for looking and watch for card #4 on Wednesday!

Peachy Keen's LFIF Organize It Challenge

This is my second post of the day! If you want to see card #2 in my Imagine Best Friends card set please see post below!
Here it is hanging on my fridge!

Hello everyone! Here is the project that I made for Peachy Keen's LFIF challenge. This time the challenge is "Organize It" and you must use Peachy Keen face stamps.

For my project I made a note pad holder for my fridge so I can keep track of my shopping list. I started with a 6 X 12 piece of cardboard from a cereal box that I covered with pattern paper and added magnets to the back. I cut the font and shadow from Robots at .75 inches. The milk was cut at 3 inches, the apple at 3 inches, the banana at 2.5 inches, and the corn at 2.5 inches all from Smiley Cards. I stamped the faces with Peachy Keen face stamps and highlighted them with black and white pen. I matted them to a 5.25 square and matted that to a 5.5 inch square. The note pad I glued on to the front. I hope you all like my project and thanks for looking. Have a great day!

Imagine Best Friends Card #2

Hello everyone! Here is the second card in my Imagine Best Friends card set. I just love these cute little girls! They're SO CUTE!
I cut and printed a square from the stock images in the Imagine at 5 inches and filled it with the background from Imagine More Cards. I cut and printed the girl at 3.5 inches from Imagine Best Friends and used Glossy Accents on her hair, eyes, and the bunny on her shirt. BTW, the outfit is from another doll and I used it on her instead of her original clothes. That one of the things that is so fun about this cart, you can change up the clothes and they will fit every doll in the book! How cool is that! I printed and cut the moped at 3 inches in real dial size and used Glossy Accents to highlight it. To finish I tied a bow and stamped the sentiment which is from Pink By Designs Be Mine stamp set. I hope you liked my card and I will be back tomorrow with card #3!

Imagine Best Friends Card #1

Hello everyone! I managed to get some things cut and print using my Imagine before I had to send it back and decided to do a card set. This is card #1 in a set of 5. I wanted to use these cute girls from Imagine Best Friends and make an everyday card set. So here we go! :)

I printed and cut the background from the square stock image in the Imagine at 5 inches and filled it with pattern paper using the Yummy cart. For the water I printed and cut a strip of co-ordinating colored paper and cut a wavy line using just a pair of scissors. I then embossed it with the Devine Swirls Cuttlebug folder and inked white over the raised images. I cut the girl at 3.5 inches from Best Friends and used Glossy Accents on her eyes, hair, goggles, and duck tube. The goggles and duck are popped up with pop dots as well as the suns face. The sun was cut at 1.5 inches from Imagine More and I used Glossy Accents on the top layer of his face. To finish I matted it to a 5 1/8 square card and stamped the sentiment. The stamp is from a set I picked up at JoAnn a long time ago. I hope you all like the first card in my set and will come back to see the next 4! Have a great day!

Congrat-MOO-lations!

Hello everyone! Here is my FIRST Imagine project! I am REALLY liking this machine! Unfortunatly there is a minor problem with it so I have to send it back. Which makes me sad because I was so looking forward to playing with it and it will be gone for 2 weeks.

For my card I cut the cow, poka dot mat and Mem-moo-ries with the Imagine More cart at 3 inches. I added the grad cap from Everyday Paper Dolls at 1 inch and rolled a piece of paper and tied some floss around it for the diploma. I trimmed the Mem-moo-ries down to just the Moo and stamped the sentimet. I added Glossy Accents to the cows eyes, face and the "MOO". I hope you all like my first Imagine project and thanks for looking!

New Cricut Blog

Hello everyone! I just saw the NEW CRICUT BLOG run by Jinger Adams! You have to go see it! Tomorrow is Hello Thursday and they will be announcing the new carts there and also every HT they will draw one lucky follower to win $100 to Cricut.com! How exciting is this! You can click here or on the blinkie on the right!

Whimsical Wednesdays Challenge Back To Basics

Hello everyone and welcome to another challenge at Whimsical Wednesdays! This time the challenge is Back To Basics. You cannot use any Cricut cuts and you must include an "old school" embellishment such as stickers. I LOVE to create cards with stickers. There are so many cute ones out there and we sometimes forget how we used to do things before the Cricut. For my card I used a sticker of this cute mouse image. I stuck it to a piece of white paper and trimmed around it and matted it. For the top of my card I punched a border. The scallop oval and oval are Fiskars punches that I highlighted with a white gel pen. I stamped the sentiment and pop dotted it to the card.

This week we are being sponsored by Zeni and the giveaway is a Cosmo Cricut Home Decor Lacing Set! I hope you will give this challenge a try and I can't wait to see what you create! Have a great day!

I Wheelie Love You!

Hello everyone! Here is the card that I did for the Tacky Tuesday challenge. This time the challenge is to use a car and the words either "wheel" or "roll".

I cut the car from Everyday Paper Dolls at 3 inches. I hid all the lines for the black layer and trimmed off around the wheels on the red layer. I also added highlights with my black and white pens and used a silver marker to color in the bumpers and lights. I mounted it on pop dots at an angle so it kinda looks like the car is doing a wheelie. :) I stamped the sentiment using several stamp sets to get the phrase I wanted. To finish I did a faux stitching line around the card and tied a ribbon. I hope you all are having a great day

and thanks for looking!

Girly Grad Cards

Hello everyone! Here are some graduation cards that I did for my Niece and my son's girlfriend. I did each card in the school colors for each girl. I also did a little different sizing on the orange one. That was the second one I did and figured I could go a little bigger on the font. I cut the girl from Forever Young at 4 inches and highlighted her dress with a white gel pen. The grad cap is from Everyday Paper Dolls that I custom sized in my Gypsy. The font was cut at 1.5 inches and the 2011 was cut at .5 inches from Plantin Schoolbook. To finish I tied a ribbon and stamped the "congrats". I am going to enter this into My Craft Spot's Monday Challenge #8 which the theme is "congratulations". I hope you all like my cards and thanks for looking! Have a great day!

Ruff Day?

Hello everyone! I am sorry I haven't posted for awhile but I have been getting my craft room ready for my new toy. I ordered an Imagine! I have been on the fence about it since it first came out and finally decided to take the plunge. I am VERY excited and can't wait to start playing with it! OK on to my card.

I made this card for My Creative Time's Throwback Thursday challenge. This time the challenge is to use Doodlecharms or any older cart and use the color blue. All of my cuts I made with Doodlecharms. I made the card by cutting 2 of the dog houses at 5 inches and I welded a shape to the bottom to fill in the door using my Gypsy. I assembled the card together by putting a brad through both layers at the top so it slides open. I cut the dog house slightly smaller for the front. I embossed the roof with the diamonds Cuttlebug folder and pop dotted it to the card. I cut the dog at 2 inches and added some white highlights and Glossy Accents to his nose. The sentiment I printed off my computer and matted it to add to the front. The inside I stamped using 2 different stamps to get the sentiment I wanted. As you can see I messed it up but you know, it is handmade after all and can't always be perfect! :) I hope you all will also go check out Whimsical Wednesdays challenge this week which is to make a shaped card! I will be adding this there too. I hope you all are having a wonderful day and thanks for looking!

Rock'n Birthday Card

Hello everyone! Here is the card that I did for Scrappy Mom's Terrific Tues. challenge and My Craft Spot. Scrappy Mom's challenge was to use Once Upon A Princess and My Craft Spots was to bling it up! I cut the girl from Once Upon A Princess at 4 inches. I used glossy accents on her belt, shoes, and hat and embossed her hair with Divine Swirls Cuttlebug folder. The sentiment tag is a punch and I stamped the sentiment. To finish I tied a ribbon and added gems to the corner of the card as well as on the sentiment frame. I hope you all are having a great day and thanks for looking!

BTW, This card is SO much cuter in person. It looks washed out in the pics! :(

Smiley Sun

Hello everyone! Here is the card that I did for Card Creations and More by C's So Saturday challenge #9. This time the challenge is embossing. I think this card is so cute. It just makes you smile. I cut the sun from Smiley Cards at 3 inches. I highlighted him with my white gel pen on his eyes, cheeks, and tongue. The bottom half of the card I embossed with Sizzix Twizzle folder. I added a bow and stamped the sentiment. I hope you all are having a wonderful day!

CTO Challenge # 13

Hello everyone and welcome to another challenge at Celebrate The Occasion! This week the challenge is to make a wedding card and you must include a ribbon. I hope you will play along.

For my card I wanted something simple yet elegant. I think I achieved what I was going for. This card is actually pretty big... 4 1/4 by 8 1/2. I cut the cake from Sweethearts at 3 inches. I cut all the layers in white and colored in some of it with a silver pen. I embossed it with Swiss Dots folder and pop dotted the cake layers. I embossed 3/4 of the background paper with the Sizzix Twizzle folder and tied a ribbon at the end of the embossing. To finish I stamped the sentiment. I hope you all will give this challenge a try and I can't wait to see what you'll create! Have a wonderful day and thanks for looking.

NSD Challenge #12

Hello everyone! I DID IT! I completed all the challenges for My Pink Stampers NSD challenges! This is for the final challenge and was a kids theme. I embossed the background with Spots and Dots and I cut the robot dog from Robots at 3 inches. I used my white gel pen to highlight him and I put him on an action wobble to go with the sentiment. I tied a ribbon and stamped the sentiment. I hope you all liked seeing my National Scrapbook Day projects! Have a Happy Mothers Day everyone!

NSD Challenge #11

Hi everyone! Here is the card that I did for My Pink Stampers NSD challenge #11. This challenge was a color challenge...green, pink and black. I cut the strawberry bowl from Simply Charmed at 3 inches. I used my black and white pen to put the seeds on the strawberries. I tied a ribbon and stamped the sentiment.