Spooky Card

The challenge this week over at the Cricut Cardz Challenge is to make a holiday card using any colors and cartridges of our choosing. So I decided to make a Halloween card. The witch image is from the Celebrate with Flourish Cricut Lite cartridge. I cut the image and layers at 3" and used my Imagine  and the stock colors to color each layer. My card base is white card stock cut and folded to 4 1/4" X 5 1/2" I added a black mat cut to 4" X 5 1/4" an orange mat cut at 3 3/4" X 5 and a purple mat cut at 3 1/2" X 4 3/4". I sprayed the orange moon with some sunkissed peach glimmer mist spray. I love how it turned out a little mottled like there are thin clouds floating in front of it. I pop dotted the witch to the front of the card and added some buttons I had left over from last Halloween. The patterned orange and purple paper was also in my scrap bin. It was a quick easy card to put together but a lot of fun. Thanks for visiting.

Gingerbread House - Christmas in July

This month on the Design Team blog to help everyone start thinking about their holiday crafts we are featuring some Christmas in July project. My project today for you is this cute little treat box. A friend gave me the new Sweet Tooth Boxes project cartridge and when I saw this sweet house in the book I knew what I wanted to do.

I started with some kraft card stock and using the suggestion in the book cut my house and it's layers at 10". To make the house you have to cut 2 of the actual house. Because I wanted to dress mine up a little and add a Christmas Tree to the inside I used my Gypsy and hid the window on one side of the house so it wouldn't cut. I also hid the flowers and the flower boxes because I wasn't using them. I hope you can see the tree I added to the inside of the house. I cut the tree at 3.1" using my Imagine and the Snow Angel Cricut Imagine Cartridge. I used Scor-tape to assembly the house together. I added some clear acetate to the window of my house so it looked like glass. I cut the grass for the house out of white and ran it through my Cuttlebug and the D'Vine Swirls embossing folder.  I then ran it upside down through my Xyron and covered it with some chunky glitter and adhered to to the sides of the house.

To dress up the outside of the house I added some Polar White Flower Soft along the roof line and edge. To the front of the house, I added a brad for a door knob and using the Snow Angel cartridge and the layers feature on my Imagine I cut two pots of poinsettias to place on each side of the door. I then used my Jolly Holidays Lite cartridge to cut a wreath that I attached to the door.

I added some Christmas Red Stickles for the berries on the wreath and also the ornaments on the tree. I used some Star Dust Stickles to some of the poinsettias to help them stand out and add a little more bling. The roof slides on to the top of the box and over those two solid pieces that act as a handle. It was a lot of fun making this and I am ready to fill it later this fall with some yummy goodies!

Masculine Birthday Card

My father-in-law's birthday is in a week and I have to get the card in the mail in the next couple of days. So I whipped up a card for him this afternoon. I started with a pre-scored white 5" x 7" card base. I added a black mat cut to 6 3/4" X 4 3/4".  I then used my Imagine and the Bubblegum Striped pattern cartridge and the stock 5:7 rectangle to print out my patterned paper, and cut it to 6 1/2" X 4 1/2". I then used the Celebrate with Flourish Cricut Lite cartridge to cut the Happy Birthday at 3.1" For my shadow I chose to use white for the shadow. I used colors and patterns from the Bubblegum Striped Imagine cartridge for the other layers. I adhered it to the card with some foam tape and added some white buttons with glue dots to finish off the card. Hope he likes it. Thanks for visiting.

Celebrate Everything!

In honor of summer my project for you today is an ice cream cone card.  I started with some Kraft card and made my card a portrait card by cutting my paper at 4 1/4" X 11 and scored it at 5 1/2". I then grabbed a couple of pieces of card stock from my Echo Park Paper Pad Summer Days. I cut the red mat at 4" X 5 1/4" and the patterned paper with the ice cream cones at 3 3/4" X 5". I used my corner rounder to round the corners of all the layers and the card base. My cupcake is cut at 3" from the Cricut Sweet Treats cartridge. I used my Imagine to cut the image and the Bubblegum Stripes cartridge for the colors. For the shadow I used a black with tiny pink polka dots also from the Bubblegum Stripes cartridge. This cartridge is a special order cartridge from Cutter's Creek so if interested please be sure to contact Kim. I adhered my paper layers together and wrapped some yellow and white striped bakers twine around them and adhered the mats to my card with my ATG Gun (which I love by the way!!!) For my Ice Cream Cone I ran the cone part through my cuttlebug and embossed it with the Houndstooth Embossing Folder. I then used my Tea Dye Distress Ink to ink over the embossing to help it stand out. I layered my image and then added it to my card with some foam tape. To finish the card I added some iRock Hot Rocks Glitter Gems to add sprinkles to my cone.  To the drip I added some Glossy Accents to give it some dimension and shine so it looks wet. Finally added my sentiment stamped in some brown ink.

Celebrate Sunshine

The challenge this week over at Paper Playtime is to make a Summer themed project. Here is what I came up with.

Nothing says summer to me then a good slice of local juicy watermelon. I love watermelon. So for my card, I of course used a slice of watermelon. The cut is from the Just Because Cards Cricut cartridge and was cut at 3". My card base is white card stock cut and folded to 4 1/4" X 5 1/2". I added a black mat cut at 4" X 5 1/4" and then a pink polka dot paper from the Echo Park 6" X 6" paper pack called Dots and Stripes. The polka dot paper is cut to 3 3/4" X 5". I then added a strip of black cut 2 1/4" x 5" and a piece of white card stock cut 1 3/4" X 5" and stamped my sentiment in Memento Black ink. I adhered the layers of watermelon together and added some pop dots to the back to attach it to the card. It was a quick simple card that could be used for several occasions. I hope you will join us at Paper Playtime. Thanks for visiting.

Laughter is Life's Sweetest Thing

The challenge this week over at Scrappy Frogs Challenge Blog is to use summer flowers on your project. The design team came up with some great inspiration. This is what I came up with.

I started with a 4 1/4" X 5 1/2" white card stock card base. I added a purple mat cut to 4" X 5 1/4" and a floral patterned paper that reminded me of a summer field of wild flowers, cut to 3 3/4" X 5". I then added a 2" strip of green that I used an EK Success border punch on.  Finally I used the Lacey Labels Cricut Lite cartridge and cut the shape for my sentiment at 3". I cut the shadow out of purple and the main layer out of white and pop dotted it to my card front. The sentiment is from Hero Arts. The flower is a daisy I had in my stash. I cut a couple of leaves from the Lyrical Letters cartridge. I hope you will join in the fun at Scrappy Frogs Challenge Blog. I hope everyone is having a great 4th of July Holiday.