Wish Upon a Star Challenge

The challenge this week at Paper Cutz Challenge Blog is to make a card using stars and any colors or theme we wanted. I decided to play along and this is what I came up with. I used some white card stock for my card base and scored and folded it to a 4 1/4" X 5 1/2" card. I then cut a black mat 4" X 5 1/4" and another white mat 3 3/4" X 5. This second white mat I spritzed with Tatter Rose and Pearls glimmer mist to add some sparkle and shine and just a hint of color. I used the Rock Princess cartridge and cut my stars at 3 1/4". I used the POW! Glitter Card Stock for the layers of my card  and black for the base layer. I adhered the stars to my card front with some foam squares. My sentiment is from The Greeting Farm and went perfect with the card. I added some bright pink rhinestones to each end of the sentiment. I am happy how this turned out. Thanks for visiting.

It's a Jungle Out There!

The challenge this week over at Cricut Cardz Challenge Blog is to make a child's birthday card using something you might see in the jungle. I decided to go with the elephant from the Birthday Bash cricut cartridge.

My card base is a 8 1/2" X 5 1/2" Kraft card stock that I scored and folded to make a 4 1/4" X 5 1/2" card. I used my corner rounder and rounded the two lower corners. I added some aqua and white striped twine. I cut my elephant and all his layers at 3". The polka dot paper is from Echo Park. The other colors are were printed on my Imagine from the Best Friends cartridge. I put some small pieces of foam tape behind his ear so his ear would stand up a little. I also attached the elephant to the card with foam tape. I added some white doodles along the edges of the card and stamped Happy Birthday in Walnut Stain Distress ink. Thanks for visiting.

Celebrate the Season

So I strayed away from our Flower Soft theme this post but I have been wanting to make a card with this wonderful POW! Glitter Paper so I opted to do a Christmas card. It is never too early to get started on those cards.

I started with a 5" X 10" piece of white card stock scored and folded to make a 5" X 5" square card. I used my Scor Pal to score lines in my card front at 1/2" and 1/4". Next I cut another piece of white card stock 3 3/4" X 3 3/4" and liberally sprayed it with some of my Dazziling Diamonds Glimmer Mist and let it dry. I then embossed this square with my Snowflake Embossing Folder and my Cuttlebug and adhered it to my card. I then used two colors of the Pacific and Silver POW Glitter Paper. This paper cuts beautifully with my Cricut. I cut my snowflake using the Winter Lace Mini Cricut Cartridge at 3 1/2". I added the snowflake to my card front with some foam tape and stamped my sentiment. I wish the photo showed off the sparkle of this paper better. If you haven't tried this glitter paper I urge you to give it a try.

Thanks Card

The challenge this week over at the Cricut Cardz Challenge Blog is to make a thank you card using a heart but to not use red or pink. This is what I came up with. I decided to turn my hearts into a flower. I cut 4 hearts from the George and Basic Shape cartridge at 1 1/2". My patterned paper is from my stash. I also cut a 1" circle to adhere my hearts to. My card base is white card stock scored and folded to 4 1/4" X 5 1/2" card. I cut an orange mat 4" X 5 1/4" and another coordinating patterned paper mat cut to 3 3/4" X 5. I adhered my hearts to the circle and added a teal blue button to the middle of the flower. I then stamped Thanks in a dark brown in. Thanks for visiting.

Hang In There Card

This week my Cutters Creek Design Team post is for Tuesday Tutorial using Flower Soft. The tutorial I have for you today uses the Ultra Fine Flower Soft as flocking. I love the dimension and texture it gives to my Cricut cuts.  I started with the monkey from the Create-a-Critter cartridge and cut him at 3". I used my Imagine to color each layer (love that!). The base layer was cut with black. The next I colored to match as close to the flower soft I chose to use.

Next I ran my layers I wanted to flock upside down in my Xyron so the adhesive was on the front of my image.

I used Sand Ultra Fine Flower Soft for the main layer of my image, and Toffee Ultra Fine Flower Soft for the outer outline layer to flock the monkey. I liberally covered my image with the flower soft and patted it down to be sure I had a good covering and then tapped off the excess.

I did the same with the other layer. Here is what they look like now that each layer is flocked.

Once I adhered my layers together with some Flower Soft Adhesive. I put my card together. My card is a standard 4 1/4" X 5 1/2" card. My base is white card stock. I then added a blue mat cut to 4" X 5 1/4" and cut my patterned paper from my scrap bin to 3 3/4" X 5". I used my ATG Gun to adhered the layers together.

The vine was cut at 3" as well and colored using my Imagine. For the mat for my sentiment I used the Elegant Edges cartridge (which Kim can special order for you just ask). I colored the shadow layer with a blue color and left the top layer uncolored as I wanted it white. The mat was cut at 2". My sentiment is from the Wild Card cartridge and was colored with the same blue as my shadow layer and was cut at 4".

I just love the velvety texture I get by using the Ultra Fine Flower Soft as flocking. The Ultra Fine Flower Soft can be used to add texture and dimension to any of your projects. I hope you give it a try.

Let the Fun Begin!

The challenge over at Paper Playtime is to make a project that shows how you would cool off with water. This is what I came up with. I recently got the Enjoy the Season's Imagine Cricut Cartridge and while trying to decide what to make for this project saw this image in the handbook. It was perfect.

My card base is 4 1/4" X 5 1/2" white card stock. My patterned paper is by Echo Park. I cut the cloud paper 3" X 5 1/2" and the green paper 1 1/2" X 5 1/2".  I used the layered feature on my Imagine and cut the girl in the pull image at 3". I also cut the sun image from the same cartridge at 1 1/4". I added some yellow stickles to the sun rays and some Glossy Accents to the lenses of the sun's sunglasses. Thanks for visiting and I hope you will join us in the challenge at Paper Playtime.