Summer Fun!

The new challenge at Cardz TV Cricut Cardz Challenge is Summer Fun. To make a card for any occasion using Summer as the theme. To me, nothing says summer like a nice cold, juicy slice of watermelon. What says summer to you?

My card base is white card stock cut and folded to make a 4 1/4" X 5 1/2" card base. I added a dark green mat cut at 4" X 5 1/4" and the yellow patterned paper mat cut at 3 3/4" X 5". I added a bit of  red gingham ribbon. My watermelon slice and its layers are cut from the Simply Charmed Cricut Cartridge at 3 1/2" and adhered to my card front with some foam tape. I added some small black nail head embellishments for the seeds. Finally I stamped my sentiment from the Cardz TV Fun in the Sun stamp set. I stamped the sentiment with some Lady Bug Memento ink on some white card stock. I cut the edge of the sentiment to look like a banner and inked the edges with the Lady Bug ink and attached it to my card.


I love summer and watermelon, such a perfect combination. I sure hope you will join us and play along with the challenge. Thanks for visiting.

4th of July Card

I have a quick 4th of July card for you today. Perfect to use as a party invitation or to just let someone know you were thinking of them. My card base is white Bazzill Simply Smooth card stock cut and scored to make a 4 1/4" X 5 1/2" card base. I added a dark blue mat cut at 4" x 5 1/4" and a red mat cut at 3 3/4" X 5". Both of these mats are Core' de nations Card stock (Cutter's Creek is out of this paper but Kim can likely order it for you). I then used a piece of the Whitewash Cut and Emboss card stock. I ran that through the Cuttlebug and embossed it with the Stars embossing folder and sanded it so that the red from the back side showed through. I cut the 4th of July image from the Stand and Salute cartridge at 2 1/2". I cut the shadow twice once out of white and once out of red and offset them just slightly. I cut the top layer out of a dark blue and added some Midnight Blue stickles to the blue layer. Popped up the sentiment with some foam tape. I also added some blue and white and red and white Doodlebug bakers twine to my card. Finally I added a couple of star buttons from my stash and threaded them both with more of the twine and tied a knot.

Fun in the Sun

I have a fun card for you this afternoon. My card base is white card stock cut and folded to make a 4 1/4" X 5 1/2" card base. My patterned papers are from Echo Park. The orange mat is cut at 4" X 5 14" and the striped mat is cut at 3 3/4" X 5 1/4". I used my corner rounder to round the lower corners of my card and the layers. My image is from the Pack Your Bags Cricut Cartridge and is cut at 3 3/4". I cut the coconut from some Tim Holtz Kraft Core card stock in a dark brown color and sanded it lightly. All the other layers are cut from scraps. I added some glossy accents to my cherry, orange slice and pineapple slice.

I adhered my image to my card with one layer of foam tape. My sentiment is from the Cardz TV stamp set Fun in the Sun. I stamped it in a Tangerine ink.

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

Cardz TV DT Challenge - Anything Goes

Die Cutting Divas- Red, Yellow, Orange challenge

Window Card

I saw the idea for this card last December in a card making magazine and have been wanting to make one. My card base is white Bazzill Smooth card stock cut and scored to make a 4 1/4" X 5 1/2" card base. My patterned papers for the curtains is from the My Minds Eye paper pad Miss Caroline All Dolled Up. Using the Plantin Schoolbook Cricut Cartridge I cut the scallop at 1" and then trimmed it to fit across my card. My "curtains" are cut at 1 7/8" X 4". I ran the paper through my paper crimper to get that pleated look. For my window I cut the image from the Christmas Solutions cartridge at 3" out of the Mod Squad Cut and Emboss Paper by Core'denations. I then cut the view for my window from a scrap from the Echo Park Summer Paper pad from last summer. I adhered the view down straight to my card. I attached the window with some of the ASI 3D Clear Foam. I also attached the curtains and the valance with some foam tape. To finish it off, I added a couple of bows.

Splash!

I have a fun card for you today. My card base is a 4 1/4" X 5 1/2" blue card stock. I added a bright yellow mat cut at 4" X 5 1/4" I than used some of the white wash cut and emboss card stock and ran it through my Cuttlebug and embossed it with the D'Vine Swirls embossing folder. I did not emboss the lower inch of the paper so I could stamp my sentiment. I then sanded the embossed paper so the blue color would show through then lightly spritzed it with some Sea Glass Glimmer Mist.  My dolphin is cut at 3 1/2" from the Pack Your Bags Cricut Cartridge. I attached him to the card with an action wobble. I added some blue striped bakers twine and a bright yellow button to finish off the card. I have a video below that explains how I made the card and so you can see him jumping out of the waves on his action wobble.

I hope everyone is having an awesome Father's Day today.

Center Step Card Tutorial

I have a fun new card for you today. At least new to me. It is called a Center Step Card or Front Panel Card.  The card will fit in an A2 size envelope and was a lot of fun to make. All of my papers are from Echo Park. I apologize for the dark picture a big gray cloud decided to cover up the sun just as I started taking pictures. I attached all of my paper down with my ATG Gun. My cupcake was cut from the Straight From the Nest cartridge (which Kim can order for you if you want it) at 2 3/4". Because the little holes for the sprinkles were so small I opted to add some liquid pearls in Hydrangea  and Key Lime to them instead. I attached my cupcake to my card with an action wobble. I did a short video for you to help explain how I made this card. I first saw this idea on SplitcoastStampers. I hope the video helps you understand how this card works.

Here is a side picture of the finished card.

I sure hope you will give this a try. If you do let me know what you think. Thanks for visiting.

Cricut Cardz Challenge #110

There is a new challenge over at Cardz TV , I am so glad your my dad. The challenge is to make a Father's Day card using any colors and cartridges you like. This is what I came up with.

My card base is Kraft card stock cut and folded to make a 4" X 9" Tall Card. I was able to get the Cricut Craft Room to work which allowed me to create two rectangles, one 3 3/4" X 8 3/4" which I flooded with a dark olive green color from the Heirloom Imagine cartridge. The other rectangle was 3 1/2" X 8 1/2" which I flooded with the green striped pattern also from the Heirloom cartridge. For my man image, I used the Art Deco cartridge. This image is called Sugar Daddy on the cartridge. Again I used colors from the Heirloom color palette for the mans coat, slacks, vest and hat. I used an RGB code for the skin tone. I cut the man at 6". I inked all my papers with some Tim Holtz Tea Dye distress ink. I added my man to the card with some foam tape. I used some tiny copper colored pearls for the buttons on his vest. I cut a label from the Lacey Labels cartridge for my sentiment using the colors from the Heirloom cartridge and stamped my sentiment with some Memento Tuxedo Black ink. My twine is actually a light natural colored hemp cord that I colored with a copic marker to give me that dark green color. I attached my sentiment mat with some foam tape and added a larger copper pearl button to each side.

A Day Just for You

Here is a quick masculine card I made this afternoon. I have decided if I am going to use it for a Father’s Day card or a Birthday Card so I went with a bit more generic sentiment on the front.
My card base is white card stock cut and folded to make a 4 1/4” X 4 1/4” square card. I cut a mat of dark grey 4” X 4” and then the wood grain paper is from My Minds Eye and is cut a 3 7/8” X 3 7/8”.

My image is from the Celebrate With Flourish Cricut Lite cartridge and was cut at 3 1/2”. I used my Imagine to color and cut the layers out. I added some white dots to the fish’s head, tail and the handle of the fishing rod. I also used my clear shimmer pen to add a bit of sparkle to the flourish at the end of the fish, the one on its body and in the handle of the rod. I popped the fish up off the card with some foam tape.

I am going to enter this card into the Cardz TV Design Team challenge which is to make a card or other project for a guy.

Just hopping by to say hi!

Here is another fun card I made this afternoon. I cut this grasshopper from the Stretch Your Imagination Cricut Cartridge at 3 1/2". I cut the blackout feature in black and then layer 1 in a darker green and layer 2 in a light green. My card base is 4 1/4" X 5 1/2", my green mat is 4" X 5 1/4" and the patterned paper is cut at 3 3/4" X 5". I stamped my sentiment in Memento Tuxedo Black ink and attached my grasshopper to my card front with an action wobble. How else could he hop??? Thanks for visiting. I am entering this cart in the Fantabulous Cricut Challenge Me Monday Challenge.

Just Soaking up Rays

Here is a quick card I made this afternoon. I was not soaking up any rays! We were having thunderstorms, lots of rain and hail. This was as close to sun as I could get today.

My card base is white card stock cut and folded to make a 4 1/4" X 5 1/2" card base. I added some orange striped paper cut at 3" X 5 1/4" and a yellow stripped paper cut at 2" X 5 1/4".  Both patterned papers are by Echo Park. I then added white strip of paper cut at 3/4" X 5 1/4" to cover my seam. I stamped the sentiment Just Soaking up Rays in Dandelion Memento Ink, The sentiment is from the "Fun in the Sun" sentiment stamp from Cardz TV.

For my image I used the Pack Your Bags cricut cartridge. I cut all the layers at 3 1/2". I colored all the layers with the colors from the Best Friends Imagine cartridge. For the blue striped pieces on the umbrella and the lounge I colored those from the Bubblegum Stripes Imagine cartridge. I layered everything together and attached it to my card with some foam tape. For my "sun" I used a clear yellow button that I ran some pale yellow and white striped bakers twine through and tied in a bow. I also added some light orange buttons to the lower right hand corner of my card.

I am entering this card in the Vacation Card challenge over at Paper Playtimes.

Blog Hop WInner

The winner of the Echo Park paper pad from the Father's Day Blog Hop is. . . . .

Susan Martin. Susan, I will be emailing you for your mailing address. Congratulations.

Celebrate Men Card

We have a fun new challenge for you this month over at Scrappy Frogs. The challenge, called Celebrate Men, is to make a masculine project and use two embellishments. Here is what I came up with.

My card base is white card stock cut and folded to make a 4 1/4" X 5 1/2" portrait style card. I added a dark turquoise mat cut at 4" X 5 1/4" and then a black mat cut at 3 3/4" X 5". I embossed the black mat with the Argyle Sizzix Embossing Folder. The shirt was cut from the Simply Charmed cartridge at 3 1/2". I did not cut the face layer on the tie. I added some faux stitching to the tie and shirt color with a black gel pen and then added two small black nail heads for color buttons and a large clear rhinestone to the tie center to serve as a tie pin. The paper is from Echo Park.

I hope you will play along with us. Thanks for visiting.

Father's Day Blog Hop!

Welcome to the Cutters Creek Design Team Fathers Day Blog Hop! If you just came from Lori's Blog, you are in the right place! If you just happened upon my blog today and you want to hop from the beginning, and play for the Grand Prize you can start from the Cutters Creek Design Team Blog and check out Chris' great project! The objective for our Blog Hop this weekend is to inspire you to create something beautiful for all of the "Fathers" in your life! We have a bit of everything, from cards to gift ideas to layouts about our fathers!

I have two projects for you today. My first project is a Father's Day card. I started with a piece of white card stock cut and folded to make a 4 1/4" X 5 1/2" card base. I added a black mat cut at 4" X5 1/4" and then my patterned paper mat cut at 3 3/4" X 5". My card is based on this patterned paper which is from the Echo Park Happy Days 6" X 6" paper pack and are pop bottle lids. I then added a black mat cut at 2" X 3 3/4". For my sentiment I cut the word Pop using the font from the Birthday Bash cartridge out of Chipboard at 1 3/4". I then painted the edges with my Sunshine Yellow Paint Dabber. To cover the top of my letters I cut the word pop again this time from a piece of blue card stock from the Mod Squad paper pack. To give  my letters even more dimension and shine and covered them with some Glossy Accents. I also adhered the letters down with some Glossy Accents as well.

My second project is for a Father's Day give my my hubby. I used my Imagine and the Snapshot Texture Patterned cartridge to fill the toolbox cut from the Sweet Tooth boxes project cartridge. I cut the box at 9".

Doesn't the pattern on the box look great? I overfilled it with the little snickers so it wasn't closing correctly, sorry about that. I used scor tape to adhere my box together. On the inside I cut the sentiment from the Celebrate with Flourish lite cartridge at 2 1/4" and attached it to the inside of the lid. My hubby is going to love this.

And what is a blog hop without blog candy???? Of course Cutter's Creek is giving away a super prize but for stopping by and leaving me a comment I have a little something for someone. You don't have to be a follower but I would love it if would like to follow me. I have for you a 6" X 6" Hello Summer Paper pad from Echo Park. For a chance to win this paper pad just leave me a comment at the end of this post. You will have until 6:00m PDT, Monday, June 4th to leave your comment. I will choose a winner using Random.org. and announce the winner by 9:00 PDT on June 4th. Please be sure to leave me a way to get in touch with you so I can contact you if you win. I apologize but can only ship to the United States.

Now for the details about the Grand Prize I mentioned at the beginning of my post. To qualify you must leave a comment at every stop along the way. COmments should be made by Midnight, June 3rd. We will use Random.org to select a winner so be sure to check back with us on Monday to find out if you have won!

Don't forget to leave a comment here before you hop along to Laura's Blog! Thanks for hopping by!