Wednesday, August 29, 2012

Color Play Challenge


The new Cricut Cardz Challenge over at Cardz TV is to make a card  using any cartridge(s) and any theme you’d like, BUT using the colors red, yellow, and blue ONLY. You may also use black and white as accent colors. This is what I came up with.

I started with a white card base cut and folded to 4 1/4" X 5 1/2". I then added a yellow mat that I embossed using the Seeing Spots Cuttlebug embossing folder. Next I cut out a mat at 3 3/4" using the Elegant Edges Cricut Cartridge. I cut the shadow layer out of blue and the main layer out of a red and white polka dot paper from Echo Park. Then I cut my flower at 3" from the Paper Trimmings cartridge out of blue and yellow. I added a red button to the center of my flower and stamped my sentiment.

I sure hope you will play along with us over at Cardz TV.

Sunday, August 26, 2012

Altered Halloween Treat Box

Today I have for you a fun Halloween Treat Box. I picked up this wooden coffin at my local box store and spray painted the whole thing black. I cut some paper to fit the inside of the lid and bottom of the box and used some Glue and Seal to attach and seal the paper on the inside of the coffin . I cut the word Beware from the Happy Haunting cartridge at 1 1/2" and attached it to the inside lid. I  then painted it with some Rock Candy Crackle Paint which gave it an aged look inside.
On the outside I cut some images from the Happy Haunting Cricut Cartridge and glued them to the outside of my box. I then sprayed the entire outside of the box with the Iridescent Glitter Dust. I think  you can see the sparkle in the photo.

Saturday, August 25, 2012

WooHoo!!!! 300 Followers Giveaway

Wow, thank you to all my followers. I just hit 300 followers and in celebration I have some blog candy to giveaway. It is simple to enter to win, just leave me a comment below this post but you MUST be a follower to be eligible to win. It is as simple as that. You have until Midnight PDT on Sunday, September 2nd to leave a comment and be eligible for the giveaway. Good luck everyone and thank you!

Friday, August 24, 2012

Wish Card with the eBosser

Here is my first card made with the help of my new eBosser that came to live with me on Wednesday. Oh my I love that little machine. No cranking! It's electric. Does up to 8 1/2" X 11" and it is awesome. I finally had some time to play with it today and this was one of the things I cut. I used the Poinsettia Die from Spellbinders that I got last winter and cut and embossed it with the eBosser. Before removing the flower layers from the die I inked them in the center with some Spun Sugar distress ink. I also inked the edges with the Spun Sugar ink after removing them from the die. I cut the leaf and inked it with some Forest Moss Distress Ink.

I also sprayed my flower layers with some of the Pink Glitter Dust spray. I did to coats of that and then did one light coat of the Gold Glitter Dust. My these flowers sure sparkle.

For my card I started with a 4 1/4" X 5 1/2" card base from Kraft card stock. I added a black mat cut at 5 3/8" X 4 1/8". My patterned paper is from Graphic 45 Christmas Emporium that I had left from last year. I cut the music sheet paper at 4" X 5 1/4". I then used the back side of the music paper and cut a strip 1 3/4" by 5 1/4". I punched the edge of this strip with a Martha Stewart doily lace punch and backed it with a piece of cream colored cardstock that I inked with some Vintage Photo distress ink. I also inked all my patterned paper with the Vintage Photo distress ink.

To assemble my flower I placed all the layers together and used my paper piercer to poke a hole in the center and added a yellow brad. I then used some flower soft glue on the brad and added some citrus crush ultra fine flower soft to cover the brad for the flower center. I added my leaf to my card and attached the flower with some foam tape. I then added a Tim Holtz word stick that says wish. I inked this with some caramel alcohol ink before added it to my card. To finish my card I added some pearls with cream colored liquid pearls along the other edges.

I hope you enjoy it, and thanks for visiting.

Saturday, August 18, 2012

Snow Angel Card



It has been hot here for the last week so I decided it was time to make a cool weather card. I started with a 4 1/4" X 5 1/2" white card base. I added a mat cut at 4" X 5 1/4" and then snowflake paper cut at 3 3/4" X 2 1/2". I then used the D'Vine Swirls Cuttlebug embossing folder to emboss a piece of the Core'denations Whitewashed paper and sanded it. I then inked the raised swirls with my Versamark pad and sprinkled it with the Neutral Ultra Shimmer WOW! Embossing powder. Finally I added the strip with the little houses on it which is the back side of the first mat. My patterned paper is from My Minds Eye Winter Wonderland paper pack. I sprayed the snowflake paper with some iridescent Glitter Dust.

Not sure you can really see the sparkle and shine from the glitter spray in the photo. I cut my Snow Angel from the Winter Frolic cartridge at 3". I adhered her to the card front with an Action Wobble and stamped my sentiment.

Thanks for visiting.

Thursday, August 16, 2012

Gnome Home Card

Today I have for you this cute Gnome Home card. My card base is Kraft card stock cut and folded to make a 4 1/4" X 5 1/2" card base. My patterned paper is from a My Minds Eye Six by Six paper pad called Gnome Sweet Gnome. This paper is not yet in the store but Kim can order it for you. I added a Green patterned paper mat cut at 4" X 5 1/4" and then the striped cross stitch patterned paper cut at 3 3/4" X 5". I then cut a strip of the reverse of the green patterned mat that had the flowers on it at 5" in width and ran that across my card. My Gnome Home is from the Gnomes and Mushroom Cricut Digital cartridge but I just thought it was so cute. I cut the Gnome Home at 3" and all the layers are cut from scraps. I adhered the home to the card with some foam tape and added a small onyx liquid pearl for the door knob. I inked all my edges with some Tim Holtz Tea Dye Distress Ink. For my sentiment I heavily inked a small white piece of card stock that I used Faded Jeans Distress Ink to stamp my sentiment. I mated that with a piece of brown card stock and added a couple of buttons from my stash.

Wednesday, August 15, 2012

Critter Cuties Cricut Cardz Challenge



The new Cricut Cardz Challenge over at Cardz TV is to make a card using a “critter” (dog, cat, cow, chicken, duck, horse, etc.) from any cartridge(s), and using any colors or theme you’d like. This is what I came up with.

My card is an 4 1/4" X 5 1/2" Easel Card. I started with white card stock cut to 4 1/4" X 11" I scored and folded at 5 1/2" and 2 1/4". Then I cut another piece of cardstock at 4" X 5 1/2". This I added a brown mat cut at 4" X 5 1/4" and them my patterned paper. I cut the country fair ticket paper at 3 x 3 3/4"" and the red check paper at 2" X 3 3/4. I then added the brown and white checked strip cut at 1/2" X 3 3/4". My horse is cut at 3 1/2" from the County Fair cartridge. I stamped the Yee Haw! sentiment in Memento Rich Cocoa as well at the just horsin round sentiment. The inside sentiment is on a mat cut at 2 1/4" X 3 1/2". I then added a white mat cut at 2" X 3 1/4". I inked all my edges with some Tim Holtz Tea Dye distress ink.

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

Sunday, August 12, 2012

Another Birthday Card

I have another birthday card for you today. This one was made using the card feature on the Birthday Bash Cricut Cartridge and was cut at 5 1/2". What I wanted to show you today on this quick video is an awesome new product I got from Cutter's Creek called Glitter Dust. It is in an aresole can and you spray it onto your image. I used the Iridescent on this card but it also comes in Pink, Gold and Silver. I should have my pink on Monday. I also used some stickles and some Opaque White WOW! Embossing powder on the inside of my card. The video is quick but it really shows of the Glitter Dust and the Embossing Powder.


Tuesday, August 7, 2012

Birthday Card

I have a fun birthday card for you today! I made this for my son's girlfriend. Sure hope she likes it. My card base is white card stock and is cut and folded to make a 4" X 9" card. This card will fit in a regular #10 business envelope. I added a pink mat cut at 3 3/4" X 8 3/4". My next dilemma was that the paper pad I wanted to use was a 6" X 6" paper pad but I need an 8 1/2" tall paper for my card. So what I did is I took two different coordinating papers from the My Minds Eye "Life's A Party" paper pad. This paper has not been added to the store yet but if your interested in it, let Kim know. Here is a picture of the paper pad.
 I cut the blue patterned paper in the middle of my card at 3 1/2" X 4". I then found a piece of paper in the pad that had strips for borders and cut that at 3 1/2" X 2 1/2" and placed that at the top of bottom of the blue piece on my card. Then the reverse of the border print paper had the same pattern as the blue but it was pink so I cut a 1/2" X 3 1/2" piece of that paper to place over the seams, My birthday ice cream cone is cut at 6 1/2". I ran the cone part through my Cuttlebug and embossed it with a Sizzix Argyle embossing folder. (This Cuttlebug embossing folder is very similar and would work well.) To finish my ice cream cone I added some Key Lime Liquid Pearls for my sprinkles and some Orange Peel and Paprika stickles to my candle. I added my Ice Cream Cone with some foam tape to my card front.

Monday, August 6, 2012

Get Well Card with Ecstasy Crafts

Isn't this Morehead Ecstasy Craft just the cutest! Kim has some of these in the Ecstasy Craft section of the store and I believe there are new ones still be be loaded to the CHA section so be sure you shop both places. I have for you today a quick Get Well card I made for friend recovering from knee replacement surgery. My card base is white card stock cut and scored to make a 4 1/4" X 5 1/2" card base. This card is a portrait card. My patterned paper is from the My Minds Eye On the Bright Side One paper pad. I cut the blue mat at 4" X 5 1/4". I then used my Elegant Edges cartridge to cut the mat my Image is sitting on. I cut the shadow and top layer using the Oblong creative feature at 3 1/5". I adhered the mat with some foam tape to my card front. I put my little kitty together using  the Joy! Foam pads. I strongly recommend that you get at least one package of each of the sizes of these foam pads. They work great with the Ecstasy Craft images for layering. I used some Scotch Quick Dry adhesive to attach my kitty image to the mat. To dress up my card a bit I used some of the Peel Off Flourishes. The ones I have are gold with an iridescent look to the leaves. Here is a close up of just one of the flourishes.
Aren't they beautiful? And still this picture does not sow of the shimmer and shine of the flourish. You will have to get some for yourself to really see their loveliness.

Wednesday, August 1, 2012

School's Cool Challenge


The new challenge over at Cricut Cardz Challenge is to make card for Back to School using any cartridges and colors you like. 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 primary green mat cut at 4" X 5 1/4" and then my patterned paper which I believe is from a DCWV paper stack, at 3 3/4" X 5". I used the Simply Charmed cartridge to cut the crayon box and its layers at 3". I also cut the sentiment from the cartridge at 1 1/2". I added some faux stitching with a black and white gel pens. The crayon box is adhered to my card with some foam tape.

I hope you will play along with us for this challenge. Thanks for stopping by.