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.

Cricut Cardz Challenge #107

I am excited to announce that Mary at Cardz TV has invited me to join the Cricut Cardz Challenge Design Team. WhooHoo!!  Every other Wednesday a new challenge is posted. Today's challenge is to make a Mother's Day card using any cartridges and colors you like. Here is what I came up with.

For my card base I used some dark teal Core'denations card stock and the Birthday Bash cartridge. I cut my base at 5". The circle layer of the card was cut using some Basic Grey card stock. This paper is from an 6 X 6 paper pack that I have had for a couple of years I don't know they name of it, the cover is gone. For my flower I used the Sophie cartridge. I cut the flower at 3 3/4". I used some paper from my scrap bin so I apologize but again I don't know the name of the paper. I added some yellow stickles to the yellow layer of the flower to give it some sparkle and added the flower to my card with some foam tape. I stamps Happy Mother's Day with some VersaMagic Chalk Ink in Turquoise Gem. Thanks for visiting. I hope you will join us in this Mother's Day challenge over at CardzTV.

Love is in the Air

I am so excited, Janis asked me to be guest designer for the new challenge at Paper Playtime. The theme is to use your Cricut and Hearts or Love. This is what I came up with.

I used the Birthday Bash cartridge to cut my card base at 5 1/2". I then cut a red mat and a patterned paper mat. The patterned paper is from a K & Company Valentine's Day paper stack from last year. Then using the Sweethearts cartridge, I cut all of the layers for the heart at 4". On my white card stock card base. I inked the card front with some Spun Sugar Distress Ink. I then used some Pearl Glimmer Mist on all my layers and then stamped the XOXO with some Memento Lady Bug ink. To finish the card I added some dark pink pearls to each corner of the card and the mat layer. I love how this turned out.

Warm Fuzzies Card

Here is another card I made using the Birthday Bash cartridge. I have a white card stock base cut and folded to 4 1/4" X 5 1/2" I then added a bright green mat cut to 4" X 5 1/4" and then the patterned paper from a Basic Grey paper pad cut to 3 3/4" X 5". I cut the snail and his layers at 3 1/4". I added some white and black doodle dots to the snail and the envelope. I also finished it with some purple and glam pink stickles. This one is also going to a Crafty Pen Pal. Thanks for visiting.

Sending You Sunshine Card

Here is a quick card I made using the Birthday Bash Cricut Cartridge. For whatever reason I am having trouble with some of the layers on this cartridge. But I still think it turned out cute. My card base is white card stock cut and folded for a 4 1/4" X 5 1/2" card base. The yellow polka dotted paper is cut to 4" X 5 1/4" and is from Echo Park. I used an EK Success border punch on some white card stock and the reverse of the polka dot paper. The white paper was cut at 1 1/2" and the yellow patterned paper was cut at 1 1/4". The bird is cut at 3 3/4". I added some turquoise stickles to the birds wings and  some star dust stickles to the little heart cut out on the envelope. The sentiment stamp is from Hero Arts. This is headed to one of my Crafty Pen Pals. Hope it puts a smile on her face.

Spooky Banner

It has taken me a while but I was finally able to finish a Halloween banner this afternoon. It feels good to be crafting again but I have to pace myself and go a little slower than I want but it is what it is.

I used the Birthday Bash cartridge to cut the banner shapes at 6". I used the Happy Hauntings Cricut cartridge to cut the word spooky out of purple for the "p" I cut the spider web from the October 31 cartridge at 4" and the pumpkin at 2 1/2". I cut both ghost from the Happy Hauntings cartridge and pop dotted them the the lower corner of each "O" banner. You can't really see it but the "Y" has the spider from Lyrical Letters cut at 3" in black glitter paper. I also cut the spider web out of black glitter paper. I will try tomorrow if it is brighter to get a better picture for you. All of my paper is from the DCWV Ghosts and Goblins paper stack and Mat stack. Thanks for your patience with me as I have been recovering from surgery. I hope to be back to my old self soon.

Happy 21st Birthday

The challenge this week over at Paper Playtime is to make an easel card. Since my son was turning 21 (last week, can't believe he is 21 already!) I decided to make his birthday card an easel card. This is what I came up with.

I started with a piece of tan colored card stock cut to 4 1/4" X 11". I then scored this card stock at 2 1/4" and 5 1/2". My mug is cut from the Everyday Pop Up Cricut cartridge at 5". I used my Imagine and the Hopscotch color cartridge for the colors on the mug. I cut all the layers and adhered them together after inking everything lightly with some Wild Honey distress ink. I added some Rock Candy stickles to the foam at the top of the mug and covered the entire mug with Glossy Accents so it gave the appearance of glass. Cheers is also cut from the Everyday Pop Up Cartridge and was cut at 1 1/2". I again used the Hopscotch cartridge and flood filled the shadow layer with a dark blue from the cartidge and the top layer with a pattern. I attached Cheers with pop dots to the inside of my card. Finally I cut a circle from Birthday Bash at 2" and stamped my sentiment in dark blue ink. I threaded some twine through the tag and tied it to the handle of the much and attached the the tag to the front of the mug with a glue dot. He loved the card and had a great birthday!

Oh, by the way, Mary at CardzTV is our guest designer this week at Paper Playtime and has a video tutorial on her blog on how to make an Easel Card. Be sure to pay her a visit. Thanks for visiting and I hope you will play along with us at Paper Playtime.

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.

Freedom Banner

This month the Design Team is featuring some of their favorite Cutter's Creek products. I have decided to feature my favorite tools and the things I always reach for when crafting. The products I am featuring are Glimmer Mist, Distress Ink, Tim Holtz Non-stick Scissors, Tweezer Bee Tweezers, POW! Glitter Card stock, and Scor-Tape.

My project for you today is a Freedom Banner that I made in honor of the 4th of July. I cut my banner from the Birthday Bash cricut cartridge at 6". I cut my base from Red and Blue card stock and the top layer from some Americana paper. I inked the edges of all my cuts with some Tim Holtz Tea Dye Distress Ink to give it a vintage look. I adhered the two layers together with my ATG Gun. I then cut strips of patterned paper at 1 1/4" and scored it every 1/4" to make a Rosette. I used Scor-Tape to hold the Rosette's together.

Scor-tape is wonderful for boxes, and anything that needs a little extra strength adhesive. If you need a tutorial on how to make a Rosette, check out this post Laura did a while back. Once I had my Rosette's put together, I cut stars out at 3" from some gold starred patterend paper. To give it a little more vintage look and add some sparkle I sprayed the stars with Glimmer Mist,

I cut my letters out from the Plantin Schoolbook cartridge at 3". I used more of the dark blue card stock for the shadow and some Marine POW! Glitter Paper. This paper cut perfectly with my Cricut. I used blade depth of 6 and pressure at max. I did not use Multi-cut. This paper is not has thick as the other American Craft Glitter Paper. Both of these glitter papers are gorgeous and cut wonderfully with the Cricut. The glitter on the paper does not come off like other glitter papers. I used my Tweezer Bee Tweezers to adhere the two layers of the letters together. I love these little tweezers. They really help me align and layer the smaller Cricut cuts. I highly recommend these.

Finally I adhered the letters to the stars with some foam tape. Here is another product I hgihly recommend and that is the Tim Holtz Non-stick Scissors. These scissors are non-stick and I love cutting my foam tape with them. No more sticky scissors.

I used some regular kitchen twine to to hang my banner on my fireplace. I thought the twine went with the vintage them. I am really pleased how this turned out and the glitter paper letters and just the right touch of sparkle and shine to the banner. Here are a couple of close up shots of the banner.

I hope you enjoyed my project for you today and found a few new tools to help you with your crafting projects.

21st Birthday Wishes

The new challenge at the Scrappy Frogs Blog is to make a Birthday project. My niece just turned 21 and this is the card I made for her. The card base was cut using the Cricut Imagine cartridge All Wrapped Up at 5 1/2”. I used the layer feature when cutting card. I then cut the sentiment at 1 1/4” also using the layers feature. I used the font from the Birthday Bash cricut cartridge to cut the 21. I cut the shadow from pink and the base layer in green. I added some firefly stickles to the 21 to make them stand out. I also added some gems to the mat and some faux white stitching around the card base. It was a quick easy card to put together.

Flower Card

For this card I used the Birthday Bash cricut cartridge for my card base which I cut from white card stock at 5 1/2".  I cut the tag layer also at 5 1/2" and flooded it with a pink patterned paper from the Lori's Garden Cricut Imagine cartridge. My flower is from Forever Young. I used black for the shadow, green for the base layer, a hot pink for the base layer of the flower, white and a lighter pink for the last two layers. The flower was cut at 4.2". I ran the white and light pink layers through my Cuttlebug and embossed them with the swiss dots folder. The flower is adhered to the card with foam tape. I added a brad to the center of the flower from the My Minds Eye Lost and Found Madison Avenue Happily Ever After brad set. I am entering this card into the Pink, Black and White challenge at Pause Dream Enjoy. The card was a lot of fun to make. Thanks for visiting.