Be My Valentine Challenge

The new Cricut Cardz Challenge is to make a square or round Valentine's Day card using the card feature from any cartridge. This is what I came up with.

I used Just Because Cards to make a square 5" card that I cut out of white card stock. I rounded the outer edges with my corner chomper. I added a red mat cut at 4 3/4" and the patterned paper mat cut at 4 1/2" and rounded the corners. I then used the Love Struck cartridge to cut my heart at 4" out of red and white paper.  I stamped my sentiment to the center of the heard and added the heart with some foam tape to the front of my card. To finish my card I added a sheer white ribbon. I hope you will play along with us for the challenge.

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.

Another Christmas in July Card

Mary at CardzTv is having her last Christmas in July challenge this week. You can use any colors you want but you must have a Christmas tree on the card. I am also entering this card for the Fantabulous Cricut Monday Challenge which was also a Christmas in July challenge.

I decided to use the tree from Create-a-Critter. I cut the tree at 2 1/4". using the real dial size button on my Gypsy. I also used the hide contour feature to hide the face on the top layer of the tree. I also cut the string of Christmas lights at 1/2" and the star at 1" which is also from Create-a-Critter. Again, with the star I used the hide contour feature on my Gypsy to hide the larger of the two stars as I only wanted one. The white card base is 4 1/4" X 5 1/2". The red mat is 4 1/8" X 5 3/8". The patterned paper is from a My Minds Eye Christmas paper pack I bought last year and is cut at 4" X 5 1/4". The other red mat was cut from Just Because Cards cartridge and I used my Gypsy to resize it to 3 1/4" X 5". I ran this through my Cuttlebug and embossed it with the Swiss Dots folder. The word Joy was cut at 1 1/4" from the Storybook cartridge. I shadowed it in white so it would show up on the red mat. I added some gold stickles to the star and matching stickles to each of the light bulbs to give them some shine and sparkle. Thanks for looking.

Ice Cream Cone

I am trying to get ahead on get some cards made so I have them on hand for when I need them. Here is a quick birthday card I made using the Just Because Cricut cartridge and the Sweet Treats cartridge. The ice cream cone and its layers was cut at 3". I ran the cone part of the image through my cuttlebug and embossed it with a Sizzix's Argyle embossing folder. I used the swiss dots cuttlebug folder to emboss the strawberry layer. The pistachio layer was embossed with the D' Vine Swirls folder. The top layer and ran it through my Oxymoron sticker maker upside down and added Martha Steward pink glitter. The card base is approximately 4 1/2" X 6 and was created with my Gypsy and the Just Because cricut cartridge. I used the card from page 25 of the handbook and turning off the aspect ration feature and using the real dial size button sized the card base to 4 1/2" X 6". The next layer was again resized to fit the card. I ran the front of the raspberry layer through the cuttlebug and embossed it with the Happy Birthday embossing folder. The ribbon is from American Crafts and some I picked up at Craft Warehouse.

Create-A-Critter Thanks!

I really wanted to make a card with the little skunk from the Create-A-Critter cricut cartridge. I cut the card base using the Just Because Cricut cartridge. The base was cut a 4 1/2" X 6" from cream card stock. from page 22 of the handbook. I used my Gypsy to resize the base to the size I wanted. I then cut the scalloped layer from the same page and again used my Gypsy to resize it to fit my card base. I then cut the smaller mat from page 38 of the handbook and resized it using my gypsy. I also used the hide contour feature to hide the core marks from the card base.  All of these layers were made using paper from the Flower Shower DCWV paper stack and card stock paper pad. I cut all the layers for the skunk on Create-A-Critter at 3". I gave him a white shadow, paper is from some a large pack of scraps that I bought at Craft Warehouse. I then cut the flower using the accessory creative feature key at 1 1/2". I added some doodle dots to the frame with my Martha Stewart opaque pen in white. I added some cotton candy stickles to the flowers to give it some added bling. The stamp is a clear stamp that I have and the ink is ColorBox pigment ink in Moss.

Just Because Birthday Card

Here is a quick card I made for my husband who's birthday is Tuesday. I just received the Just Because Cricut Cartridge and really wanted to use it. The card base and layer were both cut at 5 1/2" and is from page 56 of the handbook. The pickup and its layers were cut at 4" and is from page 42 in the handbook. I ran the wooden planks through my Cuttlebug and embossed them with the distress stripes folder. Instead of using the little circles cut out for the wheels I used some brads.To give the window a more realistic look I covered it with glossy accents. It doesn't show up in the picture very well. I then stamped the side of the truck with Birthday Wishes using some white Colorbox ink. The paper for the card base and layer is from the Home Interiors DCWV paper pack. The paper for the truck is from scraps I had on hand. Thanks for looking.