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.

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.

Trick or Treat!

We are having a Halloween Challenger over at Paper Playtime. I decided to do something for you that wasn't a card. Here is what I came up with.

I got this wooden sign from Craft Warehouse on clearance for $2. I painted the edges with some black acrylic paint. I cut some Halloween paper to cover the sign and applied it with some Mod Podge. I did the same with the boots. They reminded me of witches boots. I added some orange ribbon around the top of the boots, and a little felt  bat to each boot. For the bottom of the sign I added some black fringe trim I had leftover from Halloween last year. I cut Trick or Treat from the Mini Monsters cartridge at 2" and added some firefly stickles to the top layer for some bling. The sign was quick and easy to make and I thought was perfect to sit behind a little dish of candy. I hope you will play along with us at Paper Playtime.

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.

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.

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.

Z-Fold Welcome Baby Card

The challenge this week at Paper Playtime is to make a Z-Fold card. I started with a piece of card  stock 4 1/4" X 11" and scored and folded it at 2 3/4" and 5 1/2". I then cut two pieces of patterned paper 2 1/2" X 5 1/4" and one piece cut at 4" X 5 1/4". I cut the baby carriage at 3" from the Everyday Popup Cricut cartridge and added some lace trim to the carriage and some pink brads to the wheels.

Here is  a look at the inside of the card.

I cut the onesie at 2" also from the Everyday Popup Cartridge. I added a purple mat and white cardstock and stamped my sentiment that says good things come in small packages. To finish the card I tied a pink ribbon around the card and added a prima flower pink pearl in the center.  I want to apologize for the poor pictures. I killed my new laptop by spilling water on it and the pictures were on there and on facebook. I had to download these from facebook. I hope you join in the challenge this week at Paper Playtime.

Paper Playtime Challenge #43

  The challenge this week at Paper Playtime is to make a project using a weather related element such as the sun, clouds, rainbow, rain.  This is what I came up with for you.

My card stock is from Core de’ nations Gemstone collection. My card is 4 1/2” X 6”. I added a black mat cut at 4 1/4” X 5  3/4” and a blue mat cut at 4” X 5 1/2”. My rainbow is from the Hello Kitty Greetings Cricut cartridge. I cut the rainbow and its layers at 3”.  I used Glam Pink, Yellow, Orange, and True Blue stickles on each of the stripes of the rainbow and let it dry overnight. I also used some Distress Rock Candy stickles on the clouds but it doesn’t show up in the photo very well.  My sentiment is from The Greeting Farm and says You’re the Rainbow after the storm. To finish the card I added some bright pink and yellow buttons to the lower right hand corner and upper left hand corner of my card. The buttons were adhered with glue dots.  Thanks for visiting and I hope you play along with the challenge at Paper Playtime.

Paper Playtimes Challenge

This week over at Paper Playtimes we were given 3 different challenges to choose from. The choices are, 1. use green and purple, 2. use pink and glitter, or 3. use a critter and a rhyme. I chose the third challenge for my first design team project. This third challenge is in honor of Dr. Seuss’s birthday. Horton Hears a Who was my inspiration for this card.  Here is what I came up with.
I started with a 5” X 7” pre-folded white card base. I topped that with a blue mat cut at 4 7/8” X 6 7/8”. I used my Imagine and the 8:10 proportional rectangle and flooded it with this pattern from the Better Together Imagine cartridge.  This pattern reminded me of the little wishes that Horton in Horton Hears a Who carried.  My elephant was cut at 3” and is from the Create a Critter Cricut cartridge. I used my imagine to flood each layer of the elephant with color. The top layer is filled with a blue swirly pattern. All the colors and patterns on this card are from the Better Together cartridge.  I added some bright yellow ribbon to my card and layered my little elephant together. The elephant is pop dotted to the card and I added some googly eyes and gave him a little hint of pink in his checks with some chalk. I added some faux stitching around the end of the card and sentiment and some doodle dots to the elephant.  I printed out my sentiment on the computer and used the RGB codes for my font color so it matched the dark blue on the elephants ears. The sentiment I chose was, “I meant what I said, I said what I meant, and elephant’s faithful one-hundred percent”. I thought that was a inspiring and would perfect to thank a friend for being there for you through thick or thin.
I had a lot of fun creating this card and hope you will hop on over to Paper Playtime Blog and play along with us.

I am a Queen at Paper Playtime

I am so honored that Janis has selected me to be part of her Queen Designers at the Paper Playtime challenge blog. The blog features challenges twice a month. The 2nd Monday of each month is any paper project that follows the challenge theme and the last Monday of the month is Digi Monday and the challenge is always Anything Goes. Please check out all the wonderful Designers blogs. 

Janis (ME!):  Pause Dream Enjoy
Pam:  Simply Pam
Sheree:  Cravin Scrappin
Theresa:  The Scrapbooking Queen
Lisa:  Crop And Create
Glenda:  Glenda's Cards
Kathi:  Kards By Kathi
Heather:  Princess' Paper Projects
Melissa:  A Paper Journey
Denise:  Lala's World
Georgiana:  Carson's Cricut Creations
Carley:  The Real iCarley
Sharon:  MeeMee's Creations
Don & Judy:  Airing Out
Corri:  Bug Lover Cards
Maria:  Joyful Stamper
Michelle:  Purple Monkey Moments
Sandra:  365 Days of Cricut
Elsa:  Cricut Lvr
Jen:  Honeybean Creations
Rose:  Pink Lemonade
Gloria:  Oma's Crafts
Mary:  Marebear Scraps
Deanna:  Deanna's Papercrafts
Dawn: Always Crafting
Amanda:  Amanda's Crafts And More