No Peeking!

It's time for a new challenge over at Cardztv.  This weeks 3D challenge is to make a gift tag.  Here is what I came up with.

My tag is from the Sweet Treats cartridge and I used the new Pattern fill feature on the tag.  Here is a video I did explaining how I made this tag.  I ran out of memory at the end of the video I apologize. The sentiments on the tag are from the Holly Jolly stamp set and the Christmas Joy stamp set.

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.

Cupcake Card

Here is a quick card I made for my sister for her birthday. I used a pre-made A2 card base from a pack of cards by My Minds Eye. I then used a piece of scrap paper and a punch by EK Success for the scalloped bordered paper. The cupcake is from Sweet Treats and the pearls are some I picked up in the dollar bin at Craft Warehouse. The flowers are Prima Flowers. Thanks for looking.

Birthday Card

Here is a birthday card I made for my mom for her birthday this week. I used an oval shape from the Gypsy Wanderings cartridge welded it to make the card. I then used the same shape, re-sized it twice to create the two layers. The cupcake is from the Sweet Treats. The main card is cut at 5 1/2" the layers were cut at 5 and 4 1/2". I added some lace around the outside edge of the first layer. The cupcake and its layers are cut at 3". The patterned paper is from the Best of K & Company paper pack. I embossed the top of the cupcake with the swirls Cuttlebug folder. I added some liquid applique and heated it to give the look of frosting and added a little cotton candy stickles and a purple glitter brad instead of the cherry on the cupcake. It was a lot of fun to make. Thanks for looking.

Turtle Birthday Card

I made this birthday card today for the Cricut Cardz Challenge using Paisley and Sweet Treats cartridge. The card base is 4 1/2" X 6 1/4". The layers are 4 1/4" x 6 and 4" x 5 3/4".  The Turtle and its layers was cut from the Paisley cartridge at 2 1/2". The party hat is from the Sweet Treats cartridge and I cut the hat and its layers at 2". the ribbon is some I picked up at Michaels. I assembled the turtle and the hat with my Zig Two Way Glue Pen. I added it to the card front with one layer of foam tape.  The ribbon was tied using the My Pink Stampers cheater method. To give the card a more party flair I used turquoise stickles on the hat, cotton candy stickles on the cheeks, and fruit punch and eucalyptus stickles on the cherries. I am pleased how it turned out. Thanks for looking. 

Votive Candle Lantern

 I was at Joann's last week and picked up a project sheet that I liked that I wanted to try to create something similar with  my Cricut. I got the chance today. I created all of this on my Gypsy. I started with a square from Plantin Schoolbook cartridge and re-sized it so it was 12" X 3.5". I then took the scalloped border from Plantin school book sized it at 1" X 6" and then copied and pasted it again on my rectangle next to the first one and grouped all the images together and welded them together. I then took the circle again from Plantin Schoolbook and put 1/4" circles in each scallop. For the cutouts on the actual lantern I used some leaves from Storybook at 1 1/4" a flower from Accent Essentials cut at 3/4" and a tear drop from Sweet Treats which I think is actually the flame to a candle cut at 1/4". I used a small square glass candle holder I got from the dollar store and wrapped the cutout around it. I used some Scor-tape to secure the edges together. I didn't have one of those flameless candles so used a small tea light to take my picture but for safety sakes would use those flameless candles. I created the project for the 3 +1= Success Challenge on the Gypsy Chat thread on the Cricut MB.

Party Hat

I just received two new cartridges in the mail this week and with work didn't even get them out of the clam shell packaging until yesterday. I also received a sample of some American Craft glitter paper that I was anxious to try out on my Cricut. So, last night I made this quick card using my new Sweet Treats cartridge and the glitter paper. The card base is a standard A2 card. The patterned paper mat is 5 1/4" X 4". The party hat is from page 43 of the handbook. I cut the base layer of the hat from some mirror finish paper from a DCWV Paper in blue. I also use the same paper to cut the layers for the hat using the layer key, the heart and the pompom on top of the hat. The main layer of the hat I cut from the glitter paper. This is some really nice thick glitter paper. To cut the hat I had my blade set at 6 my pressure to max and did multi-cut 2. I tried cutting the sentiment out from the glitter paper but just couldn't get it, so I ended up using the shiny blue paper. I am not sure of the color name but I think it is Raspberry. I cut everything at 3 1/2" for the hat. I attached the pompom with some foam tape and used Scotch Quick Dry Adhesive to put the rest of the hat together. The hat is attached to the card base with one layer of foam tape. I then cut the sentiment, "how old?" from the Lyrical Letters cartridge found on page 70 of the handbook using the Loop Dee Loo creative feature. I cut the sentiment at 1 1/2".

This was a hard project to photograph because of the shiny paper. I was finally able to get a fairly good picture taken from a little bit of an angle. The photo still does not do just to the glitter paper, but you can see how sparkly and shiny it is. Thanks for looking.