Easter Bunny

I have another card for you all that I made today...look at that, me being all kinds of productive!

The card is 4 1/4"x5 1/2."  I used a shimmery yellow for the card base.  The blue mat is cut at 4"x5 1/4," and the white mat is cut at 3 7/8"x5 1/8."  I embossed the white mat with a Darice embossing folder called Flower Frenzy.

The rabbit is from the "Celebrate with Flourish" Cricut cartridge.  I cut it at 3 1/2" tall.  The sentiment and the frame around it are from Peachy Keen, the March 2014 Stamp of the Month kit.  I used my Silhouette Cameo, and the Peachy Keen SVG files, to cut the frame shape, the yellow one is just sized slightly larger than the white.  The frame is stamped in summer sky ink and the sentiment in aloe vera ink, both by Tsukineko.  I adhered the sentiment with foam tape and finished off the card with three pale green flat-back pearls.

I made this for the following challenges:

BBTB2: Easter bunny

Color Throwdown: soft sky, barely banana, pistachio pudding

Fantabulous Cricut: use a cartridge or cut never used before (rabbit in "Celebrate with Flourish")

My Craft Spot: Easter

The Friday Mashup: spring colors or theme

{PIN}spirational Challenges: photo challenge (I was inspired by the flowers and Easter feel to the photo)

Exploring Cricut: Easter theme with at least one frame and one embellishment

Die Cuttin' Divas: pastel colors

One Year Older...

I am really loving how this card turned out! I had an idea in mind and it actually looks quite like what I had pictured...love it when that happens! :)
The card is 6"x6." I used black cardstock for the base. I then cut some gear patterned cardstock 1/8" smaller and adhered it to the card base. The gear cardstock is from the Tattered Time Stack by DCWV. I used a Tim Holtz die, called Weathered Clock, for the clock. Once it was cut I used it as a template to freehand cut the black "shadow" layer, which I distressed the edges of. I inked the clock with Tim Holtz weathered wood ink. I used a silver brad to attach the hands of the clock together and I then covered the brad with tarnished brass Stickles. I cut a strip of the grayish cardstock at 2 1/2"x5" and embossed it with a Tim Holtz embossing folder called Steampunk. I then sanded it down to give it a more distressed look. I matted it with some black cardstock 1/8" larger and distressed the edges of it as well. I used Celebrate with Flourish to cut the clock and hat. I used pop-dots to adhere it to the card. I used a Fiskars stamp for my sentiment and stamped it with the weathered wood ink, then used some foam adhesive to adhere it to my card.
I made this card for the following challenges:
365 Cards: "Day 314" - sketch
Birthday Sundaes: birthday card
Fantabulous Cricut: masculine project
My Sheri Crafts: clock

Autumn Blessings

This is an 8"x10" wall hanging I made. The background paper is from Debbie Mumm. The scarecrow is cut from Celebrate with Flourish at 7 1/2." The owl is from Gypsy Wanderings. "Autumn" is cut from Lyrical Letters and "Blessings" is cut from Cindy Loo, both are cut at 4" using the cut to length feature.

I made this for the following challenges:

• Celebrate the Occasion: fall theme


• Cooking with Cricut: scarecrow, hay & crows


• Whimsical Wednesdays: fall theme with an animal (owls count right?)

Ornament Easel Card

This is a 4 1/2"x6 1/4" easel card. I used white cardstock for the easel base. I trimmed some dark blue shimmer cardstock 1/4" smaller and some white cardstock 1/4" smaller than that and layered them all together. The front of the card was made with the dark blue shimmer cardstock, cut at 4 1/2"x6 1/4." I cut some white cardstock 1/4" smaller. To create my patterned background, I punched a snowflake out of a piece of paper. I then used it as a stencil and inked snowflakes onto the white cardstock. I used a blue and a silver ink for the snowflakes. I cut the ornament from the Celebrate with Flourish cartridge. It is cut at 5 1/2." I then added a couple of silver snowflake buttons. To finish the inside I cut a strip of dark blue shimmer cardstock at 4"x1." I then added another silver snowfake button to act as the stopper for the easel. I also stenciled in two more snowflakes with silver ink and stamped my sentiment in the blue ink.
I made this card for these two challenges:

• 365 Cards: "Day 225" - use a punch to create a stencil to decorate your card


• Friday Mashup: create an easel card with snowflakes
  

Rose Wedding Card

This beautiful wedding card is 4 1/4"x5 1/2." I used black cardstock for the base. I cut three strips of silver cardstock at 1 3/4"x4 1/8," then embossed them using my Cuttlebug and the Textile embossing folder. The flourished rose was cut from Celebrate with Flourish at 3 3/4." I stamped the senitment, which is from Fiskars, using galaxy black ink by Tsukineko on some white cardstock and trimmed it down. I cut the two mats, red and black, 1/8" larger than the previous layer. The rose is adhered to the card base and the sentiment is adhered using foam tape. I added four pieces of red bling to the corners of the sentiment and six pearls to the vase of the rose to finish it all off.

I made this card for the following challenges:

• 365 Cards: "Day 101" - words of wisdom or inspiration


• Cricut Cardz: wedding card


• Papercraft Star: sketch


• My Creative Time: use a Lite cartridge and add bling

Drinks Anyone?

Happy New Year!!

This was my big project for the New Year. I started this on New Year's Eve and finished it this morning, New Years Day. It is my first shaped book and I think it turned out really great. It took a lot of time, but it was definitely worth it. I decided to make a drink recipe book for all the fun drink recipes I have collected here and there over the years.

I made this for the challenge at Flaunt it Fridays, which is to use the martini glass from the From My Kitchen Cartridge. I am also going to enter this into the weekly challenge at the Cricut Circle blog. The challenge there is to create something that is not the regular square or rectangle, to include a number somewhere and some bling.

I designed this book in my Gypsy. I used the squished circle that is on George and Basic Shapes for the base of my book. It is cut at 5." I then welded the different drink shapes to each page, they are all at 4." The martini glass and glass with straw are both from From My Kitchen. The pineapple drink is from Life is a Beach. The wine glass is from Celebrate with Flourish. The mug is from Ashlyn's Alphabet. I cut the book sections from chipboard and covered them with cardstock from DCWV, their Citrus Stack. I then cut all the pieces for the drinks out of cardstock and decorated them with bling, Stickles, glossy accents and ink. I used glittery stickers to number each section and some DCWV stickers for the last page. I also cut out the titles. "Martini Madness" is from Cuttin' Up; "Creative Cocktails" is from Makin' the Grade; "Fun 'n' Fruity" is from Life is a Beach; "Classic Cordials" is from Cursive 101; "Winter Warmers" is from Once Upon a Princess. I cut pages from white cardstock and stuck two pages in each section for writing in drink recipes that I have picked up over the years, or for new ones I will pick up in the future. I used my Crop-a-dile to punch holes in everything and put it all together with a couple of metal rings.

New Year's Card

The challenge at 365 Cards is to have at least two images of things you would find at a celebration on your card. This paired really well with the challenge at Paper Cutz Challenge, which is to make a New Year's project using a banner and any colors you like.

This card is 5 1/2"x4 1/4." I made it out of black cardstock and then trimmed a piece of white paper 1/8" smaller than the black. I stamped the white paper with a $1 stamp that I got at Michael's. I used some starlite silver ink by Tsukineko. I strung a piece of shiny red thread across the top for my banner. I cut the banner from Country Life at 1 1/2." The wine bottle and glasses are cut from silver cardstock at 2 3/4." The sentiment is cut at 1 1/2," I used black cardstock, silver cardstock and a foiled red cardstock. The wine bottle and the sentiment are cut from Celebrate with Flourish.