Sweet Pagoda Challenge

My friend Agnes, AKA Flowerdisco, is having a challenge this month to make a card using the Pagoda Cricut Cartridge. This is one of my all time favorite carts, and Agnes has become one of my good crafty bloggy friends, so I just had to support and participate! There is a wonderful prize involved of a custom personalized stamp, and the deadline to enter is August 31st. If you'd like to participate, you can find out more info here on her blog. Here is the card I made for her challenge:

And the inside:

The card base is A2, and layered with vellum which I ran through my Cuttlebug using one of the folders from the Asian bundle. I attached the vellum with a little tape under the fish, and mini brads in the corners. And of course no fish would be complete without a little bling, so some light blue Stickles was added to highlight his fins. I hope you like it and join in with us on this creative challenge!

More Meow ;-)

Hello to all my crafty friends! I hope you all enjoyed your weekend! I enjoyed mine so much, I didn't want it to end! Isn't that always the case though? I did get some good craft time in, always a plus! And of course I spent some more time playing with the Meow Cricut Lite cart!

My little cutie patootie is wearing Lily Kate by Basic Grey. lol. And the little kitty she's holding is flocked, so he's all soft and furry. I don't know why my last couple pictures have not been as crisp...maybe a setting got switched when my husband was using the camera. Anyway, I'll try to figure it out before next time.

Here's one more card for today. It's a real quick and simple one. I carry around all these store bought monogram note cards that I've had forever, but I looked at one the other day and thought about making my own:

This card is a 4 inch square card. The W was cut from Storybook, and I believe the scallop square was as well. I embossed it with the Cherry Blossom folder from the Asian set with my Cuttlebug.

Lately I've mentioned how I love the hummingbirds in my yard. Well, guess what I saw yesterday? What is cuter that hummingbirds? Baby hummingbirds! Oh    My    Gosh! How cute are they!?!? We seriously thought they were bees at first, that's how small they are! And why don't I have pictures you ask? Because I suck, obviously! But, I will try to get a picture just for YOU! Promise!

Thanks for stopping by, and HUGS to all!
Jess

What I've been up to...

Hello to all my crafty friends! I'd like to start off by giving a big warm welcome to some new friends that have joined recently! I love new friends and hope you enjoy some of what I share with you here!

Well, I was MIA for over a week! I recently joined a card swap with the very sweet and talented Flowerdisco. Anyway, we have to make 16 cards. One for any occasion in each month, then a few others. So, I've been busy coming up with cards for that. Now, some people can whip up 16 cards in an afternoon. For me, this is a challenge. Especially when the recipients are all so brilliant! I just hope that my cards will be comparable, ya know? And, I decided to wait to share them on my blog until after they've been swapped. And of course I'll be sharing the cards that I receive from the other participants!


Anyhoo, other than that, over the weekend I was asked by one of the owners of The Jewel Shoppe, where my husband works, to make some little gift cards that she can attach to the custom pieces that go out. Well, their store color is purple, and their logo (I guess is what you'd call it) is a little snow flake (for their last name) with a diamond in the center. So based on that, this is the idea I came up with:

Oh, and I had forgotten to take a picture until late Sunday, and it was by then too dark to get a good one, so I asked my husband to take a picture of them before he left for work Monday morning. So, he took these for me, and I was so happy that they turned out! I made 3 variations, and figured she could choose what elements from each one she liked. They are 3 X 3, 2 of them I rounded the corners. They all have a diamond cut from Indie Art, but I used various layers. They were all embossed with my Cuttlebug and the Snowflakes folder. One I used white core paper, which I sanded lightly. All the diamonds were cut from Waussaw white shimmer paper, so the diamond really sparkles. ;) I also used a Waussaw shimmer in purple on one, and just a deep purple on the other. So, which is your favorite? I like the one with the deep purple, I think.

Oh, and did you watch HSN last night? How awesome is this partnership between Provo Craft and Martha Stewart!?!? I know I want those cake carts for all those wonderful borders!
I hope you have a crafty week!

XOXO,
Jess

You're Purrr-fect!

Hello and Happy Friday!!! Just a quick post today to share a card I made last night.

Anyone that knows me will tell you I love cats! The sentiment is one of those little $1 (Studio G, I think) sets from Michael's I picked up last weekend and wanted to use. The funny/ cute thing about this sentiment is it reminds me of what my husband wrote on the inside of my birthday card, "What we have is purr-fect". Awwww, right? He's the best! The clouds are actually from the Home Accents cart, and I used the hide contour feature to hide 'Dream'. See, I'm getting the hang of my gypsy! Well, really, that's about all I can do so far. lol. It's frustrating, cause I want to build elaborate designs like I see everyone else doing! *sigh* In time, I suppose. Anyway, my papers are Basic Grey, and I think those are all the deets! I always appreciate you stopping by! I hope we all have a great and crafty weekend!
XOXO
Jess