CTO!!

It's another back to back design team week for me! Today is for Celebrate the Occasion, and the theme this week was to create a card, LO, or project for a birthday, and it must contains party hat! My niece turns 5 this weekend, so I had something to actually make this for!! :) it's late and I'm tired.....and my mother has been visiting from Florida all week (she leaves in the morning....) so this post isn't going to be very full of words!! Sorry! Here are the pics.....



The inside....


Recipe:
Cricut Cartridge: Once Upon a Princess
Cardstock: DCWV Blossoms and Butterflies, Stampin' Up!
Peachy Keen Stamps Everyday Character Faces
Sakura white Gelly roll pen
Signo Silver Uniball Pen
Ink: Versa Magic Chalk Ink in Aqua
Ribbon from the Target Dollar Bin

Thanks for taking the time to visit today!! Now, please head over to CTO and link up your birthday hat project!!

Cooking with Cricut--Sweet Shop Blog Hop Entry

I had a blast today, going through Cooking with Cricut's Sweet Shop Blog Hop! Those ladies I visited today were sooooo super talented! Nice Job, Ladies!!

There were a few ways that we could join in on the hop! The first was to collect letters along the hop and enter a secret phrase (did that!!), comment on the blog posts (did that, too!!), or enter a "sweet" project (that's what I'm doing here!)!!

This is the card that I made....a SWEET thank you card that I'm sure I will use at some point down the road!!



close-up....


Recipe:
Cricut Cartridges: Once Upon A Princess, Cindy Loo
Solid Cardstock: Stampin' Up!
Patterned Paper: Bliss by My Mind's Eye
Embossing: Tiny Mosaic Cuttlebug folder
White Gel Pen

Thanks for looking!!

Bling!!

This scalloped-shaped birthday card was made with the Cindy Loo and Once Upon a Princess Cricut Cartridges. I welded 2 scalloped 'shadows' together using my Gypsy, and cut the adorable doily scene with the deer and squirrel. I wanted to add some color and dimension, so I used my Gypsy to size and match up the deer and squirrel individual images with the doily scene, cut them in shades of blue and purple, and pop-dotted them over the top of their silhouette images on the doily scene. I added some BLING (gotta love BLING!) to the trees in the form of clear, silver-backed 2mm rhinestones by Nicole. (I'm thinkin' I need an i-Rock tool!!) I added a white gel pen dot to each critter for a twinkle in their eye.




The inside sentiment was cut from OUAP, and I used the same colors as I did for the deer, as well as adding more BLING to tie it all together! This pretty card was given to my MIL for her birthday.



Thanks for looking!!

MPS Color Challenge

One of my the Cricut-related blogs that I visit daily (www.mypinkstamper.com) hosted a challenge today...I couldn't resist! We had to create something that used the colors of pink, green, and black....and we would be entered to win the Cricut Create-a-Critter cartridge! How cool! I already had to make a card for my best friend, wishing her some good luck this week. She is one of 5 semi-finalists for the 2011 State of Maine Teacher of the Year, and she has a HUGE day this Thursday, as the selection committee is visiting her school for the day to interview kids, fellow teachers, and her students, as well as observing her!! She needs all the well wishes she can get! I plan on giving her this card, as she is such a ROCK STAR! I used the Cricut Once Upon a Princess cartridge....can't get enough of this one lately! Hope you like it!!

Easter Princesses...

I had gotten the Cricut Once Upon a Princess cartridge for Valentine's Day from my wonderful hubby, and I hadn't played with it at all! So, with Easter coming up, I thought it might be the perfect opportunity to try a few cuts. I made these Princess crowns and wands for my daughter and 2 of my nieces. Of course, with playing around like they were, the wands didn't last long, but the crowns stood up pretty well, and the 2 younger girls (with the purple crowns) wore them all morning long. They are pretty simple to do, and you could embellish them with some bling as well, which I did before I gave them to the girls...but after I took the pictures...oops!!
Anyway, I think I'm going to have some more fun with this cartridge soon! It's got some really great cuts!!