Spa Towel Cake -Fantabulous Cricut Challenge Project

Hi everyone, I'm excited to share another 3D project with you all, remember each Monday begins with a new challenge over at Fantabulous Cricut Challenge Blog, and this weeks challenge...

"Wedding Days"

make a card or project for a wedding

remember to include a cricut cut image somewhere on your project 

I made this spa towel cake a few months ago for a friends bridal shower but had not posted it yet, so today is a great day to show it off.

I love the hint of cream and blue flowers added around the twill. The flowers are from the Mother's Day Bouquet Cricut Cartridge.

I wrapped a few bath towels around each other, then tied with fun crinkle, added spa items around the bottom of the cake (glue dots were attached to the bottom of the bottles, they still had to be held in place when carrying the cake so they didn't fall off), a mesh pouf sponge with a handle on the top.

Below is the photo of the back of the towel cake.  I used twill down the back to represent a brides veil

coordinating card added to photo

close up of the base of the towel cake

A simple card using the Mother's Day Bouquet cartridge for the flowers with Recollections gems in the center.  I'm sorry I can't remember which font I used for the word "Congratulations", but I do remember I welded the letters together using my gypsy (before it died... yes my gypsy is dead I'm very sad about that). I inked all the edges using Tim Holtz Vintage Photo ink. 

inside of card

you can see my other towel cakes -HERE, and -HERE.

Thanks so much for visiting...

Remember to take a look at the inspiring projects made by the FCCB design team -HERE and share your Wedding Day projects with us.  

Pocket Card -My Craft Spot Challenge Project -With Video

Hello friends,

Today is fun challenge over at My Craft Spot

Challenge #61 Hot Summer Colors

use bright summery colors on your project

I had so much fun making these Pocket Cards, I made 6 so then I will have a few on hand, when I need them.

The plain cardstock is from Stampin Up, Sage Shadow, So Saffron and Pink Passion, the patterned papers is from DCVW Fresh Floral Stack.

Below is a step by step video of how I created these cards.

Words are from Sweet Sentiments #1 clear stamps from My Craft Spot as well as the crinkle ribbon

Flower is made using the Mother's Day Bouquet cricut cartridge and sprayed using glimmer mist.

Head over to  My Craft Spot to see the other "Hot Summer Color" projects made by the talented My Craft Spot design team  -HERE. You'll be inspired by their creations!

Remember to mark your calendars for the "Stamp Release Party" at My Craft Spot
July 9th -14 ... prizes every day!


Thank you for stoping by!

Cards For Emily -Blog Hop

Hi friends, welcome to the Cards for Emily Blog Hop Day 1!!!

This is a 2 day hop so be sure to visit Michelle's blog tomorrow for more inspiration!

If you came from my wonderful friend Charlotte's blog then you are in the right place! If you just happened across my blog and are interested in the entire hop and Emily's story, start back at Michelle's blog at Scrappin' For Kenzie!

Emily is a sweet little 6 year old girl that has battled Leukemia since before Chrstmas 2011. She has had to endure more pain in a few short months than most adults in their entire life. She has gone from Leukemia to Rotavirus, to pancreatitis, to kidney stones, then to shingles, not to mention over 300 pokes in her tiny little body! From chemo to blood draws to feeding tube. Her bone marrow is finally at 0.00% so she is now in remission and back at home! She is still going through 7 different chemotherapy treatments but is finally doing better! To read her full story and updates please visit the original Cards for Emily info post HERE

For this hop all we ask is that you hop through the list, then when you are done, link up your card for Emily at Scrappin' for Kenzie. The link up tool is in the left hand side bar under "Cards for Emily". You will see her picture right above it.

REMEMBER: There is no requirement to leave comments or even hop through all of the blogs if you don't have time. There will be no personal candy at any of the stops along the way. That way you can get maximum inspiration to make your own card and have enough time to link it up and send it away!

There WILL be however a giveaway to one lucky winner that links up their card by February 29th 2012. You can link up as many cards/projects that you would like on Michelle's blog. The more you link up and send the more greater your chance is of winning a.....
$20 gift certificate to

Their etsy store has over 100 stamps to choose from!

Now on to my card for Emily!
Details of cartridges and cutting measurements are listed this video.


more photos
Thank you sooooo much for joining us in this great cause for Cards For Emily!! We hope you will participate and link up your card to put a smile on this beautiful and very deserving little girl that Michelle is honored to call her niece. :)

Your next hop in the line up for day 1 is another one of my blogger friends Lisa

Happy Scrapping! Please visit Michelle's blog for DAY 2 of the blog hop!

Here is the line-up for Day 1 in case you get lost along the way.

Michelle - http://scrappinforkenzie.blogspot.com
Faith Abigail - http://www.faithabigaildesigns.com/
Amy - http://www.lovetocrop.com/
Elizabeth - http://visionsofpaper.blogspot.com/
Marie - http://ethansimprints.blogspot.com/
Michele - http://fishmememoriesandmore.blogspot.com/
Suzanne - http://cricutcraftingrammy.blogspot.com/
Tina - http://www.teenabugg.blogspot.com/
Jennasa - http://findtimetocreate.blogspot.com/
Teresa - http://scrappintplace.blogspot.com/
Jen - http://www.jenscraftcorner.com/
Beckie - http://justbcreativecrazy.blogspot.com/
Karen - http://www.creationsbykw.blogspot.com/
Brenda - http://friendscraftinwithfriends.blogspot.com/
Charlotte - http://alittlebitofdetail.blogspot.com/
Robin - Your Here
Lisa - http://indymermaid.blogspot.com/

Flower corsage -For Special Ladies

I was asked to make a few flower corsages for ladies for our church enrichment activity. Each month the leaders want to spotlight one lady and let her know how special she is and present her with a corsage to wear. Below are the flowers that I made.

I used the Mother's Day Bouquet Cricut cartridge and used 4 different flower shapes. Each flower has 6 layers cut at 3", 2.75", 2.5", 1.75", 1.5", and 1". The leaf was cut at 2.5"

To make my flowers I started by getting each flower layer and leaf wet then wrinkled it up, then let it air dry, or used my hair dryer to speed up the process, when they were mostly dried, I gently unfolded each layer then finished drying the flowers. Each layer was brushed using distressed ink, then I layered each flower together and added a vintage brad, glued the leaves on the back side and added a bit of cream color twill fabric (If you look closely in the photo you can see it). I printed a tag "I am Special" on vellum cardstock for the finising touch.

Thanks so much for visiting today, I love comments.
Have a great day!