Its that time again

It seems lately like the only time I'm posting is when I'm participating in the DCWV monthly challenges.  At least it's getting me to post. : )   I've been really busy and I've done over 20 pages for my nieces book. I've still got a gazillion to go but I'm moving along.  At least I'm making progress.  So anyway, back to today's post.  I made two layouts using the DCWV April Stack-a-holic Challenge and I also made a card.

Here's version one of the layout:

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I made this using the DCWV Kidlet stack 

I cut the puppy and the "Ruff Ruff" title using the Create a Critter Cartridge

The circles were cut using Elegant Edges Cartridge and

 the other letters were cut using the Cricut Craft Room Basics

This is my second version of the layout --- I turned the sketch on it's side to make this one.

This was made using the DCWV Neon Chic Stack.

The circles were cut using Elegant Edges.

The Letters and Numbers were cut using the Cricut Craft Room Basics

and the eggs were cut using the free Easter cuts in Cricut Craft Room

I also made a card for the sketch challenge:

This was made using the DCWV Birthday Wishes stack.

As an added bonus, here's a few of the layouts I've made so far for my niece's 16th birthday scrapbooks. (Cause seriously I don't know when I'll post again.  LOL.  I hope it's before next months challenge!)

This one was actually for the March challenge but I didn't get it turned in. :(

Thanks so much for stopping by and putting up with my sporadic posting.  Hope you're having an amazing crafty time.  

Big hugs.

Chris

Anniversary Card

Today is my wedding anniversary.  : )   Mike & I have been married for 8 years.  We are wonderfully blessed. 

I'll be sharing the card that I made for him.  It was inspired by a picture I saw on the Moxie Fab World blog.

This is the picture that inspired me: 

This is the card I made:

I used the colors of pink & green because those were our wedding colors. 

The birds I cut at 3 inches using Create-a-Critter Cricut Cartridge.

The heart and the top hat are also from that cartridge. 

I used several different paper lines, Best Occasions, Paper Studio and K&Company.

The gray background paper was embossed with the Cuttlebug "Wicker Weave" embossing folder. 

I added some stitching lines to mimic the inspiration picture. 

The You & Me is a stamp from Studio G. 

My husband, a man of few words, did tell me that the card looked like one you would buy at the store.

I think that means he likes it. ; )

Thanks for stopping by today. 

Have a wonderful week. 

God bless. 

Owl my love birthday

Thanks for stopping by. I'm so glad you are here.

 My project today is a card that I made for an upcoming birthday. 

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I used a premade white card base.

The patterned paper is a 4x6 matt from the DCWV "Green Stack."

It already has the funny little owl up in the corner.

I added some Craft Smart brown and gold ribbon.

The gray and yellow "moon" layers were scraps already in those shapes.

The owl was cut at 2inches from the Cricut Create a Critter Cartridge.

I added some googly eyes to him. 

The stamped sentiment is from The Craft's Meow "Happy Owlentine's Day" stamp set.

I added some dots around the edge of the card and the owl (hard to see.)

I inked all the edges with Color Box ink in Chestnut.

That about covers it.

Thanks for taking a look. 

Have a wonderful day.

Party Thank You Treat Bags

Tomorrow while we are with my husband's side of the family for Easter, we will be celebrating my son's 6th birthday. (Even though he doesn't turn 6 until the 22nd.)  So on top of making Easter baskets for the kids, I made little thank you bags too. Here's how they turned out:

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I needed to make for 2 girls and 3 boys.

I decorated these cute little canvas bags with Cricut Cuts (except for the bunny - That's a Bugaboo Digi Stamp.)  I also used Sweet Stamp Shop stamps for the sentiments and names.

Just for fun I made some funny face Straw Toppers using a cut from Graphically Speaking.

I added Googly Eyes to make them more fun.

On the back of the straw toppers I added magnets. That way they can remove the straw topper and put it on the fridge to use the next time. : )  (That's of course if the topper doesn't get destroyed on their first time using it.)

I also made a few popsicle stick characters for the youngest 4 to play with. 

These were done quickly and not with a lot of detail.

They were cut using the Best Images of 2009 cartridge.

I used the Cricut Craft Room to make them, flip the image for the back side and to hide the eye cut out on the back image. I also used the Cricut Ink pen to trace them first before I cut them. 

So along with the straw toppers, some extra straws and the stick figures, I added some candy and a snack pack.

Thanks for taking a look. Hope you got some inspiration. Let me know if you have any questions.

God Bless.

Happy Birthday The Crafts Meow

The Craft's Meow is celebrating it's 1st birthday.  They have lots of challenges and I've been so swamped that I haven't been able to complete them all.  The card for today is for their last birthday bash challenge and today is the deadline!  So here's my birthday card:

I used the Owl stamp from the "Happy Owlentine's Day" set & I also used the free digi sentiment from The Craft's Meow.  

I cut my card using the Create a Critter Cartridge and welding it together in the Cricut Craft Room.

The striped paper is from Echo Park.

I added some organza ribbon and some faux stitching. 

The balloon and the circle of the owl are popped up with foam dots. 

Thanks for taking a look. 

Have a wonderful weekend. 

There for you no matter what

Oh I had so much fun making this card!  I made it to cover two challenges.

One is for DL.ART for Thankful Thursday to use at least 3 layers, a bow and some bling.

The other challenge is for Bitten by the Bug 2 to use a bunny or a chick.

Here's my card:

I cut the Bunnies and the word "friends" from the Create-a-Critter Cricut Cartridge.

Each bunny has 4 layers. 

The dress part is from the Koala's page on Create a Critter.

I added a pink floss bow to the one bunny and a bling necklace on the other one.

I cut the grass using my Fiskars grass punch. 

I doodled a little with my white gel pen.

The stamped sentiment is from My Creative Time.

This card just makes me smile. It's so bright and spring-y.

Thanks for taking the time to visit my blog today. 

Come back again soon.

You've got STYLE

Over at Bitten by the Bug 2, the latest challenge is to use the garden boot cut from Nate's ABC's. Or another boot cut from a different cartridge if you don't have it.   You can check out the details and see the design teams creations HERE.

I used the Create a Critter cartridge for my boots. 

 Here's a close up of the extra boots. : )

I wasn't sure what direction the card was going to take until I put the chickie on the numbered card.  It made me think that she had a pair of boots for each day of the week, month, year!  lol.

So that made me decide to put her in some boots and showcase a few of her many fabulous other pairs. 

I used papers from my scrap pile. Most of them are DCWV. 

The sentiment I made on my computer. 

The chickie and the boots are all cut from Create a Critter.

The red and the green scalloped frames are from Elegant Edges.

Thanks for taking the time to look.  I hope you'll also take a moment to leave me a comment. (I have word verification turned OFF)  I'd love to hear your thoughts.  Have a great week. God bless. 

My Pink Stamper Blog Hop Challenge Feb 2012

Robyn over at My Pink Stamper has issued a challenge as part of her blog hop.  The challenge is to make a project with the following criteria:



Use the color red, a circle, a pink ribbon and MORE THAN ONE  My Pink Stamper stamp. (If you don't own any of my stamp sets yet, that is okay!  Use what you have).  Also, use a die cut with this challenge!  Anything will work!
so... I don't own any of Robyn's wonderful stamps yet.  I sure would love to win some!  So here's my chance with this challenge. She's giving away 6 of her stamps sets, winners choice! *Squeal* My card is for my littlest girl for Valentine's day. 

The stamps I used are from My Creative time. "You're so sweet" is from the "This & That" set.

"I love you with all my heart..." is from the "My Favorite Sayings" set.

I have my pink ribbon,  the color red, the circle and a die cut.  I cut my ladybug from the Create-a-Critter Cricut cartridge. 

I drew the white hearts in with a gel pen and added the grass (using my fiskars punch) to pull a little of the green out of the patterned paper. 

Thanks for looking.  Hope you'll play along and submit an entry. 

School Valentine's

I wanted to make Valentine Cards for my son to give to his classmates. I had him look at the Create-a-Critter cartridge book and he picked out a different image for each of his classmates.  I got the idea for making the 3x3 card from Jeri at Bug 'n Me Creations and she also gave a list of really cute sentiments to use along with the Critters.  I made up a few of my own too.  It was a fun project.
Anyway, here's a look at the cards:

 A little closer look.... I'm wishing I hadn't written their names on the front but what's done is done.

 The Peanut Guy is my son's favorite. He thinks it "hilarious!"

So the Sheriff's badge sentiment I came up with is: You're definitely one of the good guys.

The Peanut Guy's sentiment I came up with is: I'd have to be nutty not to wish you a happy Valentine's Day.

The Rainbow sentiment I came up with is: May your Valentine's Day be as wonderful as all the colors of the rainbow. 

To make these cards a little EXTRA FUN.... I made each of the characters a magnet!  So the kids can take them off the card and put them on their fridge or something. : ) 

Since I it was an after thought I didn't "hide" the metal washer. If I had planned it out, I would have put the washer underneath the green layer. : )

I added a magnet to to the back of the Critter

and ta-da!!!  It's attached and super fun for the kids.

The card for his teacher has 3 magnets.  She collects monkeys.  So we made her this:

 As you can see from the above picture, I had lined them up all the same.  But since they are magnets on the washer, you can move them around and put them however you would like.  My sweet son wanted them to look like they were doing a cartwheel and this is how he lined them up!  Love that boy!

Well, that's my very long post for today.  I hope it gave you some ideas you'd like to try. 

Thanks for looking and have a wonderful and blessed day. 

Cardz TV Cricut Cardz Challenge 101

I've recently started following the Cardz TV blog and they have challenges using Cricut Cartridges. Challenge 101 is "Be My Valentine!" Make a card for Valentine's Day, using any cartridge(s) and using any colors you'd like.

My son is loving penguins lately and I know he wants a penguin on his Valentine card. So here is what I made him.

I used the Create-a-Critter cartridge for the train and the penguin.  The hearts and the sentiment are stamps from my Happy Owlentine's Day stamp set by The Craft's Meow.  I just double stamped the "Whoo" part to give it a train sound. : )   He's 5 and I thought he would really get a kick out of seeing his picture on the card. I should have picked a better one of his face but I was being lazy and already had this picture printed that I could cut out and use. The papers were all from my scraps pile. Yay me for using up some of those.  Using up those scraps is one of the great things about the Cricut. 

Thanks for looking.  I enjoy your comments, so don't forget to leave one! ; )

DCWV January Stack-a-holic Template Challenge

I'm really enjoying these DCWV Stack-a-holic template challenges. They sure do motivate me to get some scrapbook pages done.  You can check out the challenge details HERE.

Here's my take on it.

I used the Lemon Flower DCWV stack

 Check out all the texture in these papers! Love them!

 The monkey's are pop-dotted but it's hard to see in the picture.

I wrapped green floss around the branch cut to give it some personality.

Check out the contest over at DCWV's blog. You have until January 31st to enter.

The monkeys were cut from the Create-a-Critter Cricut Cartridge. 

The "Let's Hang Out" was also cut from Create-a-Critter. 

The branch was cut from Zoo Balloo Cricut Cartridge. I welded two of them together in the Cricut Craft Room. 

The Striped background was cut using the Elegant Edges Cricut Cartridge.

The Banana circle was done on my computer. As was the journaling.

 Thanks so much for looking. 

Door Hangers

We had a party for my daughter's first birthday. It was a family party with all her cousins from both sides of the family there.   Most of the cousins are much older and the typical "treat" bags just don't work for them. I wanted to do something different.  I found these foam wavy door hangers at Walmart.  They come 9 to a pack.  I can't remember the price but they are really cheap. So I made one door hanger for each of the kids and decorated them specifically for each of them.  I apologize for the picture quality. I was in a big hurry when I took the pictures so there's a lot of shadow.  

I used my cricut machine for most of the images. I used the Create a Critter, Nifty Fifties, & Graphically Speaking cartridges.  The papers were from my scrap stash.  I used some stickles, some liquid pearls, some stickers and some gems.  Some of the letters for the names are rub ons; some are pre-cut, some are stickers, some are from the Cricut Cartridges.   I think they were well liked by all that received them.

Thanks for taking the time to look. I'd love to hear your comments. Do you have a favorite?