#174 Create a Critter 2 - Halloween Frame

Hi everyone!  Here is a project I created for challenge number three in the Canadian Cricut Circle Swarm.  The challenge was to create a home décor piece using Cricut cut flowers and chipboard.

 

 

I used Mod Podge to glue patterned paper to a plain wooden frame from Ikea.
The cartridges I used are Art Philosophy for the flowers, Trick or Treat for the Scary title, and Create a Critter 2 for the bat.  The scary title was cut from chipboard first, then covered in paper using the same cut.

Cricut Circle Canadian Swarm 2012 - Challenge #3

Hi everyone! This weekend on the Canadian chat portion of the Cricut Circle message board, we are hosting an online swarm, complete with challenges, prizes, and even a treat bag swap! So much fun! And we are also welcoming anyone to participate, not just Canadians! So if you are Cricut circle member be sure to stop by and hang out with us!
Since I am donating one of the prizes,I have come up with a fun challenge! Today is my husband's birthday so since I was assigned today, what other theme could I use ;-)
My challenge is to create a birthday card following this sketch:

Of course you must use at least one Cricut cut on your project.

My husband is an avid hunter so I decided to go with a wildlife theme.  Here is what I came up with:

The cartridges/cuts I used are:

Wildlife - Deer cut at 2.25"

Art Philosophy - label cut at 0.66"

The patterned paper if from Autumn Splendor by DCWV.

The sentiment stamp is by My Creative Time.

Cardstock is DCWV and Core-dinations

Hope you like it!



The Mess on Your Desk - hello card!

Hi everyone! Here is a card I created for a National Scrapbooking Day challenge on the Cricut Circle Blog. The challenge was to use stuff that is on your desk left over from the projects from the weekend.

#152 Flower Shoppe - Centerpiece

Hi everyone! The monthly challenge for April on the Cricut Circle Blog was to create a centerpiece using Cricut cuts. I decided to follow a floral theme and made a flower arrangement for my Princess House crystal arrangement vase.

For the large flower in the center, I used the Giant Flowers cartridge. I cut the flower pieces at 2.5". I cut the petals from cream card stock, spritzed them with Tattered Rose Glimmer Must, and inked the edges with

chalk ink.

I cut some rolled flowers from the Flower Shoppe cartridge and Art Philosophy at 5.5".
I cut the small flowers on the inside of the vase from Art Philosophy at 3.75".
All of the rolled flowers were spritzed with gold perfect pearls mist or pink glitz spritz.
For the paper filler, I just cut coordinating paper in strips and crumpled it up.
The patterned paper I used was from the Flights of Fancy paper line by Prima.
Hope you like it!

Ticket to Love Blog Hop!

Hi everyone! Welcome to the Love is in the Air Blog Hop! This is a two day Blog Hop and we're so happy that you have joined us today! If you have arrived here from The CardMonkey's Paper Jungle, you are at the right place! If you just happened to stop by my blog, please head over to So Many Crafts to start from the beginning!

For my project today, I made this little treat box and matching card using my Silhouette SD machine. Yep, betcha didn't know I had one of those, did you? :-)I've had it for about a year and this is the 1st project I have made with it! Both the box and the Be Mine heart image were from the Silhouette online store - Be Mine was the free shape of the week last week!

The pink flower on the front of the card was cut from the Art Philosophy Cricut cartridge at 3". I LOVE the rolled flowers on this cartridge!

The red background was embossed with one of the Paper Lace II companion Cuttlebug folders.

Hope you like it! Please head over to Gamma's Creative Corner to see what she has created! She is the next stop on the Blog Hop!

Hope you come back tomorrow for more Valentine's Day inspiration!

Tim Holtz's 12 Tags of Christmas - Day 4

Hi everyone! I have a few posts for you this evening! I finished up the fourth tag in the Tim Holtz series yesterday morning, but didn't get a chance to make a blog post until now!

Here it is:

Again, there were certain supplies that I didn't own, but could exchange for what I did have. The acrylic snowflake border along the side of the tag was created on my Gypsy by welding four snowflakes (from Art Philosophy and Don Juan) to a rectangle.

I also used different colours of Distress Stain, different stamps on the background and the buttons came from my stash.

Hope you like it!

#131 Cuttin' Up - Baby Girl for Jenae

Hi everyone! Here is another layout that I created last weekend. It features my daughter and her first baby girl cousin Bentley.

For this layout, I used the Cuttin' Up cartridge for the title.

I used the Art Philosophy cartridge for the flowers.

Hope you like it!

#122 Winter Woodland - Christmas Card

Hi everyone! For the third Blog-iversary challenge at the Cricut Circle Blog, the task was to create something with the Cuttlebug as a main focus.

I decided to use the Season's Greetings embossing folder for the background of a Christmas card.

I started by using the Season's Greetings folder on a 4" X 5.25"sheet of red paper. I then gently rubbed a white pigment ink pad over the top to bring out the embossed image.

I cut out a 1.25" snowflake from Winter Lace, used the Xyron to add glitter and attached it to the paper with a foam square.

The tag was cut at 1.5" from white cardstock using the Art Philosophy cartridge. I used the Swiss Dots folder then gently inked the dots with red ink. I put a red eyelet in the top of the tag, then attached it to the card front with gold ribbon.

The poinsettia is cut at 1" from Winter Woodland.

I ran the white card base through my Xyron machine, attached the card front in the center, then glittered the edges with ultra-fine glitter.

Hope you like it!

#113 Art Philosophy - Wishes

Hi everyone! The monthly challenge at the Cricut Circle blog for September was to create a project with a window element. The new Close to My Heart Cricut cartridge, Art Philosophy, features an assortment of window cards so I chose to use one of them for my card.

The cartridges / cuts I used are:

Art Philosophy - card (cut at 5.5"), frame ( cut at 3.21"), 3D flowers (cut at 2.25")

Elegant Cakes - "wishes" (cut at 1")

I stamped the background of the card with the French Filigree stamp by Stampin' Up! using Versamark ink and then heat embossed with Holographic embossing powder.

The pearl border is by Prima.

Hope you like it!