Cricut Cardz Challenge #68

Hi Everybody!
It's time for Cricut Cardz Challenge!!  This time the challenge is to use a house image from any cartridge, a touch of lace and a flourish.  The lace was probably the toughest part for me.  But I finally managed to come up with a project.  I am NOT happy with the way the frame cut out, but I couldn't find any more lace paper so I just went with it.  Anywhoo, here's how it came out:

• Zooballoo cartridge = card base (using card feature!), house layers
• French Manor = flourish frame
• lace paper = from my stash
• EK Sucess border punch

• I added some red Stickles to the heart.

• I also challenged myself to use patterned paper for the layers.  I like how it turned out :o)

 That's it! Ok, so now it's your turn!  Head on over to Cricut Cardz Challenge, and enter!!

Cricut Cardz Challenge #66

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Yaaaay! It's Cricut Cardz Challenge Day!  This time around, the challenge was to make a Thank you card with a Cricut cut border from any cartridge using the colors white, blue and yellow.  Here's the quick card I came up with (sorry for the dark pictures.  I just got a new camera, and I'm still figuring it out!):

*French Manor cartridge (I FINALLY got to use it!!)

*Divine Swirls Cuttlebug embossing folder

*Post-It craft paper (bird border)

*Stampin' Up! sentiment

*yellow Stickles

*I used yellow Stickles on the eyes......

*....and along the bottom stamped border.

That's it! I hope you liked it, and now head on over to Cricut Cardz Challenge to enter your card!!!

Cricut Cardz Challenge #64

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It's time for another Cricut Cardz Challenge!!  Do you know today is Dr. Seuss' birthday? It's also Read Across America week. So in honor of these two special occasions we were challenged to do something a little different. This week the challenge is to make a BOOKMARK using any Cricut cartridge and any colors. I LOVE to read, so I was excited for this challenge!  There are actually a few choices of bookmarks to use.  Here's the one I used:

*Animal Kingdom cart = bookmark base

*Tinkerbell and Friends cart = tinkerbell

*Pink By Design Fly Away With Me (Jan. stamp of the month) = sentiment

*Post-it paper (hair), vellum (wings),skin color paper from my stash, green patterned paper is Cosmo Cricket

*Stickles

 

I hope you like it!  My second daugher loves Tinkerbell, and reading so I can't wait to give this to her!  I'm also thinking about laminating it with my YourStory to make it last longer.  Ok, so now help celebrate Read Across America week, and head on over to Cricut Cardz Challenge to enter your bookmark!!  TFL, and hope everyone has a chance to craft today :o)

Cricut Cardz Challenge #62

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It's time for Cricut Cardz Challenge!!  This time the challenge is to make a card using a cup image from any cartridge using any colors.  I wanted to see all the cup images there are, so I headed over to CricutSearch.com, and entered the word cup.  There were a ton of images to choose from!!  Here is the one I ended up choosing:

• Disney Dreams Come True = Chip cut at 7 1/2"
• Storybook = scalloped cut @ 4 1/2" and regular rectangle cut @ 3 1/2"
• Pink By Design Simply Everything stamp set
• Post It craft paper
• kraft colored paper = Joann's
• black Zig pen = stitching
• white gel pen = doodling

So what did you guys think?  The Disney carts can sometimes be hard to put together, but this one was pretty simple.   I always use Post It Craft paper when making these, because it makes putting on the smaller pieces SO MUCH EASIER!  Ok, so now it's your turn!  Head on over to Cricut Cardz Challenge, and enter!!

Cricut Cardz Challenge #60

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Whooo-hoooo! It's time for the next Cricut Cardz Challenge!  I absolutely love being on this design team, because I am challenged to make cards that I wouldn't normally make.  So this week was to make a (gasp!) MAN'S Valentine card.  Man cards always require a little thought.  So I thought what kind of card would be good for my husband??  I thought right away of the Superman cartridge.  Of course my man drives me bananas sometimes, but whenever I'm goin' crazy, or I need something fixed, or I want to snuggle up to something warm he is there.  I love him, and I am smart enough to know that he has to be Superman to put up with me and all my craziness!!  So here is what I came up with this week:

*Superman cartridge

*superman symbol and layer cut @ 3.43"

*the yellow actually cuts out in pieces. Instead I copied the symbol again, and used my Gypsy to hide countour so that it cut out as one diamond shape.  Much easier than gluing all those pieces!!

*card base cut @ 4.25"

*Pink By Design stamps sets= Fly Away With Me (Stamp of the Month), Oh Boy!, and Love Always 

*white gel pen

*paper from my stash
*I used an Action Wobble to give my action hero some movement!

*I purposly cut the card base bigger than the symbol to give me space to stamp a sentiment.

*I manipulated, and masked different stamps to get the saying I wanted for this card.  The real stamp says "Of course you can fly, for dreams have wings (Stamp of the Month). 

*I took the kisses from the "hugs and kisses" stamp (Love Always) to replace the word dreams.  With the stamps being see through, it makes this process very easy!

*This one is from the Oh Boy set.  Perfect for Superman!!

*I drew the hearts with my white gel pen, and also added some doodling :O)

That's it!  What did you think??  I was really happy with it :o)  Now head on over to the CCC to see what amazing creations the other designers have for you, and then enter the challenge!!  Thanks, and hope everyone has a chance to craft today!

Cricut Cardz Challenge #58, and a coupla other challenges too!

Hi Everybody!
Whoo hoo! It's Cricut Cardz Challenge time!  This week's challenge is to use an image that screams winter.  For challenge #58 we were to use a SNOWMAN-USING ANY CARTRIDGE AND ANY COLORS.  So here is what I came up with for the challenge this week:

*When It's Cold Outside solutions cartridge

*snowman snowflake and blackout layer cut @ 4 3/4"

*snowflakes 5" x 7" Cuttlebug embossing folder

*Pink By Design Simply Everything stamp set

*Stickles

*bling and ribbon from my stash

*white ink

*pop dots
*flocked paper from my stash

*I love this paper that is flocked with white specks.  Gives great texture, and looks just like snow!!

 

*I inked the embossing with white ink to make it pop a little bit.

*The little snowflake and sentiment are by Pink By Design.

That's it! I hope you all like it, and got a little inspiration.  Now don't forget to head on over to Cricut Cardz Challenge and enter!!

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Here are some other challenges I'm entering with this card :o)

For Fun Challenges - Use gems or glitter


CropStop - use Stickles

Pile It On Challenge - Anything goes

Cricut Cardz Challenge #56

Hi Everybody!

Did you all enjoy your holidays?  I know we did, and while the CCC enjoyed spending time with our families, we missed you guys!!!  So we're back, and with a great new challenge!  This time we were to make a New Year's card and incorporate a clock image from any cartridge using any colors, and any cartridge.  Now I'm still not exactly sure why, but as soon as I found out this was the challenge, this character immediately popped into my head!  So here are the details:

*Disney Princesses - Dreams Come True

*Clockworth character and all layers cut @5"

*Spots and Dots Cuttlebug embossing folder

*Pink by Design sentiment from Jump and Jive set

*Stampin' Up! stamp for inside sentiment

*bling on inside from my stash

So there you go!  I hope you all like it.  Don't forget to head on over to the Cricut Cardz Challenge and show us your clocks :o)

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Here's some additional challenges my project also works for:

http://crazy4challenges.blogspot.com/
http://onestitchatatimechallenge.blogspot.com/
http://cardmakinmamas.blogspot.com/
http://craftyourdaysaway.blogspot.com/2010/12/cyda-challenge-10.html

Cricut Cardz Challenge #54 plus a Gaby Abby Challenge

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I LOVE Wednesday's 'cause 1-the week is half over already!!, and 2-(and more importantly) it's time for a new challenge over at Cricut Cardz Challenge!! So this time the design team was challenged to make a Christmas circle shaped card with no red or green and we could use any cartridge.  I used 3 of my favorite things, Stickles, Graphics Craft Plastic, and the Smiley cart!!  (Since I used those oh-so-sparkly Stickles, this was also my entry for the Gaby Abby Challenge!) Here are the details:

*Smiley cartridge

*Winnie the Pooh and Friends cartridge

*paper = (white) Georgia Pacific cardstock, (blue) DCWV, (Pooh's shirt) = Post-it Craft Paper

*I welded the Pooh snowman to the card to give him more stability. 

*I used my favorite Graphics Craft Plastic to cover the circle window behind Pooh.  You can't really see it, but I also embossed the plastic.

* The sentiment is from the Simply Everything set from Pink By Design.  So is the little snowflake I used on the front of the card.

* I used the Snowflakes embossing folder for the inside too.  It really pops with this paper!

So there you go, I hope you like it!!  Don't forget to head on over to the Cricut Cardz Challenge and join us with this great challenge :O)

Cricut Cardz Challenge #52

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It's time for another great challenge over at Cricut Cardz Challenge! This time we were to make a card for Christmas, Just Words from your Cricut-No image-any colors and cartridge. There were SO MANY beautiful and cute words to use, I just couldn't decide.  So I decided to go a little simple.  I decided to use Designers Calendar.  So here's what I came up with for this challenge:

*Designer's Calendar  = Christmas sentiment

*kraft cardstock = Joann's brand

*DCWV = glitter mat

*paper used for sentiment from stash
*bling and ribbon from stash

*background stamp from Stampin' Up!

*Versamark

Ok, so it still looked like it was missing something, so I attacked this card with my white gel pen!  I liked it better with the stitching :O)

It's hard to see in the picture, but this background stamps was really pretty, and was filled with great holiday words.

So there you go!  TFL, and don't forget to show us what amazingly beautiful projects you come up with over at the Cricut Cardz Challenge!

Cricut Cardz Challenge #44

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Another great challenge going on over at Cricut Cardz Challenge !  This time we were to make a Halloween Z-fold or S-fold card using any carts or colors we wanted.  I was a bit nervous when I saw this was our challenge, since I haven't been making cards that long, and I've never done any folds other than folding in half!  I've never even done a gate fold or anything! So I went on YouTube and searched for how to make this type of card, and funny enough Mary's YouTube channel came up with a tutorial.  Here's what I came up with, and the details:

*All cuts from the Happy Haunting cartridge

*Used my Gypsy for sizing

*tree cut @ 4.25"

*ghost cut @ 3"

*grave cut @ 2 1/2"

*paper = Martha Stewart (base), DCWV (grave), Best Occassion Glitter Paper (ghost)

Here's what it looks like opened up.



*I used my white gel pen for the only kind of stitching I can do!

*I added bling for the eyes on the tree.

*I used the stamp set A Haunting We Will Go by Pink Cricut. (These stamps rock!!)

*I also added red Stickles on the drops of "blood".

*This cat sticker fit perfectly on the fence and added that perfect extra dimension.

*Also stitched on the fence.

*Added green Stickles to the grass.

Hope you like it! I was happy with how it came out, and would definitely make another card with this kind of fold.  So go make your own Z-fold or S-fold card and join us over at the Cricut Cardz Challenge!

Cricut Cardz Challenge #42

Hi Everybody!
SUPER excited to show you my design team card I made for challenge #42 over at Cricut Cardz Challenge.  This time the challenge was to make a Halloween card (best holiday ever!) using the card feature on any cartridge.  After flipping through a couple of the handbooks for ideas, I decided to use Tie the Knot, and Happy Hauntings.  Frankenstein is my favorite Halloween character, and I thought it would be cool to make a wedding invite for my two favorite ghouls!  Here's what I came up with:

*I used my Gypsy to lay this all out.  Card base and inside cut @ 4.25". 

*The card is from Tie the Knot (envelope on p. 72 using the invitation feature, the inside card on p.57 also using the invitation feature)

*The green patterned paper I used was white on the other side, and I wanted black, so I used the cut on p. 71 using the invitation feature and glued that to the inside back of the envelope (sorry, forgot to take a picture of that!)

*paper = DCWV shimmer pack, and My Mind's Eye

*fiber from my stash

*purple Stickles along the top of inside card, crystal Stickles on Frankie's neckbolt

*You can pull the inside out to write a message.

I put them close together so they could be holding hands! Awww, how ghoulishly romantic <3

*I used the Happy Hauntings cart. Frankie on p.30, and the bride on p.31.

*Frankie was cut @ 2.67", and the lovely bride was cut @ 2.55".

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Thanks so much for looking, and don't forget to head over to the Cricut Cardz Challenge to enter your project! 

Cricut Cardz Challenge #40

Hi Everybody!

Ok, I don't know if I have ever been this excited to show a project!  This is my first project for the Cricut Cardz Challenge Design Team.  We were to use a scalloped shape (oval, circle, rectangle, or square).  I decided to use the negative space for a scalloped rectangle. Since Halloween is my absolute FAVORITE holiday, I wanted to make that my theme.  I came up with this shaker card. I just love how the ghosts look like they are floating through the house!  Here are the details:

*Tags, Bags, Boxes and More cart

*shaker box cut @ 4.5"

*used my Gypsy to lay a scalloped rectangle on the front

*scalloped rectangle is 3.43"

*paper is AC Specialty Foil paper

*Boo and Haunted House are from Stampin' Up

*ghost are confetti that I've had in my stash for YEARS

*The blingy brads in the corners are from Recollections (sent to me by my Circle Sister-Hi Karen!!)

*I used StazOn Jet Black ink to stamp on the plastic.

*The plastic I used is the packaging from a Cricut cart!

*Stamping the haunted house on the plastic was perfect to show the ghost going "through" the house.

*I used the part of the rectangle that was cut out, and flipped it over to use the white side. Then I sprayed it with Graphite Glimmer Mist.

*I used my ATG gun and glued down a piece of patterned paper, then layered the frame on top of it.

I really like that foil paper.  It has great texture, and is so shiny!

 

Thanks so much for looking, and don't forget to head over to the Cricut Cardz Challenge to enter your project!