A Cricut Penguin

Welcome to Glenda's Cards!

Hope everyone is staying warm! We are having very cold weather in my area, plus have been under ice storm warnings for a couple of days. Thankfully we did not get the ice - just more rain after about 8 inches of rain last week. Schools have been dismissed for a couple of days and I have also been off work for the two days. So I have been playing with paper!

My card is from white cardstock and measures 5" x 6 1/2". The patterned paper is from K&Company EB Visions of Christmas pad that my friend gave me for Christmas. My friend is very sick at this time and I wanted to make her a card. Solid papers are from the scrap stash.

Cricut Cartridges:

Winter Frolic - Page 57 - Penguin is cut 3.5". I do believe this is my first penguin cut. With wonderful inspiration from the design team at Die Cuttin Divas, I was inspired to try a penguin for my card.

Page 57 - Border  is cut at 1". I used two of this image on the front and one on the inside of card.

Page 56 - Phrase and Phrase shadow "For You" is cut 1.5".

Tags, Bags, Boxes & More 2 - Page 47 Phrase"Warm Wishes" is cut 1.75" and used on the inside of the card.

Inside of card.

Other supplies include an Action Wobble on the cute little penguin. Sorry, I was unable to get a good photo of the wobble. Ribbon is 3 Girl Jam and inking is Versa Magic Gingerbread.

Challenge:

Die Cuttin Divas - Ch. 98 Penguins
Whimsical Design -  Whimsical Wednesdays - Anything Goes
Exploring Cricut -   Baby It's Cold Outside - anything to do with snow or winter

BBTB2 - 3-D Halloween Treat Container

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Today begins a new challenge at BBTB2! Our talented design team sister Jeri asked up to create a 3-D Halloween Treat container using any Cricut cartridge. Several cartridges have 3D boxes. I have been playing with Wrap it Up and chose the cute pumpkin box for my project.

Purple Recollection paper was used for the box and the other papers are from my scrap stash.

Cricut Cartridge:

Wrap It Up - Page 59 Pumpkin box is cut at 9". Using the Cricut Craft Room and playing with the sizes, I used the Basic and Layer cuts so I would have the four different colors that you see. Phrase Happy Halloween is cut 1".

Page 69 - Tag blackout feature

Candy corn ribbon is Paper Studio. Curly Ribbon used for the bow and tag.

Visit BBTB2 to see all the creative containers made by the design team. For more details, please visit the individual blogs and don't forget to leave a little love! We love comments too!

We look forward to seeing your 3-D Halloween treat containers. Remember you must use the Cricut for the container and please state in your blog post which Cricut cartridge you used! One person will be chosen to receive the Project of the Week badge. It could be you!

Challenges:
Exploring Cricut - Happy Halloween
Simply Create Too - Ch. 24 Pumpkins
SOUS- Pumpkin or vegetable

Thanks for your visit and comments!

Patriotic Triple Twisted Easel Card

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Happy 4th of July! Hope everyone has enjoyed a fun day! I had crafting time and was able to work on a card for some fun Patriotic challenges. I have not had much time to participate in challenges lately and I enjoyed working on this card!

The card is my first triple twisted easel card. Searching on You Tube, I found a video by alissandme who shares great instructions on making this card. The card is made from a 8 1/2" x 11" white cardstock. It is scored and folded down the center at the 4 1/4" mark. For all the details, view the video. Several videos are available on You Tube.

Patterned papers are Recollections and most of the solid papers are from the scrap stash.

Cricut Cartridges: Working in Cricut Craft Room

Independence Day - Looks like I was trying to showcase this cartridge because of the many cuts I used.

Flag- cut 1.75", Firework2 cut at 2.5", Liberty Bell cut 2.75", Banner1 (half-circle) cut 1.5", Banner4 cut 2". Two of these were cut to use as the stops for the side panels. Freedom cut .875".

Wild Card

Page 59 - Star was cut 3.75 from vellum for the middle panel. I did not want to hide all the patterned paper. Red and blue star was cut 1.75". Phrase Celebrate was cut 4.25".

There are no shadow cuts available for the two words that I used so I hand cut a shadow for the words...something I did for scrapbooking before I heard of a Cricut machine!

Cuttlebug:

Star folder was used on the red and blue star.

Other supplies include Pop dots for the Cricut cuts, 3 Girl Jam ribbons, and Versa Magic gingerbread ink.

Close-up views of the side panels---

Challenges:

Celebrate the Occasion - Ch 69 4th of July

Cooking With Cricut - Ch 93 Red, White and Blue

Die Cuttin Divas - Ch 72 Red, White and Blue- Bonus- Add a Patriotic symbol

Exploring Cricut - Red, White and Blue

FCCB - Ch 118 Fireworks, Sparkler or other big boom project

Little Scrap Pieces - In honor of the Fourth, Use a Star

Paper Playtime - Red, White and Blue

SOUS - Flag Die Cut

The Sisterhood of Crafters - Seeing Stars 

3 Girl Jam - Link up for beautiful bows project

Hope you enjoy my first Triple Twisted Easel Card! Thanks for your comments!

My Sheri Crafts - Father's Day

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Thanks for stopping by today! Hope your weekend is going great! It is time for another fun challenge at My Sheri Crafts. This week's challenge is all about Father's Day..Let's Celebrate the Men in our lives!

My card measures 6 1/2" x 5" and is cut from a piece of kraft cardstock. Papers are from my scrap stash. Yay! I have been trying to use as much of the left over papers as I can, but the stack is still huge!

Cricut Cartridges:

Celebrate with Flourish - #1 Dad is cut 3.5".

Wild Card - Page 66 Phrase - Happy Father's Day cut 8". This is seen on the inside of the card.

Cuttlebug: Swiss Dots used on the light blue papers.

Other supplies:

Martha Stewart - Iron gate Edge punch

Star ribbon is a gift from a special friend. Thank you so much Charlotte! I love it and when I saw the ribbon, I thought it would be perfect for this card!

#1 Dad is pop-dotted on card. Versa Magic Gingerbread ink.

Photo of inside of card. I made this card for my grandchildren to give their Dad. I left the light blue paper at the top plain so the kids could write a message and sign the card.

With Father's Day quickly approaching, this is the perfect time for you to join our challenge and create a card, layout, or project for Dad! Be sure to visit My Sheri Crafts to see all the great inspiration by the design team. You can visit the individual blogs for more details on the projects! We appreciate your visits and comments on our blogs!

Remember one person will be chosen to be the next guest designer! It could be you! Several Ooh la la awards will be presented.

Challenges:

Exploring Cricut - Father's Day - use 2 Cricut Cuts

Little Scrap Pieces - Fun Friday Happy Father's Day or Masculine card

BBTB2 - Kitchen Challenge

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It is time for another fun challenge at BBTB2! Our talented design team member Julia is again hosting the challenge. She chose a "Kitchen" Challenge this week. This can be anything you find in your kitchen and can be from any Cricut cartridge. This can be a card, layout, or 3D project.

Cricut Cartridges:

Wild Card - Page 52 Doily Card feature cut 5.50" from red Recollections cardstock.

Nifty Fifties - Page 31 Apron is cut 1.75" Page 42 Phrase "heat it up" and shadow are cut 1.50".

Cuttlebug:

Textile folder on the apron and oven mitt.

Other supplies:

Patterned papers are Recollection Pack from Michael's. Other papers are from my stash.

Holiday Celebrate It Ribbon

Pop- dots- apron and phrase

Visit BBTB2 to see all the pretty projects by the design team. You can see complete details of the projects by visiting the individual blogs. We appreciate your visits and comments on our blogs!

Now it is time for you to play along with us! Remember this is a Cricut challenge and you must use a Cricut cut. Please mention in your blogpost which Cricut cartridge you used. You can use any cartridge for your Kitchen challenge project!

One entry will be chosen to receive the Project of the Week badge!

Challenges:
Exploring Cricut - Neglected cartridge - Nifty Fifties (Only third time to use this cartridge-last date was Aug 20, 2011)
The Friday Mashup - Mash It Up - Decorative Edge and Ribbon (Scallop edge on card base)

Thanks for visiting today and I appreciate your comments!

Christmas Ornament using Joys of the Season Candy

Hope everyone is having a great weekend. I wanted to participate in the new challenge blog Exploring Cricut. For this week's challenge they are using the Cricut Celebrations cartridge and the candy image on page 111. It is mentioned that a similar image is on Christmas Cheer. I was beginning to think that I could not play along but I remembered Joys of the Season has a candy image too. I hope it is ok to use a different cartridge than the ones specified. I am sharing my project with you!
I am exploring the ornament feature in Joys of the Season. I think the different ornaments would make cute little stocking stuffers or gifts for those special teachers and co-workers.
Page 47 - Candy image. I used the ornament feature on shift and cut the pink paper at 3.25". All the cuts are same size.
Page 79 - Ornament feature and regular key, I cut a piece of vellum to show behind the pink paper and a piece of white cardstock to layer behind the vellum. I used the white cardstock because the candy paper is double sided and it would have been seen through the vellum.
Using the Ornament feature with the shift key, I cut the pretty candy patterned paper.
Using the regular main image, I cut the ornament again in the candy pattened paper for the backside.
Stamp on back is Christmas Crafts from Michael's. Added lots of inking and a green braid for a hanger.

Hope you enjoy! Here is a link to a previous card that I used the candy cut on. Hopefully it will inspire you to try the cute candy cut!