My first Cuttlebug Brocade Window card

Welcome to Glenda's Cards!

My Cuttlebug folders arrived! Whenever I saw the great sale on some older Cuttlebug folders at Cricut, I jumped at the chance to purchase the Emboss Plus 5" x 7" Brocade Window at $1.99. I wanted to buy more of the Emboss Plus folders, but they were already sold out.

This is my first card using the Brocade Window and I really like the looks! Card is 5" x 7" cut from a cream Recollections cardstock. The cut and embossed window is from The Paper Studio Light Burlap. For the window opening I used The Paper Studio Eloise Floral and the flowers are also cut from this paper.

Cricut Cartridge:

Mother's Day Bouquet - Flowers are cut using Flower 8 at varying sizes. 

Martha Stewart Fern punch used for the greenery. I do not know the name of that punch so I call it greenery punch. If you know the name, please tell me!

Like most of us, I have bought crafting items that I seem to hoard!  Last year, I bought pretty paper pad, brads, buttons, die cuts, and trinkets of Bo Bunny Little Miss collection. For today's project, I chose to use the dress form and the green scroll die cuts from the collection..love those colors! Dress form is pop-dotted on the card.

Other supplies from my stash include the Venice Lace Collection motif, crochet doily, the button that is in the doily and the Love button which is pop-dotted on the card. These buttons have been stashed a long time. Recollection Pearls and Michael's ribbon trim for the bow complete the look. Of course, lots of inking!

Challenges:

BBTB2 - Flowers

Celebrate the Occasion - Ch. 112  3 Flowers, 2 buttons, 1 Ribbon,

CWC - Ch. 134 Lace

Paper Playtime - Ch. 10 Button or Brads  May 13 - May 26

The Shabby Tea Room - Ch. 166 Sweet SpringTime- Use pink, green, white or cream, and a sewing element

Hope you enjoy this card! Maybe you are inspired to use some of those crafty items that you have been hoarding! Thanks for your visits and comments!

My Sheri Crafts - Ch. 109 Mother's Day

Welcome to Glenda's Cards!

Hi Friends! It is time for another fun challenge at My Sheri Crafts. Our talented Sandy chose Mother's Day as the theme for Challenge 109. She asked us to show what makes your Mother so unique. Maybe it is frills and lace, a sense of humor....show us in your card/project.

This is my first time to try the SplitCoastStampers's tutorial for a Diamond Origami Fold Card. The card style is so unique and with the pretty flower patterned papers, it is perfect for my Mom who loves flowers!

If you try the tutorial for the card, please note that on Step 2 the score lines should be 3 1/4" and 5 1/2" not the 3" and 5 1/2" given in the written instructions. That change is noted in one of the comments on the first page.

Cricut Cartridges:

Flower Shoppe - Page 13 - Scallop 4 is cut 2.25" and 2". Oops, I think Scallop 1 was 2". 

Page 22 - Ruffle 5 is cut 1". I used 5 of these leaves.

Wedding - Hearts cut 1.5" using the basic and blackout images.

Mother's Day 2010 - Happy Mother's Day is cut 3".

Open view of card!

Martha Stewart Scroll Lace Corner punch is used on the rectangle mat. Ribbon is from stash. Lots of inking! Paper is double-sided K&Company. I enjoyed making this unique card and know that I will have to try it again.

Stop by My Sheri Crafts and view all the pretty Mother's Day projects by the talented design team and our guest designer for this challenge. For more details on the projects, please visit the individual blogs. Don't forget to show a little love - we love comments too!

Now it is time for you to join in our fun with a Mother's Day card/project showing us what makes your Mother unique. Remember several Ooh la la awards will be given and one person will be chosen to be our next guest designer! We look forward to seeing your work!

Challenges:
DieCuttinDivas - Ch 112- Flowers
Paper Playtime - Ch 8 More Than One Fold

Thanks for your visits and comments!

Cricut Christmas Cards

Welcome to Glenda's Cards!

Today I am sharing my first card made using the Cricut Christmas Cards cartridge. I decided to buy myself a little early gift! lol This is an older cartridge (I think 2010) and the actual cartridge was sold out so I purchased the digital copy of this cartridge. I prefer the actual cartridge, but I really like this scene! 

We seldom receive snow is my area and of course I do not have a horse and carriage. Sometimes though we visit a town that is decorated so pretty during the Christmas season and they do have a carriage ride! It is such a fun way to see all the pretty lights and decorations!

Using Cricut Craft Room, the image and layers are cut at 5".  I cut the words Joy and Peace which are also on this cartridge but did not record the size. I chose to use Joy! Card base is red Recollections paper.

Designer paper is Recollections Naughty or Nice Paper Pad. I used four of the patterned papers. It may not show very well in the photo, but the green dot and holly paper have glittered areas. Other solid papers are from the scrap stash. Cuttlebug Distressed Stripes was used on the tree.

Challenges:

Celebrate the Occasion - Ch. 93 Christmas - Anything Goes

Cricut Chirp - Christmas challenge

Die Cuttin' Divas - Ch. 95 More Holiday Spirit

Little Scrap Pieces - Holiday

Paper Playtime -  Ch 91 Winter Fun

D.L. Art - Anything Red and/or Green

Thanks for your visits and comments!





Patriotic Triple Twisted Easel Card

Welcome to Glenda's Cards!

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!

Hearts of Love

Welcome to Glenda's Cards

I have been so busy trying to finish Valentine cards that I have been unable to post before Valentine's Day. Today I am sharing the Valentine card made for my daughter! Card is 6 1/2" x 5" cut from white Colorbok cardstock. I saw a cute card sketch recently at CPS-Card Sketches that I wanted to try. I did not have time until now to try it so I missed the challenge. After adding extra embellishments, this is my play with the sketch.

Designer paper is K&Company Kelly Panacci Valentine paper pad. I have enjoyed working with this pretty double-sided paper for my Valentine cards this year. Guess who bought another pack of this pretty paper while it was available! You may be seeing more cards with these papers!

Cricut Cartridges:

Love Struck - Heart

Flower Shoppe - Flower

Ribbons and Rosettes - Page 35 - Heart border (White strip under the heart). I hand cut a piece of the red paper to place behind it.

I cut the small sentiment banner and stamped Happy Valentine's Day using a dollar stamp from Michael's. Red Heart gemstones were added. You can see a tutorial for the 3D Pop-up Sentiment Banner that Melanie shared at Fantabulous Cricut.

Ribbon is from my stash!

Challenges:

Celebrate the Occasion - Ch 50 Valentine's Day Must have a heart

Paper Playtime - Ch 67 Cricut Creations with Hearts or Love Theme

One Stop Craft Challenge - Ch. 167 Hearts and Flowers with Ribbon

Hope you enjoy! Thank you for your comments!

Colors of Fall

Hi and thanks for your visit! I love the colors of Fall and enjoy making cards with a Fall theme. I was excited to receive the Cricut Simply Scarecrow cartridge so of course I had to choose a scarecrow for my card! Card is 5" x 6 1/2" and layered with same size patterned paper.
Cricut cartridges:
Simply Scarecrow-- Lady scarecrow is cut 4". Crow is 1.75". Three images of the crow are available on this cut but I used only the larger one. Fall is cut 1.25". These cuts were done on the Expression2.
Wrap It Up - Page 45 - Fence is cut 4 3/4". My first cuts of the fence and grass were 5" which put the fence a bit too wide for the card. I resized and cut 4 3/4" for the fence, but used the 5" cut for the grass.
Stretch Your Imagination - Page 44 - Pumpkins cut 1 1/2" and 1" using the blackout function.
Page 48 - Leaves were cut using varying sizes.
Cuttlebug:
Distressed Stripes on the fence and  Divine Swirls on the pumpkins!
I used lots of inking, 1/8" and 1/4" pop dots for the dimension, buttons, and raffia for the bows.

Challenges:
Celebrate the Occasion - Ch 36 Fall
Cooking With Cricut - Ch 57 Scarecrow, Hay, Crows and sketches.
Paper Playtime - Ch 58 Say It With Sentiment, and use buttons and bows
2 Sisters Challenge - Pumpkin Patch -must include a pumpkin
 http://stuckonusketches.blogspot.com/  - Die Cut Challenge - Fence
Joyful Stamper - Inspire Me Fridays Linking party

Photo showing the layering! Happy Fall Y'All! Hope you enjoy my card!

Paper Playtime - Challenge #55 - Make an Easel / Pedestal Card

Hi and thanks for visiting today! It is time for another fun challenge at Paper Playtime. This week Challenge # 55 is Make an Easel/Pedestal Card. If you have never tried an easel card and would like to learn how to make one, you are in for a treat! We are happy to have Mary of Cardz TV as our special guest designer today. Mary will share a great tutorial on making an easel card. Recently I found another great tutorial by Mary at CardzTV for making a Twisted Easel card. I enjoy making this style card and will be sharing a Twisted Easel card with you today.

Cricut cartridge: Forever Young for all the cuts.

Page 42 - Emblem feature for Model 19 Silhouette. Shift key used for the pink mat. Each cut is 3".

Page 73 - Flower 10 cut 1 1/2" using the main and layer features.

Page 43-  Emblem feature using shift for the pink mat. This is cut 3 1/4" and run through the Cuttlebug with the Swiss Dots embossing folder. I cut two of these and glued together for stability. The mat is pop-dotted on the base of the card. This will help to keep the front of the card in place.

Page 42 - "Fashion Queen" is cut 1 1/4' using the Word feature. Non-shift and shift key for the two colors.

Papers are from a Recollection 24 Page Pack from Michael's. I love this paper and thought it would be perfect for my Fashion Queen! Martha Stewart inking. Pearls and gemstone from my stash.

We would love for you to play along with us at Paper Playtime! We have a great prize for one winner this week. Our sponsor is K Andrews Design with Fashionable Friends Stamp Set!  How exciting is that! We look forward to seeing your easel / pedestal cards!

Paper Playtime Ch.52 - Cool Off With Water



Thanks for visiting today! It is time for another fun challenge at Paper Playtime. Challenge # 52 is Cool Off With Water. As most of the country has been having very high temperatures, it is refreshing to find a way to cool off! I do not have a sailboat but when I saw this cute cut, I wanted to use it for my card. Wanting to have a colorful card, I chose red, white, and blue papers from my stash. I used the Cricut cartridge Just a Note which is preloaded on the Cricut Expression 2. The cuts are on page 50. Using the card feature, the card is cut 5.50" from a navy blue cardstock. Let's Sail Away cut at 5.50" using red cardstock is the shift key on the card feature. I cut the sailboat first from silver cardstock at 5.50" using the card layer feature and again from the red and blue papers using the card layer shift function. I had trouble getting the correct size for the layering of the letters. If I used the same size for the layering, the individual letters would have been very large. It seems that all sizes would be the same for the complete card, but it did work that way. I do not use Design Studio nor Gypsy so I had to keep making adjustments. I think it was 3 inches that I finally used to cut the letters.

To add more dimension, I used the Cuttlebug Houndstooth on the sails and Divine Swirls on the blues for the water.

Above is a photo of the card opened. The solid blue is actually the backside of the card. The two side panels fold in toward the front of the card. Hope you enjoy my card!

Now it is your turn to play along with us! We would love to see your paper projects showing any type of way to cool off with water. We are happy to have My Pink Stamper as our sponsor for this challenge. The prize is a clear stamp set "Music Speaks". To see the design team's great projects, visit Paper Playtime. Be sure to hop over to their blogs and leave some love!

I am sharing this card at Cooking With Cricut  Challenge #45- Sailboat.

Paper Playtime Ch# 50 SUMMER

Happy Monday everyone! Hope you had a great weekend! It is time again for another fun challenge at Paper Playtime. Challenge 50 is Summer! So many things came to mind when I saw the challenge theme and it was hard to decide which idea to use. My thoughts kept returning to things that my kids and grandkids enjoyed during the summer. There is a wooded area behind my house and the boys always had lots of fun camping and sleeping in a tent in that area. So I began to look for something with a camping theme.
First I want to tell you about my card. I have seen pretty Twisted Easel cards and decided I wanted to try one! Mary at Cardz TV has a great video showing a Twisted Easel card. Be sure to visit Mary for all the details.
I started with a 4 1/4" x 9 3/4" piece of buff colored Colorbok cardstock. This makes an A2 card. While checking out the clearance items at Michael's last week, I picked up a Colorbok Summer Fun scrapbook kit that was reduced to $2.99. When I saw the words Camp written on one of the papers, I had to purchase the kit. Don't you love it when you have something in mind and things just seem to come together! Now I have papers and embellishments for scrapbooking some of those photos.

Cricut Cartridge: Nate's ABCs for all cuts
Page 50-- Tent cut at 2.75". I use Font 2 image on shift (looks like a cloud, but it is my sentiment mat) cut at 2.50".
The word Explore is the Phrase feature and the regular and shift cuts are cut 1.25".
Wow! One cartridge and one page! I am really enjoying this cartridge and all the features. Oh! Did you see the little hat and dog on the phrase! Such a cute cut!
Papers: I used Recollections Metallic Shimmer gray paper for the kids to give the appearance of their shadows inside the tent. Paper for the word Explore was in the kit. Rest of papers are from my scrap stack.
I pop-dotted the sentiment mat to hold the front in place and used lots of inking!

Now it is your turn to make a Summer project and play with us at Paper Playtime. We are happy to have our design team member Pam sponsoring this week. Check out these goodies and get those projects entered in this fun challenge.
Sponsor: Simply Pam
Prize:  Making Memories - Whimsy Embellishment Kit (Has 100 Buttons, Die cut shapes, Chipboard Alphas and 40 Printed Flowers) Total of 214 pieces plus a cute box it's in.
Also Making Memories Hul-la-ba-loo 5"x7" Mini Book Kit (Has a spiral bound mini book, Cardstock, Trims, Stickers and Die-Cuts)

Hope you enjoy my first Twisted Easel card! It was really easy and I will be making more!
I am also sharing this at Fantabulous Cricut this week for the "Let's Go Camping" theme!

Paper Playtime Ch. # 48

Good morning everyone! It is time for another fun challenge at Paper Playtime. For Challenge # 48, we are making a Z-fold card with any themes and colors. This is my first time working with Z-fold card, but it is easy to make and is a fun card. The paper is cut at 4 1/4" x 11" and is scored at 2 3/4" and 5 1/2". When folded the size is 4 1/4" x 5 1/2". Have you noticed my theme and colors! Needing a birthday card for one of my friends, yes, I am using a Red Hat Society theme!

Cricut cartridges:
Forever Young - Hat page 57 cut 3"; "ooh la la" is the emblem feature on page 57 and is cut 2 3/4"; Shoes page 60 cut 1 1/2";  Sunglasses page 47 cut 1/2".
Home Accents - Corner1 is cut 2 inches. This key is the first image on the 3rd row.
Cuttlebug: Swiss Dots - Hat
Red and Purple papers are Recollection. White is Colorbok.  For bling, I added a red gemstone and feather on the hat and a button with Memory Thread in the corner. Birthday Wishes is one of the $1.00 stamps from Michael's. Red ink is Colorbok.

We are happy to have Peachy Keen Stamps as our sponsor. The prize for this week's challenge is Pk-470 Happy New Year Assortment! Now it is your turn to play with us! We want to see your Z-Fold Cards!

Hope you enjoy my card!

Paper Playtime Ch# 45 Tall Card

Hope all Mothers had a fantastic Mother's Day! Thanks for stopping by today! I want to say thank you to my new followers!

Today I am sharing the card that I made for my Mom. This week begins a new challenge at Paper Playtime with the challenge team. Our challenge is to make a tall card with any themes or colors. For optional challenge, use your Cricut if you have one. Tall cards are 9" x 8" and scored at 4 inches.

As you see, I turned my card. After cutting and scoring, I embossed each side with the Swiss Dots folder. Using Martha Stewart scoreboard, I scored four lines on each side. My white mat is cut using the Martha Stewart French Scroll edge punch and corner punch. I used Cricut Mother's Day 2010 for the word Mother. Word and shadow are cut at 2 inches. For the flowers, I used the Martha Stewart Embossed Daisy Pop-up punch. My friend Joy at Purtty Paperz has been using Memory Thread with buttons on her lovely cards. I like the look of the curls and I was so happy to find the product at Michael's. Thanks Joy for sharing the info! Buttons are from my stash and the pink memory thread is from my new stash!! I did not take a photo of the inside of my card, but for the sentiment I used "You Are So Special". The phrase is on page 38 on Wild Card cartridge. Sorry, I did not record size.

Just a note: The thread (actually a fiber wrapped wire) is a DMC product, called Color Infusions Memory Thread. It is located near the DMC embroidery thread at the Michael's where I shop.

Now it is your turn to make a Tall card and join in the fun with us! For inspiration, please visit the Design Team members' blogs. You can reach their blogs from Paper Playtime home page! You have until Saturday May 21 to submit your card!

Hope you enjoy my card! Thanks for your comments!

Paper Playtime Challenge 43 - Weather theme



Hi everyone and welcome to my blog! Today we are having another fun challenge at Paper Playtime with Challenge 43-Weather theme. Use a rainbow, clouds, sun, rain, or anything else pertaining to the weather on your project.

For my card, I wanted a bright Spring card with a shining sun! I also wanted to make this as a birthday card for my friend's daughter.

Card is 5 x 6 1/2 and layered with a piece of blue/white designer paper.

Cricut cartridges:

Create A Critter- Sun on page 52 cut 2 inches, Flowers on page 69 cut at 2 1/4 inches (one cut using flip feature), Poodle on page 36 cut 3 inches, and Happy Birthday on page 27 cut 1 3/4 inches.

Paper Doll Dress Up - Grass on page 78 cut at 3/4 inches. I trimmed a small bit off so grass could fit between the flowers.

Cuttlebug: Divine Swirls and Swiss Dots folders

Martha Stewart inks and Gelly Roll pen doodling complete the look.

Be sure to check out the amazing projects by the design team. You can go to each of the blogs from Paper Playtime. We are happy to have Joy's Life as the sponsor this challenge. The prize is Joy's Lots of Pun Stamps (set of 23). We look forward to seeing your paper projects. You have until midnight CST Saturday April 23 to enter your project.

Paper Playtime - Pink and Glitter

Good morning! Welcome to my new followers! Thank you for your interest and support of my work.
It is time again for another fun challenge at Paper Playtime! As you may know, starting this month our challenges have been  changed to the second and last Monday of each month. For our March 14th challenge we have 3 themes that you may choose from. 1. Use Green and Purple on your project, 2. Use Pink and Glitter on your project, or 3. Use a Critter and a Rhyme.
I could not pass up the opportunity to work with pink and glitter so my card is in honor of Barbie's birthday which was March 9. Did you know she is 51! Ooh, she could be a Red Hat lady now!!
My card is cut using the doily card feature on page 52 of the Cricut Wild Card cartridge! The card feature, liner, and blackout were cut at 5 inches. All the designer glitter papers are from My Mind's Eye Home Glitter Pack. The dress is located on page 44 of Cricut Paisley cartridge and is cut at 3 inches. The regular features and both layer 1 and layer 2 are used for the dress. The words "best dressed" and the word shadow are cut at 1 inch and are on same page.  A pink gemstone, a little bow, and a lot of inking complete the card.
We are happy to have Cravin Scrappin as a sponsor this week with the chance to win Cricut April Showers cartridge. Also Paper Pretties is sponsoring with the chance to win the clear stamp set "Time for Cake".
Remember to visit each of the design teams' blogs to see all the pretty projects! Now we invite you to play along with us. Choose a theme and submit your paper project for the chance to win one of the great prizes.

Hope enjoy my card. Hope Barbie will like her new dress!

Paper Playtime - Technology

Glad you dropped by today! It is Monday and time for another fun challenge at Paper Playtime! Our challenge this week is to use a Technology image. This could be a computer, phone, iPod, car, Robot, etc.

My card measures 5 1/2 x 4 1/4 and was cut from white cardstock. I cut a piece of designer paper 5 1/2 x 4 1/4 from the So-So Sweet Paper pack by the Paper Studio and layered it on the card base. For the image, I chose the MP3 player on page 62 of Cricut Paisley. It is cut at 4 1/4 inches using a piece of blue paper from the Bazzill Basics Paper Pack. The image shift key and layers 1 and 2 were used to complete the player. The word jammin' and the music notes on the lower left edge of the card are also on the same page.
The white mat is from Colorbok and was embossed using the Cuttlebug Allergo folder. I attached an Action Wobble Spring to the MP3 and then attached it to the white mat to give it movement! This is my first time to use an Action Wobble and I think it is so fun on this card. I used Martha Stewart inking and pop-dots on the word jammin'.

Now, we would love to see your paper projects using a technology theme! Check out all the amazing projects by the talented design team for some great inspiration! We are happy to have Michelle's Scrapbooking & More as our sponsor this week!

Paper Playtime-- Cupids or Hearts

Hi everyone! Glad you stopped by today. Are you ready for another fun challenge at Paper Playtime? Our challenge this week is to use Cupids or Hearts on your project. Recently I enjoyed making a different card style and I am using this style on my card today. This is called a Criss-Cross card. A great tutorial can be found at Split Coast Stampers. Instructions given are to use two 4 1/4x11 inches pieces of cardstock for the base of the card. For the front of the card, given instructions are to use a piece of 4x5 inches patterned paper. I chose to cut the patterned paper at 5 1/2 x 4 1/4 inches so it will fit the entire front of card, rather than being smaller on each side. For complete scoring and cutting information, please see the tutorial.
I just love this pretty paper from K&Company and thought it would be perfect for this card. For my Cricut cuts, I used Sweethearts cartridge. The little Cupid is found on page 33 and is cut 3 1/2 inches. I run it through the Cuttlebug Swiss Dots for a little dimension.

The insert of the card is cut 3 3/4 x 5 1/4 inches..I used a white textured cardstock for the paper. The pink dotted paper is cut 3 1/2 x 5 and layered on the white mat. The hearts are also from the Sweethearts cartridge page 72 and cut at 2 3/4 inches. I used several patterned papers to complete the heart.
I cut two strips of the white textured paper so I could use the Martha Stewart Lace Heart edge punch on one side of each of the criss cross sections.  Each strip was trimmed to fit the longer side and then glued on top of the designer paper. A punched strip was also glued between the pieces of the insert card.
Cupid is pop-dotted and I used lots of Martha Stewart inking!!
Making this card was so much fun and I am loving the results! Hope you enjoy my card!

We are happy to have Peachy Keen Stamps as our sponsor this week. Now it is your turn to play along with us! Please submit your new paper project and join the fun!

Love you! Paper Playtime Challenge #34

 

Hello and welcome to my blog today! Today at Paper Playtime, our fun Challenge #34 is to use the word LOVE on our project. With Valentine's Day fast approaching, I decided to make a Valentine's Day card. I started with a 6 1/2 x 5 inches white cardstock card. The gorgeous designer papers are from K&Company. I love pink and green and whenever I saw this paper I thought it would be pretty for my card.

The background paper is cut 6 1/4 x 4 3/4 inches. The label and words are cut from Cricut Lite Lacy Labels cartridge using all 4 features and each cut at 4 inches. This is the first image on the first row of the cartridge. Isn't it a pretty cut! The white paper is a pretty metallic shimmer from Recollections Winter. The white lace strip under the label is cut using the Martha Stewart Doily Lace Trim edge punch.

                                                                            

For the inside of my card, I used the heart patterned paper for the background. Martha Stewart Lace Punch is used on one end of the paper and then the paper is mounted on the strip of pink striped paper. The sentiment "Be My Valentine" is cut at 10 inches using Cricut Wild Card. This is the phrase feature and can be found on page 67.         

Hope you enjoy my card! Now it is your turn to play along with us. Submit any new paper project and use the word Love on your project. You have until midnight Saturday to enter your project.. We look forward to seeing your projects!

Our sponsor this week is http://www.michellesscrap.com/  and she is offering a $10.00 gift certificate. Thank you Michelle!

                                                  

Winter Frolic Skater

Good morning everyone! The day has arrived!! I am so happy to share my card made for my first challenge as a Paper Playtime Queen!

Our challenge this week is to use Faces on our project. I am using the Snow Cuties 1 1/8 from our sponsor this week Peachy Keen Stamps.  I love these stamps! Making a winter card, I chose the girl skater on page 40 of Cricut Winter Frolic. The cut is 4 1/4 inches, a size that I thought was ok for the size of the face stamp after I slightly offset the placement of the cap. Using the Cuttlebug Swiss Dots folder, I embossed her pink jacket and cap.

The card is 6 1/2 X 5 white cardstock. Each of the pink side strips is cut 2 X 5 inches and embossed with the Snowflakes folder. The white mat is cut 5 X 5 inches and layered with the printed word paper which is cut 4 3/4 X 5. I added a couple of snowflakes also from Winter Frolic page 28 which are cut 1 1/4 and 1 3/4 inches.

Doesn't the little skater look happy! Maybe she is smiling at those pink snowflakes!!

Inside the card, I added more cuts from page 40 of Winter Frolic. Winter Wonderland is the phrase feature cut at 2 inches. The little girl skaters is the border feature cut at 1 1/4 inches. Martha Stewart Aspen Snowflake punch is used on the corners. 

Winter Folic is a great cartridge. Beacuse it was so close to Christmas when I bought it, I have made only a few cards with it. I am enjoying it and all the different features!



Hope you enjoy my card! I had so much fun making this one!

Now it is your turn to hop over to Paper Playtime and  check out the beautiful projects from all the talented Queens and leave some love! We would love to see your paper projects! You have until midnight EST Sunday Jan. 9 to play along and for the chance to win a great prize from our sponsor!

Thank you for visiting today! I appreciate your comments!

Snowlady for a Red Hatter

Just had to make another snowlady for our Red Hat Society Christmas party today! Recently I was the winner of Peachy Keen face stamps at the Grand Opening Launch of Flaunt it Fridays. How great is that!! I was so excited to receive the stamps this week and anxious to play! Thank you again ladies!!

This is my first time to play with face stamps so I stamped several times to get the feel of everything and to determine size of the snowlady. I enjoy the results and now I may have to put a face on everything!

Card size is 5 1/2 x 4 1/4. An early Santa gift to myself is the Winter Frolic cartridge! I cut the snowman on page 29 using the regular cut and  shift on the layer feature at 3 1/2 inches. Cut the shadow in blue.

Cuttlebug folders are Sledding, Swiss Dots, and Divine Swirls. Martha Stewart punch is Swirling Lace.

Challenge:

Paper Playtime - # 29 Snowmen  --- Hope my snowlady is ok!!

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Red Hat Snowlady Purse



I had so much fun making this purse using a Red Hat Society theme for one of my friends. The purse is cut from Forever Young at 5 inches. Recently my friend Sharon sent me a Red Hat purse that she made and filled it with yummy cookies. I just love it and thought my Red Hat friends would like a purse too, maybe filled with a few trinkets or candy!!

The challenge at Fantabulous Cricut is Gifts Galore--make a handmade gift or gift package. This will be my entry for the challenge!

I wanted to also participate at the new Flaunt it Fridays 1st challenge which is the snowman cut on page 29 of Winter Frolic. Not having that cartridge I used Winter Woodland for my snowlady- page 47, cut 3 inches. Of course a Red Hatter wears red and purple and loves bling, so I used these colors for her hat and scarf and covered the snowlady with diamond Stickles. She really sparkles!

I just love it when I can participate in several challenges with my project. This week at Paper Playtime, the challenge is Snowflakes. Oh! I do need snowflakes for my snowlady!! The two large snowflakes are cut from Winter Woodland page 35, one is cut 1 1/2 and the smaller one is 1 1/4 inches. To add more snowflakes, I used the reverse cut from a Martha Stewart Snowflake edge punch. I added the stickles to the snowflakes and added a couple of red gemstones.To finish the purse, I wrapped shiny red tinsel around the handles and added the words "ooh la la" which were cut from Forever Young at 1/2 inch. Now can a Red Hat Lady resist this purse!!

Be sure to visit the great blogs for inspiration --you still have time to enter your project.

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Thanksgiving / Thank you



This week at Jitterbuggin', the theme is Let's Give Thanks. Sheri asked us to make Thank You cards. Rules include follow the sketch, add a cricut cut, and emboss something. This is Thanksgiving week and I am truly blessed and have many reasons to be thankful -- family, friends, good health! I am thankful for all my new friends in blogging land and my friends on the Cricut Messageboard!! Wishing each of you a very Happy Thanksgiving!

With the pretty Fall colors, my background paper has many words representing Thanksgiving....fall leaves, Family, Happy Thanksgiving, pumpkin pie, etc. And I had to cover most of the words!!

Card size is 4 1/4 x 5 1/2.

Cricut cartridges:

Walk in my Garden - Sunflower

Lacey Florals - Thanks and ovals.

Cuttlebug - Swiss dots on sunflower and Bloom and Dots on background mat.

Challenges:

Jitterbuggin' - follow sketch, cricut cut, and embossing

My Sheri Crafts - #32 Harvest / Thanksgiving

Fantabulous Cricut - #37 Thankful For

Gaby Abby Challenge - Thanksgiving

Paper Playtime - #26 Thank You

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