Happy Birthday Frog!

Welcome to Glenda's Cards!

Monday was a very rainy day around my neck of the woods! Thankfully we were not in the hardest hit areas receiving 6" to 10" rain. My thoughts and prayers go out to those folks. 

My Cricut machine was busy working on a birthday card for a young boy. Card measures 5" x 6 1/2" white cardstock. Patterned papers and the white papers are Colorbok. I was inspired by the current challenge at BBTB2 to play with a frog!

Cricut Cartridges:

Disney Pooh and Friends - Balloon is cut 3" high.

Doodlecharms - Birthday hat is cut .78" wide, 1.07" high. I thought the little frog needed a hat!

Gypsy Wanderings - Happy birthday is used inside and cut 4.25" wide.

Paper Doll Dress Up - Frog is cut 3" high. We have so many green frogs around my house. One night recently, I was actually frog hunting in my kitchen...thought I never would get that green jumping critter outside! This Cricut frog image seemed best suited for my little fella!

Plantin Schoolbook - White oval is cut 3.17" wide, 4.22" high.

Something to Celebrate- Celebrate Banner is cut 3.75" wide.

Cuttlebug:

Swiss Dots - Balloon

Happy Birthday - White oval mat. The white oval mat is on an Action Wobble...just a bit more fun for the birthday boy! I was unable to get a photo of the wobble on the card. Each time I tried to capture the movement, the mat would be in place again.

Just a Note -- When I searched for Frog in the Cricut Explore Image search, the frog on Paper Doll Dress Up did not show up. I noticed the frog later while looking through the PDDU cartridge.

Challenge:

BBTB2 - Cricut Frog

 Thanks for your visit and comment!

Re-post - Red and Purple Mother's Day Side Step

Recently I posted this card that I made for a Red Hat Lady but unfortunately during the time that blogger was down for a couple of days, it disappeared AND never came back. This card is the same design and uses the same size Cricut cuts as the pink/lavender card which you can view here . Just wanted to share how it looks with red and purple! Hmm--I like both color combos!

Mother's Day Side Step Card

I really like to make the side step cards and I thought this would be a nice Mother's Day card for my mother-in-law. She loves working in her flower gardens and has such beautiful flowers.

The card starts with a piece of blue Colorbok cardstock cut at 5 1/2 x 8 1/2. Mary at Cardz TV has an excellent tutorial for making a side step card.

Cricut cartridges:

Bloom - Fence 2 cut 3 3/4, Flower box 1 cut at 1 3/4 (purple flower box), Flower box 2 cut at 2 inches ( pink flower box)

Lacy Labels - Hello label cut at 3 1/4 inches. This is the second cut on the second row.

Mother's Day 2010 - Happy Mother's Day cut 2 1/2 inches.

Paper Doll Dress Up - Grass on page 78 (Tab feature using the shift key) cut at 1 1/4 inches. I trimmed some of lower edge so it would not be so tall. Hat on page 38 cut using the flip function at 3 inches.

Walk In My Garden - Shovel on page 106 cut 1 1/2 inches.

Cuttlebug Folders:

Distressed stripes - fence

Swiss Dots - hat and white label

Lots of inking, some faux stitching, and pop dots for dimension complete the card.

I have trouble trying to photograph these card styles. I am posting a photo to show the side steps.

Challenges:

My Sheri Crafts - Mother's Day

Celebrate the Occasion - Mother's Day

Die Cuttin' Divas - Mother's Day

Fantabulous Cricut - Mom's the Word - use the word Mom, Mum, Mother, etc.

Cooking with Cricut - Spring Flowers

Craft Us Crazy - Mother's Day and/or Flowers

Scrapbookaholic By Abby - Mother's Day and add Faux stitching

Hope you enjoy!

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.

Pumpkins for Sale

I have been having so much fun in the pumpkin patch! Gathered a few more and made another fall card using Sherri's pretty sketch from Jitterbuggin' Sketch 21- the Pumpkin Patch.

The card is 5 X 6 1/2 and has several layers of paper according to the sketch. Paper is from the two-sided paper pack that I used on my Fall/Window card. I just love this paper!! I needed a little farmer boy to help sell these pumpkins so he is from Everyday Paper Dolls cartridge.

Cricut Cartridges:

Everyday Paper Dolls - Leaves cut varying sizes 1 to 2 1/2 inches; Farmer cut 2 3/4 inches

Paper Doll Dress Up - Fence cut 1/12 inch   Can you see the fence--I almost covered it!!!

Stretch Your Imagination - Pumpkins cut varying sizes 3/4 to 2 inches

Create a Critter - Wagon (oops I do not have the size), Flag cut at 1 1/2--- To make a sign, I cut off the flag part and handcut the background paper for the placement of the price.

Cricut Pooh Font Set -- font and numbers

Cuttlebug folders: Houndstooth-Fence; Divine Swirls-Pumpkins; Diamonds in the Rough-white background

Ink and lots of pop dots to create the layers. Added a little rafia bow.

Paper: Recollections Autumn pack

Challenges:

Jitterbuggin' - Follow sketch; at least one pumpkin; emboss something, any type/any way; include Cricut cut

The Cuttlebug Spot --- Fall

Maybe I can find more challenges using Fall theme!!

Wow! Another great challenge to enter my card is Getting Cricky's Fall Blessing Challenge  Be sure to check out her great blog!! The challenge is Fall and she will be giving away a Cricut Cartridge Boys Will Be Boys!!

Hope you enjoy this one! Thanks for looking and I appreciate all your comments!!

Miss Red Hatter Owl

This is the first time for me to cut an owl and I wanted to make a Red Hat owl. After trying on several hats of different sizes and still could not get the perfect fit, Miss Red Hat Owl chose this one and flew away to the party!

Cricut crartridges:

Storybook - Owl cut 3 inches

Paper Doll Dress Up - Hat cut 5 1/2 inches

Heritage - Red accent piece cut 3/4 (Owl is perched on this cut)

Martha Stewart - Pop-up water lily -flower on hat. The red and purple random daisies on the background were the reverse cut from the daisy dot edge punch.
Cuttlebug - Swiss dots on hat.

Right corner is cut with Fiskars corner edger-Nostalgia.

Eyes are from clearance Valentine pack. Stickles, pop-dots and of course a feather!

Challenge: Bitten By The Bug 2 --Storybook owl

Hope this makes you smile today!
Thanks for looking  and comments are always appreciated!

A Sweet Thank You

 

                                                

Happy World Card Making Day everyone!

Recently my Red Hat Sisters and I enjoyed a day of fun and shopping in the historic downtown district of our Main Street Community. At one of the shops we were greeted with a fabulous presentation of food and drinks. A little birdie told the lady we would be dropping by! That was so sweet of her!

Using a sketch from RAQ'S Inspirational Challenge 9/29-10/6, my card is a Thank You card for this friend! I enjoy doing fun cards with a Red Hat theme using Cricut cuts and Cuttlebug folders! I just received Cricut Create a Critter cartridge and knew the cow would be a perfect cut for a collector!

Cricut Cartridges:
Create a Critter- Cow cut 2 1/2 inches. This is my first cut using this cartridge and I found that Layer 1 and Layer 2 are reversed on the cuts. Hope other cuts are not this way! Finally cut a cow!!
Everyday Paper Dolls - Hat cut 3 3/4 inch.
Paper Doll Dress Up - Grass cut 1 1/2 inch; Fence cut 1 1/2 inch

A Child's Year - Sweet Balloon cut 4 inch in Red and handcut purple to go under it.

Lovely Floral---Another new cart! Thank you cut 2 1/4 inch in green and shift at the same size in red.

Cuttlebug folders:
Swiss Dots - Hat
Diamonds in the Rough -- Purple background
Houndstooth - Fence

Martha Stewart: Ink and Daisy Dot Edge Punch (small flowers on background are the cutouts from a previous card)
Added a bow using DMC thread to tie the balloon to the cow's tail. Pop-dotted the fence.
Paper- Paper Studio

                                                         Inside of  Card

Challenges: Cuttlebug Challenges  Create a favorite card with a favorite technique and send it to friend just because.

Thank you for visiting today! Your comments are appreciated!

"D-Lish" Apples

Autumn is here!

This card is made using Sketch 18- An Apple a Day at Jitterbuggin'. We are challenged to follow the sketch, use red / green / yellow, add something black, include an apple, and of course, use a cricut cut.

Because of my limited papers in these colors, this proved to be a challenge. But slowly, the yellow came together and I am pleased with the outcome of the card.

Cricut cartridges: WIMG - Wheelbarrow and Sign

                           ACY -    Apples and Scallop background

                           PDDU -  Hat

                           FY     -   Gloves and sentiment "d-lish" 

                                        (Hmm-- using FY on a Harvest theme!!)

Fiskars scallop paper edgers, Paper Studio- Spare Part for the yellow brad on sign, Recollections- Autumn Day ribbon-saying is Gratitude, Recollection gem on hat. Hat is pop-dotted off the sign.

Paper- Colorbok -white and black. Red, green and plaid are Christmas papers and yellow is unknown.

At Fantabulous Cricut, the challenge this week is In My Garden "Harvest Time". View the pretty projects by the talented design team for inspiration.

Also, I will enter this card at My Sheri Crafts. Challenge #23 is Autumn. Love the fall theme! I think apple gathering will fit the challenge. The talented DT have pretty projects for inspiration!

Enjoy and thanks for looking!