My Sheri Crafts - Ch. 175 Bold Color

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It is time again for another fun challenge at My Sheri Crafts. Ch. 175 is Bold Color. Our design team sister Sue asked us to use bold color. Needing some treat boxes for Red Hat Ladies, I chose to use Red and Purple.

Cricut Cartridges:
Victorian Romance - Valentine Heart Cone Box is cut 8.25" wide.
Sweethearts - Cupid tag is cut 2.75" high.

I added red crinkle ribbon from Karen at Little Scrap Pieces. I think my friends will enjoy these!

Visit My Sheri Crafts to see all the wonderful projects by the design team. For more information, please visit the individual blogs.

Now it is your turn to play along with us. We look forward to seeing your projects!

Thanks for your visits and comments!

Valentine - Pop-Up Box Card

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I have seen pretty Pop-Up Box Cards and decided it was time for me to try this pretty card style. I followed the tutorial on Split Coast Stampers to make the box. Papers are from K&Company Valentine paper pads-- left over papers from previous projects. After making the box, it was fun time using my Cricut to cut the pretty Valentine images!

Cricut Cartridges:

Create a Critter 2 - Chocolate Box is cut 1.75" wide.

Disney Princess Dreams Come True - Double Hearts cut 1.50" wide.

Valentine's Day - Heart with the word Valentine written on banner is cut 2.75" wide. Valentine was written using the Write feature.
Feb 14 is cut 3" wide.
Heart of roses is cut 2.25" wide. I cut two of these - used one on each side flap.

Phrases - True Love Valentine is cut 2.25" wide. 

Sweethearts - Love heart stamp is cut 1.75" wide. 

The two Hearts of roses, True Love Valentine, and Feb 14 are pop-dotted on the card flaps. Some of the images inside the box area were attached to strips of acetate which allows them to move slightly when the card is opened.

Side views of the pop-up box card.

Folded card.

I am pleased with my first Pop-Up Box Card. Of course, it is pinks and hearts, two of my favorite things! I think this will be my Valentine Card!!

Challenges:

BBTB2 - Valentine Hearts
Crafty Creations Challenge - Ch 308 Hearts
Decorate to Celebrate - Ch. 3 Anything goes
Die Cuttin Divas  Ch. 252 Love

DL.ART - February Linky
Double D Challenges - Pretty Pink Hearts
In the Pink - With Love in Pink
My Time to Craft -  Ch 314 Love is all Around
Simply Create Too -  Ch 102 Love or Valentine

Thank you for your visits and comments!

My Sheri Crafts - Ch. 174 Be My Valentine

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Yay! It is Saturday and that means it is time for a new and fun challenge at My Sheri Crafts! This week our design team sister Sandy is the hostess for Ch. 174 Be My Valentine. We are to use the colors, pink, white, or red! You may know by now, that I love pink so this challenge is perfect for me!

My project begins with a reversible paper of two pretty shades of pink from a Keepsake Essentials 12" x 12" Paper Pack. Guess I held on to it long enough!!

Cricut Cartridges:

Valentine's Day - Dear to my Heart card is cut 21.46" wide x 8.58" high. This image also includes an envelope. My folded card measures approximately 3.75" x 5.50". Just looking at the card in Cricut Design Space before it is loaded into the project page, I did not see all the pretty pen work on the heart and edges of the card. I thought Wow when the card actually loaded.

Sweetheart - Heart Petal Flowers are cut 1" wide and four at 1.25" wide. I cut these flowers from the reversed side of the paper for a little more interest.

Winter Frolic - Swirls are cut 3.50" wide without the shadow image.

Pink Crinkle Ribbon is from Karen at Little Scrap Pieces. Love this pink!

Photo of card opened out.

Card is only two shades of pink but my camera did not do well with the photographs.

 Closed card and envelope.

Now it is your turn to play along with us! Visit My Sheri Crafts to see all the pretty pink, white, and red projects. For more information on the projects, please visit the individual blogs! 

We look forward to seeing your projects!

Challenges:
CARDZ TV - Ch 1 Valentine's Day Card
My Time To Craft  -  Ch. 314 Love is all around
DL.ART   -   Ch.173 Anything Valentine

Decorate To Celebrate - Ch. 2 Anything Goes
Cut It Up - Ch. 88  Love is in the air --must include a heart

I am pleased with the results of this card! Hope you enjoy! Thanks for your visits and comments!

Another Floral Card

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Sadly and too quickly, I had to make another sympathy card. I used the same floral card image that I shared recently using the Cricut Anna's Cards and Embellishment cartridge. On the previous card, I used a pretty floral pattern paper as the liner behind the rose. This card is for one of my Red Hat friends who lost her husband. I chose to use this pretty purple paper behind the rose. The purple paper is double-sided with lavender made by The Paper Company. It has several colors of fibers running through the paper. Do you see the red? I just had to purchase all these pretty papers that the store had and they were on sale too! Of course, it was not too many left to be bought!

Card is cut 7" high from white cardstock and measures 5" x 7".  I added the word Love on the front of the card. That image is found on Cricut Sweethearts. Inside I used the lavender side of the paper.

The sentiment is also found on Anna's Cards and Embellishment cartridge. 

The first card can be seen here. Just a change of paper can make a completely different card!

Thanks for stopping by!

Day 13 - Valentines Cone Boxes

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I have been playing with more pretty K&Company double-sided Valentine papers. I enjoy working on Valentine's Day cards and projects!

Cricut cartridges:
Victorian Romance - Cone box is cut 8.25"h.
Sweethearts - Love heart tag is cut 2.5"h.

The cone boxes and heart layers are quickly cut with the Cricut Explore.The machine also cuts out the intricate cuts very well! The score marks for folding are not easily seen on patterned paper, but I managed the fold.

I made several of the cone boxes which will be used for treat boxes. I added candy inside each box and some of the boxes have pencils added too. I decided not to add the little love tag on all the boxes. Some boxes are for adults and some are for children.

Challenges:
CardzTV - 3D Valentine's Treats
Decorate to Celebrate - Ch. 93 Anything goes -3D
DieCuttinDivas - Ch. 202 Picture Inspiration
FCCB - Ch. 244 - Valentine's Day

Thanks for your visits and comments!

Day 6 - Valentine's Day Cards

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Another day of sharing cards made using the Cricut digital images Valentine's Day Cards. This is Cricut Valentine's Day 21. Using the Explore, the card was cut from white Colorbok cardstock at 5.5" h. You may recognize the background patterned paper. Yes, I had a piece of paper left over from a previous card project, so I thought it was a good liner for this card. I hand cut a small piece of pink paper and glued behind the cut outs of the flower. Some of these cards can be used for different purposes other than Valentines. I will need an anniversary card later this month and I will be using this card for that purpose.

 

Inside of card!

Cricut Sweethearts cartridge- Happy Anniversary cut at 3.75"wide.

Cricut Birthday Bash cartridge - Lots of Love image cut 3.50" height.

The cut outs hearts were the reverse cut of the card previously made with the designer paper.

Now for another Valentine card which I made for a grandson. My grandsons are not too much into hearts and Valentine images so I think this will work.

The above card is Cricut Valentine's Day 09. It is cut from We R Memory Keepers double-sided cardstock that I have had a long time. It is cut at 5.5" width. I really like the look of the blue washed paper.

 Inside of card!

Cricut Classic Font is used for the I heart you image.  I think this will be ok for a guy especially if there is money inside!

Hope you have been enjoying the Valentine's Day Cards that I have been sharing for the past few days! Thanks for stopping by!

 

My Sheri Crafts - Ch 103 Valentines

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It is February already and time to work on those Valentine projects! Our challenge this week at
My Sheri Crafts will help you get started. For Challenge 103 our design team member Michelle has chosen Valentines - show some love to the ones you love. For my project I decided to try making a Valentines banner!

Cricut Cartridges:

Pretty Pendants - Banner Scallop 1 (second image on first row) is cut from Red Recollections cardstock at 5.5". Heart image is the seventh image of first row. It is cut at 5.5" from Colorbok white cardstock.

Storybook - The letters for the word LOVE are cut 1.50 from white cardstock.

Sweethearts - Page 33 - Cupid is cut 4". One cupid is cut using the flip feature.

Mother's Day Bouquet - Various flower images are cut at varying sizes and layered.

A small red heart shape brad secures the Recollections Floral Embellishments at the top of the banner to the red printed ribbon.

Be sure to visit My Sheri Crafts to see all the pretty Valentines projects by our talented design team and our guest designer. For more information about the projects, please visit the inidividual blogs and don't forget to leave a little love! Now it is your turn to play along with us! We look forward to seeing your Valentines projects! Remember several Ooh La La awards are given and one person will be chosen to be our next guest designer.

Seems I have been away for most of January and have not been able to keep up with blogging and commenting. I am glad my project was done earlier. We are having a lot of sickness in my family. My mother had surgery but  is recovering well. My husband has been ill and was hospitalized for over a week. Hopefully he will be much better soon. Thank you for your prayers!

Challenges:
Crafty Creations Challenges - Ch 207 Anything But a Card
Die Cuttin Divas - Ch 100 Anything Goes
DL.ART - Ch 102 - Pink or Red Challenge ends 02/05/13
Simply Create Too - Ch 30 - Valentine's Day/Hearts
The Sisterhood of Crafters - Hearts
Whimsical Designs -  All About Love

BBTB2 - Fly Away

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It is Monday again and time for another fun and inspirational challenge at BBTB2! Our talented design team sister Jeri is the hostess this week and she chose the challenge Fly Away. We are asked to use a hot air balloon or if you do not have a cartridge with one, you can use an airplane!

I did an image search in the Cricut Craft Room and quickly discovered that I had only one cartridge with a hot air balloon. That is Victorian Romance cartridge. I know the cartridge is more of a Valentine theme, but I choose to make a "love you" or anniversary card.

Card is 5" x 6 1/2" cut from Bazzill Ruby Slipper. Musical paper is from Hobby Lobby. Do you remember the song Up, Up, and Away in my beautiful balloon. Well, I have been singing the song while making the card (and each time I look at the card), so I thought the musical background would work well! Now are you singing it too!

Cricut Cartridges:

Victorian Romance - Hot air balloon is cut 3.75".

Sweethearts - Page 35 Couple is cut 1.375". I chose to cut the image in black for a silhouette effect.

Elegant Edges - Page 41 Oblong feature for the white and red mats...needed more hearts! I used the cut out white hearts for the card corners.

Plantin Schoolbook- Letters for Up Up & Away cut .75 from white and red paper using the main and shift images.

Cuttlebug: Swiss Dots

Other supplies include 3Girl Jam ribbon, pop-dots on the mats, red rhinestones in the corner, and red inking.

Stop by BBTB2 and see all the gorgeous creations by the design team! For more details, please visit each individual blog! Don't forget to leave a little love- we appreciate your visits and love comments too!

Now it is your turn to play along with us! Remember this is a Cricut challenge and the specified image must be a Cricut cut. It can be from any Cricut cartridge. We look forward to seeing what you create using a hot air balloon or airplane if you do not have the balloon cut.

Thanks for your visits and comments!

Vacation Time

For My Sheri Crafts design team post, please click here or scroll down!

Welcome to Glenda's Cards!

Today I am sharing a card that was inspired by the Papercraft Star challenge. The challenge is to use a map on your project. I found the map paper in my scrap box and decided to go with a travel theme. Some of my family are enjoying a week at the beach...another fun vacation before school starts again.

Card is 6 1/2 x 5" cut from a blue Colorbok cardstock. All papers are from the scrap box! I have been trying to use more scrap papers, but I still have a big stash!

Cricut Cartridges:

Pack Your Bags: Page 23 Car is cut 2.25".
Page 22 Phrase "Are we there yet?" is cut 1.75".
It is quite a long drive from my area to the beach and I know my grandkids asked that question several times! I just had to use it for the inside of the card.

Phrases - Page 51 Phrase "Vacation Time" is cut 2.25".
Sweethearts- Page 74 White mat on inside of the card is cut 3.75. This was a cut that was not needed for a previous project.

Other supplies include yellow buttons from my stash on the wheels. Both the car and the phrase are pop-dotted for added dimension. VersaMagic Gingerbread inking.

Inside of card

Challenge:

Papercraft Star - Challenge 106 - Maps

Thanks for your visits and comments!

My Sheri Crafts Ch. 77 New Things!

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It is time for another fun challenge at My Sheri Crafts! For Challenge 77, design team member Michelle chose the theme "New Things"! We are asked to include new crafting items that we may have received on our project or maybe use a new technique. I enjoyed working with a new card style technique. When you look at the front of the card, it does resemble the Triangle Trifold. However, when it is opened, you see that it is a Six-Fold Card. The inspiring tutorial can be found at SplitCoastStampers.

The base of the card is made from a 8"x 12" piece of white cardstock. Please view the tutorial to see the scoring, cutting, and folding instructions. My designer papers are from K&Company Kelly Panacci Valentine that was bought last year. In fact, most of the papers are left over scraps from last year's Valentine projects.

Cricut Cartridges:

Ribbons and Rosettes - This is one of my newest cartridges and only the second time for me to use it. I love all the beautiful rosette and border cuts that are available. The Heart rosette is on page 35. It was cut at 1.50" in the Cricut Craft Room and cut 6 times.

Elegant Edges - Page 50 -Circle 2 was cut 3.528" x 3.50" from white cardstock. I used this cut for the background mat for the rosette. Same cut using pattened paper for the mat under the word Love.
Sweethearts - Page 34 - Love is cut 1.75", Page 73- Heart flowers (6 petals) and shadow cut 1.25". I used only one of the flowers cut using the shift key for the flower at top of card. It is cut at 1.75". 

Other supplies are pink inking, Stickles Diamond on the flower centers, pink heart gemstone, and pop dots for the rosette. Happy Valentine's Day is one of the dollar wooden stamps from Michael's.

After my card was finished, I realized the triangles on the card front were in different direction than those shown on the tutorial. Hmm, I turned my paper the wrong way! Well, guess I added my own little twist because it works fine for me! Because of the thickness of the layers, I chose to do a band to go around the card rather than a ribbon.

Hope you enjoy my project trying to learn a new card technique.
Now it is your turn to play with us at My Sheri Crafts. Be sure to visit the designers to see all the great projects they have created for the challenge. We look forward to seeing your projects with new items or maybe a new technique. Remember one person will be selected to be the next guest designer and several Ooh La La awards are given!

Challenges:
The Paper Variety - Fan fold embellishments  (I used Cricut Ribbons and Rosettes cartridge.)
Docerela Creations - Ch 5 Valentine's-use a Cricut cut
Crafty Creations Challenges - Ch. 153 Valentine theme
Whimsical Designs - Anything Goes
Simply Create Too - Ch 5 Love Is In The Air

A Valentine Side Step Card

I enjoy learning new techniques and card styles. Today I am sharing a Side Step card that is made for a few challenges. Mary at CARDZ TV has an excellent video sharing the step by step cutting directions for a side step card.  Thank you Mary for your great videos!

After cutting, scoring, and turning the card, the steps on my card are on the left side! Most cards have the steps on the right side. I must have goofed, but I thought it looked ok, so I am using it.  Now to decorating, I needed hearts, flowers, the word Love and also Love/Valentine theme! The double-sided paper is K&Company....I love the pack of paper. I used Cricut Sweethearts cartridge for the hearts, flower, and word Love. Hearts are on page 72 and using the regular and layer cuts are 2 3/4 inches. Flower is on page 73 and is cut at 2 inches using the regular and layer features. The word Love is on page 34 and using the regular and shadow features is cut at 1 1/2 inches. I chose to use Cricut Lacy Labels cartridge for the label and words. The label is the first image on line 1 and is cut 3 1/2 inches. The words Love You are with this label. Because I used the word Love from Sweethearts cartridge, I chose to use the words "you & me". This image is the second one on line 4. The words were also cut at 3 1/2 inches.

The label is embossed using the Cuttlebug Hearts folder and Swiss Dot folder is used on one heart background. To add a bit of lace look, I cut strips using the Martha Stewart Lace Heart punch and glued the strips on each step and top of main piece. Wouldn't you know it! I covered up most of the lace trim!! Lots of Martha Stewart pink ink, a pearl gemstone, and pop-dots complete my card!

For my first side step card, I think it turned out ok! What do you think?

Challenges:

The Cuttlebug Spot -- Step Cards

My Sheri Crafts -- #44 Valentine's/Love

Cooking with Cricut -- C-16 Hearts/Flowers

Fantabulous Cricut -- Word Love on Project

Hope you enjoy! Thanks for your visits and comments!

"You Say It's Your Birthday" Blog Hop

If you are looking for my Paper Playtime post, please scroll on down after this post!


Yes! It is your birthday! Happy Birthday Ashley!! Wishing you a wonderful day!!

Hi everyone and thanks for joining me today for the "You Say It's Your Birthday" Blog Hop! If you arrived at my blog from talented Elsa of Cricutlvr, then you are in the right place. If not, and you would like to start at the beginning, please click here.

Many thanks to my talented friend, Erika, of Cricut Love for inviting me to participate in this special event. Erika has planned the hop to celebrate her daughter Ashley's birthday. Isn't this so sweet and exciting! The theme of the hop is quite exciting too! Erika's love for music by the Beatles has been instilled into her children. For this hop, Erika asked each of us to make a project based on a song by the Beatles!  Whoo hoo! I love the Beatles! I was a teenager when the Beatles made their first appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show! That has been a few years ago! lol!
I had a hard time choosing between so many great songs. I decided to use the song "Love Me Do".

The card is 5 1/2 x 4 1/4 white cardstock. I cut a piece of the pretty K&Company paper at 5 1/2 x 4 1/4 and layered it on the card. For the white mat, I cut a piece of white textured cardstock 5 1/4 x 4 inches and run it through the Cuttlebug using the Allergo folder. I love how the music notes look on the paper! All my Cricut cuts are from Cricut cartridge Sweethearts. The Love stamp is found on page 49 and is cut at 3 inches. The scallop heart is on page 72 and is cut at 2 1/4 inches. The small red heart is the heart that is cut out of the stamp. For the words, I cut Marry Me which is on page 46 using the shadow cut at 1 1/2 inch. I discarded the Marry for this project. I Do is on page 60 and was cut using the shadow cut at 1/2 inch. Just used the word Do on my project. Now I have the words of my song---Love Me Do!! Used lots of Martha Stewart inking and some foam dots to add dimension.

Ok, for a little blog candy! I will be giving away this pretty Martha Stewart set of leaf and branch clear stamps to one of my followers. To be eligible to win, you must be a follower of my blog and leave a comment on this post. Also, please leave a way to contact you if you should be the lucky winner! US mailing address only.

The winner will be announced Wednesday, so please check back!

I hope you enjoy my card  "Love Me Do"! I appreciate your visits and your kind comments.

We want to say Thank You to our fabulous sponsors for the grand prizes. Remember to be eligible for the grand prizes you must leave a comment on each blog. You will have today (Monday) and Tuesday to participate in the blog hop! Winners will be announced on Wednesday.

Our sponsors are:

Peachy Keen Stamps - Wide eyed kids face assortment
Cricutmachine.com  - Simply charmed cartridge
Kich N Bleus- February release
40:31 creations - Love stamp set

Next you will visit talented Heather at Princess Paper Projects. I know she has a great project for you!

Here is a list of the talented ladies participating in the blog hop.

Erika
http://www.cricutlove1.blogspot.com/

Abby-
http://www.scrapbookaholicbyabby.com/

Janis-
http://www.pausedreamenjoy.blogspot.com/

Sandra-
http://www.365daysofcricut.blogspot.com/

Raven-
http://www.love4stamps.blogspot.com/

Carley-
http://www.the-real-icarley.blogspot.com/

Lauren-
http://www.laurenscraps.blogspot.com/

Stephanie-
http://www.alwayscrafting.com/

Jess-
http://www.myscrapdiary-jess.blogspot.com/

Corri-
http://www.buglvr.blogspot.com/

Jennifer-
http://www.kozfam5.blogspot.com/

Melissa-
http://www.apaperjourney.blogspot.com/

Lisa-
http://www.crop-and-create.blogspot.com/

Elsa-
http://www.cricutlvr.blogspot.com/

Glenda-
http://www.glendascards.blogspot.com/    ME

Heather-
http://www.princesspaperprojects.blogspot.com/

Cheryl-
http://www.pinkandpaper.blogspot.com/

Melin-
http://www.cookingwithcricut.blogspot.com/

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!

Flaunt It Fridays - Paper Pups Challenge

Hi everyone! It is Friday and time for another fun challenge at Flaunt It Fridays. Challenge #9 is to use the dog and cat border feature on the Cricut Paper Pups cartridge. This is found on page 104. I do not have this cartridge and I want to say many thanks to my talented design team friend Pam for making the cut for me. The cut is 2 1/2 inches. She hid the inside with the Gyspy and made the solid background. The hearts are cut at 1 1/2 and 1 inch. Wanting to use a Valentine theme, I was so excited to receive the cut and see the gorgeous paper she used on the cat and dog. Aren't the Peachy Keen eyes so cute? I just love it!!

My background paper is from K&Company and is layered on a 6 1/2 x 5 white card. An EK punch was used to make the corners at top of the card. I cut the phrase "You & Me" from the Cricut Sweethearts cartridge. This image is on page 39 and is cut at 2 inches on the regular cut and shadow cut. It is pop-dotted on the card. I recently bought the Sweethearts cartridge and I am loving all the pretty cuts. The hearts are also pop-dotted.

Hope you enjoy my card! Now it is your turn to Flaunt your project with us! If you do not have the cartridge, you may use a similar cut from another cartridge. We would love to see your card, layout, altered project, etc. You have one week to summit your entry. Hope to see you there!

Present for you

Hi everyone! Hope your weekend is going great! As I am needing several more Valentines, I wanted to do this card using the Jitterbuggin' challenge this week. This week, using any sketch, our cards are to be based on brown and only one other accent color. Also we must add a bow somewhere on the card. The pretty brown and pink polka dot paper from Paper Pizazz caught my eye and I knew my accent color would be pink. My favorite color--why not! The polka dot paper is layered on top of the white 6 1/2 X 5 inches card. I continued with more paper layers. Martha Stewart Lace Heart is used on two sides of the pink paper from K&Company Valentine pack. The cream/polka dot paper is from Paper Studio Mirabelle paper pack and is embossed with the Cuttlebug Hearts folder. I used the Martha Stewart scoreboard to score lines on the paper and mounted it on the solid brown paper which also was scored on each side.

Cricut cartridge:

Sweethearts- Puppy on page 44 is cut 3 inches; brown/pink polka dot paper bow is cut 1 1/4 inches found on page 55 and the sentiment For you is cut 1 1/2 inches found on page 52.

I added pink heart gemstones for the eyes and little pink bow for a little more detail on the puppy. Pop-dotted the puppy. Lots of inking and used white Gelly roll pen for the accents.

Hope you enjoy! Your comments are always appreciated!

For the Birds!

This week at Jitterbuggin', the challenge is For the Birds. We are to add a favorite Cricut bird,  follow the sketch, and use something pink. I like the little bird couple on Sweetheart cartridge found on page 67. It is cut at 3 3/4 inches. The hearts are on page 72 and are cut 4 1/2 and 2 1/4 inches. All papers are from My Mind's Eye Home Glitter Book. Each paper has so much glitter that I glued a piece of vellum over the two hearts. Sentiment is on page 42 and is cut 1 inch. Sorry the photo is not good.. so much glitter--pink background is not showing as pink.

Challenges:

Jitterbuggin'- Cricut bird, follow sketch and add something pink

Cooking With Cricut- Glittermania

BBTB2 - Bird or Armadillo

Getting Cricky Challenge - Bird on project

My Sheri Crafts - Bling 

Thank you for your comments!

Love with Hugs & Kisses

It is time to make a few Valentine's Day cards. For this card I used Sketch 3 of RAQ's Card Sketch Challenges 01/11/11- 01/18/11 on the Cricut Messageboard. Carolyn designed and shared these sketches. Great sketches and Thank You Carolyn! My card is an unusual size for me, but I was inspired by a pack of Recollections No. 10 red envelopes that was an after Christmas clearance purchase. Why not use the envelopes for Valentines! I cut a piece of red cardstock at 8 X 9 1/4 inches and folded in half to make a 4 X 9 1/4 inches card to fit the envelope.

My pretty designer paper is K&Company--I love this Valentine pack collection.

The scroll cuts are the accent/frame feature on page 55 of Cricut Storybook cartridge. I cut the accent/frame and also the blackout feature at 3 1/2 inches. The word Love and shadow are cut at 1 1/2 inches page 34 from Sweethearts cartridge. Lots of Martha Stewart inking!

On the inside of the card, I used Wild Card cartridge. The cut of hearts is the icon feature cut at 7 inches and Hugs & Kisses is the Phrase feature cut at 8 inches. Both cuts are on page 67. White paper is a metallic shimmer from Recollections Winter.

Now I have one Valentine card! I think it is pretty! Let me know what you think!

Hope you enjoy!

Flaunt It Friday Hello Kitty Blog Hop

Hello! Welcome to the Flaunt It Friday's Hello Kitty Blog Hop! If you are here from Jenny Johnson, then you are in the right spot. If you just arrived here and would like to start from the beginning please go directly to Flaunt It Fridays. For this week's challenge we were asked to flaunt the Hello Kitty with Airplane on Page 65 from the Hello Kitty Greetings Cart.

I am so excited to be participating in Flaunt It Friday Hello Kitty Greetings Blog Hop with Janis, Sandra, and the talented design team. We were asked to flaunt the airplane cut from Cricut Hello Kitty but I do not have that cartridge. Wanting to play along, I am using the airplane cut on page 66 from Everyday Paper Dolls. My project is an altered gift bag that I decorated with a Valentine's theme. The white strips are cut using the Martha Stewart Lace Heart edge punch and glued to my patterned paper background. I cut the airplane at 2 3/4 inches using a patterned paper. Ballons are cut 2, 2 1/2, and 3 inches from Create a Critter page 49. The phrase Special Delivery is also cut from Create a Critter page 67 at 1 1/2 inch. Wanting to add a bit of interest to the balloons, I chose Love Struck 2010 for the heart words. A bit of lace and gemstones from my stash and my altered bag is ready for gift giving!

For my second project, I made a tag for the gift bag. The tag is the Smitten Kitten cut on page 45 from Sweethearts cartridge and is cut 3 3/4 inches. The reverse of the tag is the Heart tag on page 32 from the same cartridge. I cut a strip of white paper using the Martha Stewart Heart Lace punch and glued it between the two tags.

 Now how about a little blog candy!!

This pretty pack of Colorbok paper has 30 (8 1/2X11 in) papers, 134 stickers, and 74 punch-outs. Also included is a package of Favorite Findings buttons. All you must do to qualify to win my Blog Candy is to leave a comment of this post. You do not have to be a follower, but of course, I would love it if you were!

Please leave a way to contact you. USA mailing address only.

Our hop will run all weekend long and I will chose the winner for my blog candy on Monday Jan. 10th.

You must leave a comment on everyone's blog to have a chance to win the Grand Prize Giveaway which is the Love Always stamp set sponsored by Pink By Design. The grand prize will be on Sandra's blog! You will have all weekend to complete the hop and we will draw the winner sometime on Monday or Tuesday.

Thank You so much for taking the time to hop with us for the Flaunt It Friday's Hello Kitty Blog hop. We can't wait to see how you "Flaunt" your Hello Kitty this week at Flaunt It Fridays .

Your NEXT STOP is Viviana.

BLOG HOP ORDER:

1. SANDRA http://365daysofcricut.blogspot.com/

2. JANIS http://pausedreamenjoy.blogspot.com/

3. DORCAS http://4craftyangels.blogspot.com/

4. MELISSA http://apaperjourney.blogspot.com/

5. CHRISTINA http://cardcreationsbyc.blogspot.com/

6. JESS http://myscrapdiary-jess.blogspot.com/

7. DENISE http://lalasworldblog.blogspot.com/

8. CORRI http://www.buglvr.blogspot.com/

9. ROSE http://roseohio-myblog.blogspot.com/

10. ERIKA http://cricutlove1.blogspot.com/

11. AMANDA http://www.myscrappinobsession.com/

12. JEN http://huffinatorshangout.blogspot.com/

13. CELESTE http://ccscards.blogspot.com/

14. CARLEY http://www.the-real-icarley.blogspot.com/
15. STACEY http://staceyscreativecorner.blogspot.com/
16. ABBY http://www.scrapbookaholicbyabby.com/
17.CHERYL http://www.pinkandpaper.blogspot.com/
18. LAUREL http://www.blog.littlepeaceofmyheart.com/
19. ELSA http://cricutlvr.blogspot.com/
20. SAUNDRA http://www.luvscrappingtogether.blogspot.com/
21. PAM http://simply-pam.blogspot.com/
22. SHARON http://meemeescreations.blogspot.com/
23. SHEANDRA http://www.lawyersscraptoo.blogspot.com/
24. AMY http://perfectlyunperfectcards.blogspot.com/
25. Jenny Johnson http://crazyaboutcricut.blogspot.com/
26. GLENDA http://glendascards.blogspot.com/  ME
27. VIVIANA http://vivienpapel.blogspot.com/    NEXT STOP
28. PAULA http://craftwithbee.blogspot.com/
29. STEPHANIE http://www.alwayscrafting.com/
30. MICHELLE http://mumoftwoblog.blogspot.com/
31. JD http://jdscricuteering.blogspot.com/
32. JENNY K. http://kozfam5.blogspot.com/