Fall Window Box Card

Welcome to Glenda's Cards!

The calendar shows Autumn will soon be here. With the high temperatures we have been having, I am ready. I have been staying inside and playing with the Cricut machine. Today I am sharing my Fall Window Box Card.

Cricut Cartridges:

Anna's Window Box Cartridge  -  Box Card

Photo Play Paper - Autumn Day   - Gold Maple Leaf, Red Maple Leaf, Brown Oak Leaf, Branch, Acorn, Pumpkins, Autumn Breeze Fall Leaves Circle, and Harvest Wheat. These are Print and Cut images.

Walk in My Garden - Sunflowers

It's Fall in the Details  - Large individual maple leaf is cut 3.50" wide. I planned to use the leaves from this cartridge in the box. However, because of the cut out details, the leaf needed to be cut at a larger size. I will use it as a decoration.

Cuttlebug:

Swiss Dots embossing folder is used on the Red Maple Leaves.

Some images are pop-dotted for dimension. Crinkle Ribbon bow is from Karen at Little Scrap Pieces.

Side View.

Large leaf details

I like the way this Fall Window Box turned out. Hope you enjoy!

Thanks for your visits and comments!

Challenges:

Always Fun Challenges - Ch. 76 Fall Colors

BBTB2 - Anything goes with a Cricut cut

DL.ART  -  September Linky

FCCB   - Ch 135 Leaves

The Sisterhood of Crafters  - Cozy Plaids

Fall Center Step Card

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Happy Fall! The Fall season has arrived, but with our temperatures, it does not feel like it. I have been playing in my craft room with some Fall images. I used the directions at SplitCoastStampers to create this fun Center Step Card. Recollections Brown cardstock is used for the card base. The card layers are cut from Craft Smith Fall Embossed paper pad. Hope you can see the pretty embossed leaves on the tan paper. Other papers are from scrap stash--good way to use those!

Cricut Cartridges:

Jubilee - Fall tree

Paper Dolls for Everyday - Girl with Leaf and boy with pumpkin

Simply Scarecrows - The word memories

Wild Card - Autumn

Walk in My Garden - Wheelbarrow

Designer's Calendar - Leaf

Twine is from Diana at DL.ART. Thanks for the pretty twine!

Challenges:

Always Fun Challenges - Ch. 25 Anything Goes

BBTB2 - Autumn 

CARDZ TV -  Ch. 14 Anything Goes

Crafty Cardmakers - Ch 196 Autumn 

DL. ART   - September Linky

FCCB  - Ch. 310 Fall

Thanks for your visits and comments!

 

 

Spring Hello

Welcome to Glenda's Cards!

After a rainy day on Wednesday, today is a gorgeous Spring day. Some of the backwater has receded and my folks were able to return to their home last Saturday. They were with me for 4 weeks....they were ready to get back to their own routine!! No water got in their house---just could not travel the road.

 

I decided to make a Spring card and play along with a few challenges! The card is 5" x 6 1/2" white cardstock. Pretty patterned K&Company papers are from the scrap stash. 

Cricut Cartridges:

Kate's ABCs - Girl with umbrella and rabbit is cut 3.25" high.

Walk In My Garden - Daisy is cut 1.25" high. I cut three daisies and added them behind the grass. I trimmed off some of the stems to have varying heights.  

April Showers - Spring Banner is cut 3.26" wide x 1.00" high.

Bits and Pieces - Hello Tag is cut 1.7" wide x .74" high.

Cuttlebug Swiss Dots folder is used on the white mat. Yellow crinkle ribbon is from Karen at Little Scraps Pieces. Thanks Karen for the pretty ribbons! I added a few pink gemstones for a little added bling. 

 

Challenges:

BBTB2 - Umbrella

Die Cuttin Divas - Ch. 263 April Symbols

Double D Challenges - April Showers Bring May Flowers

Little Scrap Pieces - Saturday Linky party 

PDE Linky Party - Ch. 120 Anything goes

Hope you enjoy! Thanks for your visits and comments!

 

Spring Has Sprung

Welcome to Glenda's Cards!

After so much recent rains and flooding in my area, it is so nice to see days of sunshine and pretty Spring blooming flowers. Water continues to rise and I am praying that soon it will be begin to recede. So many acres of farmland are flooded and several roads are impassable. 

My card reflects thoughts of Spring! Card is 5" x 6 1/2". Papers are from scrap stash.

Cricut Cartridges:

Freshly Picked - Gate is cut 3.75" high.

Kate's ABC's - Wagon is cut 3"wide. 

Walk in My Garden - Each iris is cut .5" wide x 1.44" high. Each daffodil is cut .45" wide x 1.25" high.

Paper Dolls for Everyday - Grass is cut 6" wide x .95" high.

Serenade - Bird is cut 1.00" wide.

Stretch your Imagination - Spring is cut 2.5" high.

Create a Critter- Butterfly is cut .50" high.

I enjoy working with several pretty Cricut images to create a scene card. It took seven Cricut cartridges to accomplish the look. Like the way this turned out!!

Challenges:

BBTB2 - Blooming Bulb Flowers

CARDZ TV - Card Challenge #5 - Butterflies, Birds, or Bees
Die Cut Diva's -  April Challenge- Project associated with April

Decorate to Celebrate - Ch 7 Anything Goes

DL.ART - April Linky

PDE Linky Party - Ch. 117 Anything Goes

Hope you enjoy this card! 

Thanks for your visits and comments!

Back to School

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School has started in our area. Where did the summer go? I have been playing with a school theme card. Card measures 6" x 6" and is cut from white Colorbok cardstock. The background paper is from a Mary E. Co. paper pack which I have had for a couple of years. A, B, C and 1, 2, 3 are printed on the border of the paper with the apples. I am not sure if you can see that very well..my camera was misbehaving!

Cricut Cartridges:
3 Birds on Parade - School Days is cut 2.84" wide 1.27" high.
Create a Friend - #1 teacher is cut 3.50" wide.
Walk in My Garden - Sunflowers. This cut is the sunflower on the stem but I cut off the stem. This is one of the earlier cartridges that I bought.
Plantin Schoolbook - Using the Text Box, 1,2,3 and A, B, C were cut .50" high.

Sunflowers are pop-dotted on the card. A piece of  measure tape trim was used for the bow.

Challenges:

Cut It Up - Ch. 78 Old School - Old supplies or Old Technique

The Sisterhood of Crafters -  School time - School related

The Shabby Tea Room - Ch. 258 ABC 123 Photo inspiration

Hope you enjoy! Thanks for your visits and comments!

 

Another Folk Art Festival Card

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I had a request for a sunflower and the color purple. I decided to try another shaped card using Cricut Folk Art Festival. This is the results!

Cricut Cartridges:

Folk Art Festival - Page 71 - The purple card base is cut 5" using the Font Shadow image on shift. I used the Font Blackout on shift to cut the white mat. The image is rounded on all sides so I hand cut the left side to the same shape as card.

Walk In My Garden - Page 100 - Sunflower is cut at 4". Page 91 - Flowerpot is cut at 1.25".

Phrases - Page 22 - For the inside of the card, I Love You is cut 4". My photo goofed.

Cuttlebug:  Polka Dots folder used on the white mat.

Recollections gemstones used on the corners.

Thanks for looking!

BBTB2 - Frame Challenge

Welcome to Glenda's Cards!

Thanks for stopping by today! It is Monday and time again for a fun Cricut challenge at BBTB2. I am so excited to be part of this team with all the amazing and talented designers. Our challenge this week is to use a frame on a card or layout! Many of the Cricut cartridges have frame images and you can use a frame from any cartridge.

My card measures 5" x 7" and is cut from Colorbok white cardstock. The pretty double-sided patterned papers are scraps of K&Company paper pads. I love these papers and colors and the double sided papers work well together. I tore a bit of the floral paper at the top, inked the torn edges, and placed a scrap of plaid paper under it for added interest.

Cricut Cartridges:

Elegant Edges- Page 68 Oblong Frame is cut 4.25". I used the Oblong feature on shift cut at 4.25" for the blackout image. This is cut from a pretty pale green vellum paper. If you look closer, you may be able to see the floral patterned paper under the frame. I added a pink vellum under the little cutouts of the frame, but it does not show well in the photo.

Walk In My Garden - Page 98 Rose is cut 2.37". This is one of my favorite rose images.

Florals Embellished - Page 60 The word Grandma is cut .75".

Cuttlebug: Swiss Dots Folder is used on the green vellum. The embossing added a bit of white to the dots!

Other supplies:

Rosette is a 3/4" wide strip of the plaid paper. Paper is scored, inked, and folded to create the rosette. With the pink on the outside, the rosette has a unique look of its own. I added a strip of lace under the rosette. The pearl button is from my stash. I like using buttons on the centers of rosettes- easy to glue the shank in the opening.

Recollections pearls

Dew Drop Versa Magic Gingerbread inking

Visit BBTB2 to see all the beautiful projects that the design team has created this week using the frame image of their choice. Please stop by the designers' blogs to see all the details. We appreciate your visits and comments on our blogs!

Now we want to see your pretty frame projects! Please include on your post which Cricut cartridge you used on your project! Remember one project will be chosen to receive the POW (Project of the Week) blinkie. It could be you!

Challenges:

FCCB - Ch 110 Mother's Day - Mother, Grandmother, Special Lady

Throwback Thursday Challenge - Frame Challenge

Friday Mashup - 1. Project for Mom, Grandmother, Aunt, etc.

Hope you enjoy my project!

Apple Harvest

It seems forever since I was able to participate in a challenge. There have been so many great challenges lately and I have been missing all the fun. I finally was able to get a card done this weekend for a couple of challenges!

My card is 5" x 6 1/2 " white cardstock and is layered with a pretty Recollections pink patterned paper.

I was trying to include apples and a wheelbarrow into my project. I opened Cricut Freshly Picked cartridge for the first time and saw this apple frame. Well, immediately I decided to frame a wheelbarrow! Have you noticed the interesting frames on this cartridge...some would be great on scrapbook pages.

Cricut Cartridges:

Freshly Picked - Page 28 - Apple frame cut 4". Page 54 - Hat cut 1 3/4". For Apple Harvest, I used the Words feature on page 28 for the Apple and Words feature on page 59 for Harvest. Both were cut at 1 1/4".

Walk in my Garden - Page 107- Wheelbarrow cut at 1 1/4".

Cricut Essentials (preloaded on E2) - Page 45- Corner cut at 1.25"

A Child's Year - Page 49 - Apples cut 3/4"

Lots of inking! Hat and phrase are pop-dotted! Patterned papers are Recollections (24 in pack). I love all these colors. For the reds and kraft color, I use papers from my scrap stack. I used both the Expression and E2 on this card.

Challenges:

Bitten by the Bug2 - Walk in my Garden wheelbarrow. Of course, if you do not have this cartridge, you can use a similar cut from another cartridge.

Cooking with Cricut - Ch.# 53 - Apples and Honey

Link Up for Pink - Linking party - Pink as main color for Breast Cancer Awareness

Hope you enjoy my card!

Chillin' with Melon

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Happy Monday everyone! Welcome new followers! Many thanks to you for your interest and choosing to follow my craft making!  I appreciate all the comments and visits to my blog! I have been having blogger problems. For several days, I have been unable to see my followers. I could see the number of followers on my dashboard, but no photos. Also, I have not been able to see followers on other blogs or able to be a follower. I am wondering if anyone else is experiencing this problem. Hopefully this will soon fix itself because I certainly do not know what to do.

I wanted to play along with BugBites Grillin' and Chillin' Bug Hop Part 2. It was so exciting being a team member on the first week of the bug hop with the focus on Grillin'. This week it is all about the Chillin'! I enjoyed all the projects presented by the talented designers. The requirement is to make a project with the chillin' theme and it must include one of the hidden critters that we found during the hop.

One of my ideas for chillin' is a huge slice of ice cold, sweet watermelon.....gotta love it!

Card is 5 x 6/12.

Cricut cartridges:

Simply Charmed - Watermelon page 46 cut 1 1/2"

Lacy Labels - White and green mats. Oops, I did not record the size.

A Child's Year - Phrase "Sweet" page 72 font feature cut 1 1/4 "

Walk in my Garden- Ladybug page 119 cut 1/2". Do you see my tiny critter!!

Cuttlebug:

Swiss dots folder- white mat.

Papers - Colorbok, Recollections

Lots of inking and the watermelon is pop-dotted on the mat.

Hope you enjoy! Try to think cool! We have been having 100 degree temperatures for several days and predicted 100 again today! I may have to buy a watermelon!

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!

Spring Birthday Card

Card is 6 1/2 x 5. It is white cardstock and I covered the base with a pretty spring looking patterned paper. Martha Stewart Layered Arches punch was used on the lower edge of the paper. I placed a small piece of green paper under the punched edge.

Needing a Spring birthday card, I used the Cuttlebug Happy Birthday embossing folder on the pink mat. Then I run the white mat through the same Cuttlebug folder trying to line it up with the words on the pink mat. I am pleased with the results of the embossing.

Cartridges:

Walk In My Garden - Rose cut  3 inches

Lacy Labels - White and Green mats cut at 4 inches. This is the last key on the keypad called "Hugs". I only used the mat cuts.

Home Accents - "Corner 1" cut 1 1/2 inches. Two of the cuts were cut using the flip function on my Expression.

Wild Card - inside sentiment - "Love and Joy to you" cut at 7 inches. Was unable to load the photo of the inside.

Martha Stewart inking, MS bow, and buttons in the corners complete the card.

Challenges:

My Sheri Crafts - #50 Spring

Creative Sisters Monday Challenge - #4 Punches

Die Cuttin' Divas - #7  Spring - gardening cut

Cricut Cardz Challenge - card for Spring - pink, green and white only

Fantabulous Cricut - Spring

Birthday Sundaes -- Spring Birthday

I will add this card to the Linking party going on at Passionately Artistic.

Think Spring



We have been enjoying beautiful days and warm weather in my area. In fact the temperature reached 80 degrees again today. Spring is here! For my card, I wanted to use some of the colors of the early Spring blooming flowers. My daffodils and hyacinths have already finished blooming.

The card is 6 1/2" X 5" white cardstock that I covered with a pretty paper from a Miss Elizabeth's pack.

Cricut Cartridges:

Walk in my Garden - Daffodil is on page 93 and cut at 2 3/4 inches. The hyacinth is on page 95 and cut at 2 inches.

Stretch Your Imagination-- Spring in on page 62 and cut at 1 1/2 inches.

Cuttlebug Folders -- Birds and Swirls, Polka Dots

Martha Stewart French Scroll Punch Around the Page

Challenges:

The Cuttlebug Spot -- All Tied Up -Twine challenge. I do not have any of that gorgeous twine so I used Pearl cotten for CrossStitch. I intertwined two pieces and added it down the side of the yellow mat and also for the bow. Maybe I could be lucky and win the great prize this week-- a grab bag of embellishments which includes twine!!

Creative Sisters Monday Challenge - For Challenge # 3, Patti is asking us to "Think Spring". Paper Wishes is the sponsor this week! I would love to win that great package too! Just a reminder the, challenge ends Sunday night so hurry on over with your entry.

Hope you enjoy my card!

Sending Happy Spring wishes to everyone and sharing a photo of my Lady Banks Rose. There are so many more buds to open! Enjoy!

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

Thank you for stopping by today! I appreciate your comments!

Bloom Where you Are Planted

Jitterbuggin' -  Sketch 4  Bloom Where You Are Planted - June 10, 2010

Challenge:  Follow the sketch, use complimentary colors--(I chose pinks and greens), add a cricut flower, and use ribbon.

Cricut cartridges:
Walk in my Garden - rose cut 2 1/2 inch, regular, layer and shadow
Love cut 3/4 inch. For the word love, I offset a layer of pink and layer of white at regular cut over a shadow cut of green. This does not show well in photo.
Sentiment inside "Thinking of You" cut 3/4 also from WIMG

Cuttlebug folder: Swiss Dots
Paper: Recollections paper, So-So Sweet paper pack from the Paper Studio.
Stickles on the roses. Sheer ribbon, bow, and pearls are from my treasure chest!

This card was made for a friend's birthday. I was happy to have placed in top 3 with the card!!



Happy Birthday Window Card

                                                                 
inside of card

Sharing another card I made awhile back!

This card has a window opening cut in it and covered with a piece of acrylic from a Cuttlebug folder packaging material. This was my first try using acrylic. Played with one of RAQ's Challenge Sketch 8/11/10-8/17/10...

Cartridges:
Mother's Day - Frames - lavender frame cut 4 inches, lime frame cut 3 1/2
                                     heart flourish - lavender cut 1 1/2 and lime shadow cut 1 1/2 inch.
Walk in my Garden- Daisies
A Child's Year - Happy Birthday cut I inch
Cuttlebug folders- Swiss Dots and Divine Swirls on the frames
Martha Stewart- Daisy dot punch used inside
Martha Stewart inks
My granddaughter chose the papers, colors, and cricut cuts for her birthday card. She wanted a groovy card! She was very happy with the card!

Entered at Cuttlebug Challenges  Be Inspired #96 I Can See Clearly Now. The challenge was to use acrylic or acetate on your project. Beautiful designs displayed by the design team. http://www.cuttlebugchallenge.blogspot.com/

Hope you enjoy! I appreciate your comments!

Happy Fall

 

It is a beautiful Fall day in my area and quite a relief from the high temperatures!

I have been busy trying to add some of my older cards to my blog, but decided it was time to get back to card making! I have really enjoyed working on this card! Hope you enjoy!

Cricut carts used: Walk in my Garden - Sunflower; Stretch Your Imagination - Pumpkins and Sentiment Autumn; Everyday Paper Dolls - Leaves.

Paper is Recollections Autumn Pack bought last year on clearance. Love this double-side paper!

Cuttlebug Folders -Swiss Dots - sunflower center; Divine Swirls - pumpkins; Polka dots-- Brown paper.

Plaid Bow on sunflower is swiped from a little girl scarecrow -- thought it would look better on my card! 

Buttons are WM Favorite Findings. Leaf button - tied a little bow with DMC thread, also added a small button on plaid bow

Lots of pop-dots for dimension and MS ink.

Visiting some lovely blogs, I have noticed several challenges that I would like to particpate in, so I will add my card.

Jitterbuggin'   Challenge 19 - Happy Fall Y'all. The challenge is to follow the sketch, add a Cricut Fall element, and add something plaid.

Sugar Sweet Paper Treats -- Create something using Fall colors

Crafty Creation Challenges -- Challenge 86-- Falling Leaves-- Fall colors, Fall harvest, Fall leaves

Crafting With Cristina  -- Companion Challenge - Falling for Fall--Must use colors red, orange, yellow, and leaves

Cuttlebug Challenges -- Creat a project with an image, a bow and at least 2 buttons.

Thanks for looking and I appreciate your comments!

"Pretty in Pink Baby Blessing"

Sharing another card made for Thursday August 5, 2010 Sketch 12 Oh Baby at Jitterbuggin'.
Challenge was to follow the sketch, make a baby card and add ribbon.
Cricut carts used were Stretch Your Imagination- baby buggy; Wild Card- sentiment; Walk in my Garden- daisy.
Cuttlebug folders- Swiss Dots on the pink background and Diamonds in the Rough on the buggy.
Paper is from a kit that I had for many years. Martha Stewart daisy edge punch, pink gingham bow and inking. Pink hearts in centers of flowers were a M's Valentine clearance item. Love those clearance items!

Enjoy!



"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!