Winter Frolic Trees

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Today I am sharing a Christmas card that can be found in the Make It Now section in Cricut Design Space. However, I used the customize feature to change the size of the card. My finished card measures 4.25" x 5.50" where as the one shown in design space measures 3.5" x 5". Also I added a layer to the sentiment mat. Patterned tree paper is from The Paper Studio Winter Wonderland paper pack. I used a kraft cardstock for the base of the tree and other papers are from my scrap stash.

Cricut Cartridges:

Winter Frolic - Trees

The First Few Years - Classic tag label is cut 2.62" x 1.05"  to include the second layer of the label.

Anna's Christmas Cards & Embellishments - Merry Christmas is written on the label using the Cricut Midnight pen. For the inside of the card, the sentiment Sending Christmas Cheer is written on 3.75" wide x 2.4" high inserted rectangle shape.

Cuttlebug folder Winter Trees is used on the red mat. Love the additional trees on the card!

Inside of card.

Liking the results of this one, I made four cards. A great card design for making those last minute Christmas cards!

Challenges:

The Merry Christmas Challenge - Ch. 11 Christmas Trees

CARDZ TV - Anything Goes Designer's Ch. 6

DL.ART     -  Ch. 194 Any Winter Holiday

Hope you enjoy! Thanks for your visits and comments!

 

Winter Frolic Snowman

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I have a cute snowman card to share today. One day I am making Thanksgiving cards and the next day, I am playing with Christmas images. These holidays are fast approaching and I am behind with my cards! This card is cut from green Recollections cardstock and measures 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" when folded. I used The Paper Studio Winter Wonderland paper pad for the patterned papers. Solid papers are from scrap stash! I am using the cute sketch at Paper Play Sketches.

Cricut Cartridges:

Using Insert images, I cut the background mats for the card. Snowman rectangle mat is cut 4" wide x 5 1/4" high. Red strip is cut 4" wide x 1" high. White circle is cut 2.88". Snowflakes circle is cut 2.75".

Winter Frolic - Snowman is cut 1.75" wide x 2.37" high.

Phrases - Happy Christmas is cut 3.50" wide x 1.57" high. This is used inside the card.

 

Inside of Card. 

Challenges: 

CARDZ TV  - Anything Goes Designer's Ch. 4 

DL.ART   - November Linky Party  

The Merry Christmas Challenge - Ch. 7 Snowmen  

Paper Play Sketches  - Sketch 22 

Hope you enjoy this card! Thanks 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!

Snow Folks

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I am starting the new year right--playing with the Cricut machine! My card measures 5 1/2" x 4 1/4" cut from white cardstock. Papers are from the scrap stash. 

Cricut Cartridges:

Snow Folks - Snow Pair is cut  3" wide. I do have the Cricut subscription and this is the first time to use this cartridge.

The First Few Years - Circle is cut 3.5" wide.

Winter Frolic - Brrrr is cut 1.50" wide

Wild Card - Warmest Wishes is cut 4" wide. This is used inside the card.

Cuttlebug Swiss Dots used on the Snow folks.

Martha Stewart Aspen Snowflake Edge - Used the cut out snowflakes on card and on the snow folks.

Inside of card.

Challenges:

BBTB2 - Snowman

Die Cuttin Divas   - Ch. 247 First Sketch of 2016  
FCCB -  Ch. 267 Something New

The Sisterhood of Crafters - Dec. Holiday Color Challenge

Little Scrap Pieces - Sat. Linky Party
DL.ART - January Linky Challenge

Hope you enjoy!
Just a reminder: We are currently having a snowman challenge at My Sheri Crafts and would love to see all your pretty cards or projects with a snowman!

All Spruced Up

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I enjoy making Christmas cards! Can you tell! It seems that I need to start earlier in the year with Christmas card making than waiting until December. Here is another card using a Cricut cut that I have not used before. Finished card measures 5" x 6 1/2" cream card stock. Patterned papers are K&Company.

Cricut Cartridges:

Holiday Cards 28- Christmas Tree Cute Card is cut 7.85" wide x 5.5" high from Recollections red cardstock. I hand cut the inside layer from a K&Company patterned paper. Hand cut areas of solid paper were also used for the backing of the stars and the white areas. After looking at the finished card, I decided I wanted a larger card. Yes I did! I cut the front off the card and layered it on a 5" x 6 1/2" cream card. This gave me more space to fill with more pretty papers! I frayed a piece of green dot paper for the bottom layer of the card.

Winter Frolic - All Spruced Up is cut 3" wide.

Martha Stewart Swirling Lace edge punch is used on the green tree patterned paper. I added pearls and a cream crinkle ribbon bow for the finishing touch! I am pleased with the finished card even if it did take extra steps to achieve!

Challenges:
BBTB2 - Hanging of the Greens  
Christmas Card Challenges: Ch. 52 Anything Goes
Paper Sweeties Inspirations - # 38 Photo Inspiration
The Shabby Tree Room -  Ch. 264 "O Christmas Tree"
DL.ART - Ch 169 Christmas

Hope you enjoy! Thanks for your visits and comments!

Sweet Hoilday Wishes

Welcome to Glenda's Cards!

Thanks to a couple of my favorite card challenges, I have made my first Christmas card for this year. Never too early to get started, I guess. Christmas season will soon be here! Card is cut from Recollections cream cardstock and measures 5" x 6 1/2". Papers are from left over projects.

Cricut Cartridges:

Santa's Village - After seeing the new updates to Cricut Design Space, I was excited to try the adding patterns to image layer feature. Christmas Grandma with cookies is a print and cut image. It is cut 3" wide. I used the new pattern feature to change the color/pattern of the plate.

Baby Steps - Simple Elegant Frame is cut 4.68" x 3.42". I used only the smaller inside frame. 

Winter Frolic - Phrase Sweet Holiday Wishes is cut 2.4" wide.

Challenges:

BBTB2 - Card or project with a cookie. 

Tuesday Morning Sketches - Sketch 319 

Thanks for your visits and comments!

Winter Frolic Snowman

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Today I am sharing a cute little snowman card. Card is 4 1/4 x 5 1/2 from white cardstock. Pattern snowflake paper is from the Paper Studio Winter Wonderland.

Cricut Cartridges:

Winter Frolic - Snowman and phrase Frosty. Snowman is pop-dotted on the embossed mat.

Winter Woodland - Snow mat. These mats are used inside of the card. Blue snowflakes on white mat is reverse cut of the Martha Stewart Aspen Snowflake edge punch.

Cuttlebug folders- Winter Frolic Cricut Companions for the blue mat. I purchased this set of folders at a great price and this is first time to use it. Snowflake edges of the mat are lightly inked. Dotted Swiss folder is used on the Frosty phrase.

Other supplies include red crinkle ribbon for the bow, Holiday Time Let It Snow ribbon, and blue rhinestone on snowflake.

Inside of card!

Challenges:

Christmas Cards Challenges - Anything goes

Cut It Up - Ch. 63 Embossing and a Die Cut

Die Cuttin Divas - Ch. 200 Snowman

The Sisterhood of Crafters - Let It Snow - Snow/Snowflakes

Hope you enjoy this card. Thanks for stopping by.

A Quilted Christmas - Snowman

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My free two week subscription with the newly purchased Cricut Explore has expired so I have been  linking some of my cartridges. I had never linked any of my cartridges to any system. I have many more to link. It will surprise me how many cartridges that I own and have never used.

Today I am sharing a Winter card made using several cartridges with some images that I have never used. The card measures 5"x 6 1/2" and is white cardstock. The background patterned paper is from my recently purchased The Paper Studio Pine St. Square paper pad. Green plaid used on the vest is from a new pad from the Paper Studio Winter Wonderland.

Cricut Cartridges: 

A Quilted Christmas - Snowman

Winter Frolic - Phrase "Brrrr"

Winter Woodland - Red Bird

Winter Wonderland -Holly Berry

Teresa Collins Dec 25 - Snowflake - inside card

3 Birds of Parade - Phrase "Baby, its Cold Outside" - inside card.

Cuttlebug Folders are Snowflakes and Polka Dots. I hand cut the snow banks and added the embossing for texture. I added Stickles Frosted Lace on the snow banks but my camera did not capture that effect.

Tiny snowflakes are the negative cut from the Martha Stewart Aspen Snowflake edge punch. I added red rhinestones to the snowflakes for a bit of bling.

Snowman and Hollyberry are pop-dotted on card for dimension.

Inside of card

Challenges:

BBTB2 - Letters, Phrases, of Numbers

FCCB - Ch. 243 Snowmen

SOUS - Die Cut Challenge - Snow

TSTR - Ch. 244 "Forecast? Freez'in"

The SisterHood of Crafters - Anything Goes with a Twist--new craft supply

Thanks for your visit! Hope you enjoy this card!

Warm Wishes

Welcome to Glenda's Cards!

 

Brrr! It has been cold in my area! Hope everyone is staying safe and warm with all the winter weather that is happening throughout the country. Staying inside has given me time to play with the Cricut Explore and Design Space. I have enjoyed playing with some of the free images that was available with the Explore purchase.

The white cardstock card measures 5"x 6 1/2". The pretty patterned paper is Paper Studio Pine St. Square from Hobby Lobby. I really did not need to buy more paper but I could not resist a few more Christmas and Winter pads. Being on sale just convinced me! Remaining papers are left over from other projects. This is my play with the sketch from Die Cuttin Divas.

Cricut Cartridges:
Winter Frolic - cup
Cricut Craft Room Basics - 2 Oval mats
Country Life - Warm Wishes and shadow
Holiday Cakes - mittens

Cuttlebug Embossing folder Sledding is used on the white mat and the mat is pop-dotted on the card.
Lace and pearls are from my stash of supplies.

I am playing along with the following challenges:
Die Cuttin Divas - Ch.197 January Sketch Challenge
FCCB - Ch. 242 - Winter Fun.  Always fun to have a cup of chocolate or coffee in winter.
The Shabby Tea Room - Ch. 243 Baby It is Cold Outside - Photo Inspiration

Photo inspiration

 





BBTB2 - Favorite Cricut Cut. Gosh, it is hard to choose a favorite cut. I do like tea cups and have made several projects including tea cups. However, there is one image cut that I love and use on each card that I make. You will not see it on the front, but can find it on the back of the card. It is the G monogram from A Child's Year. I use that as a personal touch! Then I write Glenda's Cards and add the year on the monogram.

 



Thanks for stopping by today! Hope you enjoy my project!

 



Merry Christmas!

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Merry Christmas! May your heart be filled with love and happiness!

My Sheri Crafts - Ch 147 Oh Christmas Tree

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It is time for a fun challenge at My Sheri Crafts. Sue has chosen the theme "Oh Christmas Tree". She asked us to make a card/project for Christmas which must include a tree. I must say it has been over a year since I have participated in any challenges. I am happy to be playing again! Many thanks to Sheri and the design team for bearing with me during this difficult time.

Recently I received the Cricut Anna Griffin Christmas Kitsch cartridge. I enjoyed working with the pretty card features on this cartridge to make these cards.

The shaped tree card image 15 is found on page 29. Using pretty double sided paper allows for the look above. Oh Christmas Tree sentiment is from Cricut Winter Frolic.

Above card is the image 28 found on page 55.The word peace is found on Winter Wonderland cartridge.

I used image 29 for the deer/tree card which is found on page 57. Tis the Season is found on the Winter Frolic cartridge.
All cards were cut 5.5 inches. I used Christmas papers that were purchased a couple of years ago.

Visit the design team's blogs to see all their creative tree projects. Remember you must make a Christmas card/project which includes a tree. We look forward to seeing your pretty cards!

Thanks for visiting today!

A Cricut Penguin

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

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

Cricut Cartridges:

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

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

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

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

Inside of card.

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

Challenge:

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

Fantabulous Cricut Ch. 92 - Warming up with Hot Cocoa

Welcome to Glenda's Cards!

I hope you enjoyed the holidays and I would like to wish you a very Happy New Year!

Today begins a brand new challenge for the new year 2012 at Fantabulous Cricut! Challenge 92 is Warming up with Hot Cocoa! We are asked to use a cup, chocolate, or even the color brown on the project! My card is 5" x 7" white cardstock. The pretty designer paper is a page from K&Company Designer Mat Pad. The mat measures 4.75" x 6.75" and is too pretty to cut so I chose to make a larger card size. I bought this paper pack after Christmas 2010 on clearance and this is first time to use it.

Cricut Cartridge:

Winter Frolic - Page 59 - Cup is cut 3". Papers are from my scrap stash. I used a piece of vellum to add  the look of the steam.

Page 32 - For the two mats, I used the Tag feature cut 4.25" and for the shadow which was cut at 4.50" in Cricut Craft Room. I eliminated the hole in the tag by using the hide contour feature. I thought the tags make a good mat for the cup.

Page 33 - Phrase Brrr is cut at 1.25". I like the printed image of the little children on the paper and can imagine them saying "Brrr" and wanting a cup of hot cocoa! But of course they are having fun!

Cuttlebug:

The white mat is embossed with the Cuttlebug Sledding folder. I placed the image to line up in the folder so you can see the embossed words "hot chocolate".

Now it is your turn to play along with us. Visit FCCB to see all the lovely projects by the design team. We appreciate your visits and comments. Remember you must follow the theme and as always you must include a Cricut cut! Deadline to link your project is midnight Jan. 8th (mountain time).

Brrrr!

How about a little Christmas in July! With our recent extremely high temperatures, I thought it would be "cool" to make a Christmas card. After visiting some challenge blogs, I chose some themes to incorporate so I can participate in the challenges.
My card is 5 x 6 1/2 inches from white basic cardstock. I cut a 1" x 6 1/2 piece of white Colorbok for the edge of the card. My papers are all from my scrap stash. I used the Martha Stewart Aspen Snowflake edge punch on the edge of the red designer paper and layered it on the 1' x 6 1/2". Then it was glued to the front of the card.
I am so excited how the Cricut cuts turned out on this card. Not only did I use the Cricut to cut the images, but I also used Cricut Colors ink markers to draw the gloves and word Brrrr!. I will admit that I used my older Expression for the color markers. There is a lot about the Expression 2 that I have not tried yet!
Using a white DMC Memory Thread, the gloves are connected to the Anna Griffin decorative brad to appear as if they are hanging. If you are not familar with DMC Color Infusion Memory Thread, it is a fiber wrapped wire that is be used on sewing projects. It is great in our card making too. I found the Memory Thread at Michael's on the aisle with the regular DMC thread for embroidery/cross-stitch.
Lots of inking! Pop dots- 1/16" on the mat and 1/8" on the gloves!
I think the card turned out pretty cool!
Cricut Cartridges:
Joys of the Season - Mittens on page 51 cut 1 3/4"
Winter Frolic - Sentiment "Brrr!" on 33 cut 1 3/4- Phrase and shadow features

Challenges:
Sassy Lil' Card Sketch - Sketch (Maybe I did not get too carried away with the sketch.)
Cooking With Cricut - Cricut markers or a sun if you do not have markers.
BBTB - Joy of the Season Gloves
Craft Us Crazy - Christmas in July
Christmas Card Challenges - Faith/Christmas in July
2 Sisters Challenge Blog - Christmas in July
If The Shoe Fits - Ruby
Hope you enjoy!

Snow Angel

A big THANK YOU for all the visits and sweet comments left on my Hello Kitty Blog Hop post! To all my new followers, THANK YOU! So glad to have you as a crafting friend! Wasn't the Hop just great! I enjoyed visiting all the team members' blogs! Such a great group of designers and so much talent--I feel so honored being on the team! Just a reminder you still have a little more time to participate in the Flaunt It Fridays Hello Kitty Blog Hop. It will end Sunday evening.

I am so happy to see some of my favorite challenge blogs are back after a much deserved holiday break! The design teams offer great inspiration this week!

Following Sketch 29 - Let It Snow at Jitterbuggin', Sherri asked us to include a Cricut cut, use blue somewhere on the card and include something snow related. My card is 5 X 6 1/2 inches. I used Cricut Cartridge Winter Frolic for all cuts on my card. The girl on page 38 was cut 2 1/2 inches; Snow Angel Phrase on page 39 was cut 2 inches, and inside Phrase Let It Snow on page 29 was cut 3 inches. I love using the Cuttlebug whenever I can and on this card, the folders used were Snowflakes, Polka Dots and Swiss Dots. I think embossing adds so much texture and dimension to the card. Used a Martha Stewart blue ink, Darice rhinestones (an after Christmas purchase) and pop dots.

                                                     Inside of Card

                                                                
Challenges:

Jitterbuggin' - Sketch, Color Blue, Something Snow Related, Cricut Cut

Fantabulous Cricut - Snowy Delights -Snow or Snowflakes

Cooking With Cricut -Snow Fun

My Sheri Crafts - What Reminds You of Winter

Hope you enjoy my little snow angel!! Thanks for your comments!

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!

The Stockings Were Hung

Hi everyone! Sharing this fun and colorful card using the stocking and phrase cuts from Cricut Winter Frolic cartridge. The stocking is cut 3 1/2 inches and the phrase is cut 1 1/2 inches. To add texture to the stocking, I embossed it with the Cuttlebug Snowflakes and Swiss Dot folders. Divine Swirls added texture to the scallop background which is cut at 3 1/2 inches using Lacy Labels. Inside sentiment Merry Christmas is cut 5 inches from Wild Card.   

Challenges:       

Paper Playtime - #30 Anything Christmas    

Cooking With Cricut - Stockings and Stuffers   

My Sheri Crafts - Christmas  

Enjoy! Thanks for 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!!

Thanks for visiting and I appreciate your comments!