A Valentine- Victorian Romance

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Today I am sharing my first Valentine card for 2013. That day will soon be here! 

Inspired by the fun sketch at Die Cuttin Divas, I wanted to play along with their first challenge of the new year! The white cardstock card measures 5" x 6 1/2". Papers are scraps from K&Company Kelly Panacci Valentine paper pad. I love this paper! In fact, I found the same paper pad during another visit at Michael's last year and just had to buy it! Now I have another full pack!

Cricut Cartridge is Victorian Romance.

The heart with the couple silhouette is the 6th image on the first row and is cut from white cardstock. The blackout image is the 6th image on the second row and cut from a light pink paper. Both cuts are 3.5".

The small heart and heart layer are cut 1". These are the third images on row 3 and row 4. The words on the heart paper are from the poem How do I love thee.

Other supplies include lace and pearls from my stash. The lace is used for one of the elements of the sketch rather than paper. Inking is Dew Drop Versa Magic Gingerbread.

Challenges:

Die Cuttin Divas - Ch. 96 Sketch

Little Scrap Pieces - Fun Friday - Anything Goes

2 Sisters Challenge - Ch. 125 Anything Goes

Thanks for your visits and comments!

Cricut Christmas Cards

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

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

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

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

Challenges:

Celebrate the Occasion - Ch. 93 Christmas - Anything Goes

Cricut Chirp - Christmas challenge

Die Cuttin' Divas - Ch. 95 More Holiday Spirit

Little Scrap Pieces - Holiday

Paper Playtime -  Ch 91 Winter Fun

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

Thanks for your visits and comments!





BBTB2 - Christmas in July

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It is Monday and time for another fun challenge at BBTB2! Our talented design team sister Jayne is our hostess and she has chosen Christmas In July for our theme. Use any cut from any Cricut cartridge to make a Christmas card, layout, or project.

Cricut cartridge is Wrap It Up. Candy Cottage is on page 28. I have been wanting to cut the Candy Cottage for some time. So glad Jayne chose Christmas theme! I used the card feature for the house shaped card. It is cut 5.5" from the light green cardstock. The Candy Cottage image on shift was cut from the green patterned paper and glued on top of the card. Layer images were cut from the candy cane paper and the bright pink paper. Patterned papers are scraps from K&Company Secret Santa paper pad.

I hand cut beige/gold paper to glue behind the windows for the effect of inside light. The candy in the windows and one for the door knob are hand cut from the candy cane paper scrap.

Inking is Dew Drop Versa Magic Gingerbread. I chose not to have a sentiment/greeting on the front of the card.

Stop by BBTB2 to see all the gorgeous Christmas projects by the design team. For more information, please visit the individual blogs. We do love your visits and comments!

Now it is your turn to play along with us. Remember this is a Cricut challenge and you must use a Cricut cut and please mention in your post which cartridge you used! We look forward to seeing your project. One person will be chosen to receive the Project of the Week award. It could be you!

Also, just a reminder you still have time to enter our fashion theme challenge.

Challenges:
Little Scrap Pieces - Christmas
DL.ART- Christmas in July - ends 07-28

Thanks for your visits and comments!

My Sheri Crafts - Ch 89 Picture This

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Yay! It was a short work week and Saturday is here! Time for another fun challenge at My Sheri Crafts! Challenge 89 is Picture This! Our talented design team sister Sandy chose this week's theme and asked us to use the above picture as inspiration for our projects! These are pretty colors and several things came to mind including picnics, parties, and foods! I chose to use a strawberry!

Using Cricut Craft Room and the Cricut Country Life cartridge, I tried welding for a shaped card. The strawberry is on page 56. Using the shadow feature, I welded two shadow images on the side for the shaped card. The cut was 4.75". Regular cuts and layers were cut at same size to finish the card.
Cuttlebug: Swiss Dots on the strawberry
Spellbinders: Nested Sentiment Dies
Just Rite Stamps: Myriad Pro 50 pt. for the word Sweet
Paper Studio gemstone flower brad, Sew Easy fancy floss for the bow, and Versa Magic gingerbread inking.

Photo of inside of card. Sentiment will be added later. Maybe a cute birthday card!

Visit My Sheri Crafts to see all the beautiful and inspiring projects by the design team and guest designer!Visit the individual blogs for information on the projects and leave a little love! We do appreciate the visits and comments on our blogs!

Now it is your turn to play along with us! We look forward to seeing your projects inspired by the pretty photo! Remember one person will be chosen to be the next guest designer and several Ooh La La awards will be given.

Thanks for your visits and comments!

Challenge:

Little Scrap Pieces - Make it Sweet-any treat you enjoy during summer. Strawberries

                                                          

My Sheri Crafts - Father's Day

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Thanks for stopping by today! Hope your weekend is going great! It is time for another fun challenge at My Sheri Crafts. This week's challenge is all about Father's Day..Let's Celebrate the Men in our lives!

My card measures 6 1/2" x 5" and is cut from a piece of kraft cardstock. Papers are from my scrap stash. Yay! I have been trying to use as much of the left over papers as I can, but the stack is still huge!

Cricut Cartridges:

Celebrate with Flourish - #1 Dad is cut 3.5".

Wild Card - Page 66 Phrase - Happy Father's Day cut 8". This is seen on the inside of the card.

Cuttlebug: Swiss Dots used on the light blue papers.

Other supplies:

Martha Stewart - Iron gate Edge punch

Star ribbon is a gift from a special friend. Thank you so much Charlotte! I love it and when I saw the ribbon, I thought it would be perfect for this card!

#1 Dad is pop-dotted on card. Versa Magic Gingerbread ink.

Photo of inside of card. I made this card for my grandchildren to give their Dad. I left the light blue paper at the top plain so the kids could write a message and sign the card.

With Father's Day quickly approaching, this is the perfect time for you to join our challenge and create a card, layout, or project for Dad! Be sure to visit My Sheri Crafts to see all the great inspiration by the design team. You can visit the individual blogs for more details on the projects! We appreciate your visits and comments on our blogs!

Remember one person will be chosen to be the next guest designer! It could be you! Several Ooh la la awards will be presented.

Challenges:

Exploring Cricut - Father's Day - use 2 Cricut Cuts

Little Scrap Pieces - Fun Friday Happy Father's Day or Masculine card

An Umbrella Card

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

Welcome to Glenda's Cards!

Today I am sharing a card made for a few challenges. The 5" x 7" card is cut from white Colorbok cardstock. I enjoy working with this pretty patterned K&Company Watercolor Boquet Die-Cut Mat Pad. The die-cut mat is 4.75" x 6.75" and I thought it would be perfect for my card.

Cricut Cartridge:

Paisley - Page 48. Using the main image and the image on shift, the umbrella is cut 3". I chose not to use all the layers because I wanted a pretty floral umbrella.

Flower Shoppe - Page 13 - Flower. I used the scallop 1, 2, and 4 images and it was cut at 1.875 in Cricut Craft Room.

Cuttlebug: Swiss Dots on the white mat.

Other supplies:

Creative Memories - Oval Mats 

Stamps - My Craft Spot "Friends & Neighbors" Inside and Out. I won this stamp set recently at one of Kimberly's challenges! I just love this set of stamps! Perfect for inside and out! Thanks again Kimberly for your kindness!

Recollections -Pink Rhinestones

Ribbon - From my friend! Thanks!

Inking - VersaMagic Gingerbread

Martha Stewart - Daisy Corner Punch used on the inside white mat.

Inside of card....Left blank area for a personal message.

Challenges:

My Craft Spot - #51 Inside and Out - Must use a sentiment inside and outside of card.

Simply Crafts - Paisley Umbrella  ends 4-17

Cute Card Thursday - #212 Spring Flowers ends 4-18

Die Cuttin' Divas  #60 Pastels

Celebrate The Occasion - #58 Just Because -  Must use Pink

Crafty Creations Challenge - #165 Flower Power
Exploring Cricut - April Showers Bring Us Flowers
Scapalicious USA - April Showers
Little Scrap Pieces - Use a Flower

St. Patrick's Day Iris Folding

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I am sharing another St. Patrick's Day card inspired by a few challenges! When I saw the color challenge and bonus technique of using an Iris Fold at Die Cuttin' Divas, I got busy! I have worked with Iris Folding before and really enjoy using the technique and seeing the results. However that was before my blog was started so I do not have a photo.

Cricut Cartridge: I worked in Cricut Craft Room.

A Child's Year - Page 31 Card Feature. Card is cut 5.986"width x 9.278"h. I like the shaped edges of the card plus the effect of the cut out shamrocks. Needing a cut out shape to do the Iris Folding, I chose the hat (Icon Feature) on page 31 also. Using CCR and size 2.5", I used the hide contour feature to hide the hat band and shamrock. Then, I placed the hat in the location on the card so the hat opening would be cut out of the card by the Cricut. This is a first for me and I am really pleased with the results!

For the Iris Folding, I used a triangle shape template that is available at Circle of Crafters. The triangle and square templates have been donated to the public domain. Instructions are given to make your own patterns from scratch. Other patterns can be found at this site. Remember they are copyright protected.

Cutterbug: Swiss Dots on the black hat band.

Other supplies:

Papers: White Colorbok cardstock for the cardbase. Green glitter paper is from a Birthday pack. I thought this would be pretty for the eye of the Iris and the paper showing under the shamrocks. The St. Patrick's Day papers were given to me by a friend.

Sew Easy Fancy Floss (Baker's Twine lemonade). This is my first time to play with this product. I like this on cards, but I had trouble with the twine untwisting. The yellow buttons are from my stash.

Martha Stewart inking.

Challenges:

DieCuttin' Divas - #56 Colors- Use Green, Yellow, Black and White. Bonus-Iris Folding

Cooking With Cricut - #77 St. Pat's and Rainbows

Little Scrap Pieces - Luck of the Irish
Wacky Wednesday - More Than Favors - Ch. 67 St. Patrick's Day (ends 3-27) 

Whimsical Designs  - #45 Going Green - Use Green (ends 3-21)
Scrapalicious - A Cut Above  (Some sort of special cut)

Close -up view of the hat using three patterned papers for the folding and the glitter paper for the Iris!

                                   

Hope you enjoy my card!

Double Twisted Easel Card

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I am happy to share my very first Double Twisted Easel Card. Yay! Another card style marked off my "To Do" list! Several tutorials can be found on You Tube. Thank you Kimmy for the video you share!

The card started with a 8" x 8" piece of dark green cardstock. I used a pretty shamrock paper for the layers. A different shade of green is used for the shamrocks and mat base.

Cricut Cartridges:

Simply Charmed - Page 32- Leprachaun 1 is cut 2.75". Page 33 Pot of Gold is cut at 2.75".

Elegant Edges - Page 62- Image Clover and shadow cut at 3.25".

Create a Critter - Page 58 - Phrase Lucky is cut 1".

A Child's Year - Page 31- Icon feature on shift for the Shamrock. It is cut 1".

Cuttlebug:

Script Folder used on the white mats behind the leprachaun and pot of gold.

Divine Swirls - Leprachaun's hair. Swiss Dots on the hat, jacket, and the black pot.

For a bit of interest, my little guy has green eyes. I placed a small piece of green paper under the eye cuts and added a bit of red for the mouth. He is pop-dotted for dimension. The shamrock is also pop-dotted and placed under his hand to look as though he is holding it!

The pot of gold is a bit large but don't we envision big pots of gold!! I also made a smaller version but decided to use the larger size. I think it resembles the rainbow fading in the distance! How do you like my gold! I used some Recollections gemstones!

I chose to use the clover image from Elegant Edges for its shape for the white and green mats. This piece is pop-dotted and is used to hold the two easel stands in place. Green buttons are from my stash. I used a white pen for the stitching on the word Lucky! Pretty gingham bows complete the look.

Challenges:

Fantabulous Cricut - ch 101 Shamrock or Color Green

BBTB2 - Shamrock and color Green

Little Scrap Pieces - A button and Bow

Creative Cutter Room - St. Patrick's Day

Whimsical Designs - #45 Color Green

Krafty Girls - Ch. 2 St. Patrick's Day theme

Passionately Artistic - Linking Party

The Paper Variety - Tic Tac Toe  I used Emboss, Create a Card, and Die Cut

Paper Issues - Go Green or go Home

Hope you enjoy my Double Twisted Easel Card! I am linking this card to My Sheri Crafts. The challenge this week  St. Patrick's Day! Make an easel card and include a Shamrock! You still have time to enter your project!

St. Patrick's Day Card

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Here it is March already and I have a St. Patrick's Day card to share with you. I am playing with the sketch challenge at Tuesday Morning Sketches. I like the sketch and think it is a good way to use paper from my stash. That stack keeps growing! I think the St. Patrick's Day paper is pretty with the lavender and purples. This is a piece left over from another project that I will share soon with you. Green and Lavender papers are scraps from a Pearlescent paper pack.

Card is 5" x 6 1/2" cut from green cardstock.

Cricut Cartridge:

A Child's Year - Page 31 Hat is the Icon feature and is cut 2". Hat is applied to an Acton Wobble so it has a fun movement about it!

Cuttlebug:

Polka Dots Folder is used on the 4 3/4" x 6 1/4" white background paper.

Lots of inking and Recollection green gemstones.

Challenges:

Tuesday Morning Sketches - Sketch 135

Little Scrap Pieces - Ch. Use Green

Hope you enjoy my card. It is simple but I think one of the grandkids will enjoy the Acton Wobble Hat!

Shaped Valentine card

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Happy Valentine's Day! Today I am sharing a Valentine card made using a card feature from a Cricut cartridge. I like the pretty shape of the card and the overlay cut with the heart opening.

Cricut Cartridges:

Life's a Party - Page 62  Card feature and the mat are cut at 5" using the Cricut Craft Room. I was so surprised to see this pretty card on this cartridge! I need to take a closer look at some of my cartridges!

For some reason, I was unable to hide the little fold lines on the card. However, the lines are only slightly noticeable after the mat was glued on.

Flower Shoppe - Flower -Second image on 4th row cut 1.75" and again at 1.50". First image on 1st row cut 1.75".

Home Decor - I sized the word "Love" to fit inside the heart and did not record the actual size.

I used Martha Stewart inking around the edges. Tiny Recollections pearls were placed around the heart opening.

White Colorbok cardstock was used for the card base. Designer Paper is K&Company Kelly Panacci Valentine. I love this paper and have been using a lot from this pad. Guess who bought another pad of this same paper this weekend!! I will hoard it for awhile!!

Challenges:

Sentimental Sundays - Ch. 89 Shape card and sentiment

Little Scrap Pieces - Anything You Heart Desires

My Sheri Crafts - Ch 78 Love is in the Air

Welcome to Glenda's Cards!

Thanks for stopping by today and also a big Thank You to my new followers!

It is Saturday and time for another fun challenge at My Sheri Crafts! Design team member Sarah has chosen the theme for Challenge 78. It is "Love Is In the Air". In addition to Valentine's Day coming up, Sarah reminded us that February is Heart month. Sarah's theme is Love your Valentine, love your Heart and let's see at least two Hearts on your project!

Yes, Valentine's Day will soon be here!  Are you finished with all your cards? This may be perfect challenge to create that special card! For my special card, I tried another unique card style called Double Dutch Fold. I have a list with card styles to try and thought this style would be a great Valentine card! I found the tutorial at SplitCoastStampers.

The card started with a piece of 4 3/16" x 9" rosy pink cardstock. For the dutch fold bottom, I used a 2" x 8 1/2" piece of the same cardstock. My pretty double-sided patterned papers are K&Company Kelly Panacci Designer Paper pad. This is a good card style to make use of small left over papers.

Cricut Cartridges:

Love Struck - The couple image is the third image on the top row and the shadow cut is the third image on the second row. Image was cut at 3 1/2".

On the inside of the card, Love is the second image on the last row. It is cut 1.75".

I hand cut the small hearts that you see on the front of the card from tiny scraps of papers.

Other supplies include Martha Stewart inking and Recollections pearls on the heart. Sentiment stamp is a dollar stamp from Michael's. Martha Stewart Daisy corner punch was used on the corners of the white paper.

Inside view of card

Be sure to visit My Sheri Crafts and see the lovely projects by the design team and this week's guest designer! We appreciate you visiting our blogs and leaving comments! Now it is turn to play along with us. Just follow the theme and be sure to include at least 2 hearts. One person will be chosen to be the next guest designer and several Ooh La La awards are presented. Deadline for entering is Friday Feb. 17. We look forward to seeing your pretty projects!

Challenges:

Cricut Cardz Challenge -  Ch 101 - Be My Valentine -any cartridge, any colors

CardzTV - Ch. 5 Tickled Pink - Use Pink as primary color

More Than Favors -Wacky Wednesday #64 - Love- Any project as long as it has a Love theme.
Little Scrap Pieces - Use Pink

Hope you enjoy my first try at this card style! Your comments are always appreciated!

Nuts About You

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I have been playing with the Cricut "Just Because" Cards cartridge. It is one of those cartridges that I just had to buy. I have had it for several months and would you believe today is my first time to use it. I was working in the Cricut Craft Room and decided to try one of the card features. For some reason I never could hide the fold marks for the card. I do like the scalloped edges on the card!

Page 63 - Card feature was cut 9" which makes a 4" x 9" folded card. Squirrel and layers are on the same page. I used the stencil features for the "nuts about you" sentiment which was cut 1.75".

Page 38 - Background mat was cut 3.444" x 5.306".  

Cuttlebug:

Houndstooth Folder - Squirrel

Distressed Stripes Folder- Background mat

Card was cut from Kraft cardstock and other papers are from my stash. Lots of inking and a wiggle eye for the squirrel.

I think the card will be great for a masculine Valentine card! What do you think?

Challenge:

Die Cuttin' Divas - Ch. 48 - Squirrels - Use a squirrel on your project!
Little Scrap Pieces - Anything Goes

Christmas Cardinal - Acrylic Embossing

Welcome to Glenda's Cards!

Today I am sharing a Christmas card that was made for a special friend! Now that she has received the card, I am able to make the post. I am showcasing features similar to a previous card that I posted last year here. 

The card is 5" x 6 1/2" and is inspired by the pretty sketch at Card Patterns. Designer paper is Martha Stewart Holidays that was purchased last Christmas.

Cricut Cartridges:

Winter Woodland - Page 59 Bird is cut 2 1/2". Red glitter paper is also from the Martha Stewart Holidays pack.

Joys of the Season -  Page 69 Holly and Berries

Cuttlebug:

The embossed acrylic background is a piece of Cricut cartridge packaging. It is embossed with the Cuttlebug Birds and Swirls folder.

Other supplies include Christmas Red Stickles on the berries and Martha Stewart punch. Inking is Dew Drop Versa Magic Gingerbread. Christmas sentiment is Holiday Time Crystal Sticker. I hand cut a piece of the red glitter paper to run through the openings.

Challenges:

Card Patterns - Sketch 146

Little Scrap Pieces - Winter - Holiday

Simply Create Too - Ch 2 Embossing

The Sisterhood of Crafters - Christmas

Passionately Artistic - Linking Party
Robin's Creative Cottage - Link Up Party

Hope you enjoy my card!

MERRY CHRISTMAS!