Card for a Red Hat Lady

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I am sharing another card made for a Red Hat Lady! Card measures 5" x 7" when folded. The double-sided purple/lavender card stock used for the base of card is from The Paper Company. It has red and purple fibers throughout the sheet. I have had this paper a long time and thought it would be perfect for a Red Hat Lady. Other papers are Recollections.

Darling Dress Greeting Card SVG was purchased from Dreaming Tree. You can purchase the SVG here. I cut images at sizes that were brought into Cricut Design Space with the Cricut Maker. Leo has a great video showing the construction of the card! This is a beautiful design which can be made with many different color and paper combinations!

Cuttlebug Kassie's Brocade embossing folder was used on the red papers of the dress.

Small gemstones are added for the necklace. A button from my Red Hat Lady stash is used on the inside corner. I combined variegated purple and red crinkle ribbons to make the bow. 

Loving the looks of this one!

Thanks for your visits and comments!

Challenges:
CARDZ TV      -   Ch. 89 Anything Goes
DL.ART            -   May Linky

Red Hat Lady Birthday Card

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I am happy to see the challenge at Die Cuttin' Divas celebrating Red Hat Society Day this week. Needing a birthday card for a Red Hat Lady, this is the perfect challenge! I have belonged to a group for many years now. I enjoy the fun dining outings and travel with the Ladies! 

I am playing along with Melissa's pretty sketch at Tuesday Morning Sketches this week. Congrats on 500th Sketch challenge! It took awhile to decide on what to use on the sides. Noticing the Martha Stewart Gifts Edge Punch sitting on a shelf and realizing that I had never used this punch (like so many others), I gave it a try. I do like the results!

Cricut Cartridges:

Anna's Window Ledge Cards - Card is cut 7" wide x 10" high from Recollections Purple cardstock.

Using Insert shapes - Square is sized to 6.75" x 4.85" and cut from Red Hat Society paper.

White mat is cut 6.75" wide x 2" high.

Anna's Sophisticated Soirees - Flourish Label is cut 2.5" wide x 1.582" from purple paper. To make a shadow using the red paper, the label is cut 2.6" wide x 1.682" high.

Anna's Elegant Embellishments 2 - Phrase "make a Wish" is printed with the Cricut Midnight pen on the purple label.

Forever Yours - Hat is cut 3.5" wide x 1.723" high from The Paper Company red double-sided paper. This paper has a pretty fiber texture in it..may not be noticeable in photo.

For added dimension, the hat is pop-dotted on the card. I added D.L.ART red/white twine that I won from her blog. Red and Purple Sequins are from a win at SpiegelMom Scraps. Thanks to both of you for the wins!

Thank you for your visits and comments!

Challenges:

Die Cuttin' Divas   - Ch. 417 Red Hat Society Day
D.L. ART  - April Linky

Cute Card Thursday   - Ch. 579 Brads, Sequins, or Gems

Tuesday Morning Sketches - Sketch 500

Use Your Stuff  - Ch. 356 Yarn/String/Twine

Christmas Cards

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Today I am sharing various cards made for my Red Hat Lady friends. Our Christmas party will be tomorrow. I have been busy making eleven cards - so just in time! Papers are Recollections.

Cricut Cartridges:

DJ Inkers 'Tis the Season. I think the images work well in the red and purple colors.

Warm Wishes Card is cut 5.50" wide x 8.50" high.

Fa La La La Card is cut 19.814" wide x 11" high which includes the envelope.

Holiday Cheer card is cut 18.001" wide x 11.215" high including the envelope.

Cricut Pen is Midnight Black. Pilot Precise V5 is used for the red.  I really like the pen work. 

I also made the Holiday Cheer card using a pretty plaid paper from The Paper Studio Very Merry paper pad. I added white dashes on the red ribbon with a white Gelly Roll pen. Love the looks on this one too!

Hope you enjoy! Thanks for your visit and comment!

Challenges:

BBTB2   - Christmas Cards

CARDZ TV - Ch. 78 Anything Goes

DL.ART   - Ch. 238 Christmas 

FCCB  -  Ch. 341 Christmas

Happy Birthday Shaker Card

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I thought Spring had sprung in our area, but it is much cooler today! Nice day to stay inside and play with the Cricut machine! Today I am sharing my first attempt at a shaker card. Needing a birthday card for one of my Red Hat Lady friends, I was excited to play with red and purple. I was inspired to use sequins by the FCCB blog but would you believe I had to buy sequins! I like the way this turned out so I will probably use sequins again!

My white cardstock card measures 4 1/4" x 5 1/2". Patterned paper is from a Red Hat Society paper pack that I have had for ages! Solid papers are Recollections scraps from previous projects. 

Cricut Cartridges:

Cindy Lou - Frame is cut 3.50" wide x 3.02" high. I actually cut two frames, one from red paper and the one from purple paper. I chose to use the purple frame and I cut the red flower segment out of the red frame and placed it on the purple frame. I could not find any acetate paper so I hand cut a piece from a scrapbook page protective cover. The light purple paper was hand cut for the backing of the frame. Red and purple sequins are used inside the frame.

Classic Font - Thinking of You is cut 2.75" wide. I lost the two little dots for the i's and chose to use two sequins. Works for me!

Anna's Lovely Layered Cards - Happy Birthday Friend is written with a red Precise V5 Pilot pen on a 3.75" square.

Inside of the card!

Challenges:

CARDZ TV -  Ch. 3 Anything Goes

Cut It Up  - Ch. 116 Birthday Cards

DL.ART    -   February Linky

FCCB  - Ch. 295 Sequins  

Hope you enjoy! Thanks for your visits and comments!

Purse Card

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Today I am sharing a cute purse card for a Red Hat Lady! Of course, I am using red and purple papers! These are from Recollections. I love how this turned out! I am sure my friend will love it too!

Cricut Cartridges:

Crazy Cute Cards - Card is cut 26.51" x 22.03 following the dimensions as shown on the handbook page. The size includes the envelope. 

Home Decor - Flower is cut 1.54" wide x 1.21" high from the two colors. Pearls were added for a little bling.

Cindy Loo - Using Add Text feature, the S is cut 1.48" w x 1.54" high from the two colors of paper.

Inside the Card:

Anna's Lovely Layered Cards - Happy Birthday Friend is written on an inserted shape cut at 4.25" x 3".

Anna's Lace Cards and Embellishments - You are the Best is written on an inserted shape cut at 3" x 2".

Picture of card when first opened.

Completely opened card.

The lower envelope on card is a good place to stash a gift card, but since I am giving a gift, I chose to use the wonderful sentiment.

Card Challenges:

BBTB2 -  Birthday theme

Decorate to Celebrate - Ch. 15 Anything Goes

FCCB   -  Ch. 281 Anything Goes

DL.ART   -  Ch. 185 Anything Goes 

Little Scrap Pieces - Saturday linky party

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My Sheri Crafts - Ch. 182 Accessorize

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It is time again for another fun challenge at My Sheri Crafts. This week design team sister Sandy chose Ch. 182 Accessorize. Sandy asks that we add pearls or bling, or both to our projects. I chose to make a card for one of my Red Hat friends. My card measures 5 1/2" x 4 1/4" cut from Red Recollections cardstock. The Red Hat Society paper has been in my stash for awhile.

Cricut Cartridges:

Forever Young - Hat is cut 3.75" wide from the red and light purple papers. The hat is pop-dotted on the card.

Anna's Lovely Layered Cards - Sentiment Happy Birthday Friend is written with the Cricut Midnight pen. Using Insert shape, I added a square which I changed to a 4.75" x 3.35" rectangle for the sentiment to be written on. This is used inside the card.

 Recollections rhinestones, a purple flower, and purple sparkly trim was added for the bling! Of course a Red Hat Lady has to have the bling!

Inside the card.

Now it is your turn to play along with us! Please visit My Sheri Crafts to see all the pretty projects by the design team and our guest designer. For more information, visit our individual blogs.

We look forward to seeing your projects!

Thanks for your visits and comments!

Red and Purple - Get Well

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Needing a Get Well card for a Red Hat Lady, I have been playing with red and purple papers! I found this simple card while browsing through Cricut Design Space and thought it would work fine for mailing.

Cricut Cartridges:

Simple Cards - Get Well Soon Card is cut 8" wide x 5.6" high from red Recollection cardstock. The liner is cut from a purple Recollection paper.

Anna's Garden Cards and Embellishments - Warm wishes sentiment is written on an inserted image that measures 3.50" wide. This is used inside the card.

Princess Party - Princess flower shoe is cut 1.25 wide and added on the sentiment mat.

Inside the card!

Hope you enjoy! Thanks for your visits and comments!

Card for a Red Hat Lady

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It has been quite some time since I have played with Red and Purple. I needed a birthday card for one of my Red Hat Lady friends. Card is 5" x 6 1/2" white cardstock. It is layered with red, patterned Red Hat Lady paper, and purple gingham check papers.

Cricut Cartridges:

Pack your Bags - Lady with drink is cut 4" high. That is a strawberry drink to match my colors!!

Birthday Bash - Many wishes for a Happy Day is cut 4.50" wide. This sentiment is used inside of the card.

Cuttlebug: Happy birthday

Recollections flowers and small gemstones were added at corners on the Happy birthday mat.

 Inside of card

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Red Hat Lady Birthday

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I made this card for one of my friends who is also a Red Hat Lady! It has been awhile since I have played with red and purple and I enjoyed working on this card!

Cricut Cartridges:

Christmas Kitsch - The present card is cut 5 1/2" from red Recollection paper and the liner is purple. It was fun to make this card using a different theme than Christmas. You may want to review some of the nice card features on the cartridges.

Heritage - Hat on stand is cut 3" wide.

Cricut Classic Font - It's Your Day is cut 2.07" wide x 2.28" high.

Storybook - Birthday Girl is cut 4.75" wide.

Gypsy Wanderings - Shoe is cut 2.45" wide x 1.71" high. I cut two shoes--one is used on front of envelope and second shoe is on the back side of envelope.

I made the purple card using Martha Stewart Scoreboard. The purple floral embellishment is from Recollections.

Inside of card!

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My Sheri Crafts - Ch. 113

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It is time for another fun and inspirational challenge at My Sheri Crafts. Challenge 113 is Happy Birthday America. Our talented Sarah asked us to make birthday cards. This was a perfect opportunity for me to play with red and purple for a Red Hat Lady.

The card is 5" x 6 1/2" cut from white cardstock. 

Spellbinder's M Bossabilities - Splendid Design B is used on the purple background paper.

Cricut Cartridges:

Kate's ABC's - Page 28 hat is cut 1.5"

A Child's Year - happy birthday cut 1.75"

Formal Occasion - Page 41 Shoes are cut 2"

Cheery Lynn French Pastry used on the gingham mat

Other supplies include Recollection red gemstones and purple flower.

Be sure to visit My Sheri Crafts to see all the pretty birthday cards by the design team and our guest designer. For more information on the projects, please visit the individual blogs. 

Now it is your turn to play along with us. Several Ooh La La awards will be given and one person will be selected to be our next guest designer. We look forward to seeing your birthday cards!

Thanks for your visits and comments!

Happy Mother's Day!

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Happy Mother's Day! 

I'm sharing a few variations on a card that I recently posted. 

This is the free Mother's Day Card 06 that was posted in the Cricut Craft Room. Of course, I had to go with Red and Purple for a few Red Hat Ladies! Flowers are from Cricut Mother's Day Bouquet. Each of the backgrounds is embossed with a different Cuttlebug folder.

Hope you have great day!

Cricut Simple Cards

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I managed a little time for card making so it is a simple card for a Red Hat Lady! When I saw this image in the Cricut Craft Room "Cut It Free For A Week", my first thoughts were Red and Purple!

The cartridge is Cricut Simple Cards and the #38 card image is cut at 5.5" from red Bazzill cardstock. The liner is cut from purple Recollections cardstock.

Inside of card

I used Cricut Alphalicious to cut the crown tag that is found on page 124. It is cut at 2" from white Colorbok paper. I added small purple rhinestones to the crown.

Yes, a Simple card, but I really like it! Hope you enjoy it too!

BBTB2 - Witch

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It is time for another inspirational Cricut challenge at BBTB2! Our talented design team sister Susan wants us to use a witch. This can be any witch from any Cricut cartridge to create a Halloween project. I chose to do a small wreath for my Red Hat friend. The little witch heard about the party and dressed up for the occasion! The wreath is a 9" Willow Wreath that was purchased for one dollar.

Cricut cartridge is Wrap It Up! The witch image is on page 69 and is cut at 10" using Recollection papers.

Using a 2 1/2" wired ribbon that actually is a Christmas ribbon bought last year, I wrapped the willow wreath and made the bow. To add a bit more detail to the witch and broom, I added Silver Stickles which goes with the silver glittered edge of the ribbon. The witch is attached by using pop-dots. 

Simple project but a cute decoration for the party!

My second project uses the witch image but this time it is the box cut. I cut the box at 5". Of course, again I used the red and purple theme. Purple tissue and red/purple curly ribbon accent the little bag. I added a piece of a Cricut packaging behind the witch cut out. Using purple paper in the bag, I just added a piece of white tissue behind the plastic. A cute little treat bag for my Red Hat friends!

Visit BBTB2 to see all the fun and creative projects made by the design team! For more information about the projects, please visit the individual blogs. We enjoy your visits and comments!

Now it is your turn to show us your witch! Remember this is a Cricut challenge and the witch must be cut from a Cricut cartridge. One person will be chosen to receive the Project of the Week award.

Challenge:
Papercraft Star - Ch 118 Witches
Decorate to Celebrate - Ch 36 - Party decoration for a Halloween party
Die Cuttin Divas - Ch 88 Shimmer, Glimmer, and Gloss (entering the wreath)

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Red Hat Lady Twisted Easel Card

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Today I am sharing a birthday card made for a Red Hat Lady using the twisted easel card style. Mary has a great tutorial at Cardz TV for the twisted easel card. This is a fun card style which I enjoy making. I think it makes a pretty card for display.

The base of the card is cut 4 1/4" x 9 3/4". Papers are Recollections, Brazill, and Colorbok white.

Cricut cartridges:

Kate's ABC's - Page 28 - Hat is cut 1.75"

Wild Card - Page 61 Phrase "Happy Birthday" is cut 4".

Spellbinders Nestabilities Label Ten is used on the purple and white mats. 

Cuttlebug: Swiss Dots on the hat

Other supplies include Recollections Floral Embellishments and purple gemstones. Hat is pop-dotted on the mat. The sentiment mat is pop-dotted as a stop for the front of the card. Martha Stewart lavender ink.

Challenge:

Cardz TV - Ch. 12 Anything Goes

Thanks for your visits and comments!

BBTB2 - Rose Challenge

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Thanks for stopping by today! It is time for another fun and inspirational Cricut challenge at BBTB2!

I am so excited to be hosting my first challenge! Did you know June is National Rose Month in the United States? In honor of the Rose, our challenge is to create a card, layout, or 3-D project with a Cricut rose.

The rose can be from any Cricut cartridge.

I chose to do a 3-D project for this challenge using the Cricut Giant Flowers Cartridge. The rose image is on page 12. Using Cricut Craft Room, I cut the rose images at 3.50" from red Recollections cardstock. The rose requires a lot of cutting, but at 3.50" size, I was able to get all the cuts on one sheet of red cardstock. Directions for layering all the pieces are found in the handbook on pages 24-26. The green leaves are cut from a scrap piece of green cardstock. This is my first time to play with this cartridge. I must admit my first rose did not go together too easily because I could not see clearly the 15 little cut dashes that the petals went in to. After cutting the images again, I used three different colors of markers to mark a tiny spot at the location of the three different sizes of rose petals. That worked much better for me!

Guess you notice that I have a Red Hat Lady color theme going on! The gathered red lace rosette was in my goodie stash that I have had for quite some time. I added purple bows. A dowel rod was wrapped with green floral tape and inserted through the center of the rose and placed in the vase. For a little more Red Hat Lady flair, I wrapped a bracelet around the base of the vase.

Close up of the rose!

For an additional display, I made a purple nosegay holder using the Cricut Victorian Romance Cartridge cone image. This image was cut at 8.50".  I decorated the cone with ribbon, lace, pearls, red rhinestones, feather, a little red hat, and a tassel that were all in my stash. Red braiding was used to make the handle. Now I have a pretty hanging holder to show off my pretty Red Rose! I am sharing a photo of the red crochet doily that my Mom made for me! I love it!

Hope you enjoy my projects focusing on the Rose. Now it is your turn to play along with us! The design team members have created beautiful projects showcasing the Rose for inspiration. Visit each blog for details! We look forward to seeing your lovely projects! Remember you must use a Cricut Rose, but it can be from any Cricut cartridge. One person will be selected to receive our Project of the Week badge!

Challenge: The Paper Variety - Anything but a card or layout
I appreciate your comments!

My Sheri Crafts - Ch 83 Marvelous Monograms

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It is time for another fun challenge at My Sheri Crafts! Challenge 83 is Marvelous Monograms. We are asked to make monogram cards or a special project with lots of style! For my Monogram card, I chose to use lots of Red Hat Lady style!

Cricut Cartridges:

Sentimentals - Page 28 - Card feature cut 5". This is one of the older Cricut cartridges. It has pretty card shapes and frames that I forget to use! Page 29 - Frame, layer, and shadow are cut 4.25".

Storybook - Page 46 - Letter S is cut 1.75".

Other supplies:

Purple Bazell cardstock, Recollection papers.

Rosette is cut at 3/4" x 12' and scored at each 1/4".

Heart shape button and red hat embellishment are Dress It Up "Friends". This package has so many cute buttons and embellishments for a Red Hat Lady. I am so happy that I bought several packages a couple of years ago because I can not find the buttons now.

Paper Studio - Ribbon for the bow

Recollections - Gemstones and the small red flowers.

Red feather from stash!

White Gelly Roll pen for faux stitching.

Now it is your turn to play along with us and share your Monograms! Visit My Sheri Crafts to see the inspirational and pretty work by the design team and our guest designer! We love to read your comments! Remember several Ooh La La awards will be given and one person will be chosen to be our next guest designer!

I am happy with the results of this card! My Red Hat Ladies should like this!

Challenges:

Fantabulous Cricut - Ch. 106 Buttons and Bows.

Passionately Artistic - Linking Party



Red Hat Lady 3-D Shoe

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Thanks for stopping by today! I recently purchased Cricut Princess Party cartridge and of course, my first project has to be a Red Hat Lady theme! The shoe is one of the reasons that I wanted the cartridge but several other cuts will work in a Red Hat theme!

Working in the Cricut Craft Room, I cut the shoe at 7 1/2" which is the largest size that would fit on the 12x12 paper. Paper is Bazzill Ruby Slipper--just love that name for the paper!!

The circle for the fabric yoyo had been cut some time back and I stitched it up to use on my shoe. Finished size measures 1 1/2". I glued one of my Red Hat buttons in the center of the yoyo and added a purple feather under the yoyo. Other supplies include Purple fabric trim, Recollections Floral Embellishments, gemstones, and pop dots. The "Friends" and button embellishments are from Dress It Up Friends button package. Red Hatters must have their feathers and bling!

Close up view of front of the shoe.

This was a fun project and went together really well. Next time, I may cut an extra paper using the shoe image so the shoe can be lined with a different patterned paper.

Hope you enjoy!

Challenge:

Die Cuttin' Divas - Ch. 54 Recipe-Fabric, Feathers, and/or Flowers. I got all that covered!!

2 Sisters Challenge Blog - Ch. 80 Anything Goes

Passionately Artistic - Linking Party

Red Hat Birthday

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Today I am sharing a card made for a Red Hat Lady. It has been awhile since I have played with red and purple and I enjoyed putting this card together. I am playing along with the sketch at Die Cut Diva's this week. The card is 5" x 6 1/2" cut from purple cardstock. It is layered with a gingham check paper cut at 4 3/4' x 6 1/4". Red cardstock measures 4 1/2" x 4 3/4" and is layered with a white cardstock measuring 4 1/4" x 4 1/2". The red dot strip is layered over a purple strip. I was happy to find this new paper. It is getting so hard to find different reds and purples!

Cricut cartridge:

Sweet Treats - Page 28 - Cupcake and layers cut 2.50". Page 42 - Cake plate and layers cut 1.5".

Cuttlebug:

Happy Birthday folder - White mat, Swiss Dots - Cake plate, Divine Swirls - Chocolate Frosting

Martha Stewart - Daisy Dot edge punch - red dot paper

Other products:

Glossy Accents on the chocolate and heart. I thought that adds a yummy, delicious look!

Recollections red and purple flowers are layered and gemstones added to center. Inking. Cupcake and plate are pop-dotted for added dimension.

Challenges:

Die Cuttin' Divas - Sketch - Birthday Celebration

Simply Create Too - Ch. 4 Layers, Layers, and more Layers

Simply Crafts - Sweet Treat Cupcake

My Craft Spot - Ch. 40 - It's Delicious  I think my cupcake fits this challenge!

Birthday Sundaes - New Card with birthday wording/option-something new. My new products are the red dot paper and Recollection flowers.

Hope you enjoy my card!

Fantabulous Cricut - Ch# 81 - Decor and More

Wow! Monday again and time for another fun challenge at Fantabulous Cricut! Challenge # 81 is Decor and More. We are asked to create a project to hang on the wall--can be vinyl, wall hanging, etc. My thoughts were to make a type of wreath/wall hanging and this is my results! I want to surprise some of my Red Hat sisters with this little creation and I am using reds and purples rather than traditional colors for Halloween.

The base is cut from black cardstock at 10.50" using the Cricut Essentials cartridge which is preloaded on the E2. The scallop doily image is on page 37. For added strength and stability, I hand cut a piece of kraft cardboard which had been marked at 10" with a plate and glued the cardboard to the main cut. The cardboard was recycled from a scrapbooking kit. When I found the purple spider web paper in a K&Company pack during my recent shopping trip to Michael's, I just had to buy it for my background!

The flowers are made using Cricut Flower Shoppe. I did a search on You Tube on this cartridge and found a great video by MargaretsCrafts. The flower is the mum on page 21 and uses varying sizes for the layers of petals. Leaves are on page 22. I chose to use less layers thus making a smaller flower on the witch hat.
Cricut Happy Hauntings is used for remaining cuts.
Page 54 - Witch Hat cut 5 1/2" from purple gingham and the image is repeated using white cardstock for added thickness on the hat.
Page 38 - Boo is cut 1 1/4" using the phrase feature- regular and shadow.
Page 65 - Flourishes are cut using the Spooky Font feature on page 65 at 1 1/4". One image was cut using flip feature.
Cuttlebug Folder- Swiss Dots used on the red layer of hat.
For a little Red Hat flair, I added gemstones and feathers. Do you see the little spider!
Lots of inking! Hat, spider, and flower are pop-dotted. A loop of red ribbon is glued to the back for hanging.

Hope you enjoy my project! Now it is your turn to play with us at FCCB. Stop by and see all the fun creations by the design team. Remember the deadline to enter the challenge is midnight Sat. Oct. 15th. As always, be sure to include a Cricut cut!

I am sharing at Crafty Sprouts Color Challenge--Red and Black and Slimy Green. You can use any theme and you must use at least 2 of the colors.

Cooking With Cricut Guest Designer

I am very excited to be guest designer for Cooking With Cricut today! I was very surprised to receive the invitation and of course, loving the challenge blog, I am happy to be here with you! Cooking With Cricut is one of the first challenge blogs that I began participating in after I started my blog. I always look forward to the weekly challenge and participate as I can. If you have not visited the blog, you are missing out on a lot of fun! The Chefs are always cooking up beautiful and inspiring projects! I want to thank everyone at Cooking With Cricut for the honor of being a guest designer today!

My fun with the Cricut began in 2009 whenever I purchased the Expression. As most of you know I am a member of the Red Hat Society. I started scrapbooking our fun meetings and travels. That soon led to cards and blogging!! What fun! I am always buying red and purple paper. I enjoy finding a cartridge that has great cuts for my Red Hat friends. I was so happy to find Forever Young - hats, dresses, gloves, shoes, purses---perfect! Today, I am sharing a Tri-Shutter Card featuring some of the pretty cuts from Forever Young!

The card starts with a 5 1/2" x 12" piece of red cardstock. There is a great tutorial on SplitCoastStampers for making a Tri Fold Shutter Card. This card style is perfect for using your beautiful designer papers. I am using purple cardstock and the designer paper is K&Company Red Hat Society which I have been hoarding for some time. I find it very hard to find reds and purples. I have used several Cuttlebug embossing folders to add a bit of dimension. Swiss dots is used on the purple background papers. Do you notice the little purple flower on the hat? It is embossed with Bloom Dots and the hat (page 63 cut 1.50") is embossed with Swiss Dots. The purple gingham mat is embossed with Divine Swirls. The mat cut is actually the flower 3 on page 66 using the shift key and cut at 4.25" The flowers are on page 69, cut 1.25" and layers are pop-dotted.

With the card opened, you can see more of my selected cuts. The Cricut has really been chirping this week! I have used ten different images on this card plus the layer and shadow features! The shoes tag is found on page 54 and cut 1". I thought it was so cute and I just had to make room for it. DMC Memory Thread is used for the hanger and the tag is pop-dotted on the mat. Ooh la la cut .75"-page 57 and glasses cut .50"-page 47.

I used Model 14 on page 37 cut 3 1/2", cutting first in ivory and again in red. I trimmed the red hat and red shoes off and glued on the model. Dress is embossed with the Cuttlebug Textile folder. Shoes cut 1.75"- page 54, purse cut 1.75"-page 56, gloves cut 1.50-page 45. Of course, Red Hatters love bling-must have rhinestones! Lots of inking, ribbon and rhinestones from my stash!

This is an easy card to make but it does take time cutting out the mats and layers. Above photo is the card laying flat. Hope you enjoy! Again, many thanks to Cooking With Cricut for the great opportunity!

To see more projects using cuts from Forever Young, you can view Cricut Forever Young under Labels -left side bar of my blog!