Flaunt It Fridays - CH# 24 Pooh Font



Happy Friday Friends! It is time again for another fun challenge at Flaunt It Fridays. For challenge # 24, we are asked to use Cricut Pooh Font for the Tigger and Ducky cut on page 61.

My card is 5 x 6 1/2 inches and layered with a Recollections stripe paper. The green mat paper is from Colorbok. I used the Martha Stewart Embossed Zig Zag edge punch on the edges and then mounted it on a black mat.

I bought this cartridge when Michaels had a clearance sale on some of the older cartridges and I must admit that this is the first time to cut a Disney character. Tigger and Ducky are cut at 2 inches. The layers worked well and I am pleased with the results! Using black cardstock, the letters are cut at 1 inch to spell Hello and yellow cardstock is used for the shadow feature.

Now it is your turn to play with us. Remember if you do not have the Pooh Font cartridge, you can use a similar cut from another cartridge. For some great inspiration, visit the design team members' blogs. You can go to the blogs from the home page at Flaunt It Friday.

We are happy to have http://www.scrapbook.com/ as our sponsor for the May Grand Prize! It is a $20.00 gift certificate to their store. What fun! A shopping trip! To qualify for the grand prize, all you have to do is enter our challenges. The more challenges you enter, the more chances you have to win. One winner is chosen from each weekly challenge and the winner's name goes into the drawing for the monthly grand prize.

We look forward to seeing your creativity...card, layout, altered item, etc.

Hope you enjoy my card!

Teacher Appreciation

My youngest grandson will be graduating kindergarten in a few days. He has really done well! This card is made for his teacher. The card is 5 x 6 1/2 from a Recollections pack. I used two different papers for the background that I have had for quite some time. The top border is from a chalk board looking paper. The corkboard paper had the yellow and blue mat blocks and I cut the paper to take advantage of those blocks.

Cricut cartridges:

A Child's Year - Apple/silhouette is on page 49 and cut at 2 1/2 inches.

Simply Sweet - Phrase "thank you" is on page 74 and cut at 2 1/2 inches. I thought the style of the letters would be good on this card.  Letter "a" on page 32 cut 3/4 inch; letter "b" on page 33 cut 3/4 inch; letter c on page 34 cut 3/4 inch.

Simply Charmed - Pencil on page 53 cut 2 inches

Cuttlebug Folder:

Measure by Measure - Numbers on the chalkboard mat

Challenges:

Fantabulous Cricut - Teacher Feature- card or project for a teacher and use red on it

BBTB2 - Apple core from Preserves cartridge. You can use any apple core or apple from any cart if you do not have Preserves. I do not have that cartridge.
Throwback Thursday Challenge -- Use Doodlecharms (or an older cartridge if you do not have Doodlecharms) and color blue somewhere. I used A Child's Year and Simply Sweet.

Hope you enjoy!

Paper Playtime Ch# 45 Tall Card

Hope all Mothers had a fantastic Mother's Day! Thanks for stopping by today! I want to say thank you to my new followers!

Today I am sharing the card that I made for my Mom. This week begins a new challenge at Paper Playtime with the challenge team. Our challenge is to make a tall card with any themes or colors. For optional challenge, use your Cricut if you have one. Tall cards are 9" x 8" and scored at 4 inches.

As you see, I turned my card. After cutting and scoring, I embossed each side with the Swiss Dots folder. Using Martha Stewart scoreboard, I scored four lines on each side. My white mat is cut using the Martha Stewart French Scroll edge punch and corner punch. I used Cricut Mother's Day 2010 for the word Mother. Word and shadow are cut at 2 inches. For the flowers, I used the Martha Stewart Embossed Daisy Pop-up punch. My friend Joy at Purtty Paperz has been using Memory Thread with buttons on her lovely cards. I like the look of the curls and I was so happy to find the product at Michael's. Thanks Joy for sharing the info! Buttons are from my stash and the pink memory thread is from my new stash!! I did not take a photo of the inside of my card, but for the sentiment I used "You Are So Special". The phrase is on page 38 on Wild Card cartridge. Sorry, I did not record size.

Just a note: The thread (actually a fiber wrapped wire) is a DMC product, called Color Infusions Memory Thread. It is located near the DMC embroidery thread at the Michael's where I shop.

Now it is your turn to make a Tall card and join in the fun with us! For inspiration, please visit the Design Team members' blogs. You can reach their blogs from Paper Playtime home page! You have until Saturday May 21 to submit your card!

Hope you enjoy my card! Thanks for your comments!

Flaunt It Fridays #22 - Wrap It Up

Hello Bloggers and Hello Friday! It is time again for another fun challenge at Flaunt It Fridays! For this week's challenge we are using Cricut Wrap It Up cartridge and are flaunting the castle on page 24. I do not have that cartridge, but I found a cute castle on  page 22 on Life's A Party cartridge. The handbook shows the castle in red and purple---now is that my sign! I always need cards for friends in the Red Hat Society and we love being queens! I cut the castle using the card feature at 10 inches. This results in a large card with the finished size being 4 1/2 x 10 at the highest point. Every queen wants a large castle!!

Royal wishes which is found on page 56 on Birthday Bash is cut at 2 1/2 inches.

Cuttlebug folders: Moroccan Screen - door, Swiss dots on the red tower pieces.

I randomly placed the punched crowns. These cuts were given to me by a friend. To add bling, I added lots of Recollection gemstones. Inside the card, I used the phrase Happy Birthday from Birthday Bash cut at 4 inches.

Now it is your turn to flaunt the castle. If you do not have the cartridge, you may use a similar cut from another cartridge. For great inspiration from the talented members of the design team, please visit their blog listed on Flaunt It Fridays home page.

We are happy to have http://www.scrapbook.com/ as our sponsor for the May Grand Prize! It is a $20.00 gift certificate to their store. Wow! A shopping trip! To qualify for the grand prize, all you have to do is enter our challenges. The more challenges you enter, the more chances you have to win.

We look forward to seeing your paper projects- card, layouts or altered item, etc.

Hope you enjoy my card!

Cricut-tastic Award

Wow! Look at this pretty award that I have received from my talented friend Larelyn at  Handmade From My Heart! Thank you so much! Larelyn does beautiful work with her Cricut, so be sure to check out her blog.

The rules for the award are as follows: Your blog has been deemed Cricut-tastic. 

Wear this badge proudly on your blog and share it with others whom you think also have Cricut-tastic blogs. Also, tell 5 Cricut-related things about yourself.

OK- a bit of Cricut related information!

1. I bought the Cricut Expression January 2009 and I am enjoying it.

2. I must be a Cricut enabler--three of my Red Hat friends soon purchased a Cricut. Maybe I need to work on commission!

3. Of course, most of my first cuts were of red and purple paper!

4. Now, I have 50 cartridges.

5. I purchase my cartridges, paper, and other crafting supplies when on sale!

I enjoy visiting blogs and seeing all the pretty cuts of the Cricut! It is always amazing to see how one blogger can use a cut so completely differently from another blogger! So much talent and inspiration and  I love that! It is hard to choose just a few blogs, but now to pass the award to some blogs that I think are Cricut-tastic! Be sure to visit each blog for great Cricut inspiration!

Madison - Funky Cards

Charlotte - A Little Bit Of Detail

Georgiana - Carson's Creations

Stephanie - Cricutmimi

Jovan - Cards by Jovan

Gigi - The Cricut Bug

Theresa  - Binky Blossoms

Paula - Craft With Bee

Mary - Cardz TV

Saundra - Luv Scrapping Together