Pot of Gold

Hello and Happy Monday!!

How are all my crafty friends today?
I am doing good, unfortunately I had to go
back to work today after being off for a month
with my foot surgery.  Everything went great, so I
had no more excuses for not going back to work...LOL

I have a fun project to share with you today
that I made to enter in a few challenges.

I made this little treat box with the

pillow box from Art Philosophy cut at 6".

The foil paper is DCWV "Green Tea" Stack.

I added a double belly band around the box.

I used a Martha Stewart Border Punch

on the first layer, and then embossed the

second layer with a Shamrock Folder from

the Cuttlebug Companion Folder

from Simply Charmed.  For this layer,

I used Tim Holtz Kraft-Core

cardstock from Coordinations.

I then sanded it.

Next I cut this cute little Pot of Gold from

Simply Charmed at 2"

 I added his cute little face
from Peachy Keen's "Piles of Smiles"
stamp set.  The gold coins were cut
from some gold foil paper.

I used my stylus to emboss some lines

on the coins to define them better.

I attached the pot of gold to the box

with an Action Wobble.

I also cut some Shamrocks from foil paper

using the My Creative Time

"You're My Pot of Gold"

stamp and die set.

The sentiment below is from the same set.

The sentiment was stamped onto
a Ticket cut from the
My Creative Time
"Stiched Fun Ticket Dies"
I added some Tim Holtz
Distress Ink in Peeled Paint.

I added some gold twine to finish it off!!

I got my inspiration for this project from
page 23 of the March Issue of the Cricut Magazine.
Gwen Lords made this adorable box.

I will be entering this into the following challenges:
FCCB - Fun with Puns
Little Scrap Pieces - Emboss It
Cut It Up - Pinterest Inspired
Peachy Keen - 3D Objects with Metal
My Craft Spot - Pop It Up
Cardz TV - Luck of the Irish

Paperplaytime -ch-4-sentiment-stamps

 DL Art Linky Party

Would You Every Guess Wednesday - Snowflakes

 

Hello all my crafty friends!!

Today is Would You Ever Guess Wednesday

at My Cricut Craft Room.

On Wednesdays, the Design Team

is challenged with using anything

but the main image on the page.

This week's theme is SNOWFLAKES!!

We were asked to use a snowflake from

any of the bonus features that

are available on many cartridges.

I used Art Philosophy.

 

I actually made two cards to share with you today.

 

 

This first card was made using the image

from the font layer from page 64!!

This layer was cut at 4.6"

The base is cut at 5" from the

card layer on page 23.

 

 

 

I added a glittered snowflake from my stash

and the sentiment is from the brand new

"Think Snow" stamp set from

My Craft Spot.

I added some pink glitter tulle
a homemade stick pin
and some gems.

 

This next card was made using the card and

decorative layer from page 27 of the handbook.

The card base was cut at 5"

and the decorative layer was cut at 4.75".

 

I kept this one simple, only

adding a few gems and somemore

tulle!!  I added a snowflake gem

which was clear, so I covered it

with glue and pink glitter!!

 

Please make sure to stop over at

My Cricut Craft Room

to see more snowflake projects.

 

I want to thank all

of my crafty friends for

visting and leaving me some

love on my blog!

I hope everyone has a blessed

and bountiful Thanksgiving!!

 



Theme Day Thursday - 3D Purses

 

Hello my crafty friends!!

Today is Theme Day Thursday over at

My Cricut Craft Room

and this weeks theme is

3D Purses!!

 

I used Forever Young and Art Philosophy

for my purse.

 

Since I have been making nothing but

Christmas projects lately,

I decided to make this purse

Christmas themed too.

I can use it to give a gift card.

 

The purse was cut at 4.5" from

Forever Young.  I hid the word

that is part of this cut using my gypsy.

 



 



 

 

I cut the flowers from

Flower Shoppe at 3.5" & 4.5".

I sprayed everything with some

Dazzling Diamond Glimmer Mist

and the added gold stickles

to my flowers.

 

I used My Craft Spot's Tiny Doilies Die

for the piece that I stamped the sentiment onto.

The sentiment is from Jaded Blossoms

Christmas Wishes Stamp Set.

I stamped it with Versamark

and then heat embossed using

Zing Embossing Powder in Rouge.

 

Thanks for visiting, I hope you

enjoyed my project today.

 

Please make sure you visit

My Cricut Craft Room

to see more 3D Purses!!

Letter of the Day - Letter J

 

Hello and Happy Labor Day to

all my crafty friends!!

I hope you all are enjoying your

wonderful 3 day weekend.

 

For this week's post I chose to create

a project using "Just Because Cards".

I made a very simple card to

share with you today.

I made a round card

using the sticker feature on the cartridge. 

The card base is cut at 5" from the

Art Philosophy Cartridge.

I used Kraft Cardstock.

The boot image I chose is on

page 65, and it was cut at 4.81"

The pattern paper is from Best Creations

"Cowboy Up" paper pack that

I got from the Shop at Erica's Craft Room

I added some Cinammon Stickles

and Chestnut Liquid Pearls.

 

 

 

 

Here is the inside of the card.  The phrase is on the same page of

the book and I cut 1.82".  The paper is from the same paper pack.

 

This was a quick and simple card to make.

 

Now head on over to My Cricut Craft Room

to see what the rest of the design team made today!!

 

 



Card Creating Tuesday - Sketch

Hello my crafty friends and welcome back!

As I have stated in my previous posts this month,

I have signed up to do the Sketches all this month.

I wanted to challenge myself to try some different things.

I promise, next month, you will see more than

just sketches from me!!

Here is the sketch for this week:

Here is a sneak peak:

For my card today, I used my all time favorite cartridge, Art Philosophy!!

This cartridge is awesome.


The card base and top layer were cut at 5" from page 31
of the handbook.

The paper is used for the base and layerare from Echo Parks
Hello Summer line.  Isn't it adorable!!!  I got it from
Erica's Store.  She has a great selection and great prices.
Check it out here HERE

The polka dot paper is from Doodlebug.
I used Spellbinders Label One die for the center.
The cute little turtle is from Peachy Keen's
June Stamp of the Month kit.
She is mounted on an Action Wobble.
The sentiment is from My Pink Stamper's
"Even More Punnylicious" stamp set.
I added some Liquid Pearls Dots
in Buttercup and Rouge.  I just love the new colors.
You can find them in the store too!!

I added a few butterflies from my stash and some
crinkle ribbon from 3 Girl Jam and My Craft Spot.

Please make sure you stop by My Cricut Craft Room
to see all the wonderful projects from my design team sisters!!

WYEGW - Use Tag Feature or Stickles

 Hello my crafty friends!!! 
Welcome back and thank you

for visiting.For this weeks
Would You Ever Guess Wednesday,

we were asked to use the tag feature
or to use stickles.  Now, I thought that I had
signed up to use the tag feature, so I made
a tag using the CTMH Art Philosophy cartridge.

Then when I looked at the sign up sheet,
I realized that I had actually signed up to
use stickles!!  Well it is a good thing I used
plenty of stickles too...LOL.

Once again this post is very picture heavy!!

So, I was reminded on one of the blogs that I follow
about the chipboard tags that came with the
Art Philosophy bundle, so I decided to use
one of them this week.

A friend of mine had knee replacement surgery
back in March, and her recovery has been very slow. 
She is finally feeling better and I will be
meeting her for lunch today, so I thought
I would make her a little gift.

Here is a sneak peak!  This beautiful flower was
cut with the flower petal die from My Creative Time,
I added  glimmer mist, stickles, and a
glitter brad in the center..

I started by cutting out Tag 5 and the layer from
page 70 from Art Philosophy at 4".

All the paper for this project is from
My Minds's Eye "Fiddlesticks" 6 x 6 paper pad.

The sentiment is also from My Creative Time,
Floral Sentiments stamp set.

I added some Martha Stewart glitter

embossing powder in Sugar Cube.

I distressed the paper

using Tim Holtz Distress Ink

in Milled Lavendar and Antique Linen.

I added lots of bling using stickles in

Lavendar, Diamond and Platnium. 

The butterfly was from my stash.

Next I cut the Treat Bag from page 39 of

Tags, Bags, Boxes and More 2

at 11" I used plain lavendar paper to cut the box

and then covered it with pieces

from the MME Fiddlesticks pack.

 I cut this tag from the
Spellbinders Fancy Tags die,
which I then embossed and stenciled. 
The sentiment was put together
using K Andrews "Winters Wishes" stamp set. 
I also embossed using the MS Glitter
Embossing powder,

you can't see it in the picture,
but it is very sparkly.

These flowers were cut using the

Rolled Flower Die from My Creative Time.

The back was kind of plain,
so that is where I stuck the tag!!!
For the bow on the tag
and the handle on the bag,
I used a piece of lace trim
that I had.  It was white,
so I inked it with the
Antique Linen Distress Ink
to gived it an aged look.

I filled the treat bag with Dove Chocolates

because there are my friend's favorite!!

Please be sure to stop by My Cricut Craft Room,

to see the rest of today's projects!

I am entering this in the following challenges:

Scrap Creations - Bingo Challenge

Heart 2 Heart Challenges - Distressing

WYEGW - Technique - 3D Basket

Welcome to

Today the technique we were challenged to use was

to create a 3-D Basket!!

Now I know there is a beautiful easter basket

on the new TBBM2 card, and another

great one on the new Spring Cottage.

But I wanted to challenge myself to create

a basket using some other cartridge.

So I was looking through my booklets

and I found the cute "Nut Cup" on TBBM.

I thought, I can make a basket with that!!

Here is a sneak peek!!

I used several cartridges for this project.

I will show you picutures of all 4 sides, and then

list the cartridges and sizes below.

I used some of the eggs I had left

over form the card I made last week.

Supplies Used:

Tags, Bags, Boxes and More - Nut Cup 11.90"w x 13.20"h

Art Philosophy - Eggs cut at 1.5"

MS All Occasion Cake Art - Grass cut at 1.5"

Gypsy Wanderings - Bunny cut at 1.75"

Simply Charmed - Chick cut at 1.75"

Stickles

Lace Trim

Ribbon

Cuttlebug

Peachy Keen Everyday Character Face Parts

Glossy Accents

I was really happy with the way this turned out, hope you like it too.

No hop on over to My Cricut Craft Room

to see what other fun projects and baskets my

design team sisters have made!!

I will be entering this project in the following Easter Challenges:
My Craft Spot
Fantabulous Cricut Challenge
Peachy Keen
More Than Favors
Krafty Girls
ScrappyMoms
Hiding In My Craftroom
Little Scrap Pieces
Creative Cutter Room

*** 100th Post**** Theme Day Thursday

Wow, today is my 100th post!!!  Never thought that when I started my blog, that I would be so into the blogging world!!!  I now have over 100 followers and I probably follow more than 100 blogs myself!!!

Anyway, Happy Thursday and welcome to another

For today's theme we were to create

something with easter eggs and grass.

Here is a sneak peek of my card.

I used a few cartridges for this card!!

The bunny was cut from Zooballoo at 4.4"h

The grass was cut from A Child's Year at 3.3"h

and the eggs were cut from Art Philosophy at 1.5"

 I added stickles to everything!!  I also embossed
everything using several different folders.

The sentiment is from Bugbites AllYear Round stamp set.

I got the cute ribbon at the top of the card from

Erica when she visited California last week!!

Thanks for stopping by, and please hop over to
My Cricut Craft Room

to see the wonderful creations from my design team sisters today!!

I am entering this card in the following challenges:
1. http://myshericrafts.blogspot.com/2012/03/my-sheri-crafts-challenge-81-easter.html
2. http://fantabulouscricut.blogspot.com/2012/03/challenge-me-monday-104.html
3. http://morethanfavors.blogspot.com/2012/03/wacky-wednesday-68-easterspring-theme.html?showComment=1332995292926#c3631316980600118891
4. http://www.kraftygirls.com/2012/03/for-peeps-sake-challenge-4.html
5. http://gofishchallenges.blogspot.com/2012/03/go-fish-challenge-13.html

Would You Ever Guess Wednesday - Textures Wet/Dry

Hello, and welcome to another

Today, the team was challenged with using Wet/Dry Textures

on our projects.  We could use Stickles, Liquid Pearls,

Liquid Applique, Viva Decor Pens, Glossy Accents,

Glimmer Mist.  Basically anything that would give our projects

some beautiful texture!!  I used several different products.

Here is a sneak peak!

For my card today, I used Art Philosophy and

Martha Stewart All Occasion Cake Art cartridges.

I also used Stickles, Liquid Pearls and

Glossy Accents to add texture.

My good friend is having knee replacement surgery next week,

andshe is realy nervous about it.  Since Saturday is

St. Patrick's Day,I decided to make her a good luck

card using my favorite color GREEN!!

I started by making some more of the beautiful flowers

from Art Philosophy.  I cut the flowers at 2.5" & 3" in

white and patterned paper.

For the big flower in the center, I cut it out in white and

then spritzed it with Glimmr Mist in Olive Twist.

For the flower in the left, I also cut it out in white, but

I just inked the edges with a Studio G stamp pad.

The flower on the right was cut from pattern paper.

I added stickles in the edges of the petals in

Lime Green and Diamond.

I put a dot of Liquid Pearls in the center.

Here are some more flowers using the same techniques.

The flowers were adhered to the card base that I cut from

Art Philosophy at 10"w x 7" h.  I added an oval in the middle

because I wanted it to be a window card.

The paper was from a Recollections Christmas Stack.

Once I cut it out, I realized that I was left with and

ugly white oval in the middle!!

So, I took some metallic rub ons I had sitting

in my chalk drawer and applied 3 different colors

with my finger.  I love the way it came out!!!

I then added a ring of Platinum Liquid Pearls on the inside

and the outside of the oval.

The Good Luck sentiment was cut from the 

Martha Stewart All Occasion Cake Art cartridge.

I cut the shadow as well.  I covered the top layer

with Liquid Glass from Close to My Heart
 to give it some shine and gloss!!

I finished it off with some crinkle ribbon. 

I sure hope my friend Pat likes her card.

A lot of love went into it!!!

Here is a picture if the inside

Please stop by My Cricut Craft Room

to see more beautiful projects!!!

I will be entering this card in the following challenges:

Getting Cricky-Simply Sunday Color Challenge
Krafty Girls - Get Growing Challenge
Heart 2 Heart Challenges - Lucky To Have You
Paper Playtime Ch-69-delicious-die-cuts-with-flowers
More Than Favors-wednesday-67-st-pattys
Cardz TV - Wearing of the Green
Scrappy Moms Stamps - terrific-tuesday-challenge-st-patricks
FCCB - Challenge Me Monday #103

Card Creating Tuesday - Easter

For today, the design team was asked to make Easter card

using GREEN, YELLOW and one other color. 

My third color is PINK

Here is a sneak peak!

For today's card I used Art Philosophy for the card base.

It was cut at 5".  I embossed the base with a

Simply Charmed Cuttlebug folder.

The three frames were cut from Elegant Edges at varying sizes.

The card base and the frames were all cut from

Close to My Heart paper pack called "Sweet Pea". 

That is also the name of my Spoiled Dog #1!!

The circle was cut using a Spellbinders die called Lacy Circles.

The was embossed with another Cuttlebug folder.

The paper is Coordinations Color Core cardstock,

which I sanded to bring out the lighter pink color.

Finally this funny little bunny was cut at

3.5" from 3 Birds on Parade.

She was mounted use an action wobble.

Here is a little video to show how she wobbles!!

I followed the card sketch over at

Erica's Craft Room Challenges

for the Feb/March Card Challenge.

Erica is giving away a Sophie Cartridge for this

challenge, so please check it out!!

I am also entering this card in the My Craft Spot - For The Birds challenge

Thanks for stopping by today and please make sure

 you HOP over to My Cricut Craft Room

to see the wonderful cards made by the rest of the design team.