Black and White

Hello and Happy Wednesday!!

I have a quick post for you today.

I made the following card for the

My Creative Time Designer Challenge

The challenge was to use Black and White only!!
I used one of the Daily Freebie files from
Miss Kate's Cuttables.
It is called Layered Overlays 2
It is no longer free, but you can get
it for only $0.50, and it comes
with 4 different designs.
I cut mine out at 5" with my
Cameo.  I welded two of the base
pieces to create the base of my card.
Since this overlay was so
detailed, I did not add too much to the
card. Only some white glitter tulle
and a little black ribbon.  I also
added White Liquid Pearls to
the centers of the flowers and
then covered them with white glitter!!
The card is very sparkly, but
it is hard to see in the photo.

I will also be entering this card into
the following challenges:
Silhouette Challenges - Anything Goes
Everyday is an Occassion - Sunday Funday

DL ART - August Linky Party

Silhouette Challenges - Shaped Card

WYEGW - Use Cricut Markers or Gel Pens

For Today's Would You Ever Guess Wednesday

with My Cricut Craft Room

we were asked to use either Cricut Markers

or Gel Pens to draw our images

instead of cutting them.

I really ran with this theme

and made 3 cards.

I have only used my markers once before

and have never used my gel pens!!

All 3 of my cards were made using the

Silhouette Feature on the

A Quilted Christmas Cartridge.

All pattern paper is DCWV.

First up is Santa from page 31.

So sorry, I did not write down

what size I drew these at.

I think Santa is at 4"

I added some Xmas Red Stickles

and Onyx Liquid Pearls.

I filled in his beard and fur

on this hat and coat with Liquid Applique

and then heated it with my heat tool

after letting it dry overnight.

The sentiment is from My Creative Time's

"From Our Family to Yours" stamp set

stamped onto her Stiched Oval die.

I heat embossed with Zing Embossing powder.

Next up are the presents from page 76.

I thing these were drawn at 6" in length.

Just love the way this card came out!!



I added Silver and Turquoise Stickles

and colored the presents in with various markers

and blending pen.

The sentiment is from My Creative Time's

"Card Sentiments" stamp set

embossed with Zing Embossing Powder.

Last up is the candle border from page 69.

I added more stickles and Liquid Applique.

The sentiment is from My Creative Time's

"From Our Family to Yours" stamp set,

also heat embossed!

Thanks for stopping by and please

make sure you head on over to

My Cricut Craft Room

to see more great projects

using the Cricut Markers and Gel Pens!!

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!!

 

 



Theme Day Thursday - ABC Carts

Hello and welcome to Theme Day Thursday with

My Cricut Craft Room. 

Today we were asked to use one of the ABC carts. 

Kate's ABC's, Nate's ABC's or Noah's ABC's.

I used Kate's ABC's and Animal Kingdom.

Here is a sneak peak:

The word Baby and the banner pieces

 were cut with Kate's ABC's.

I added some liquid pearls to the

word Baby and some Glossy Accents to the

letters in the banner. I kind of messed up because

I was in a hurry.  I tried using my heat gun to dry

the liquid pearls, and they exploded!!! 

So do not try this at home...LOL

 I made this card for one of the girl's at work.

We had her baby shower yesterday and the theme

in her babies room is monkey's!!

She loved the card!!

This cute monkey head is from Animal Kingdom.

She is mounted on an action wobble.

I stamped the eyes with Peachy Keen's

Wide Eyed and Bushy Tailed stamp set.

The adorable crochet flower was from

Tatiana Belova's Etsy Shop.

She hand crochets these herself!!

I added a piece of lace and inked all the edges.

The adorable pattern paper was a gift from

our wonderful leader Erica!!

It is from Echo Park "Bundle of Joy".

Hope you liked my card as

much as the recipient did!!

Please stop by My Cricut Craft Room

 to see what the rest of the design team created 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 the Phrase Feature or Flocking

Welcome back for another



This is a very long post with lots of pictures, so I hope you hang around til the end!!

In case you were wondering, on Would You Ever Guess Wednesday, the design team is to use only the Feature Keys and not the main image on the Cartridges.  We can also use a Cricut Cake Cartridge for a paper project or a regular cartridge for a cake project.

For this weeks WYEGW, we were asked to use the

phrase feature on any cartridge.

We could also choose to use Flocking on a project. 

I did both!!

For my project today, I used a phrase from the Florals Embellished Cartridge

and a little bit of George and Basic Shapes.

Here is a sneak peak:

The phrase I chose is Best Wishes from page

64 of the handbook.  Now I wanted to make a

shaped card using the phrase that I chose. 

The phrases on this cartridge do not have a

shadow feature, so I had to create my own.

So, using my good old gypsy, I brought the phrase

onto my mat.  I hid as many of the line that I could,

but I still had gaps that I did not want. 

So this is where I used squares,

rectangles and other shapes from the

George and Basic Shapes cartridge to fill in those

gaps and then I welded everything together!! 

I then copied the image, flipped it and

then welded that to the first piece and voila!! 

I have my shaped card base!!

Here is a picture of the whole mess on my gypsy!!

Now, I tried cutting the card base out of

pattern paper, but it was just too busy, and plain

cardstock was too plain!!  So what I did was create

my own pattern paper with a soft pattern. 

To do this, I used a background stamp,

some versamark ink, some

clear embossing powder and my heat gun. 

I just love the way it came out!!

 Here you can see how the paper looked with and

without the stamped and embossed background!

It is hard to see, the the background has a

raised, shiny look to it, so it is soft and subtle,

but really makes a big difference. 

I am definately going to use this technique again!

So, here is my finished card:

I am really happy with the way it turned out. 

I added some liquid pearl dots.

The black fuzzy dots on the butterfly is black flocking.

Thanks for hanging in there with this uber long post!!  Make sure you stop by

My Cricut Craft Room to see all the other wonderful projects today.

Here is a list of the supplies I used:

Florals Embellished (phrase from page 64 cut at 6.5"w x 3.11" h)

George and Basic Shapes

DCWV Lemon Flower Paper Stack

Close to My Heart Adorable Backgrounds Stamp Set

Versamark Dazzle Ink in Frost

Zing Clear Embossing Powder

Doodlebug Flocking

Liquid Pearls in Buttercup and Silver Pearl



Mother's Day Card - Card Creating Tuesday

Hello all my crafty friends!!

So glad you stopped by today to see

what I have made.  The theme this week for

Card Creating Tuesday is Mother's Day.

I have a few Mother's Day cards to

make so this is my first one.

I used the Ole cartirdge for my card today.

I love the beautiful latin inspired images

on this cartridge.

Here is a sneak peak.

This bird can be found on page 28 of the handbook.

I only cut the Shift layer at 1.5".

I hid some of the extra lines that

I did not want on my design.

Next I cut this flower image from

page 28 of the handbook.

I flipped it with my gypsy

and cut all the layers at 3".

I addd Liquid Pearls in Canteloupe

and Mint Green and some Copper Stickles.

This Phrase was cut from page 36 at 2".

I covered the top layer with Patina Stickles.

It means "Happy Mother's Day"!!

 All the paper is from DCWV Mango Frost

cardstock stacks.  I added some

Stardust Stickles around the outside.

I used the Paisley Cuttlebug folder

and added some CTMH ribbon in Juniper.

I hope you enjoyed my card today, and please

visit My Cricut Craft Room to see the other wonderful

cards my design team sisters have made today!!

I will be entering this card in the following challenges:

Little Scrap Pieces
Die Cuttin Divas

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