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!!

WYEGW - 3D Projects

Hello all my crafty friends and Happy Wednesday!!

The theme for today is 3D Projects!

Now I have to give you fair warning,

this is a long, picture heavy post, so

I hope you will stay with me to the end!!

I have been playing with my new

CTMH Artiste Cartridge

and everything I made today

was from this cartridge.

Here is a pic of all 4 projects I have for you today.

As you can see I made 3 little bags/purses

and the 3D Pumpkin.

I will start off with the pumpkin.

This was super easy and came

together very quickly.

As a matter of fact, all the projects

were quick and easy to cut and assemble.

The pumpkin can be found on page 78 of the

booklet and I cut it at 9'

You use the Accent 1 feature key.

I stamped the pumpkin with CTMH

Western Flourishes stamp set

and versamark ink.  I embossed

the flourishes with Zing copper glitter

embossing powder.

Nest up is the little purse from

page 35.  This cut is

on the 3D Object feature key.

It was cut at 4.2"



This purse reminded me of a crown

so I added some jewels and Cherry Ice Stickles.

The label in the center is

Spellbinders Twisted Metals Tags Die.

I inked it with Milled Lavender Distress Ink

and the sentiment is from Pink By Design

"Inner Princess" stamp set.

The paper is Best Creations Ballet Princess.

The next bag is from page 56.

Cut at 4.2" using Accent 4 feature key and the shift key.

I added some Lavender Stickles

to accentuate the pretty eyelet cuts.

Finished it off with some ribbon.

The paper is Best Creations Walk in the Garden.

My last item is my favorite!!

This purse can be found on page 33

once again using the 3D object feature key.

It was also cut at 4.2"

Both the scrolls and the flowers were also

cut from the Artiste Cartridge.

The scrolls can be found on page 43

Accent 1, shift key.

The flowers can be found on page 54.

Here is a close up.

This paper is from DCWV, Bella Boutique Stack.

The sentiment is a sticker from the same stack.

I inked all the paper with Antique Linen Distress Ink.

The flowers and scrolls were covered in

Stardust Stickles.

Well, thanks for stopping by today.

Please visit My Cricut Craft Room

to see more 3D projects!!

WYEGW - My Creative Time Stamps

For today's technique, we are using

My Creative Time Stamps.

I absolutely love Emma's stamps and dies.

Next to Peachy Keen, I own more

My Creative Time Stamps and Dies

than any other brand.  So of course

I jumped at the chance to use MCT stamps today.

For today's project I made a baby shower

card for one of the girls at work. 

Her baby shower is tomorrow.

Here is a sneak peek

Originally for this baby shower card I was going

to make a card with the Jack in the Box from

Nate's ABC's, because they are naming

the baby Jack.  But then I found out that

the bedding she chose was a jungle theme.

So I decided to used the cute Lion from

Create a Critter.  I cut him at 2.49".

I hid the cuts for his face and used

Peachy Keens Happy Go Lucky Dog Faces.

Isn't he too cute!!  I embossed his

mane using the Divne Swirls folder.

I used the Martha Stewart

fringe scissors to make the grass.

The banner was made using My Creative Time's

Bulid a Banner Kit.  It comes with all 3 of

the die pieces that I used.  Plus it

had some really cool background stamps.

You can see here on a close up.

I used a Versamark pad to just print

stamp a slight pattern on the kraft card

banner piece.

I used the My Creative Time

 "Anyday Bingo and Crossword"

stamp set to stamp the letters for Jack.

I added some embossing powder, and heat set it.

Unfortunately, I am usually pretty bad about

making the inside pretty...LOL

I added some cute stickers on the inside.

The sentiment stamps are from

My Creative Time's :

More Gift Card Sentiments

Many Greetings

and K Andrew's All About Animals.

Make sure you check back on Saturday for

our 100 Cartridge Blog Hop.

I made a matching banner!!

Please be sure to stop by

My Cricut Craft Room

to see more wonderful projects!!



Would You Ever Guess Wednesday - Sew Stamper

First of all I want to wish everyone a

very safe and happy 4th of July!! 

So for today's project at My Cricut Craft Room

I chose to use the technique, and this weeks

technique was to use the Sew Easy, Sew Stamper

or Sew Ribbon.  I chose the Sew Stamper.

I bought my Sew Stamper a few months ago and have never

used it, so I thought this was my opportunity!!

Here is a sneak peak

We went to a retirement party over the weekend,

for one of the guys at my husband's work.

 It was a western themed, party, so my hubby asked me to make a

western card. I chose this adorable cowboy from

3 Birds on Parade, cut at 4".

The Sew Stamper only comes with black ink.

Erica, taught us a great technique.

Once you stamp your project, pour

embossing powder over your stiches

and then heat set with a heat gun,

and voila, you have your stiches in any

color you want!

 

I used a really cool embossing enamel that I got

in a recent order from Erica's Craft Room Store.

It is copper embossing enamel from

Stampendous.  It has different colors in it.

Very cool!!

The "Wanted" paper is from the

Cowboy Up paper stack from Best Creations.

I thought it was perfect!!

I cut it down to fit the card, and inked

the edges with Tea Dye Distress Ink.

I added some eyelets in the corners and some twine.

Anyway, as you can see, I used

the Sew Stamper to stamp the stiches

around the base of the card.

My lines are a little crooked, but

I will practice using my Sew Stamper

because I really like the way it came out.

Thanks for stopping by today,

and please check out My Cricut Craft Room

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

WYEGW - Use the Phrase Feature, Canvas or Fibers

Hello all my crafty friends!!

How are you on this lovely "HUMP" day!!

I am doing great, my husband and I are

on vacation this week, and today

we are taking off for a few nights of R&R.

We will be staying at the Ayres Resort and Spa

in Moreno Valley, CA.  We got a suite for only

$84 a night!!  Moreno Valley is very close to

Palm Springs in one direction and Temcula
in the other.  So we plan on relaxing, shopping,

and just enjoying some time away!!

So for this week's Would You Ever Guess Wednesday

we could choose to use the Phrase Feature

from a cartridge, or use Fibers, or use Canvas!!

I chose to do all 3!!

Here is a sneak peak of my project.

I stared off with a plain 4" x 8" canvas block.

I started by painting the block in a bright green.

My scrap room is pink and green and so

that is where I got my color scheme from!

The phrase is cut from Wall Decor and More.

The papers are from my scrap stash.

I decoupaged the phrase onto the

canvas using Mod Podge.

Next I added stickles in Cherry Ice to the flourishes.

I added some pink ribbon around the outer edge.

I added some gems and flowers that

I got from our wonderful leader, Erica!!

I finished it off with a couple of butterflies.

I was really happy with the way it came out and

this will be on display in my scrap room!!

Please make sure to stop by My Cricut Craftroom

to see the other wonderful projects

from my design team sisters!

Also, don't forget to come back on Saturday for

the 100 cartridge Blog Hop!!

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 - 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



Would You Ever Guess Wednesday - Use the Card Feature

Happy Wednesday all my Crafty Friends!!

Today is

For this week we were asked to use the

CARD feature from any cartridge.

There are so many cartridges that

have some really great cards.

My favorite is the Art Philosophy Cartridge.

I use this cartridge all the time.

But for this week, I wanted to try using another

cartridges card feature.  I started searching for

cartridges with a card feature using my gypsy.

There were so many that I could not decide,

so I decided to make two cards this week.

This first card is kind of plain, but it is

a father's day card so that will work!!

Here is a sneak peak.

For this card I used the Wrap It Up cartridge.

You can find this image on page 60.

Sorry, but I cannot recall what size I cut it at.

I embossed the card with a striped Cuttlebug folder

and then inked with with Brushed Courderoy Distress Ink.

The pattern paper is from DCWV Neutrals Pack.

I added some copper tinsel string and the tag and

sentiment are from My Creative Time's Teeny Tiny Tags.

This next card was cut from the Zooballoo cartridge.

I cut the card shift image from page 126 at 5"



  I cut the little elegphant from 127

main shift image at 2.5"

I embossed the elephant with the

swiss dots embossing folder.

The happy birthday is from page 127 cut at 1"

I added some stickles and some glitter tulle.

I also added some faux stiching with a glitter

gel pen, which I also used to outline

the sentiment.

The paper is from the DCWV Animal Crackers Pack.

Thanks for stopping by, and please make sure

you see the other wonderful projects from my

design team sisters at My Cricut Craft Room.

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