Sorry for you Loss

Here is a quick post to show the card

I made for this week's

Peachy Keen Sympathy Challenge

 

I used some old CTMH products.

The papers are from the Perfect Day

Paper Pack and the stamps

are called Damask Tiles.

I stamped them with Versamark

and then added Zing clear

embossing powder.

I added some glitter tape

a few gems and the banner

is a My Creative Time die.

the sentiment is from

 PK-1334 Stamp Set.

 

I will be entering this in the

following challenges:

 

My Craft Spot Challenge 110 - Get Well/Sympathy

Everyday is an Occassion - Sunday Funday

DL ART - August Linky Party
Craftin Desert Divas - Anything Goes Challenge



Get Well

Hello All My Crafty Friends!!

 

I hope you all had a great weekend.

I am still recovering from my foot surgery.

I get my stiches out tomorrow, and will

be off of work for a few more weeks :)

 

I spent some time in my craft room today and

will be sharing 2 cards with you today.

 

Here is my first card.

 

 

 

I was inspired by this post on PINTEREST

I had just received some
October Afternoon buttons

that I got from PeachyCheap.com
and thought they would be perfect to
make a similar card.  The papers are from
My Mind's Eye and Webster's Pages.

The stamps for the pot and flower stems

are from Close to My Heart "With Love"

and "Botanicals Super Set".

I used Tim Holtz Distress ink in

Frayed Burlap, Peeled Paint,

 Broken China and Fired Brick.

The sentiment is from My Creative Time's

"Vintage Sentiments" set.

I added some twine to the buttons

and finished with a bow tied with

my new 3 Girl Jam Bow Maker!!

 

I will be entering this card into
the following challenges:
 

My Creative Time - Designer 1,2,3 Challenge

(use 1 bow, 2 pattern papers and 3 buttons)
 

Little Scrap Pieces - fun-friday-get-well-challenge

 

Card Creating Tuesday - Any Card

 

Hello, Today is Card Creating Tuesday.

Today we could make any kind of card we wanted.

I decided to shat with you a card I made

for a recent swap.  For the swap, we were to

make any card,, but it had to include stamping.

 

I made this card using Artiste and Elegant Edges.

 

The paper is from CTMH.

I also used some Spellbinders dies.

 

 

The stamped sentinment is one of the

stamps included in the Artiste bundle.

I added some Stardust Stickles to give it

some sparkle.  I also inked all papers

with Tim Holtz Distress Ink in Tea Dye.

 

I popped each layer using foam squares.

 

Thanks for stopping by, and please make sure your

visit My Cricut Craft Room to see the rest of today's projects.

 

Also, don't forget to check out the

100 Cartridge Blog Hop this weekend!!

Theme Day Thursday - Apples or Fruit

 

How are all my crafty friends today??

I am getting ready to go in vacation next week

so I have been super busy at work!!

 

We are going to Chicago!!

My hubby works for Amtrak, and he got

picked to be in a safety video.

So the company is flying him to

Chicago for the video shoot and we decided

to make a vacation out of it!!

We have been there once before, so are really

looking forward to visiting again.

And one stop I am going to be sure to

make is to the Archiver's Store!!

We do not have Archiver's in California.

 

Anyway, enough chit chat, on to my project.

Today is Theme Day Thursday, and the theme today

was to use an apple or any fruit cut.

I decided to combine the theme with a swap

I am participating in.  For the swap, I was to make a

fall card with an embellishment.

 

Here is my card.

 

All my cuts are from an oldie but a goodie "Doodlecharms"

The basket was cut at 2.80" out of kraft cardstock.

I embossed it with the Distressed Stripes Cuttlebug folder.

I then inked it with Tea Dye Distress Ink.

The bands on the basket were cut in grey and I

added brads as the rivits.

 

 

My apples were cut at 1.5".  I cut the base layer in green

and instead of cutting the piece for the stem,

I just used a marker to color the stem brown.

Now, my favorite kind of apple is a Gala Apple.

So I decided to make my apples look like Galas.

I cute the top layer out of yellow, and then used

Fired Brick Distress Ink and pounched the color

on.  I also embossed them using the Swiss Dots Folder.

I just love the way they turned out!!

The sentiment is from My Pink Stamper

"Fruit and Veggie Puns".

The pattern paper is from an old

CTMH paper pack called "Twitterpated".

 

Hop on over to My Cricut Craft Room

to see more fun fruit projects!!

 



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 - 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



May 100 Cartridge Blog Hop

Welcome to My Cricut Craft Room's

100 Cricut Cartridge Blog Hop

You should have started at http://mycricutcraftroom.blogspot.com/ 

if not please start at the beginning

Be sure to visit Erica's Blog http://mycricutcraftroom.blogspot.com

tomorrow for over 50 NEW projects that you did not see today....

Also make sure to follow Erica's blog so you will know when

she has contests, prizes, challenges, swaps & special online coupons.

 

CONTEST TIME!

This month Erica is doing 31 days of $31 giveaways

So here are the rules for the .....

Each day make ONE comment with your name, facebook name and blog address....

Add the blinkie below to your blog.  Erica will pick a name from the comments, then go and look at your blog, if you were picked for that day and have the blinkie YOU WIN!  Don't have a blog.... that's ok you can comment with your facebook..... Don't have facebook???? Just comment and say you do not have facebook or a blog. You can still win if you do not have facebook or a blog. The last contest Erica did the same person won two days in a row. Unintentional.... YES you can win more than once. It is picked at random so if someone is picked more than once, they will get more than one grab bag. The winner will pay the $3.25 shipping.

Don't forget to comment along the way on all of the blogs

today and tomorrow to be entered to win the Cricut

cartridge that Erica is giving away today.

Winners will be announced on her blog on Tuesday!

You should have come from

Jenny R.

For my first project this month, I decided to make a project directly from the book, using the "Just Because Cards" Cricut Cartridge.  I had ourchased this adorable paper from my LSS, it is from Best Creation Inc. "Robot" line.  When I saw this paper, I knew the exact cut I wanted to use!! 

The card base, label, and space ship were all cut from page 33,  the card base was cut at 8".  I had orginally cut the label at 8" as well, but I thought it was too big, and wanted you be able to see the wonderful paper, so I cut a smaller one, unfortunately, I did not save the resized image.  The spaceship was cut at 8" as well.  The sentiment was a sticker from the same paper line.  I mounted it on a piece of orange glitter cardstock and cut around it to make a shadow layer.  I used a few different cuttlebug folders, and finished it off with some twine.

For my second project, I used 3 cartridges.  Blackletter, Beyond Birthdays and Celebrate with Flourish.

The base of the card was cut from Beyond Birthdays at 7.31"h.

The frame and banner were cut from Blackletter.

The frame was cut t 6.10" and the banner at 1.31"

The flower in the vase is from Celebrate with Flourish.

All the layers were cut at 3"h

All the paper is from the"Perfect Day" paper pack from Close to My Heart.

I embossed the sentiment (very messy!!) with Copper Zing Glitter Embossing Powder.

I distressed everything with Antique Linen and Iced Spruce Distress Ink.

The ribbon is from My Craft Spot.  I did not have the right color, so I inked

some Vintage Vanilla with the Iced Spruce Distress Ink.

I finished it off with some Stickles in Xmas Red and Crystal.

Don't forget to comment along the way on all of the blogs

today and tomorrow to be entered to win the Cricut

cartridge that Erica is giving away today.

Winners will be announced on her blog on Tuesday!

Your next stop will be Dana

Host- http://mycricutcraftroom.blogspot.com/

Liz - http://tryin2craft.blogspot.com/

Jenny R - http://myimagitivity.blogspot.com/

Kathy- http://3spoileddogs.blogspot.com/    **you are here**

Dana- http://danascraftycorner.blogspot.com/    ** go here next**

Doris - http://mybugandmecreate.blogspot.com/

Janet - http://janetscreativeworld.blogspot.com/

Patti- http://sweetpsscrapbooks.blogspot.com/

Erica- http://ericasprojects.blogspot.com/

Miranda - http://www.nanasscrapspot.com/

Tonya - http://ittybittyladybugs.blogspot.com/

Sarah W. - http://www.craftingwithsarah.blogspot.com/

Mary - http://mary-fortheloveofart.blogspot.com/

Heather E. - http://pinkpunkcosmo.blogspot.com/

Tracy - http://scrappininthewoods.blogspot.com/

Marji - http://fstampaholic.blogspot.com/

Blog Candy http://ericasblogcandy.blogspot.com/

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.

March 100 Cartridge Blog Hop

Welcome to My Cricut Craft Room's

100 Cricut Cartridge Blog Hop

You should have started at
 http://mycricutcraftroom.blogspot.com/ 
if not please start at the beginning

Be sure to visit Erica's Blog

http://mycricutcraftroom.blogspot.com

tomorrow for over

50 NEW projects that you did not see today....

Also make sure to follow Erica's blog so

you will know when she has contests, prizes,

challenges, swaps & special online coupons.

Currently she is running a Scrapbook & Card

challenge over on her challenge blog and you can win a gift certificate to her webstore!  http://ericascraftroomchallenges.blogspot.com/

This Friday she will announce February's Scrapbook swap.... She has a swap each week and you have two weeks to make your project each month. There will be a card, scrapbook, tag, die cut and embellishment swap each month! http://ericascraftroomswaps.blogspot.com/

Don't forget to comment along the way on all of the blogs today and tomorrow to be entered to win the Cricut cartridge that Erica is giving away today.

Winners will be announced on her blog on Tuesday!

If you get a chance please visit Erica's Webstore and enjoy

15% your total purchase this weekend.

Enter the code MARCH during the third

step of check out to see the discount.

She has everything crafty.... Cricut cartridges,

adhesive, papers, stamps and so much more.....

 www.Shop.EricasCraftRoom.com 

For my first project today, I used A Child's Year Cricut Cartridge.

All paper if from Close to My Heart "More to Adore" paper pack.  The tag and the circles on the left are from the corrdinating sticker pack.  The ribbon correcdinates too!!  The sentient is from the My Creative Time "Teeny Tag Greetings" Stamp Set.  I added some stickles to the image and the circle and some glitter gel pen to the sentiment.

My next card was quick and easy from Beyond Birthdays.

The cardbase was cut at 5.5", the

framed sentiment was cut at 3.8" h x 3.2"w.

The bear is from Slumber Party and was cut at 2.06"

All paper is from Heidi Grace.

I added some glitter gel pen, faux stiching and crinkle ribbon.

My final card is from Create a Critter.

This card is perfect for Spring!! 

I cut the chick and egg and all the layer at 4"

I used Coordinations Glimmer cardstock.

I also embossed using 2 differnent folders.

I added some grass cut from Martha Stewarts Seasonal Cake Art.

I bordered the grass with paper flowers that

I sptritzed with Glimmer Mist in Yellow Daisy.

The adorable Chickie paper is from Making Memories.

The sentiment if from K Andrews "All About Animals" stamp set.

I hope you have enjoyed my projects today.

Thank you for stopping by.

Next you should go to Kym's Blog 

Here is the entire lineup in case you get lost....

 1.   My Cricut Craft Room http://mycricutcraftroom.blogspot.com

2.   Liz http://tryin2craft.blogspot.com

3.   Jenny r http://myimagitivity.blogspot.com

4.   Doris http://mybugandmecreate.blogspot.com 

5.   Janet http://janetscreativeworld.blogspot.com

6.   Tracy http://scrappininthewoods.blogspot.com 

7.   pattie http://sweetpsscrapbooks.blogspot.com

8.   karey http://www.creativecraftcorner.com 

9.   jen l  http://mybusycraftylife.blogspot.com 

10.    Samantha http://samanthascricutcreations.blogspot.com

11.    Yvette http://gammascreativecorner.blogspot.com 

12.   Erica http://ericasprojects.blogspot.com

13.     Enjoli http://mississippihippycrafts.blogspot.com 

14.     heather f http://www.papercrafteranonymous.com

15.       sue-ann http://suzyssimplecrafts.blogspot.com 

16.       lisa - http://allmadebylisa.blogspot.com

17.     sheila http://2pawprints.blogspot.com 

18.    kathy http://3spoileddogs.blogspot.com 

19.      kym http://kimmyskards.blogspot.com

20.       amber http://pixiperfectcreations.blogspot.com 

21.        connie http://conniecancrop.blogspot.com 

22.      Blog Candy http://ericasblogcandy.blogspot.com