Water You Up To

Hello and Happy Friday!!

I am back with my entry

for this weeks Peachy Keen

Sketch Challenge

here is a peek at the sketch

And here is my take on the sketch!

I have to apologize for the crummy pictures,

it was dusk and not so much natural light outside!!

For my waves, I used the

 new Friday Freebie File Borders -5

from Pretty Paper Pretty Ribbons.
I embossed the waves using the
Cuttlebug Divine Swirls folder
and added some Stardust Stickles
I used Distress Ink in Mustard Seed,
Wild Honey and Dried Marigold
to create my sunset background.

The little Turtle and the Starfish and seaweed

are all from PPPR Sea Life Cutting Files.

For the Turtle's Eye, I used the

Peachy Keen Baby Animals Stamp Set

The eyes on my starfish are from

the Peachy Keen June SOTM.

The sentiment I used is from

K Andrews Splashtastic Summer

Stamp Set.  I finished my
card off by adding some twine.

I will be entering this card

in the following Challenges:

Pretty Paper Pretty Ribbon Summer Fun Challenge
Silhouette Challenges - Anything Goes
Little Scrap Pieces - Day at the Beach Challenge
Everyday is an Occassion - Sunday Funday 

DL ART - August Linky Party



Little Red Riding Hood

Hello My Crafty Friends,

I am back with my project for this week's

 Peachy Keen Anything Goes Challenge

By the way, it really pays off to

join the Peachy Keen Challenge each week.

I just won my 2nd $30.00 gift certificate.

They have a drawing every month

for all the people that participated

in all the challenges that month.

For this challenge I decided

to use one of the daily freebies

from Miss Kate's Cuttables

Here is my cute Little Red Riding Hood!!

I think she just came out adorable.

Her face is from the Peachy Keen

Sweet and Innocent Stamp Set.

All the paper I used to cut

her out was from my scrap pile.

The background papers are

from Cosmo Criket Baby Jane

6X6 Paper Pad.

The yellow piece was cut from

Spellbinder Label 18.

I found the perfect sentiment for my card.

from the K Andews Fashionista Stamp Set

I add some Recollections bling, and

My Craft Spot Ribbon and a little

Tim Holtz Distress Ink to finish it off.

Thanks for stopping by!!





Peachy Keen Sketch Challenge # 13-22

 

Wow, I cannot believe it has been a month

since I have posted anything!!

May has been a tough month for me.

I have been sick with a bad chest

cold for almost the entire month.

Finally went to the Dr. today and

it is only a viral infection, my lungs are

clear, thank goodness!!

 

My husband and I also took a vacation

to Portland, Oregon a few weeks ago

and I absolutely loved it!!

Portland is so green and beautiful!!

 

One great thing that happened was

I finally got my brand new Sillouette Cameo

this week!!  I am so excited to share my

very first project with you today.

 

This weeks Peachy Keen Challenge

is a Sketch Challenge.

Here is the sketch:

 

 

I made the following card with the free

SVG files that are provided to the

Peachy Keen Stamp of the month

subscription members.

 

The pattern paper is from

DCWV Nana's Kitchen Stack

and I have added a strip

of My Mind's Eye Washi Tape

and some Recollections Gems.

 

Here is a close up of the Piggy!

Isn't she adorable!!

I first cut her  with my Cameo

along with a shadow using

the offset feature, wow,

so easy to create!!

I then stamped the image

onto the cut piece

I added a little defination

using my blender pen and

some Stampin Up ink and markers.

I also added some glossy accents

to the eyes, hooves and tummy.

I created my sentiment using My Creative Time

and K Andrews stamps.

 



 

My piggy is mounted on an Action Wobble,

 

Thank You Peachy Keen for the free SVG's!!

I cannot wait to create and share more

projects using my Cameo!!

 

Nov. 100 Cartridge Blog Hop

 

Hello and Welcome to the November

100 Cartridge Blog Hop with

My Cricut Craft Room

Can you believe that it is already November!!

Christmas will be here before you know it.

Have you started on your Christmas cards yet??

 

This month all the DT projects will be

Winter/Holiday related to give

you some inspiration for your

holiday projects.

 

You should have started at

My Cricut Craft Room

 

This month I have used the following 4 cartridges.

Winter Woodland, Snow Friends, Jolly Holidays,

and Martha Stewart Seasonal Cake.

 

For my first project I used Winter Woodland

 

I made this card using the card feature

on page 39.  It was fast and simple.

The papers are DCWV and the sentiment

is from K Andrew's Winter Wishes.

I added some stickles to give it some sparkle!

 

My next project is a Christmas Tag

made using Jolly Holidays

and Martha Stewart Seasonal Cake.

 

 

The tag itself is a  the Tag die

from My Creative Time, which I hve embossed

and inked.  The Little Birdie is from

Jolly Holidays cut at 2".

The sentiment is from page 63

of Martha Stewart Seasonal Cake.

This cart has so many holiday related

images and sentiments!!

 

The papers are from Imaginisce.

 

My final project is a shaped card.

It is my favorite and was made

with Snow Friends.

 

I cut the cute little snowgirl at 5".

I welded 2 of the base layer using my gypsy

to form my shaped card.  I then cut a

third base layer to place on top.

I cut two of all the pieces

so that she would have a front

and a back.  The second set

of cuts I flipped using my gypsy

so they would line up properly.

Her face was stamped with

Peachy Keen's Princess Faces.

I think she is just too adorable!!

 

Here is a side view.

 

Thanks for visiting, and I hope

I have inspired you to

start your holiday projects!!

 

Next in the hop is my

sweet DT sister

Mary

 

Here is the entire line up

in case you get lost!!

MCCR http://mycricutcraftroom.blogspot.com/
Kathy S http://3spoileddogs.blogspot.com/

Mary http://Mary-fortheloveofart.blogspot.com/
Nadja http://nadjarobbins.blogspot.com/
Miranda http://www.nanasscrapspot.com/
Shelley http://shelley-scrapbookingforfun.blogspot.com/
Lisa Chamberlain http://lisacustomscrapbooking.blogspot.com/
Janet http://janetscreativeworld.blogspot.com/
Lisa Carrier http://ourcraftingcorner.blogspot.com/
Sharon http://www.simplysweetbysharon.blogspot.com/
Tammy S http://www.Cuttinandstampin.blogspot.com/
Jessica S http://jessicascraftshaque.blogspot.com/
Erica’s Blog Candy http://ericasblogcandy.blogspot.com

Card Creating Tuesday - Cancer Support Cards

Today is Card Creating Tuesday at
My Cricut Craft Room
If you follow my blog or MCCR,
you know that we are supproting
Breast Cancer Awareness month.
We are using PINK in all of our projects.
One of the themes for today was to
create a Cancer Support Card.

I used Forever Young to create my card today.

The bra was cut from page 61 of the handbook at 3.5".

I hid the undies as I only wanted the bra!!

The lacy doily is from Martha Stewart.

I added some gem swirls from Recollections

and lace along the edge.

The sentiments are from K Andrews

Fashionable Freinds stamp set.

I stamped it and then embossed

using Zing Embossing Powder.

Here is a pic of the inside

Erica will be collecting

our cards to distribute to

local cancer patients.

Thanks for stopping by and please

make sure you visit

My Cricut Craft Room

to see more amazing cards!!

I will be entering this card in the following challenge:

Cut It Up

Exploring Cricut

Really Reasonable Ribbon

Link Up for Pink

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!!



July 100 Cartridge Blog Hop

Welcome to Erica's Craft Room

100 Cricut Cartridge Blog Hop Day ONE

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

Welcome to My Cricut Craft Room's one year

"BLOG-iversary" of our first 100 cartridge Blog hop!

A year ago the blog was kicked off with the first design team members

and daily postings. It took 2 months to get ready for this hop last year.

Now we bring it to you the first full weekend of every month.

Collectively the design team uses over 100 different Cricut Cartridges

in their projects during the two days of this hop. Sunday the new members

of the design team will be announced and some have even made a

project to share with you!!

What an exciting weekend!!

As special treat enjoy 10% off of your total purchase with Erica's Craft Room Store.

Use the code JULY to see 10% off of your total purchase (No exclusions)

on July 7 & 8. Also on Sunday there will be an exciting announcement!!!

This month I picked the following cartridges:

Wild Card 2

Sesame Street Seasons

Paper Dolls Teen Scene

The first project I am going to share with you

is the cute Owl card from page 45

of the new Wild Card 2 Cartridge.

I cut this at 5"

The paper is from DCWV Green Tea Stack

This was my husband's birthday card.

He loves owls!

The sentiment was pieced together

from K Andrew's Owly Hoo Sentiments.

My next card was made from

Sesame Street Seasons.

This is the first time I have used this cartridge

and I just love the way this little

Abby Kadabby came out!!

She is cut out from page 43 at 4".

I was a little scared when I saw all

the little pieces, but she was worth it!!

Don't you agree??

I mounted her onto a card made with

Spellbinders Curved Rectangles Die

and Label 18 die.  I inked around the edges

and add some glitter tulle at the top.

My final project was made with

Paper Doll Teen Scene.

Doesn't this make you want to go to the beach!!

I started by inking my card base with the following

colors of Tim Holtz Distress Ink:

Wild Honey

Dried Marigold

Peacock Feathers

Broken China

I added some Waterfall and Crystal Stickles

to the waves.

The sand is a piece of Coornidations

Glitter Cardstock, inked with Tea Dye Distress Ink.

The dolls were both cut at 5"

I added some Glossy Accents to the

lenses of their sunglasses!!

I used a Spellbinders Classic Circle die for the sun.

The sentiment is from K Andrews Splashtastic Summer set.

I added some Orange Peel Stickes for the rays of the sun.

Thank you for stopping by today.  I hope you

have enjoyed my projects.

Next you should visit my amazing design team sister Teresa

http://www.createenjoyshare.blogspot.com/

If you get lost along the way here is the entire line up

Start http://mycricutcraftroom.blogspot.com

Jenn Lorist http://www.jennspapercrafts.blogspot.com

Shelley http://shelley-scrapbookingforfun.blogspot.com

Kathy S http://3spoileddogs.blogspot.com/

Teresa http://www.createenjoyshare.blogspot.com

Kathy Jo http://skrappindiva.blogspot.com

Doris P http://mybugandmecreate.blogspot.com

Janet http://janetscreativeworld.blogspot.com

Jenny R http://myimagitivity.blogspot.com

Bunnyfreak http://digipage-blog.everything-digital-scrapbooking.com

Erica's Project http://ericasprojects.blogspot.com

Lisa Ch. http://lisacustomscrapbooking.blogspot.com

Ashley http://especiallymade.blogspot.com

Ava http://scrapbookdesign4u.blogspot.com

Sarah http://craftingwithsarah.blogspot.com

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

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

marji http://www.fstampaholic.blogspot.com

samantha http://www.samanthascricutcreations.blogspot.com

Blog Candy http://ericasblogcandy.blogspot.com

Card Creating Tuesday - Sketch

Hello all my crafty friends!!

Today is the last week of June, and my

final sketch.  Let me tell, you this one had

to be the hardest!!  When I saw this sketch, I thought

OMG, I have to make a waterfall card!!

Well I have never made a waterfall or for that fact

any other special type of card. (easel, gate fold, etc.)

So what was I gonna do???  Well to the web of course!!

My first and only stop was Splitcoast Stampers.

If you have never been to this site, you need to check

it out!!  There are all kinds of tutorials.

Here is the one that I used:

http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/resources/tutorials/waterfall_card

At first it looked intimidating, but it ended up being pretty easy

and I am thrilled with the results!!

Here is the sketch:

And here is a sneak peek of my card!!

These sunglasses were cut at .70" from Forever Young.

I added some gems in the corner and

glossy accents to the lenses.

Next, the bathing suit was cut

from Nifty Fifties at 3.40"

I placed each piece on a seperate panel.

Lastly the flip flops are from

Life is a Beach cut at 2".

All the paper except the card base is from

my scrap pile.  The adorable paper used on the

card base is Imaginisce Makin' Waves.

This paper is so cute, and I was lucky enough to

recieve a few sheets, in a recent order from

Erica's Craft Room Store

The sentiment is from K Andrew's Splastastic Summer

I stamped it on to A Spellbinders Classic Large Square.

Here is a quick video showing the action!!

Boy is it hard to record with your phone and

pull the tab on a waterfall card...LOL!!

(man my hands look old...LOL)

I hope you enjoyed my card as

much as I enjoyed making it!!

Please be sure to stop by

http://mycricutcraftroom.blogspot.com/

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

I will be entering this into the following challenges:

My Craft Spot - Monday Challenge #61 - Hot Summer Colors

Krafty Girls - Fun In The Sun Challenge #10

Paper Playtime - Ch# 77 - Say It With Sentiments - Anything Goes

Little Scrap Pieces - Fun Friday Challenge Use Yellow

Getting Cricky - Simply Sunday Challenge - summertime

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

Theme Day Thursday - Use any Cart - National Day ofr Prayer

Hello and welcome to another

Today's we could use any cartridge  and the

theme is National Day of Prayer.

My nephew's daughter is making her first

holy communion this month, so I decided

to make a card for her.

For this  card I used Simply Charmed and Once Upon a Princess.

Here is a sneak peak.

The cute little girl was cut from Simply Charmed.

She is the bride cut from page 72.

I cut her and some of the layers

at 4.5".  I did not use all of the layers

and I did hide the bouquet placement

lines using my gypsy.  There were a

few pieces that I had to snip off from

the back layer that were for the bouquet.

I also hid the face features and used the

Peachy Keen Princess Faces to stamp

her sweet little face.

I embossed her dress using the Textile Texture

Cuttlebug Embossing folder.

I added some gems to her headpiece and

her dress.

The background paper is from the

Best Creation "Walk in My Garden" line.

I cut the purple label from Spellbinders

Curved Rectangle die,

and embossed with Cuttlebug

Language of Love folder.

I tied a bow with a piece

of glitter tulle.

The tag is from Martha Stewart.

I stamped the sentiment from

K Andrews "Amazing You"

and "Owly Hoo Sentiments" stamps set.

I embossed the sentiment with

tinsel embossing powder.

For the inside of the card

the sentiment was cut using the font

feature on Once Upon a Princess.

I am really happy with the way the card turned out, and I

hope Becky likes it too!!!

Please make sure to stop by My Cricut Craft Room

to see the rest of todays projects.