Cupcake Birthday

Hello and Happy Sunday

to all my crafty friends.

I have been sitting here

making out my Thanksgiving Menu

and grocery list.  I bought my Turkey

a few days ago, but I forgot several

things, so I have been going over my menu

and making out my list to ensure I don't forget anything!!

We will not celebrate until Friday.  We like

to make it easier for our kids since we are

a "blended family" and on Thanksgiving

our kids have to make several stops,

so whenever we can we celebrate on

a different day.

 

Anyway enough rambling, I have a birthday

card to share with you today that I

made for my friends baby girl.

She had a "Cupcake" birthday party.

I used quite a few different products for my card.

The adorable little girl is the

Cupcake Girl cutting file from

SVG Cutting Files.

The blue mat was cut with a

Martha Stewart border punch and

the next layer is the Journal Die

from My Creative Time.

I embossed it with a Cuttlebug folder.

My girls cute face is from Peachy Keen

and I covered the icing of the cupcake

with Distress Stickles.  The banner

at the top is also from My Creative Time.

For the inside, the blue mat

is a Spellbinders die,

the next layer is once again

the Journal Die from My Creative Time

and the Sentiment is from

My Creative Time as well.

I added some 3 Girl Jam ribbon

and some glitter tulle.

 

I will be entering this in the following challenges:

SVG Cutting Files Birthday Challenge



Perky Penguins

 

 

Hello all my crafty friends,

today is Theme Day Thursday

at My Cricut Craft Room.

 

The theme today is

"Perky Penguins"

 

Today I decided to do something

a little different.  A few months ago

I found this great idea HERE

Nadia shows how you can use

Teddy Bear Parade and other cartridges

to make morphed characters.

Today, I made a morphed penguin!!

I used the penguin head from

Animal Kingdom and the body

and outfit from Teddy Bear Parade.

Here is my morphed Penguin Elf!!

 

I scraplifted the idea and color scheme from HERE

The penguin and body are cut at 3".

The pink layer was cut with

Spellbinders Lattice Rectangles.

I also layered a Nestabling on top.

The white layer was cut

using my paper trimmer and the

corners were punched with a

Martha Stewart punch, then

embossed with the Swiss Dots folder.

The Penguin was

mounted using an action wobble.

I also added some designer trim

from Webster's Pages.

 



 

The eyes were stamped using

Peachy Keen's Bird Faces.

 

The sentiment is from My Craft Spot's

Mistletoe Stamp Set and stamped

onto Tiny Doilies Metal Dies.

 

Thanks for stopping by.

Please be sure to stop by

My Cricut Craft Room

to see more Perky Penguins!!

 

 

 

 



Halloween Treats

Hello all my crafty friends. 

First off I just want to send my thoughts and

prayers to all affected by Hurricane Sandy!!

I just wanted to post a couple of quick pics.

These are the treat bags I made for

the 5 grandkids that live

here in California.

Their church has a Harvest Festival

so they do not really celebrate Halloween.

I made it easy on myself this year

and made the same bag for each one!!

I used Simply Charmed for the pumpkins

The font for the sentiment is from

A Child's Year, welded on my gypsy.

I used Peachy Keen Cornie Faces and

New Year's Faces for the pumpkin faces.

Here are the little treats I made for mine

and my hubby's coworkers.

I used the My Creative Time Tri-Fold Card Die.

The label is from Lacey Labels and the sentiment

is from Pink By Design.  I added some crinkle ribbon,

buttons from Recollections and more of my

homemade stickpins!!

They loved them, some of the ladies

took the stick pins off and were wearing them

on their lapels!!

Thanks for stopping by today!!

I am entering these treats in the following challenges:

http://3girljamchallenge.blogspot.com/2012/10/3-girl-jam-challenge-5favor-challenge.html

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

My Imagination Monday - CCR Carts

Hello my crafty friends and Happy Monday.

Today is the first Monday that I am posting for

My Cricut Craft Room.

Since I do not have an Imagine and don't

use CCR, I never signed up for Mondays.

Well once I found out that once you buy

CCR Exclusive cartridges, and you update

your Gypsy, then you can use the CCR

carts with your Gypsy!!  How cool is that.

So for today, I chose to use the

CCR Exclusive "Mixed Drinks".

Today's card is dedicated to my

DT sister Teresa!!

Once of my favorite mixed drinks

are Green Apple and Lemon Drop Martinis!!

"Mixed Drinks" did not have a martini

so, I used the Manhatten cut.

I cut is at 4"

It is hard to see in the picture

but I cut the layer for the glass

from the clear plastic packaging from one

of my cricut cartridges.  I like to save

them for when I want a clear element.

I had the perfect sentiment for this card.

It is from Peachy Keens "Happy Hour" stamp set.

The pattern paper is from

DCWV Green Tea Stack.

for the first layer, I used a Martha Stewart

corner punch.  I inked the card base

with Distress Ink in Mustard Seed.

The next layer is a Spellbinders

Label Ten.  I added some Stickles

in Crystal around the rim of the glass

to represent the sugar on the rim

of a Lemon Drop Martini.

I thought the card needed a little more

so I added some gems

and flourishes from Recollections.

The ribbon is from My Craft Spot.

Doesn't this just look yummy!!

Thanks for stopping by today and please

make sure you visit http://mycricutcraftroom.blogspot.com/

to see what my DT sister created today.

Also, Erica is having a huge $500 giveaway

so be sure to check out all the details HERE

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.

Theme Day Thursday - Spring Seasonal Cartridge

Hello, and welcome back to another

For today's project we could use either

Bears and Ducks or use any

Spring Seasonal Cartridge.  I chose to use

the Spring Fever Seasonal Cricut Cartridge.

This cartridge is filled with some of the best

spring images from various other cricut cartridges.

I had originally designed a totally different card, but then

I received a package from the wonderful

Erica from http://www.shop.ericascraftroom.com/!!

Inside my package of stuff I had ordered from her store,

(FYI, she has some fantastic prices!!) Erica had thrown in

some extra goodies.  She sent me some beautiful paper from

the Bo Bunny Back to Basics line.  I had to redesign my

whole card so I could incorporate this paper!

Here is a sneak peek.

I cut 2 different butterflies, one a side view and one a

full butterfly.  I cut the side view butterfly twice,

but I flipped one of them using my gypsy.

The bottom layer was cut from glitter paper and

the top layer was cut from DCWV paper.

Now, when I was running the top layers through

my xyron toapply adhesive, I accidentally ran on

piece in backwards!!  Oh my, what to do??  I did not want to

cut another piece.  So I decided to apply glitter to the side

 I accidentally ran through.  I loved the way it looked,

so I then ran the other two pieces through

the "wrong"side and applied glitter to them too :)

I beleive that I cut the butterflies out at 1.5"

The scroll that th butterflies are sitting on was cut

from the same cartridge at 4.5". 

The brown mat was cut using an MS border punch.

I finished the card up by adding a tag cut from the

Teeny Tag Greeting Stamp and Die from

My Creative Time and I addd some twine

Thanks for visiting, and please head on

over to http://mycricutcraftroom.blogspot.com/ 

to see what the rest of the design team has to share today.

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

My Craft Spot - Spring/Scallop Theme

Card Creating Tuesday - Make an Action Card

 For this weeks Card Creating Tuesday, we were challenged with making an Action Card.

I just love using action wobbles on my cards

For todays card, I used Pack Your Bags Cricut Cartridge

The entire image and all the layers were cut at 4".

The action wobble was attached to the dolphin.

Here is a short video show how he wobbles! 

Sorry don't know why it is sideways and I could not rotate it!!

I used the following supplies:

Pack Your Bags Cricut Cartridge

Imaginise - Splash Dance Paper

Coordinations Cardstock

Spellbinders - Curved Rectangles

My Pink Stamper - Even More Punnylicious

Martha Stewart Border Punch

Action Wobble

Crinkle Ribbon

We R Memory Keepers Sweetheart Inkers

Peachy Keen Stamps - Everyday Character Face Parts

Cuttlebug - Swiss Dots Emblossing Folder



Please stop by My Cricut Craft Room

to see to see the rest of the "action" today!!

Would You Ever Guess Wednesday - Martha Stewart

For my ***100 Follower Giveaway***, please click HERE

 

For today's project, I picked using a Martha Stewart cartridge.

My husband needed a wedding card for one of his friends at work. 

Of course he asked at the last minute, so I had to make something quick and simple.

For this card, I used some Coordinations Glimmer cardstock , 2 differnt Cuttlebug folders, some lavender ribbon, some gems and the Martha Stewart Elegant Cake Art Cricut Cartridge.  I also used the Martha Stewart Scoreboard. The only Cricut cuts are the sentiments on the outside and inside of the card.

Sweet and simple!!

Please make sure you check out the rest of the

design team projects today over at

My Cricut Craft Room

Theme Day Thursday - Laundry

Welcome back and thanks for visiting.  It is Theme Day Thursday over at My Cricut Craft Room

 



 

Todays theme is LAUNDRY!!

 How fun is that!!  I love that Erica is challenging us to think outside of the box. 

 

So here is my project for today

I just think this card came out so cute!  I love the colors.  I actually used 3 cartridges for this card.  For the "laundry", I used Country Life Cricut Cartridge.  Plus, I used the banner feature key!!  The images I cut are on pages 59, 61 & 66.  They were all cut at 1.5".  I hung them on the line using twine. 

The word "just" was cut from Just Because Cards at 1.5"  The phrase "hanging out" was also cut at 1.5" from Simply Charmed.  The paper is DCWV Dot, Stripes & Plaids paper stack.  I added some more twine, plus a couple of bling flourishes from Recollections.  I also used a Martha Stewart border punch and inked the edges with a Studio G stamp pad.

Thanks for visiting and Happy Crafting!!

My Cricut Craft Room Design Team - My First Project!!

I am so excited, this my first post for the Design Team for Erica's at My Cricut Craft Room!!  This is my very first full time design team.  This is going to be a picture heavy and long post!!

For today's project, we had the option to make a Baby Boy themed project or to use the Flower Shoppe Cartridge.  I chose to use Flower Shoppe.  Here is my card.  Believe me, this card is so much prettier in person.

 So here is how I made these beautiful flowers.    I cut 2 different flowers.  I have to apologize, I use my gypsy for everything so I do not have the page numbers in the book, but on the keypad I used the flowers on the top row, from left to right #6 & #8.  I cut each flower 3 times, at 4", 3.5" & 3".  Here is what they looked like to begin with.  I cut them from plain ivory cardstock.

I then used my Imaginisce Petal Roller to roll the flowers

 The last step was to use a hot glue gun to put a dollop of glue at the bottom.
 This is what the flower looks like all rolled up and glued.
 Now, to add color to the flowers, I used 3 different methods.  First I inked just the tips of the flower with a dark purple ink.
 This 2nd flower, I dabbed a lavender stamp pad all over the flower.

For the 3rd flower, I sprayed it with Glimmer Mist.  I also sprayed all flowers with Glimmer Mist in Pearl to give them some sparkle.  Here is all 6 flowers, rolled, inked, and sprayed

So here is a picture of the finished card again.

The leaves were also cut from Flower Shoppe, I added the veins with my embossing stylus.  I finished it off with some crinkle ribbon from My Craft Spot in Deep Purple.  The Sentiment is from Close to My Heart "Happy Birthday" set.  I went over the stamping with my Sakura Gelly Roll Metallic Pen to give it some sparkle.  The Paper is also from Close to My Heart "Paper Garden" paper pack.  I also punched the ivory paper with a Martha Stewart border punch. 

Here are some close ups of the beautiful flowers.  I decided to used these Chrysanthemum type flowers becasue they matched the paper perfectly!!  I will save the other flowers for another project!!

Please make sure you check out Erica's blog to see more projects at  
http://mycricutcraftroom.blogspot.com/

Make sure you check back this weekend for the 100 Cartridge Blog Hop!!

Happy Crafting!!

 

25 Days of December - Day 18 - ELF

Welcome to Erica's Craft Room 25 Days of Christmas,

with 25 Cricut projects  day.  Don't forget to stop by

Erica's blog to see 24 more projects today....

and every day in December.

http://mycricutcraftroom.blogspot.com/

Today's theme was to use an ELF!

Here is my project....

My project was to use Peachy Keen Stamps:

Isn't he the cutest little guy!!  I have been wanting Jolly Holidays since it came out last year, but kept putting off buying it.  Now that the Christmas is here, I have been trying to buy this everywhere, and it either wasn't available or I kept losing the bids on ebay!!  Well guess what, I ended it up winning the cartridge from the wonderful Pam at http://craftycards4u2.blogspot.com/!!  I knew when I signed up for this day in the 25 Days of December that my cartridge was on its way, and I wanted to use this cute little elf!!

I cut the elf and all his layers at 3.75".  I added the super cute Peachy Keen face from the Wide Eyed Kids Assortment.  I added some liquid Applique to his hat, and some bling for the buttonson his pants.  I also added stickles to the string of lights.  The piece of cardstock he is sitting on is from Stampin Up, and I punched it with Martha Stewarts Skyland Snowflake Punch Around the Page.  The pattern paper is from the DCWV Christmas Glitter Stack.  The sentiment is from Crafty Sprouts 'Have a Cool Yule" set.

I added some bakers twine from My Craft Spot and some bling to the center of the snowflakes.

Thanks again for visiting and come back again tomorrow :)

Happy Crafting!

My Cricut Craft Room's 25 days of Christmas - Day 7 WARM CLOTHES

Wow, I am so excited.  I got picked to be on my very first design team!!  It is the 25 Days In December Seasonal Design  Team for My Cricut Craftroom!!  Today is my first project.

Welcome to Erica's Craft Room 25 Days of Christmas,

with 25 Cricut projects  day.  Don't forget to stop by

Erica's blog to see 24 more projects today....

and every day in December.

http://mycricutcraftroom.blogspot.com/

Here is my project....

My project was to use the cuttlebug:

I used Simply Charmed for hat and mittens, cut at 2".  I used the Swiss Dots Cuttlebug folder to emboss the white trim on the hats and gloves.  Here is a close up:

All paper and the grosgrain ribbon were from the Close to My Heart "Jingle" pack from last year.  This is the first time I've used it and I love the colors!!  I added some bakers twine that I won from My Craft Spot.

I added a Martha Stewart Tag and the sentiment is from Crafty Sprouts "Have a Cool Yule" stamp set.

I inked everying up with Tim Holtz Distress Ink in Tea Dye and a Teal Blue Studio G ink pad that I got at Michaels in the $1.00 bin.  I finished the whole card off by going over some of the snowflakes and the sentiment with my Silver Glitter Gel Pen.

I will be entering this card in the following challenges:

Crafty Sprouts - Tag It Challenge

Peachy-Keen-Stamps-Sketch-Challenge-66