Where I take you through my adventures in crafting. I love using my Silhouette and Cricut to create fun cards, scrapbooks, and so much more for my family and friends.
Good evening , hope your weekend is going swell. We have been outside much of the day playing in the great weather. So the project I have for you today is an idea I got off the web. In about a week I will be putting my kids and the dog in the car to make the 14 hour trek to my parents house. That is 14 without stopping, did I mention it will be only me??? I am a bit nervous about the drive. I have been scouring the web for ideas on how to keep the kids entertained without the mindless DVD player. I came across the idea to give the kids tickets that signify how much time has passed, that way they have a way of quantifying how much time is left in the trip. Being the crafty person that I am I couldn't just go and by raffle tickets, I wanted to make it a little more festive and fun. So here is what I came up with:
So the jist is that I will give each of my daughters 16 tickets (I am being wishful) and every hour I will ask them to give me a ticket. Then they can count how many are left to see how much longer we have to go. On the set for my older daughter I put the numbers 1 - 16 on the back so that she can practice her number recognition. Hopefully this will keep them entertained a little???
Ticket Recipe:
Ticket base cut from stamp on Elegant Edges at 2.2"h x 2.8"w
Top ticket cut from stamp on Elegant Edges at 1.8"h x 2.2"w
Font from Kate's ABCs cut at 1" and welded in CCR
I used the Imagine to get the colors which are from I came I saw I created weekly color challenge. Love how bright they came out. So I will have a few more travel related projects coming up next week. Hope you have enjoyed and thanks for stopping by.
How is everyone's week going? We are doing great, enjoying the warm weather and lounging at the pool. So for today's project I have another congrats baby card. My cousin had a new arrival a couple weeks ago and I wanted to make him and his wife a card to congratulate them. Here it is:
Card Recipe:
Card stock from DCWV textured stack
Card base cut from Elegant Edges, Lace at 5" and then two welded together to make a card
Light pink frame from Elegant Edges, Lace at 4.3"
Shoes from Kate's ABCs at 2"
Sentiment from My Pink Stamper Sweet Baby
Ribbon from Michaels
Thanks for visiting and hope you all have a fantastic week.
Hi all, I have been missing for a while but I am back with my final round of Easter Cards. Finally got them all finished last night and plan to mail them out tomorrow. I have three cards today. I think the kids are going to love them. The first card is an Easter basket card. I used one of the new Cricut Digital cartridges Easter for this card.
This card was really quick and easy to put together. I think it is the little touches with the ribbon and stickles that make the card special. I am entering this card in the Fantabulous Cricut Egg challenge this week.
Card Recipe:
Easter basket cut from Stretch your Imagination at 4.4"
Eggs cut from the digital cartridge Easter at 1"
Happy Easter from digital cartridge Easter at 2"
Ribbon from Michaels
Crystal Stickles
The second card is a tulip Easter card. This was another really simple card to put together.
Card Recipe:
A2 sized card
Bunny frame from Elegant Edges cut at 5.25" (This is the oblong feature)
Tulips from digital cartridge Easter cut at 3.25"
Banner from the Ultimate Creative Sampler cut at 1"
Swiss dots Cuttlebug Folder
The third and final card is an Easter bunny card. This is a shape card made by welding two images in the Cricut Craft Room. The card base is the stamp shadow from Elegant Edges. I welded two of them together to make the shaped card. I am entering this card into the Easter challenge at My Craft Spot this week.
Card Recipe:
Card Base is the stamp shadow from Elegant Edges cut at 5.5"
Card frame Elegant Edges cut at 4.9"
Bunny with carrot from Simply Charmed cut at 4"
Happy Easter is done using Gypsy Font cut at 1"
Hope you enjoyed the cards and have a wonderful Easter. Thanks for stopping by.
Hi all, I hope that the week has been going well. I finally got to some crafting last night and made my first of several Easter cards that I will be making this year. I love this time of year because it means that everything is in bloom and there are new beginnings. This first card that I made really has all the bright colors that I love.
I base the color design around the ribbon. I don't have any Easter stamps so I let the ribbon do the work for me. Also all the paper used on this card was from my scrap bin. I get excited anytime I don't have to use a brand-new piece of paper.
Card Recipe:
Card base is 5" x 5" white card stock
Scalloped matting is cut from the Elegant Edges cartridge at 4.75"
I used the Cuttlebug polka-dot folder to emboss the mat
Bunny scene is from Kate's ABC's cut at 3"
I will be posting many more Easter/Spring cards as I get them finished. I am entering this card in the weekly challenge over at My Craft Spot. Thanks for stopping by, I am now off to get my hair done, yeah!!!!
Good evening all. I hope your week has been going well. We have had the best weather here so we have been spending much of our time outside. So the project I have for you today is to celebrate St. Patrick's day. My husband is actually Irish so I thought I would make him a card. When I told him I was making a card he said "do we normally exchange cards on St. Patrick's Day?". My response to him was no I am not expecting a card in return and it is really just an excuse to craft. So here it is:
Card Recipe:
A2 size card base in Kraft
Frame is from DCWV Bloom stack cut at 5.25" from Elegant Edges - Oblong Clover cut
Shamrock is from digital St Patrick's Day cartridge cut at 2.8"
Sentiment is from two My Pink Stamper sets: Everyday Life and Friend-tastic
Gold Stickles
Crop-a-dile for the eyelets
Corner Chomper to round the corners
So that's my card, I plan to write some gushy note inside just to let him know I love him. I also made some Irish Car Bomb Cupcakes (for adults only) from a recipe that I found on Pinterest. They came out really yummy. No picture though because I can make a cupcake taste great but my frosting skills are a little lacking. I am entering this card in the challenge over at My Pink Stamper. She had the monthly blog hop all about St. Patrick's Day. You should definitely check out the projects because they were great. That's it for me, hope you have a wonderful weekend.
Good evening. I have been working on Valentine's cards for my kiddos this week. It is only right around the corner!!! This is one of my favorite holidays because it is all about expressing your love. I decided to use a dimensional gate fold card that I haven't done before. I think the cards came out great and the kids are really going to love them. I also made a video showing how I created the cards. Here they are.
Here are some pics of the other card I made as well.
Card Recipe and Supplies:
Owl Card:
* Start with a 5" x 12" piece of card stock - K & Company
* Start at one side and score at 2" 4" 8" and 10"
* Should have an inside card dimension of 5" x 4" with two 2" folded flaps
* Elegant Edges Hearts1 oblong feature cut at 4" - then cut in half
* Plantin Schoolbook heart cut at about 1"
* Create-a-Critter Owl cut at 3"
* Ribbon from Jo-anns
* Crop-a-dile used for the eye-lets
* Cotton Candy Stickles
Love Bug Card:
* Start with a 5" x 12" piece of card stock - K & Company
* Start at one side and score at 2" 4" 8" and 10"
* Should have an inside card dimension of 5" x 4" with two 2" folded flaps
* Elegant Edges Hearts 2 oblong feature cut at 4" - then cut in half
* Simply Charmed Love Bug 2 cut at 2.75"
* Simply Charmed Love Bug Sentiment cut at 1"
* Ribbon from Jo-anns
* Crop-a-dile used for eye-lets
* Cotton Candy Stickles
I have also entered this card into the Anything Goes challenge over at My Craft Spot.
Good afternoon all. Thought I would get a quick post in while my kiddies were napping. I made this great Thank You card for my hubbies Aunt and Uncle. They sent the kids some crafty Christmas presents and they really loved them. I really love how the card came out and think it is one of my favorites so far.
Card Recipe:
Card base is size A2
White Sakura gel pen for faux stitching
Elegant Edges cartridge swirl cut at 4" x 5.25"
Forever Young cartridge flower 10 cut at 2", 1.5", and 1"
Cappuccino twine from The Twinery
Buttons from stash
Sentiment from My Pink Stamper Everyday Life
For each flower I cut two 2", two 1.5" and one 1" and then staggered them. I then bent the petals up around the layers. I hope it stays that way through the mail but I am not holding my breath. I am entering this in the bloom challenge over at Bitten By the Bug 2. The challenge was to use the six petal cut from the Bloom cartridge but since I don't own that one I used the six petal flower from Forever Young.
Hope you enjoy the card and have a wonderful afternoon.
