Vacation and a Late Post

Hi all

We are still here in sunny Florida.  It is actually cooler here than back home so I am glad we are down here this week.  It is still hot but it helps that my parents have a pool and we are only 10 minutes from the beach.  That is were went ventured today.  The kids had a blast.  The only problem is that my 2yo does not like being dirty so every time she would get sand on her hands we had to run down to the water to clean them off.  In some ways it is really nice having a child that does not like to be dirty but in others it can be a hassle.  Here is a picture of the little ones at the beach.

So the project I have this week is a Father's Day project that I didn't get to post.  I got the idea off of Pinterest, one of my time sucks.  The link I had was actually and etsy shop that was selling it and I thought I could whip that out in about five minutes with my Cricut.  So here it is.

This is an 8.5" x 11" sheet of white card stock.  The tree is cut from the Ultimate Creative Sampler at 8.5".  I then cut all the leaves off the tree to have only the trunk and branches.  The text below is from Plantin Schoolbook cut at 0.8"  Then I just used kids paint in red and yellow to do their hand prints.  The one thing I did learn in this project is that I should double up on the card stock before doing the hand-prints.  There is a little crease in the paper from how the paint dried.  My husband absolutely loved this gift and plans to hang it in his office.  Thanks for stopping by and hope you have a great week. 

Teacher Appreciation Gifts with the Cricut

Hi all, I am back as promised with some Teacher Appreciation gifts I did last week.  These came together pretty fast and the teachers loved them.  I will not list a recipe for each, just a list of cartridges that I used to create them.

So I used these great gable gift boxes I found a Target in their dollar section.  Them came 3 to a pack for a dollar.  You can't beat that!!  I used a variety of patterned papers to decorate the sides of the boxes and some ribbon from my stash.  The tags I printed and cut with my Imagine.  It took a while to figure out how to get it to just print and them cut.  It involved putting the text on one layer in the Craft room and the square on another layer.  Then you just print on the paper first and then go back and cut the second layer afterwards.  I used the font from the Once Upon a Princess cartridge for all the tags.  The cartridges I used for the images are below.

• Butterflies are from Kate's ABC's and Ultimate Creative Sampler
• Birds are from Create a Critter
• Flowers are from Kate's ABC's
• Cupcake from Once Upon a Princess

So there you have it.  I filled the boxes with candy and a Target gift card.   I had a bunch of fun doing these boxes.  Thanks for visiting and hope you have a wonderful week. 

Mother's Day with the Cricut

Hi all, I have been missing for a while.  Not much crafting going on here with so many people in an out.  The place I have to craft is my dining room table, so when we have guests I can't really craft.  But my wonderful hubby gave me the best gift for Mother's Day.  He is going to build me a custom craft desk for our loft.  It is his office currently, but he is rarely in there anymore due to offsite work commitments.  I can't wait till it is done!!!
Anyhow, today I have a card I made for his mother.  It is kinda simple just like his mom so I think it came out great.  She really isn't a girly girl so I though blue would be best.

Card Recipe:

• Card base is from Wrap it Up cut at 5.25"
• Mom is from Ultimate Creative Sampler cut at 4"
• Card stock is from DCWV
• Flourish Cuttlebug folder

 So I am getting back on track with this post.  I have some teacher's gifts and Cinco de Mayo stuff that I did to share with you later in the week.  I hope you all get a chance to express your creative side this week.  Till next time!!!

Mother's Day Card with the Cricut

Hi all.  How is everyone doing.  I am back to crafting again, yeah!!!  I have been working on a couple projects with Mother's day and Teacher Appreciation week approaching.  Today I have a Mother's Day card to share with you.

Card Recipe:

• Card base is 6" by 6" DCWV Textured paper stack
• Frame is cut on the Circuit Imagine at 5.5" x 5.5" using RBG code 153, 150, 71
• Striped paper is DCWV Fabric paper
• Flowers are cut with the Cricut from Forever Young.  The flower sizes are 1", 1.25", 1.5",1.75" and 2"
• Pearls are Martha Stewart
• Stitching is done with We R Memory Keepers Sew Easy and Floss
• Mom is cut with the Ultimate Creative Sampler cartridge at 1.5"
• Corner Chomper to round the card edges

I really love this card and can't wait to send it to my Mom.  This was also my first time using the Sew Easy tool and do really love how easy it is to use.  I am entering this card in the weekly challenge over at My Craft Spot.  I will have some more stuff up soon as I finish the projects.  Thanks for stopping by and hope you have a fabulous week.

Cricut Crafted Easter Cards

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.

Chic Valentines Card

Good Evening All.  Just crafting away while my hubby is out of town and decided to work on a card for him for Valentines Day.  It is only right around the corner.  I wanted to make something adult and sophisticated so I decided to go with a black and white card with a touch of red.  I based the card on black and white but knew that I wanted to use a small scrap of deep red velvet paper that I had.  After scouring through my scrap box I finally found it and sized the card based on how big a heart I could cut out of the scrap.  Here it is:

Card Recipe:

• Base card is 5" x 5" in black
• Background paper is 4.5" x 4.5" from DCWV Bella Armoire stack
• Heart is 3" cut from Gypsy Wanderings
• The tag is 2.5" x 2.5" from Cricut Ultimate Creative Series Sampler image #27 Bonus 1
• Sentiment is from My Pink Stamper Love-alicious with red embossing powder
• I used the crop-a-dial to do the eyelets with red twine from Michaels

 The tag is really decorative but kinda hard to see in the photo.  I really matches the swirls on the paper.  I am entering this in challenge #95 over at the Fantabulous Cricut blog.  The challenge is to use a tag other than a circle.  Hope you enjoy and inspires a little love in all of you.  Have a great evening.