Merry Christmas to ALL.
I'm so glad that I had the opportunity to play with my scrap stash and tools. Seems these days, I'm always purchasing and never making anything.
Glad I had a chance to make some Christmas cards this year!!! Afterall, It's the MOST wonderful time of the YEAR!
Enjoy...
Cricut Card Challenge #63 is all about St. Patrick's Day. The challenge is to create a St. Patrick's Day card using any cartridge and any colors, but you canNOT use a shamrock!!! I chose to to a leprechaun's hat (or variation thereof) and I added a rainbow to touch on the St. Patty's "pot of gold" theme.
Details and cartridges used for this card are as follows:
Card Base – 2 Hats Welded(5.0(h)) – Stand and Salute
Card Layer – (5.0 (h))
Rainbow - (1.60 (h)) - Create a Critter
Enjoy...
I'm back again with another card for the Cricut Cardz Challenge Site. This week the challenge is to make a Valentine's card using any cartridge; however,there's a catch. You must use the colors BLUE, GREEN and WHITE ONLY. This one was particularly challenging for me. I realize that I never used those colors.
I made a simple card using the "Doodlecharms" cartridge. The heart is cut # 3.0 inches. The matching envelope comes from the "Christmas Cheer" cartridge. The blue pattern paper was printed from the Cricut Imagine "Yummy" cartridge.
Your turn. Let's see how you do with this challenge.
Enjoy...
Where has the time gone? It’s so hard to believe that Christmas is right around the corner. The Cricut Cardz Site has a great challenge for those who have a few last minute cards to get done. The challenge this week is simple. Make a Christmas card with a mini banner on the front. You can use any cartridges and any colors. Easy Peasy!!! Here’s my card. Now it's your turn.
Enjoy…
Details and cartridges used for this card are as follows:
Card Base – (4 X 7 Real Dial Size) – Base Camp
Christmas Presents Base – (2.78(w) X 2.99 (h)) – Winter Frolic
Presents Layers - (2.99 (h) ) – Winter Frolic & Mr Frosty (Cricut Imagine)
“Christmas” Banner & Shadow “(0.9 (h)) – Christmas Cheer
Joy Banner (1.0(h) – Christmas Cheer
Time for another Cricut Cardz Challenge!!! The challenge this week is to create a set of 3X3 Christmas Gift Cards or Christmas tags using any color and any cartridges that you like. I made a set of 6 cards. I really loved this challenge.
For this challenge I used the Base Camp, Winter Frolic and Christmas Cheer Cricut cartridges.
Now let’s see your take on this challenge! You can enter HERE
Confession…. I never do Thanksgiving cards… NEVER! Well, now I’ve done two this year and it’s all because of the Cricut Cardz Challenge. This week’s challenge is to create a Thanksgiving card using the colors BLUE, BROWN, ORANGE, YELLOW and WHITE ONLY. This was a bit challenging for me, but that’s what it’s all about, right?
Now it’s your turn. Stop by the Cricut Cardz Site and inspire us with your designs!
Enjoy…
Details and cartridges used for this card are as follows:
Card Base – Brown Cardstock (5.4 (h) – Lacy Labels
Circle Cut – White Cardstock (4.5 (h) – Lacy Labels
Middle Pumpkin Shadow & Pumpkin (1.65 (h)) – Create a Critter
L & R Pumpkin Shadows & Pumpkins (1.20 (h)) – Create a Critter
Wheelbarrow & Shadow (1.74(h)) – Walk In My Garden
Leaves and Shadows – (1.1(h)) – Create a Critter 
Design Team #1 has done a fabulous job with this week’s challenge over @ the Cricut Cardz Challenge Site. This week they will inspire you with Christmas cards using the “card creative feature” from any cartridge. Stop on by and join them. You can use any colors too. I decided to play along with Design Team #1. I used the card feature from the Stretch Your Imagination Cricut cartridge for the card base. I welded a square in the card to make an opening in the card then I used the card frame feature for the pink layer. The Christmas tree is pop dotted on the inside of the card. The tree was cut from the Christmas Cheer cartridge and the bows are from the Christmas Solutions cartridge (that is a FREE download if you purchase and register a Cricut Gypsy by 12/31/2010). As you can see, I used non-traditional Christmas colors because that’s the mood I was in. All bling is courtesy of the Imaginisce I-rock tool.
Don’t forget to check out the Cricut Cardz Site. We’d love to see your take on the challenge!
Enjoy…
There’s an all new challenge posted at the Cricut Cardz Site. Stop by and join in on the fun. This week’s challenge is to create a Christmas card. Well, there is one stipulation. The card has to contain something that starts with an “S”. Beyond that, you can use any colors and any Cricut cartridge that you’d like. For this challenge, I chose to use snow, snowflakes, and a sleigh. I added a little sparkle to the sleigh, snow mound and snowflakes with stickles and glitter.
Don’t forget to check out the Cricut Cardz Challenge Site and play along.
Details and cartridges used for this card are as follows:
Card Base Stamp cut – (5.50W X 5.50L Real Dial Size) – Base Camp
Square cut – Blue Cardstock (4.60W X 4.90L Real Dial Size) – Base Camp
Snow Mound - (5.25W X 1.15H) – Paper Dolls for Everyday
Sleigh Base and Shadow – (1.59H) – Christmas Cheer
Reindeer Base & Layers – (2.65H) – Christmas Cheer
Snowflakes – (1.70H) – Christmas Cheer
Sometimes simplicity is a good thing. I hope that’s the case with this card as I decided to go with a simple elegance. This card was made for the Cricut Cardz Challenge where the theme this week is THANKSGIVING!!! You get to make a Thanksgiving card using any cartridges and any color you like! So, whether you choose the simple approach or decide to go all out, I do hope you are inspired to play along with us. Check us out HERE.
Details and cartridges used for this card are as follows:
Card Base (3.75 X 11 square folded in half & top corners rounded) – Base Camp
Card Burgundy Layer (3.75 X X 4.25 – top corners rounded) – Base Camp
Small and large leaves (cut @ 1.00 & 1.35) – Stretch Your Imagination
Enjoy…
I guess I can't get enough of the Santa suits. After this card, I'm gonna force myself to break the habit. One more Christmas card done and lots more to go. Gotta keep moving...
Enjoy...
…and so do Christmas cards! I just stopped by to post some of the Christmas cards that I’ve done thus far. There’s more to come so stay tuned!
Enjoy…
Here are a couple of Valentine’s Day cards that I made. I chose simple designs (as I do with most of my cards). I said that I wouldn’t use the standard Valentine’s colors for the cards, but in the end I stayed with the familiar. One day I’m going to step outside the box and get fancy with color… But today is not the day.
Until next time,
Enjoy…
And I'm still making cards... Here's a few Santa Hats made into cards.
Enjoy...
Here's another quick Christmas card. I used the Christmas Cheer cartridge for the stocking and Pazzles for the scalloped cirle. 
I created this fun little Christmas card so that I could play with the Cricut Joy of the Seasons and Wild Card cartridges. I really think I’m going to like both cartridges…
Well, it’s off to make more Christmas cards.
Until the next time…
Enjoy!
My mother decided that she wanted to send handmade Christmas cards this year so I had to get to work to carry out her request. My strategy was simple: Come up w/ a basic card design, change paper & embellishments, stop @ 5 cards, and repeat those 5 cards until her list was depleted... Don't know if it was the perfect plan (it would have been easier to create one design and send everyone the same card) However, that new Cricut DesignStudio software makes getting projects done a snap... You can pretty much cut EVERYTHING @ one time.. Plus you can save your designs and repeat the cuts as necessary... Love it...
But that's not the important thing here. The important thing is that my mother was pleased...
Here are the five designs that I came up w/. All of the paper is from the Basic Grey - Figgy Pudding collection...
Enjoy...
My girlfriend, Carol, got the bright idea to issue a New Year's card challenge. Ummm, this one was really a challenge because I've never bought, received, or even thought about sending a New Years card... The other requirement was the card dimensions. The card had to be 4 X 9.25 or 9.25 X 4 depending on the orientation. So here's my feeble attempt. I figured a New Year's card should be festive so I cut some party hats (that strangely resemble a dress) from my Cricut Celebrations cartridge. I added some bling in the form of pink rhinestones and a bit of glitter around the Happy New Year title... That's all I got... It's gonna have to do...
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Here's a fun card that I did for a contest at one of the local scrapbook stores in my area. It was fun to break out the glitter, paint, and Heidi Swap bling. With all of the new Cricut cartridges, I'd forgotten all of the nice shapes that are on the Christmas Cheer cartridge! Gotta love that stocking...
Enjoy...
My friends and I are loving our personal challenges to each other. We decided to do a card based on a predefined sketch. The sketch we used is CPS #38. You can find this and many more sketches on the Card Positioning System website... Here's my take... My girlfriends Carol, Karen, and Juliet also came up with some beautiful creations.
This challenge was fun... Loved playing with my Heidi Swap Bling and my Stickles...
The CPS sketch is below...
On to the next challenge... Oh yeah got to get to the rest of those bday cards too...
Enjoy...
Well, I was slow to join the Criss Cross Craze, but alas, I'm here! I didn't want to do a criss cross card, but I didn't want to pass on the challenge issued by my friend Karen. I'm sure this is the first challenge of many. Albeit, I got to this point kicking and screaming, I admit that I had a great time with this challenge. I will definitely do more cards like this...
So Karen, here it is... On to the next challenge...
Enjoy...
