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So glad you chose to stop by!
I hope to use this blog to share some of my handmade cards as well as some of my scrapbook pages and maybe a few pics here and there that may or may not make it to a scrapbook page.
Scrapping for me is simply a fun hobby that I don't do often enough. More often than not, I'm a collector of all things scrap... i.e. tools, paper, embellishments...
Now to become motivated... Maybe this blog is just the way to do it...
Enjoy and come back SOON!
The theme this week over at the Cricut Cardz Challenge Site is “Back To School”. I chose to make a shaped pencil card and a matching envelope (for the teacher who is returning after summer break). I really love the weekly CCC challenges… I get to love them even more NOW that I am DESIGN TEAM MEMBER!!! I’m thrilled to be able to join such talented ladies for a 6 month period.
So stop by and jump in on the challenges. It’s sure to be fun!
Cricut Cartridges Used for This Project:
Pencil – My Community
Envelope – Just Because Cards
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Well, the team over @ the Cricut Cardz Challenge Site made it pretty easy to participate this week. The challenge this week is simply make a card any size, any colors, any cartridge. Basically, anything goes… Since I’m building up my card supply and reducing my scrap supply, this challenge was just perfect. I made a “Just Because” card using Cricut Lite Lacy Labels and Live Simply cartridges. I just love the lite cartridges. Patterned Papers used are a hodge podge of Basic Grey, Colorbox, and October Afternoon.
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How cool to return from vacation and find this blog award from Scrapin Mom of One Inspiring Little Boy ... I LOVE her designs! You guys should check her out.
One of the criteria for this award is to tell 3 things you love about yourself... Here goes...
- I love that I can make people laugh.
- I love that I've been blessed with great family and friends.
- I love creating... especially with my Cricut.
The next criteria is to pass this award along. I will be doing that soon. Stay tuned.
Until then...., enjoy!
I finally had the time to participate in Emma’s Throwback Thursday Challenge. I came across her site a few weeks ago, but I hadn’t been able to make the deadline until NOW!!! The Throwback Thursday Challenge focuses on the older (not used as often) Cricut cartridges. This week’s challenge was to create a project relating to birthdays using the Cricut Celebrations cartridge.
Of course, I did a simple card (it’s what I do most)… The black scalloped layer is the shadow feature on the #5 button (page 86 in the handbook). The embossed white layer is the blackout feature on the #9 button (page 90 in the handbook). The three birthday hats are welded cuts from the {hat2} image (page 103 in the handbook). I added a little bling to the hats with the iRock. So glad I had the chance to participate.
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I just purchased the Cricut Lite Lacy Labels (LLs) cartridge and couldn't wait to use it. So for the shaped card base & the tag/label, I used LLs. And to accompany it, I used another of my favorites, Forever Young. This card is a little more whimsy than the norm, but I kinda like it.
I even had time to make a matching envelope for this one. I used the Cricut Just Because Cartridge for the envelope.
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I just love the Create a Critter Cricut cartridge. It has such adorable cuts. This little bird is one of my favorites For this card,I used Bazzill cardstock and October Afternoon patterned papers.
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It's been a long while since I've posted a layout so I thought, "why not make today different?" I'm usually behind the camera so it's rare that I have a photo of myself to scrap. But here's one that I took @ Universal Studios in Orlando, Florida. I was right in front of the Hard Rock Cafe. Yep... had to go in and buy a guitar key chain since I've decided to collect one from all the places I visit.
For the LO, I used a combination of October Afternoon scraps. I finally used those beads I bought months ago when I saw how Sasha Holloway used them in her LOs. Her scrapbook style is FAB & I get inspiration where I can... LOL!
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P.S. - I've got to work on a better way to photograph layouts... Pointers anyone?
This fun cake shaped card has zero calories. I made it using the Stretch Your Imagination Cricut cartridge. Seems I’ve been visiting my older cartridges lately although, I really love the new ones too. This was quick and easy to put together.
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Here's a card that I made for a younger cousin who is in her first year of college. She's so smart and while she's excited about college, she's also nervous. I wanted to let her know how much I believe in her! I used the new iRock tool for the bling on this card. It's a pretty neat tool and since I'm a gadget girl, it was a must have!
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I’d almost forgotten some of the fun cuts on the Cricut Wildcard Cartridge. I wanted to make a simple “Thinking of You” card with a simple sentiment. Since the card was so plain, I added some crinkled ribbon (although it doesn't look crinkled in the photo) to dress it up a bit. Anyway, this “oldie but goodie” cartridge has served its purpose once again!
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This card is one of a set of Thinking of You cards that I was asked to make. I chose my favorite color combination. I just think fuschia, black, and white go so well together. The flower and vase were cut from the Cricut Walk In My Garden cartridge. I roughed the flower up a bit and added some Stickles to give it more of a distressed look.
More to come…
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Just dropping in to share a couple of cards I recently made. For the purse card, I used the Cricut Forever Young Cartridge and for the present card I used the Cricut Sweet Treats cartridge. The cards aren’t made for any specific occasion. They are meant to be multi-purpose. I’m trying to build up my card supply so I can have some in reserve. Boy would that be a departure from the norm!
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Since I was on a roll with the polka dot paper, I decided to create just one more. This time I created a card for a baby shower. My Pazzles was feeing a little lonely so I dusted it off and went to work. This dress card was created using a doodlebat font from ScrapNfonts called "DB Baby Clothes".
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Here's the second group of Mother's Day cards that I made. I decided to do fun cards this year rather than elegant cards. My cards mirrored my mood. Once again, I let the polka dots rule. I like them, what else can I say...
Anyway, Happy Mother's Day to all of the mothers out there. Hope your day is wonderful!!!
It’s kinda obvious with this set of cards that I’m a polka dot fan, right? I don’t know why, but when I have a group of cards to make, I tend to stick to a general pattern and color. I guess it's easier to get them done when I do it that way. Well, this is my first set of Mother’s Day cards, but I’ve got more to make. It's nice to know so many great mothers. Off to the post office with this group.
I wanted to drop in and post a blog award that I received from Mrs Diva2U. What a wonderful surprise. Be sure to go on over to her blog and check out her wonderful creations.
The rule is to pass it on to 12 people. Stay tuned... That will be forthcoming.
Until then, have a wonderful day!
Here’s a birthday card made using the Cricut Just Because Cards (JBC) and Forever Young (FY) cartridges. I love the FY cartridge and I can see that the JBC cartridge will quickly become a favorite too. That’s my quicky post for now.
Until next time…
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I made this card for the coworker of a friend. The pink and brown color combo is one of my favorites. The Circuit New arrival cartridge was used for the Stroller. I’m managing to use all of my scraps as well. No new papers on this one.
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Just dropping in to post my take on this week’s 2 Sketches Challenge (Kazan #49). Once again I pulled out my new favorite, PTI Polka Dot Basics II stamps, for the bottom portion of the card. I used Cricut Straight From the Nest for the bird and oval scallop.
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I’ve only had PTI stamps for a couple of weeks now, but I couldn’t help participating in their monthly blog hop. This month’s Blog Hop Challenge is to use buttons along with one PTI product. Right now, I only have PTI background stamps and one set of their sentiment stamps. So I used all of the PTI products that I have.
I made a set of all occasion vase shaped cards. I used buttons for the flower centers. I don’t know the brand of buttons (just grabbed some from my stash)…
I used PTI’s background stamps to decorate the vase. The stamps used are: Retro, Polka Dots Basics II and Dot Spot. I used PTI Mega Mixed Messages stamps for the sentiments.
Fun times…
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Okay, I’m really loving the Papertrey Ink background stamps. Once again I used the Polka Dot Basics II to stamp the pink & white polka dot patterns. I really love the ability to make my own background paper. I need to move on from the polka dots because I purchased two other sets. I also used the Cricut Forever Young Cartridge for the model. Nestablities were used to mount the sentiment.
Now off to play with some more stamps.
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I guess with this card, I’m exercising my right to change my mind. I was kinda opposed to "physically" stamping anything. No ink pads for me thank you… My computer will do nicely. Then I started to take notice of the Papertrey Ink background stamps. I can officially say that I’ve had a change of heart. I love their background stamps and have recently purchased a few sets. The 3 sets of borders at the bottom of the card are from the PTI’s Retro and Polka Dots Basics II background stamps. I started off with a small section, but I’m going to work my way to using the stamps to make my own patterned paper. I love how the various styles can be used interchangeably to make unique designs. I'll get there, but for now, baby steps....
The card is brown with teal accents; however, in the photo, the base looks black… The words for the sentiment were taken from one of my favorite gospel songs titled “For This I Give You Praise”.
Until next time, enjoy…
This card is for the Cricut Cardz Challenge #16. The challenge is to use any Cricut Cartridge and any color combination to make a Spring card. Flowers, birds, or butterflies must be used on the card. I decided to use all three. The card frame was cut using the Accent Essentials cartridge (remember that one?). All of the other cuts (grass, flowers, butterflies, bird, oval scallop, and oval) were cut from the newly released cartridge, Straight from the Nest. I also added a little glimmer mist for a little sparkle. I’m really going to like the cartridge.
Challenge complete…
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I’ve got to say background stamps are really good if you want to make a card but you’re short on time. This past weekend my scrap buddy, Karen and I ventured out to Archivers for a couple of card classes. The classes were fun, but the shopping after the class was even more fun. The classes we took had nothing to do with stamping but somehow each of us ended up with several stamps in our baskets. The pink portion of the card is stamped with one of the clings background stamps. I don’t remember the name of the stamp. I like the way it turned out. Quick and simple.
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I received this wonderful blog award from Julie over @ Ready, Stamp, Create. I love the way Julie uses her Cricut. As a matter of fact, my first introduction to Julie was via the Cricut Cardz Challenge blog. I especially love this card. The rules for this award is to pass it on to six others. Since I can’t limit it to six and I don’t want to exclude anyone , I’m passing this award on to everyone who stops by!!! Maybe I should rename it to the “all inclusive” Sunshine Blog Award (smile)…
Have a wonderful day…
Shaped cards are my absolute favorite cards to make. Lately, the Sweet Treats Cricut Cartridge is my favorite cartridge. So I combined my two favorites for this birthday card. And it's off to the mail with this one...
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The Cricut Cardz Challenge this week made me realize that there’s one creative feature on many of the cartridges that I’ve downright neglected. That feature is the “card feature”. So the challenge was to make a card using this feature. We could use any colors and any theme. I chose the Valentine’s theme. I used my favorite colors black & white with a touch of color. I loved this challenge. I used the “Card/Tab” function on the Cricut Paisely Cartridge. This particular card function is with the "Elephant1" cut. You can’t really tell in the picture but the heart is actually a cut-out in the card. I placed the white cardstock with the sentiment behind the cut-out. The matching envelope is also from the Paisley cartridge. I love how both the card and the envelope are cut such they are kept closed by a tab/slot.
After I completed this card, I started to look @ my other cartridges to see if they had this feature. I will definitely be using it again and SOON!
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The Cricut Cardz Challenge this week was to make a Valentine's card without using hearts. Initially, I said, “no problem”, but this proved to be more difficult than I thought. I came up with a pretty basic card. The card base and rounded polka dot square were cut from the Mini Monograms Cartridge. The scalloped circle frame was cut from the Easter Seasonal cartridge and the two little red love birds were cut from the Tie the Knot Cartridge. Challenge met...
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