Snowmen Ornaments

How about today we cool things down just a little bit?  Today I'm going to share a couple of different snowmen ornaments that I've created.  All which have their own little ornament box for gifting.

 

The first set of ornaments are ones that I first started making about five years ago.  And I haven't finished making boxes for all of them as I was doing a test for sizing so only completed one.  These little guys were born out of a place card setting I saw here using the round ornaments. 

 

 

Their place cards were made using the plastic ornaments that come apart so that you can fill them with goodies.  But since I wasn't doing that with mine I glittered the inside and then used my Cricut for the following cuts:

• George for the eyes
• Christmas Cheer for the noses

Both the eyes and noses were cut from vinyl and adhered.

 

 

 

The next set of ornaments I have to share were created using my Silhouette and some files that were shared in one of my Facebook groups.  These were really fun and I love the way that they turned out.  Quick, easy and oh so adorably cute.

 

 

 

And the ornament boxes?  Well those are from Silhouette store.  The round snowman with hat is in the scalloped ornament box and the snowman faces are in the 3D Puffy Box Pinked.

 

Now I'm off to enter my ornaments into the following challenges:

Hiding in My Craft Room - Christmas in July - Ends July 30th

DL Art - July Linky Challenge - Ends Sunday, July 31st

 

Fantabulous Cricut Challenge - Anything Goes - Ends July 31st

 

Unbirthday Treat Set

Today I'd like to share a fun unbirthday treat set I created.  With the recently released Wonderland stamp sets from Jaded Blossom and the Alice in Wonderland files from Marjorie Ann Designs this was a perfect pairing.

 

To create the coffee treat holder I used these cute little 4oz coffee cups and matching lids that I purchased here.  The templates for the cup wrappers can be printed  from here.  

 

To cover the lid I cut 2" circles using the Cricut cartridge George, but obviously anything that cuts a 2" circle will work.  

 

For the carrier use a sturdy piece of 12" x 12" paper. 

• Cut one piece 4" x 6 3/4"  Score all 4 sides at 1"
• Cut along two opposite sides of the score lines up to where they intersect and then snip the corners diagonally.
• Now assemble the box.
• To add more stability cut a piece of chipboard 2" x 4 1/2" and set aside

To create the handle, using that same 12" x 12" paper:

• Cut a 1 7/8" x 11" piece.  Score at 1 1/2", 5 1/2" and 9 1/2" 
• Fold in half and glue together down to the score lines for the 'flaps'
• Use an oval or circle punch to make a hole for carrying
• Set aside

Use remaining paper to cover the piece of chipboard you cut.  Glue the chipboard to the bottom of the box.  Then glue the handle to the piece of chipboard. 

 

For the potion bottle tag, I used a scalloped circle frame from the Cricut Cartridge Wild Card.  I hide the interior circle contour and then cut the size needed to fig the potion.  The potion bottle, cupcake and the two print n cut images on the top of the cups are all from the Alice in Wonderland file from Marjorie Ann Designs.

 

My card was made using the same cut file.  To add a bit of shimmer to the card I cut the crown from a gold metallic paper.  I also decided to use some glossy accents on the whites of the eyes and the heart on the lips.

 

And now I'm off to enter this project into the following challenges:

Jaded Blossom Crafter's Choice challenge - Ends August 1st

DoubleClick Connections Disney Theme - Ends August 4th

DL Art August Linky Party - Ends August 31st

Beary Cute Hot Chocolate Holders

 

Today I'm fast forwarding on to another holiday.  This time my absolute favorite holiday - Christmas.  I imagine that in about another month or so I'll be in full swing with my Christmas cards and other projects.  Until then though I have this one project.  After it's still July and I couldn't let it go by without one little Christmas in July project.

 

I love giving away treats and one of the ones that I like to give are hot chocolate packs.  I'll add in a candy cane and create a tag with a poem on it then package it all up and give it away. 

 

So to create my holders I used the following cuts from my Cricut cartridges:

 

• the cup (#M4715A) from Everyday Pop Up Cards.  I scaled the cup to 5.24" in height, copied a second one on to the mat, flipped the image, lined them up and then welded the two shapes together.
• and a circle from George.  For this one I unlocked the shape so that I could scale the shape to .17" high and 3.72" wide.  I then placed this up towards the top right of my design and attached the shape so that when it cuts that portion is cut out thus creating a slit for the packet of hot chocolate.

I also used the Marshmallow Loves Cocoa file from Marjorie Ann Designs.  That's where all my cute bears come from.  Using the print and cut feature I cut out each of the five bears that come with this file and used them to 'decorate' the front of my mugs.

 

The stamped sentiments that are on some of my mugs are from the Jaded Blossom stamp set Hot Cocoa.

Love You a Latte Treat Cups

Happy Wednesday everyone.  Today I have a Valentine's Day treat holder project that I would like to share with you.  I came across this idea in late 2013 on Inking Idaho's blog and fell in love with it.  I made several of these for co-workers at Christmas and they all seemed to enjoy their treat cups.  Then again maybe it was because of the candy inside that they enjoyed them. Hmmmmmm......

 

To create my project I used these cute little 4oz coffee cups and matching lids that I purchased here.  My straws are nothing more than a coffee stir stick cut down to size.  With cups and lids in hand I printed out the template for the wrappers from here.  I will say that for the band that goes around the cup I did cut mine just a smidge longer than the template.

 

To cover the lid I cut 2" circles using the Cricut cartridge George, but obviously anything that cuts a 2" circle will work.  I then laid my lid upside down and traced the opening for the straw on the backside of my circle.  Then using my Crop A Dile II I punched a hole for the straw.

 

The tag on my coffee cup is from the Cricut cartridge Love You a Latte which I opted to print 'n cut rather than piece together.

 

For the carrier use a sturdy piece of 12" x 12" paper. 

• Cut one piece 4" x 6 3/4"  Score all 4 sides at 1"
• Cut along two opposite sides of the score lines up to where they intersect and then snip the corners diagonally.
• Now assemble the box.
• To add more stability cut a piece of chipboard 2" x 4 1/2" and set aside

To create the handle, using that same 12" x 12" paper:

• Cut a 1 7/8" x 11" piece.  Score at 1 1/2", 5 1/2" and 9 1/2" 
• Fold in half and glue together down to the score lines for the 'flaps'
• Use an oval or circle punch to make a hole for carrying
• Set aside

Use remaining paper to cover the piece of chipboard you cut.  Glue the chipboard to the bottom of the box.  Then glue the handle to the piece of chipboard. 

 

As you can see I didn't really decorate my carrier, but I did use one of the cute mice from the Morning Coffee file from Marjorie Ann Designs on each side.

 

The stamps that I used on my lids and my candies are all from Jaded Blossom.  I used several different stamp sets including: 

 

Funny Mail (revamped) for the lips

Science, Hello and Wizard Candies

 

 

And now I'm off to enter this into the following challenge:

 

Jaded Blossom - Valentine Treats - Ends February 28th


DL Art - Thankful Thursday Valentine's Day - Ends February 10th

Playful Penguin Gift Card Holder

With all the rain and cold weather that moved in yesterday we just might end up having a cold Christmas this year.  Of course the good thing about that is that I've been sitting in my craft room in my jammies, drinking coffee with the space heater going while I get the last of my gifts made.

 

Right now I want to share a gift card holder that I finished this morning.  For this project I cut the mug from the Cricut cartridge Everyday Pop Up Cards and George.  I welded two of the mug shapes together and then used George to create the slit for the gift card tag to slide into. 

 

To create my tag/card holder, I embossed the tag using one of my Christmas folders and then inked over it with some Tim Holtz Distress Ink in Broken China.  To hold the gift card in place I simple adhered glue dots to the back and stuck it on the tag.

 

The penguin is from the Playful Little Penguins file at Too Cute by Jessica.  The stamped sentiment on the mug and the snowman on the tag are from the Simply Christmas set by Craftin Desert Divas.

 

And now I am going to enter this project in to the following challenges:

 

Christmas - Craftin Desert Divas - Ends December 21st

 

December Linky Challenge - DL Art - Ends December 31st

 

Anything Goes - Fantabulous Cricut Challenge - Ends December 21st

 

Scaredy Cat

Happy Friday everyone and welcome to our second Cardz TV Card Challenge for this 'season'.  Our challenge this week is To Die For.  Create a card for Halloween using Die Cuts from your Die Cut Machine (Cricut, Silhouette, Big Shot, Cuttlebug, etc.)

 

For my card I used:

 

Pumpkin from Cricut Craft Room Basics

Square from George

 

Using these two shapes I flipped one pumpkin and then used George as my center and welded all shapes together to create a pumpkin shaped card.

 

I then used this cute little scaredy cat hiding in his pumpkin from the Don't be a Scaredy Cat file by Too Cute by Jessica.  I also cut a second set of leaves at a larger size to use on the card base.

 

After putting the card together I stamped my sentiment using the new Cardz TV Stamps set called Frankly Frightful.  After doing that I cur a piece of my memory wire and wrapped it around the stem of my pumpkin to create the vine.

 

Now that you've seen my project for this week's challenge be sure to check out the other great designs our team created for you.  Then play along with us.  Link up your Halloween card for a chance to win a stamp set.  I can't wait to see what you create.

Oh Nuts!

 

This morning I'd like to share a fun shaped card that I put together using one of the squirrels from the Nutty For Fall file by Too Cute by Jessica.  I absolutely could not resist when I saw these adorable bucked teeth and chubby cheeks.

 

To create the shaped card I used the base layer from the acorn on the Create a Critter cartridge.  I welded two of them together using a rectangle from George to create my center fold.

 

The stamped sentiment is from the This 'n That stamp set by Cardz TV Stamps.

 

And there you have it - a quick, easy, fun shaped card for Fall.

Now I'm off to enter this in the Fall challenge over at Die Cuttin' Divas.

Stop Scaring Me

 

I have a fun card I wanted to share with you this afternoon.  This cute little scarecrow is a new file over at SVG Cutting Files and I thought he was perfect for spotlighting on a Fall color themed project that I'll use in the current SVG Cutting Files challenge.

 

I cut him out at just under 3 inches and centered him on a circle that I cut from George and Basic Shapes..  I then used a sketch from a challenge that's going on over at Fantabulous Cricut Challenge to create my card.

 

I chose blue and green as the color for my strips because this is one of my favorite color combinations and it's also the focus of yet another challenge that I'm playing along with over at Die Cuttin Divas

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This is the inside of my card:

 

 

 

What do you think?  I thought it was cute and my husband actually chuckled so I must have been on the right path. 

 

The stamped sentiments are from the Peachy Keen stamp set titled Trio of Girl Ghosts.

Science Nerd

Today I have a fun project to share.  It's my final back to school project and I incorporated several challenge elements into this one project.  They are:

 

• Back to School
• Specific sketch
• Use a favorite color combination
• Create a 3D Back to School project

For my project I used files from SVG Cutting Files - the Kawaii Beaker treat box and Gigi Facebook sticker.  The Gigi file is not for purchase as it was a file that was provided during one of the blog hops awhile back and you only get the file if you participate during the specified time period.

The square background is from George and Basic Shapes and the small scalloped circles on the candies are from Gypsy Wanderings.

 

The stamped sentiments are from Jaded Blossom.  One is from the Hello Hello stamp set and the other is from the Wizard Candies stamp set.

 

And with that I am off to enter this into the following challenges:

 

Fantabulous Cricut Challenge - Sketch - Ends August 17th

 

Exploring Cricut - Back to School - Ends August 16th

 

Die Cuttin Divas - Favorite Color Combo - Ends August 18th

 

Cardz TV - 3D Back to School - Ends August 21st

 

SVG Cutting Files - Back to School - Ends August 14th

UPDATE:  This project was chosen as a Design Team Top 5 winner over at Fantabulous Cricut Challenge.

Fluttering By

Today I have a friendship card I'd like to share with you.  As you can tell I have once again followed one of the challenge sketches I found this week.  I can't help it as this particular sketch has been so awesome in helping me think outside the box when it comes to choosing my background papers.  Never would I have thought to lay my cards out in this manner and I love it. 

 

I also changed up the sketch just a bit as well.  After all it's all in how you interpret the sketch right?  Well I decided to angle my papers in the opposite direction.  For some reason I like this way more.  I also swapped around the sentiment and the embellishments.  I placed my sentiment at the bottom and the embellishments at the top. 

 

For this card I used this cute little butterfly from the Disney Classics cartridge and George for my circle.  The stamped sentiment is from the Lil Bit Buggy set over at Craftin Desert Divas.  And the skittles are some that I found at Michael's in the dollar bin.  They had several colors - blue, clear, green, yellow and purple.

 

Now I'm off to enter this card into the following challenges:

 

Die Cuttin' Divas - Sketch Challenge - Ends August 11th

 

Fantabulous Cricut - Bug Out Challenge - Ends August 10th

 

Hiding in My Craft Room - Keep it Simple Sweetie - Ends August 16th

UPDATE:  My card was chosen as one of the Design Team's top 5 over at Fantabulous Cricut Challenge.  What an honor!

Bug Me Anytime

Today I have another cute lil buggy card to share with you.  Ever since making the worm one a couple days ago I find myself drawn to this Lil Bugaboo file set from Too Cute by Jessica.  Especially since the little girl bugs pair up so beautifully with the Lil Bit Buggie stamp set from Craftin Desert Divas.

 

The design for this card though was inspired by three different challenges that I'm going to enter it into.  They include:

 

Die Cuttin' Divas - Sketch Challenge - Ends August 11th

 

Fantabulous Cricut - Bug Out Challenge - Ends August 10

 

Action Wobble Challenges - Awesome Animals - Ends August 20th

 

(Now before you say that a ladybug is NOT an animal let me tell you that I wondered the same thing.  After doing some research I discovered that yes ladybugs ARE animals.  Even though they are technically an insect they belong to a large class of animals called arthropods.)

 

 

Oh, and I also used the George and Basic Shapes cartridge to cut out the rounded rectangle I used for the white backdrop for my ladybug.

 

 

Worm Wishes

 

Happy Two-Fer Tuesday everyone!  This evening I want to share a card with you that I put together for a couple of fun challenges that are going on this week.  (I apologize for the picture quality.  I had to take it indoors since I didn't finish before the daylight was gone.)

 

This adorable cute file is from Too Cute by Jessica and the file is titled My Little Bugaboo.  If you haven't seen this file you really should check it out.  It has several cute little buggies that match up beautifully with the Lil Bit Buggy stamp set from Craftin Desert Divas.  I also used George and Basic Shapes for the rectangles.

 

So for my card I cut out the little girl dressed as a worm at 4.57 inches tall.  Then I followed the sketch for the current Linky Party at Craftin Desert Divas that looks like this:

 

 

Only difference is I decided to create my card in the landscape mode rather than portrait.   I just felt like it was the better choice for the card.

 

Oh and those yummy skittles you see in the top left corner - those are from the summer release over at DoubleClick Connections.  If you love crafting with skittles you should really check out her selection.  And speaking of checking things out be sure you come back tomorrow because we'll be starting a brand new challenge at DoubleClick Connections and you won't want to miss out on the fun.

 

Until then I'm off to enter this card in to the following challenges:

 

Craftin Desert Divas - Sketch Challenge - ends August 17th

 

 

Fantabulous Cricut Challenge - Bug Out - ends August 10th

What's Percolating

I was thumbing through one of my old Cardmaking & Papercraft magazines the other day and stumbled upon a card that I just had to scraplift.  It used printed and chipboard elements which I just replaced with my paper stash and Cricut die cuts.....well I did use one small piece of chipboard.

For this card I used:

From My Kitchen for the coffee pot, cup and saucer

George for the hearts

For the curved background I tried cutting a circle but couldn't get it to look right so I went to the kitchen, grabbed a saucer, traced and cut away.

At first I was going to used more subdued papers for my background but switched to these brighter colors at the last minute and I'm glad I did because they worked to pull everything together nicely.

The stamped sentiment is from the Cardz TV Stamps set Brew HaHa.

And now I'm off to enter this punny card in the Pun challenge over at Craftin Desert Diva's.



Forever, You and Me

This is a card that I made some time ago.  My inspiration for the card came from a picture I saw of a bathroom scene complete with his and hers towels hanging on the wall. Isn't it great the things that kick our creative juices in to high gear?

For the front of my card I used:

Sweethearts - for the you & me cut

Every Day Paper Dolls - for the bathtub, bubbles and towels

Paper Pups - for the dog

George - for the "towel bar"

My "tiles" are 1" squares that I cut on my paper trimmer

For the inside of my card I used:

Home Decor - for the word Forever

Indie Art - for the lips

Unfortunately the lips don't show up very well in the picture, but they were cut from a shimmering card stock so as to give that appearance of lip gloss.

Three Rules for A Happy Thanksgiving

You know those Chic fil A commercials where the cows encourage you to eat more chicken?  Well today I want to share a card that I made back when I first got in to paper crafting.  Instead of cows though we have a disguised turkey encouraging us to eat anything but turkey for Thanksgiving. 

 

I had a lot of fun creating this card and since it's been a while I think it's one that I'll need to see about recreating and updating.  Now to find the time to do that.......

 

In the meantime though, here's what I used for this one.

 

Animal Kingdom for the Turkey - cut at 3 3/4"

PPDU for the hat and collar - both scaled to the sizes I needed to fit my turkey

Everyday PPD for the glasses - also scaled to the size needed

George - to create the sign, I used two of the shapes and welded them together

George for the numbers - cut at 3/4"

 

And for a little added fun this Thanksgiving check out the projects the design team made over at Hiding in my Craft Room.  They're cute, cute, cute, and I think I'll play along with them.

A Special Kind of Friendship

Happy Monday everyone.  I trust that despite being taxes due day everyone will be able to find some kind of enjoyment out of the day - especially since we're celebrating friendships at Pause Dream Enjoy today.  The challenge is very simple.  Just create a card, layout or project celebrating friendship.

 

For my card I chose to showcase the special friendship between Ernie and his long time pal, Rubber Duckey.

 

To create my card I cut 1" squares using a paper trimmer for my tiles and then glued them to the card to simulate a tiled wall. The bathtub was cut at 4" from New Arrival.

The "bubbles" were cut by merging circles from George together and then sized to be proportionate with the bathtub. They were then cut from vellum and embossed in the Cuttlebug and ran through the Xyron for adhering.

Ernie was cut at 3" with only the top half of the cut being used. In order to have his body rather than the sweater show I cut one of the solid base cuts and then cut out the section that I needed for the body.

The inside sentiment on my card are lyrics from the Sesame Street song D-U-C-K-I-E:

D means you're delightful and delicious and so dear

U says I'm undone by what you do

C is for the cute way that you squeak into my ear

K is for the kick I get from you

I, I'll be there if you're in hot water

E you're extra-special to the end

Put them altogether, they spell DU-UUU-CKIE

Rubber duckie, I'm so lucky you're my friend

 

And now that you've seen my project be sure to check the other wonderful designs our team put together for you this week.  Then create your own project and link up for a chance to win this week's prize.......sponsored by TSQ Royal Castle Shoppe.

 

"Royal Friends" Stamp Set
(must have a USA address)

 

Butterfly Pop Up

A couple of years ago Sizzix came out with this really nice looking scalloped pop-up die.  However, I didn't want to spend the money on this particular die so I took the Cricut challenge to see if I could recreate it.  Surprisingly enough I was successful and this is the first card I made using this pop-up.

 

To create the pop-up design I used:

•  Accent Essentials for the scalloped circle cut at 6"
• George for the placement of cuts to create the pop outs/ups

For the other cuts on my card I used:

Home Decor for my flourishes (coming off the top and bottom of the scallop)

April Showers for the other butterflies, trees, worm and spring banner

I even decided to break out my Cuttlebug for this one and used the Cuttlebug for the blue and green butterflies - I have the cut and emboss butterfly set

Make A Wish Challenge

Sorry that I'm late getting this one posted up.  Everything has been and eternal blur the last few days especially since my allergies kicked back in to high gear and I was trying to decide if I was getting the crud everyone has been sharing or if it was just my allergies.....

All that aside, I have a card I'd like to share with you for our Make a Wish Crafty Cardz Challenge.  This week we made cards for a child's birthday.

My card is based from one I saw in one of my craft books titled Pop Up Cards.  Now I will admit that my first effort to recreate this card failed so I went back to the drawing board - literally -  and used the body and gloves template included for this particular pop up. 

Other than that I used:

Paper Doll Dress Up for the clown's head

George for my balloons

Christmas Noel for the closed door on the front of the card.

And now that you've seen my card for this week's challenge be sure to check out the other fabulous designs our team created for you this week.  Then create your own card, link up and play along with us.  You have until noon EST, Tuesday, March 12th to link up and play for a chance to win a set of Cardz TV Stamps! 

Blue and White Hot Chocolate Mug

Happy Friday everyone and welcome to this week's Blue and White challenge hosted by Pause, Dream, Enjoy.  As you can tell by the name of our challenge this week's directive was to create a project using the colors blue and white.  And as you can see I cheated a little bit and added a pop of red to mine.  In true fashion with my busy life right now I did it without thinking but the gracious hostess that Janis is she told me I was okay.  lol

 

Now I have to admit that during this time of year I love making these hot chocolate mug holders.  They are such a quick and easy gift to make for teachers, bus drivers, co-workers and whoever else is on your list.  That said, for this mug holder I used:

 

Everyday Pop Up Cards and George for the mug.  I welded two of the mug shapes together and then used George to create the slit for the hot chocolate packet to slide into.

 

Joys of the Season for the polar bear.

 

And now that you've seen my project be sure to create your own card, layout, mini album, gift packaging, etc. using blue and white.  Then link up and play along with us for a chance to win a prize from this week's sponsor.

 

Need some more inspiration first.  Check out the other awesome projects created by our design team.

 

Oh, and this week's sponsor is

 

Mark's Finest Papers & Stamps
Prize: Train Talk Stamp Set

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