TLC From Me to You

It's another fine Monday and in our area it's starting out to be a rainy day.  So what could be more fitting than this cute card I have to share with you this morning.

 

My card was created using one of the cute little Poopez files from SVG Cutting Files.  This little fella is Sleep Pee.  His poor little face looks like one that could be tired, sad or just plain not feeling it.  And with this dreary weather that's how I'm kinda feeling this morning.  But that makes this perfect to use for either a get well card, encouragement or Just Because...

 

The sentiment that I used for my card is from the recently released stamp set titled Tissue Time by Craftin Desert Divas.

Birthday Cupcake

It's time again for another installment in our bi-weekly Cricut Cardz Challenge.  This week is challenge #103 and our directive this week was to create a birthday card using any cupcake or cake cut we desired from any cartridge we desired.

For my card I  used Just Because Cards for the scrolled type frame.

And I used Doodlecharms for the cupcake.  To add some flair to the card I decided to try a technique I learned a while back using puffy paint to give the frosting a more realistic look.  However, I quickly discovered that this works best with the Tulip brand paints (which I was out of at the time).  For this technique you apply enough paint to cover the desired cut.  Then using a heat embossing tool you gently heat the paint so that it bubbles up and then lays back down.  Be careful though because it is easy to burn the paint.  Just turn the heat embosser in circles as if swirling the paint and hold it only close enough to the project to heat it.

Once the paint dried and I could put the cupcake together I adhered an action wobble to the back.  And so that the cupcake would not become 'unbalanced' on the card, I pop-dotted the candle flame.

Now I would like to encourage you to take a look at all the other beautiful cards created by our Design Team.  Then once you're overflowing with inspiration create your own card, link up and play along with us.

Power of Caffeine

I was sitting at my desk drinking my second cup of coffee and going through some old ideas that I had printed out years ago when I came across one that said anything is possible with enough caffeine.  Well that was all it took and off I was to grab my Love You A Latte cartridge.

Now I will say that what I had envisioned in my head is not what turned out on paper because I was dreaming of much grander things.  But given some of the delicate cuts for the size I needed it just wasn't meant to be.  That's okay though because I think the final product still turned out pretty good.

And now that I have this one out of my system I'm thinking of warmer days.  Yep, I'm over this little bit of cold weather in Florida already.  I absolutely hate being cold in any way fashion, shape or form.  So my sights are set on the dog days of summer and all things related..............don't say I didn't warn you...........

Warm and Toasty

It's official.....my Christmas card season has now begun.  And this is my first card - inspired by a stamped one I saw in the current issue of Paper Creations.

For my card I used:

Create a Critter for the lamb

Just Because Cards for the word "Ewe"

George for the rectangles

The lamb's scarf is a scrap of eyelash yarn, and speaking of the lamb - I pop-dotted her layers to give her a little bit of dimension.