Dogbot Critter Cuttie

Happy Wednesday from the always raining sunshine state.  Yep, it's another rainy day here in the Panhandle of Florida and I've lost count of how many days of rain we've had lately.  Don't get me wrong, I'm grateful for it because we need it but with all we've had you'd think there was a Tropical Storm over us or something.

But anyhoo, I wanted to share a card with you today that I created for the 114th challenge over at Cricut Cardz Challenge.  Our directive today - "Make a card using a “critter” (dog, cat, cow, chicken, duck, horse, etc.) from any cartridge(s), and using any colors or theme you’d like."  How easy is that?

As you can see, my critter is the cute little dogbot from the Robotz cartridge.  The scalloped squares were cut using Accent Essentials.

And now that you've seen my card for this week's challenge be sure to pop in to take a look at all the other wonderful designs our team made for you this week.  Then after you've been amply inspired, create your own design, link up and play along with us.  I can't wait to see what you come up with.

A Clean House.....

I saw this great robot shaped card recently that used brads for the little nuts and bolts.  Of course I thought this was a great idea and so I had to create my variation. 

Not only that but I also found another great quote that I wanted to use. 

AND to top it all off there's this fun little challenge going on over at Pause Dream Enjoy Challenges so I figured why not combine all THREE ideas into one card......

I haven't broken out my Robotz cartridge in quite a while and I forgot about some of the really cute cuts on this cartridge.  But for the quote in mind only this cut would do.  As you can see I used 3 small metallic brads under the 'clean meter' as well as a screw brad in the tire.  I love the way that the brads added a little texture and oomph to the robot.

My background paper is called Floor Plan and it's from Creative Imaginations.  Oh and let's not forget about that quote I wanted to use...........

"A clean house is the sign of a boring person".  (Truth be told I did a little housework today.  lol)

Robotz Christmas Greeting

This is a card that I created for a challenge over at the Moxie Fab World titled All That Glitters.  It's an easy challenge so I hope that you'll play along with me/us.  All  you have to do is create a card that's inspired by this picture.......

That said, my inspiration came from the ring itself.  All that silver and glitz just screamed at me to create a project with silver and that's exactly what I did.

For this card I used the Robotz cartridge for my image cut at 4". 

The background of the card was created using aluminum foil that I embossed and then wrapped around a piece of chipboard before adhering to the front of my card.  My only issue is that I couldn't get a picture or scan that really captured the true look of the card.....:::sigh::::

Thank You

Today is the final challenge over at Moxie Fab World and today's challenge was Thank You.  So this is my entry for the Card Creations: Favorite Occasions Week Thank You Challenge in the Moxie Fab World .

Just another very simple card in the midst of a busy week.

I used Robotz for the font and Hello Kitty for the flower.

Hey Human

I saw a picture in a magazine that was of an alien standing on the moon (I think) saying 'hey human".  Since I don't have the new Monsters cartridge yet I decided to make my rendition using Robotz.  The beauty of this one is that it's so versatile.  Seriously, on the inside you could have a sentiment related to most anything - Father's Day, Birthday, Get Well so on and so forth.  For this one though I made it into a Father's Day card from my husband's step-dad.

The scalloped squares on my card were cut from Accent Essentials. The strip at the bottom was simply cut on the paper trimmer and the edges rounded off using my corner punch.

Ghoul School - Early Halloween

I realize it's a little early for Halloween cards, but I had this extra bus cut from the graduation cards I made for my niece.  It's been sitting on my desk for a couple weeks staring me in the face.  Taunting me.  Waiting for me to decide how I would incorporate it into a card. 

I really wanted to use a monster or alien for my "ghouls" but I felt that if I cut them as small as I'd need it would take away from them.  Then I remembered the crazy cartoonish pumpkins on Stretch Your Imagination and thus my card was born.

Not only did I use SYI for the pumpkin ghouls but also for my spider.  The bus is from Doodlecharms and my font was created using Robotz.

Mother's Day & Robotz

I know, I know.  I need to get off the Robotz kick and get back to playing with my other cartridges.  In all fairness though I did use Designer's Calendar along with Robotz on these cards.

Today's cards are part of the cricut cardz challenge for this week - week #22 to be exact.  Rather than being serious and elegant this year I opted to be more cutesy and fun.  Especially since the gifts I made for both mom's are altered Memory games.   But more of that coming in the next post......

Belated Birthday Robotz - Masculine

I love the way this robot is posed and thought he'd be perfect for a masculine birthday card.  And behind him is a set of gears created with one of the new Tim Holtz Alterations dies from Sizzix. 

I cut the robot at 5", glittered his little antenna dish and pop dotted for a more layered effect.  The gears were distressed (my first attempt) using Tim Holtz distress ink in tea dye and Colorbox black ink.

Another simple card that looks great - at least in my opinion.

The inside sentiment says, "I sent your birthday card late on purpose.  I figured why ruin your special day by reminding you of your age?"

On the suggestion of a fellow blogger I think I'll give this contributer's showcase a try and enter this card into Showcase #4.

Feel Better Robotz

From the moment I saw the Robotz cartridge I knew I had to add it to my ever growing collection.  Last week a lady on one of my groups mentioned the cricutmachine.com website and I found it there for less than if I had picked it up at Michaels or AC Moore for half price.  Needless to say I was excited and even more so when it was shiped the day after I ordered!

For this week's Cricut Cardz Challenge I chose to feature this fabulous cartridge and let me tell you - if you don't have this one you're missing out.  In addition to using the Robotz cartridge I also used George to cut the "call out" and the kleenex "box".