Owl Always Love You

So this week I am the featured DT Member for the Just A Scrappin' team and as part of my feature I was asked to create a card to go along with the Q&A.  Now when I thought up (boy does that sound "Southern" lol) this card I had a much grander vision of the way it would turn out and, I guess, in the end, it's not too bad.  Although I was hoping that at the very least my appeture would work a bit better. 

Appeture Close Up

Anyhoo.....I used Create a Critter for my owl, April Showers for the butterfly, and Sweethearts for my tree.  When I laid the tree cut out on the mat though I stretched it just a bit so that my tree trunk would be a little bit wider for creating the appeture.  Once removed from the mat, I used my exacto blade to make a cross cut then grab each corner with a pair of surgical grips and rolled the paper back to create my opening.

On the inside of the card I adhered my owl so that its face fit center to the opening on the front.

Now, if you'd like to see the questions that were asked of me and delve a little bit more into what helps to keep me 'sane' take a gander over at the DT member feature on Just A Scrappin'.

Teen Rocker Valentine

This is the week of trying to get valentine's made for my daughters and co-workers and today I want to share with you the card I've put together for my youngest (19 yr old) daughter.  As she was growing up we always called her our biker babe but now she's a little more subdued and is more like my musical, hippie chick babe.  So I decided to go with the Rock Princess as the theme for her card.

I used Rock Princess for the cut but didn't want the "makeup" and stockings as those are things that my daughter  doesn't wear and I was trying to to make this cut look kinda like her.  ::wink, wink::  I cut the girl out at 5 1/2" then used the Sweethearts cartridge for my hears which were cut at about 3/4".

This was a very easy card to put together but I think that my daughter will really like it.

Be My Valentine Fairy Tale

Happy Wednesday and February 1st everyone.  Boy January just flew right by us and before we know it it'll be springtime again.  I for one cannot wait.

Until then I have a Valentine's card to share with you that was created for Cricut Cardz Challenge 101.  Our directive for this challenge was to create a valentine themed card using any colors and cartridges we desired.  Of course I designed my card a little backwards in that I chose my sentiment first and then scoured through my booklets and My Cut Search until I found what I thought was the perfect cut/s for displaying the sentiment.

Using the Sweethearts cartridge, I cut the heart couple seen on page 40.  The heart was cut from regular cardstock and embossed using the script folder.  The couple was cut from black aluminum.  For my sentiment  I used the cartoche cut seen on page 74 - cutting one larger than the other for layering.  The top layer was cut from an off white cardstock that I went back and inked over with antique linen distressed ink.

So now that you've seen my card pop on over to Cardz TV and take a look at all of the other fabulous designs our team created for this challenge.  Then once you've been filled with inspiration create your own Valentine and link up to play along with us.

Across the Miles

My poor dh is working a long day today so I've been hiding in my craft room putting together this card.  For this one I used:

3 Birds on Parade cut at 1 7/8"
Sweethearts for the stamps one cut at 5" with all contours hidden except the lines along the edges and the other cut at 4" in blackout

I also used my new Sizzix postcard embossing folder and inked on the embossing with distressed ink in tea dye to help bring it out.

The inside sentiment says, though mioles may lie between us, we're never far apart, for friendship doesn't count the miles, it's measured by the heart.  And just underneath that I printed a clip art heart.

Tree of Love

This week's Cricut Cardz Challenge was to create a masculine card for Valentine's Day using any colors and cartridges we desired.  For my entry I chose to make a card that would be given to a man rather than from a man.  And while it's not very manly looking it does have the frog that you've got kiss in order to find your prince. 

So for this card I used:

Sweethearts for the tree (I also embossed the trunk), the frog and the small hearts

Simply Charmed for the heart with a smiley face

Glad We Wound Up Together

My poor hubby needed some cheering up the other day so I decided to make a card for him.  His favorite holiday is Halloween and I thought why not use that as a theme for my card?  Especially since I've been wanting to use this sentiment for quite some time now.

For this card I used:

Happy Hauntings for the mummies - many thanks to Kateroo over on the Cricut MB for sharing with my on how to make their frowns into smiles

Sweethearts for the hearts

And the font is the spooky font from Happy Hauntings welded together to create my words.

2011 CD Calendar - March through June

I was so elated that I was able to complete four months of my calendar project yesterday.  Especially since I wasn't sure I'd even be able to get two of them done.  We were finally at a point in our remodel where I could buy the sealant for our walls (we're leaving the wood au'natural) so that I could get them done.  So off to Home Depot I went and then returned home to spend a few hours "painting".  But I did it!

For these pages I used:

A Child's Year (March)

Pooh & Friends for clouds (March)

Sizzix dies (April)

Accent Essentials (May)

Sweethearts for flowers (May)

Christmas for the bear (June)

Life's a Beach for the chair (June)

Designer's Calendar for the tie (June)

Designer's Calendar for the names of the months

2011 CD Calendar Pages

I decided yesterday that it was time to begin working on some 2011 CD calendars because if I waited too long they just wouldn't get done.  (Kinda like what happened for 2010)  So I pulled up my old templates from 2009 and started to rework some of them to include the cartridges I've purchased since then.

By the time all was said and done I was only able to finish January and February for two calendars.

I used:

Designer's Calendar for the names of the months
Stand & Salute for the fireworks on Jan.
SYI for the wine glasses
Sweethearts for the girl on her scooter

Today I'm working on March and April and will be incorporating some of my Sizzix dies as well.  Not sure how far I'll get since I also have to get some "painting" done in our living room that we are in process of remodeling.

First Valentine of 2010

This morning I thought it would be fun to begin making valentines and what better cartridge to use than the Sweethearts cart? I am confident in saying that we'll be seeing a lot of valentines created using this cartridge.

For mine though I decided to create not only the card but a matching envelope to hold it in. I cut the envelope at 5", the tag at 4.75" and the key and lock at 3".

And because I wasn't able to fit my sentiment on the front of the tag I placed it on the back.

Very simple but fun.

Christmas Decor House Project

This year I made a few of my Christmas presents and this is one that I did for my mom. Growing up I can only remember one time that we ever had a family picture taken and I wanted to capture that in a unique way for my mom.

My house was created off directions found at Scrapbooks, etc. but enlarged to suit my needs. By that I mean that my house stands over a foot tall and about 7 inches wide and it's made from foam core board.

For the inside of my house I used a 4x6 picture which was framed using Accent Essentials.

The word "memories" is from Home Decor and cut at 1" tall

My fireplace was cut from Joys of the Season at 4.25". I then traced the outline on a piece of foam core board, cut it out, adhered the fireplace layers and then adhered that to the back wall of the house.

My stockings are cut from Christmas Noel, Joys of the Season and Christmas Cheer - all at 1".

The candle on the fireplace is from Christmas Noel - cut at 1"

My puppy is from Sweethearts and is cut at 2"

My Christmas tree is my first attempt ever at creating a ribbon tree. Howeve, I cut the styrofoam cone in half so that I could set the tree flush on the wall so as not to take up all the floor space.

Pahl is my maiden name and is cut from Winter Woodland.

The snowy eaves are from Winter Woodland and were cut to fit the roof size needed. I then ran them through my Xyron and applied MS snow glitters.

Free Standing Family Tree

I created this family tree to go along with my "Rouse House" that I made back in April. The inspiration for the project came about when I was browsing through a catalog and saw a wood kit for creating one. As soon as I saw it though I thought I can make one of those.....so away I went - creating my own family tree.

This one was created using foam core board and grungeboard for the picture frames.

If you would like a copy of the cut file and/or tutorial please see the tutorials tab.

Paper Pups I Love you - Card Challenge #11

Here is my last card for the month of August. This time I chose Leslie's assignment which was for me:

"to make an I Love You card. I love the tree and birds so you must use those cuts along with the i love you banner cut. For bonus points you may also use the border dog and cat or even just the dog and cat cut. Most of all have fun challenging yourself and thanks for letting us help you with that!"

So I created this one a couple days ago to use for my parents 43rd anniversary this weekend. I didn't use the dog/cat cut because it would not cut properly for the size I needed to scale it down to.

The couple silhouette is from the new Sweethearts cartridge.

Kissing Frogs - Card Challenge #10

Regina G's homework assignment was:

Cartridge: Happily Ever After

Cut: Treasure Chest (page 67)

Theme: Love

Imagine my surprise when dh took me to AC Moore this weekend and allowed me to purchase 2 of the new cartridges I've been drooling over and rain check another that was not in stock! I picked up Sweetheats and Spongebob today and rainchecked the new paper dolls.

So anyhow, I came home and immediately got to work using the sweethearts cartridge in conjunction with this homework assignment. Needless to say I am going to love using this one. The tree and the frog both are from Sweethearts.

The inside sentiment says, "They say you have to kiss a lot of frogs to find your Prince - I'm glad that I kissed you."

Btw, I have added card #11 to my gallery here: http://spotofsanity.com/forum/index.php?action=mgallery;sa=album;id=3 . I'm now a third of the way complete with my assignments and when they are all down I will have another contest. Stay tuned for details.....