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

Smile

Today I have a quick, fun card I'd like to share with you.  It's been quite a long time since I've made a shaker card of any king but today I did it.  You see I have this little pack of Pitch Perfect sequins from Craftin Desert Divas that were begging to be used.  Of course it didn't take me long to decide what file I wanted to use either.

 

With all the decisions made I set off to work cutting all the pieces I'd need.  I chose to use the singer from the Marjorie Ann Designs file When I Grow Up - Rock Star Boys and then I also used the Shape Frame (#M31AEB) from the Cricut cartridge Wild Card.

 

For the shaker portion of the card I cut four of the frames and layered three of them together.  I then hid the contour on the frame and cut two solid pieces.  One for the foundation and the other I cut from one of my old mat covers. 

 

I stamped my sentiment from the Crafting Desert Divas stamp set titled Say it Big.  I then added my clear cover in between the frame layers and set it aside to dry.  While that was drying I glued my shaker base in place on the card, added a pinch of the sequins and then adhered the top frames in place.

 

And viola - I have finished first shaker card.  Nice thing about this one is that I can use it for a variety of occasions and I love it when that happens.

Silly Snowmen

 

Today I have a whimsical card to share with you.  As much as I hate cold weather and absolutely can NOT wait for the warm weather to get here I couldn't resist this adorable cut file from Too Cute by Jessica.  Now, I'm not sure which is cuter - the silly snowmen themselves or this funny sentiment I found in the My Craft Spot stamp set titled Winter Wonderland.  Either way they worked beautifully together to create a fun card.

 

In addition to using the great Silly Snowmen svg file from Too Cute by Jessica I also used my Cricut cartridge Wild Card for my snowman's banner.  I also decided to trade out the buttons in the cut file for some skittles I found at Michael's.

 

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

Winter Fun challenge - Fantabulous Cricut Challenges - Ends January 18th

Picture challenge - Die Cuttin Divas - Ends January 18th
(I'd have to say the snowflakes in this pic makes me think of cold, snow and of course snowmen)

I Want Candy

 

Welcome to another PDE Linky Party Challenge.  This week begins a new challenge and a new format.  Beginning with this week's challenge we are now on a weekly rotation.  That means you have one week to play along with this week's challenge - Shaped Cards.

 

For my card I used:

• Wild Cards cartridge for the card base
• Life's a Party for the tombstone and then punched with a MS cracked edge punch
• Zombie Squaredy Cat from SVG Cutting files

The stamped sentiment is from Peachy Keen Stamps.

 

 

 

And now that you've seen my take on this week's challenge be sure to check out the other designs our wonderful team has put together for you.  Then create your own shaped card, link up and play along with us.  Remember - you have until Monday, October 6th to link up and play along.

 

I can't wait to see what you create.

Creature Feature Challenge

Happy Wednesday everyone.  This morning I'd like share my DT creature feature card I made for Cricut Cardz Challenge #116.  Our directive this week was to create a Halloween themed card using the card feature from any cartridge and colors of our chosing.  For my card, I chose the original Wild Card cartridge. 

I have looked at this cut many times but never chose to use it before this week, and I'm glad I finally did because I love the way it turned out.  To make this card I cut the entire card feature from one of my card blanks.  I then made a second cut of the pumpkin portion of the card so that I could layer papers of my chosing.  So using papers from a Recollections Halloween mat stack I bought last year I cut my layers for the pumpkin.  I then took a scrap piece of yellow paper and layered it between the card feature and pumkin cut to give my pumpkin that yellow candle glowing look for the eyes and mouth.  And finally I took yet another sheet from the same mat stack and cut it down strategically to have some little hooligans peeking out through the blades of grass.

As for the little ghost floating around, he's from the Create a Critter 2 cartridge.

And now that you've seen my card for this week's challenge take a moment to pop in over at Cardz TV and check out all the other fabulous creations our team made this week.  I promise you will not be disappointed.  Then create your own card, link up and play along with us.

I look forward to seeing what creature feature you create.

Mom's Been Framed

Happy Wednesday everyone, and welcome to another installment in our bi-weekly Cricut Cardz Challenge.  This week we bring you the "You've Been Framed" challenge where the directive is to create a card using any frame from any cartridge of your choosing.

For my card I used:

Wild Card for the frame.  I loved the little 'cut-outs' in the corners and was immediately sold on using this frame.  For my backing I used pink and green aluminium 'paper'.  It made it a little difficult to photograph the card but it looks great IRL.

Forever Young was used for my 'mom' cut.  I used my Colorbox ink to color the hair and the shoes on her feet.  Then instead of adding the little embellishment cuts on the dress I decided to emboss it because I thought it would add more oomph and interest to the card.

Then, on the inside of the card..................

I didn't want to waste those cuts that were done in the corners of my frame so I used them in the corners on the inside of the card.

Now that you've seen my card for this week's challenge pop on over to check out the fabulous designs the rest of our team created.  Then when your all done looking create your own card, link up and play along with us.

C'mon, it'll be fun!!

New Pages for Baby Album

As I get closer to my first craft show of the season I decided to get a few onesie albums made up and I thought I'd add some new items to the pages this go round.  I changed up the way I did the covers by adding in some embellishments.  I love the way that they look and think it's more inviting than just having the words on the cover.

Other new additions include a couple of pages with the baby birds from the 3 birds on parade cartridge.  You'll see them here along with some of the other pages I've made.

I also added in some new journaling tags.

But this one is  my favorite.  I got this idea while shopping around on Scrapbook.com and decided to try my hand at creating my own journaling strips.

I used Wild Card for my pocket and A Child's Year for the crawling baby. The journal strips were created in Microsoft Word and to hold them in the pocket I added the little foot paper clip.  If you like this page and would like to make some of your own you can download the cut file as well as the strips file by clicking on the  link for the tutorials page on the right hand side.

So what do you think?  Do you have any ideas for what you'd like to see in a baby album?  Have you made one that you'd like share?  Drop a line and let me know.

Just a Note

I love, love, love the new Campin Critters cartridge.  If you haven't checked out yet you should - especially if you love the Create A Critter cartridge.  When I first saw this one I knew I was going to have to get my hands on it as soon as I could afford to do so and when I found it cheap on ebay it was mine.  lol

So this is the first card I made using this great cartridge.  Isn't he just one of the cutest birds you've seen???  For this card I not only used the new Campin Critters, but also

Accent Essentials for the inside scallop

Wild Card for the sentiment (combined with George for the ...)

Merry Christmas Circle Card

This week's challenge for Cricut Cardz Challenge was to create a Christmas card shaped like a circle using any cartridges desired.  Sounds easy right?  It was........until you get to the catch.......red and green are NOT allowed.
I started by looking through my Christmas papers and found the perfect paper.  Then I opened design studio and laid all my cuts out, but then I looked at my paper again and realized it had spots of red.  DRAT!  Back to the drawing board I went and this is what I came up with.

For this card I used:

Wild Card for the card feature cut at 4"
Christmas Noel (Solutions) for the reindeer cut at 1 3/4"

Joys of the Season for the star cut at 1"

To add texture to the card I flocked both reindeer, added glitter to the star, and applied a small amount of MS 'snow' along the top edge of the ground.

With Sympathy

Sympathy cards are always the most difficult cards to make.  However, I have another simple card to share with you today.

For this one I used Accent Essentials for the scalloped and regular ovals and Wild Cards for the sentiment.  The background was embossed using the Cuttlebug script folder.

Boo House

This week's challenge for Cricut Cardz Challenge was to create a halloween card using the card feature from any cartridge we desired along with any color scheme we choose.  Of course there was always the card features on the Mini Monsters cartridge, but that's too easy.  So I pulled several other carts off my shelf - looked at the options offered and when I saw the house on Wild Card I knew I had to use that one.  And after I made the house cut I was ecstatic because I didn't realize that the door would cut so that it could open and close.  Yippee!!!

So for this card, I made the following cuts:

House from Wild Card cut at 5 1/4"

Spider web from Wild Card cut at 1"

Ghosts, Cat and Boo! from Happy Hauntings cut at 1"
Spider from Designer's Calendar cut at 1"

My ghosts were cut from velum and then inked lightly with a blue ink to help them stand out on the card while remaining "translucent".  Of course the one on the rooftop shows up better in the photos than the one on the inside....Oh well.

The cat and the spider were flocked to add a little texture to the card. 

Cupcake Birthday Card

This week's Cricut Cardz Challenge was to create a card using either a cake, cupcake, cookie or candy cut from any cartridge of your chosing.  As you can tell I chose to use a cupcake.

This was a rather simple card cut from the Wild Card cartridge.  I had purchased this embossed cupcake paper from Michael's when it was on clearance for 15 cents a couple weeks back and thought it would be perfect for this project.  Since it wasn't double sided paper I did cut the 'full side' of the card a second time so that I would have the embossing on the in and out sides of the card.

The 'sprinkles' on the cupcake are mini heart spangles in pink and silver.  I didn't want to clutter the cupcake by adding too many and thought this looked just right.

Tying the Knot

This week's Cricut Cardz Challenge was to create a wedding card using any cartridge and colors we desired.  Needless to say, I was excited when I noticed that the new Wild Cards cartridge I picked up for $25 at Walmart had wedding cuts on it because that meant I got to use my new cart. 

So yet again this week's card is an easy one.  One cart, two cuts, put it together and the card is complete.  The inside sentiment, found on Quote Garden says, "True love stories never have endings"