Espresso Yourself

Happy Thursday everyone!  Today I want to share a card with you that I made using the new Cricut Lite cartridge Love You a Latte and Rock Princess. 

I was going through some of my old Paper Crafts magazines looking at the quotes/sentiments they have in the back pages.  In so doing, I came across a couple of great quotes that are just perfect for this cartridge and today's card showcases one of those quotes.  Even the font I used is perfect for this theme as it's called Catharsis Espresso.

It looks like this new cartridge has some great cuts and I can't wait to have an opportunity to sit down and play with it some more.

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.

You're a Cut Above

I've had this quote running around my head for days and finally got it put into a card today.  I had fun making this card - like I do all of them of course....

For this card I used:

April Showers for the squirrel, butterflies and tree
PPDU for the frog
Plantin Schoolbook for the grass
Chore Chart for the lawnmower

I don't remember which one I used for the clouds as they were leftovers from a previous project.

Christmas on the Beach

I saw a picture of the Jolly Holidays lite cartridge that came out last year and just had to have it.  And since it's July I decided to create a Christmas in July card.  For this card featuring Santa and his elf decorating a palm tree.  I used the following carts:

Stretch Your Imagination for the tree
Jolly Holidays for Santa and the elf
Handy Man for the ladder

Fun in the Sun

This week's Cricut Cardz Challenge was to use a summer apparel or accessory cut from any cartridge.  I thought, and I thought about this one but I kept drawing a blank as to what I could really do with summer apparel.  Problem was nothing came to mind.  Sooooo, I chose to use "accessories".

For this card I used Life's a Beach for the umbrella and the adirondack chair.  Everyday Paper Dolls was used for the towel and the beach ball is just a sticker I found in my stash.

My 'beach front' was made using sand paper to give it a more textured look and feel.  Being from the Panhandle of Florida where we have some of the World's Most Beautiful Beaches I would have loved it even more if I could find white sandpaper.  Oh well..........

Prayer of Encouragement

Just picked up the Chore Chart lite cartridge the other day and I admit I wanted it specifically for this cut.  However, I waited for Walmart to mark it down because I just couldn't justify paying that much for one cut.

The dove is from Joys of the Season.

Inside Sentiment says:   In those times when I can't seem to find God, I rest in the assurance that He knows where to find me.  - Neva Coyle

Over What Hill?

I finally broke down and ordered a few new cartridges this week and was elated when I won Life's a Party for only $18 on ebay.  I've been toying with buying this one for some time but for that price I just couldn't pass it up..............and I'm glad I didn't! 

Since my husband's on call this weekend we haven't really left the house and thus I've gotten a few cards made.  For this one I used Life's a Party for everything except the grass which I cut using Zooballoo.  I created the splatter effect using Distressed Ink in vintage photo and a brayer.  At first I wasn't sure if I liked how it looked but it's grown on me.

So what do you think?  Isn't this just a cute card?  Especially with that little buzzard sitting there looking things over.