Zombie Valentine

As a huge fan of the Walking Dead I couldn't pass up the opportunity to incorporate at least one zombe into a Valentine's Day card this year.  Now I didn't want any of the gore that comes with the show and 'typical' zombies but I did want the fun.  So what better cuts to use than these adorable zombies from Too Cute by Jessica?

 

I fell in love with these guys back over the Halloween season but when I remembered about the one zombie holding his heart in his hand I was like, yep - that's the one.  After all isn't that what Valentine's Day is about?  Giving your heart and love to someone?

 

Other than the zombie file the only other cut I used for my card was the grass and that is from the Cricut cartridge Sports Mania.

 

My sentiment is just one that I printed on my background paper.  That's right, no stamps were used in the making of today's card.  But don't you worry because they were used on the next one.  LOL

 

Have a great day everyone!

Jester's Shoe Treat Holder

 

Happy Tuesday everyone and welcome to another PDE Linky Party.  Today our design team has created some wonderful 3D projects for you and we're hoping that you'll come play along with us.

 

For my project I decided to jump a little bit ahead of Valentine's Day and create something for Mardi Gras.  The cut file I used is from the Santa's Helpful Elves file at SVG Cuts.  I picked up some metallic paper in shades of green, purple and yellow so that I can change this elf shoe to a Mardi Gras jester's shoe.

 

To complete the show I adhered some purple eyelash yarn along the opening edge and then added some tinseled pom poms in green and purple.

 

Then I baked some chocolate chip cookies, placed them in the shoe and gave it to one of my physical therapists who absolutely loved it.

 

So now, let's see what 3D magic you can create.  You know you can do it.  So come on, create your project, link up and play along with us.  Need more inspiration?  No worries.  Hop on over to the PDE Linky Party blog and check out the other great designs the team put together just for you.

I am entering this treat holder in to the following challenge:

Craftin Desert Divas - 3D Linky Party - Ends February 1st

Baby Cupid

 

Today I have another in my string of Valentine cards to share with you.  When I saw this file at Marjorie Ann Designs I couldn't resist and immediately went to work.  It was great timing in coming across it too because this week Cricut's free cut of the week is Word Bubbles and included in that file was this equally as cute heart shaped bubble.

 

The stamped sentiment is from the Say it Big stamp set by Craftin Desert Divas.

 

I even 'decorated' the inside of my card a little bit this time instead of just printing a sentiment like I normally do.  Now I'm not the best at decorating the inside but here's what I did.

 

The stamps I used for this are:

 

The Envelope Please from Fresh Squeezed Stamps for the lips.  I am sorry to report; however, that they are no longer in business.

 

Snail Mail from Cardz TV Stamps for the sentiment

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)

Chillin'

First off I owe everyone a huge apology as I forgot to post this card yesterday for the Cardz TV any occasion challenge.  I've been sick all week and yesterday was my first day back to work and man I'm just way off track.  But without further delay, I give you my card for this week's challenge.

 

For this card I used the Father's Day Fishing Vest card from the Silhouette store, ID # 61021.  And the little fish in the pocket is from the Cricut cartridge Wild Card 2. 

 

I had this great scrap of fishing paper in my stash and thought it was perfect to use as the shirt for the card.  Then I just chose shades of browns to compliment it for the vest.  Then I tied it all together (literally) using some twine.

 

The stamped sentiment on the pocket of my vest is from the Cardz TV Stamps set Summer Fun. 

 

There's more to the sentiment but I only wanted this one word so I masked the rest of the stamp.  Then I used another sentiment (Have a SUN-sational day!) from the set for the inside of my card.  I just love how Mary's stamps are so versatile for all sorts of occasions.

 

And now that you have seen my take on this week's challenge, be sure to create your own card, link up and play along with us for your chance to win.  Happy crafting and I can't wait to see what you create.

Your Love Bowls Me Away

 

Today I have a quick Valentine to share with you.  For this project I let the paper and the cut file do all the work as the two went together beautifully.

 

I can't remember where I found this bowling paper, probably at the local Scrapbook Clearance Center, but even now that store has gone out of business.  I did a lot of shopping there but there were definitely times that I looked at prices and thought no way was that half off regular retail. 

 

But I digress.  So I found this great paper in my stash and it's called Bowling Star Yellow by Scrappin Sports and More.  Unfortunately the company is no longer in business so finding it is difficult and pricey.  Kinda makes me not want to use what little I have left.  LOL

 

The cut file I used for my card is from Too Cute by Jessica and is - of course - titled Your Love Bowls Me Away. 

 

 

 

On the inside of my card I decided to print the title to use for my sentiment.

Graduation Announcements

So this weekend I was playing around with this step card I purchased from the Silhouette store.  My idea was to create a congratulations you graduated card but my husband loved it so much that after I had it half way done we started playing around with our son's mock up ideas for his graduation announcement.  Needless to say there will be changes such as adding in the piece for the time, location, etc.  And unfortunately our local scrapbook store has closed shop so I'm not sure I'll be able to get my hands on any more of the NHS Eagle paper.......but I heard there's another location close by to check out so we'll see.

 

In the meantime, here's where I've got.  The Eagle on the outside of the card is from the Cricut Summer Celebrations.  Instead of using it as a print 'n cut I just place it where I needed to print.  When it comes time to create the "real" card I might use the print 'n cut but I'm not sure.  The eagle on the inside is an SVG that I collected from one of the groups that I belong to.....sorry but I don't remember which one. 

The school's colors are black, gold and maroon so I've incorporated all of those in to this card.  Fortunately I have several sheets of this graduation cap paper in my stash because the ones currently on the market just don't do as much justice for this card.

 

Once I work the final kinks out with my son I'll share the final version.  But until then this is our announcement in the rough......