Cricut Giraffe Baby Card

Here is the third card for the card party.  I always include at least one or two baby cards.  I wanted this one to be gender neutral, and I just love this little giraffe, it's so cute!  The giraffe is from Create a Critter.  The patterned paper is DCWV from 'The Stack 6.'  I store some of my acrylic stamps in a 3 ring binder in acrylic folders from Inque Boutique and I didn't save the packaging so I am not sure where the baby stamp came from.  This card is A7 size.  I used the A7 honeycomb Cuttlebug Embossing folder for the kraft background and theQuicKutz A2 Embossing Folder POLKA DOTS Mixes for the blue behind the giraffe.  I used  the Martha Steward fringe scissors for the grass.

 

 I posted this on the following sites:

Make it Monday - Anything Goes 

The Crafty Bloggers Network - Anything Goes 

Mema's Crafts - Anything Goes 

Let's Craft and Create - Anything Goes 

Whimsical Designs - Emboss it 

Card Mania Challenges - Punches and/or die cuts

Masculine Birthday Card - Golfer

Hi - this is the second card I designed for the card party.  I always like to include something masculine, otherwise I would probably put flowers on everything!  I used a Cloud 9 Designs background stamp I got on clearance at Joann's for the houndstooth background.  I can see why it was on clearance, the quality of the stamp is not very good and it was difficult to get a good image out of it, but for the way it was used I didn't need it to be super crisp.  The golf stamp is from an old See Dee's set called Father's Day that I have had for years.  The Happy Birthday stamp is from Stampin' Up, I love their stamps!  Other than that I just card stock from my stash and a button and some twine.  I got some cool acrylic shapes a while back at Pat Catan's that came in different sizes.  They are very thin and they are for tearing out the shape, I used it for the cream behind the image.  I also inked all of the edges using Stampin' Up Chocolate Chip. 

I posted this card on the following:

Make it Monday - Anything Goes
Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes + Kraft

Mr. & Mrs. Wedding Card using Artiste Cricut Cartridge

Hello - this simple wedding card is going to be used for a card party that I am hosting in a couple of months.  I am trying to keep  the cards fairly simple this year because everyone had a difficult time finishing up last year.  I used the Artiste Cricut cartridge for the Mr. & Mrs, the circle and the decorative circle.  The patterned paper is from a Recollections paper stack from Micheal's.  The ribbon is from my stash.

I shared this card on the following sites:

Make It Monday - Anything Goes
One Crazy Stamper - Black, White + One More

First Smile Layout

Hello!  I hope everyone had a great weekend.  We had a sleepover with 12 little girls on Friday for my daughter's 9 birthday - it was lots of fun!

Here is a layout I did of my little guy when he was just one month old.  He's 2 now - the time goes so fast.  All of the papers I used are Karen Foster, I inked everything with Walnut Distress ink.  I used the Elegant Edges Cricut cartridge for the large shape in the background and for the shape that the title is on.  I used Lyrical Letters for the title and Create a Critter for the moon and stars.  I used Tags, Bags Boxes and More for the hearts for the banner - they have a little slit in the top right that I strung the baker's twine through.  I used the largest stylus from the McGill Paper Blossoms kit to distress the hearts to make them a little 3D.

I don't usually use sketches but I thought I would give it a try - I found this sketch here: http://gotsketch.blogspot.com/2012/09/sketch-148.html.

I am posting this layout on the following sites:

Make it Monday - Anything Goes
Inspire me Friday - Anything Goes
Papertake Weekly - Things that Make you go Awwww... 
Milk Coffee - Use at least 2 different shapes

Silly & Sweet Layout - Cricut Alphalicious Font

Hello again!  I just finished up a layout of my youngest daughter - these pictures are a few years old, I am so far behind on my scrapping!  I do love these pictures of Lauren, she really is the goofiest kid!  She's so much fun. 

Anyway, I used the Cricut Alphalicious font cartridge for the lettering and Doodlecharms for the little heart.  The cardstock that the pictures are matted on is Core'dinations and I embossed it with the Cuttlebug Bloom Dots embossing folder.  I added a few Prima flowers with Queen & Co. black pearls, some black twine and a little peach colored lace that I got on clearance at Joann's.

I am posting this project on the following sites:

Inspire me Friday's - Anything Goes
Make it Monday - Anything Goes
The Poodle's Parlour - Here Come The Girls 

Slumber Party Invites - Every Day Paper Dolls Cricut Cart

Well - my oldest is turning 9 next week, I can't believe it!  She wanted to have a slumber party to celebrate this year - these are the invitations we made.  I just took a sheet of double sided paper and cut it into 3 12" x 4" pieces and folded it in half, then I folded down the front and used a scallop punch along the edge.  I used pop dots to glue the sleeping bag together so the paper doll could be easily put in and out.  I used the Cricut Every Day Paper Dolly cartridge to make the paper dolls and also to cut out the pillow and teddy bear.  The dolls are cut at 3 1/4".  I used a Peachy Keen stamp for the doll faces.  Then I just printed the party info and cut it out and glued it to the back of each sleeping bag.  This was a fairly simple project, but I think they turned out pretty cute!

The dolls are not glued so they can be taken out of the sleeping bag.

 I just printed and glued the party info on the back.

I am posting this project on the following sites:

Inspire me Friday's - Anything Goes
Make it Monday - Anything Goes
The Poodle's Parlour - Here Come The Girls 
Ladybug Crafts - Anything Goes 
Pile it on - Patterned Papers

Paper 3-D Pumpkins

Hi!  It's been a while since I have posted anything - between going on vacation, getting a new puppy and school starting it's been pretty crazy at my house!

Once a month my Mom volunteers to teach a craft at an adult daycare center, I usually help her come up with a craft to do and she said everyone really enjoyed doing this one!  These pumpkins are super easy and I think they turned out really cute.  The smaller one I made using an old book (my daughter was horrified when she saw me tearing the book up!).  I used a scallop circle Spellbinders die to cut the pieces out.  I tried to use my Cricut but the paper was really thin and no matter what setting I tried the paper tore.  I did use my Cricut for the larger circles for the big pumpkin - they were cut out using the Cricut George and Basic Shapes cartridge, I cut the circles at 5 1/4" so that I could get 4 circles to a page of 12" x 12" paper.  The paper is from the current DCWV fall stack - there were lots of pretty papers in that stack that worked perfectly!

The stem is just a piece of paper bag that I cut out and folded into thirds - I added a little glue to stick the folds shut and I think the glue gave the paper enough stiffness to roll into the cute curly stem.  cThe leaf is just cut freehand.  I used about 8 circles for the large pumpkin and I think about 10 for the smaller one.  These are super easy to assemble - you just fold all of the circles in half and glue them back to back.

Large Pumpkin

Small Pumpkin

I am sharing this project on the following sites:

Inspire me Fridays - Anything Goes
Make it Monday - Anything Goes

Mermaid Birthday Easel Card - Once Upon a Princess Cartridge

Hooray!  I have finally finished my last card for the card workshop - which is this Wednesday!  I wanted to include a little girl birthday card and this is what I came up with.  The card is A2 size, the mermaid is cut out at 3 3/4".  The shape that the sentiment is on was also from the Once Upon a Princess Cricut Cartridge - I cut the white at 1 1/2" and the green at 1 3/4".  The small sentiment on the card front is from Close To My Heart and the inside/bottom is from Stampn' Up.  I used a Mister Huey mask and Mister Huey spray in "Shine" to create the bubbly background.  The face is stamped with a Peachy Keen stamp from the set that coordinates with the Once Upon a Princess Cricut Cartridge.  The little fish is from a stamp set I bought at Joann's but I tossed the packaging and I can't remember the manufacturer.  I colored the fish with gel pens.

I will be posting this card on the following blogs:
 
Inspire me Friday's - Anything Goes
Make it Monday - Anything Goes
Love To Create - Summertime Fun
Crafty Ann's Challenge Blog - It's a Girl Thing 
Send a Smile 4 Kids - Birthday Fun For Kids 
Craft Your Passion - Flips and Folds