Card creating Tuesday - card with a window

Welcome to Card Creating Tuesday! Today we were challenged to make a card that has a window in it. I knew right away the perfect cartridge to pull out and that is Art Philosophy as it has so many card bases that have windows in them! After flipping through the entire cartridge book, I finally settled on this card! 

 

• Card is cut out at 5 inches (I was able to cut 2 at this size from a 8.5 x 11 inch piece of paper) 
• I took the negative stockings that were cut out to make the windows, and put them through my sticker maker and then covered the adhesive with glitter. I then put them back through my sticker maker to make the back of the stockings adhesive and placed them on the inside of the card so that they show show through the window. 
• To add some more color to the front, I added a ribbon around the front and then stamped both the front and inside of the card with sentiment stamps from Pink by Design's Christmas Wishes set. 

September 100 Cartridge Blog Hop - Day 1

Welcome to Erica's Craft Room 

100 Cartridge Blog Hop - Day One! 

You should have started at http://mycricutcraftroom.blogspot.com/, if not please hop on over to her blog to star the hop! 

 

For my projects today, I have used the cartridges Christmas Cards, Cheerful Seasons, and Celebrate with Flourish! 

My first project is a very cute custom baby shower invitation that I made for a customer. I used Celebrate with Flourish and an the Imagine cartridge Hopscotch to print the cloud paper. 

• I printed out the cloud paper on a 12 x 12 piece of white card stock. I then cut that down into 4 x 5 invitations. 
• The umbrella us cut from Celebrate with Flourish at 2 inches and attached to the invite using pop-dots
• The invite is stamped with some sentiments from Pink by Design 
• Before attaching the umbrella, I ran the invites through my printer to print the invitation information on the back side (not show due to personal information printed)

My second project is a Christmas card from Christmas Cards. 

• I cut everything for this card (including the base) at 4 inches. 
• I added the crystals from my stash to help add some bling
• The sentiment on the inside is from Pink By Design's Christmas Wishes stamp set

My third project is from Cheerful Seasons. 

• A2 card base 
• I cut the pumpkin out from Cheerful seasons at 4 inches 
• I cut the patterned paper for the front of the card base to 5 3/8 x 3 7/8 and wrapped the ribbon around it before securing it to the card base. The paper is from The Paper Studio's All Seasons II stack.
• The pumpkin is attached to the card base using ATG adhesive.
• The sentiment stamp is from a Fall themed stamp set from Pink by Design, as is the inside sentiment. 
• The ribbon is from Hobby Lobby's Harvest crafts ribbon line. 

The next stop on the hop is Nadja 

Here is the entire line up for today in case you get lost along the way!

1. MCCR http://mycricutcraftroom.blogspot.com/
3. Kathy http://3spoileddogs.blogspot.com/
4. heather http://heathernovinger.blogspot.com/
5. Miranda http://www.nanasscrapspot.com/
6. LB http://www.coolbeansbylb.blogspot.com/
7. amy http://clayfulimagination.blogspot.com/
8. Claire http://threewaterscreations.blogspot.com/
9. shelley http://shelley-scrapbookingforfun.blogspot.com/
10. jenn lorist http://www.jennspapercrafts.blogspot.com/
11. Erica's Projects http://ericasprojects.blogspot.com/
12. Angie http://crazyscraplady-angelpie.blogspot.com/
13. Cathy http://cathyplus5.blogspot.com/
14. Tammy - http://www.Cuttinandstampin.blogspot.com/
15. Samantha http://www.samanthascricutcreations.blogspot.com/
16. Nadja http://nadjarobbins.blogspot.com/
17. Lisa Carrier http://ourcraftingcorner.blogspot.com/
18. robin http://create-a-latte.blogspot.com/
19. Jessica S http://jessicascraftshaque.blogspot.com/
20. Jen L http://www.mybusycraftylife.blogspot.com/
21. Blog Candy http://ericasblogcandy.blogspot.com/

 

Pink by Design Anniversary Challenge # 8!

Challenge #8 is to use ribbons or bows. The examples shown were to tie it in a bow, make a flower with it, scrunch it up or do something completely different. I choose to do something completely different....I choose to use only ribbon to decorate the front of my card!

I used a piece of red card stock cut to 5 3/8 x 3 7/8 and 3 pieces of ribbon all cut at about 6 inches. I ran my ribbon through my sticker maker to make them completely adhesive on the backside. I then wrapped them around my card stock and attached that to my card base.

On the inside I used a sentiment stamp from the Christmas Wishes PBD stamp set and used Lady Bug Red from Memento.

Scrapbook Friday - Fun in the Sun

Hi everyone! Today is Scrapbook Friday with My Cricut Craft Room and I have made a fun layout to share with you today!

Items used:

• Cherry Limeade Cricut Cartridge (this cartridge is becoming my favorite for cutting out letters!)
• Bo Bunny Back to backs Barefoot Dot paper (2 sheets)
• Orange cardstock
• ATG and xyron adhesives 
• American crafts elements ribbon 

How To:

• I cut the letters out at 2 inches and ran then through my xyron sticker maker 
• I cut the ribbon to be just slightly longer than my paper (probably about 13 inches) and also ran that through my sticker maker.
• I cut my pictures down to 4 x 4 and 5 x 4 and attached them to the patterned paper with my ATG adhesive 
• Once the pictures were in place, I added the ribbon to the bottom of each page
• The final step was to add the lettering to the pages. 

Hope you all enjoyed my scrapbook page today! I had a lot of fun putting it together after out fun weekend seeing family and spending time outside at the park and in the SUN!

Scrapbook sketch challenge Friday!

Hi Everyone! Today is my first time participating in a sketch challenge for the My Cricut Craft Room design team! I have to say I had a lot of fun making this layout, and hope that you enjoy it! If you would like to see what the other design team members made with the sketch, please visit Erica's blog to check out the other projects.

Here is the sketch that we used:

And here is my take on it!

• I used K&Company valentines paper stack for the pattened paper as well as the "my valentine" tag. 
• The half-heart on the bottom right is cut from Better together at 3 inches and then cut in half.
• The ribbon on the page is all from The paper studio
• Brads and embilishments are also from The paper studio

Happy Holiday's Christmas Card

Hi Everyone! Welcome to Card Creating Tuesday hosted by Erica at My Cricut Craft Room. If you would like to see more cards, head on over to Erica's blog to see what the other design team members have created for you!

My card today is a very easy, and cute Christmas card that I made to give to the child care workers at my MOPS meeting.

Items used:

• A7 Card base
• Patterned paper 
• ribbon 
• White, green, and red card stock
• pop-dots
• ATG adhesive
• Memento ink
• PBD sentiment stamps
• Jolly Holiday's cricut cartridge 
• xyron sticker maker
• twine
• Label die - from PBD

How To:

• I started by cutting the patterned paper down to fit the front of the card base. I attached it with ATG adhesive
• I cut the snowmen out at 3 inches and attached the layers together using my xryon sticker maker
• Because the arms for the snowmen cut out so small for this size cut, I just used a black gel pen to draw the arms onto the snowman. 
• I added the ribbon to the bottom of the card to add a little pop of color, and used ATG to adhere it to the card base
• I attached the snowmen with pop-dots 
• I also used the label die from PBD to cut out the tags for the front and used a PBD stamp for the sentiment for both the tag and the inside. The tag is also attached with pop-dots. The tag is finished off with a little bow made with twine.

Festive Friday!

Hi Everyone, and welcome to Festive Friday!! If you would like to see other festive projects, head on over to My Cricut Craft Room to check out what the other design team members have created for today!

My project today is a Christmas card to add to my Christmas card stash. Christmas is fast approaching, and I have a big list of friends and family to send cards to so I am trying to get a head start on my cards!

Items used:

• A2 card base 
• patterned paper 
• ribbon
• Christmas Card cricut cartridge
• Red, white, and black cardstock
• pop-dots
• adhesive
• memento ink
• PBD sentiment stamp 

How to:

• I started by cutting my patterned paper down and inking the edges. To hide the seam of the two patterned pages, I added some festive ribbon.
• The snowman is cut from Christmas Cards at 3 inches and attached to the card with a pop-dot
• The inside is stamped with a PBD sentiment stamp using memento ink.

Festive Friday!

Hi and welcome to Festive Friday! If you would like to see other festive Friday projects, head over to My Cricut Craft Room to check out what the other designers have made!

For today's project, I have made 2 really cute Halloween cards. :)

 Items used:

• A2 card bases 
• Patterned paper
• Ribbon
• Mini Monsters Cricut Cartridge 
• Black, gray, orange, blue, green, white cardstock
• pop-dots
• ATG adhesive
• Zig glue 
• Memento ink
• PBD stamps 
• Rub-on ghost

How to:

• I started by cutting out the sign on the first card at 4 inches and the RIP stones at 2 inches.
• I then cut the patterned paper down to 1/4 inches smaller than the A2 card base. (The patterned paper that I used is double sided so each card shows a side of the paper!)
• Before attaching the patterned paper to the card base with ATG, I secured the ribbon to the paper and then attached both to the card base.
• I used Zig glue to attach the layers of the cricut cuts together and then attached them to the card base with pop-dots 
• On the inside of the cards, I used a sentiment stamp from PBD. On the street light card, I also added the little rub on ghost.

Love to Crop Fall Colors Challange

Today I am a guest designer for Love To Crop! The challenge today is to use any fall colors for any project, so I made a card for my Chemo Angel patient. I encourage you all to join in the fun and make a project for this challange and go link it up on Love to Crop's blog...she has a little blog candy for the winner!

 Items used:

• A2 Cardbase
• patterned paper 
• ribbon
• adhesive
• stamps
• Memento Ink in Brown and Black
• Chalk Ink in brown 

How To:

• Cut the patterned to fit on my cardbase and inked the edges with my chalk ink. 
• Attached ribbon with ATG adhesive to the patterned paper and then attached the paper to the card base
• I then stamped the sentiment and other stamps on the front of the card.
• The last step was to stamp the inside with my sentiment stamp

Get Well Soon

Since I am a little under the weather with my broken ankle and not able to get around very easy, my crafting time has been limited. I have made it into my craft room 2 times since Friday night but was not able to last very long due to my leg hurting me. I did however get a cute card made to have available when a friend isn't feeling very well.

Items used:

• A2 card base
• brown card stock from stash
• patterned adhesive cardstock from stash
• Martha Stewart border punch
• ribbon
• Scalloped circle and regular circle from stash (originally cut from B is for Boy)
• Adhesive
• 3D foam square
• Sentiment stamp from PBD Spring has Sprung      
• Brown color box chalk ink for distressing 
• flower embossing folder

How To:

• Cut brown cardstock down and embossed it with a flower pattern embossing folder
• punched border on patterned paper and cut to fit on card base with brown cardstock. I also inked the edges to give the paper some dimension. 
• To hide the seam of where the two papers came together I ran a piece of ribbon along them and secured to the back of the cardstock.
• I then attached the carstock/patterned paper/ribbon to the card base using ATG adhesive.
• I then pulled out the scalloped circle and regular circle punches left over from a previous project and inked the edges of the scalloped one. I then stamped it with the sentiment stamp and attached it to the card with a 3D foam square. 
• I left the inside blank so that I can write a personal note to the recipient.

I have entered this card into Challenge # 8 on Pink By Design's community which is a challenge to make a "get well card."

Festive Friday!

Hi everyone!! Today is Festive Friday over at My Cricut Craft Room, and I signed up to make a project for today! At first I was kind of not sure what to make being that Christmas feels like it is so far away (when in reality it isn't...only 4 months and 6 days!) So after pulling out some Christmas paper, and a cricut cartridge, the ideas just started to flow!

Items used:

• Jolly Holidays Cricut Cartridge
• Patterned paper for card base 
• White, Black, Green and Red cardstock
• Silver Stickles
• ATG Adhesive
• Zig Adhesive 
• Action Wobble 
• Ribbon
• PBD sentiment stamp 
• Memento Ink

How To:

• I started by cutting my card base from the patterned paper. Before scoring the paper, it measures 6 x 12. After scored, the card measures 6 x 6.
• Next I cut the snowman and layers at 4 inches
• The "Happy Holidays" is cut at 2 inches as well as the layers
• After attaching all layers together using Zig adhesive, I attached the "Happy Holidays" to the bottom right corner of the card. I used an action wobble to attach the snowman. I then added the stickles to the saying to give it a little more color and sparkle.
• For the inside, I cut the tag from the same cartridge as the other cuts, and attached to the card with ATG adhesive. I stamped it with a sentiment from Pink by Design. 

Mommy to be

Hi everyone, and welcome to Card Creating Tuesday! If you would like to see other cards today, head on over to My Cricut Craft Room and check out what some of the other design team members have made today!

My card today is for a good friend who is expecting her first baby! I just happened to receive my Everyday pop-up card cartridge and wanted to put it to good use!

Items used:

• Everyday pop-up cards cartridge 
• Purple, peach, cream, brown, light green, yellow cardstock
• stickles
• ribbon
• adhesive
• 3d Foam adhesive 
• PBD stamps
• Memento Ink 

How to:

• I started by cutting the card base at 6 inches, and then creased on the fold line with the help of my bond folder
• I then cut the pregnant lady and her layers at 4.5 inches and attached them together using Zig glue.
• I then cut the pop-up sentiment for the inside of the card. This was cut at 6 inches (with the pop-up features, the cricut includes the tabs as part of the measurement) Because the cricut measures including the tabs, it makes cutting the layers a little harder. I had to cut them multiple times in order to get some that would match up. I can't remember if it was the ones cut at 3 or 3.5 inches that ended up working. I do know that if you have a gipsy, you can put the layers over the cutout and size then that way. I however don't have a gipsy, so I couldn't do this. 
• After all my pieces were cut out and layered, I added some stickles to the letters that were green to make them sparkle!
• Once the stickles had dried, I folded the pop-up tabs and added some adhesive. I then stuck the bottom tabs first. When attaching the top tabs.I folded the card to see how far up the top middle tab needed to be in order to not fold the pop-up in a weird area.
• I then added the sentiment stamps to the front and inside of the card, as well as adding the ribbon, I made a slit in the fold of the card to run the ribbon through. To cover up where the ribbon came together, I added the knot.

Manly birthday card

Hi everyone! Today is card creating Sunday for My Cricut Craft Room, so if you would like to see more design team members cards head on over and check them out!

Today's card is for my dad's upcoming birthday. I wanted to make something manly for him. I had just recently purchased the Country Carnival Imagine cartridge, and really liked some of the cuts that it offered.

Items used:

• Country Carnival Imagine Cartridge
• Twine
• Memento black ink
• Pink by design birthday stamp
• Tim Holtz distressing ink
• ATG adhesive
• 3D foam adhesive squares
• card base 

How To:

• I started by cutting the square frame from the Country Carnival cartridge at 4 inches.
• Once this was cut, I inked the edges with my Tim Holtz distressing ink to help roughen up the edges.
• I then stamped the birthday sentiment to the frame. 
• Before attaching the frame, I attached the twine. To do this, I ran a strip of ATG adhesive along my card and put the twine directly on it. I then wrapped the twine around the card  a few times and cut it and adhered the other end to the ATG adhesive as well.
• I then attached the frame to the front of the card using the 3D foam squares. 

Here is a little video I made to give you a visual of how this card was made. :) Hope you enjoy!

Sweet Birthday Wishes

Today is one of my best friends birthday! (Happy Birthday Chris!!) Chris and I used to work together, and could always be found together having lunch! I sure miss being able to go to lunch with her now that we live just over 3,000 miles away from each other :(. We have however kept in touch and talk and email all the time! For her birthday, I made her the following card!

Items used:

• Card base cut to 6 x 5 
• Paper Studio Celebrations paper 
• Paper Studio ribbon
• Twine
• Memento Ink in Lilac Posies and Grape Jelly
• Pink by Design Stamps from "Say it Sweet" set
• 3D foam adhesive squares
• ATG adhesive
• scalloped circle punch

The inspiration for this card came from my new stamp set from PBD. This is one of the sets that was just released on Friday night and I am in love with it! I knew at the time I was buying it that I would end up making Chris birthday card with a sentiment (or 2!) from this set! Once I have narrowed down the sentiments I started to find some paper that I felt matched. That is when I pulled out the Cupcake paper by Paper Studio!

Once the paper and stamps were picked out, I cut the card base down so that my cupcake paper would fit on the front. I attached it to the front of the card base with ATG adhesive. I also wanted to try something new with my ribbon, so I cut it to fit exactly across the front, but then rolled the edges towards the back, and attached 3D foam squares to make the ribbon "pop" out! This allowed me to attach the scalloped punch with sentiment stamp with some twine.

For the scalloped punch, I used a scrap piece of paper from the same stack as the background paper. Before attaching, I inked the edges with my Grape Jelly memento ink, and punched a hole to be able to run the twine through. I then stamped the sentiment with Lilac Posies memento ink.

For the inside of the card, I used the Lilac Posies ink to stamp another PBD sentiment also from the Say it Sweet" stamp set.