The card was made from Wild Card. I used a Martha Stewart punch for the lacy border and a couple of scalloped circle punches. I used my Nestabilities for the labels. I stamped on the the thank you with some yellow ink. I card is made using core'dinations paper. I then used some sandpaper to get the yellow to show through.
Friday, July 30, 2010
Thank Yous
The card was made from Wild Card. I used a Martha Stewart punch for the lacy border and a couple of scalloped circle punches. I used my Nestabilities for the labels. I stamped on the the thank you with some yellow ink. I card is made using core'dinations paper. I then used some sandpaper to get the yellow to show through.
Thursday, July 29, 2010
All Kinds of Owls!
O Happy Day
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Get Well Soon
The challenge this week at Cricut Cardz is to make a get well card and use only the colors: black, white, green and blue. I used an SEI paper stack called Black Orchid. I have had this pack for a while now, but have rarely used it. I'm not sure why because it is some great paper. It was perfect for this challenge because there were a few papers in it that were black, white, green and blue. It must have been fate! ;) I used the sketch from 365 Cards to make this card. I got the sentiment from Beyond Birthdays.
Music to My Ears
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Simple Wedding Card
Monday, July 26, 2010
A Couple of Birthday Cards
My other birthday card was for three different challenges. The challenge at Fantabulous Cricut this week is "at the zoo." I was looking at my ZooBalloo cartridge and I wanted to use the elephant, hippo, and rhino. Once I chose those cuts I thought the color challange over at Picture Perfect Creations would be the way to go because their colors are: white, grey, and yellow. I then decided to use the sketch from the Critter Sketch Challenge this week. Each animal was cut at 2 1/4" and then I used some grey ink on the edges to accent them. I doodled on the white background to create the spaces for each animal. I then used a couple of star punches for the fourth square. I stamped "happy birthday" on the front and on the inside I wrote, "hope it's huge!" Enjoy.
Sunday, July 25, 2010
Boxed Set of Thank You Cards
Friday, July 23, 2010
Over the Hill
Thursday, July 22, 2010
Black & White Birthday Card
Wednesday, July 21, 2010
Maybe a Cupcake Would Help?
I made this one at 4 1/2"x6 1/4" with white cardstock. I then used DCWV Sweet stack to cut the background paper, just an 1/8" smaller. The cupcake paper is also from the Sweet stack, cut at 4" square. I cut a white circle at 3 1/2" using George and Basic Shapes. The cupcake image is a chipboard shape I had on hand. The ribbon is Debbie Mumm and the buttons were from my stash. I used cotton candy Stickles to accent the circle and the the rectangle on the inside of the card. I used an Inkadinkado stamp for the sentiment on the inside.
Bun in the Oven
Tuesday, July 20, 2010
Purple Butterfly and Bees
Queen 4 a Day
Monday, July 19, 2010
Flower Thanks
Thank You Note Cards
Sunday, July 18, 2010
Hip, Hip, Hooray!
Here's a card for the Cricut Cardz Challenge, where the challenge this week was to create a card using the actual card feature on your choice of cartridge. You could also pick any colors or any theme for your card. I chose to use the cartridge Sweet Treats. I really liked this present and decided to use it to make a fun birthday card. I haven't been using purple a whole lot lately, so I chose this as my main color. I also loved this fun patterned paper that I had in my stash. I cut the present at 8" out of the dark purple and used the patterned paper to cut the base of the present and a light purple for the box top. I liked the "hip, hip, hooray " sentiment on this cartridge and cut it out at 2" in the dark purple with the shadow feature. Then I cut out the normal one in a plain purple, one hip out of light purple and the hooray out of a glittery yellow. I used some K&Company flowers to decorate the present. On the inside I just wrote "it's your birthday." I did some doodling on the package and I like how it all came together. Enjoy!
Two More Cards
I had some great paper from DCWV called Nana's Kitchen. I used that for my colors and Lyrical Letters had the perfect cuts on it to finish off the card. I used some gems for the dots of the 'i' in both hi and friend. I used the same paper on the inside and stamped my image with Tsukineko Dew Drop Chalk Ink in the perfect color, "jumbo java." I like how it all turned out and have the perfect person to give it too. :)
My second card of the night was for three challenges. The first was Card Patterns, which was the sketch I used for the card. The second was for My Sheri Crafts, where the challenge was to create a project with "critters" incorporated in it somehow. The third challenge was for Just Us Girls Challenge. This was a color challenge, the colors were: orange, navy, green, & cream. I created this card incorporating all three of these challenges and I absolutely love how it turned out. I left off any sentiment so that I could use it for pretty much any occasion. The navy blue background is actually shimmery and I wanted to use that as most of my color, so that the other colors would pop even more. The orange, green, and cream were all scraps from my stash. I used my Cuttlebug and one of my flower dies to create the flowers that I put in the corners. I didn't know what to put there at first, but when I came across this die I knew it was perfect. I then used Create a Critter for the butterfly. I wanted a fairly simple butterfly and this one was perfect. I used some crystals for the eyes and then used some orange peel Stickles to glitz up the edge of the wings. I used some pop dots to lift the butterfly off the base and I think it all came together wonderfully.