Queen for a Day

I used silver cardstock to create the base for this 4 1/2"x6 1/4" card. I cut a piece of glittery purple cardstock 1/8" smaller, then trimmed out the corners. I adhered some purple organdy ribbon on the left side and added some small white pearls to the cut-outs in the corners. The crown is cut from Home Decor at 2 1/2," using both the regular and shadow feature. I matted it on some glittery white cardstock, cut at 3"x5 1/2," and some silver cardstock cut 1/8" larger. I used a corner rounder on those two pieces. I adhered that over the ribbon. For the inside of the card I cut a piece of glittery purple cardstock 1/8" smaller than the card base and some white cardstock 1/8" smaller than the purple. I then used Once Upon a Princess and the sentiment, "Queen 4 a Day," using the phrase feature, at 2 1/4" from silver cardstock. I finished off my card with a lot of bling on the crown, because a crown just HAS to have bling! I made this card for these challenges:

• Paper Cutz: anything goes


• Whimsical Wednesday: "A Royal Celebration"


• CPS: sketch #215


• BBTB2: Home Decor cartridge - crown


• 365 Cards: "Day 60" - glittery background


• Cupcake Inspirations: princess and dragon cake photo (right)

Flaunt It Fridays Challenge #21

It is time for another Flaunt It Fridays challenge!! This is challenge #21 and our challenge is to flaunt the Nifty Fifties cartridge, specifically, the car cut.

I decided to make a couple of altered frames for my design team project. I got the frames at Miachaels and I stainted them with a cherry finish. Both the car and the truck are cut from Nifty Fifties. I cut the car at 2" and the truck at 2 1/4." The brown panel on the bed of the truck was embossed with the Woodgrain Sizzix folder, then inked with a reddish brown ink. The "classic" senitment is cut from Cursive 101 on the car frame and Don Juan on the truck frame. I cut it at 1 3/4" out of Cursive 101, using my Gypsy to weld the letters and at 2" from Don Juan. I then adhered everything to my frames once the stain was dry and covered it all with a clear sealant.

Head on over to Flaunt It Fridays and get some more inspiration from the rest of the design team. Then create your own project and enter it in to win the prize ($20 gift certificate) from our fabulous sponser, www.scrapbuck.com! I can't wait to see how you flaunt it!!

Danke

This is a 4 1/4"x5 1/2" card, made from a green cardstock. I wrapped it with a brown ribbon, which is threaded through a yellow button. I have had both the ribbon and the button for a while, I've saved them from other things...knowing that someday I would use them. Today is finally that day! The owl is cut from Paisley at 3 1/2." I layered it on some green polka dotted paper, then layered that on some dark brown cardstock. The polka dot paper is cut at 4 1/4"x3 3/4" and the brown cardstock is 1/4" larger than that. I stamped my sentiment, which is from Fiskars, in pearlescent rust ink by Tsukineko, onto yellow cardstock. I then trimmed it to fit and cut the orange cardstock 1/8" larger. I then used pop-dots to adhere the sentiment to the card. I finished it all off with some brown gems for the owl's eyes.
This card is for these challenges:

• Color Throwdown: dusty durango, tangerine tango, chocolate chip, pear pizzazz, crushed curry


• Scrappy Moms Stamps: Paisley cartridge


• Clean & Simple: sketch #137


• 365 Cards: make a card that could be given to anyone, not too personal or gender specific


• For Fun Challenges: use something recycled (ribbon & button)

Bravo

This card is 6"x6." I used a punch to round the corners of all the pieces. I used a white cardstock for the card base, then cut some shimmery brown cardstock 1/4" smaller. I then embossed the brown cardstock with my Cuttlebug and the Polka Dots embossing folder. I adhered it to the card base and wrapped it with some gold ribbon. The large medallion is something I picked up at Michaels, it is by Making Memories. I then used a 1" and 1 1/2" circle punch to punch some glittery white and the shimmery brown cardstock. I adhered them at the top of the card and finished it off by adding two gold buttons to the centers of the punched circles.I made this card for the following challenges:

• 365 Cards: "Big Announcement"


• Tuesday Morning Sketches: sketch


• Cards for Men: circles


• The Paper Variety: polka dots


• Sentimental Sundays: use at least 3 punches

Mother's Day Card

This Mother's Day card is 5 1/2"x4 1/4." I used a dark yellow cardstock for the card base. I then trimmed some pink glitter cardstock 1/8" smaller and some pale yellow cardstock 1/4" smaller than the pink. I embossed the yellow cardstock with the Birds & Swirls embossing folder, then adhered them to the card base. I then cut a strip of glitter pink cardstock at 3 7/8"x2 1/2" and used a Fiskars border punch along the top. I cut a piece of pale yellow cardstock at 3 7/8"x1 7/8" and embossed it with the Swiss Dots folder. I adhered them to the card base as well. I used Holiday Cakes to cut the flowers at 3." I cut two rectangles, one from pink cardstock at 3 1/2"x2 1/2," and one from pale yellow at 2 3/"x3 3/8." I then adhered my flowers to them and used pop-dots to adhere it all to the base. I added faux stitching around the edges of the card base and the rectangles matting my flowers with a pink marker. The sentiment is cut from Lovely Floral. I used my Gypsy to hide the cuts on the pink layer. I then used pop-dots to adhere the sentiment as well. I made this card for the following challenges:

• Card Patterns: sketch #112


• Alphabet Challenge: Y for Yellow


• Celebrate the Occasion: Mother's Day


• Cricut Cardz: Mother's Day


• Die Cuttin' Divas: Mother's Day


• Fantabulous Cricut: use the word mom, mother, mum, etc.


• Paper Sundaes: use at least two of the following - sparkle, pearls, die cuts, yellow


• Scrapbookaholic by Abby: Mother's Day, use faux stitching

Easter Card

A sweet Easter card for you today. It is 5 1/2"x4 1/4." I used a white cardstock for the base. I then cut a piece of pale green cardstock 1/8" smaller and embossed it with the Swiss Dots folder. I adhered it to the card base and wrapped it twice with a piece of pink organdy ribbon. I used the Easter cartridge to cut the egg shape, at 3 1/2," and the cross, at 3." I inked the edge of the egg with some shimmery purple ink. I cut the bunny from Winter Woodland at 2." I used pop-dots to adhere it to the card. I finished it off with three pink metal eyelets in the upper left hand corner.I made this card to fit these challenges;

• 365 Cards: bunny inspired


• Peachy Keen: sketch & use metal accents


• For Fun Challenges: Easter


• Cooking with Cricut: Easter


• Paper Cutz: pink, green, blue, purple & white

Card Creations & More Challenge #8

It is time for another So Saturday Challenge at Card Creations & More by C. This week is challenge #8 and the challenge is to create anything but a card or layout. I have to admit that this was a little trickier because I make mostly cards and some layouts thrown in. However, I did have fun creating this cute little birthday centerpiece.

I used a rectangular glass vase and covered it with some red cardstock that I embossed with the Polka Dots embossing folder. I then put a piece of floral styrofoam inside so that the sticks would say put. I coverd it with some crinkled paper. All the cuts are from Birthday Bash. The bunny is cut at 8." I embossed his ears with the D'vine Swirls folder and the bow on his present with the Polka Dots folder. I added black pearls for his eyes and glossy accents on his nose. The cake was cut at 6." The dog was cut at 4 3/4." I flocked the dark blue parts on him and added black gems for his eyes. The presents were cut at 4 3/4" as well. I cut everything twice so that it looks the same from both sides of the centerpiece. I adhered everything around lollipop sticks and stuck them into the floral foam at varying heights. All the patterned cardstock is from the Dots, Plaids & Stripes Stack by DCWV and all the plain cardstock is from my stash.



Here is my project for the challenge...I hope it provides some inspiration. If you need more, then head over to Card Creations & More by C and check out the rest of the design team. I hope you then decide to participate and come up with your own creation, as long as it is something other than a card or layout. I can't wait to see what you create! :)

Cupcake

This card is 4 1/2" square. I used a cream cardstock for the base, then cut a piece of pink cardstock at 4 1/4" square and adhered it to the card base. I cut some polka-dotted cardstock 1/8" smaller than the pink and adhered it down. I stamped the cupcake image onto a 2 1/2" square of cream cardstock and matted it with some patterned brown paper, cut at 3" square. I rounded the corners on both of those pieces. I then colored the cupcake with Stickles; cotton candy for the wrapper, diamonds for the icing and cinnamon for the sprinkles. I cut a strip of striped cardstock at 1 1/4"x4 1/2" and adhered it to the card. I then stamped my sentiment and finished it off with a couple of large pink pearls.

I made this card for these challenges:

• 365 Cards: ad inspired (see picture on right)


• Celebrate the Occasion: birthday & sketch


• Crafty Creations: 1 technique (stamping), 2 embellishments (pearls), 3 patterned papers
  
  
  

Baptism Card

My mom recently asked me for a baptism card for my cousin's son. So here is my stab at a baptism card. I used sketch #111 from Card Patterns for the layout of my card. The card is 5"x5." I used white cardstock for the base, then cut some light blue cardstock at 4 3/4"x4 3/4" and some glittery white cardstock at 4 5/8"x4 5/8." I wrapped the card with some blue ribbon. The cross is cut from the Wedding cartridge at 4." I used white cardstock for both the shadow and the regular layer. I then sprayed the regular layer with sea glass Glimmer Mist. I used Winter Woodland for the monograms (those are his initials). I again used white cardstock for both the shadow and regular layers and then sprayed the regular layer with the same Glimmer Mist. I adhered everything down to the card base and finished it off with two large white flat-backed pearls. I think it works as a baptism card. Enjoy! :)

Flaunt It Fridays Challenge #20

Today is challenge #20 at Flaunt It Fridays! This week's challenge is to use the Cindy Loo cartridge and you can choose to flaunt whatever cut you would like from this cartridge. If you don't have Cindy Loo, then choose cuts that are similar to what is on this cartridge.
I chose to make a gift card holder for my project. The actual gift card holder is cut from Cindy Loo at 6." I used a patterned cardstock from the Nana's Kitchen Stack by DCWV. The little deer is also from Cindy Loo and cut at 2." The patterned paper on the deer is also from the Nana's Kitchen Stack, everything else was in my stash. I used some pearls along the scalloped top and found a button in my stash (which I've had forever) to use on the closure for the gift card holder. I wrapped it with some blue ribbon before I adhered my deer to the holder. I stamped my sentiment using prussian blue ink by ColorBox. Both parts of the sentiment are Scrappy Moms Stamps, but the "you're" part of the sentiment is from one stamp and the "fawn-tastic" is from another. I trimmed the white cardstock to fit, then matted it with the green and blue cardstock and adhered it to the holder. Pretty simple, but I think it is pretty cute!

Now that you have seen my project head on over to Flaunt It Fridays and check out the rest of the design team! Get inspired and create your own project! I can't wait to see how you flaunt Cindy Loo!! :)

I also made this to fit the 365 Cards "spring cleaning" challenge; which is to use 2 pieces of patterned paper that are at least 1 year old (my patterned paper is over 2 years old), something/anything that you've had since you began scrapbooking (the button is from a stash I have had since I started...I have a LOT of buttons), and ribbon that is at least 2 years old (I know it is over that, I can't remember when I got it).

Warmest Wishes

This is a little 4"x4" wedding card. I used white cardstock for the base, then cut some navy blue polka dotted paper at 3 3/4"x3 3/4." I wrapped the navy paper with some pink orgnady ribbon and adhered it to the card base. I stamped my image in night sky ink by Tsukineko onto white cardstock. I then used the label Nestabilities to cut out the image. I also used the next largest label to cut out some navy blue cardstock. I layerd them together and used pop-dots to adhere the labels to the card base. I coverd the navy blue label in midnight blue Stickles for some shimmer and sparkle. I added three buttons from my stash to the right hand corner. I also tied some twine into a bow and adhered it to the label. The sentiment is stamped in pink petunia ink by Tsukineko onto white cardstock and trimmed down. I then cut some navy blue cardstock 1/8" larger and layred them together and adhered it to the labels. For the inside of the card I cut some navy blue cardstock 1/8" smaller, then some white cardstock 1/4" smaller than the blue. I stamped my sentiment in the same pink ink as the outside sentiment.

I made this for the following three challenges:

• 365 Cards: "Card Recipe" - 4"x4" card, twine, 3 buttons, stamped image, patterned paper, sentiment


• ABC Challenge: S is for Sparkle


• Color Throwdown: navy blue, white, one other color (I chose a splash of pink

Surprise Pop-Up

I have never seen this type of card before, but I really like it! I used the tutorial from Split Coast Stampers, which you can find here. The card is 5 1/2"x4 1/4." I used Freshly Picked for the pot of flowers. I added some goldenrod Stickles and some bling to the centers of the flowers. The rest of the flowers are stickers from K&Company. The stamps are from Fiskars. I stamped the "Happy Birthday" sentiment in night sky ink and the "may all your wishes come true" sentiment in spanish olive ink, both from Tsukineko. The blue cardstock is cut into a 3 1/4"x4 3/4" tag. I added the blue eyelet and tied it with some twine from my stash. Not too much to explain about it unless I went into detail about how I made it and I think the tutorial will do a much better job than I could. Enjoy!










I made this card for the following challenges:

• 365 Cards: inspired by their blog header


• Tuesday Morning Sketches: surprise pop-up card


• Die Cuttin' Divas: tag
  

Bunnies & Eggs

This is another super simple one for you today. The card is 5"x7." I used a white cardstock for the base, then layered it with some plaid and blue patterned cardstock from the Sweet Stack by DCWV. The plaid cardstock is 4 7/8"x6 7/8" and the blue cardstock is 4 1/2"x6 1/2." The bunnies and eggs are both from Doodlecharms. I cut the bunnies at 2" using the blackout feature. I then used some Peachy Keen stamps for their faces and pop-dots to adhere them to the card. The eggs are all cut at 1 3/4" from various patterned papers. The sentiment is a Fiskars stamp that I cut out and adhered to the card. Both it and the faces are stamped in jumbo java ink from Tsukineko. This card is for the following challenges:

• Peachy Keen: sketch


• My Sheri: bunnies


• Sentimental Sundays: celebrate spring or Easter


• Picture Perfect Creations: Easter


• Fantabulous Cricut: bunny or chick

Pineapple

The challenge at 365 Cards today is to use two colors you don't usually use together as your primary colors. I don't tend to use green and yellow as the primary colors on my cards, unless it is around St. Patrick's Day (then it is more green and gold). I am not sure why since I like both colors. Maybe it has something to do with being from Minnesota and those are the dreaded Packer colors! *gasp* I then came across the challenge at BBTB2, which was to use the pineapple cut from Wall Decor and More. I thought a pineapple would be a great way to use green and yellow together! I used the pineapple from Preserves since I don't own Wall Decor and More. I used sketch #214 from CPS for the layout of my card.The card is 5 1/2"x4 1/4." I used a yellow cardstock for the base and adhered some green argyle paper, cut at 5 1/4"x4." I cut a strip of glittery yellow cardstock at 5 1/2"x2 1/2" and adhered it to the card base. All three of my pineapples were cut from Preserves at 2 1/2." I finished it off with some green flowers that I found in my stash. Super simple, but I really wound up liking the look of this one. I left it blank so that I can suit it to any occasion.

Basket of Flowers

This is a 4 1/2"x6 1/4" card. I used a textured black cardstock for the base. I wrapped it with an aqua ribbon. The flower basket is from the Wedding cartridge, cut at 3" from kraft cardstock. I added some dimension to it with markers and chalk. I added a couple of gems to the blue flowers with my iRock and pop-dotted it to the card. The labels are Nesties, I embossed the aqua one with the Swiss Dots folder. I stamped my sentiment onto the kraft label and adhered them to the card. The rest of the flowers are Primas and I sprayed them with coral reef Glimmer Mist. I then added blue pearls to the centers of them and adhered them to the card and flower basket. I thought it would make a nice springtime birthday card. :)

I made this for the following:

• 365 Cards: "Super Sketchy Sunday" - sketch


• Birthday Sundaes: anything goes birthday


• Just Us Girls: aqua, black, kraft, coral and make a birthday card


• Paper Sundaes: texture


• The Paper Variety: flowers

Cute as a Button

This is a two page 8"x8" layout. The background paper is from the Sweet Stack by DCWV. I wrapped one of the pages with a pink ribbon, then tied a bow and adhered it to the ribbon. I topped off the bow with a button from my stash. The title, "cute as a button" is from Kate's ABCs and cut at 2." I used another button from my stash for the center of the flower. I cut mats for two photos. The one on the left hand page is for a 3 1/2"x5" photo and the one on the right is for a 4"x6" photo. I cut both layers 1/8" larger than the previous layer and then wrapped them with some ribbon. The lamb and the bear are from the Sugar and Spice Lite cartridge. I cut the lamb at 2" and flocked it with some pink flocking and used some black pearls for eyes. The bear is cut at 3." I used a Peachy Keen stamp for her face and used some tropical tangerine Stickles on her bow. The pink outfit and safety pins are both from New Arrival. The outfit is cut at 3 1/2." I used a button for the center of the flower on it as well. The safety pins are cut at 2." I added some tropical tangerine Stickles to the heart on one of the safety pins and used glossy accents on the two pink ones. I used pop-dots to adhere all the images to the layout, except the saftey pins.

I made this layout for the following challenges:

• My Creative Time: make a layout, use any Lite cartridge


• Paper Cutz: buttons & bows


• Paper Sundaes: childhood memories


• Scrappy Moms Stamps: New Arrival


• ABC Challenge: S is for Sugar & Spice


• Sentimental Sundays: treasured memories

Flaunt It Fridays Challenge #19

It is Friday and that means that it is time for another challenge at Flaunt It Fridays! This week the challenge is to use Simply Charmed and flaunt the fish 2 cut. As soon as I saw that this was the cut to flaunt I knew I wanted to make a layout from a halibut fishing trip I took with my husband and a couple of our friends.

This is a double layout, each page is 12"x12." I used a patterned cardstock from DCWV, the Textures & Finishes Stack. The pictures are 4"x6" and matted using a Debbie Mumm patterned cardstock, cut at 4 1/2"x6 1/2." The title is cut from All Mixed Up, using the shadow feature, and cut at 1 1/4." The fishing rod and fish on the left page is cut at 4." The fish on the right hand page are cut at 4" for the smaller two and 5" for the larger one. I used my Gypsy to only cut out the fish and hide contour on the fishing pole part of the cut. I cut a large brown rectangle at 4"x8" and a cream one at 3 1/2"x7 1/2." This is where I will do my journaling, when I figure out exactly what I am going to say. :)

That is my project...now it is your turn! Head on over to Flaunt It Fridays and check out what the rest of the design team has come up with for this cute little fish and get inspired. Then create your own project and link it up. I can't wait to see how you flaunt it!! :)

Hello Kitty

This is a triangular tri-fold card. When folded it measures 4" square. When it is opened completely it measures 4"x12." I used a dark blue cardstock for the base of the card. The button patterned paper is Debbie Mumm and I've had it in my stash for a couple of years. I tied it with a ribbon which is also from my stash. The Hello Kitty image is from Hello Kitty Greetings, cut at 3 1/4." I put pop-dots only on half of the image so that the card would still open. I added a button to the bow and x-mas red Stickles to the button and bow and glossy accents to the rain jacket. I finished it off with a couple of buttons to the corners. I made this for the following challenges: 365 Cards: "Fancy Folds" - triangular tri-fold Picture Perfect Creations: riding hood red, not quite navy, so saffron My Sheri: buttons Paper Playtime: weather Cooking with Cricut: "Cash in Your Stash" - use stuff you've had for more than a year (buttons, ribbon, patterned paper) Whimsical Wednesday: "April Showers Bring May Flowers" - use an umbrella, rain boots, flowers or rain drops

Shaped Easter Card

Here is an egg shaped card for you today. The card base was made by welding two of the scalloped egg shapes from the Easter cartridge together. The eggs were 5 1/4." I then used Easter again to cut a plain egg shape from yellow cardstock at 5." I embossed it with the Spots & Dots embossing folder. I used a 3/16" hole punch to punch holes in the scallops of the teal egg. I cut two strips of cardstock, one from green at 3 5/8"x2" and one from black at 3 5/8"x2 1/4." I then used a Fiskars border punch to create the scalloped border. I embossed the green layer with the Polka Dots folder. The little boy is cut at 3" from A Child's Year. I cut him once regularly in teal cardstock and once in black cardstock using the shadow feature. I then adhered him to the card with pop-dots. For the inside of the card I cut two more plain eggs from the Easter cartridge, a green one at 5" and a yellow one at 4 3/4." My sentiment is from Hero Arts and I stamped it with moss green ink by ColorBox.

This card was made for the following challenges:

• BBTB2: Easter cartridge - eggs


• Cards for Men: Easter


• Celebrate the Occasion: Easter or Spring, use a punch


• Color Throwdown: teal, summer sun, celery


• For Fun: pick at least three colors: yellow, pink, blue, purple, green


• Papercraft Star: Easter inspired, at least one of the colors - light blue, yellow, pink, teal

You Rock!

This is a cute little pop-up card I made today. The card is 4 1/2"x6 1/4." I used a dark brown for the card base. I then cut a piece of cream cardstock at 4"x5 3/4" and rounded the corners. I embossed it with a Fiskars texture plate, called basketweave. I adhered it to the card base, then wrapped it with an orange ribbon. My mushroom is cut from Sugar & Spice at 2 3/4" and the hedgehog is from B is for Boy, cut at 1 3/4." I used pop-dots to adhere the hedgehog. I stamped the senitment in coffee bean ink by Tsukineko. On the inside I cut some more of the dark brown cardstock at 8"x5 3/4" and created my pop-up part. I also cut some cream cardstock at 4"x5 3/4" and adhered it to the inside of the card. The fox is cut from Birthday Bash at 2 1/2." I gave him a Peachy Keen face and adhered him to the pop-up part of the card. I stamped my sentiment, which is from Fiskars, in coffee bean ink by Tsukineko.

I made this for the following challenges:

• Cupcake Inspirations: woodland animals cupcakes


• 365 Cards: "Fancy Folds" - pop up cards


• Clean & Simple: sketch #135


• Die Cuttin' Divas: use two different cuts from two different cartridges


• Scrapbookaholic by Abby: use an animal and the color orange