Valentine Mailbox

The employees where I work are encouraged to make display samples using products we sell, in order to give customers an idea of projects they could make.  I currently have two Christmas presents I made using Tags, Bags, Boxes & More 2 on display.  Well, since Christmas is over I thought it was time to make something new, and this is what I came up with:

I used Tags, Bags, Boxes & More 2 for the mailbox.  It was cut at 9."  It is about 4" tall when assembled, not including the flag.  I added two red strips to the ends of the box, they are 3/4" wide.  I used Doodlecharms to cut the heart that is on the flag.  I then stamped a sentiment on it using a stamp from My Pink Stamper.  I also used a little heart brad at the bottom of the flag.

I thought the mailbox need a little something special, so I added this adorable teddy bear from Create a Critter 2.  He is cut at 3."  I gave him a Peachy Keen face and added glossy accents to the eyes and nose.  I also covered the heart he is holding with some red glitter.

I made five little Valentines to go with the mailbox.  They are all 3 1/4"x3 1/4."  I used red cardstock for the card base, then cut some white cardstock at 3"x3" and embossed it with the Swiss Dots folder.  I used Doodlecharms again for the hearts.  They are cut at 2 1/2."  I covered the red scalloped part with red glitter and used a Scrappy Moms stamp for the sentiment (both inside and outside).  I added more little heart brads at the bottom of the hearts and adhered them to the cards with foam tape.

Thanksgiving Wall Decor

This is an 8"x10" wall hanging I made. I made it to replace the "Fright Night" wall hanging I made for Halloween. You can see that wall hanging here if you want.

I created the partial rosette from a 12"x3" strip of patterned paper from the Indian Summer Stack by DWCV. I used a Fiskars border punch on one side of it, then used my Martha Stewart score board to create the pleats. I folded it, then spread it out into a turkey tail. I got the idea for the turkey on the Cricut messageboard, by Camille Robinson, you can see that post here. She made a card from this guy, but I went larger and made him a wall hanging. Once I had my tail, I cut my turkey. He is cut from Animal Kingdom at 6." I covered his beak with glossy accents and used some brown gems for his eyes. The fancy acorn and leaves corner is from Art Nouveau. I cut it at 6" as well. The leaves are embossed with the Tiny Bubbles embossing folder. I used some Tim Holtz Distress Ink on the embossing folder before I embossed them. The orange leaves were inked with vintage photo ink and the gold leaves were inked with wild honey. It doesn't show up will in the photos, but looks really nice in person. I embossed the tops of the acorns with the Swiss Dots folder and added glossy accents to the bottom parts of the acorns. I also pop-dotted the acorns. The pumpkins are cut from the Pooh & Friends cartridge at 2 1/2." I embossed the pumpkins with the Distress Stripes embossing folder and pop-dotted the smallest pumpkin. The apples and basket were cut from Doodlecharms. I pop-dotted the basket and placed four of the apples in the basket and one of them behind it. I added glossy accents to all the apples and crackle accents to the basket. I finished it off with some gems on the basket.

I made this for the following challenges:

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  Cupcake Inspirations: scarecrow cupcake photo (see right)


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  BBTB2: accent #9 on Heritage cartridge (I don't have Heritage so I used the acorn corner on Art Nouveau)


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  Cooking with Cricut: fruits, cornucopia, harvest time


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  Exploring Cricut: acorn and leaves


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  Whimsical Wednesdays: Thanksgiving themed project

Snow One Like You!

This is a 5 1/2"x4 1/4" card. I used a pre-made card from DCWV for the card base. I cut some snowflake patterned cardstock, also from DCWV (their Peppermint Forest Stack), 1" smaller. I used a corner punch on the card base and the smaller piece. I wrapped the bottom of the snowy rectangle with some white ribbon, then tied a bow with another piece and adhered it to the ribbon. I adhered the rectangle to the card base. The snowman is cut from Doodlecharms, using some glittery white cardstock. He is adhered to the card. I added crackle accents to his arms and glossy accents to his nose. To make his eyes, smile and buttons look like coal I used some black pearls. To finish off the front of the card I added some diamond Stickles to the ribbon and bow and put a snowflake button on the middle of the bow. For the inside of the card I cut some of the same snowflake patterned cardstock 1/8" smaller than the card base, then some white cardstock 1/2" smaller than the snowflake piece. I used a corner rounder on those pieces as well and adhered them to the card base. I then stamped my sentiment in some blue ink by ColorBox. The sentiment stamp is from Scrappy Moms Stamps.

I made this card for the following challenges:

• 365 Cards: "Day 238" - find two ways to embellish a bow


• Scrappy Moms Stamps: Doodlecharms


• Papercraft Star: sketch
  

More Ladybugs

My cousin and his wife loved all the stuff I made for their daughter's birthday. In fact, I got an email a few days later asking if I would make some more stuff for the party. I agreed and wound up making some matching thank you cards, table centerpieces, some large ladybugs for party bags and a few directional signs so guests know where to go. This is the centerpiece. It will also be where people can place the cupcake toppers if they don't want to keep them. I used quart sized mason jars and put a piece of foam in them. I then stuffed the jar with some green basket grass. I punched a grass border from some green paper, which I then wrapped around the jar. I wrapped all of that with some red and black spotted ribbon. I used Doodlecharms to cut the ladybug, which I adhered to the ribbon. I also gave it some google eyes. I painted some lollipop sticks green and adhered the daisy, cut from Picturesque, onto them. I used my computer for the sentiment, then punched them out with a circle punch. I stuck each flower into the foam to finish off my centerpiece. Each centerpiece has two sides and both sides look the same.

These are the thank you cards I created. They are 4 1/2"x6 1/4." My cousin's wife wanted to be able to put a 4"x6" picture in them of the birthday girl. I made them look like the invites, except that instead of having "you're invited" on them they say "many thanks." I used a stamp for the sentiments on both the outside and the inside. The ladybug is from Doodlecharms, the daisy is from Picturesquet and the leaves are from Mother's Day Boquet.

I also created a 6 1/2" ladybug from Doodlecharms, which will be placed on the gift bags that my cousin's wife has already bought. The signs are made with the same font, Tear Drop, as the Pin the Spot on the Ladybug game and are on the same posterboard. I also cut out an arrow for each sign, but didn't glue it on yet, that way they can be adhered later, when the signs are in place.

Ladybug Birthday

My cousin's daughter is turning 1 this month and his wife emailed me a little while ago asking if I would make the invites and some of the party decor. I agreed and this is everything I made for it. This 4 1/4"x5 1/2" card is what I made for her actual birthday card. I embossed the red layer with one of the Simply Charmed companion folders. The sentiment is computer generated. I used one of my Nesties to create the label. I sprayed a Prima flower with shimmer mist and used a yellow brad as the center. The ladybug is from Doodlecharms, cut at 2." I then doodled around the labels and the ladybug, gave it some google eyes and added glossy accents to the back of the ladybug.

This is the invite that I made for the party. I had created a variety and this is the one she liked the best. It is 9"x4." I embossed the red layer with the Simply Charmed companion folder. I used my computer to create the party info. The daisy is from Picturesque, cut at 3;" the leaves are from Mother's Day Boquet, cut at 2;" and the ladybug is from Doodlecharms, cut at 1 3/4." I stamped the "you're invited" and added some red Stickles to the hearts on either side of it.

The banner was cut using Birthday Bash for the scalloped and regular circles. They are cut at 6." The font is from Storybook, cut at 4 1/4." The ladybugs are from Doodlecharms, cut at 4 1/2." I added google eyes and some doodling. The daisy is cut from Picturesque at 4 1/4." I embossed the center of the daisy with Swiss Dots.
She also requested a "Pin the Spot on the Ladybug" game. I used some green posterboard for the base of the game. I then cut a daisy from Picturesque as large as I could. I placed it on some white posterboard, then used it to draw out an even larger daisy. I cut the ladybug from Doodlecharms at 10 3/4" (as large as it would go), and used my Gypsy to hide one of its spots. I gave it large google eyes and doodled on it to match the banner. The font is Tear Drop and I used my Gypsy to weld all the letters of the words together. I then added a little bit of doodling to the letters.













The final thing I made for the party was some cupcake toppers. I cut the daisy from Picturesque at 2 1/2," the ladybug from Doodlecharms at 1 1/4" and the leaves from Mother's Day Boquet at 1 1/2." I attached all of that to a popsicle stick so they can put them in the cupcakes.

I also made this for the following challenges:

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  Celebrate the Occasion: kid's birthday



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  Die Cuttin' Divas: sketch (I used the sketch for the birthday card)



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  My Sheri Crafts: party decor

Card Creations & More Challenge #13

There is a new format for the challenges at Card Creations & More by C. Now there will be three challenges a month. All three challenges will be posted on the first of the month. You will have the rest of the month, or three weeks, to participate in one, two or all three challenges.
This is challenge #13: to use the Doodlecharms cartridge. I love the cute little images on this cartridge. I chose to use the little bug. I created a thank you note gift set. The cards are all 4"x4." I used four different colors of cardstock for the card base, then cut some white cardstock 1/4" smaller and embossed it with the Spots & Dots folder. The bug is cut at 3 1/2." I added some google eyes and Stickles to them for some character. The leaf is cut from Accent Essentials at 2." I used the shadow feature and the four colors of cardstock again, and the regular feature with white cardstock. I stamped my "thank you" sentiment in a matching ink, all by Tsukineko. The sentiment is from Fiskars. I also created matching envelopes. I gave them liners with the colored cardstock and matching leaves on the front. The leaves are cut at 1 1/2" and embossed with the Spots & Dots folder again.Well, that is my project for challenge #13, I can't wait to see what you come up with for Doodlecharms. Head on over to Card Creations & More by C to participate!

For Me?!

Day 99 at 365 Cards is to make a birthday card that you would want to recieve if one was designed just for you. I was having a hard time narrowing down just exactly what I wanted to do, until I saw the challenge at Cooking with Cricut. Their challenge is "Pick Your Poison," to use your favorite cartridge and favorite color to create your project. I decided to combine these two challenges and came up with this birthday card that I would love to get!
Simply Charmed is one of my favorite cartridges, there are just so many cute images on it. My favorite one is the penguin! I used the penguin to create a shaped card. Using my Gypsy I welded two shadow images of the penguin and cut it out of glittery black cardstock. The penguin is cut at 5." I created the rest of the penguin with regular cardstock. One of my favorite colors is blue, so I used that for the party hat, candle and stamping on the banner. I used Paper Pups for the party hat, the regular and solid feature, it is cut at 2 3/4." The banner is cut at 3 1/2" from Jubilee. I stamped the sentiment on there and added some dots of midnight blue Stickles. The cupcake is from Doodlecharms and cut at 2 1/2." I embossed the icing layer with D'vine Swirls, then drew over the swirls with liquid pearls. I used glossy accents on his beak and the candle, crackle accents on his feet and some yellow Stickles on the candle flame. How much fun is this card?! I love it!!

Bus Tour

The challenge at Whimsical Wednesday this week is to create a summer layout and include some stamping on it. Well, since I am still working on the scrapbook for my summer trip to Sweden I thought I would create a layout for the scrapbook that also fit this challenge. This is a layout of the bus tour we took. My stamping on the page is the faces of each passenger on the bus and the date. The page is 12"x12." I used a piece of patterned cardstock from DCWV, the Doodlin' Around Stack. The pictures are both 4"x6" and matted with shimmery dark green cardstock, cut 1/8" larger. The bus was cut from Summer Vacation at 2." I then cut six 1/2" circles from George and Basic Shapes. I gave them each a different Peachy Keen face. The title, "Bus Tour," is cut from Jubilee at 1 1/2." The sun is from Doodlecharms and cut at 3." I also cut a brown sun using the shadow feature. I used the sun for my journalling and used some Inkadinkado stamps for the date. They are stamped in jumbo java ink by Tsukineko.

Baby Bag

How cute is this shaped card?! I just love how it turned out. The card is 4 1/4"x5 1/4." I used my Gypsy to weld two of the baby bag shadows together. The baby bag comes from Doodlecharms and is cut at 5." I then cut out the baby bag using the argyle patterned cardstock and the pale green layers for it. I added two blue brads at the ends of the bag straps. The bear and the bottle are also from Doodlecharms and both are cut at 2 1/4." I flocked the bear with some light blue flocking powder, added some glossy accents to his nose, drew in his mouth with a black pen and used black pearls for his eyes. All I did to the bottle was use a marker to add some detail to the lines. I adhered the bear and the bottle to the argyle bag, then attached it all to the card base. My sentiment was created with some rub-on letters.

I made this card for the following challenges:

• Whimsical Wednesday: shape card



• My Creative Time: "Throwback Thursday" - Doodlecharms, use blue



• Cricut Cardz: baby card



• 365 Cards: "Day 73" - sketch

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

Happy Easter Layout

This is a 12"x12" layout. I used a glittery pink cardstock for the base of the page. I used George and Basic Shapes to cut a white circle, using the fit to page feature, it was cut at 10 3/4." The flower border on the left side of the page is cut from Paper Lace. I used the cut to length feature, cutting it at 11" long. I used a pink cardstock for the base layer and white cardstock for the other layer. I then covered some of the flowers with icicle Stickles. I added blue gems to the center of the small flowers. The photo mats are cut to fit 3 1/2"x5" photos. The white layer is 3 3/4"x5 1/4" and the pink layer is 4"x5 1/2." I wrapped them each with a blue ribbon. The sentiment is cut at 3" from the Easter cartridge. The bunny is also cut from Easter, at 5" and I embossed his bow with the Swiss Dots folder. I used pop-dots to adhere the bunny to the page. The Easter basket and eggs are cut from Doodlecharms. The basket and pink and blue eggs are cut at 4." I embossed the basket with the Argyle folder and a Simply Charmed Companion folder. I also embossed the eggs, the blue one with Seeing Spots and the pink one with Spots and Dots. The white egg is cut from Doodlecharms, but I cut it using the real dial size feature and cut it at 2 1/2." I then cut a shimmery brown egg at 2 3/4" (real dial size). I adhered the pink and blue eggs to the basket and adhered it to the page, but just around the edges. That way you can pull out the white egg and use it as a small journaling spot.

I made this layout for the following challenges:

• Whimsical Wednesday: Easter or spring layout with a critter or bug


• For Fun Challenges: bunny


• Papercraft Star: sketch


• Paper Cutz: use an image of a bunny, lamb, chick or Easter eggs


• Cricut Cardz: create project for Easter