Hipster Love

How cute is this Valentine?!

The card base is 5"x7" and made of black card stock.  The grey layer is 4 7/8"x6 7/8" and the white layer is 4 5/8"x6 5/8."  I used a stamp from Jaded Blossom, the Heart Splatters set, to create my background.  I stamped the lips repeatedly in pink and red ink.  

My adorable little hipster is from SVG Cutting Files.  He is called Chibi Fedora Boy, and I cut him at 4" tall.  The mustache is from "Photo Booth Props," just sized to fit his face.  I used a stamp from Peachy Keen for his eyes.  They are from the In the Garden Babies Face Assortment.  I then added a little blush to his cheeks.  The flowers he is holding are from the "Pooh and Friends" Cricut cartridge.

The hearts are from the "Gypsy Wanderings" digital cartridge.  I hid the cuts on the inside of both hearts so that they were solid.  I then added a little doodling to them in white gel pen.

The sentiment is from Jaded Blossom.  This one is on the Love Mustaches set.

The larger white layer is 4 3/4"x6 3/4," and the red layer is 4 5/8"x6 5/8."  The pink layer is 3 1/4"x5," and the white layer is 3"x4 3/4."  The sentiment is from Scrappy Moms Stamps, from the Crazy for You set.  The heart is from Jaded Blossom, it is on the Heart Splatters set.

I made this for the following challenges:

My Sheri Crafts: Valentine with colors pink, white, or red

Just Us Girls: Valentine

Crafty Creations Challenge: hearts

Die Cuttin' Divas: love

Fantabulous Cricut: Valentine's Day

Hearts

Here is a quick and cute Valentine's Day card for you today!

 

The card is 5 1/2"x4 1/4."  I used black cardstock for the card base.  I cut some red and white houndstooth paper at 5 3/8"x4 1/8."  I then cut a strip of black cardstock at 4 1/8"x1 1/2" and a strip of white cardstock at 4 1/8"x1 3/8."  I added my sentiment, which is a stamp from Scrappy Moms Stamps and some black pearls and adhered it to the card. 

 

I used Gypsy Wanderings for the hearts.  I cut the red ones at 2," 1 1/2," and 1 1/4."  I cut the black ones at 2 1/4," 1 3/4," and 1 1/2."  I covered the black hearts with black glitter by Martha Stewart.  The faces are all from Peachy Keen Stamps.  I used a white gel pen to add some accents to the faces as well as some glossy accents to give the tongue on the one heart a little shine.  All the hearts are adhered with different thicknesses of foam tape.

 

On the inside of the card I cut more of the houndstooth paper, this time at 5 1/4"x4."  I cut some black cardstock at 4 1/2"x3 1/4" and some white cardstock at 4 3/8"x3 1/8."  I cut a strip of black cardstock at 3 1/8"x1 1/4" and a strip of white cardstock at 3 1/8"x1 1/8."  I used another stamp from Scrappy Moms Stamps for the inside sentiment as well.



 

 

I made this card for the following challenges:

• 365 Cards: "Day 20" - sketch
• Peachy Keen: just cards, with hearts
• Cardz TV: red, black, and white
  

Autumn Blessings

This is an 8"x10" wall hanging I made. The background paper is from Debbie Mumm. The scarecrow is cut from Celebrate with Flourish at 7 1/2." The owl is from Gypsy Wanderings. "Autumn" is cut from Lyrical Letters and "Blessings" is cut from Cindy Loo, both are cut at 4" using the cut to length feature.

I made this for the following challenges:

• Celebrate the Occasion: fall theme


• Cooking with Cricut: scarecrow, hay & crows


• Whimsical Wednesdays: fall theme with an animal (owls count right?)

Butterfly Smile!

I used some yellow glitter cardstock to make this 5"x5" card. I cut four pieces of striped cardstock into 2 1/4" squares. The circles are from George and Basic Shapes. The larger yellow one is cut at 3 1/4" and the smaller glittery yellow one is cut at 3." I cut the "Smile" sentiment from Gypsy Wanderings at 1." The butterfly is from Once Upon a Princess, cut at 2 3/4." I mounted to the card with pop-dots. I finished it off with some yellow, orange and crystal Stickles. I made this card for the following challenges:

• 365 Cards: "This & That" - make a card using "this" color and for "that" theme, in this case, yellow and to cheer someone up
• BBTB2: Once Upon a Princess butterfly cut
• Jitterbuggin': sketch, yellow, stripes
• Crafty Creations: "Let's Heat It Up"

Word of the Day Cards Part 1

This whole week at 365 Cards they are doing a word of the day challenge. Each day they have a new word and you have to make a card using that word. I'm not sure why, but I wound up waiting until the end of the week to work on my cards for them, but here they are, at least the first three. I will have the final three tomorrow. I also combined them with other challenges, I will let you know by each card what other challenge is represented. :) And, like always, I will let you know how I made them.

Monday's word of the day was "Wisdom." I made this card using the sketch from Clean & Simple and I also used the challenge at My Sheri Crafts, which was "organic." She asked for your interpretation of the theme. To me it was a natural feeling card, so I used greens, browns and creams for my colors and a tree as my image. The card is 5 1/2"x3 5/8." I used a shimmery green cardstock for the card base. I cut the cream cardstock using Pagoda and the Kanji Word feature at 5." I then embossed the top part of the cut with the Japanese Scales embossing folder. I wrapped a ribbon around the card and then added my image. I used one of the bonsai trees from Pagoda, cut at 2 1/2." I used my computer to write the sentiment for the inside (which I don't have a picture of). It says, "Wisdom is not attained by years, but by ability." -Plautus

Tuesday's word of the day was "Believe." I used sketch #174 at Mojo Monday for this one and the color combo at Crafting with Cristina. Her color challenge was black, white and grey or silver. This is a 5"x5" card. I used white cardstock for the base. I then cut some black cardstock using Paper Lace at 4 3/4." I then glittered the cut out pieces of the lace with some silver glitter. The two small, white butterflies are from a Martha Stewart punch. The large, silver butterfly is from Picturesque and is cut at 1." The sentiment, "Believe," is from Gypsy Wanderings and cut at 2." I left the inside blank on this card.

Wednesday's word was "Bliss." I made this card using sketch #99 from Card Patterns. I made this a 4 1/2"x6 1/4" card. I used a light green cardstock for the base. I then cut a piece of floral patterned paper 1/8" smaller than the card base. I cut some more of the light green cardstock at 4"x5" and then used an EK Succes border punch at the top of the piece. The green patterned paper is cut at 3 3/4"x4." I then wrapped a ribbon around the piece and tied a knot with a small piece of the ribbon and attached it with a glue dot. I didn't have enough ribbon to actually tie it around the piece, so I improvised. The label with the sentiment on it is from Lacy Labels, cut at 2 1/2."

Autumn Night

The challenge at Cricut Cardz this week is to make a fall card without using the colors brown, orange or yellow. This goes really well with the challenge at the Alphabet Challenge Blog, which is "T is for Trees." What says fall more than a tree with few or no leaves on it? I used the sketch at Clean & Simple because it just seemed perfect for combining these challenges.

The card is 5 1/2"x4 1/4." I used white cardstock for the base, but covered the front with a piece of this dark blue paper with the stars on it. I was going for a nice, cool autumn evening and the paper seemed like it was a good fit. I used a piece of black cardstock that was 4 1/4"x3 1/2," then I used an EK Success border punch on both sides. The circles is another EK Success punch and is 2 1/2." I cut the tree from October 31st at 2 1/4." It is hard to cut that tree so small, but I slowed down my speed and it worked out pretty well. I used Gypsy Wanderings for the "Autumn" sentiment, I wrote it out with a black Cri-Kit gel pen. I then colored it in and cut it out. I used pop dots to adhere the sentiment. A nice, super simple card that shows a cool, autumn evening with a full moon.

Flower Thanks

This is a card I made that fulfills three challenges. I used the color challenge from Picture Perfect Creations. Their colors were cajun craze, baja breeze, rich razzleberry, and regal rose. I would never have chosen these colors together, but I really like how they work. It was definitely a fun challenge to put these colors together in a way I liked. I used Mojo Monday's sketch challenge for the layout of my card. I really liked this sketch and thought there were so many options for it. My theme came from Paper Playtime. Their challenge this week was "Flower Power," you could take that however you wanted: hippies, 60's, gardens, bouquets, etc. I decided to literally go with flowers, a lot of them. My background paper is stamped with Tsukineko Memento Bahama Blue ink with a Hero Arts stamp called Heart Flower Border. I used George and Basic Shapes to cut the circles and squares. The large blue circle is embossed with my Cuttlebug using the Stylized Flowers folder. I used Sweet Treats to cut out the other flowers. The two flowers in the sqares are cut at 1 1/2" and the middle flower is cut at 2 1/4." I cut the "Thanks" at 1" using Gypsy Wanderings. I then added some pink pearls and grape Stickles. I wasn't sure on this one as I was putting it all together, but I really like how it all turned out in the end.