Cricut 360° Blog Challenge #2 ... Thank You

 I am so excited about the response we had to our first Cricut 360° Blog challenge! It was wonderful to see everyone's entry ... you all are seriously talented. After such a great first week, it's appropriate that our next challenge is to create a 'Thank You' card. The only rules: create a circle shaped card and, of course, use your Cricut. Here's what I came up with for this week:

I got my inspiration for this card from Michele Kovack. She is one of the design team members for the Circut Circle blog and she recently did a tutorial on using your Cricut to cut felt. The trick is to stabilize your felt with Heat & Bond or Wonder Under. Then you place it, felt side down, on your mat and cut using a deep cut blade. Two more tricks: tape the edges of the felt to your mat and keep your cuts simple. The felt will shift a little, so intricate cuts won't work well.  

So, to make my card I used my Gypsy and Elegant Edges to create the base out of a cream colored cardstock. Then I cut two mats, one from a peach colored cardstock (using the shadow feature) and one from a patterned paper.  The next layer is a doily that I inked with distress ink and spritzed with Glimmer Mist. The peach is from the Preserves cartridge, cut from three colors of felt. I did some embroidery stitches to dress it up a bit and added a button to the center. My little tag is from Tag, Bag, Boxes & More and my sentiment stamps are from My Pink Stamper (You're a Peach!) and Papertrey Ink (thanks). The felt and cardstock are also from Papertrey Ink.

So, there's your challenge ... I'm really looking forward to seeing what you all create ... and remember, we'll use random.org to select our weekly winner. This week the prize is a paper pad from Echo Park. Also, you just might be chosen as one of our weekly Top 3 and be entered in our monthly giveaway. Have fun creating!!

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Better Late Than Never ...

I am so behind in all my crafting and blogging. For some reason, I thought spring cleaning was more important ... what was I thinking! Anyway, my daughter made these cute little Easter peeps cupcakes for the children in our neighborhood, and I just had to post them. Remember when peeps were only yellow? Now they come in six colors. The orange ones where a little hard for us to find ... at one point, there was a statewide orange peep search!!

These are yellow cupcakes, baked in wrappers that match the color of the peeps. Topped with vanilla frosting, some cupcake glitter, and, of course, the peeps.

Here they are, wrapped in cellophane ... ready for delivery. We added a tag made from the Tags, Bags, Boxes and More Cricut cartridge. The image is a digital from Whimsie Doodles that I colored with Copics. To make them look more 'peep like', I covered them with a layer of Glossy Accents  and glitter. The sentiment is a Penny Black stamp. These were a hit and so much fun to make.

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Sweethearts Gift Card Box

I made this gift card box for my daughter and I'm so happy with how it turned out. I've had this idea in my head for a couple of weeks ... just wasn't sure if I could get it to turn out like I imagined.

The box is the Crayola box from the Tags, Bags, Boxes and More Cricut cartridge. I used my Gypsy to size it as large as it would fit on a 12"x12" mat. The finished size of the box is about 6.5"x5". I used the George and Basic Shapes cartridge to cut out the heart shape on the front of the box, then I cut a piece of acetate and adhered that behind the heart cut out. The conversation hearts are from the Simply Charmed cartridge. I stamped them with sentiments from the My Creative Time "You Had Me at Chocolate" stamp set and then randomly placed them on the acetate ... attaching them to each other and to the edge of the heart cut out. I also attached a square of pink cardstock behind the conversation hearts to hide any gaps and to secure them a little more.

Finished with a ribbon, some buttons and a little tag. I used this to give a gift card, but it's a nice sized box ... you could put chocolate bars or a set of notecards in it for a fun little gift. If you're interested, there's Gypsy file available for this. Just click on the tab at the top of this page.

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Baby Shower Gift Tags

My daughter and I went to a baby shower on Sunday. We took gifts for the mom, dad and new baby ... so I made tags for each. The tags were made using Tag, Bag, Boxes & More.

The 'for' is from Cake Basics, sized and welding using my Gypsy. The 'mom' and 'dad' cuts are from Beyond Birthdays.

 The 'baby' cut is from Gypsy Wandering.

The papers and card stock are from Stampin' Up. I added a little doodling and self-adhesive pearls and gems. Quick and easy!!

Stacey's Happy Birthday Smiley Cake Card

This is a card I made for my daughter's birthday. Isn't that a happy face? It's from the Smiley Cards Cricuit cartridge.

I used my Gypsy to weld two of the base images together to create a shaped card and sized the layers to fit. I ran the 'frosting' and candle 'flames' through my Xyron and then glittered them with Martha Stewart glitter. The cheeks and cake plate were embossed with UTEE.

I used Tags, Bags, Boxes and More to make a gift card holder and the sentiment is computer generated. We both started diets on January 1st, so I thought the sentiment was appropriate!!

If you'd like the Gypsy file for this ... click here.

Beer Gift Card Holder

My nephew asked me to make a gift card holder for a card he was giving to his dad. I got my inspiration for this card holder here ... thanks, Enfys! To create the shape, I used my Gypsy to weld an oval shape from George and Basic Shapes to the top of the mug from Gypsy Wanderings. I also used my Gypsy to hide the details on the mug. I then cut the mug four times: once from cream card stock, once from gold card stock, once from vellum and once (flipped) from patterned paper. I clipped the handle from the gold card stock and then layered them all together. The foam was created with Tulip Puff Paint. I added a computer generated sentiment and a pocket, from Tags, Bags, Boxes and More, for the gift card. It's not quite as I had pictured it in my head ... but I think it works!

Country Life Thank You

I love the flower pitcher from the Country Life Cricut cartridge. This is my take on it ...

The cardstock is from Stampin' Up and the patterned paper for the background is from the DCWV Autumn Stack. I used a border punch from EK Success to edge the green checked paper.

The patterned paper for the flowers is from Cosmo Cricket. I cut  each flower three times, inked and curled the edges, then layered. Each was finished with a brown self-adhesive pearl.

The pitcher was embossed with several layers of UTEE. I added a bow and a little tag (and shadow) from Tag, Bag, Boxes and More. The sentiment is a stamp from PaperTrey Ink's Mega Mixed Messages set. I'm really happy with this one ... thanks for stopping by!

My Pink Stamper -Challenge #1

Happy National Scrapbooking Day. At My Pink Stamper, Robyn has 12 challenges scheduled ... you can play all day. Lots of prizes, lots of fun. Check it out here.

The first challenge is to create a Mother's Day themed project. For mine, I created a card using my Gypsy and a tag from Tags, Bags, Boxes and More. The flower is from Walk In My Garden and the leaves are from Accent Essentials. The cardstock and the sentiment stamp are from Stampin' Up. The patterned paper is a digital from Designer Digitals.

I Love The Home Decor Cupcake

I've entered this in the Ribbon-Tastic challenge at

Cute Card Thursday.

This is such a great cut ... it always turns out looking impressive.

I ran the pink paper through my crimper to make it look like a cupcake paper, then I Cuttlebugged and glittered the 'frosting'. To top it off, I embossed the cherry with clear embossing powder to give it a little shine. Then I finished it with some stitching and a pretty ribbon ... quick and simple.

Here's a look at the inside. The tag is a cut from Tags, Bags, Boxes and More and the sentiment stamps are from my new favorite Stampin' Up set.

Jessica's Gift Card Holder

My niece Jessica is a wonderful artist ... after graduation next spring, she hopes to attend college to study art. So, of course, I got her a Michael's gift card for Christmas and made this gift card holder for her. I used the elf from Hello Kitty Greetings, cut at 8 inches. I added white velvet flocking and Martha Stewart tinsel glitter to the fur trim and red velvet flocking on her hat and shoes. I used Stickles on the bow in her hair and, just for fun, hot-glued jingle bells to the tips of her shoes. On the back, I cut patterned paper using the blackout feature and adhered it to the main image. Then, using Tag, Bags, Boxes and More, I cut a little envelope for the gift card. I really like this one ... it was such fun to make!

Christmas Bella Card

This is one of my Christmas cards for this year. I made a dozen of these for my sisters and some special 'girl friends'. The image is from Stamping Bella, colored with Stampin' Up markers. The sentiment stamp is from Stampendous. I used the George cartridge to cut the circle and rectangles, the Gypsy Wanderings cartridge for the scalloped circle and the Tag, Bags, Boxes and More cartridge for the sentiment tag. The edges were inked with Tim Holtz Distress Ink.

If you look closely, you'll see I used Martha Stewart tinsel glitter on Bella's hat and boots, and I used Martha Stewart microbeads for the holly berries. Martha has come up with some really cool bling!

For the inside, I used the Winter Woodland cartridge for the holly and Gypsy Wandering for the "Fabulous". The inside is not quite what I had in mind, but it's works. Overall, I'm happy with this one ... hope you like it too!

Halloween Treats Holders ... Just a Little Late

Okay ... Halloween was three weeks ago, but I was so please with the way these turned out, I thought I would post them anyway. I made these for my co-workers ... this was my first Gypsy project. I used Tags, Bags, Boxes & More for the base and welded a ghost and bat from Paper Doll Dress Up on the top. They were cut from double sided Stampin' Up paper. Then I "layered-on" ghosts and bats and added a little doodling. The tags were made using Nestibilities and a Stampin' Up stamp. When folded, these are just the right size to hold a Ghirardelli chocolate square.

I especially like that I was able to cut 3 treat holders from one 12x12 sheet of paper with very little waste!

Chirper Challenge #18 - Another Snail

Okay, two snails in one day ... I don't know why, it just worked out that way. This one is for the Chirper Challenge. We're to use brown, a zig-zag, and brads. This idea has been floating around in my head for sometime, so I thought I'd put it to good use. The brown and green card stock are from Papertrey Ink and the patterned paper is digital paper from my Funky Hand cd (have I ever told you how much I love digital paper?). The snail was cut using Walk In My Garden and the tag was cut from Tags, Bags, Boxes and More. I found the letter stickers at a discount store and thought the colors were perfect for this paper ... every now and then you just get lucky. I added stitching for my zig-zag, inked the edges and popped on the brads. And, since I have a hard time making a card without ribbon, I tied on a little bow. Kind of reminds me of a bandana. Anyway, this is the last card of the weekend ... back to work tomorrow. Hope everyone has a great week!

Mojo Monday # 91 - Happy Anniversary

I made this for my husband...we will celebrate our 30th anniversary on July 1st. I've had the idea for this card brewing for sometime now and this week's Mojo Monday challenge just seemed to fit. It's an odd size, 5' x 8.5'...I needed the room and since I'm not mailing it, I thought it would be okay. The patterned papers are digitals from my Funky Hand cd and the card stock is from Papertrey Ink. I used the Life's a Beach cartridge for the ship, cut at 3.25' and the tag is from Tags, Bags, Boxes and More. The sentiments are computer generated and I've added some ribbon, a brad and pop dots. Finished it off with a little inking and doodling. Hope you like it.