My First Imagine Card

Okay, I caved and bought the Imagine during the sale at Cricut.com ... wow, what took me so long!? I am so going to enjoy this machine.

This is my first Imagine project. After I set up the machine, and did the calibration and the update, I wanted to see how it would work with the original Cricut cartridges. I grabbed the cartridge that I had sitting on the counter and picked an image ... this is what I came up with. This image is from the Country Life cartridge and the patterns are from the Imagine More cartridge. I used a Peachy Keen stamp to add the smiley face on the sun.  The background paper and the cardstock for the card base were printed using the Hopscotch cartridge. (It's hard to tell from the picture, but the color of the card base matches the color of the clouds.) To finish,  I added the green cardstock, punched with a Martha Stewart border punch, a double-sided ribbon and a little bling. Quick, easy and fun.

I spent an afternoon playing with my Imagine and made several cards. I'll post the others over the next few days.

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Yay ... A Blog Award

I received this from Jessica ... thanks so much!! Please be sure to visit her oh, so cute blog ... you can find it here.

Kate's ABCs Flower

This is a card I made for my friend Kelly.  It's a large card, 5"x7" ... I wanted lots of room for that flower. I used the Kate's ABCs Cricut cartridge for the flower. I cut the layers at 3.5", 3", 2.5", 2" and 1.5", spritzed them all with Juneberry Wine Glimmer Mist and then scrunched them up a bit. There's a pop dot between each layer, so the flower has a lot of dimension.  I added a self-adhesive pearl and finished it with leaves made using a Martha Stewart punch. The flower is layered over a a Bo Bunny chipboard swirl, a doily (inked with with Tim Holtz Antique Linen distress ink and Stampin' Up Champagne Mist shimmer ink), and a little pearl trim. 

On the inside, I used a Verve sentiment stamp, added a Bo Bunny chipboard flower and a self-adhesive pearl, and layered this over the little extra piece of doily that I used on the front of the card.

I'm very happy with this one ... it's perfect for Kelly! Hope you like it too.

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Best Vacation Ever ... Jamaica 2011

I just spent the weekend with ten of the most amazing women
in one of the most beautiful places in the world.
Love, laughter, friendship ... I am blessed!

Blog Awards!!

I received this blog award from Cassandra and Jennifer ... how sweet!! 

Click on their names to visit their wonderful blogs.

To accept this award, I'm to tell you eight things about myself. Here goes:
     1. I'm tall ... 6ft to be exact, but when people ask, I tell them I'm 5' 12".
     2. My husband and I are military retirees. We retired from the US Air Force in 1994, which means
         we've been retired almost as long as we were on active duty. Time really does fly.    
     3. Yellow is my favorite color.
     4. My family and I lived in Germany for three years (1988 to 1991) and absolutely loved it!
     5. I love a good nap.
     6. I'm the accounting chairperson for a Relay for Life committee.
     7. Cherry Dr. Pepper is my newest addiction.
     8. I'm the youngest of six children.
Now, I'm passing this award on to:
     1. Heather at housesbuiltofcards.blogspot.com
     2. Katie at craftingwithkatie.com
     3. Dawn at deegeescraps.blogspot.com
     4. Sarah at scrapbookingwithsarah.blogspot.com
     5. Tracy at crazyforstamps.blogspot.com
     6. Sharette at scrappernthemaking.blogspot.com
     7. Jeannie at aplaceformycards.blogspot.com
     8. Carol at lovebutterflies2.blogspot.com

Be sure to visit these blogs ... I know you'll be inspired!

It's Your Birthday Sundae!

Here's a card I made for my friend, April. April always appreciates my cards ... I love that! Anyway, my cute sundae image is a digital from Pink Petticoat. If you're interested in digitals, you should check them out. They have lots fun images to choose from and have digital papers, too.

 I colored  this with Copics, added a little glitter, then used Glossy Accents on the cherry and dish. The scalloped ovals are from the Lacy Labels Cricut cartridge. I  pop dotted the pink and purple layers and used an Action Wobble to attached the layer with the image. Finish it with some Stampin' Up ribbon and a sentiment from Verve Stamps. Oh, I also used a Stampin' Up border punch to finish the bottom edge of the blue layer. Too cute!!

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Baby Giraffe Baby Card

Baby cards are so much fun to make! I bought this designer paper sometime last year and was just waiting for the perfect project for it. The onesie is from the Wrap it Up Cricut cartridge and the little giraffe is from New Arrival ... I'm really pleased with how well the die cut giraffe matches the giraffe on the paper. Wrap it Up doesn't have a shadow feature and I really thought this image needed a border of some sort. Without it, the onesie gets lost on the background paper. Anyway, my daughter cut a shadow for me. She has a knack for free-hand cutting (a skill I don't have ... so glad she does). I added some brads for the onesie snaps and a few more for embellishment, and finished it with a little rick-rack trim. Hope you like this one.

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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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Frank's Valentine 2011

This is a Valentine a made for my husband, Frank. The truck is from the Nate's ABCs Cricut cartridge. I embossed the truck with UTEE and added a little piece of vellum for the window.  The hearts are from the George and Basic Shapes cartridge and the sentiment is a stamp from My Creative Time "You Had Me at Chocolate" set. I used pop dots to adhere the truck to the card so the little heart is hanging freely. Cute!!

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