Ayden's Birthday Card

Ayden's birthday is today and I wanted to make her a fun card. I used my awesome $1 finds (stamp and patterned paper). I added some dewdrops, ribbon, and made sure pink was the color of the day so I used Copics to color the little octopus. I also gave her googly eyes. LOL Oh, the little tag says, "party".

CC Weekly Challenge #30: Mom & Me

This week's Circle challenge is to create a layout of you and your mom or you and your kids. Being enamored with my Imagine, I decided to push myself and use some of my paper. Yikes! How quickly we forget how spoiled the I makes you!!! I did have fun using my old Basic Grey papers and they are gorgeous but I can't wait to make the next layout with my I! This is my entry:

Cartridges: Opposites Attract (Mom - welded in the Gypsy) and Home Accents (Butterfly)
I ripped lots of different papers and just layered. Lots of ink, prima flowers, jewels, and brads and ribbon. It was fast, easy, and of course fun!

CC Weekly Challenge #29: Handmade Flower

My mom is going to be celebrating her 75th birthday in a few days. I wanted to make her a special card that showcased one of her favorite things. Well, at the top of her list is sewing. So, I made her this easel card and I focused on the sentiment by adding a hand-made flower. The circles were cut on the Imagine and I flood-filled the second largest with the same background paper I used for the base of the card (Imagine More cart). The circles were also distressed, inked, and scrunched before I put them together with the center brad. The dress form is from French Manor and I also flood-filled with a light brown. Then, I darkened some areas with dark brown ink. I added a bit of lace, a pearl button, a leaf stick-pin, and mounted it all on a Nestabilities frame. The buttons play along with the theme and are the stoppers for the easel top. Of course, just about everything is pop-dotted. LOL She loves greens and browns which is the reason for this color combo. I hope she likes it and it is also my entry into the Cricut Circle weekly blog contest.

Easter Cards

I love spring colors and decided to play with the I (again LOL). Here are three so far, I have many more but haven't added the ribbon yet so I will post later.

The bunnies were fast and easy! I had some of those paper doilies we use for parties (6") and layered the I stock image scalloped circle, flood-filled with Lori's Garden (for the blue bunny), then chose a bunny from the Easter Seasonal cart and also flood-filled with a coordinating print from Lori's Garden. I liked it so much that I pulled up the file and re-flooded with patterns from Hopscotch (red/yellow bunny). The tulle and pompom add the finishing touch. Too cute!

The snail was an experiment with flowers. I have so many of those silk flowers I thought I'd better start using them up! She is from the Paisley cartridge and I flood-filled with the I. The background is also printed on the I and then I cuttlebugged and inked the raised edges. The eyes are dew drops LOL. She makes me happy just looking at her.

Zaira's Mother's Day Card

My sister loves coffee so I made her this card for Mother's Day using the I.

Other than the hand-cut tag and stamped Inkadinkado sentiment, the entire card is I. Of course, the layers are pop-dotted. Cartridge: Imagine More.

The I does it again!

I printed out some paper from the I to use on a completely different project and the little ovals reminded me of olives. Actually, olives with pimentos. My first thought was, "arroz con pollo" LOL then immediately I thought, "hmm...martini" now THERE'S a card I could make. So, off to my stamps and in a few minutes I stamped a martini, cut it into a tag shape, added a rub-on at the bottom and tulle/twine on the top and VOILA! A birthday card. Wonder who I'll give it to...

Lori's Garden Mother's Day

I have lots of moms to make cards for. This one is for one of those moms that doesn't visit this blog. So, I could post early! It is all Lori's Garden. What a beautiful cartridge. The bird is actually slit where the wings are and you slip the wings through. It is an image that is made to be hung but I was able to pop-dot it. I stickled around the perimeter and that was it. Wow! It looks great with all the dimension. Wish you could touch it.

Baby Boy Congratulations

Giselle is having a difficult time with her pregnancy so I made her a little card to help make her feel better. It is all from Nursery Tails. I layered a scalloped circle stock image (that I flood-filled with the soft green pattern) on top of a doily - the kind that you get like 20 for a $1. I shimmered it before layering and it made a great base. I will be using those a lot I think! I also added some ribbon and a baby pin. Oh, the onesie is cuttlebugged with Swiss Dots. Of course!

Playing with I ~ AGAIN

I can't stop playing with the I. I made 6 cards in a jiffy! I am posting two here and two others separately. The last two I am holding b/c they are either Mother's Day or upcoming birthdays and I don't want to spoil it.

This one was made without any adjustments, substitutions, nothing. I just picked one of the card features from Imagine More (the back of the card is polka-dots in matching colors to the front), chose a sentiment, then glittered the border:

This is Zachary's 4th birthday card. The background is one of the bonus images from Imagine More (as is the card feature in the card above). The "Z" is Mickey's Font and the cow is part of a sentiment from Imagine More. I chose the layers feature and then just printed her out without the words or frames. She wobbles b/c I put her on an action wobble! The sentiment reads, "Did someone say presents?" LOL It is actually a Christmas stamp but I knew it was perfect for his birthday. He's all about the gifts...

CC Challenge #27: Make a Game Plan

This week's challenge is to show how we create using a sketch we've developed. When I purchased Damask Decor, I took the handbook to work the next day to peruse. Well, I fell in love with the card feature. I then decided I wanted to incorporate one of those cards with the hot pink cherry brad I got at the convention to make my cousin a thank-you card (she loves cherries) for inviting me to see Wicked with her. I used a post-it note from my desk to draw what I wanted to do and when I got home I went straight to my craft studio. I don't keep a sketch pad or book like most of the girls. I keep a pack of index cards in my purse and a stack of post-its on my desk. Whenever I think of an idea, I just pull out an index card (or post-it) and jot it down! It may not be the prettiest method but it's handy, cheap, and it works LOL Here is the card:

It is so much more beautiful in person. It is elegant and stunning. The color of the cherries matches the ribbon perfectly. And, they are offset by the cream and brown of the cardstock. I used AC cardstock and shimmered only the flower with Tsukineko's Shimmer Spritz. I love that you can cut the card topper and card without having to worry about sizing! When you choose a size, the Cricut cuts the matching base perfectly. WHEE! I also punched a scalloped circle to put the cherries on then decided to use my reliable Gypsy to pull up my "circles" file where I saved every size possible. I cut one circle and double mounted. I've also been trying to replicate the gorgeous bows Melanie (Courtney Lane Designs) makes. I am not even close but working towards it... LOL Oh, I added tiny gems at the corners in the same pink. The card is A2 size.

Card Weekend!

Friday I had a Stampin' Up party and that got me into a card-making mood. Doesn't hurt that I don't work Monday so I can really play! I tried some products I hadn't used before and learned alot! Since I use my blog to maintain a file of my creations, I am including two cards I made a few weeks ago that I forgot to post.

#1 Kat/Payo's Anniversary card:

If the Imagine was any easier it would make the cards and layouts for me!!! This is from Kate's Kitchen and all I did was print/cut as layers. I spritzed the cupcake toppers (the additional layer that prints out) with Tsukineko's Shimmer Spritz. Stuff works awesome ~ unlike another one you'll see farther down. LOL I should have put each cupcake on an action wobble but I forgot. Nevertheless, too cute and I am sure at least Kat will like it.

#2 First Damask Decor Card

When I saw that this new cartridge was on sale at ACM I ran to get it!!! It is absolutely gorgeous. If you can believe it, this card is ONE cut: the card feature of one of the damasks. All I did was add ribbon, stamp and emboss a rooster onto a circle punch, cuttlebug the blue punch, and add some bling. This cart will have endless possibilities! Much to my dismay, this cart is so new the I didn't recognize it. So, I had to use ol' reliable E. She's a troopper! The cuts are not as clean as the I but beautiful nonetheless.

#3 Another Easy Imagine Card

Again, nothing but the I!!! I stamped a quick sentiment and used glass accents on the marshmallows. Oh, action wobbled the coffee pot LOL looks like it's pouring coffee whenever you move it!

#4 Just playing around! I love just using my toys for fun. I had no specific person(s) in mind when creating these but I love the images and just wanted to play. Here are the results:

#5 MISTAKEN use of a product. UGH.

This card was coming out beautiful. It is one of the designs on the Best Friends Imagine cartridge. All I did was select the image, choose the size, select layers and hit print/cut. It did all the printing/cutting/layering perfectly. I was done in under 5 minutes, including adding the pop-dots! I was going to add ribbon and a sentiment but thought, "Let me try that $7 bottle of Glimmer Mist." I WISH I HADN'T. That stuff isn't translucent like the shimmer from Tsukineko. It is opaque and there are ugly blotches of white stuff all over my card. Not only that, it covered and made my card look dirty. Now I am just going to throw it out. I posted this to remind myself never to use that stuff again. UGH.

Off to stamp and color with Copics! Woo Hoo!!!