Jack in the Box - on an Action Wobble!!!

Well...it took lots of tweaking, and I still think if I did this card again that there are a few things that I would change - but I couldn't get this idea out of my head once it popped in there!!! I was trying to think of ways to use my new action wobbles, when this jack in the box from Nate's ABC's popped into my head. (Of course, the fact that I was driving back from taking a friend to the airport and 3 AM and trying to stay awake probably had NOTHING to do with it!) I am also entering this in the weekly challenge on the Cricut Circle Blog - to make a "Just Because" project.

The jack in the box, of course, came from Nate's ABC's. I cut his head again separately to attach with a wobble (you can see the motion of it in the last two pictures, at least a little bit). I inked the edges of everything, added some faux stitching, and put glossy accents on the eyes, nose, and mouth. At my husband's suggestion I also cut a long narrow rectange to make a "table" for him to sit on - and that added SO much to the finished card...it just didn't look right before that! Finished off with a little Baker's Twine, and a sentiment from Pink by Design.



"Fishing" you a happy birthday!

Okay, so ever since I got Nate's ABC's - I have LOVED this cute little image! So I knew it was only a matter of time till I was able to use it - and yesterday was the day!

Added a bunch of faux stitching, some cute little Baker's Twine bows around their necks, and isn't that the perfect sentiment from Pink by Design?!?!?



Snips & snails & puppy dog tails

I am SOOOO in LOVE with how this card came out!!! It is for the mom-to-be of a baby shower that a friend and I are hosting tomorrow after church. She is having a little boy (in case you didn't guess from the card!) This idea popped into my head tonight - and just in time, since I didn't have much time left to make it! Still need to cut some stuff out to decorate the diaper cake with, but that will be next! Also going to enter this in the A - Z project at Getting Cricky with K Andrews.

So...all the cuts are from Nate's ABC's...one of my all time FAVORITE cartridges!!! (I can't wait to get Kate's ABC's!!!) I welded the letters on my Gypsy using the font on Nate's ABC's, and covered them with Glossy Accents. The snail and the dog have some dots on them, and then I pop-dotted them from the background. Added some corners cut from my Fiskars corner punch, with a bit of Glossy Accents on them as well, and finished by using zip dry glue to attach some Baker's Twine around the edges.

 

Birthday Card for my 2 year old niece

Yesterday was my niece's 2nd birthday, so I wanted to make a sweet girly card for her...I also wanted to use my newest cartridge, Nate's ABC's. So...I just picked a cut and used lots of pink!

Distressed the edges of the background paper with my Tim Holtz distress tool - works so good, and is really inexpensive! I love it! Also inked the edges of all the cuts with brown ink. Added a sentiment from Pink by Design, and some faux stitching. Finished off with a little Baker's Twine bow at the top.



You Make the Grade Valentine

Well, here is the final day of the week before Valentine's Day cards for my hubby. I know this doesn't look much like a Valentine card - but it is to let him know how much I love his drive to learn and grow! He is one of the smartest people I know, and I love that I can go to him if I have a question, and he will most likely know the answer. I can also send our daughters to ask their Daddy when they ask the weird and difficult questions that they seem so good at coming up with! He is in college right now, as well as working full time - and I appreciate how hard he is working to do well at that, as well as still being a husband and father. And I love best of all watching and listening to him read God's Word - and then continue on to live by it each and every day.

So for this card, I used Nate's ABC's, and added a TON of inking, a sentiment from Pink by Design, and couple little heart stamps from my stash to add around the edges. Quick and simple!!!