Cricut 360 Blog Hop

Welcome to Houses Built of Cards - and one of the stops along the Cricut 360's Spooky Halloween Blog Hop. I'm a bit of a twist along the way, since my family and I don't celebrate Halloween...so I made a little different card to meet the requirements!

If you have just arrived here from Jo then you're in the right spot!!! If you just happened along here and want to go back to the beginning and join in the entire hop, then head back to Cricut 360 for all the details! Make sure to check out each design team member along the way for inspiration, and to collect the clue words along the way to play along in this weeks challenge. There will also be prizes along the way at some of the Design Team's blogs, as well as a GRAND PRIZE - a Freshly Picked cricut cartridge if you link up your project at Cricut 360! Fun, right?

Here is what I came up with for the theme. I used Elegant Edges for the background shapes, and Nursery Rhymes for Little Miss Muffet. The sentiment is from Scrappy Mom's stamps. I did lots of inking with black ink to make it pop. I love the PURPLE background, don't you? (hint: that is my clue word!)

I don't have a giveaway today, since I am celebrating my first blogiversary next week, and have LOTS of giveaways planned for that! So you might want to visit next week and see what is going on!

Now it's time to hop on over to Darlene and see what she has waiting for you! Don't forget to link up your project on Cricut 360 when you find all of the clue words! Here is the blog hop line up in case you get lost:

Sonia

Patty

Diana

Barb

Stacey

Sonya

Jo

                       Heather (You are here)

Darlene

Leirad

Lisa

Have a great weekend!



Exciting morning...and some CHOCOLATE!!!

So...I got up this morning, and while doing my usual morning check of the Cricut Circle blog, I saw that they had listed the winners of the May montly challenge. I proceeded to read right past my own name, before doing a double take, and realizing THAT was MY name!!! Yep...I won a new Cricut Expression 2 Anniversary Edition!!!!!!! I don't think I have enough exclamation marks to say how excited I am!!!! I really wanted one of these, but since my E is working fine, there was absolutely NO way I could justify forking out the money for a new machine! I would have just felt too guilty and wasteful! However...I certainly won't complain about winning!!! Especially since my birthday was in May - what a GREAT gift!!!

Then, as I did my normal blog hopping, I noticed that my little sheep card that I entered into the All Things Unity challenge, was picked as one of the featured players for the challenge! One more little treat for the morning!

So...I came across one of the chocolate kits that I made and somehow missed posting on here around Mother's Day - so since this morning was full of treats, what better to add to it than CHOCOLATE, right? For this particular kit, the lettering came from Nursery Rhymes font, and the rest of the cuts are from Lacey Labels. I used lots of ink and Martha Stewart glitter, and a bit of ribbon and doodling. Hope you all have a special day full of fun surprises!!! (Maybe even chocolate!!!)



Chocolate Survival Kit #7

And here, I think, is the last one for today! This one is for the Throwback Thursday Challenge at My Creative Time - to use an older cartridge and make a 3D gift item.

This one started out with the wonderful background paper. I just loved the kraft and black polka dot paper that I found at Michael's the other night! Definately will be using that more often! The letters and the bottom image are from Nursery Rhymes, and the rose in the top right corner is from A Child's Year, the icon feature. It didn't have shadow on it, so I just made my own! Added some Crinkle Ribbon, some faux stitching, a few stick on pearls, and some Glossy Accents on the letters.



Chocolate Survival Kit #6

Another one! Are you getting tired of them yet?!?!? This one is for the challenge over at Whimsical Wednesdays - A Royal Celebration. I don't know if this looks royal enough, but I picked this color combo because one of my very good friends, who my girlies call their "auntie" has picked these for her wedding colors, and tells the girls that she has found her "prince charming!" So hopefully this fits the challenge okay!!!

The letters (big surprise) come from Nursery Rhymes, and all the rose cuts are from Shall We Dance, the Circle exclusive cart. Added some doodling and stick on pearls to finish it off!



Chocolate Survival Kit #5

Okay...here is the next one! This one is for the Let's Get Campy Challenge over at Getting Cricky with K Andrews!

For this one, the letters once again are from Nursery Rhymes, and the rest of the cuts are from Give a Hoot! Lots of doodling and faux stitching as well.



Chocolate Survival Kit #4

Hello! Thought I would take today to finish posting the rest of the Chocolate Survival kits I made for the craft fair this weekend! This one is for the challenge over at Scrappy Mom's Stamps to use the Paisley Cartridge!

The letters still are from Nursery Rhymes, the cat is from Paisley, and the flowers (I think) are from Sweet Treats? They are leftover from another project that I did a while back. They were covered with Glossy Accents and glitter with a pearl stuck in the center. Inked the edges of everything in this one. Thanks for looking!



Mothers are the best flowers picked...

As I was flipping through Cricut cartridge manuals on my computer yesterday, I saw this cut from Nursery Rhymes...and instantly though of My Creative Time's Mom You Rock stamp set - and this sentiment just seemed perfect for it! So...I had to throw it together real quick - while I was inspired! I am also entering it in the Mom's the Word Challenge at Fantabulous Cricut, to use the word mom, mother, mum etc... on a project.

So...all cuts came from Nursery Rhymes. The sentiment was from Emma's stamp set "Mom You Rock." Added some doodling, some stick on black pearls, and some cute little pom-pom ribbon.



Mother's Day Gift #2 - Chocolate!

Okay...here we go with post number 2!

This one I am entering in two challenges as well: Creative Cutter Room's Design Time Thursday Challenge, to use all of the required elements from the Design Team Member's blogs, and Flaunt it Friday's - Cindy Loo, anything goes!

For this kit, the letters also were cut from Nursery Rhymes, welded together on my Gypsy. The mushrooms are from Cindy Loo, and the sunshine (with the cute Peachy face) is from Simply Charmed. I inked the edges of all the cuts, except the words. Added some Crinkle ribbon, LOTS of Prima flowers, buttons, stick on pearls, and some faux stitching around the edges.



Mother's Day Gift - Chocolate!

Hello! Guess I will be posting a LOT today, since I finally am getting caught up on some stuff and have a few challenges to post for...some of them ending today! Been working on Mother's Day gifts and such for a Craft Fair that I am doing this weekend. Been busy getting it all ready...amazing how much work it takes to prepare!

Anyway, this is the first of THREE that I have already completed. I am thinking of them as Mother's Day gifts, but really, they could be for just about anything: baby shower, birthday, bridal shower, anniversary, or just because! This first one I am entering in Peachy Keen's LFIF Mother's Day Challenge, as well as Scrapbookaholic by Abby's Challenge #4 -  Mother's Day with faux stitching.

Sorry for all the pictures - wanted to give plenty of detail! The words came from Nursery Rhymes cartridge, welded together with my Gypsy and coated in Glossy Accents. The strawberries, and bowl of strawberries is from Simply Charmed, and have Peachy Keen faces on them. Also put a bit of Glossy Accents on the eyes. I notices after I took these pictures that I forgot to color their tongues - so I DID take care of that! The strawberries and bowl are pop-dotted for dimension. Added some ribbon and faux stitching with my Sakura Glaze pen, and there you go!



Little girl sewing

I love this cut from Nursery Rhyme! This was another simple easel card that I made over the weekend. The centers of the flowers on the paper inspired the little button decorations on the inside. I just cut a small square of brown paper, folded all four corners to the center, and secured it with a brad. I kind of like the effect! Added some ribbon underneath those, and a Martha Stewart edge punch to add a border under that, a stamped sentiment to the front, and finally, pop-dotted the main image and the sentiment from the background. Thanks for looking!