Cricut 360 Challenge #2 - Circle Thank you card

Hello - and welcome to week two and another great challege over at Cricut 360! Thank you to everyone who participated along with us and joined us for our first challenge - we hope you will join us again! I had so much fun browsing through all the entries - so much great talent and inspiration!!! This week, your challenge is to make a circle shaped thank you card. Here is what I made:

Because my Gypsy is on it's way to Provocraft to get replaced (insert sad face...) I was trying to figure out how to make a circle card. Kind of funny, but I forgot that there were cartridges that already had circle cards on them - and I didn't need my Gypsy to weld them together! (Hahaha...funny how easy it is to get stuck in a rut!) Anyway, one of those cartridges is Birthday Bash...and I happened to glance at my Scrappy Mom's stamps and saw the "Tons of thanks" sentiment...and just like that, I knew the elephant from Birthday Bash was PERFECT!!! I added lots of faux stitching on him, pop-dotted his ear for fun, and then couldn't resist, I put him on an Action Wobble! It was hard to get an action shot with the wobble, since the card kept wanting to roll away! So...I borrowed my daughters hand to hold it steady:

Finished off with a bit more doodling around the edges, and a bit of Baker's Twine on the side.

TONS of THANKS to you for stopping by today!!! Now...I want to see what you make - so go link up your circle thank you card at Cricut 360 for a chance to win this weeks prize:

Unity Friends with Flair and Moxie Fab World Stamp It! Cards Week Challenge

Happy Friday - and welcome to another Unity Friends with Flair! Head to the Unity Blog and read all the details! I also made this for the Moxie Fab World Stamp It! Cards Week Challenge - to make a card using stamping as the predominant element. Make sure and check it out as well! And finally, I am entering this over at the Unity Opportunity Challenge Blog - to use Ippity or Unity stamps and one of their encouraging quotes - I believe this one qualifies!

For this card, I used (of course!) Unity Stamps. I colored my image with Prismacolor pencils, then blended it with odorless mineral spirits. Went a little crazy with the machine stitching, but it was lots of fun! And see that fun little flower? I LOVE how that came out! I hand cut out some leaves from felt, and stitched down the center, and made the flower out of tear drop shaped dew drops! Added a bit of yellow felt for the center of the flower. I think it is SOOO fun!

Make sure and leave a comment...you never know if you will be the lucky winner of some fabulous random Unity stamps!!!

Simple Cowboy birthday card

Yesterday morning, as I got ready to leave the house for a busy day, I remembered I hadn't made a birthday card yet for my best friends oldest son - age 11 - and we were going to his birthday party after our other errands and appointments!!! So...ten minutes before I needed to leave, I sat down and started this one. Can't remember the last time I made a card in 10 minutes, but I actually DID it on this one! Not only that, but I'm actually VERY happy with how it came out!

The circle was cut out from Birthday Bash (I believe), the cowboy boots are from a Unity Stamp set I got recently called Brave Girl Boots, and the ribbon banners are just paper that I trimmed in strips with my paper cutter, and hand cut the edges. Punched two holes next to the boots, threaded some jute cord through and added a button for fun. Inked the edges of everything, and added a sentiment from My Creative Time.



Birthday Card for my niece!

Good morning! I hope everybody had a fun holiday weekend! I was so grateful for the sunshine we finally got to enjoy! 'Bout time for summer to get here!

Today I wanted to share a card I made for my cute little niece's 3rd birthday. I am especially proud of it, since I used my Cricut without my Gypsy (that is broken and going to be replaced soon!). So grateful for my E2...cause at least I had the screen to work with!

All cuts were from the Lite cartridge called Meow, including the tag. I added some wiggly eyes, some Baker's twine on the tag, and some faux stitching. I also pop-dotted the kitty from the tag for a bit of dimension. Finished off with a sentiment from Scrappy Mom's Stamps, and another sentiment from Emma's My Creative Time.



Moxie Fab Beautiful Borders!

We just got back from a wonderful family trip to Calgary Alberta, and yesterday was my first day home to play with my scrappy stuff! Oddly, it took me most of the day to come up with something - I was getting worried that I had been gone too long! But when I saw this challenge - Beautiful Borders at Moxie Fab World - I had just the nudge I needed! The challenge was to use borders in a new and innovative way.

I started off with my background page, and did some machine stitching around the outside. I then used the reverse side of my patterned paper (perfect match that way!) and cut a yellow border with a Martha Stewart border punch. The plain strips are the scraps that come out when you punch a border! I added some machine stitching to attach those as well. For the banners, I used another Martha Stewart border punch and cut each section apart. Matted them on felt, and hand cut a felt background. Did some more machine stitching to attach, added some Baker's Twine and a button, and glued them on my card base. Finished off witha sentiment from Scrappy Mom's stamps, and three little stick on pearls.

Cricut 360 - Date Night Invitation

Hello, and welcome to my first Design Team post for Cricut 360 - an AWESOME new challenge blog!!! To join in the challenge, and for a chance at the monthly prize, all you have to do is make an invitation of any kind (birthday, wedding, concert - use your imagination!) and link up on the Cricut 360 blog! Here is what you can win this week:

For my card, I decided to make an invitation for my husband - for a romantic date night! When you have kids, you learn REALLY quickly to treasure those opportunities!!! And it is something we try to make time to do as often as possible, knowing that we need to keep our relationship as a priority as well.

Anyway...for my card, I used the silhoette of the couple from Sweethearts cartridge. Inked the edges of the yellow shadow, and added some doodling, before pop-dotting from the background. I then cut the tag shape from Once Upon a Princess, and inked the edges of it as well. The sentiment is from a random stamp in my stash (possibly by Fiskars?) I used some felt for the banner, hand cut and glued down with Zip Dry glue. Added some Baker's Twine to the banner, and used some to attach the tag with the sentiment. Finished off with a litttle bit of doodling around the outside edge. 

Thanks for stopping by - now go link up your own invitation!!! Can't wait to see what you create!!!

Unity Friends with Flair - you hold the key...

It's Friday again!!! Welcome to Unity Friends with Flair Friday!!! Hop on over to the Unity Blog to see all the fantastic creations, and for a chance to win some fabulous stamps!!!

For this card, I used the May Kit of the Month, my Tim Holtz distress tool, and LOTS of Distress ink!!! Yep...went a little ink crazy here! Added some Jute cord for a finishing touch. Thanks for stopping by - make sure and leave a comment for a chance to win - and then link up your Unity project for another chance to win!