CAS Fishes

This card is super easy and super simple to create.

The card base is 4 1/2"x6 1/4" and made of light blue card stock.  I then created a stencil using Cricut Design Space.  I used a 3 1/2" square, turned on its side, and attached some fish from the "Best of Pixar" Cricut cartridge.  I inked it in with aegean blue ink by Tsukineko.  The sentiment is from Jaded Blossom, the Fish On stamp set.

I made this for the following challenges:

CASology: cue word - stencil

Less is More: one layer card and at sea theme

CAS(E) this Sketch: sketch

Birthday Kitty

I made another kitty card today, this one for a birthday.

The card is 5 1/2"x4 1/4" and made of black card stock.  I cut a wood grain layer at 5 1/4"x4" and a grey polka dot layer at 4 1/4"x3."  I used the insert shape feature in Cricut Design Space to cut the circles and the stars.  The black circle is 3 1/4," the wood grain circle is 3," the larger star is 1 1/4," and the smaller star is 3/4."  I then  covered the stars with yellow glitter and popped up the smaller one with foam tape.

The banner in the background is from "The First Few Years" cartridge.  I cut it from silver glitter card stock at 1"x3."  The kitty is from SVG Cutting Files.  It is called Chunky Cat with Present and Party Hat.  I used foam tape to pop up the feet and also to pop up the kitty on the circle.  I also covered the eyes and nose with glossy accents.  I added some yellow pearls to the party hat as well.  I finished off the card with a sentiment from the So Many Birthdays stamp set by Jaded Blossom.

I made this for the following challenges:

City Crafter Challenge Blog: use a pet

Seize the Birthday: sketch

Crazy 4 Challenges: add some "pop" to your card (I popped up some of the elements)

Color Throwdown: color combination

Hulk Smash!

Isn't this such a fun card?

The card base is 5"x7" and made of black card stock.  I used the insert shape feature in Cricut Design Space to create the white blocks to make the comic book page look of the card. I inserted four squares, but changed their size with aspect ratio off to create rectangles. 

The Hulk is an svg from a blog hop from SVG Cutting Files, and is not available for purchase.  I cut it at 3 1/2."

The title is an image that I uploaded into Cricut Design Space and created into a cut file.  It is cut at 1 3/4."

The comic words on the right are from the "Word Collage" cartridge.  They are cut at 4 1/2"x2 1/4" (approximately) and I turned off the aspect ratio to get the size to fit the space.

The sentiment is from Scrappy Moms Stamps.  It is from the Fan-tastic! set.

I made this card for the current challenge at The Friday Mashup.  The challenge is to create a project with a superhero and a storybook layout.

Gift Bag

Here is a gift bag I made this year.  It's actually the only actual bag I made this year, the others are pre-made ones that I simply embellished.

The bag is from the Cricut cartridge "Tags, Bags, Boxes & More."  I just hid the window that is supposed to be in the front of the bag.  When assembled the bag is 6 1/2" tall.

I cut a white panel at 5 1/2"x3 3/4" and a snowy sky patterned panel at 5 3/8"x3 5/8."  I then used the insert shapes feature (circle) in Cricut Design Space to make my moon, it is 3 1/4."  I embossed it with the Spots and Dots Cuttlebug embossing folder.  I inked up the edges and lightly over the surface of my embossing with pumice stone Distress Ink by Tim Holtz.  The Santa and reindeer stamp is from Jaded Blossom, the Christmas Panels set.  I also used the coordinating svg to cut the outline.  I used foam tape to adhere it to my moon.  I used a stamp from My Craft Spot for the sentiment.  It is heat embossed with silver embossing powder.

Bad Ass Birthday Card

I made the coolest card today!!

Daryl Dixon, from "The Walking Dead," one of the biggest badasses on the show!

The card base and Daryl are from SVG Cutting Files.  The card base is called Wave Card Base.  I cut it so that, when folded, it is about 4 1/8"x5 1/2."  I inked around the edges of the card base with tea dye Distress Ink.  The strips were cut using a rectangle in Cricut Design Space.  I stretched it to be slightly longer than the card base, then cut it to follow the curve.  I distressed the edges of the blue strip and inked the edges of the white strip with tea dye Distress Ink.

Daryl is also from SVG Cutting Files.  He is a cut file you can get if you are a member of the SVG Cutting Files Galleria on Facebook.  I cut him at about 3 3/8" tall.  I used the offset feature in Silhouette to create a shadow, the offset was .15."  I distressed his jeans and the shirt.  I also added a little white ink around the vest.  I also used a white gel pen to add some detail to his eyes.  Finally, I strung the crossbow using some black thread.

The sentiments are from Jaded Blossom.  The "happy birthday" is from So Many Birthdays and "bad ass" is from Sassy Pants.

Phone Case Vinyl

Just recently my old decal on my phone started to fall apart, so I wanted to replace it.  I am a fan of the TV show, "The Walking Dead," and thought I would make something from the show to put on my phone.  What better image than the wings from the back of Daryl Dixon's vest?!  I think it turned out pretty nice.

The wings are a jpeg, that I converted into a cut file in Cricut Design Space.  I cut them twice.  The first was an outline in dark grey, which is a little hard to see against the black phone case.  The second was the insides of the wings in white.  I put the grey outline where I wanted it on the phone, then filled in all the spaces with the white pieces.

It Must Be Wedding Season

It is that time of the year where it seems everyone is getting married.  My cousin is, in August, but I already posted the picture of the card I made for him.  My husband's cousin is getting married at the end of July, but we can't make it out to the wedding since it is in Oregon.  So, I made a card that we can send along with a gift card.

The card is 5 1/2"x4 1/4" and made of ivory card stock.  I cut a purple square at 4."  The music note card stock is 3 7/8" square and I cut the heart out twice, once at 2" and once at 1 3/4."  I got rid of the larger one so the purple would show through.  The smaller one is popped up with foam tape.  The hearts and squares are shapes from Cricut Design Space.  The sentiments are from My Craft Spot, the Happily Ever After set.

This other wedding card was made a while ago, but I just never got around to posting it.  I made it as a commission for a friend of mine who needed a wedding card for her cousin's wedding.  Her only request was a "tie the knot card," literally where a knot is tied when the card is opened. 

The card is 5 1/2"x4 1/4," when folded.  It is a gate-fold style card.  The wedding dress and tuxedo are from "Sweethearts."  Both are cut at 5."  The wedding dress is embossed with a Cuttlebug embossing folder, but I no longer remember which one.  I also added a few pearls to the dress and tux.  I used some baker's twine to create the knot and printed out the sentiment on the computer.