Teacup Reindeer

I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving.  I got some time off, but only a little.  Thursday was the only day I didn't have to work or go to school, so yipee!  Today, I just really wanted to do some crafting, so I made this cute little tag:

The tag is from the "Sweet Treats" cartridge.  It is cut at 4.23"x2.38."  

The reindeer in the mug is from SVG Cutting Files, it is called Reindeer Mug.  I cut it at 3/18."

The sentiment is from Jaded Blossom, the Hello Deer set.

I finished off the tag with some glossy accents on the eyes and mouth, x-mas red Stickles on the nose, some doodling with a white gel pen, and red gems.

I made this for the following challenges:
Die Cuttin' Divas: tag, bag, or box
Cardz TV: Christmas gift tag

Birthday Cards

I made a couple of birthday cards the other day.  One is for my mother to give to my grandpa for his 90th birthday, I still have to make one for me to give him though.  The other is for my brother.

 

Here is the one for my grandpa:

 

I used Sweet Treats for the the number candles.

 

 

Here is the one for my brother:

The hippo and balloons are from the Silhouette Studio and the sentiment is from Scrappy Moms Stamps.



Sweet Thank You

This is a 5 1/2"x4 1/4" card. I cut some white cardstock 1/2" smaller, then embossed it with the Thank You folder and my Cuttlebug. I wrapped it with some printed ribbon. I cut a 2 1/2" cupcake from Sweet Treats. I doodled on the cupcake icing and covered it with some glossy accents, I also added some crystal Stickles to the hearts. I used pop-dots to adhere the heart to the cupcake and the cupcake to the card. I used a label Nestie to cut the top portion, then stamped it with my sentiment.
I made this card for the following challenges:

• Cricut Cardz: thank you card using hearts and no red or pink



• Fantabulous Cricut: cupcake or other baked good



• Peachy Keen: sketch

Here's the Scoop

Wow, I haven't posted in a while! I have been quite busy lately. Not only do I have my usual routine: work, gym and all that; but I'm getting ready for a garage sale and I have to work on some invitations for my cousin's daughter's first birthday. So much on my plate, but I wanted to make something quick for a few challenges. This is a 4 1/2"x6" card. I used light brown cardstock for the card base, then cut some polka dotted cardstock for the bottom half. I then wrapped it with some printed ribbon. The ice cream cone is from Sweet Treats, cut at 5 1/2." I embossed the cone with the Tiny Mosaic folder and the white ice cream layer is covered in micro beads. I stamped my sentiments, both of which are from Fiskars, in rich cocoa ink by Tsukineko. I then rounded their corners and matted them with some pink cardstock, which is 1/8" larger than the white layer. I used pop-dots to adhere the "here's the scoop" sentiment. For the inside of the card, I cut some pink and white cardstock 1/4" smaller than the previous layer and stamped the "thanks for all you do" sentiment in the same ink as the front.
I made this card for the following challenges:

• 365 Cards: "Day 147" - 1/2 polka dot, 1/2 solid background


• Paper Cutz: anything goes


• BBTB2: Sweet Treats cartridge - ice cream


• Cupcake Inspirations: cupcake photo (see below)
  
  
  

Happy Birthday Cupcake!

I feel like I have been neglecting my crafting lately when I look at my blog. I have been doing some crafting, but it is for a project for my friends' wedding, so I am not posting picture for a while yet. I have also been working on getting my house prepped for construction next week. We are getting a new heating/air conditioning system, so we are taking down the drop ceiling in the basement. I will probably be quite busy in the next week or so, but I will craft and post as much as I can. Now, on to today's project:
This card is 5 1/2"x4 1/4." I used a dark purple cardstock for the base, then cut some dark pink cardstock at 5 1/4"x4." The glittery white cardstock is cut at 5"x3 3/4" and embossed with the Seeing Spots folder. I wrapped and tied it with some pink ribbon. The cupcake is cut at 2 1/2" from Sweet Treats. I used a paper crimper on the cupcake wrapper. I stamped my sentiment, which actually two different stamps, or parts of them anyways. I then cut it to fit and matted it with some dark purple cardstock, cut 1/4" larger. I adhered the sentiment to the card base, then used pop-dots to adhere my cupcake.

I made this card for the following challenges:

• 365 Cards: "Day 76" - Super Sketchy Sunday sketch


• Birthday Sundaes: use at least 3 circles


• Cooking with Cricut: two shades of pink and cupcake/cake

Floral Thank You

This card is 5"x5." The card base is made with cardstock from the Old World Stack by DCWV. I wrapped it with two pieces of pink grosgrain ribbon. I cut two circles from Mother's Day Boquet, one in dark blue at 3 1/2" and one in white at 3." I then adhered them to the card in between the two pieces of ribbon. The heart is from Sweet Treats and I made it into a tag by punching a hole in it. I inked it with some sunflower yellow ink by Tsukineko. I then added some more pink grosgrain ribbon to it. I stamped the sentiment on it, which is from Fiskars, using night sky ink by Tsukineko. The flowers are all cut from Mother's Day Boquet. I inked the edges of them all to give them dimension and layered them together. The pink flower has two layers of pop-dots on it to lift it up, the blue flower has one layer and the yellow one is adhered right to the card base. I finished it off with a ladybug button and added a little trail for it with a blue marker. I made this card for the following challenges:

• 365 Cards: "GHI" - Grosgrain, Heart, Ink


• Jitterbuggin': sketch, Cricut flower


• Just Us Girls: baja breeze, so saffron, soft sky, pink pirouette


• For Fun Challenges: flowers & sentiment


• The Paper Variety: "Tic, Tac, Toe" - 2+ flowers, tag, stamped sentiment


• Die Cuttin' Divas: garden cut


• Celebrate the Occasion: thank you, have a tag on project

You're So Sweet

I made this 4 1/2"x6 1/4" card from black cardstock. I then trimmed some white cardstock at 4 1/4"x6" and then embossed it using the Polka Dots embossing folder. I then cut some black cardstock at 2 3/4"x5 3/4," glittery red cardstock at 2 1/2"x5 1/2" and some white cardstock at 2 1/4"x5 1/4." I layered them all on the card base. I then cut four cupcakes from Sweet Treats at 1 3/4." I embossed the white part of the cupcakes with the D'vine Swirls folder. I used Sweethearts for the red flower, which I then edged with x-mas red Stickles. I cut the "you're" from Lyrical Letters. It was actually part of the "You're the best" sentiment, and I just cut out the "you're" part. The "so sweet" part of the sentiment came from Once Upon a Princess. I placed some red gems in the corners and I added some glittery flower stickers to the cupcakes and in the top right corner. I used pop-dots to adhere the cupcakes to the card base.

I made this card for the following challenges:

Die Cuttin' Divas: "Love is in the air"

Tuesday Morning Sketches: sketch #80

Crafty Creations: "3 Little Words" - use 3 words on your creation

Jitterbuggin': black, white, red creations; any sketch; and three hearts

For Fun Challenges: your project must contain hearts

Cooking With Cricut: hearts & flowers

The Paper Variety: cupcakes

Sweet Birthday

This card makes me hungry for something sweet! I made this for the Cuttlebug Spot challenge, which is to make something inspired by the fair or carnival. I know that whenever I go to a fair I go for the food. I get cotton candy, ice cream, pretzels, hot dogs and so on. Mmm...makes me want to go to a fair! This is also for Cupcake Inspirations, I used the colors for this one. I am also entering this in the challenge at Crafting With Cristina, which is to make something for a birthday. Finally I used the sketch from 365 Cards Sunday sketch challenge. I know it is a little late, but I liked the sketch and since I got home so late on Sunday I didn't get a chance to use it then. This is a 5"x7" card, made out of a glittery green paper. I used some purple cardstock and ran it through the Happy Birthday embossing folder. I used some Glossy Accents on some of the embossed images. I put a ribbon on the bottom and adhered it on the green card. I cut the sundae from Sweet Treats and ran the ice cream through the D'vine Swirls embossing folder. I used Glossy Accents on the sundae sauce. The pretzel is from From My Kitchen and I ran it through the Swiss Dots embossing folder. I used a white gel pen to ink the embossed dots for the salt. I made the cotton candy using my Gypsy. I flipped and enlongated a triangle for the cone and I just welded a bunch of cirlces together for the cotton candy. I then flocked it with some pink flocking powder. When I got done with it I was ready to start eating it, it looks very real in person. The inside is stamped with a stamp from my stash.

Flower Thanks

This is a card I made that fulfills three challenges. I used the color challenge from Picture Perfect Creations. Their colors were cajun craze, baja breeze, rich razzleberry, and regal rose. I would never have chosen these colors together, but I really like how they work. It was definitely a fun challenge to put these colors together in a way I liked. I used Mojo Monday's sketch challenge for the layout of my card. I really liked this sketch and thought there were so many options for it. My theme came from Paper Playtime. Their challenge this week was "Flower Power," you could take that however you wanted: hippies, 60's, gardens, bouquets, etc. I decided to literally go with flowers, a lot of them. My background paper is stamped with Tsukineko Memento Bahama Blue ink with a Hero Arts stamp called Heart Flower Border. I used George and Basic Shapes to cut the circles and squares. The large blue circle is embossed with my Cuttlebug using the Stylized Flowers folder. I used Sweet Treats to cut out the other flowers. The two flowers in the sqares are cut at 1 1/2" and the middle flower is cut at 2 1/4." I cut the "Thanks" at 1" using Gypsy Wanderings. I then added some pink pearls and grape Stickles. I wasn't sure on this one as I was putting it all together, but I really like how it all turned out in the end.

Hip, Hip, Hooray!

Here's a card for the Cricut Cardz Challenge, where the challenge this week was to create a card using the actual card feature on your choice of cartridge. You could also pick any colors or any theme for your card. I chose to use the cartridge Sweet Treats. I really liked this present and decided to use it to make a fun birthday card. I haven't been using purple a whole lot lately, so I chose this as my main color. I also loved this fun patterned paper that I had in my stash. I cut the present at 8" out of the dark purple and used the patterned paper to cut the base of the present and a light purple for the box top. I liked the "hip, hip, hooray " sentiment on this cartridge and cut it out at 2" in the dark purple with the shadow feature. Then I cut out the normal one in a plain purple, one hip out of light purple and the hooray out of a glittery yellow. I used some K&Company flowers to decorate the present. On the inside I just wrote "it's your birthday." I did some doodling on the package and I like how it all came together. Enjoy!

Sweet Thank You

This was such a fun card to make. I made it for five different challenges. The first was Fantabulous Cricut, where we were challenged to make a cool, yummy treat and make a shape card (that was optional). My favorite treat is ice cream so I just had to make this one from Sweet Treats. The second challenge was Picture Perfect Creations, that one was a color challenge to use brown, white, red & pink. The third challenge was Critter Sketch Challenge Blog which was to create a project with a thank you theme. So I made my card a thank you card. The tag is a "Thank You" stamp I have and on the inside I wrote "for being so sweet!" The fourth challenge was Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge, which was to use seven of something, I used seven flat backed pearls as a "garnish" on top of my ice cream cone. My final challenge was at Pile It On. The challenge there is a holiday with twist, where we are supposed to use holiday colors for non-holiday card. I used these Valentine's Day colors on a summery, thank you card. I also used my Cuttlebug on the cone and ice cream layers. Hope you enjoy!