Cross Fit Baby Card

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One of my good friends does cross fit.  And someone in her class was going to have a baby.  So my friend asks if I can make a cross fit baby card.

I am not going to lie and say I didn't go on Pinterest for ideas-because I totally did.  And there aren't any.  LOL!  So somewhere in my head I had this vision to put a baby on a set of bar bells.

My next obstacle was that the silhouette store didn't have any baby svg files that I liked.  Weird, huh?  So I dusted off the ol' cricut-and ta da!  This card was born ;)

This is a great baby die cut form Cricut.  But don't give it a month-it makes it not cute anymore.  At least when I tried to give it a mouth LOL!  :)

I am entering this card into:

the Anything Goes Challenge at Simon Says Stamp-Wednesday Challenge.

And the Anything Goes Challenge at Watercolor Wednesday

Thank you for stopping by!  Until next time my friends....keep working out! :)

Cute Halloween Card

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At House of Cards this month we are all about die cuts!  I'm on the Cute team so here is what I came up with:

This cute bear in a costume is from the Create a Critter 2 Cricut cartridge.  This cartridge is one of my favorites-there are so many great images!

The twine is Maya Arts, the word stickers are Tim Holtz, and the papers on the background and behind the bear are from DCWV.  

Thanks for stopping by, and I hope we see your card!

Until next time my friends, have a bear-ific day! ;)

Favorite Things Friday-Electric Die Cutting Machine

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It's Friday and it's time for our Favorite Things!  This week we are celebrating Electric Die Cutting Machines.  For Christmas my husband gave me a Cricut Expression 2.  It replaced the first one that Cricut came out with.  It was a wonderful surprise and I love it!

I love the craft room too!  What is your favorite machine?  Link up it here and let us know! 

Thanks for stopping by!  Until next time my friends...have a wonderful day! :)

Shark Time

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I made this little card for a one of my son's friends who is having a birthday.  He loves sharks and that is the theme of his birthday.  So I was looking through my Life is a Beach Cricut Cartridge  and cut this shark card out.

It's 3.5 by 3.5.  For the water I took a piece of clear scraps (which comes in sheets but is thicker than a transparency but you can cut it and emboss it etc) and added alcohol inks to it.  I do think that Ranger's alcohol inks are magical.  Each time is a different result.  I took two blues and the silver and inked the applicator and then there is water.  :)

I used a Faber-Castell white PITT artist pen to outline the shark.  Maya Arts twine outlines the card.

I added a googly eye and a birthday hat and now he is ready to party!

I went on YouTube to see how to make an envelope for it.  I have the Martha Stewart score thing with the envelope and was able to get the measurements and see how to do it.  (Which is easy by the way) :)

I am entering this cute lil' shark into the following challenges:

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge: Magic-Alcohol Inks are magical.  (and so is my cricut really!) :)

Catch the Bug:  June Anything Goes

Thank you for stopping by!  Until next time my friends...I'm ready for some cake and ice cream! :)

Birthday Wagon

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I made this card for a sweet little birthday guy today.  He turns 5.

I used my Cricut and the Boys Will Be Boys cartridge for everything here.  The wagon, the pirate hat and sword (which I used tarnished brass distress paint to paint the sword part which I cut on white cardstock), and the video game controller.  Ideally, it was supposed to be a Wii controller but my son didn't recognize it like that.  Hopefully, the little guy's mom did! ;)

I am linking this up to the Birthday Challenge at Cut It Up: #43.

Thanks for stopping by!  Until next time my friends-yay for birthday! :)

The Table Layout

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It feels like it has been forever since I posted something crafty!  We had family and friends visit over the last few weeks.  So since things have quieted down I am back to scrappin'!

I didn't know what I wanted to do-but I had to do something.  So I have a handful of pictures left to scrap for my husband's birthday in 2012.

So I created this layout:

I just started diggin out paper and moustache stuff!  Here's the journaling.  (You may have to enlarge it.)  The grey strip of 'stache's are Studio G washi tape.  And I used my Going Places Cricut cartridge for the knife and fork circle.

This is a die cut from Tim Holtz.  I used brown cardstock and inked it with black ink.

The circle and moustache are both Kaiser craft wood pieces.  I used fire brick distress ink for the circle and an orange gelato for the 'stache.

I'm sorry this came out blurry.  It looked ok on the camera.  And I realllllly  wanted to post this tonight so here we go.  :)  Tim Holtz's bingo piece and ticket.  The 18 is for my hubby's birthday.  It is hard for me to use a number that does not tie into whatever I'm scrapping.  Does anyone else have this problem?  The moustache and heart are brads.  

I am lucky because there are a couple of challenges that this fits into.  Usually I find the challenge first but this time I went rogue!  LOL!

Cut It Up Challenge: #41 Anything Goes with a Die Cut--The Title (Cricut Alphabet), Hand (Tim Holtz/Cuttlebug), and Fork and Knife Circle (Going Places Cricut)

Brown Sugar #86:  Anything Goes

And remember if you are looking for a birthday challenge--go over to Scrap It Girl and check out the details.  It runs until the end of the month! :)

Thank you so much for stopping by!  Until next time my friends...have a great night! :)

Queen of Hearts

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***I won a prize at {Pinspirational} for this card. Thank you!**

I feel like I have been MIA but I'm not-I have been working on my Valentine's.  It's Friday-I hope to have them in the mail by Wednesday! LOL!

Here is one Valentine's Day card featuring the Queen of Hearts from Disney's Alice in Wonderland.  I used my Cricut machine to make her.  I had to use white cardstock for her skin and colored it with Copics.

The hearts are from the same cartridge Disney Classics and actually the same page.  I really like them and might cut some more.  Her eyes look a little funny because of how they get cut out.  But don't mind them haha!

Here is a side ways version.  I pop dotted the Queen over the hearts.  I used a swirl (Old Stephanie Bernard stamp) at the bottom.  The paper is from Pink Paisley-Cottage Farms.

The inspiration for this card came from the the challenge at {Pin}spirational Challenge.  It's this picture:

I am also linking this card up to Cut It Up: #38 Valentine's Day.

There are so many things you could do for this--books, use the colors like for a Christmas card, etc.  I chose to dive into the Alice book and take out a character.  :)

--Remember if you are making Valentine's Day things with Hearts you can link up to the Scrap It Girl Challenge too! :)

Thank you for stopping by!  Until next time my friends...time for more pink and red! :)

Sushi Layout

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Happy New Year!  I remember last year I was so good.  I had goals and was ready to go on January 1st.  This year here is my 2nd post and it's already the 10th!  How did that happen?  Not to mention Valentine's Day is almost only a month away.  Eek!

Well I have reset my Scrapbook goals as a 100 pages.  And I would like to make 114 cards (the whole 2014 year thing is how I came up with 114-weird I know).  So last year I only made 57 scrapbook pages out of 100.  So this year I am going to work harder toward reaching my scrappin' goal.

So here is the first of many hopefully for 2014:

I am submitting it to the Let's Get Sketchy Challenge.  

Here is this week's sketch:

Here is a close up sort of.  The chevrons or I guess they may be more like zigzags are from my new Cricut machine that I got for Christmas.  I saw them on there and had to use them.  And then this sketch came out.  Kismet! :)  I used a couple of different rub-ons here but the ones that are Asian are from Dove of the East.  I don't know if they are still around but they made some cool cool papers and rub-ons.  

I used a 7 Gypsies 12X12 as the background and as the printed zigzag.  The postcard paper is from DCWV.  I also used some Tim Holtz and Recollections washi tape.  

Thanks for stopping by!  Until next time my friends....what are you doing for lunch?

A Moving Card

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Tonight I made a card for the challenge going on at Inkspirational.  It's for my sister who moved not too long ago.  My mom-in-law was sweet enough to lend me the Beyond Celebrations Cricut Cartridge to use this image on it.  But I didn't really have the mojo until I saw the color combo challenge at Inkspirational.

I am also entering this card in the Anything Goes Challenge at Catch the Bug.

It's a simple card but fun to make.  I cut the first image out of white cardstock and then the second image which was a shadow out of black cardstock.

Here's the cool part-I colored them with gelatos.  All 3 colors came from the 50's diner set.  And I just rubbed the gelatos with my finger.  No water.  I like how the edge around the card turned out.  Maybe next time I will add a bit more color.  I was trying not to over do it-which I am more that capable of doing-LOL!  The letter stickers are from Dear Lizzy.

Here are the colors.  And there is still time to play along-this challenge closes Monday evening some time.

Thanks for stopping by!  Until next time my friends...stay crafty! :)

Gelato Balloons

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I've been a little busy!  There is a challenge going on right now at All Beautiful Cards (ABC Challenges.  The challenge ABC42 is not to use flowers on your cards.

So for this card I used my gelatos.  These colors are all from the 50's diner set. I love the colors in this set, don't you? 

I used a Happy Birthday background stamp from Hero Arts and white embossed the background.  Then using the different colors in the set, I colored (with a little water) parts of the background to make the embossing show through.  I die cut the balloons from the Cricut machine (Celebrations cartridge) and colored each balloon with the gelatos.  

I used Maya Road twine and pop dotted the balloons.  And no flowers! ;)

Thank you for stopping by!  Until next time my friends...have a great day! :)

Birthday Pirate

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I made a card this morning for a little guy's birthday today.

I used the sketch and theme at House of Cards for the inspiration of this card.  I used the Boys will be Boys cartridge on my Cricut for this little pirate.  The background is a Hero Arts stamp.  I had to ink the edges too.  I had too! :)

Here is a close up of the lil' pirate.  I pop dotted the spellbinders circle so the ribbon could go under it.  I actually cut his body out of white cardstock and colored it with a Spectrum Noir marker TN2.

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

House of Cards: Cute and Fun and Sketch

The Male Room: Challenge #1 Anything Goes

2 Creative Chicks: Challenge #5 Anything Goes for Kids

Thank you for stopping by!  Until next time me mateys....rrrrrrrrr you gonna have some cake? ;)

Think Vacation!

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Summer is in full force!  Nice warm weather and afternoon showers :) and I love everything about it!  That's why I couldn't pass up this week's challenge at Inkspirational.  It was a color challenge and these colors are all summer to me.  Here's my card:

Here is the challenge: #23 Color Challenge.

My hibiscus is from the Life is a Beach cartridge (I think this one's my favorite!).  Then I used orange and yellow stickles to add a bit of glitter.  The sentiment is from Technique Tuesday Stamps.  My sister got them for me for Christmas and this is the first time I am using this set.  Better late than never :)  I used orange embossing powder for the sentiment also.  I used a hexagon embossing folder to add a bit of texture behind my flower.

Thank you guys for stopping by today!  Until next time my friends...stay cool! :)

Beach Fun Layout

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Over at Let's Scrap it's National Scrapbook Month and it's so much fun!  I finally completed my first challenge.  I used the sketch from May 12, 2010.

I am also submitting this layout to the challenge at 2 Creative Chicks-the challenge is googly eyes.  All of the sea creatures in the banner have googly eyes, plus the pelican at the bottom.  :)

I used Bazzill cardstock, Dream Street Papers and Basic Grey for most of my papers.  I used the Life is a cartridge for most of the die cuts.  This layout was a lot of fun to create.  I added stickles to the hibiscus flowers, and I always wonder why I don't do that more often! :)

Thank you for stopping by!  Until next time my friends...get out the sunscreen-summer is coming! :)

Easter Layout

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This is a layout I made for the weekly challenge at Let's Scrap.  I love this layout becuase 1. it's very recent (which doesn't normally happen in my world!), 2. lot's of pictures, 3. I got to use up stuff I have had for awhile.  That I think might be the most exciting (kinda sad huh?) LOL.

The flowers on the side are from Fancy Pants-they are the felt ones that I just had to have back in the day.  Do you have any of these?  The egg paper is from Paper Pizzazz.  The pink flowers are from a ribbon I bought a Michael's a little while back.  The rick rac is from of those $1 spools (or they used to be $1).  The Easter drawings and journal cards are from We R Memory Keepers and I think those are pretty new, like I bought them last year.  I used my Cricut for the title.  And the 2013 are some green glitter stickers.

Thanks for stopping by!  Until next time my friends...time to craft some more! :)

Australia Day

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This week at For Fun Challenges we are celebrating our friends Down Under!  Sunday January 26th is Australia Day so this week's challenge is to use koala bears, kiwi, kangaroos or something else that is Australian.

I made a card using a koala bear.  I used the Zooballo cartridge for the Cricut to cut out the square with the koala bear.  I used mulberry paper to go behind the square and used a white frost Cat's Eye to brighten the frame.  The letters are cork squares that came with the letters printed on them, but I don't know where they came from (maybe the $1 store).  I brushed green Cat's Eye over the leaves on the tree.

I can't wait to see what you make for Australia Day!  Until next time my friends...Watch out for the Mozzies (mosquitos) Mates! :)

Plastic Bag Ribbon

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There is a challenge going on for another day or so at Cut It Up challenge.  It's challenge #9 Out with the old.  The challenge is to make a project using something from the house that you would not normally use in papercrafting.  Is that a recycle challenge?  Count me in!

**This card made the Top 3 Cut at Cut It Up! Thank you! :)

I am also linking up to the Catch the Bug Challenge: Anything Goes!

Now at Cut it Up you do have to-it's a must-use one thing-everybody has to use a die cut.  Which is a good thing because this means I get to use my Cricut.  So enough chit chat...here's my card:

The Earth is from the Travel cartridge from Cricut.  The ribbon is made from this plastic bag, an item not usually used in papercrafts.  I have been saving it because it's pink.  So I cut two strips and tied them together with a knot.  I wrapped it around the card and the two free ends made the bow.

Here is the inside of the card.  I used letters from a magazine for the sentiment.  Thank you so much for stopping by...until next time my friends...what are you going to use on your card?

Tidbit Tuesday-Lots of Pictures!

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It's still Tuesday here so there is still time to do a Tuesday Tidbit!  I wanted to post this earlier but you know how time can escape! :)

I LOVE the sketch this week at Let's Scrap.  The photo size is 2.5 X 2.5 inches.  Ever since I figured out that I had Epson software to make my own picture sizes-I welcome these sort of challenges.  I don't have the patience to figure it out in Photoshop Elements!

So here's the sketch:

To me it invites pictures and embellishments.  So here is my take on the sketch.  I sort of changed it a little bit.  I used 2 scrapbook kits that I had gotten at the Space Center at 2 different times.  The boy astronaut is from the Cricut Cartridge B is for Boy.  This is a perfect sketch for a bunch of photos that you may not scrap if they were bigger.

Here's a close up of the second page.  And the journaling block.

A lot of times I will make a collage print from Walgreens or Snapfish.  The downsize is that you can't pick where your photos go.  And it always seems that the one you think should be the biggest photo ends up the smallest.  This way all the photos are the same size.  Genius!

Thank you for stopping by!  Until next time my friends...this sketch is outta this world! :)

Pirate's Birthday

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Tonight I made a card for a little guy turning 2 tomorrow.  He's having a pirate themed birthday party so I thought this would be perfect!

I am submitting this card to a new challenge blog called Cut it Up.  The challenge is: Anything Goes.  You just need a die cut on your project-so go check it out.  There's still time to play! :)

This lil' pirate is from the Cricut Cartridge B is for Boy.

These are Scenic Route letters on the inside.

Thanks for stopping by!  Until next time my friends....the pirate's life's for me! (not really but it just seemed like the right thing to say at the time) ;)

Baby Girl Card-A Die Cut Challenge

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It's time for another challenge to celebrate my 1 year Blogiversary!  Tonight I made a card using my Cricut.  I was thinking about how die cuts get left by the wayside sometimes.  Well-not tonight my friends!  Either make some or get out the pre-made ones because that is what this challenge is about!  You can distress them, glitter them, what ever your heart desires-just let me know which is the die cut just in case! :)  And letters don't really count here.


So here's the deal:

1. Gotta be a Cut and Paste Pal
2. Deadline June 28th, Thursday at Midnight EST
3. Use a Die Cut for a card, scrapbook page, altered project, etc. (Letters don't count but images do!)
3.5 You can used punches too (and any die cut machine you have) :)
4. Must be a new project-no backlinking please
5. Link back to www.iliketocutandpaste.blogspot.com and encourage your friends to play!
6. Feel free to combine with other challenges
7. Link as many times as you like!
8. Have fun! :)

Here is my card using a die cut:

  The baby is from New Arrivals on the Cricut.  I used Cotton Candy Stickles on her bow and diaper.  The sentiment is from Little Yellow Bicycle.  And the rattle is from a button set.

And the prize!  The prize is this set of stamps from Jenni Bowlin and a package of die cuts from Girl's Paperie.  I will mail this Internationally so everyone can play!

 Until next time my friends...link up those creations!

Dinosaurs!-Scrapbook Layout

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This is the weekly sketch over at Let's Scrap.  I haven't made any pages in awhile so I was happy to see this sketch.  Cheri O'Neill created this lovely sketch.

Here is my layout based on the sketch.  I am not going to pretend that I am good at photographing layouts.  I'm not-however I am going to look at it as practice for every scrapbook page I post.  :)  I should get better eventually....although no matter how much I sing, I don't seem to improve ;)

Here's the first page.  I used the Cricut cartridge Boys will be Boys to make the dinosaur.  I gave him googly eyes.

The flying dinosaur (I know what it called but I don't think I can spell it.) is from My Mind's Eye.  The dinosaur paper  is from American Crafts.  It's rather a busy piece of paper so I like how I was able to use it here.  Cordination, Recollections, and Bazzill are the cardstocks that I used.

Here's the 2nd page.  The T-rex stickers at the top are from Creative Imaginations.  The ribbon that outlines the bottom of the yellow paper-I don't know what brand it is, I received it in a ribbon swap.  I think it gives some texture to the pages.

Here's my journaling.  I used the chicken scratch font produced proudly by me ;)

Thanks for stopping by!  Until next time my friends...remember objects are larger than they appear...(Jarassic Park)