Wednesday, June 30, 2010

Pink Stamper Challenge

Today the Pink Stamper posted a challenge using the colors pink, green, orange and brown.  I thought the colors sounded interesting and challenging so I got started!  After quite a while I finally came up with this:


The card base is a 5 1/4" x 5 1/4" square.  I used the Spots and Dots Cuttlebug folder to emboss the green paper.  I also used an EK Success punch on the bottom edge of the green paper.  

The monkey is from the Cricut Lite cartridge, B is for Boy.  It is cut at 3 inches. 


It's a sock monkey! I couldn't wait to use this for something but I didn't have any ideas until the challenge today! It is so cute! 
Here is a close-up of the dot paper:


You can see a little bit better that it has green, orange, pink and brown in it.  I had a lot of fun doing this card. I hope you enjoy it!

Independence Day Project

Fantabulous Cricut's Challenge Me Monday Project #16 is to design something Independence Day themed with a star shape.  This was the perfect challenge for me to work on because I needed to make a centerpiece for the 4th so the challenge gave me inspiration!! 


For this project, I used the Simply Sweet cartridge for all the stars.  I used my Gypsy to cut them at 4.66 x 3.71.  The star print paper is from DCWV (I think!) and the red and blue paper is  The Paper Company.  I used pop dots to adhere the little stars to the big stars for dimension!



The 4th of July is cut from the Independence Day seasonal cartridge.  I used my gypsy to cut it at 5.87 x 5.71.  I cut it out twice, using red paper and blue paper. I wanted everything to be more colorful so I cut out "of" and "July" from the blue paper and glued it to the red 4th of July cut out. 

The little bucket is from the dollar section at Target.  The sticks that each star is attached to are actually pencils that I found in the dollar section at Target, as well!  I filled the bucket with floral foam and stuck the pencils in and then I filled the bucket with scraps of paper that I cut up and crimped using my Fiskars crimper.

I hope everyone has a great holiday weekend!! Enjoy!

Friday, June 25, 2010

Love You!

This is the first project I made using a Cricut Lite cartridge.  I used the Sugar and Spice cart.  This cart has a lot more than just girly cuts, I really love the versatility of the cart!  The cuts are very basic but that's okay...I just did some extra layering.


I cut the birds at 3" using light blue textured paper.  I cut the birds again using light green paper, then I just cut off the birds.  The beaks, words and little heart in the O's are TINY! They were very hard to work with!

The card base is cut at A2 (small regular 5 1/2" x 4 1/4").  I used white cardstock for the base.  The first layer is the same dark brown as the beak and little base on the birds. The pink layer is embossed using the Cuttlebug D'vine Swirl folder.  I used Celebrate It, Basic Narrows ribbon. I love this particular ribbon, it reminds me of cherry blossoms in Japan (I used to live there). 

After using this cartridge I can't wait to try the other Cricut Lite cartridge I have, B is for Boy!

Wednesday, June 23, 2010

Cricut Lite

I just bought my first two Cricut Lite cartridges and I am so excited! I bought B is for Boy and Sugar and Spice. There were so many I wanted but I really liked these the best so I got these two first! I can't wait to make something with them. I will be sharing some new projects with you very soon!!

Friday, June 18, 2010

Father's Day Card

Here is a card I made for my Little Cupe to give to her Daddy! My Big Cupe (hubby) and I call my sweet little girl "Lowly Worm", the character from Richard Scarry.  She got this nickname because she had started to hop around all the time and it just reminded us of Lowly worm and how he hops around because he only has one foot!  The name stuck and now Little Cupe usually gets called some variation of Lowly Worm (low, lowly, lowlys, etc).  She has other nicknames too, which I am sure will come up in future posts!  Anyway, here is the card I made.
The card is A6 size.  All the paper I used is The Paper Company, I don't know which pack (sorry!) they came from.  The blue paper is textured with a Sizzix embossing folder called Dots and Diamonds.  The ribbon is from the dollar section at Target!


The worm (really a caterpillar, but I don't think Big Cupe will notice!) is from the Create-a-Critter cartridge (I really have been using this cart A LOT!). It's cut at 3 3/4".


I used my laser printer to print the wording from the front and inside of the card on the cardstock. I don't know if anyone is really interested in the font I used but it's Segoe Print.

I don't know if Little Cupe is going to give this card to Big Cupe, she saw it and declared that it was hers!

Wednesday, June 16, 2010

BBTB2 Fish Project

Bitten By The Bug 2 has a new project, which is to use the jumping fish from the Camping Out cartridge.  I don't have that cartridge so I used a different fish to make a card.  It just so happens that my Big Cupe's (hubby) cousin's daughter is having her second birthday party this coming weekend and her theme is Finding Nemo! Since there isn't a Finding Nemo Cartridge I just thought a cute fish would make a great card for her!


I used Wausau Paper Creative Collection, Classics Cardstock, for the fish. I don't recall the brand of paper for the turquoise and the white cardstock.  The paper colors of the fish are Galaxy Gold for the tail and fins, Orbit Orange for the body, and Goldenrod for the face. The fish is cut at 2 1/2", it is from the Create-a-Critter cartridge (I love this cart so much!!).  

The ribbon is Celebrate It, Dashes, Dots and Checks, it was on sale for $1 at Michael's this week.. The card is 5 1/2 by 4 1/4 (A2).  I used the Tiny Bubbles Cuttlebug Embossing Folder to emboss the turquoise paper.


I used Pop Dots to adhere the fish to the card, it gives it much more dimension!  I think it turned out perfect for a 2 year old's birthday! Hope you enjoy it too!

Tuesday, June 8, 2010

Moosing Around

Father's Day is still weeks away but I have been motivated to finish up my cards for Father's Day! Here's a card I made for my FIL. I wanted to make him a card with an outdoor theme because he loves the outdoors. We both also have an affection for Meese (that's plural for Moose! Hmmm...it's not? You're joking, right?!) so a single Moose it is!


I used dark green cardstock for the card and dark tan textured cardstock for the layer. The card size is A6.  I used the cuttlebug embossing folder "Forest Branches" to give it some extra dimension!


The moose is made with textured brown cardstock  and the antlers and shadow are made with regular cardstock from The Paper Company.  For the moose I used the Animal Kingdom cartridge cut at 3".  Simple and manly, yet very cute!!

Friday, June 4, 2010

Twinkle Toes

My niece, who is 4 1/2, is going to be in her very first dance recital coming up in a few weeks and since I live across the country from them I won't get to go to it.  I wanted to send her something to let her know I am thinking of her on her big day.  I just bought the Hello Kitty Fonts cartridge the other day and it has a ballerina Hello Kitty on it so the timing is perfect!


I used the Hello Kitty font cut at 3/4" for "dance". The purple ribbon was a scrap from another project (a ribbon holder) that I did for my little cupe's room.  The pink polka dot ribbon was from the $1 section at Target!


Hello Kitty is cut at 3 1/2".  I used white textured cardstock for the white parts and regular cardstock from The Paper Company for the black and purple cuts.  There isn't too much going on in this card, but I tend to go with simple layouts because I think sometimes you can have too much going on.