Treat Bags!

I'm going to visit my niece and nephew this weekend and I wanted to bring them a little treat.  Apparently, Silly Bandz are very popular right now so I thought I'd bring them some.  Since Fantabulous Cricut's Challenge Me Monday is Zoo Animals, I thought I'd use that as a theme for some treat bags for them!  Here is what I came up with:

The hippo and lion are cut at 5 1/2" using the Create-a-Critter cartridge.  I used paper from DCWV Animal Crackers stack.  It's cut at 6 3/4" wide and 4" long and then folded in half.  I stapled the printed cardstock to snack-sized ziplock bags with the treats inside.  I used ribbon wrapped around to cover the staples.

Here's the lion:

and the hippo:

I think my niece and nephew will really like these!

Pagoda Card

Sorry it took so late for me to post this week! Here is a quick, simple card that I made using the Pagoda Cartridge.  I have had this cart for a while but haven't used it! It has many beautiful cuts on it.  I actually bought the cart because I lived in Japan and I thought it would be great for scrapbooking my time there. It actually is versatile though, as you can see from my card!

The card is 5 1/2 x 4/14 (unfolded it is 5 1/2 x 8 1/2), an A2 sized card.  The branches are cut at 4 1/2 and the bird is cut at 2 1/2.  I used pop dots to adhere the bird.

I chose the colors because I wanted to make a card that would be for a guy instead of the trend of girl cards I have been making! I really love the green color, they remind me of the color of the wallpaper in the house I lived in for a while when I lived in Japan.

I hope everyone has a great weekend!!

Sweet Treat!

I am participating in another Fantabulous Cricut challenge!  Challenge #18 is to create a yummy treat and making a shape card is optional.  I had this idea to make a shape card that was accordion-style for a while so I decided to try it.  I used the doodlecharms cart and my gypsy and got to work! 
 

I used textured cardstock for the ice cream and plain cardstock for the cherry and the cone.  I used glossy accents on the cherries to make them shiny.  The picture doesn't do them justice at all! They really are so cute.  I added a little white layer of ice cream on the bottoms of the colored ice cream and on both white parts (top of ice cream and bottom) I added some diamond stickles.

Here are some close-ups:

For the cone I wanted to add some texture so I used my Sizzix Dots and Diamonds embossing folder. I apologize for the picture, it's really grainy and I'm not sure why that happened!

Here is a picture of the card closed:

I think I may add a cute little saying on the inside and send it to my Grandma from my Little Cupe! When we visit my Grandma she makes Little Cupe ice cream cones every single day! I love seeing the two of them spend time together, it's very special!

Little Bug

Fantabulous Cricut's challenge me Monday is to create something with a bug and using the color orange! I really love doing their challenges! I have to say that my projects are usually pretty simple and I am usually awed by the other submissions, but I have fun just coming up with something new!  For the challenge this week I used the Create-a-Critter cartridge and used the ladybug cut...so cute!

The leaf is from the Stretch your Imagination cartridge.  I used my Gypsy to weld two leaves together to make a card.  The dimension of them both is 9.30 wide by 6.29 height.  I used a textured cardstock that was green on one side and yellow on the other side.  For the bug I used dark red and orange.  I used some ink to give the card and bug a bit of a distressed look so it would look "naturey".

Here is a close-up of the bug:

I used pop-dots to adhere it to the leaf.  What do you think?  Is it too simple? 

Soo Big!

Hi all! I wanted to share a new card I made using the Paisley cartridge.  This cartridge is so cute, I really like the variety on it.

 This is an A7 size card (folded it is a 7" x 5" card). The giraffe is cut from the Paisley cartridge. It's cut at 3 inches. The giraffe actually had leaves in it's mouth but I cut that off.  I also added some hooves to the giraffe's feet! I used glossy accents on the pink parts (the mouth, tail, antlers and flowers) to make them pop a bit. I attached the giraffe to the card using Pop Dots to give it more dimension.

I used the Pooh Fonts cartridge for "Soo Big". I cut it at 3/4".  I used glossy accents on the letters to make them pop and coordinate with the giraffe. 
The flower cardstock is from the DCWV Pocket Full of Posies matstack and the ribbon is from the dollar section at Target. I used the EK Success Scalloped Diamond Edger Punch on the flower cardstock.
I love the bright colors against the brown! I hope everyone is having a great weekend!