Vintage - Cricut Circle Blog

This is my card entry for the Cricut Circle Blog challenge-- Vintage.  We also had a sketch to work with and a designer inspiration. 

Used the From My Kitchen Cartridge - How vintage is that?!  Cast iron skillets, Teflon spatulas, tin measuring spoons, glass mixing bowl, all the things I saw my mother use.

Mixing Bowl

Spatula

Whisk

Measuring cups and spoon

From The Kitchen circle

Apron

Spatulas and a Cherry Pie

When we got stationed over here in Italy, my mom sent with me some old cookbooks and recipe cards that had how to cook from scratch.  That's vintage!  No mixes over here, you have to do it from scratch.  No preservatives in food.

I didn't want to cut up the recipe cards, they are valuable, so I laid them on the scanner, scanned them in, then cut them apart to make the background collage.  Stitched one or two of them on too for dimension, then added background for the little picture frames.

I've had these little picture frames for a long time.  Joy over at Purty Paperz sent me an RAK with some vintage papers, songs, lace and these little bronze frames. The peeks of the blue ribbon and the layered red, make nice accents. 

This card is actually going to accompany a gift of banana loaf bread to our neighbors.

Buon Apetito

This is a recycled chocolate box.  I used the From My Kitchen Cricut cartridge,  I cut the oven mitt then printed The Stamping Boutique Digi Stamp, Kitchen Pantry Shelf, over it and colored it using Stampin' Up Markers.  I printed, colored and cut a second image to apply the little teapots around the outside of the box which I lined with paper doilies. I printed the recipe for the Chocolate Biscuit Cookies on the opposite side of the oven mitt which can
be seen through the clear box lid on the inside.

 This was published in the Practical Scrappers online magazine (10/26/10)

Apron Strings

Before my sister moved, she had been sewing some of the most beautiful aprons you have ever seen. She was making a little extra money on the side, but she was using it up in creativity and fun (don't we all.... barely pay for our habit. ha ha ha). She is also an avid gardener, leaving beautiful plants behind every time the military moves them.   I made this card for her to be the first piece of mail she got in her new home. She loved it.  Now, I'm sharing it.

A2 Card
Apron  - From My Kitchen
Sunflower - Walk in My Garden
Jolee Stickers
George and Basic Shapes  for rectangles

You're Toast!

I heard this little pun on a radio show and thought it hilarious.  So today, I got out my From The Kitchen cartridge and this came out:

 

  

From My Kitchen Cartridge

Pooh & Friends Font

An Apple A Day

I'm so happy with this card. I dreamed about it.... which I've been doing a lot lately.  Some cards turn out great and some don't even turn out. But I could hardly wait to do this one.  Tom gave me an Ipod for Valentines and I haven't even played with it because I had to get it out of my head!

Sentiment:  An apple a day can keep anyone away if thrown hard enough. ~ Stephen Colbert

I like to send encouragement or get well cards that give people a chuckle.  Laughter is the best medicine!

Apple from Makin' the Grade Cut twice 

at 4.5 inches in Red

Cut once in Brown at 4.5 inches.

Sandwiched the brown between the

 two red apples creating a pocket 

for the sentiment.  Rectangles cut with

George at 2.5 inches and 2 inches.  

Lady bug and layers cut at 1.5.  Ladybug,

leaves and caterpillar from Walk in my Garden. 

Caterpillar cut twice, once flipped in DS so that I could

double side him so he looked right from the back.  

Caterpillar was 3". Leaves were 2"

Flower was an EK success punch. Accent on the 

apple From the Kitchen.

Sentiment is computer generated. 

Hope it made you smile! 

Coffee Love

 

This is a peanut can.  My husband loves coffee.  We live in the land of Espresso and even though he likes those he MISSES American coffee.  So when I found his favorite Nescafe instant coffee that he can use on the road, I was so excited.  I made this little Valentine gift and put the coffee along with some sugar packets and some hot chocolate in the can.  The handle comes off and the lid can pop on so he can throw the can in the suitcase and take it with him.

New Year's Coming

This card won a challenge at

This card is for Cricut CardZ Challenge #6 and PCC #22, Charisma Cards #50.
Fussy and Fancy New Year Challenge

Today I found out there are 12 people with the name Penny Light in the U.S. and two in Canada.  Hmmmm.
I thought I was so special.

Mama’s Holiday Wish List Meme

Mama’s Holiday Wish List Meme
TodaysMamaand Provo Craft are giving away a sleighful of gifts this holiday season and to enter I’m sharing this meme with you.

1. What 5 items are on your holiday wish list this year? 
Wii & Wii Fit
Cricut Expression
Plane Tickets
Tour of Venice, Italy
Spend time with Husband

2. What is your favorite handmade gift you have received? 
A quilt my BFF made for me

3. What handmade gift have you always wanted to tackle? 
Cake Decorating

4. What was the best Christmas gift you received as a child? 
Walking baby doll

5. What items are on your kid’s wish list this year? 
Video Games

6. What is your favorite holiday food? 
Cookies

7. What will you be hand-crafting for the holidays? 
Cards, Cookies, jewelry

8. What is your favorite holiday movie? 
Elf, The Christmas Story (tie)

9. Favorite holiday song? 
Christmas Time is Here

10. Favorite holiday pastime? 
Looking at all the Christmas lights

Send TodaysMama a link to your post via email (info@todaysmama.com) with “Wish List Meme” in the subject line. You can even tag a few friends to participate in the meme. (Spread that holiday cheer!) 


Here is Today's Card.  Donna Mundinger had a similar card on the Cricut Message Boards.  You can see her card HERE and she is giving away the cut file too!

Wednesday Wanderings

Well, we're back in Italy and I'm almost over my jet-lag.  I got back to making cards today and I was fairly productive finishing up four cards. We are heading to Sweden for a week and I will have cricut withdrawl again.  I did buy lots of "idea" books while I was away and combed through them on the plane rides and car journey's.  I found that inspired me but also made me have greater withdrawls. 

So these are the ones I finished today:

and the inside:  Let It Snow

This one for a little girl battling cancer:

On this card, the ballerina is a cut with her legs together, but I cut them apart and reglued them  for a little different look.

This was my first time to try a Joy Fold Card. No idea who invented it, but they had a tutorial on the Christmas with Cricut site.  It didn't turn out too bad.

This is the card unfolded.

That's it for my Wednesday Wanderings.  I hope to get to create again tomorrow if I don't have too many chores.  It's been raining so getting outside has been a bit difficult as it has already turned cold here.

Bueno Notte.