Achoo

Fantabulous Cricut challenge this week is "Achoo" or Get Well.  I've been pretty sick for the last couple of weeks so I thought this a great challenge.  I made two cards.

George, Paper Doll Dress Up, Walk in My Garden,Bazzill Papers. Cricut Papers. White Pen, Design Studio welding.

Fantabulous Cricut Rainforest

Fantabulous Cricut Challenge #23 is HOT - Use a tropical theme.  
I did just that.  Fisher Price animals were my inspiration from the book, "Who Lives in the Rainforest"

The tiger is from Animal Kingdom.
The Monkey, Bamboo and leaves are from Create a Critter
The Hibiscus and little flowers are from Walk In My Garden
The papers are Cricut Papers and World Traveler Paper Pack
Sizzix Embossing Folder

CHALLENGES

Cricut Cardz Challenge - Anything Goes

Aud Sentiments - Anything Goes

Lavender Sachet

When we were in France in the Spring, Tom bought me some lavender.  I dried it and used lavender oil to infuse it.  I can put it in soap, throw it in the bath, or just use it for sachets, which is what I did here.  I used mostly scraps to create the envelopes.  I used an envelope from almost every cartridge that I had to try these out.    I've made 20 so far and still have plenty of scraps and lavender to make more.  I think I will toss them into Christmas presents and into a few of my own drawers.  These are just a few.  

 

Cartridges used here: Wedding Solutions, Plantin Schoolbook, Walk In My Garden,Paper Pups

 and New Arrival

Fill with your favorite fragrance, poke holes in both sides.  I tried to hide my holes under the flowers or in the pattern in the paper.  I used some prima flowers but for the most part, I cut flowers from scraps using Walk In My Garden or Plantin' Schoolbook.  

This is a very easy project and quick gift idea. I even made some for men that say, "My Socks Smell Good"  no flowers on those, and more manly colors. 

Hope you have a very fragrant day!

Christmas in July

Challenge #19 at Fantabulous Cricut is Christmas In July:

Create a Christmas theme project, perhaps something to get ready for the upcoming holiday.

 

I love Snowmen.  My DH will tell you that the minute it snows for the first time, I will be out there building one!  When would be a better time to make a snowman than in the HOT July sun, when you just dream of a little cool.  Oh, thank goodness for air conditioning and the  Cricut.  I love how the little guy is wearing the moose hat. Ha ha ha. I crack myself up.

 

Shadowbox frame 8x8

Walk in My garden for the Snowflakes (flower)  and Snowmen arms (butterfly body)

George for my Snowmen (I didn't like any of the snowmen on the cartridges I had)

Paper Doll Dress Up for the Hats

Serenade - Bird - Swirly Tree

Papers are from a Christmas Pack I got last year at Tuesday Morning.  

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

Shoes

Hopping around the internet today one of the challenges at Cricut Cardz Challenge was to do a project, card, layout, with shoes.  I have wanted to try to do a 3D high heel, so now is as good a time as ever.

 

My Shoe won first place at A Crafty Little Place! 

The shoe is from Wedding Solutions, The bag is from Once Upon A Princess.  The flowers are from Walk In My Garden.  The shoe is filled with dark chocolate kisses.  The bag has lip gloss and fingernail polish, in that really pretty pink, of course.  

The shoe is cut at 5", twice.  I used a flocked heavy card stock.  I cut the inside of the shoe just like you would see the inside sole of your shoe, folding it along the edges by 1/4" clipping the edges as I curved it up.  I made a square of the same material as the shoe to fit the heel around and then covered the bottom part with a small black strip to simulate that little heel cover.  

The flowers are made by punching two small holes (button hole punch) in each flower and layering 5 to 7 flowers and then folding each one up to create a depth.  Green leaves from Walk In My Garden added in.  Stickles were used on the shoe opening and along the edge as well as the center of each flower for a little bling.  The ribbon has a nice sheen to it too.

I added eyelets and ribbon to the top of the shoe to tie around the ankle.   A flower eyelet and a magnetic closure to the bag, along with some ribbon. 

This project was easier than it looks, I think fitting the sole was the most difficult part.  I fancy myself a cobbler with paper. ha ha ha. 

I am entering this project in the following challenges:

Eyelets - Practical Scrappers

Cricut Cardz Challenge - Shoes 
Anything but Square - A Crafty Little Place
Cute Card Thursday - Anything but Square

Cupcake Craft Challenges - Dazzle Us
Corrosive Challenge #67 Use Die Cuts 
Wedding Theme Contest - Oh My Crafts 

Flowers for May

Challenge #11 at Fantabulous Cricut is Flowers for May.  Create a project using at least 3 flowers on your project.

  

I love walk in my garden.  All these flowers from there.  The center pink flower I used the Cricut Markers on to trace arounde the leaves and then cut it out.  I then curled each of the leaves with my fingers.  Similar techniques on the other flowers .  I LOVE flowers so this was a fun card to make.

 

Add in a few brads, stickles and  I looked at my card and said, this is one I would like to receive.  No sentiment inside as I haven't decided if I will send it to anyone. :0)

Blooming Rose

Practicing my coloring on this rose cut from Walk In My Garden.  Used copics and color pencils and a Stampin' Up blendy pen. 

 

Rose cut and layered 5 times at 2.5 inches

Tag cut at 1"

CTMH Stamp and CTMH papers

 

Challenges

Cupcake Craft Challenge - Blooms and Charms
Charisma Cardz Challenge - 3D 
Pile It ON- Photo Inspiration

Bags, Boxes Bonanza and Black - Fantabulous Cricut

For the Fantabulous Cricut Challenge this week we were to make a bag or a box and use the color black on it.  I used this retired pillar box pattern from Stampin' Up (here)

 I cut the panels using George with the trapezoid shape  The flowers from Walk in My Garden at 2.5 inches and 1.5 inches cut twice each in cardstock and then twice each in vellum.  The butterfly is a punch I got at the $1 store.  The tag is Tags, Bags, Boxes and More.

On the opposite side, I used the bee from Walk In My Garden cut at 1.5 inches and layered.  I reversed the color of the trapezoid panels on this side.  I put chocolates in my box and tied with a ribbon and added the tag which I stamped with a stamp I got as a gift.

 
Hope you enjoy.  I'd love to see what you do.

Thanks a Bunch

 

Image by Polycraft - Tiddlywings

Stampology sentiment, Flower punches, Fence from My Community, Brads from Brad Outlet

Copics and Gelly Roll gel pens

Entered in Aud Sentiments Challenge

Simply Spring

 

This card made with Paper Pups (the circle), Storybook (scallop circle & Butterfly), 

and Walk in my Garden (Flowers)

CMTH Stamp, Button and Floss, Embossing Folder and Stickles

Challenges

Cricutters Anonymous - Challenge #33 - Make a Spring Themed Project

Practical Scrappers - Bling (Blog Hop)

The Cuttlebug Spot - Bling

The Belli Challenge - Die Cuts

The Crafty Creations - Limited Edition Challenge

Pile It On Blog Hop -Six in One and MORE!

Pile it on had a blog hop of Practical Scrappers, The Cuttlebug Spot. Sketchy Thursday, Scrap that Poetry, 365 Cards and themselves.  When I woke up this morning and saw their blog hop, I said, "Yippee" and hopped along. There was a challenge on each blog and I decided I would do them all.... so here we go.

1.  Challenges

Pile It On - Say It With Words

Cuttlebug Spot - Glitter and Bling

Practical Scrappers - Glitter and Bling
SophistiCats - So Distressing

 

2.  An Easter Flower Gift #13 - Scrap That Poetry

  

3.  365 Cards - Day 43 White Space (follow the sketch)

 

4.  Sketchy Thursday - Hop Sketch

Charisma Cardz Challenge #14 - Thank You

 

Well that covered all the challenges on the hop and it was a lot of fun!  Plus I got two scrap pages done and it made me get started on a few more.  If you don't participate in challenges you should.  It does just what it proclaims.  Challenges you to get moving on something.  

Come play at Fantabulous Cricut with me or any of these challenges.  You're sure to have a blast and maybe win something too!

 

HAPPY ME - Pedastal Card

This pedastal card I have done for several challenges.  It was so fun to make that I smiled the whole time I was doing it.  Having just done the scrap page of my happy husband standing and gazing at the sea, and fondly remembering how he surprised me with the drive down to France over the weekend, I couldn't help but be a smiling bumbling happy soul!  It came right out into this card.

  

  

CTMH Stamps

Chipboard

Walk In My Garden

Lyrical Letters

Paper Piecing

Pile it on – Challenge #13 Easel Card

Fantabulous Cricut ~ Word "Happy," Shape "Flower"

Die Cuts, a stamped image and one bird

 Yay!!!!!!

Crafty Creations - Do some Paper Piecing

Paper Cutz Challenge - Spring

Every Dog Has His Day

I got my Paper Pups cartridge today and I felt like I had been thrown a bone! Happy me!!  That's when I thought of that quote, "Every Dog Has His Day."

  

  

  

Paper Pups

Walk In my Garden

Ribbon, Brads and Glitter for the look of dirt flying!

Challenges

Pile It On - Animal-riffic 

Fantabulous Cricut - Challenge 003 - Bling 

Sophisticates - Raining Cats & Dogs

Wheelbarrow Roll Away

WOO HOOO, IT WAS PUBLISHED AS THE SPOTLIGHT IN THE CRICUT/PROVOCRAFT NEWSLETTER!!!

What can I say but I think it turned out as cute as I imagined it.  I'm going to give it to our building maintenance manager (Portenia in Italian)  and his wife filled with chocolates for Easter.   I also submitted it to the Cricut Chirp, but who knows if it will be selected or not.

  

Wheelbarrow from Walk in My Garden

Cut 4 times at 8" heavy cardstock so it's sturdy enough to stand on its own.

1 strip of card stock, 7" by 3"

20 Flowers

Cut 2 Signs at 2"

"Spring" from the Easter Cartridge

Garden Tools cut at 2" attached with a button

I've been reading a lot and listening a lot these past few weeks.  Listening to books while I work makes me very productive.  I'm currently listening to the autobiography of Benjamin Franklin.  Interesting. I thought I would get ahead on some of my cricut cards so here's what I produced today while listening.

This first card is a direct scraplift from Lisa over at Scrappin in NJ, you can see her card HERE.

 

Made two of these.....

 

Heard you feel like a Giraffe with a sore throat.

Hope you feel better soon.

 

 

   

Happy Easter

   

Have a cheery day