H2H Moustache

This week's challenge at H2H was a true challenge.  They asked for you to use a moustache in your creation.      I know they are all the rage right now, but I have not gotten into them at all.  So I was at a real block on what I was going to do and where am I going to find a moustache?  Well that part was easy, there is a cut file on the new Cricut Artiste cartridge.  So that problem was solved, but now what to do with it?

I surfed the interweb and found a super cute idea from a greeting card company, so I "lifted" the idea and here is what I made!

Not bad I say.  Very basic and simple, but it got the job done!

I left the inside blank for now because I don't know if I want this to be a Halloween card or a birthday card to someone who has a birthday close to Halloween.

Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies used:

Dreamin' paper pack - paper

Cricut Artiste - moustache

Cricut Art Philosophy - triangles

Other Challenges entered:

CAS-ual Fridays - no stamps

Heart 2 Heart newbie

I have been reading the Heart 2 Heart challenge blog for a while now, but never entered a project.  I like the fact that this is a brand specific challenge, because it will force me to use certain products.  So I thought I would finally enter a project since they are doing a "special" drawing for "newbies."

So here is my stab at one of the challenges for the month:  GO Green

I went pretty literal with the theme and just created something green.

Here is a view of the inside as well.

Products Used:

Be Yourself - stamp set (CTMH)

Happy Birthday - stamp set (CTMH)

Mayberry - paper pack (CTMH)

Art Philosphy - cricut cartridge

Card design based off of sketch from CAS #203

Thanks for stopping by.  I am hoping to keep going with these challenges!!

Rainy Thank You

I have been noticing now that it's spring, a lot of the card challenges are asking for themes of "April Showers" or "Umbrella".  I don't have anything with that even among my Cricut cartridges I wasn't seeing anything that might fit.  But I'm not sure I would buy anything with this theme either.  Anyhow, I do have my trusty box of leftover card fronts just waiting to be "up-cycled" into something new and found this cute little image.  

    Once I got the card together, I had no idea what type of card this would serve purpose for.  Too dark for a Birthday and not cheerful enough for a Get Well.  And I don't have a sister that this might work for either. So I just decided to throw a Thank You on it and call it a day!

Image:  old "Up-cycled" card front
Sentiment:  CTMH "Random Thoughts" set
Clouds:  Going Places cartridge  (1 1/2", 1 3/4")
Raindrops:  stickers
Design:  Unscripted Sketches #152

Challenges Entered:

Unscripted Sketches - Sketch 152

Pollycraft Monday - Water

Charisma Cardz - Chipboard or stickers

Oldie But A Goodie - April Showers

Crafting for All Seasons - April showers

Alphabet Challenge blog - Dry embossing
Pixie Dust Studio - Clouds

Sweet Sunday 155

Image - "Up-cycled" card front

Banner shapes - Art Philosphy, Banner 1 (1 1/2")

Sentiment - Merry Christmas by Recollections

Design - Sweet Sunday Sketch challenge 155

                                          

Challenges Entered:

Sweet Sunday Sketch challenge - Sketch 155

52 Christmas Card Throwdown - anything goes

Craftyhazelnut's Christmas challenge - Sentiment

Christmas Cards All Year Round - Photo inspiration

Chase Your Dreams

Card only post:

Chase your Dreams stamp is "Playful Expressions" by TPC Studio.

Star stamps is from the "Wishing Star" set from CTMH.

Star cricut cut done with Art Philosphy cartridge, Star 4 (1 1/2")

Design is from sketch by The Perfect Sentiment challenge, sketch 6.  Another twist to the sketch challenge was to use an "Uplifting" sentiment.

Challenges Entered:

The Perfect Sentiment - sketch & uplifting sentiment

Southern Girls Challenge - Sentiment / Quote

Blast Off!

This was a fun card to make, I just hope it's not too "busy".  Even so, I think any little boy would love it anyway!

Stamps:  "Robots" by Recollections
Cricut Cut Starburst - Art Philosophy cartridge, Star 5 (2 3/4", 3")
Design - Sketch 65 from My Favorite Things

Challenges Entered:

My Favorite Things - Sketch 65

CES Challenges - No Girls Allowed

My Sheri Crafts - BDay card for child under 5
Celebrate the Occasion - Child's Birthday

Thank You Berry Much

I was finally able to use my "challenge" stamp set enough to qualify it to be useful and will put back into the collection.  I told myself I needed to make at least 3 cards with the set, using 3 different stamps from the set.  I have succeeded and look forward to challenging myself with the next set.  I have so many stamps and want to make sure I actually USE them.  So this has been a fun challenge for myself.  Which set will I pick next?!

This card was fun to make as I was trying to use this old paper with fruit on it.  I figured since I was using this fruit stamp set that I would be able to use this paper some how.  Well no such luck really.  It was complicated to use, and to be honest, is really ugly.  So when one of the challenges this week was to use "hideous" paper, I thought I will have to use it no matter what!  Turned out pretty good actually, although I don't think I will be keeping the leftovers, they are going to the recycle bin!

Design was based on the sketch from The Sweet Stop, sketch 151.  The stamp set is Stampin' Up!  Sentiment is from "Fruity Phrases" and the strawberry is from "Fruit Medley" (2-step stampin'). Oval was cut with the Art Philosophy cartridge (oval 3, 2" & 2 1/4").

Challenges Entered:

Sweet Stop Sketch challenge - Sketch 151

Hiding in my Craft Room - Hideous paper

Celebrate the Occasion - Thank You

Tuesday Throwdown - Image outside of frame

Simon Says Stamp - Anything goes

You Rock

This was a fun card to make, but a little difficult as well.  I haven't worked with these "layered" Cricut images much and this one had a lot of detail pieces.  But I did my best and also checked out some YouTube videos to and learned some tricks for next time.

I cut the girl out with the Rock Princess cartridge at 3".  The text was cut using the Alphalicious cartridge at 3/4".  And the star was cut with the Art Philosophy at 2".  I also applied some crystal lacquer to the star to give it some shine and dimension.  (It wasn't dry yet when taking this picture though!)

Design was based on the sketch from My Favorite Things sketch 64.

Challenges Entered:

My Favorite Things - Sketch 64

Die Cuttin Divas - Music theme

4 Crafty Chicks - Music inspired

Robins Fetish Challenge - Kids card
Cupcake Craft Challenge - Music

Flowers Galore

Well I am proud to announce that I have actually won a couple challenges this week and was featured in another!!  Yahoo!  I was wondering when all of my work would "pay off"!  Here are the links to my "wins"

52 Christmas card Throwdown  for Kitty Christmas
Catch the Bug Challenge Blog and Birthday Sundaes for Doggy Birthday

I will bask in the glow of my win for a day or so.  I never win anything, so this is a real treat for me.  Hoping that this is just the beginning and will see some more in the future!

On to my latest card.  This was a struggle for me as I was challenged to do a "circle" card.  I have been shying away from these for some reason.  But once I got going, I found out it wasn't so bad.  I was so pleased at how it turned out and so grateful for my Cricut!!

I based the design from a sketch I found on Mojo Monday's blog Sketch 221.  I was following along with the color challenge at Catch the Bug Challenge blog, which worked out great because Blue is my favorite color.  Stamp is SU! and from the "Goody Goody Gumdrops" set.  I colored the flowers with colored pencil and glittered the leaves (hard to tell from pic though).

All cuts were made using my Cricut and the Art Philosophy cartridge, (the best cartridge to date).  Card was cut using "Circle 2" at 4 1/2".  Circle layers were cut with "Circle 1" at 4 1/4" and 3 1/2".  Flowers were cut using "Flower 6" and cut at 1 1/2", 1 1/4", and 1".  Leaves are "Leaf 1" and were cut at 1 1/4" & 1 1/2".

Challenges Entered:

Simon Says Stamp - BINGO (flowers, glitter, brads)

Pixie Dust Studio - Favorite things (Blue, brads)

Raise the Bar - In the garden

2 Sisters Challenge blog - Spring

Catch the Bug Challenge blog - Color challenge

CropStop Challenge blog - Shaped card

Whimsical Designs - Spring

Stampin' for the Weekend - Anything goes

Lily Pad cards - Flowers

Sweet Stampin' - Anything goes

C.R.A.F.T. Challenge - Handmade flowers

Fantabulous Cricut Challenge blog - 3 Flowers

Robot Birthday

Good Tuesday (or whenever you are reading this) to you!  I have a few cards to post today, so I will get down to it!

This card was based off of the design sketch from Sweet Sketch Wednesday.  The robot stamp is by Recollections, and I am loving this set so far.  The stars were cut with the Art Philosophy cartridge (1/2", 3/4", star 4).  The "gear" came from an old die cut sheet that matches some paper (that I am still waiting to do a scrap page with) that I bought a couple years ago (Yikes!).  The ribbon fibers are old item as well!  I got them for Christmas from my "crafty" friend, and I would have to say that was at "least" 5 years ago!  I think it was about time I used it!!        I also stamped the inside with a birthday sentiment.

  Challenges entered:

Sweet Sketch Wednesday - sketch 145

Play Date Cafe - color challenge (teal, green, orange, blue)

Tuesday Throwdown - "Hoarded" item
Crafty Calendar challenge - Old "forgotten" item

Happy Easter card

Was able to come up with a cute card this morning.  In addition to the website challenges, I have imposed my "own" challenge in the mix.  I tend to use the same stamps over and over, so I am pulling out 2-3 sets per week and will only use those sets for week.  Exceptions are sentiments and any challenge that is asking for a specific type of item.  It will be interesting when I am only working with certain sets and will have to get creative.

Here's the first card of the week:

The design came from Ribbon Carousel Challenge, image and sentiment came from CTMH Seasonal Thoughts.  Large scallop circle was cut with the Art Philosophy cartridge (3 1/4", Circle 2)  The flower image is a sticker that I put on cardstock and trimmed.  I have so many stickers, so when I see an opportunity for one I try and use them.

Challenges entered:

Ribbon Carousel Challenge - sketch & ribbon

My Sheri Crafts - Easter

Perfect Sentiments - Easter w/sentiment
There She Goes - Easter w/animal
MyGrafico - Easter or Spring
My Craft Spot - Spring w/scallop

Rainbows & Buttons

This card turned out to be not what I had first envisioned, but I'm okay with the end result.  It's more along the clean & simple design and I got the Rainbow & Buttons on there to qualify for some challenges.  It was truly a challenge for me to incorporate a rainbow theme onto a card.  It's a color combo that I do not work with at all.  But here it is:

The design was based off (loosely) of the sketch from Pixie Dust Studios.  I cut the petals from the Art Philosophy cartridge (1 1/2", petal 2), then stamped with versa ink a flower/petal image from the Serendipity set from CTMH.  The Birthday greeting is from the Happy Birthday set from CTMH.

Here is the sketch:

Challenges entered:

Hand Stamped Sentiments - Rainbows & sentiment

Pixie Dust Studios - Sketch

Raise the Bar - Grouping of 4 (buttons)

All Sorts Challenge - 3 in a row

Stamptacular Sunday Challenge - Buttons

Card Makin' Mamas - Buttons

Lily Pad - Inspirational Photo (rainbow & buttons)

Spring Thank You

I got a new stamp set yesterday and I actually used it right away!  Isn't that crazy!  The set came with the new Pemberley Workshop on the Go by CTMH.  The workshop isn't until next Saturday, but I looked at all the fun stuff and tried out one of the techniques.

As always, I start with a sketch and then work from there.  The sketch came from Card Positioning Systems.  I cut out three sizes of flowers from the Art Philosophy cartridge (1 1/2", 1 1/4", 1", Flower #5), then I stamped the flower image from the Pemberley stamp set, and then added a brad to the center.  The vine on the right is from some old clearance card stock I have had forever and finally was able to use.  The sentiment is from the Pemberley stamp set as well.

Here is the original sketch:

Challenges entered:

Card Positioning Systems - Sketch

Sweet Stamps - Spring theme

The Stamping Boutique - Gold

Crazy 4 Challenges - Green

Drunken Stampers - Thank You

Wags 'n Whiskers - Green

Crafter's Companion - Spring

Simply Create Too - Spring

Simon Says Stamp - Green

One Stop Craft Challenge - Handmade flowers

Happy Easter Egg

Here is a quick post for my latest card.  Again, I don't do "holiday" cards and usually just stick with the basic birthday cards.  But since there were some challenges asking for it, and I do have the supplies, so let's use them!

This design was based off of the sketch at OWH.  I did rotate the sketch and added a couple additional layers.  The Happy Easter stamp was from a local stamp store (that has gone out of business, A-1 Stamps), and the egg is from the Art Philosophy cartridge (2 1/2").

Here is the inspiration sketch.

Challenges Entered:

Operation Write Home - Sketch 112

Exploring Cricut - "Food" cricut cut

By LoriDesigns - Inspirational photo

I Brake for Challenges - Easter theme
Craft us Crazy - Easter

Be Mine Valentine

Card was created from some leftover scraps and the flower in the middle is an old "up-cycled" card front.  (Have to use everything you've got!!)  Scallop was made using the Art Philosophy cartridge on my Cricut and then I  punched the hearts out with a heart hand punch.  The "Be Mine" stamp is from the February Word Puzzle from CTMH.

CHALLENGES

Sweet Stop Sketch Challenge - Sketch

Use it Tuesday - All about Love

I Brake For Challenges - Love

The Stamping Boutique - Valentine's

Paper Shelter - Love is in the Air

Oldie but Goodie - Have a Heart

Top Tip Tuesday - Valentine's

Pals Paper Arts - Red

Good For You!

This creation was based on the sketch challenge over at My Favorite Things.  Again I used some scraps and just tried to make things work!  I did okay, I'm not too happy with it, as I couldn't really agree on what I wanted the main image to be.

Here is a close up of the main image.  Stickles caused the ink to bleed a bit, but Oh Well, I am not a perfect stamper!!













Here is the info on products used:

• Large scallop circle - Art Philosophy cricut cartridge
• Main image - SU Figures of Speech
• small sentiment - CTMH Express Postage (had to manipulate it, as the stamp was actually curved and I forced it to go straight which explains why it looks a little "wonky".)
• paper - scraps (I never know what the brands are!!)
• yellow colored pencil
• star dust stickles