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Showing posts with label Cricut. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Cricut. Show all posts

Wednesday, February 29, 2012

FCCB #100 - Color Challenge


Hi All,
The challenge over at the Fantabulous Cricut Challenge blog this week is to create a project
Use the three colours associated with Fantabulous Cricut 
(purple,green and turquoise) somewhere on your project.
I used my Wild Card Cricut cartridge to cut out the card base and overlays.
This is Willow, a digital images from the Lil Fashionette collection over at Tickled Pink stamps.
The sentiment is computer generated by me.
And the image was coloured up with my Stampin' Up! pencil crayons and gamsol.

Thanks for stoppin' by... 

Monday, January 16, 2012

#94 – Snow fun

Hi All,
include a snowflake or snowman on your project.
These cute little polar bears are from the
The card base is kraft and the designer paper is
from some winter stacks I had in my stash.
I added the sentiment from
and the snowflakes are from that same stamp set.
Thanks for stoppin' by...

Tuesday, January 3, 2012

Let It Snow!

A Happy New Year to all,
The challenge this week over at
is to make a project with snow or snowflakes on it.
I started out with a 4 1/4" x 4 1/4" card base.
I love this sentiment from Robin's Creative Cottage -
Snowman's Prayer. So I cut it apart to make the two.
(hope Robin doesn't mind).

The snowflake cut is from the

I added some pearls and bling,
Martha Stewart baker's twine and
the paper is Basic Grey - Nordic Holiday

Thanks for stoppin' by...

Tuesday, November 29, 2011

Let it Sparkle!

Hi All,
Today's (Tuesday) challenge over at
Let it Sparkle - project using glitter, jewels any bling!
The sentiment and the flourish on the cup is from
such a versatile stamp set, not just for the holidays.
This frame from Elegant Edges Cricut cartridge,
reminds me of a string of Christmas light.
I used this technique of embossing aluminum foil
for the background.
Thanks for stopping' by...




Monday, November 21, 2011

#87 – Thank You

Hi All,
The Fantabulous Cricut Challenge this week is to
Create a card or project with the words
“Thank you” (or “Thanks”) on it.
These delightful cherries are from the
Gypsy Wanderings Cricut cartridge
that came loaded on my Gypsy hand held.
The sentiment is a stamp set from
My Favorite Things called Feelin' Fruity?.
(I checked on there website but i couldn't find it so I think it may be discontiuned)
The base of the card is Kiwi Kiss card stock that I had in my stash. (Love this colour)
I stamped the background with my
Friend Definition-Hero Arts background stamp
and ran it through the cuttlebug using my
I added some bling and ribbon.
Thanks for stopping' by...




Thursday, November 17, 2011

Robin's Creative Cottage Stamp Release - Gingerbread Man

Thanks again for stopping by today...

This is day 3 of
So here I've created a card using the Gingerbread Holiday stamp set.
I cut this card by using my Gypsy and welding the ginger bread man from
to a rectangle to create a A2 (4 1/4" x 5 1/2") size card.
I used some Liquid Applique to add dimension to his eyes and mouth,
then outlined with a white gel pen and added stitching lines.
The designer paper is Nordic Holiday from Basic Grey.
The little ginger bread people and the candy canes
are also included in this stamp set.
Thanks for stopping' by...

Wednesday, November 16, 2011

Robin's Creative Cottage Stamp Release - Comfort & Joy

Hi All,
I'm so excited to be posting today
because this is stamp release week for the brand new


This week I will be show casing Robbin's Creative Cottage Stamps.
This sentiment is from the Gingerbread Holiday stamp set
(which will be available for sale on friday).
You will love this set. It is chock full of sweet holiday sentiments.

If you've been watching my blog for a while
you may see how much I like to create shaped cards.
I cut this sofa shaped card and the cushion from the
the designer paper is Nordic Holiday from Basic Grey,
I added some highlights with a white gel pen
and some faux stitching lines.


This sentiment "Sweetly created by:"
is also included in this stamp set
I stamped it on the back of this card.
The overall size of the card is approx. 6" x 5 1/4"

...come back again tomorrow for more ideas with these great stamps.

Thanks for stopping' by...

Tuesday, November 8, 2011

#85 – Book Lover (Video)

Hi all,
The challenge over at the Fantabulous Cricut Challenge Blog
this week is to Create a project that has something to do with a book.
I remembered this cute image on the Kate's ABCs cartridge,
and how well it goes with this sentiment from Stamping Bella.
"A book is a gift you can open again and again"
Hope you like it!


Thanks for stopping' by...