A Sweet Treat

Good morning everyone. I'm L.B. from Cool Beans By L.B. I hope everyone is having a wonderful day. I try really hard to create more masculine themed cards to share with you,but right now I am overflowing with female birthdays so I am fun wobble card I created for a good friend.

I love this old school DCWV paper from the Sweet Stack. It layered just right on the birthday girls favorite color.

Next came the cute cupcake off of Simply Charmed, of course I have a habit of cutting of the cherry topper. I embossed the icing with my Swirls folder then added gems using some Stickles and tiny gems. I also added Stickles to the cupcake wrapper.

 I had never put gems on this way before but it turned out great and they all stuck on quite well. After everything was all dry I attached my cupcake with an Action Wobble.

 I hope everyone is having a wonderful day. See you next month!

Project Details:

Made by: L.B.

Cricut Cartridges: Simply Charmed

Other Supplies: Swirls embossing folder, DCWV Sweet Stack paper, Stickles in Cotton Candy and Lavender

A Birthday on Saint Patrick's Day!

This is Nadia from my blog, With Glittering Eyes.  (If you have visited me before, please note that I have a new blog address:  www.withglitteringeyes.blogspot.com.)  Today I have a project to share that I made for one of my daughter's little BFFs.  Her birthday is on St. Patty's Day so I came up with a little gift bag for her with a birthday leprechaun.

I keep on-hand 7-1/2" x 10-1/2" kraft paper gift bags-- that was my base.  (That is the measurement minus the handles.)  I cut the jumping leprechaun from Simply Charmed (page 32) at 7".

The thing with a big cut is that you kind of have to add extra details and pop up some elements to keep the die cut from flattening out.  For this little guy, I hand-cut an extra lock of hair.  I glued it flush on the 'scalp end' and popped it up with 1/8" pop dots on the 'curl end'.  I also popped up his little hat and added a shamrock to the hat band cut from A Child's Year (page 31), cut at 3/4".  I added a vest layer to his outfit but cutting two jackets and cutting one away so that I could layer them and see the second layer, like a vest.  I added adhesive pearls for vest buttons.  I hand-cut lapels for the top layer, the jacket, and added a breast pocket and pocket square.  

To make him a 'birthday' leprechaun, I cut a little cupcake from Something to Celebrate (page 22) at 1".  I only cut the first two layers since it was so tiny.  I cut a "9" candle from the same cart (page 30) at 3/4".  I hand-colored (with pencils) the flame and wick.

To give him a "place" to exist, I trimmer-cut rainbow-colored solids and layered them to create a ground and horizon line.  I placed a couple of tiny shamrocks, cut from A Child's Year at 1/2".

Lastly, for a tag, I cut a last shamrock, also from A Child's Year, at 3-1/4", and tied it on with 1/8" ribbon.

Lately, I have taken a little inventory of my Cricut cartridges and, as you have also probably figured out, there are many repeating icons among them!  I used to 'need' all the cartridges and came pretty close to getting them all before last autumn.  The good thing about this economy, hopefully there is a silver lining, is that many of us have gotten a chance to re-prioritize and to be more creative!  So... if you don't have the cartridges listed above, you can find shamrocks on the following cartridges that you may have:

• Create-A-Critter 2
• Designer's Calendar
• Elmo and Friends Holiday
• Give A Hoot
• Imagine More Cards
• Celebrate with a Flourish
• Paper Doll Dress Up
• Phrases 
• Spring Fever
• Holiday Cards

You can find leprechauns on the following cartridges that you may have:

• CCR Exclusive:  St. Patrick's Day
• Teddy Bear Parade
• Paper Doll Dress Up

A cupcake image can be found on dozens of cartridges.  This is just a sampling:

• A Child's Year
• American Alphabet
• Best Images of 2006 and 2009
• Birthday Bash
• Create-A-Critter 1 and 2
• Storks Delivery
• Divine Wedding
• Doodlecharms
• Elmo's Party
• Every Day Paper Dolls
• Hello Kitty Greetings... and the list goes on and on!!!!

Numbers can be found on any cartridge with font of course.

Thank you for checking my post today!  I hope you will visit my blog in the future.  You can always find my blog on Facebook at facebook.com/WithGlitteringEyesBlog and on Pinterest at pinterest.com/nadiahm/withglitteringeyes-blogspot-com-my-crafts/.  

Cricut Info & Supplies Used:

Designed By: Nadia Herbst-McConnell

Cricut Machines Used: Expression

Project Type: Gifts

Project Theme: Birthday, St. Patrick's Day

Cricut Cartridges Used:  Simply Charmed, A Child's Year, Something to Celebrate

Suppies Used: Paper, Quick Dry Glue, pop dots, adhesive pearls, microfine pen, ribbon

Cricut Crafty Challenge #3- Fall Inspiration

Hi Everyone
It's Becka here from Creations With Becka. Today is the 3rd Cricut Crafty Challenge and this month we are doing a Fall Inspiration theme.  I absolutely love this time of year. I love the changing colors of the trees, the bright oranges, and deep maroons, the cooler temperatures, the smalls of yummy pies baking and Thanksgiving.  I just love Fall in general.
So, are you ready for your challenge??
The challenge this month is to make a project using the photo below as inspiration.

Here are the guidelines that must be followed:
1. Use the picture above as guidence for you project
2. Your project must include the colors orange
3. Your project must include at least one Cricut cut
4. Your porject can be anything you choose, card, layout, home decor etc...
5. You must link your project by November 25th at midnight. If you are linking from your blog please link the exact post not just a link to your blog in general.

Here is the project I made for this. I have been trying some new crafts this year and I have never made ATC card before so I thought I would try my hade and see what I could come up with.

Now, it is your turn, please link your project below for a chance to win a $25 gift certificate from What's Scrappin. This is my online store and Ispecialize in trying to find great deals for my customers.  Please check it out and start making your list of what you would like to buy with your $25 gift certificate. But don't forget you can't win if you don't play.

Happy Fall card

Hello everyone, this is Trinity from http://trinityscraftingcreation.blogspot.com/. I hope everyone is enjoying the cooler weather and that everyone that was in the path of Sandy is safe and are on their way to getting their lives back in order and we are all still sending prayers your way. Today I have a  fall card that I have made for ya'll. I used my cricut cartridge Simply Charmed for the scarecrows (ain't they just the cutest) and the phrase happy fall. I cut the card base out to make a 5x7 card and then just cut down the layer 1/4 inch at 6 3/4" by 4 3/4 and not sure where the dotted paper is from I found it hiding in the bottom of my stash and I think it went perfect with the scarecrow. I orange layer is cut out at 5x4 and is embossed with the swirls cuttle bug folder and I also tied some twin around it. The boy and girl scarecrow are both cut out at 3.5" and found them on page 57.  For their checks I took the little circles and dusted them with some pale pink chalk and added some bling to the girls flower hat and on her dress for the buttons.  I also took my white pen and stitched along their cloths and on their shoes. I cut Happy Fall out at 2" and that was also on page 57. I used a burnt orange for the bottom layer and used the yellow that I had also used for the scarecrows hair and hands and again I stitched along the words. I pop-dotted both the boy and girl and the phrase. Thank you very much for stoping by and hope everyone has a wonderfull day.

Designed By- Trinity Wallace

Cricut Machines Used- Anv. Expression 2

Cricut Cartridges Used- Simply Charmed

Other Supplies Used- swirl cuttlebug folder, twine, pink and clear bling, pop-dots, white gel pen, pale pink chalk, craft cardstock, orange cardstock, random patterned paper found in stash

Cricut Crafty Challenge #1- Back to School

Welcome Everyone to the Cricut Crafty Challenge day!

This is Becka from Creations With Becka and I am so excited to share the very first Cricut Crafty Challenge with you all today.

This time of year is all about getting the kids back to school, so this month's challenge is to make a Back to School gift, layout, card etc.

I made this awesome supply basket to give to my son's teacher on the first day of school. He started 3rd grade this year and has two new teachers. So I thought we would welcome them with this gift

 

 

 

 

 For my project, I  first wrapped the basket with yellow paper. I cut and added "photo mats" for the backgrounds of the glue, pencil and crayon. Then I pieced together and added all of the cricut cuts. The finishing touches were the ribbon and the buttons and of course some stickles.

 

Cricut Info & Supplies Used:

Designed By: Rebecca Maddux

Cricut Machine Used: Expression 2, Gypsy, CCR

Cricut Cartridges Used: Simply Charmed, Create A Critter, Cursive 101, Classroom August & September

Other Supplies Used:Cardstock, DCWV patterned paper, stickles, ribbon, twine, buttons

Cricut Crafty Challenge #1 - Back to School 

Ok, so now it is your turn! The Cricut Crafty Challenge is to  Make a Back to School project, this can be anything and if you don't have kids you can still play along, make a project that reminds you of school.

Here is what your project has to incorporate.

1. Must use at least 3 cricut cuts.

2. Must use ribbon and buttons.

3. Must be a new project for this challenge. Please link your project with the link below.

Now RUN don't walk you only have until the 26th to link up your project to eligible for this month's prize and you don't want to miss out! RockinRobin1  from www.robingoens.stampinup.net has generously donated a $35.00 gift certificate to her Stampin Up Store. So please stop by her site and give her some love.