"All About Animals"

Good morning friends! Today I am one of the featured design team members at Getting Cricky, along with my amazingly talented DT sister, Amy from Love To Crop. I'm doing a more detailed post here on my blog, since we are only featuring our photos at Getting Cricky. I made 2 cards for today's post....

 

It's kind of hard to tell but the grass actually flips up from the bottom of the card. Here are some pictures of what I mean....

CRICUT:  Imagine

SIZE:  5 x 7"

CARTRIDGES:  "Wild Card 2" (images), "Bubblegum Stripes" (patterned papers & color palette)

PAPER:  Colorbok white cardstock

INK:  Rubber Stampede

OTHER:  Stickles "Orange Peel", "Eucalyptus" & "Aqua", Glossy Accents

 

CRICUT:  Imagine

SIZE:  5"

CARTRIDGES:  "Campin' Critters", "Art Philosophy", "Best Friends" (patterned paper & color palette)

PAPER:  Colorbok white cardstock

INK:  Martha Stewart "Chocolate"

TWINE:  The Twinery "Peapod"

OTHER:  Googly eyes

The sentiments on both cards are from this K Andrew Designs stamp set....

All About Animals

 

Isn't it so super cute?!! To purchase this set, simply click on the preview above. To purchase and/or check out all of the stamps, click HERE

Thank you for stopping by today! I hope you enjoyed your visit!

Oh Happy Day!

Hi friends! I hope you are all having a great week! Today I have a quick card to share that I made the other day....

The base is white cardstock, sized at 5 x 5.5" (I don't know why the weird size, it just kinda worked out that way, lol). All of the colored & patterned papers are from the "Best Friends" cartridge. The patterned background layer is edged with Fiskars Paper Edgers in "Victorian". The yellow background is cut from the "Elegant Edges" cartridge (which I just bought & am loving!) and is embossed with the "Birds & Swirls" Cuttlebug folder. The edges of this layer & the card base are inked with some Martha Stewart ink in "Hibiscus".

The flower image is from the "Florals Embellished" cartridge (pg. 37, cut at 4"). The gems in the center are from my stash and the faux stitching & dots were done with a white Sakura gel pen. The twine is from the The Twinery and I used some Stickles in "Eucalyptus" on the leaves.

The sentiment is from 2 separate K Andrew Designs stamp sets:  "Owly Hoo Sentiments" and "Of Mice & Lil Men".

As you can see, I only used a part of some of the sentiments, easily done by just inking the part I wanted & wiping away any excess with a Q-tip or baby wipe. This makes the stamp sets even more versatile than they already are!

To purchase these sets or any others click HERE.

Just a reminder that you will receive a FREE bonus stamp set when you spend $25 or more! There are many fabulous NEW sets available - some available now & some available for pre-order. So head on over & check 'em out!

Entering this in the following challenges:

Little Scrap Pieces -  Fun Friday Challenge, "emboss it"

BBTB2 -  garden theme

Thanks for visiting me today!

Monogram Cards

Hi everyone! I hope everyone's weekend is off to a fabulous start! I want to share a few of the monogram cards I made as a birthday gift for my aunt Janet. I also made all the coordinating envelopes. I will post the details below each card. I hope you like them! . . . .

This card is 4" square & the base is plain white cardstock. (By the way, I used my Imagine for all of these cards). All the papers & images came from the "Best Friends" cartridge, except the monogram which is from "Elegant Cakes". The little blue square in the middle is some glitter paper from my stash. I used Glossy Accents on the birds & monogram.  *** I used the "Wild Card" cartridge (pg. 81) for all of the envelopes. ***

This card is 4 x 5" & the base is plain white cardstock. All of the papers & images came from the "Best Friends" cartridge, except the monogram which is from "Art Philosophy". I also used Glossy Accents, Stickles & some rhinestones from my stash. I inked some of the edges with VersaColor ink in "Umber".

This card is 4 x 5" & the base is white cardstock. It's kind of hard to tell but the color in person is actually a pale pink - it looks really light in this photo, but it's a little more pink in person. Everything on this card is from the "Baby Boutique" cartridge. The center oval is embossed with my Cuttlebug, using the "D'Vine Swirls" folder. I also used some silver Stickles & inked the edges with black Hero Arts ink.

Thanks for visiting me! Have a great weekend!!

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Hello my friends! I hope you are all having a wonderful week. We are just trying to keep from floating away! We got 6 inches of rain in the last 24 hours! Can you believe that?! Crazy!! I love the rain but geez...

Today I have a St. Patrick's Day card to share with y'all. I've had this design in my head for quite some time now & I'm pretty happy with how it turned out....(By the way...I'm totally addicted to challenges now! in case you couldn't tell, lol)

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

My Pink Stamper-  March Pinkalicious Blog Hop Challenge, "St. Patrick's Day! Think Green!"

Peachy Keen Stamps -  Peachy Challenge 08, "Anything Goes"

Cardz TV -  Cricut Cardz Challenge #104, "Wearing of the Green"

K Andrew Designs -  Simply Sunday Challenge, use green & white & 1 other color

Little Scrap Pieces -  "Luck of the Irish"

Creative Cutter Room -  Design Time Thursday, "St. Patrick's Day" Challenge

DL. ART -  Thankful Thursday Challenge, my chosen sentence is "Shamrock is the National Flower of Ireland"

Scrappy Moms Stamps -  Terrific Tuesday Challenge, "St. Patty's Day Challenge"

BBTB2 -  Project of the Week Challenge, use a shamrock & green

Simon Says Stamp -  "A Bit o' Green", St. Patricks Day theme

I used my Cricut Imagine for this entire card. All the colored papers are from the color pallette on the "Best Friends" Imagine cartridge, except the shamrock patterned background paper which is DCWV. I printed out a full sheet of pink paper for the card base & cut it down to make the card size 4" x 9". The shamrocks are from the "Designer's Calendar" cartridge (pg. 30, base & shadow features). The green shamrocks are cut at 2.2" & the pink shamrock at 2.5". I used 3 different Cuttlebug embossing folders:  D'Vine Swirls, Swiss Dots & the one that came with my machine which I can't find the name of. The twine is Peapod & Honeydew from The Twinery. The clear rhinestones are from my stash. The face on the pink shamrock is from the Peachy Keen Stamps Large Critter Faces set. The edge punch is from Fiskars. I used some pink chalk for the cheeks & a white Signo pen to fill in the whites of the eyes.

Thanks so much for stopping by today & I hope you have a wonderful rest of the week - and happy St. Patty's Day"!!

Love is a Four-Legged Word

Hello there! For those of you who don't know, I change my blog's theme according to the nearest holiday, hence my new St. Patty's Day motif  :)  Anyhoo, I'm really excited because I'm entering today's card in several challenges. I have only participated in 3 challenges before so I'm kinda nervous! Isn't that silly?! I couldn't help myself because my favorite theme is pets, dogs specifically & there are so many challenges with a pet theme right now! This is really a reach for me because I'm really shy & unsure of myself in this whole crafting/blogging world. There are sooo many talented crafters out there - it's very intimidating to me for some reason. I know I shouldn't feel that way - everyone I've chatted with so far has been super nice & encouraging, so I guess it's just in my head, lol. Well, I figure the best way to overcome any fear is to jump in & give it my best! Sooo (deep breath) here I go!...

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:

Paper Playtime - "Say it with Sentiments", theme is pets & a sentiment

Scrappy Moms - "Terrific Tuesday Challenge", theme is "Tag - you're it!"

Die Cuttin Divas -  Favorite pet

Crafty Ribbons -  "Paws for Thought", ribbon(s) required

Cardz TV -  "A Stitch in Time", use real or faux stitching


And here is my card....

     

First of all, I was almost done with this card when I noticed the major contradiction. Can you tell what it is? Yes, I used a 2-legged half-dog to go with the "Love is a Four-legged word" sentiment. I had to laugh at myself when I realized it! I really didn't want to change it & I figured it would just give the card more character & get a few giggles. Sometimes the most obvious things just seem to slip by me!...so I'm very used to laughing at myself!

Now on to the details....The card base is Kraft cardstock cut at 5" square from the Cricut "Art Philosophy" cartridge on my Cricut Expression. The rest of this card was made using my Cricut Imagine machine. All of the papers on this card are from the "Best Friends" Imagine cartridge, as well as the dog & cat images (which are mounted using pop-dots). I am currently obsessed with making my own double-sided paper & I just love incorporating the corner folds to show it off.

The paw print punch is from EK Success & the paw/bone embossing folder I actually have no idea who made it, lol. I bought it on eBay & it didn't say who made it in the description & it came without any packaging or sleeve or anything. It's my mystery folder! The bone brad & the 3D paw print are from my stash. The paw print ribbon is by Offray. I'm usually thoroughly annoyed by those little score marks the Cricuts put on a card feature, but this time I used them to thread my ribbon through. They're still annoying but slightly less now, lol. I used Stickles in "Diamond" & "Xmas red" to add a little bling to their collars. The little tag I cut by hand. The faux stitching around the perimeter is done with a Micron05 pen in brown.

The sentiment stamp is from the Scrappy Moms Stamps set called "Raining Cats & Dogs" I love love love her stamps & this is my absolute favorite set! I stamped it with Tim Holtz Distress Ink in "Walnut Stain".
                             

Phew! I think that's it! Thank you so much for stopping by & have a fabulous day!