Butterfly and Stripes

HOORAY,  I finally got a card done before this week was totally over.  It is after midnight here at my house so I am going to get right to it.  I have had some Die Cuts With a View (DCWV) papers that coordinate and I have wanted to use them for quite sometime. So here is the result!

Here are the supplies I used:

•  Cricut Cartridges: Florals Embellished; Damask Decor
• DCWV for patterned paper, kraft cardstock
• Gold ribbon by Ribbon Trends
• VersaMagic Ink in Jumbo Java
• 2 baby buttons, 3 JoLee's rhinestones
• Round punch

I made this card for the following challenges:

1. Try It On Tuesday - monochrome card
2. Tuesday Throwdown #65 - use 3 patterned papers, 2 buttons, 1 ribbon
3. Just 4 Fun - timeless vintage
4. Flutterby Wednesday - Open

Thanks for taking a peek and always leaving such encouraging comments!  Oh I am trying to get to 100 FOLLOWERS by Christmas so spread the word!!! Have a GREAT weekend everyone!

Celebrate with Style!

Hi Everyone!  A special big THANKS to my followers and some new ones who have just joined us! Just love to have you visit and get to know you all better!  This week has been BUSY!!! But I wanted so much to do some of the great challenges out there, so I got a card made today before the big Labor Day Weekend.  Whoopee...here it is!

 

I didn't have to use much for this card so found some paper scraps to use (which is always a good thing). I've  been wanting to make a card using the dress form on the forever Young Cart and found a challenge  where I could use it, YAH!  I also haven't used my Fancy Frames cart that I bought at the first of the summer...just a word of caution...it is HARD to decide which frame to use, they are all just terrific.  What I used:

• Used Cricut Cartridges: Forever Young & Fancy Frames
• Paper: DCWV, K & Company, Core'dinations Cardstock
• JoLee's rhinestones, white gel pen for stitching
• computer Digi Sentiment

I have entered this card in the following challenges:

1. My Craft Spot Ch#23 -  Sew Much Fun (use stitching)
2. Fantabulous Cricut Ch Me Monday#75 - A splash of Yellow
3. Shabby Tea Room Week #77 - Birth Stones Mine is December - Blue Zircon
4. City Crafter Ch Blog Wk#72 - all dressed up (use a dress or dressform)
5. Party time tuesdays PTT#31 - Anything goes
6. Scrapbook Sisters Ch#50 - Anything goes
7. 4 Crafty Chicks - Celebrate!

Thanks once again for stopping in.  EVERYONE have a very safe Labor Day holiday and I am sending my love and best wishes for those of you recovering from the hurricane this past week. Wow, what a scary week, so STAY SAFE OUT THERE! Talk to you after the holiday!

3 Little Cupcakes

Onward we go with more Birthday Cards (gotta get that stockpile up for October!).  This was inspired by that color challenge at Birthday Sundaes: pink, green and white. LOVE, LOVE, LOVE those colors together!  Here is the card:

 

I made it pretty clean and simple because the colors are really the focus.  Here is the recipe:

• Cricut Cartridge: Straight from the nest
• Paper: DCWV and Cloud 9 Design
• Versamagic Ink: Hint of Pesto, Perfect Plumeria
• Button, Baker's Twine,  and Jolee's rhinestones
• My own Digi sentiment

 This card is entered in the following challenges:

1. Birthday Sundaes Ch#23 - color challenge
2. Sentimental Sundays Ch #67 - Birthday Bash
3. Terrific Tuesday Challenges - Straight from the nest

Thanks so much for looking in and visiting with me!  You blogger Buddies are such a GREAT group of kindred spirits and I LOVE having you in for a visit!  Take Care :)

Birthday Green and Gold

Have you ever started on a card with a picture of exactly what you want in your mind and then - WHAM! What happened?  LOL, I knew I was going to use this beautiful Bird from the Cricut Cartridge "Straight From the Nest" (LOVE this Cart!!), but for some reason it went a different direction...and I like it!  I counted up the Birthdays that I need cards for in October and there was like 12 or so.  October is my busiest Birthday month, thus I am starting early and I DON"T want them all to be Halloween cards!

 

I have to admit I LOVE the branch on the second page!  You could really give this card to either sex, cause men and women both like to fluff out their feathers and preen a bit! Here is the recipe:

• Cricut Carts: Straight from the Nest, Plantin Schoolbook
• Paper from K&Company and Core'dinations
• VersaMagic Ink-Spanish Olive, Distress Ink-Tie Dye
• Bakers Twine,  Heidi Grace Rhinestones

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

1. Fantabulous Cricut Ch Me Monday#74 - Birthday Bash
2. Paper Playtime Ch#53 - Anything Goes
3. Little Scrap Pieces - No Challenge, Challenge

Have a GREAT week everyone and thanks so much for spending your precious time with me!

Caught a Bug?

I was looking thru my card box and couldn't believe I haven't made a "Get Well" card!!! For Shame!  There were a couple of  fun challenges going and I made a buggy get well card for them!  The Jar has an overlay of plastic vinyl  that is hard to see, but it makes it looks like a real jar!

 

This last picture is the very back of the card.  I have never shown what I put on the back so here it is.  I always make a matching color label with my blogspot address, then recipients can go check out my blog...GOOD IDEA!!!  Here is the product list for those who would like it:

• DCWV cardstock  Nana's Kids,  Core'dinations
• Cartridges:  Dinosaur Tracks and  Kate's ABC's
• Cuttlebug used Swiss Dots for inside  Jar
• Red & white Baker's twine
• Plastic vinyl is a picture protector sheet cut up
• Heidi Grace  buttons, The Robin's Nest Dew Drops
• VersaMagic chalk Ink in Midnight Black, Hint of Pesto, Night sky

Challenges this card is entered in:

1. Fantabulous Cricut Challenge Me Monday #72 "Let's get Buggy with it"
2. Kaboodle Doodles Ch #79 Primary Colors
3. My Craft Spot Ch#20 It's hot out there-use hot bright colors
4. 4 Crafty Chicks Ch#50 - Twine 
5. My Creative Throwback Thursday Challenge: episode 230 Use a Retired Cricut Cartridge        (I used Dinosaur Tracks for the bug)

thanks for stopping by and don't be out there running with scissors! HUGS ALL!!
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Flower Shoppe FUN

HELLO YOU BLOGGER BUDDIES! Finally was able to play with my new Flower Shoppe Cricut Cartridge I had purchased over a month ago.  It is SO cool....I watched a few tutorials for this cartridge and that helps TONS.  Since I seemed to be heading in a masculine card direction the past few cards I made sure I went FEMALE for this.  I made it especially for a color challenge and the colors are Celery, Lavender and gray...just a beautiful combo!  Here it is:

 

 

This was so much fun to do, although the flower is time consuming.  I didn't use many supplies and the card is A2 (4 1/4 x 5 1/2).  I  Used only the Cricut flower shoppe cart, Paper by K & company and Core'dinations cardstock.  Sentiment done by computer and two lavender bling jewels.  That is all! Thanks for stopping by to see what I've been doing.  Love, Love, Love to make cards....gee it really is too bad that housework isn't this entertaining!  Love your comments!! HUGS ALL!!
I am entering this card in the following challenges:

1. Birthday Sundaes -Challenge #21-Birthday Cards
2. CR84FN Color Challenge #35 (Celery, Lavender, Gray)

Cruisin' on by...

I finally hobbled down to my craft/laundry room and worked on a card.  The hardest thing for me now is my eyesight.  I sustained a concussion and my right eye isn't focusing correctly so I get some double vision and when I move my head fast I get motion sick...yuk, BUT I got a card done!! Woohoo!  One of the challenges is for a clean and simple card so I had to restrain myself, dang!

 

 

This is another card that you could use for a masculine birthday.  Here are the supplies I used:

• Card is a 4 x 9 
• Cartridge: Pack your bags-ship pg 58 (cut everything at 3 1/2")
• K & Company print paper, Core'dinations Card stock
• Black & White Stripe Bakers Twine
• blue button on inside from Heidi Grace
• sentiments done on computer

This card is being entered in the following challenges:

1. CAS-ual Fridays CFC#13--The long & Short of it (clean & simple, embrace the space)
2. Cricut 360 Ch #5 - Transportation
3. Elizabeth Mae's - Challenge #2 Birthday  (thanks Karen for the heads up!)

Thanks for taking a look and for all the wonderful get well wishes.   It is SOOOOOOO nice to be creating again - even slowly!  HUGS to you ALL!

Warm Wishes

First of all a GREAT BIG THANK YOU to Kellie from Kards by Kellie for giving me a "stinking cute" blog award!!! What a dear blogger friend she is so everyone go visit her wonderful blog!  Now on to a new card.  It's summer so here is my take on sunshine and blue skies:

 

 

I hadn't used my Country Life Cartridge since I had purchased it and it has so many cute graphics.  I love the sunshine coming up over the hill.  It is just so cheery and I also used the sheep from this cart because you NEED sheep grazing on a hillside!!  Another thing I like about this cartridge is the great alphabet and word selection.  They are also not as hard as some to cut out and keep in one piece.  I cut the words out at 1" and they hung together pretty well.  Here are my supplies:

• Country Life Cart: sunshine and hillside, sheep and words
• Paper by K&Company (jeepers I love their paper!)
• VersaMagic Chalk Ink and Distress ink in Antique linen
• Bakers Twine in black and white, 2 buttons
• Inside original words done on computer

Thanks for stopping by.  I won't get another card done til next week so have a GREAT weekend and thanks to you WONDERFUL blogger friends who helped put me over 50 followers!!! 100 here I come!!!  I have entered this card in the following challenges:

1. The Kraft Journal  - Make it Monday: something borrowed or something blue
2. Paper Playtime Ch#50 - Summer
3. Party Time Tuesday PTT #24 - Blue Skies and Sunshine
4. My Sheri Crafts Challenge #64 - Faithful companions (yes a sheep is a companion)
5. City Crafter Challenge Blog Week #63 - Let the Sunshine In

Butter-flyte White

This is probably one of the easiest cards I have ever done.  WHY...because I didn't have to spend oodles of time choosing paper colors!!!  Our Creative Corner issued a challenge to do an ALL WHITE CARD.  Now I thought this would be extremely difficult, but in reality my cricut and cuttlebug did all the work and I just had to decide on what to cut!  I went to a favorite cartridge: Florals Embellished and loved the result.  Hope you do too!

I barely used any supplies, just two different white cardstocks, My Cuttlebug to emboss, my Cricut Cartridge Florals Embellished page 64:  words, shadow and silhouette features.   I finished it off  with 7 small JoLee's rhinestones.  Just couldn't have been easier.  Actually the hardest part was photographing an all white card.  If it wasn't for my Paint Shop Pro 8 program my pictures wouldn't be worth publishing.   This wonderful program helps restore the picture to the colors and clarity that it should be!  Hope you enjoy looking at it, thanks for coming over for a visit! BTW--I am REAL close to 50 followers please help me get over the hump!!! I will love you forever :)  HUGS!
I have entered this card in the following challenges:

• Our Creative Corner OCCC - only use white challenge
• Flutter-by Wednesday Ch #161 OPEN but use a butterfly, fairie, or angel
• By the Cute and Girly - July: Things With Wings