Easter Basket made from Envelopes found on your Cricut Cartridges

Hi Everyone!

Happy Monday!

I am hosting a project this month in the FB group called Play Along.

While I was searching and racking my brain trying to come up with an idea for my project

I saw this cute little Easter box made from Envelopes on YouTube from 

Craftincarolinas  and was inspired!

You can see her video by clicking HERE

I thought her box and bunny were so adorable that I wanted to recreate it but

I do not have that die nor do I have all those punches but I do have a Cricut and I wanted to try and make mine into a little basket so

I set out trying to recreate her adorable bunny and box from shapes that I found on my Cricut cartridges.

Here is what I came up with:

*warning: photo HEAVY!*

I cut out 4 envelopes at 4.25" using my Artiste Cricut Cartridge.

The envelope that I used is on page 73 in the handbook (Card Shift feature)

 After they were all cut out, I lined up the notches on my score board and started scoring.

I folded as if I was making an envelope except for the flap you would typically use to seal the envelope. 

That got folded over in the opposite direction:

Then I added a strip of score tape to only one flap on each envelope:

I then adhered a taped side to a non taped side to connect the envelopes:

After all 4 sides are adhered:

To make mine into a basket, I simply laid it down and cut a one inch slit with my craft knife right along the score line of the flap.

I did this to 2 opposite sides:

Then I added adhesive to the bottom flaps. It needs to be a strong adhesive to support the weight of the goodies that are going to go inside. I used Scrappy Tape.

You want to adhere the adhesive on the outside of one flap, then the inside of the next flap, outside then inside again. 

Important! Do not take off the liner for your tape yet!

Before I assembled the bottom flaps and the handle, 

I wanted to put my patterned paper on my basket.

I cut 2 strips of patterned paper that measured

2.75" wide by 12" long. There was an overlap, but I didn't mind that.

This is the size that I found worked best for my size basket,

you may need to adjust yours depending on the size of your basket.

Now it is time to remove your adhesive liner and adhere your bottom flaps together to form your basket:

I then attached my handle.

My handle measure 1" wide by 11" long.

I added some strong adhesive to the inside bottom of the handle on each side and slipped it through the slit that I had cut previously:

I added a little foam adhesive to each flap so that they would lay down somewhat but still have some dimension:

Now it is ready to decorate:

On Craftincarolinas YouTube Video, she made the cutest bunny using punch art.

I don't have very many circle or oval punches so once again I turned to my cricut.

Here are the sizes that I cut out using George & Basic Shapes Cricut Cartridge:

I assembled my bunny the same exact way that she did in her video HERE

Here is my finished basket:

I think it came out so darling! 

I would like to thank Craftincarolinas for the wonderful inspiration!

If you would like to play along, feel free to join our little group on facebook.

You can find it HERE

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

I hope you have a great crafty day!

Supplies:

Cricut Cartridge: Artiste, George & Basic Shapes

Card Stock: Pink Pirouette (SU!), White (Georgia Pacific)

Patterned card Stock: DCWV

Stamps: Trendy Trees & Well Scripted (SU!)

Inks: Pumpkin Pie, Pear Pizzazz and Melon Mambo (SU!)

Die: Labels 4 (Spellbinders)

Misc.: Tulle (Celebrate It), Foam Adhesive, Scrappy Tape

Trendy Twine Tuesday with Grape Fizz

Happy Tuesday!

Are you guys ready for another great month of

fabulous inspiration for all your twine?

This month Trendy Twine is showing you awesome projects showcasing the fantastic Grape Fizz Twine. I absolutely love this twine! What's not to love about it, I mean it's purple!

For our group project, we are bringing you projects that may inspire you

for the upcoming Mother's Day.

I decided to make a K-Cup caddy.

How cute is that? I found this great tutorial for the caddy on a site named The Cat's Pajama's. You can find the tutorial HERE.

I love how the purple and white goes so well with the kraft. I think the twine gives the project

that extra cuteness factor. :)

Don't forget to head over to the Trendy Twine blog to see more inspiration from the Design Team as well as entering the monthly challenge. You could win some of this fabulous twine! I look forward to seeing what you create :)

Thanks for stopping by!

I hope you have a great crafty day!

Supplies:

Cricut Cartridge: George & Basic Shapes

Card Stock: Recollections

Twine: Grape Fizz (Trendy Twine)

Punches/Dies: Corner Chomper (We R Memory Keepers), Doily Lace (Martha Stewart), Labels Four, Classic Ovals Large, Fancy Tags (Spellbinders)

Stamp: Mother & Daughter Stamps (Joy's Life)

Ink: Concord Crush (SU!)

What's the Buzz? with Joy's Life Stamps

Happy Saturday!

I hope your weekend is off to a great start!

Today I will be showing you a super cute card made with the Joy's Life Stamps.

This week the design team is showcasing cards that have movement.

I decided to make a telescoping card

Here is the card opened:

These cards are so cute and so easy to make.

You can find the tutorial HERE

For my card, I cut the beehive out of the Sentimentals Cricut cartridge at 1.5". The bee was also cut from sentimentals but at 2.25". I then stamped my sentiment on the third piece and drew the flight pattern from the bee to the sentiment to give the illusion that the bee wrote the sentiment.

My sentiment came from the You're So Punny stamp set from Joy's Life Stamps.

Thanks so much for stopping by my blog today and taking a look at my latest creation! I really appreciate it!

Don't forget to check out the Joy's Life Design Team page to get more inspiration on cards that move.

I hope you have a great crafty day!

*I created this project while on the Joy's Life Design Team

Supplies:

Cricut Cartridges: Sentimentals and George & Basic Shapes

Card Stock: Daffodil Delight (SU!), Textured White and Black (DCWV), Smooth White (Georgia Pacific)

Stamp: You're So Punny (Joy's Life)

Ink: Black StazOn

Misc.: Offray Ribbon, Black Sharpie Pen, Recollections Brads

Hogs & Kisses

For my The Perfect Sentiment Post, Click HERE
Happy Wednesday my crafty friends! I hope you are all having a great day! I am so happy that today I get to post my very first challenge for the Joy's Life DT. The challenge this week was to Make It Messy---Use your Inks, Paints, Smooch, Etc.



What's messier than a cute little piggy? I decided to make a cute little gift bag filled with some Hersey Hugs and use Joy's Life Barnyard Puns stamps for my greeting. For my messy technique, I inked up my pig with some pink ink. I also tore white paper strips and painted them brown with some acrylic paint and then lightly sanded the paint a little in certain spots to give it more texture. Here is a close-up of my "mud":



I also used some Perfect Pearls Mist to spray my clouds to give them a little shimmer. Here is a close-up of that:



I am so happy with this little bag and think it turned out adorable. Thanks so much for stopping by my blog today and taking a look at my latest creation. Don't forget to stop by the Joy's Life DT page to see more inspiration and to read about the challenge. I hope you have a great crafty day!


I created this project while on the Joy's Life Design Team.

Supplies:
Cricut Cartridges: Plantin Schoolbook (bag), Paper Doll Dress Up (fence), Create A Critter (clouds) & George and Basic Shapes (pig)
Card Stock: Blue (Recollections), White (Georgia Pacific), Pink Pirouette (SU!)
Inks: Pink Pirouette and Chocolate Chip (SU!)
Stamp: Barnyard Puns (Joy's Life)
Misc.: Acrylic Paint (Folk Art), Perfect Pearls Mist, White Offray Ribbon, Googly Eyes

Cricut 360 Challenge #2

Happy Friday! Are you guys ready for another great challenge at Cricut 360 this week? Thanks so much for stopping by last week at Cricut 360 and playing along, we hope you had fun. This week the challenge is to make a Thank You Card in the shape of a circle using any cartridge you would like.

This is what I made:



For my card, I cut my base out of the Wild Card Cricut Cartridge at 5". The purple circle was cut out of George and Basic Shapes at 4" and then embossed with the Victoria Cuttlebug Folder, the sentiment "Thank You" came from All Occasion Cake art and was cut out at 2".

Thanks so much for stopping by my blog and taking a look at my latest creation. I really appreciate it. Don't forget to stop by Cricut 360 to look at all the Design Team's projects as well as entering the challenge yourself. I look forward to seeing what you create! Have a great crafty day!


Supplies:
Cricut Expression---Wild Card, All Occasion Cake Art, George and Basic Shapes
Cuttle bug---Victoria Cuttlebug Embossing Folder
Card Stock---White (Recollections), Purple (Bazzill)
Misc.---Pearls and Flowers (Recollections), Ribbon (Offray)

Cooking With Cricut Challenge # 40

Happy Wednesday! It's time for another great challenge over at Cooking With Cricut! Since June was National Dairy Month, this week's challenge is all about cows. For the challenge, you need to make a project with a cow on it AND/OR must be black and white with a small amount of one other color. Here is what I came up with:



I cut the cow out of Nursery Rhymes at 3" and the phrase, over the moon was also cut out of nursery rhymes at 1". The stars were cut from George and Basic shapes at .25", .50" and .75".


Thanks so much for stopping by. Don't forget to head over to Cooking With Cricut to see what the rest of the design team came up with and to enter the challenge yourself. Have a great crafty day!


Supplies:
Cricut--Nursery Rhymes & George and Basic Shapes
Card Stock--Daffodil Delight (SU!), Blue (DCWV), White (Georgia Pacific)
Punch--Treading Water (Fiskars)
Misc.--Glossy Accents, Perfect Pearls Mist, Recollections Pearls, Offray Ribbon

Cartridge Toss-Up with Tags, Bags, Boxes and More

Happy Thursday! Today I will be showing you what I came up with for my second project in my exploration of Tags, Bags, Boxes and More. I decided to make the Triangle box.






I cut out the box at 5" and did some faux stitching all the way around the box and then I assembled it. For my clover, I welded 3 hearts and the letter "J" from George and Basic Shapes together. Super cute! Don't forget to stop by Kimberly's blog to see the awesome project she created!

Thanks for taking the time to stop by and take a look at my latest creation! I hope you all have a great crafty day!


Supplies:
Cricut--Tags, Bags, Boxes and More & George and Basic Shapes
Card Stock--Green (?), White (PTI)
Stamp--Imaginisce
Misc.--Sakura White Gelly Roll Pen, Offray Ribbon

Cartridge Toss-Up with Straight From The Nest part 2

Happy Thursday! So sorry for posting this so late. I have been having a slow kinda day around here. :)

For today's card, I wanted to make a simple but elegant card to have on hand for whatever occasion. Whether it be a birthday, thank you or just because. I was inspired by some little die-cut note cards in the SU idea book, and decided to see if I could make my own. Here is my card:




I took two rectangles from George and welded them together in my gypsy for my card base. I then took the medallion and sized it at 3" and welded that into the front of my card. Voila! Easy Peasy! I cut it out with my cricut and lined the inside of the card with some Pink Pirouette cardstock, added a scallop trim, a bow and a little rhinestone to the center and my card was complete. Quick and easy but so pretty at the same time. Gotta love that! Thanks so much for taking the time to stop by my blog today. I hope you have a great crafty day!



Supplies:
Gypsy
Cricut--George and Basic Shapes & Straight From The Nest
Cardstock--White (PTI) & Pink Pirouette (SU!)
Punch--Scallop Sentiment (Fiskars)
Ribbon--Offray

Find Joy In The Little Things

Happy Monday! I hope you all had a great New Year! Monday's mean another great challenge week over at Paper Therapy. This week the challenge is to CASE a card from your favorite blogger. I have so many favorite bloggers, that this was a tough one for me. I decided to go with Dawn from Dawn's Stamping Thoughts. You can find the link to her Swing Top Card Here.

Here is my take on the card:

I have always wanted to try to make a hinge/swing top card. I have to say, this was so easy and fun to make! Thanks so much to Dawn for the great inspiration.

I hope you will hop on over to Paper Therapy and play along this week. We would love to see what you create!

Have a great crafty day and thanks so much for stopping by and taking a look at my project!

Supplies:

Cricut-George and Basic Shapes

Patterned Paper- Bella Blvd.

Cardstock--White (PTI), Kraft (SU!) & Pink (Recollections)

Ribbon--Michaels

Misc.--Dazzling Diamonds (SU!) & Sakura White Gelly Roll Pen

Happy Fall!

Good Monday morning! I hope you all had a fantastic and crafty weekend!

Today marks the first week the weekly challenges start over at Paper Therapy with our new DT. We will have a new challenge every Monday. There are some really great challenges in store for you all. I hope that you all play along. :)

This weeks challenge is a sketch challenge. This is what I came up with:




How cute is that pumpkin? I had a lot of fun with this sketch and really do see myself using it for many future cards. For my pumpkin, I used Paper Doll Dress Up and cut out the pumpkin at 3".

For those of you that don't know, Paper Therapy is an online cardmaking/scrapbooking message board. There are a lot of really nice ladies over there that all love to craft and chat about it. We have chit chat, weekly challenges, a card of the month contest, crops and a really cool halloween section right now for the month of October. Hope to see you there!

Thanks for taking the time to stop by and take a look. I really do appreciate it. :)


Supplies Used:

Cricut--Paper Doll Dress Up & George and Basic Shapes
Patterned Paper-- K & Co.
Cardstock--Orange(American Crafts), Cream(DCWV)& Rust(Bazzill)
Misc--Brown sharpie, Wal-Mart ribbon, brads & Corner rounder for the scallop border.

Friends

Happy Saturday! Today's card was made for the First Friday Challenge #2 over at Cricut Me That with Abbie. The theme was to make a project with the theme of "girlfriends". This was my first time playing along with her challenge and I had a lot of fun! Looking forward to what September brings! Here is what I came up with:



For my card base, I cut out the doily card from Wild Card at 5". I then cut out a circle from George and Basic shapes at 4". The shoe and phrase were both cut out from Gypsy Wanderings at 1 1/2". I added some dimensional pearl paint for a little dimension and popped up the shoe with dimensionals. Thanks for stopping in and taking a look!


Supplies Used:
Cricut: Expression, Wild Card & George and Basic Shapes
Gypsy: Gypsy Wanderings
White Cardstock: Stampin' Up!
Patterned Paper: GCD Studios
Ribbon: Offray
Pearls: Dimensional Fabric Paint
Dimensionals: Stampin' Up!

Small Wonder

Hi! Today's card was made for the sketch challenge over at Taylored Expressions.



I had a lot of fun with this card. I have no idea why I made a baby card since I don't know of anyone that is having a baby, but the papers and the border punch just kinda took me in that direction. :) I made the flower from my cricut by cutting out 4 of the same flower in 1/4" increments starting at 1/2" and ending with 1 1/4". I then just stacked them together, placed a brad through the middle and then used a paintbrush end to give the petals a little dimension by rolling them under a little bit. I am so happy with the end result of this card. I mean, who doesn't love girly and dainty right? :)

Thanks so much for stopping by!


Supplies Used:
Paper--White cardstock (Georgia Pacific) & Pink Patterned Paper (Heidi Grace Designs)
Ribbon--American Crafts
Border Punch--Martha Stewart (Doily Lace)
Stamp--Stampin' Up! (Whimsical Words)
Cricut--Expression & George and Basic ShapesPearls--Polymark Dimensional Fabric paint

Happy Birthday 2 You!

Whoa! Where has the time gone? I can not believe it is June already. I am so looking forward to lazy summer days hanging out with my kids. :)

Today's card is another Birthday Card. I have quite a few birthdays in June to make cards for. I made this card to play along with the sketch over at The Sweet Stop Challenge Blog (SSS58).



I am not very good at making masculine cards. For some reason, I have a really hard time with it. Maybe it's the lack of glitter and cupcakes? :) I am pretty pleased with how this one turned out though.

Thanks so much for taking the time to stop by and take a look! I appreciate it!


Supplies Used:

Stampendous--Two You Stamp Set
Stampin' Up--Chocolate Chip Classic Ink, Dimensionals, Kraft Cardstock
DCWV--Burgundy, Blue and Patterned Paper
Cricut cartridges--Storybook (Marquee cut at 2"), and George and Basic Shapes (Circles cut at 1/2" & 1")
Brads--Unknown

Let Your Day Soar!

Happy Tuesday! This card was made for the challenge over at The Sweet Stop Sketch Challenge Blog. Thanks for taking the time to stop by and take a look! I appreciate it.



Supplies Used:
MSE Stamp--Happy Day
Ribbon--Offray
Cuttlebug--Swiss Dots Embossing Folder
Cricut--George and Basic Shapes
Stampin' Up!--Classic Black Ink and Dimensionals