Snowflake Christmas

Hi everyone!

Happy Thursday!

I have been trying to get a head start on some Christmas cards.

When I saw this sketch from Freshly Made Sketches (FMS59)

I jumped on the opportunity to make a couple.

Here is the sketch:

and here is my interpretation:

I love red, kraft and white together! It is one of my all time favorite color combos. 

For my snowflakes, I used my Accent Essentials Cricut Cartridge and cut each snowflake out at 1.5".

For my kraft layer, I ran it through my cuttlebug using my polka dot embossing folder.

Thanks so much for taking the time to stop by my blog today and taking a look at my latest creation.

I really appreciate it!

Have a great crafty day :)

Supplies:

Cricut Cartridge: Accent Essentials

Cuttlebug: Polka Dot

Card Stock: Real Red (SU!), Kraft (Recollections), White (Georgia Pacific)

Misc.: Ribbon (SU!), Marvy Gel Pen, Pearls (Queen & Co.), Foam Adhesive

We Are The Wild Life Frame

Hi Everyone!

Today I get to show you another project made using

those fabulous Joy's Life Stamps!

This week, the design team was asked to make a animal themed project.

I decided to make a picture frame with some zebra print flowers on it.

I bought one of those unpainted dollar frames from Michaels for my project.

My daughter and her bestie both love zebra print so I wanted to make some

flowers out of zebra print patterned paper.

I cut my flowers out of the accent essentials cricut cartridge.

To make them pop, I painted the frame a hot pink color.

My sentiment came from the Wild Life Puns stamp set from Joy's Life and I think it describes them perfectly!

I stamped my sentiment directly onto the frame using black staz on ink. 

Thanks so much for taking the time to stop by my blog today and taking a look at my latest creation!

I really appreciate it.

Don't forget to stop by the Joy's Life DT page for more animal themed inspiration this week.

I hope you have a great crafty day!

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

Supplies:

Cricut Cartridge: Accent Essentials

Patterned Paper: Recollections

Stamp: Wild Life Puns (Joy's Life Stamps)

Ink: Black StazOn

Misc.: Wood Frame, Craft Paint, Bling Brads

Memories Frame

Happy Wednesday! Are you guys ready for another great challenge over at Cooking With Cricut this week?

In honor of National Gingersnap Day, you are being challenged to make a project using the following pictures as inspiration:





You must also have two of the following colors in your project:

Tangerine
Yellow
Cream - Vanilla
Ginger - Brown
Green
Kraft, White or Black as accents if necessary

I used the floral picture as my inspiration and the colors yellow, green and cream and created this frame:



This was just a plain wooden frame that I bought knowing I was going to alter it but not quite sure how. When I saw the floral picture above, I was inspired. You cant really see it in this picture but after I painted the frame cream, I used some white pearl mist to add some shimmer to the frame as well as the flowers.

Here is a close up of the flowers:



For my flowers, I cut the flowers out of Accent Essentials in various sizes and layered them on top of each other and curled up the petals. The biggest flower is 2.5" and the smallest is .5". The leaves were cut from Storybook at 1.5" and Memories was cut from Home Decor at 1".

Thanks so much for stopping by my blog to take a look at my latest creation! Don't forget to stop by Cooking With Cricut to see what the rest of design team came up with as well as entering the challenge yourself!

I am also entering this into Emma's Throwback Thursday challenge of using an older cartridge and the colors yellow and green. I hope you have a great crafty day!



Supplies:
Cricut--Accent Essentials, Home Decor & Storybook
Card Stock--Daffodil Delight & Old Olive (SU!)
Misc--Wooden Frame, Recollections Gems, Perfect Pearls Mist

'Tis the Season

Please scroll down to the next post for the winner of the blog candy from me for the
Holiday Cards and Gifts Blog Hop.


Happy Monday! I hope you are staying warm where you are as it is sure cold where I am. It is looking like a great crafting day!

Today marks the start of a new challenge over at Paper Therapy. This weeks challenge is to make a project with a snowflake on it. I decided to make little treat purses filled with little Hershey nuggets for my daughter to hand out to her friends this holiday.

I am so happy with how this turned out. I finally got around to using that free download for Gypsy users with the Tags, Bags, Boxes and more to make my little purse. I don't really know the size the purse was cut out at. I just sized it on my gypsy as big as I could get it. The snowflake was cut out with Accent Essentials at 2". I then added some bling, ribbon and a sentiment. I think these will be perfect little gifts for her to give to all her friends. Now,I just need to get busy making more of them. :)

Thanks so much for taking the time to stop by and take a look. I really appreciate it. Have a great crafty day!


Supplies Used:
Cricut--Accent Essentials
Gypsy--Tags, Bags, Boxes and More
Cardstock--Red (Recollections)
Patterned Paper--Countdown to Christmas (My Mind's Eye)
Stamp--Winter Wonderland (Recollections)
Ink--Poppy Parade (SU!)
Misc.--iRock, White Signo Gel Pen, Ribbon Basics by Michaels

Happy Memorial Day!

Happy Memorial Day! To all of our service men and women who have served or are presently serving...Thank You!

Today's card was made for the Mojo Monday Sketch Challenge, week 141.



I decided to do the square card. For my flower accent, I cut out three of the same flower from my cricut in different sizes. One at 1 1/2', 1 1/4" and 1" and then just layered them on top of each other.



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



Supplies Used:
DCWV--Green and Cream Cardstock
Stampin' Up--Kraft cardstock, Chocolate Chip Classic Ink, Well Scripted Stamp Set
Offray--Ribbon
Martha Stewart--Floral Lace border punch
Nestabilites--Classic Ovals (Large)
Cricut Cartridge--Accent Essentials
Patterned Paper--Unknown :(