Birthday Card

Hi everyone! Happy Thursday! Any exciting plans coming up for the weekend? I plan on crafting as much as I can this weekend. I have a lot of projects to catch up on. :) Today I woud like to share with you a card that I made for the following challenges:

Birthday Sundaes: Stair Step/Center Step/Side Step Birthday Cards

Cooking With Cricut: Birthday Cake, Cupcakes and/or Balloons

Here is the card that i created for the challenges:



I made this card for a friend who has a birthday coming up soon. I hope she likes it. I cut my cupcake out of the Sweet Treats cricut cartridge at 2". You can't really tell to well from the picture but the white parts of the card are embossed with the Happy Birthday Cuttlebug folder and the "icing" on the cupcake is Pearl Beads in a Bottle. Thanks so much for stopping by and taking a look at my latest creation. I really appreciate it! I hope you have a great crafty day!



Supplies:
Cricut Cartridge: Sweet Treats
Card Stock: Melon Mambo & Pink Pirouette (SU!), White (Georgia Pacific)
Stamp: Yummy Puns (Joy's Life)
Ink: Melon Mambo (SU!)
Cuttlebug: Happy Birthday Embossing Folder
Dies: Labels Four (Spellbinders)
Misc.: White Pearl Beads in a Bottle, White Offray Ribbon, Recollection Pearls

Cooking With Cricut #52

Happy Wednesday! Are you guys ready for a great challenge from Cooking With Cricut? This week the challenge is all about the colors of Autumn. Use the colors of Autumn in your projects this week, red, orange, brown, yellow and/or green. Here is what I created for the challenge:



I am surrounded by trees, so autumn at my house is beautiful but messy. Oh how I am not looking forward to raking up all those leaves. haha! For my card, I cut my tree out of the Bloom Cricut Lite cartridge at 4". I added some dimension to the tree by turning it over and free hand drawing some lines with my stylus and then turning it back over and lightly inking the surface. For the leaves, I cut them out in 3 different colors and just placed them onto the tree. The inside of the card reads: Happy Fall.

Thanks so much for stopping by my blog and taking a look at my creation. I'm sad to say that this is my last DT post for Cooking With Cricut. I want to thank Melin and all the girls on the DT for their inspiration and their friendship that they have shown me every week. It has been a great journey with you ladies! Thank you!

Don't forget to stop by Cooking With Cricut to play along with this week's challenge! I look forward to seeing what you create! I hope you have a great crafty day!


Supplies:
Cricut Expression
Cricut Cartridge: Bloom
Card Stock: Pumpkin Pie, Daffodil Delight, Old Olive, Crumb Cake (SU!) & White (Georgia Pacific)
Ribbon: SU!
Ink: Chocolate Chip (SU!)
Misc.: Button, Hemp Cord, Flocking Powder, Corner Rounder (EK Success)

Cooking With Cricut #51

Happy Wednesday! Are you guys ready for a new challenge week over at Cooking With Cricut? In honor of Grandparent's Day (September 11), you are challenged to create a project about or for your grandparents or a heritage type project.

Here is what I came up with:



I made a card to send in honor of Grandparents Day. For my card, I used a sketch from Page Maps (Card Maps March 2008) for my inspiration. My brackets were cut from Plantin Schoolbook at 2" and my flower was cut from Lovely Floral at 3", 3.5" and 4". Once I had my flowers cut out, I sprayed them with a little bit of Perfect Pearls Mist and crumbled them up and layered them on top of each other for some dimension. When they were dry, I added some glossy accents to give the flower some shine and attached a Dew Drop in the center. For the sentiment, all I did was type it up on my computer and print it out.

Thanks so much for taking the time to drop by today. I appreciate it. Don't forget to stop by Cooking With Cricut to see what the other DT girls did to inspire you as well as entering the challenge yourself. I hope you have a great crafty day!


Supplies:
Cricut Expression
Cricut Cartridges: Plantin Schoolbook & Lovely Floral
Cuttlebug: Swiss Dots
Card Stock: Crumb Cake (SU!)
Patterned Paper: Linen Closet (DCWV)
Misc.: Page Maps Sketch, Ticket Corner Punch (SU!), Dew Drops, Glossy Accents, Perfect Pearls Mist

Cooking With Cricut #50

Happy Wednesday! Are you guys ready for another great challenge at Cooking With Cricut? This week is all about school. With most kids back in school now, we want to see those back to school projects.

Here is what I created:



and here is a side view:



I created a little back pack filled with a few bite size candy bars. The backpack came from the Life's A Party cricut cartridge. I cut it out at 8". Then I added some faux stitching and a sticker that I put on some white cardstock and then hand cut out so I could pop it up with some foam adhesive. For my straps and my bow, I used a pair of new shoe strings instead of ribbon.

Thanks so much for stopping by my blog today and taking a look at my latest creation. I hope you will join us at Cooking With Cricut. We would love to see what you make. Don't forget to stop by Cooking With Cricut to see the fabulous creations that the Design Team did as well. I hope you have a great crafty day!


Supplies:
Cricut Expression
Cricut Cartridge---Life's A Party
Card Stock---Old Olive (SU!)
Misc.---Shoe String, White Signo Gel Pen, Simply School Sticker (Provo Craft), Foam Adhesive (Recollections)

You're A Peach

Happy Wednesday! Are you guys ready for another challenge over at Cooking With Cricut? August is National Peach Month and today just happens to be National Peach PIE day (yum!), so this week's challenge is all about peaches.

Here is the card that I created:



I cut my peach out of Just Because Cards at 2.5". My sentiment was typed up on the computer and then a frame was stamped around it using a frame stamp from Studio G. For my ruffled border, I used some Crepe Streamers, you know the ones you hang up at a party? I had a left over pack from one of my kids birthday parties so I figured why not. I tried it out and fell in love with how it came out.

Thanks so much for stopping by my blog to see my latest creation. I really appreciate it. Don't forget to stop by Cooking With Cricut to see what the rest of the design team cooked up as well as entering the challenge yourself. I can't wait to see what you create. :) I hope you have a great crafty day!


Supplies:
Cricut---Just Because Cards
Card Stock---White (Georgia Pacific), Peach Parfait (SU!), Old Olive (SU!)
Patterned Paper---DCWV
Stamp---Studio G for the frame, Everyday Character Face Parts (Peachy Keen)
Ink---Peach Parfait (SU!)
Misc.---White Signo Gelly Roll Pen, White Crepe Streamers, Dew Drops, Offray Ribbon

Cooking With Cricut Cartridge Showcase

Hi! Today I am going to share with you a project that I made for the cartridge showcase over at Cooking With Cricut. For my showcase, I decided to use the Create A Critter cartridge. Even with so many awesome cartridges out there, I think Create A Critter is still one of my favorites. All the critters are just so adorable! They instantly put a smile on my face. Not to mention that there are a lot of really cute phrases and the accessories can be used for other projects, if you didn't want to use the cute little critters.

For my project, I decided to make a little 3x3 note box filled with some little note cards. I love having these on hand. These little cards are the perfect size to slip into lunch boxes or to hide a little message around the house for a nice surprise.

Here is a picture of the box:



Here is a picture of the card:



And a picture of both the card and box:



For my box, I used some card stock from recollections and cut the title out of the Lyrical Letters cricut cartridge. You can find the instructions on how to make the box HERE. My cards measure 3x3 and I cut my zebra out of Create A Critter at 2.5". There are 6 cards total in the box with envelopes.

For more Create A Critter cuteness, click on my Create A Critter under my labels to see 11 more projects that I have made with this cartridge.

Thanks so much for stopping by my blog and taking a look at my latest creation. I really appreciate it! Have a great crafty day!


Supplies:
Cricut---Create A Critter (Zebra's cut out at 2.5") & Lyrical Letters (Just A Note cut out at 2")
Card Stock---Tempting Turquoise (SU!), Black (Recollections), White (Georgia Pacific)
Patterned Paper---Animal (Recollections)
Punch---Scallop Sentiment (Fiskars)
Misc.---Stickles (Turquoise), Black Hemp Cord

Cooking With Cricut #45

Happy Wednesday! Are you guys ready for another fun challenge at Cooking With Cricut this week? In honor of Columbus setting sail on this date in 1492, you are challenged to incorporate a sailboat or sailboat inspired theme into your projects.

Here is what I did:



I decided to make a Congrats card for a new baby boy. I cut my boat and frames out of Just Because Cards. The frames were cut at 4.75" and 4.5". The boat was cut at 3". I ran the card base as well as the top frame layer through the cuttlebug and stamped my sentiment directly onto the sailboat.

Thanks so much for stopping by my blog and looking at my latest creation. I really appreciate it. Don't forget to stop by Cooking With Cricut to see what the rest of the amazing DT came up with to inspire you as well as entering the challenge yourself. I look forward to seeing your creation. Have a great crafty day!


Supplies:
Cricut---Just beacuse cards
Cuttlebug---Swiss Dots
Card Stock---Blue (Recollections) & White (Georgia Pacific)
Stamp---Chelsea Sentiments
Offray Ribbon

Cooking With Cricut #44

Happy Wednesday and Happy 71st Birthday, Bugs Bunny! In honor of Bugs Bunny, the challenge this week over at Cooking With Cricut is to make a project and incorporate a bunny on it. This is what I came up with:



For my card, I used a frame shape off of the Baby Steps cricut cartridge cut out at 5" and then just folded in half. I cut out another frame in the layer feature and then just cut it in half and layered it onto my card base. My bunny was also cut out of Baby Steps at 2.5" Really simple to do and I think it came out super cute!

Thanks for stopping by my blog and looking at my latest creation! Dont forget to stop by Cooking With Cricut to see the rest of the projects from the fabulous DT and to join in on the challenge! I look forward to seeing your creation! Have a great crafty day!



Supplies:
Cricut---Baby Steps
Card Stock---Colorbok
Cuttlebug---Swiss Dots
Punch---Lace Heart (Martha Stewart Crafts)
Stamp---You Had Me At Chocolate (My Creative Time)
Misc.---Black Staz-On Ink, Trendy Twine

Cooking With Cricut #42

Happy Wednesday! Are you ready for the start of a new challenge over at Cooking With Cricut? The challenge this week is to use your pens -- Cricut Color markers, Amy Chomas or Cri-Kits pens. If you don't have any of these to work with, it's ok just include a sun die cut of some sort in or on your project instead.

Here is what I came up with:



I don't have any of the pens so I just made sure I had a sun on my project somewhere. I used Simply Charmed to cut my sun out at 2.5"

Thanks for stopping by and taking a look at my latest creation. I really appreciate it. Don't forget to stop by Cooking With Cricut to see what the rest of the design team came up with and to enter the project yourself. I look forward to seeing what you create!


Supplies:
Cricut---Simply Charmed
Card Stock---Melon Mambo (SU!) & White (Georgia Pacific)
Patterned Paper---Summer Days (Echo Park)
Stamps---Everyday Character Face Parts (Peachy Keen) & Turn That Frown Upside Down (My Creative Time)
Ink---Black Staz-On
Misc.---Offray Ribbon, White Signo Gel Pen, SU Dimensionals

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

Cooking With Cricut Challenge #39

Happy Wednesday! Welcome to the beginning of another challenge week at Cooking With Cricut. This week is all about watermelon, so let's see those watermelon projects. I created a simple layout for my project:



Even though it's simple, it is starting to grow on me. :) For my watermelon, I used Simply Charmed cut at 2" and for my title, I used Simply Sweet cut at 1". Thanks so much for looking! Don't forget to head over to Cooking With Cricut to see what the rest of the design team did as well as entering the challenge. I look forward to seeing what you create! Have a great crafty day!



Supplies:
Cricut--Simply Charmed & Simply Sweet
Card Stock--White (recollections) & Real Red and Old Olive (SU!)
Ribbon--SU!
Punch--Xtra Large Photo Corners (SU!) & Traditional Eyelet (Martha Stewart Crafts)
White Gelly Roll Pen

World's Best Dad

Happy Wednesday! With Father's Day right around the corner, this weeks challenge at Cooking With Cricut focus's on them. Make a project this week in honor of Father's Day. :)

Here is the card that I made for my husband:



I cut out my sentiment from Wrap It Up at 2.75". I have such a hard time with masculine cards but I am pretty pleased with how this turned out. Thanks so much for looking at my blog today and don't forget to head over to Cooking With Cricut to see what the design team came up with as well as entering the challenge. Have a great crafty day!



Supplies:
Cricut--Wrap It Up
Card Stock--Bazzill
Punch--EK Success

Cooking With Cricut Challenge #33

Happy Wednesday! Ready for another great challenge this week at Cooking With Cricut? You are going to love this one! This week is Pick Your Poison week. Make a project using your favorite cartridge and your favorite color. Pretty awesome right?

My favorite cartridge is still Create A Critter and my favorite color is purple. With that being said, this is what I came up with:

Front view:



Side view:



This is a center step card. You can find the instructions on how to make this type of card here.

For my card, I cut out the zebra from create a critter 2.75". The flowers were also cut out of create a critter at 1.75". I ran my flowers through the cuttlebug with the swiss dots folder. Since I am trying to get my creative space done in purple, I decided to keep this card as a little decoration, especially with that cute sentiment from My Creative Time with Emma Stamps.

Don't forget to head over to Cooking with Cricut to see what the rest of the fabulous design team did and to enter the challenge yourself. I can't wait to see what you create! Have a great crafty day!


Supplies:
Cricut--Create A Critter
Cuttlebug--Swiss Dots
Card Stock--Purple & black(recollections) and white (PTI)
Stamp--Turn that frown upside down(My Creative Time)
Punch--Daisy Scallop (EK Success)
Offray ribbon

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

Cooking With Cricut Everyday In May

Happy Saturday! I hope everyone is having a great weekend and has a safe and fun Memorial Day!

Today's project was made for the Cooking With Cricut Everday In May! My neighbor's daughter is graduating from high school next month and she asked me if I could make a banner for her. Her school colors are red, blue and gold. I had so much fun making this and she loved it!

Here is a picture of the whole banner:



A close up of the end details:



The middle:



And last but not least, details of the embossing and the letters popped up:



The banner pieces were cut from Twinkle Toes at 6". The letters were cut from Pooh Font at 3". The graduation hats were cut out of Wrap It Up at 1.5". The "Class Of" was cut from Wild Card at 8" and the "2011" was cut from Lyrical Letters at 1.5".

Thanks so much for stopping by and taking a look at my latest creation! I really appreciate it! Don't forget to check out Cooking With Cricut daily to see more inspiration and to enter the weekly challenge this week. Have a great crafty day!

I am also linking this up to the linking party at Decorate To Celebrate! A fun new challenge blog that is starting up this June. I'm so excited for that!






Supplies used:
Cricut--Twinkle Toes, Pooh Font, Wrap It Up, Wild Card, Lyrical Letters
Cuttlebug--Swiss Dots Embossing Folder
Cardstock--Recollections
Misc.--Offray Ribbon, Recollections Foam Adhesive, Jolee's stickers (for the fabric cap and gown)

Memorial Day with Cooking with Cricut

Happy Wednesday! Are you ready for another great challenge over at Cooking With Cricut? This week is all about creating a project for Memorial Day and putting some stitching on your project, real or faux.

Here is what I did:



I made this card for my husband. He is not only my best friend and love of my life, he is my hero! God Bless our military and those who fight for our freedom everyday, past and present. I love you babe!

Thanks for taking the time to stop by my blog and check out my latest creation. I hope you enjoyed it. Don't forget to stop by Cooking With Cricut to enter the challenge and see what the rest of the amazing DT came up with. Have a great crafty day!


Supplies:
Cricut--Stand & Salute (carrier frame cut at 4" & my hero cut at 2")
Card Stock--Recollections
Stamp--Paper Tray Ink (Think big favorites #1)
Ink--Real Red (SU!)
Misc.--Offray ribbon, white gelly roll pen, iRock

Cooking With Cricut's Cele"bear"ation!

Welcome to Stacey's Creative Corner and Cooking With Cricut’s Cele”bear”ation Blog Hop! We’ve been partying all month long in honor of CWC’s first blog-aversary. If you arrived here from Dalis’s blog at http://www.stampergirl.com/ you’re in the right place! If you’re crashing the party in mid-hop, head on over to Cooking With Cricut — grab some punch and cake and start at the beginning.


Our theme for today’s party is bears and/or celebrations. I decided to celebrate the upcoming arrival of a baby for my project. I decided to make a tissue box cover to go in a little one's nursery. I found the instructions on how to make the box here.

Here is a picture of the front of the box with tissues:

Side 2:



Side 3:



Side 4:



And the top view:

So cute! I cut all my images from the New Arrival cart out at 3" except for the BABY blocks, they were cut out at 2". The bad part is, I have no clue as to who I will give this too. I was just in the mood to make a cute baby item. :) Makes me wish that I paper crafted when I was decorating my children's nurseries. haha!

A blog hop wouldn't be complete without some candy. So....I am offering the following prize to one lucky winner:

1 pack of pre-scored card with envelopes

&

1 D'vine Swirls cuttlebug embossing folder

All you have to do to be eligible for my prize is to post a comment on this post.

You don't have to be a follower, but if you are, leave a second comment to give yourself a second chance at winning.

I will pick the winner Monday morning, 5-23-11 by using Random.org

Now it's your turn! Link up your cele”bear”ation-related project at CookingWithCricut.com.


Here are the guidelines for the challenge:

- Project must include a Cricut cut.
- Project must include a Bear.
- Project must be new for this blog hop challenge.
- You must link to your post and not just your blog.
- Your post must include a link back to CWC.


You will have one week to complete your project. The Design Team will pick their three favorites and one lucky person will be chosen randomly to win one of the prize packages being offered in this hop.


Thanks for joining our cele"bear"ation! Your next host in our party is:

Karla at KA Little Scrap Corner!


Here’s the list of the party girls, just in case you lose your way:


Melin @ Cooking With Cricut
Jean @ Jean’s Crafty Corner
Roberta @ TX Scrapper Mom
Dalis @ Stamper Girl
Stacey @ Stacey’s Creative Corner
Karla @ KA Little Scrap Corner
Madison @ Funky Cards
Maria Elena @ Maria Elena’s World
Gaby @ Gaby Creates
Jen @ Musings of A Crafty Mom


Thanks for stopping by! Have a great crafty day!




Supplies Used:
Cricut--New Arrival
Card stock--White (PTI), the rest was Recollections
Cuttlebug--Swiss Dots & Nestabilities Large Classic Ovals
Punches--X-tra Large Photo Corners (SU!) & Doily Lace (Martha Stewart)
Misc.--Offray Ribbon, White Gelly Roll Pen, Recollections Pearls

A Skittles Birthday

Hi! Happy Wednesday! Today starts the beginning of another challenge at Cooking With Cricut! This weeks challenge is balloons! You must include a balloon somewhere on your project. How fun!

Here is what I came up with:



I bought these little tubes at my LSS and wasn't quite sure what I was going to do with them. Then it hit me, use them as little candy holders. My children love giving little gifts to their school friends on their birthday's so these work out perfect. I filled the tube with skittles and attached the little balloon tag to the top. The tag was cut out of the Wrap It Up cart at 2". Then I made a little 3x3 card to go along with the candy tube. So cute!

Thanks for stopping by my blog and taking a look at my latest creation! Don't forget to head over to Cooking with Cricut to see what the rest of the team created and to enter the challenge yourself! Have a great crafty day!


Supplies:
Cricut--Wrap It Up
Card Stock--White (PTI)
Patterned Paper--Birthday Extravaganza (The Paper Studio)
Stamp--So Happy For You (SU!)
Ink--Basic Black (SU!)
Punch--Scallop Sentiment (Fiskars)

Have A Sweet Birthday

Happy Wednesday! It's that time for another awesome challenge over at Cooking With Cricut! This week you are being challenged to make a project with 2 shades of pink and either a cupcake or a cake slice die-cut.

Here is what I came up with:



I used Sweet Treats for my cupcake and cut it out at 3". It is also attached with an action wobble so it gives the cupcake a little movement and adds to the fun of the card.

I hope you decide to join us this week at Cooking With Cricut! I can't wait to see what you create! Also, don't forget to stop by CWC to see what the rest of the amazing design team came up with to inspire you! Have a great crafty day!


Supplies:
Cricut--Sweet Treats
Cuttlebug--Swiss Dots
Card Stock--Melon Mambo, Pink Pirouette & Tempting Turquoise (SU!)
Patterned paper--Birthday Extravaganza (The Paper Studio)
Punch--Loops (Martha Stewart Crafts)
Misc.--ribbon(Offray)& Action Wobble