BBTB2---Tea Time

Happy Monday!

It is time for another great challenge over at the

Bitten By The Bug 2 Challenge Blog!

This theme for this week is:

Tea Time!

Use a tea cup or tea pot on your project.

Here is the card that I created for this challenge:

My card was so simple to put together thanks to the Lyrical Letters cricut cartridge. My greeting with the tea cup was cut out and adhered to the front of my Kraft card base. I then just cut a piece of patterned paper and added a piece of white cardstock with a decorative edge to the side of my card and added some ribbon and a bow, I finished off my card with some faux stitching with my gel pen. 

Thanks so much for stopping by my blog and taking a look at my latest creation!

I really appreciate it! 

Don't forget to head over to the Bitten By The Bug blog to see what my Design Team sisters created! After you take a peek at their creations, I hope you will create a project and join us in the challenge!

 I would love to see what you make :) 

I hope you have a great crafty day!

Supply List:

Cardstock: Recollections

Patterned Paper: This & That (Echo Park)

Cricut: Lyrical Letters

Misc.: Glossy Accents, Wink Of Stella, White Gel Pen, Doily Lace Border Punch (MS), Ribbon

Valentine Love You Card

Happy Wednesday!

Today I have a card to show you that I made for a couple of different challenges.

I decided to make a Love You card. I love making these types of cards! Not only for Valentine's Day, but I love being able to leave my hubby cards for him to find any time of the year.

For my card, I decided to use of some of the chalkboard paper that I seem to be hoarding lol! I ran it through a die from MCT to get the stitched edges and then used a border punch on a strip of red paper and attached it to my chalkboard layer. I wrapped some Totally Red Trendy Twine around a few times and tied a bow. I then attached that entire layer (offsetting it a little) to my card base with some foam adhesive. For my phrase, I cut out the "I Love You" from the Lyrical Letters Cricut Cartridge. I placed some of the little hearts that got punched out onto the card front and then added some Wink Of Stella Clear Glitter to all the red hearts and then added some glossy accents to the top to really make that shimmer pop. I love the way they turned out! They almost look like those little red hot heart candies. :) 

The challenges I am entering my card into are:

Bitten By The Bug 2:

Letter or Phrase Challenge

&

Cardz Tv:

Designer's Challenge:Card for any occassion

Thank you so much for stopping by my bog today and taking a look at my latest creation!

I really appreciate it!

I hope you have a great crafty day!

Supply List:

Cardstock: White (Recollections), Real Red (SU!)

Patterned Paper: Yours Truly (Pebbles)

Cricut: Lyrical Letters

Dies: Stitched Rectangular Frame Dies & More (MCT)

Misc.: Foam Adhesive, Wink Of Stella Clear Glitter Brush, Glossy Accents, Totally Red Twine (Trendy Twine), Lace Heart Border Punch (Martha Stewart)

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 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)

Hearts And Flowers

Today starts a new challenge week over at Cooking With Cricut. This weeks challenge is Hearts and Flowers.

I have had this plain steno notebook sitting on my desk for a couple of weeks just screaming to be altered. I decided to decorate it for this challenge, that way I have something pretty to put all my thought/ideas in. Here is what I came up with:



I have to say, I am very pleased with how this turned out. I used Lacy Labels (cut at 3") for the frame and Lyrical Letters (cut at 2") for the monogram. I added some dazzling diamonds to the "S" but my picture taking skills didn't quite pic that up. :)

Thank you so much for stopping by my blog today and checking out my latest project. I hope you decide to join in the fun over at Cooking With Cricut. I look forward to seeing what you create! Have a great crafty day!


Supplies:
Cricut--Lacy Labels & Lyrical Letters
Card Stock--Pink Pirouette (SU!) & White (PTI)
Patterned Paper--Bo Bunny
Punch--Diamond Lace Border Punch (EK Success)
Misc.--Flowers (SU!), Heart brads, Dazzling Diamonds (SU!), Ribbon (Offray)

My "New" ATG!

So, I have been wanting the Pink ATG ever since it came out cause the color was so pretty, but I couldn't justify spending the money on a new ATG since I already had one. I talked to my wonderful husband and he said it wouldn't be a problem to paint it up for me. I was a little scared at first, I mean what if something happened to it. I love that thing! :) I searched the internet and saw that a bunch of people have painted theirs with amazing results so we gave it a go.

Here is what it looked like all primed up:







I wanted mine to be purple. In my excitement, I forgot to take pics of it before I started decorating it but here it is in the beginning stages of the decorating process:




Here it is after the decorating and the clear protective coating had dried:




Isn't it beautiful? I just love it! My hubby did a wonderful job painting it up for me. Thanks so much honey! I used Lyrical Letters for my name and some glitter rub-ons for the floral decorations.

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

Cherry Good Wishes

Good Morning! Today's card is a card I made to play along with the sketch over at Mojo Monday week 139.



I love their sketches and I am quite pleased with how this card came out. I think it came out so cute! So sorry for the bad picture, I can never seem to photograph reds or purples very well. :) Thanks for stopping by!


Supplies Used:
Paper (K & Co., Making Memories)
Ribbon (Offray and DMC White Thread)
Cricut (Lyrical Letters and Storybook)
Punch (Stampin' Up! Ticket Punch)
Misc. (Christmas Red Stickles, Stardust Stickles, White Signo Gel Pen, ATG 714)

Hi Friend

Hi! This is the card I made for Day 353 over at 365Cards. I have had a lot of fun this week with all the sketches over there.

Supplies Used:
My Minds Eye Paper--Home
Cricut
Lyrical Letters Cricut cartridge
George and Basic Shapes Cricut Cartridge

Easel Card

I am snowed in today so I decided to make a card for a couple of challenges. The first one being for the 365 Cards Blog Challenge. This card was made for the 3 S's, Stripes, Square and Spring. This was also made for My Pink Stampers challenge #2. This card is much prettier in person. My lighting inside my house isn't that great today with all the clouds and snow. Finished card size is 5" x 5". Thanks for stopping by and taking a look!





Supplies used:
Martha Stewart Loops border and corner punch
Fruit Punch Stickles
DCVW patterned paper
Cricut
Cricut Lyrical Letter cartridge