I'm Cuckoo For You!

Hi everyone!!

Happy happy Monday!!

I'm so happy to announce that I am back on the 

Bitten By The Bug 2 team as one of their new DT members!! 

I'm excited to be on the team with these wonderful ladies and actually get back to using my Cricut regularly once again. In case you didn't know, Bitten By The Bug 2 is a bi-weekly challenge blog that encourages you to use your Cricut machine and create a project for the challenge. Fun right??

Today is the start of a new challenge and it is........

Tick Tock!

Use a clock on your project. 

Here is a look at the project that I created to share with you:

I thought it would be fun to create a fun little Valentine treat bag. I cut my bag from some gray cardstock using the Elf Bag cut from the Wrap It Up cartridge. Once I had my bag assembled, I added a fun little scallop border from the Straight From The Nest cartridge along the top. That fun birdhouse came from the Valentine's Sentiments and I popped it up with some foam tape onto the front of my bag. I added a bow to the handle and some white doodles with my gel pen.

I added some pink crinkle paper and some candy kisses to the inside of my bag.

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

I really appreciate it!!

Be sure to stop by the Bitten By The Bug 2 Challenge Blog to see the creations my DT sisters  created and I hope you will create a project and join us! I would love to see what you create!

I hope you have a great crafty day!

Products Used:

--Cardstock: Blue & Gray (Recollections), White (hammermill)

--Patterned Paper: Simply Spring & So Punny (Doodlebug)

--Cricut Cuts: Elf Bag #MZE8B4 (8"wide), Cuckoo #M3C176 (2.61" wide), Border #M41325 (.67" wide)

--Misc.: Heidi Swapp Ribbon, Foam Tape, White Gel Pen

Krafty Girls #22--Birds Of A Feather

Hello and Happy Tuesday!

Are you guys ready for another fun challenge from the 

Krafty Girls Challenge Blog?

Krafty Girls #22--Birds Of A Feather!

Create a paper project that is inspired by a bird theme. 

Here is the card that I created for the challenge:

For my card, I used my Straight from the Nest cricut cartridge and cut out my little birthday birdie at 4". I popped her up with some foam adhesive onto my kraft cardstock layer that I embossed with my swiss dots cuttlebug folder. I finished off my card with some ribbon and of course I had to add a button with some twine to my bow :) For my sentiment, I simply stamped it onto some blue cardstock and then notched out one end to create a banner shape and attached it to my card with the edge hanging off of the card just a little bit to give my card a little more dimension. The sentiment banner is also popped up with some foam adhesive. 

I hope you will head over to the 

Krafty Girls Challenge blog

and take a peek at the awesome inspiration from my amazing design team sisters as well as entering the challenge yourself :)

I would love to see what you create!

Thanks for stopping by!

I really appreciate it!

I hope you have a fabulous crafty day!

Supplies:

Card stock: Kraft & Blue (Recollections), Wisteria Wonder, Pear Pizzazz & Calypso Coral (SU!)

Patterned Paper: Flower Shower Spring Stack (DCWV)

Cricut Cartridge: Straight From The Nest

Punch: Daisy Scallop (EK Success)

Cuttlebug: Swiss Dots Embossing Folder

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

Ink: Tuxedo Black (Memento)

Misc.: Pear Pizzazz Ribbon (SU!), Button, Twine (Queen & Co.), Dimensionals (SU!), Googly Eyes, White Gel Pen (Marvy), Mint Ice Stickles

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

Cartridge Toss-Up with Straight From The Nest

Hello and happy Tuesday to you all! I hope you all had a great Valentine's Day filled with lots of love and chocolate! :)

This week I will be exploring the cartridge, "Straight From The Nest". I was so happy when I pulled this cartridge out of my jar cause it has so many cute images and cool functions and I really don't use it as much as I should.

I decided to make a card using the border function. I cut the Flowerpot border out at 3" and the card just kinda took shape from there.



Pretty simple, but I am so happy with it. Thanks so much for taking the time to stop by my blog and take a look at my latest creation! Have a great crafty day!


Supplies:
Cricut--Straight From The Nest (flowerpot border cut at 3")
Cuttlebug--Swiss Dots Embossing Folder
Card Stock--Kraft (SU!), Rich Razzleberry (SU!), White (PTI)
Punch--Corner Rounder (EK Success)
Misc.--Sakura White Gelly Roll Pen, Rich Razzleberry ribbon (SU!)

Happy Wednesday!

Happy Wednesday! I hope your week so far has been great! Today's card was one I made yesterday for 2 different challenges. The first one being the sketch challenge over at Mojo Monday (Week 160) and the second one being for My Pink Stamper , make something cute. I think this little bird is adorable and I love the sketch this week over at Mojo Monday, so I decided to combine them. :)






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


Supplies:
Cricut--Straight from the nest (Bird cut at 2")
Patterned Paper--Heidi Grace Designs
Cardstock--Pear Pizzazz (SU!), Blue (unknown)
Border Punch--Traditional Eyelet (Martha Stewart) & Upper Crest (Fiskars)
Ribbon--Wal-Mart
Stamp--MSE!

You Give Me Butterflies

Good morning! Over at Paper Therapy this week is a color challenge. Below is a list of the colors we had to use:



I am a newbie to Stampin' Up! products, so my collection from them isn't quite what I want it to be just yet. Believe me, I am working on it though! haha! I did my best trying to match the colors as close as I could with papers I had in my stash. This is what I came up with:



I used my Straight from the Nest cricut cartridge and cut the butterfly and its layers out at 3". The phrase was then cut out at 2". I was a little scared about these colors at first, but I am quite pleased with how the card turned out. Thanks for taking the time to stop in and take a look!


Supplies:
Cricut (Straight from the Nest)
Stickles (Stardust)
Fiskars (Apron Lace Border Punch)
Ribbon (Offray)
Stampin'Up! (Whisper White Cardstock and Dimensionals)

Welcome Home

Happy Saturday! The sun is out shining bright today! What a surprise. I really thought it was supposed to be kinda dreary all weekend. I am not complaining though!
This is a card I made for the Bi-Weekly challenge over at Paper Therapy. The challenge was to make a card that had a tree on it. This is what I came up with. Being a military family, we are very accustomed to the tie a yellow ribbon around the old oak tree motto. I had a lot of fun making this card and if you haven't checked out Paper Therapy yet, you should go over and take a look. They are a brand new card making forum with tons of ideas, challenges, virtual crops, prize give-a-ways, and a great group of friendly people! Thanks for taking the time to stop in and take a look! I appreciate it!

Supplies:
Stampin' Up (Kraft Cardstock, Dimensionals)
Cricut (Stand and Salute, Straight from the Nest)
White Signo Gel Pen

Hoot Hoot Hooray!

Hi and Happy Monday! I'm so sad to see the weekend pass by. We had such great weather and it looks like that is coming to an end this week. At least I got to enjoy some warm spring like weather for awhile. :) I was able to sit down at my desk last night and create this card for the sketch over at The Sweet Stop SSS48. The twist was Fuzzy Wuzzy. I used the Owl felt sticker from Basic Grey for my fuzzy part of the card. The inside reads "Hooray". I thought this would be a cute card to give to one of my daughter's friends for graduation. Thanks for taking the time to stop in and take a look! Have a great day!


Supplies:
Dimensionals--Stampin' Up
Paper--DCWV
Embossing--Cuttlebug and Swiss Dots Embossing Folder
Sticker--Basic Grey Woolies (lemonade)
Cricut Cartridge--Straight from the Nest
Nestabilities--Large Scallop Circles Set
Border Punch--Diamond Lace by EK Success