M.A.G. Challenge #43

Hi everybody and happy Tuesday! I hope your week is going well so far. Today I wanted to share a card that I made for the challenge over at M.A.G. Challenge By The Page. This is my first time playing along and I really had a lot of fun making this card. I made it to send to my daughter, whose favorite color is purple (It's also my favorite color). So, if your thinking, "that's a lot of purple" that's why. haha!

The challenge was to use the Forever Young Cricut cartridge, page 43 only. No other cuts allowed other than what is shown on page 43.



Here is what I came up with for the challenge:



I cut out my girl from the Forever Young Cricut cartridge at 3.5". I added some border punch strips to give my card a ruffle/lacy feel and added a bunch of dazzling diamonds for lots of sparkle. The inside reads, "You Are Fabulous!". Thanks so much for stopping by my blog today and taking a look at my latest creation. I really do appreciate it! I hope you have a great crafty day!

I am also entering this into the challenge over at The Paper Variety. They are having a favorite things challenge, so this is for the favorite color, monochromatic, challenge.


Supplies:
Cricut Expression
Cricut Cartridge: Forever Young
Card Stock: Rich Razzleberry (SU!), Black (Recollections)
Patterned Paper: SU!
Punch: Doily Lace (Martha Stewart Crafts
Misc.: Offray Ribbon, Dazzling Diamonds (SU!)

Cupcake Gift Bag

Today's project was made for the challenge over at The Paper Variety. This week the challenge is to use cupcakes on your project. That is right up my alley, since I love cupcakes and making things with cupcakes on it. :) I decided to make a little gift bag and a matching gift tag.

Here is a picture of both together:




And here is a close-up of the tag:



What a cute way to give someone a gift! For the bag, I cut the cupcake out of Sweet Treats at 3" and used a border punch for the top and bottom of the bag. The bag itself, is a little plain white gift bag from WalMart. For the tag, I cut the tag out of Sweet Treats at 3" and the little cupcake on the tag was cut out at 1.75". I added lots of dazzling diamonds to both projects to give it lots of sparkle. :) Thanks for stopping by and taking a look at my latest creation! Have a great crafty day!


Supplies:
Cricut--Sweet Treats
Cuttlebug--Divine Swirls Embossing Folder
Card Stock--Pink Pirouette (SU!) & White (PTI)
Punch--Scallop Sentiment border Punch (Fiskars)
Misc.--Dazzling Diamonds (SU!), Ribbon (Offray), Patterned Paper (?)

Let It Snow

This week over at The Paper Variety they are having a photo inspiration challenge. I knew I wanted to play along as soon as I saw this adorable picture:

However, every time I even thought about sitting down to craft, something else always seemed to happen. I got my opportunity tonight though and I jumped on it. :) The challenge ends tomorrow (12-21-10) so I got my project completed just in the nick of time. This is what I came up with:

Please excuse the picture. It isn't the best but I had no natural light in which to take my picture to enter the challenge. For the dog, I used Create A Critter and cut him out at 2 1/2". I then used Paper Doll Dress Up for the Santa hat and cut it out at 4". I used some white flocking for the brim of the hat and popped up the pom pom with a foam dot and also used flocking on it. The dog is attached to the card with an action wobble, which makes him spring to life. :)

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

Supplies:

Cricut--Create A Critter & Paper Doll Dress Up

Cuttlebug--D'vine Swirls

Cardstock--Red (Recollections) & White (Georgia pacific)

Stamps-- Everyday Character Face Parts (Peachy Keen) & Let It Snow (We R Memory Keepers)

Misc.--Offray Ribbon & White Signo Gel Pen