Life is a Bowl of Cherries

Hi Everyone!

Happy Thursday!

Today I get to share with you another project using that awesome 

Craftwork Cards CANDi

I decided to make a fun little card that will hopefully brighten someone's day with that cute little sentiment!

After I stamped my sentiment, I ran it through my cuttlebug with one of the dies from the Big Scallop Rectangles Small die set from Spellbinders. I popped it up on my card with some foam adhesive. I also stamped it onto some of my patterned paper so that I could fussy cut it out and adhere it to my bowl to give my card a little more depth. For my cherries, I simply added some of that awesome CANDi. One cherry is glued down, the other is popped up with some CANDi Fix.

Doesn't the CANDi make those cherries pop?

There are so many great colors and patterns in the CANDi line!

For the UK store, click HERE

You can also find CANDi in the US at many online retailers including

The Scrapbooking Queen Royal Castle Shoppe

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Don't forget to stop by the Craftwork Cards USA blog for daily inspiration!

I hope you have a fabulous crafty day!!

*I created this project while on the Craftwork Cards USA DT*

Supplies:

Card stock: Kraft (Recollections), White (Georgia Pacific)

Patterned Paper: American Crafts

Stamp: Bowl of Cherries (Shabby Green Door)

Ink: Chocolate Chip (SU!)

Punches/Dies: Corner Chomper (We R Memory Keepers), Traditional Eyelet (Martha Stewart), Big Scallop Rectangles Small (Spellbinders)

Misc.: Craftwork Cards CANDi, CANDi Fix, Ribbon (Offray), Glossy Accents)

Use It Tuesday #50---Un-Inked Stamp

Hi Everyone!

Are you guys ready for another great challenge from

Use It Tuesday?

Use It Tuesday is a challenge blog that encourages you to use all those hoarded supplies.

You know, the stuff we as crafters have to have and then just never seem to use it lol! 

Wait, is that just me???

For Challenge #50, you are being asked to get Inky and ink up a stamp that you have never used before.

There is also an extra challenge of using Gold on your project.

Here is the card that I created for the challenge:

I decided to make a little note card, perfect for all the upcoming Graduation gifts although I think it would be nice to also give to someone just because.

Let me tell you about my hoarded supplies:

• The sentiment that I used came from a Studio G $1 stamp from Michael's that I bought about 1 year ago. This was the first time I inked it up.
• The gold metallic card stock that I used for my butterfly punch out, has been in my stash for over 3 years.
• I went and added some Gold stickles to the centers of my flowers on my patterned paper. The stickles have been in my stash for well over 4 years and it is almost full since I hardly ever use it.

It feels wonderful to go through my stash and rediscover forgotten items that have been purchased!

I hope you will head over to Use It Tuesday and play along with us in the challenge.

You can read all the details and see all the wonderful projects that my amazing DT sisters came up with on the Use It Tuesday challenge blog.

Challenge ends March 8, 2013

I look forward to seeing what you create!

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

I really appreciate it!

I hope you have a wonderful crafty day!

Supplies:

Card Stock: White (Georgia Pacific), Gold Metallic (DCWV)

Patterned Paper: Hattie (My Mind's Eye)

Punches/Dies: Big Scallop Rectangles Small (Spellbinders), Classic Butterfly (Martha Stewart)

Stamp: Studio G

Ink: Aquarium (Martha Stewart)

Misc.: Pearls (Queen & Co.), Ribbon (Offray), Gold Stickles, Foam Adhesive

Easter Basket made from Envelopes found on your Cricut Cartridges

Hi Everyone!

Happy Monday!

I am hosting a project this month in the FB group called Play Along.

While I was searching and racking my brain trying to come up with an idea for my project

I saw this cute little Easter box made from Envelopes on YouTube from 

Craftincarolinas  and was inspired!

You can see her video by clicking HERE

I thought her box and bunny were so adorable that I wanted to recreate it but

I do not have that die nor do I have all those punches but I do have a Cricut and I wanted to try and make mine into a little basket so

I set out trying to recreate her adorable bunny and box from shapes that I found on my Cricut cartridges.

Here is what I came up with:

*warning: photo HEAVY!*

I cut out 4 envelopes at 4.25" using my Artiste Cricut Cartridge.

The envelope that I used is on page 73 in the handbook (Card Shift feature)

 After they were all cut out, I lined up the notches on my score board and started scoring.

I folded as if I was making an envelope except for the flap you would typically use to seal the envelope. 

That got folded over in the opposite direction:

Then I added a strip of score tape to only one flap on each envelope:

I then adhered a taped side to a non taped side to connect the envelopes:

After all 4 sides are adhered:

To make mine into a basket, I simply laid it down and cut a one inch slit with my craft knife right along the score line of the flap.

I did this to 2 opposite sides:

Then I added adhesive to the bottom flaps. It needs to be a strong adhesive to support the weight of the goodies that are going to go inside. I used Scrappy Tape.

You want to adhere the adhesive on the outside of one flap, then the inside of the next flap, outside then inside again. 

Important! Do not take off the liner for your tape yet!

Before I assembled the bottom flaps and the handle, 

I wanted to put my patterned paper on my basket.

I cut 2 strips of patterned paper that measured

2.75" wide by 12" long. There was an overlap, but I didn't mind that.

This is the size that I found worked best for my size basket,

you may need to adjust yours depending on the size of your basket.

Now it is time to remove your adhesive liner and adhere your bottom flaps together to form your basket:

I then attached my handle.

My handle measure 1" wide by 11" long.

I added some strong adhesive to the inside bottom of the handle on each side and slipped it through the slit that I had cut previously:

I added a little foam adhesive to each flap so that they would lay down somewhat but still have some dimension:

Now it is ready to decorate:

On Craftincarolinas YouTube Video, she made the cutest bunny using punch art.

I don't have very many circle or oval punches so once again I turned to my cricut.

Here are the sizes that I cut out using George & Basic Shapes Cricut Cartridge:

I assembled my bunny the same exact way that she did in her video HERE

Here is my finished basket:

I think it came out so darling! 

I would like to thank Craftincarolinas for the wonderful inspiration!

If you would like to play along, feel free to join our little group on facebook.

You can find it HERE

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

I hope you have a great crafty day!

Supplies:

Cricut Cartridge: Artiste, George & Basic Shapes

Card Stock: Pink Pirouette (SU!), White (Georgia Pacific)

Patterned card Stock: DCWV

Stamps: Trendy Trees & Well Scripted (SU!)

Inks: Pumpkin Pie, Pear Pizzazz and Melon Mambo (SU!)

Die: Labels 4 (Spellbinders)

Misc.: Tulle (Celebrate It), Foam Adhesive, Scrappy Tape

Treasured Friends

Hi Everyone!

Happy Saturday!

I hope your weekend is off to a great start!

Today I get to show you another project for Dr. Phil Scraps!

I decided to make a card with some great products from the Chantilly line.

For my card, I cut an image from the "A Child's Year" cricut cartridge out at 2.25" and paired that adorable  image with some of those beautiful papers in the Chantilly Paper Packet (X7163B).  The white layer is Colonial White (1388). 

For the middle of my bow, I didn't want to leave it plain but I also wanted something a little different than just a regular button. I decided to use one of the fabric badge buttons from the 

Chantilly Assortment (Z1814). 

I love the way that looks!

The sentiment also came from the Chantilly Paper Packet (X7163B). I simply punched out one of the phrases along the top border. 

Here is a close up of the fabric badge button, the detail in the awesome patterned paper and the sentiment:

I think this is the perfect card for a Treasured Friend :) 

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

Don't forget to head over to Dr. Phil Scraps and become a follower!

There is always lots of inspiration over there :) 

I hope you have a great weekend and a fabulous crafty day!

*I created this project while on the Dr. Phil Scraps Design Team*

Supplies:

CTMH Products: Chantilly Paper Packet (X7163B), Colonial White (1388), Chantilly Assortment (Z1814)

Cricut Cartridge: A Child's Year

Punches: Doily Lace (Martha Stewart), Word Window (SU!)

Misc.: Pearls (Recollections), Ribbon (Better Homes & Gardens), Foam Adhesive

Cut It Up #13

Hi everyone!
Happy Friday!
Are you guys ready for another great challenge from
Cut It Up?

Challenge #13

"Pinterest Inspired"

Create a paper project that was inspired by something you saw on pinterest. If you do not have a Pinterest, feel free to get inspiration from a fellow crafter. Very Important, give credit to the original source in your blog post!! Must use a die cut!

Challenge starts Feb. 22 and ends March 6

For my project, I decided to make something very similar to this card that I found on Pinterest by Vicki of Wizard's Hangout. You can find her card HERE

Here is the card that I created:

I loved the design of Vicki's card so I kept mine really similar, I just changed up the colors, made it a Hello card and added some pearls in each corner.

For my die cuts, I used the Hannah Montana Cricut cartridge and cut out my butterfly at 2". I also used a classic scallop circle die from Spellbinders. 

A huge thank you to Vicki of Wizard's Hangout for the wonderful inspiration!

Her blog is fabulous! If you want to check out her blog, just click HERE

I hope you will head over to Cut It Up and see what my amazing DT sisters came up with for this challenge as well as entering the challenge yourself :) 

We would love to see what you create!

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

I really appreciate it!

I hope you have a fabulous crafty day!

Supplies:

Cricut Cartridge: Hannah Montana

Card Stock: White (Georgia Pacific), Midnight Muse (SU!)

Patterned Paper: Hattie (My Mind's Eye)

Dies: Classic Scallop Circles (Spellbinders)

Stamp: Card Crafting Hello (TPC Studio)

Ink: Tuxedo Black (Memento)

Misc.: Pearls (Queen & Co.), Glitter (Studio G), Foam Adhesive