Noel

Merry Christmas! Yes, it's another Noel Card. I really went for simple cards this year because I had no time at all to make them! My dad got very sick and had to have heart surgery, so I spend most of this month in the hospital. 

Once again I went to my 5 year old DCWV Christmas stack for this snowflake paper. It was the inspiration for this design. I used Plantin Schoolbook for this font and welded the letters together. I cut the snowflake from Winter Woodlands. I used Best Creation Glitter Gold paper for the shadow. I love that paper because the glitter does not shed at all. 

I'm baaaaack! With a new card

Okay, so I have been gone a LONG time, I know. But I had some serious family issues to take care of. Still kind of working them, but hey life goes on! So I finally started crafting again. Boy my craft room missed me. Anyway, I busted out the Cricut for this 40th Birthday card! I have this birthday paper stack from Me and My Big Ideas that has been sitting around forever, and I decided to use it!

I busted out my Cricut for a couple of cuts. One of my favorite cartridges is Winter Woodlands which is what I used for the circle and the scalloped circle. I used Plantin Schoolbook for the numbers. I always seem to go back to that cart! The font is just so perfect. I used a paper punch from Martha Stewart and some twine from The Twinery to finish it off. 

Happy Crafting!

25 Days in December Design Team- Snow Theme

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25 Days of Christmas.

Don't forget to stop by Erica's blog to see more projects today....

and every day in December.

http://mycricutcraftroom.blogspot.com

Today I made a home decor wall hanger with the snow theme. I used a large paint stir-er for my mounting piece. I just spray painted it white and added some clear pushpins.

The flags are from Straight from the Nest and I cut them out at 7". I used Chatterbox Artsy.licious paper to make them. Its hard to see but the paper is glittered.

The snowflakes are from When it's Cold Outside (seasonal cart) and I covered them with glitter. The are all cut at 3"

The font is from Winter Woodlands. I really like the font on that cart! It's so fancy.

I liked this one so much I had to use it at my office instead of my house.
I also entered this project in the Fantabulous Cricut Challenge- Rolling in Ribbon since it has blue ribbon on it
Happy Crafting!

Deborah's Surprise Birthday Blog Hop

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Christmas in July Blog Hop Day 3

Welcome to day 3 of the Christmas in July Blog Hop! You should have arrived here from Lisa's Blog. If you just happened to stumble upon this hop, please be sure to go back to Elaine's blog @ ExpressionsByElaine so you don't miss any of the wonderful projects we have to share.
Be sure to visit & follow all the blogs to be entered for the Grand Prize, after you have stopped at all the blogs be sure to go back to the beginning blog and enter to win the Grand Prize.

This is actually the card I made last year for Christmas. The base shape is from Storybook, cut 3 times, each 1/2" smaller than the last. The holly leaves are from Winter Woodlands, and I covered them with Glossy Accents.The ribbon is from Basic Grey.

And don't forget to leave a comment to be entered to win my blog candy. A comment on each day of my blog hop posts counts as one entry.

I hope you liked my cards! Your next stop is Rochelle

I also entered this card into the Our Creative Corner Challenge All about the B's (I used black, buttons and a bow)

Happy Crafting!


Here is the entire lineup in case you get lost:

Elaine @ ExpressionsByElaine.blogspot.com

Jessica @ Jessicascraftshaque.blogspot.com

Sylvia @ Bellascrapbookdesigns.blogspot.com

Lisa @ Indymermaid.blogspot.com

Amber @ Pixiperfectcreations.blogspot.com

Rochelle @ Twotearsinmybucket.blogspot.com

Jen @ Jenscraftcorner.com

Cely @ Hawaiipaperparty.blogspot.com

Chris @ Chatterscene-mom.blogspot.com

Kimberli @ Kimberliscreations.blogspot.com

Pat @ Patsscraps.blogspot.com

Shirley @ Lookatmycutestuff.blogspot.com

Tiffany @ Sparkledmemories.blogspot.com

Georgiana @ Carsonscricutcreations.blogspot.com
Canidice @  scrappin2littleprincess

Father's Day Card

More practice with those Copic Markers! Last night I made a Father's Day card for my hubby to give to his Dad. Father's Day is coming up so I though I would try to get a jump on it instead of waiting till the last minute as usual.

 

I followed the card from the TFG Challege Blog Mystery Monday with Kimlayu. I thought it would be nice to enter one of the Greeting Farm challenges since I have so many of their stamps.  For this card I used a coordinating paper line from Carolees Creations. I created my own sentiment in Word.

 This stamp is Edward from The Greeting Farm. I stamped him on Neenah Solar White Paper with Momento Ink. I tried to do a little bit of shadow around his hair line to give the image some depth. I used the scalloped circle from Winter Woodlands, then I cut the inside circle 1/4" small than the scalloped circle just so show a bit more of the brown.

I decided that this time I would add a sentiment to the inside of the card. I sure hope his Dad likes it.These are the markers I used to color the image:

I also entered this card into the Sweet Stamps Challenge Masculine Card,  Polka Doodles Challenge Male Theme, Stamptacular Sunday Challenge Bugs or Boys, Lexi's Creations Father's Day or  Man Card, Freshely Brewed Challenge, It's a guy thing, and Simon Says Stamp Father's Day/Male Card.


Happy Crafting!

Birthday Boy Card

So while I was sick I wasn't supposed to do anything strenuous, like work on the house, or dig trenches in the back yard, or even drive too much. But no one said anything about crafting.



My friends are always asking me to make boy cards, which is not as easy as you would think (at least not for me). So I made this one. The Birthday Boy is from Storybook, one of my favorite cartridges because I just love the font. It's cut at 2 1/2", and the scalloped square and white inset are from Winter Woodlands, cut at 3 3/4". The patterned paper is from DCWV "the Stack" #5. I think this one is a bit old, and the black and white paper from my graduation card came from this stack too. The solid cardstock is from Bazzil and the ribbon is from Michaels, and just a small bit of bling to dot the "i". That rhinestone is yellow, it just looks brown in the lighting.

And here's a little paper saver tip for you. I cut the scalloped square out of my base brown layer of card stock.

Since I used a white card base and layered several papers on top I knew that no one would be able to tell. So I cut my base layers to fit the size of the card and stuck them to onto my mat. Then I positioned my blade in about the center of the paper, at least 1/2" from the top or bottom. This saved me at least one sheet of paper because I made a couple of this card.

This trick is easier to do if you have a Gypsy, but mine was not charged! So I just eyeballed it and it worked out fine. You can use your Gypsy to set one cut inside of another an be certain that they won't touch. Hope this little tip helps you save some $$!

Happy Crafting.

Cricut Christmas at the Office

As with everything else this year we had a very small budget to decorate my office. (I'm talking less than $20 here.) So I broke out the Cricut and the cheap paper. I even used some bent up file folders that we were throwing out (they were used multiple times and were in bad condition, but I cut them up to get to the good spots.) I used a bunch of cartridges for this one, which was easy because I have a Gypsy!





The penguins and polar bears are from Joys of the Season. The igloo is from Create a Critter. For the snow I drew a template using my coffee cup and freehand connected it. Then I cut it out and transferred it to a role of white craft paper. We had to hand cut it out from there. More that 50' of hand cut snow border!


The font is from Winter Woodlands. It's hard to see in this picture but I cut the green shadow letters also, and there are cutouts in each of the red letters that make it look fancy. I made the candy cane poles by wrapping the pole with white paper and then winding red ribbon around it.



And what is the North Pole without Santa? This is also from Joys of the Season. We made some modifications to the pieces and used yellow yarn for the reins.



This tree is also from Winter Woodlands. I had the ornament confetti from my Christmas cards, so I recruited a co-worker or two to help me hot glue each piece to the trees. I then punched little stars out of a sheet of Best Creations Gold Glitter Cardstock. There are 20 trees in all.




The banner flags are from Tie the Knot. I had them left over from another project, so I threw them in. One says NOEL (I know its hard to see in this picture, but it looks better in person) and the other is JOY.

Christmas Card Crazy

I have finished with Christmas Cards, and I wanted a lot of options this year. Everyone will get something a little different! These are all easy cards to make because I didn't have that much time. Also why they are going up in all one post. All of the pattern paper is from one of my older DCWV Christmas stacks. I would have loved to buy new paper this year, but I just have too much already. (I know, you can never have too much, but I'm trying to cut back!)



This one is my favorite. I call it "Holly Jolly". Of course they are all from the Cricut. The shield is cut from the Storybook cart, each one is 1/2" smaller than the previous one to give it some definition. I had a big bag of buttons (say that three time fast) that I got for $2 at a craft fair to use for the holly berries. The leaves are from the Winter Woodlands cart. I put Glossy Accents from Ranger Inc on the leave to make them shinny.




I call this my "Blue Christmas" card. This card is also from Winter Woodlands. I punched the bottom of the card with a Fiskars border punch to give it a lace look. The circle medallion is a 2" circle punch. I printed out Merry Christmas on white card stock from my computer, and stamped the other side with a snowflake. Then I used the stamp pad to ink the edges on both sides.





This card is for those friends who don't celebrate Christmas. I like the paper and I think that the sentiment is very neutral. Not exciting but east to put together. The snowflakes are from the Joys of the Season cart and the scalloped circle is from Storybook.



This Santa is from the Doodlecharms cart. I had these smaller green and red cards lying around so I made use of them. I cut him at 4" which worked out perfectly. I used my Gypsy for this card because these cuts have multiple parts to them. Otherwise I would have to have cut several pieces in red that I would have to have thrown away just to get Santa's red nose.



Last is my little "Chu Chu" card. I was in a blue mood that day. The punch is from Marth Steward and the ornament is from the Joys of the Season cart.