Bird on a Branch

For this 5 X 7 card, I used my Lori's Garden Imagine Cartridge.  I cut the bird and branch out in layers, but ended up only using the complete base cut.  I used some Diamond Stickles around the flowers added some pearls for the centers.  I added a pearl for the bird's eye also.  I tried to do some outlining with my white gel pen, but it would not work well on the printed image. 
The lattice border is a Martha Stewart punch.  The awning is from Lori's Garden also and is a scrap from an earlier project.

I am entering this card for the following challenges:

Bitten By the Bug2 -  Garden

Die Cuttin' Divas  - Anything Goes

Cooking with Cricut - May Flowers

Thanks for coming by,

Cindy :)

Bee-u-tiful

This pretty paper is from a K&Company paper pad that I have had for a couple of years.
This is a 4.25 X 5.5 inch card.  I cut each square at 1.25 inches.  Then put them back together on the card.  The bee is from the Art Nouveau cartridge page 56 and cut at 2 inches.  Then coated in Stampin' Up Crystal Effects.  I added two dark brown pearls for the eyes.  The leaf for the flower is from page 31 Layer 1 feature cut at 4 inches. The rose is a Recollections embellishment.  A little piece of ribbon tied into a bow.  The "Bee-u-tiful" stamp is a My Pink Stamper stamp from her Punny-licious collection and punched out with the Stampin' Up Modern Label Punch.

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

Mojo Monday #238
 &      Bitten by the Bug2
         Bumblebee or Ladybug Challenge

















Thanks for coming by,

Cindy :)        

Balloons and Sketch Challenge

I have my Card/Stamp group tomorrow.  This month we were to make Birthday Cards.

I used the Mojo Monday Challenge # 237 Sketch for my design.

I printed the background paper from the Berries and Cream Imagine cartridge. I cut it down for a 4.25 inch by 5.5 inch card.  I cut the "Happy" from the Cricut American Alphabet cartridge at 1 inch.  The Shimmer yellow paper from PaperTrey Ink is cut at 1.25 inches X 5.5 inches.

The label is from the Art Nouveau cartridge page 29, the Layer 2 shift image flipped on it side and cut at 1.75 inches.  The "Birthday" is from my favorite Happy Birthday Stamp from Close To My Heart.  I placed scotch tape over the "Happy" and ink the stamp, then remove the tape and get a nice image of just the "Birthday".  I used Memento's Rose Bud ink for the phrase.

I added the balloons in the corner for the Bitten By the Bug2  Challenge-

Balloons and Birthday Card Challenge

They were cut from the Just A Note cartridge.  They are on page 46 and are under the Card Layer feature key.  I think they are cut at 3 inches.  Then I added the Polka Dots with a Stampin' Up Stamp  called Dot, Dot, Dot with the Memento Rose Bud Ink.

For the inside I stamped the phrase from a Stampin' Up Stamp from a set called Heard from the Heart.  I used the same Memento ink. 

 My favorite part of this project was the pretty paper that I printed with my Imagine.  I think I may could get addicted to printing the pretty papers!
I made 7 of these for my group tomorrow.  I hope they like them.

Thanks for coming by and y'all come back again soon,

Cindy :)

Bunny Flourish

I made this card for a couple of challenges.  This is a 4.5 X 5.5 card.  The bunny is from Kate's ABCs on page 34 the Phrase Shift image cut at 2.5" Real Dial Size.  The ovals are from the Art Philosophy cart page 42 cut at 1.75 and 2 inches.  The squares were cut out with a Paper Studio punch and measure 1 9/16".  The flourish is from the Cindy Loo Cartridge from page 40.  I cut 2 of them at 2" and trimmed the bottom of one and put them together to make it as tall as I wanted.  (My laptop was downstairs and I was too lazy to go get it and do it on Cricut Craftroom, so I did it the old fashioned way!).  I added 3 pink flowers and 3 pink pearls to finish it.

I am posting this card for the following challenges:

Critter Sketch Challenge

Sketch Challenge #108

(Thank you Colleen for another fabulous sketch)

 

Fantabulous Cricut Challenge

#104 - Out Like a Lamb

Make a project with a gentle animal, lamb, puppy, kitten etc.

 

Bitten By The Bug2

Cindy Loo - Flourish

 I have chosen any of the flourishes from the Cindy Loo cartridge. I love flourishes they are so versatile and always give such an elegant touch to a project . Don't worry if you don't own Cindy Loo you can use a flourish from any cart and so many have the most beautiful flourishes to choose from, so join us in our challenge this week as we would love to see your fabulous creations!

 

I enjoyed combining these 3 challenges and am happy with the way this card turned out.

 

Thanks for coming by and y'all come back again soon,

 

Cindy :)

Welcome Wreath

I made a Welcome sign to go on my very green wreath.  I used this wreath for Christmas, St. Patrick's Day and now as a Welcome for my door.  It has been much more versatile that I expected it to be when I purchased it.

The Welcome that I used came from the American Alphabet cartridge that was pre-loaded on my Cricut Expression 2.  I used the Fit to Page feature to get it as long as I could on a 12 x 12 piece of paper.  It is approximately 2 inches tall.  It is cut out of Purple glitter paper and the shadow is cut from a lighter purple.  Then I popped it up on paper from DCWV's The Chateau Lavender stack which was cut at 3" x 11.75".  Then I added a piece of green for the base cut at 3.5" x 12".  I added some purple and lime green flowers with gem centers.  Lastly, I put a purple ribbon tied in a bow at the top.

I am entering this project into the following challenges:

Bitten By The Bug2

"WELCOME" Friends Any Cartridge Challenge!

Fantabulous Cricut Challenge

#103 - Celebrate Spring

Make a project with at least three flowers

Thanks for coming by and y'all come back again soon,

Cindy :)

St. Patty's Day Post Card

For this card I used my new Phrases cartridge. I wanted to cut the phrase larger so that I didn't have to deal with tiny pieces.  I cut the phrase (Phrase 3 feature on page 45) at 3.25 inches which made it 8 1/8th inches long.  I made the card to fit into a #10 envelope and it measures 4 x 9 1/8th inches. The phrase is popped up on the base.  I added stickles to the shamrocks to define them better. Then a bow and a button in the corner to finish it off.

 This is a post card, so it doesn't open. 

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

Fantabulous Cricut Challenge Blog -

#101 -Luck of the Irish

Make a project using a shamrock or the color green.

 Bitten by the Bug 2 - Shamrock and the color green

Little Scrap Pieces - Use a button and a bow

 

Thanks for coming by and y'all come back again soon,

Cindy :)

Monogram Card

Fantabulous Cricut is having a color challenge today.  The colors are green, purple, and turquoise.  This was a little harder than I thought to coordinate.
Also Bitten By The Bug 2 is having a Monogram challenge. 

I used my new Letter Envy Font cartridge page 53. This is a 4.25" X 5.5" card. Both layers of the Crest were cut at 3.75". The "C" is cut at 2.5".  The scallop designed paper was from a .99 cent pack from Target.  The color is better in person.  I added some Stickles in a color called Mermaid to the flower on the C. The ribbon is from PaperTrey Ink. 

Thanks for coming by and y'all come back soon,

Cindy :)