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 :)

Dance of the Lollipops

I stayed up way too late last night playing making this card.  The lollipops were a lot of fun.

The lollipops are from Just A Note which came pre-loaded on the Expression 2.  They are on page 57 and cut at 3.5 inches to be placed on a 5 x 7 card.  I took the Layer 1 "swirls" and ran them through the Xyron and sprinkled them with Stampin' Up Dazzling Diamonds.  I put some Glossy Accents on the bows.  Then I placed all three of them on Action Wobbles.  Therefore, dancing lollies!  I also punched out a 1 3/4 inch circle in kraft paper and added to the back of the lollipops before adding the Action Wobbles.  I like to add some weight to things that I put the wobbles on so that they move better (lesson learned earlier).

The Sweet Wishes stamp is from My Pink Stamper's Simply Sweet Occasions stamp set. 

I made this card for the following challenges:

Wobble Wednesday's Challenge #5 - 
3 Circle Challenge - add 3 circles anywhere on your project

and

Cooking With Cricut Challenge #81 - Card Outreach
Today our Design Team is showcasing "Thinking of You" cards for two sweet young ladies who are battling different kinds of cancer.

Isn't that a really great challenge!  To do some kindness for a child who is suffering!!


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

Cindy :)

Dropping You a Line

A card that I made for my husband's uncle - who loves to fish!

This was a stamp set that I picked up a while ago on clearance at Michaels.  I may have even been a Dollar bin item. 
I stamped it and added stickles to the fish and the bubbles.  I stamped the background with Stampin' Up Dot Dot Dot stamp. 
The little wave is from the Just A Note cartridge on page 50 Layer 1. 


Thanks for coming by,
Cindy :)

Thank You Pin Wheel

Did you miss me?  I was at the Beach last week. I had a great time but I did miss my Cricut and Cricut blogs!

My Pink Stamper has issued a color challenge of Orange, Turquoise and Green.
Lucky for me I have the DCWV Citrus stack that has a lot of that combination!
I also challenged myself to make a card with the Just A Note cartridge that came on my Cricut Expression 2.

Here is what I made:  The card on page 37 of the booklet is a Pin Wheel Thank You card.

I cut the card and then flipped the image and cut again to have the stripe on the inside and out.  I added a glitter brad to the layered Pin Wheel.  For the "sun" in the "o" of you, I punched a Martha Stewart snow flake and cut off the longer "branches".  I just followed the recipe in the booklet for this card.

Thanks for coming by and I appreciate any comments.
Cindy :)