Butterflies & Bows Are Wishing You...

Back again with a card I made today. I used a zipper die from Papertrey Ink that once the zipper is pulled off will reveal a hidden sentiment. I cut the flowers out of felt with the My Creative Time flower dies. I punched the butterfly out of vellum with a Martha butterfly punch. I decided the bottom was too bare, so I added some pearls with a Viva Decor Pen. I like how this card turned out.

I will enter this card into the challenge at 3 Girl Jam- Challenge #1 Butterflies & Bows.

Sketch- Mother's Day Card

Oh goodness, I think this is my 4th post today. I am tired. So I'll be quick in sharing this card. I used my Cricut Imagine to print all the papers used (my machine is running out of ink, so the colors looked distorted). I added some ink and stamped background stamps on some of the flowers. The sentiment if from My Creative Time. The flowers are cut from Cricut Mother's Day Bouquet.

The sentiment continues in the inside of the card to say "Mother's Day"

I inked some vellum and cut the butterfly with a Martha punch then added some Viva Decor Pearl Pen.

This card will be entered into these challenges:
1. The Pink Elephant- All about Mom
2. Little Scrap Pieces- Mother's Day
3. More Than Favors- Mother's Day
4. Docerela Creations- Mother's Day
5. My Creative Time- Sketch challenge
6. Celebrate the Occasion- Mother's Day

Birthday Card for Mom

Hello my Crafty friends, 

I hope you are having a crafty day. I wanted to share a card that I made for my mom's birthday that is coming next week. Do you every find that some times you cannot figure out a theme or design immediately for a card? Well it wasn't until I got a new paper stack that I was finally inspired. The paper stack has a lot of pinks, creams, mint green, raspberry and brown. Then I knew I wanted to make a shabby chic sort of theme...but not too shabby. I used an awesome zipper die (that I finally received) to make this card and I LOVE it. I won't bore you today with a lot of details and recipes. So here is the card I made her. 

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Birthday Girl in Action Card

Hi Everyone!

Today I have a birthday card that I made for a little girl. I decide to make a Cricut-less card. I colored a stamped image with my Copic markers and added some Stickles. I used my Cuttlebug (ONE OF MY FAVORITE TOOLS) to cut a die from MCT. I wanted to layer the die, so I glued it down onto some paper and cute about 1/4" around it to give it a border. I then stamped the die with a coordinating border stamp that looks like party confetti. I used a Martha Stewart corner punch on two corners for a bit more easy detail. I wanted this card to be colorful, fun and vibrant. I like the way it turned out. I even added an Action Wobble to the girl. I'm sure the 4 year old I'm giving this card to will have fun with this.
I will be entering this card into the following challenges:

Wobble Wednesday’s Challenge

Simon Says Stamp Challenge 

You can see the motion of her moving in this picture.

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Have a great day.

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Hello everyone, CTMH has another fabulous stamp set to offer this month. It includes a nice pattern and great sentiments. It can be yours for $17.95 or if  you place an order of $50 or more you can get this stamp set for just $5! This is a savings of $12.95! Shop with me by clicking on my CTMH Shop with Mebadge or the shopping cart at the bottom of the blog page.

Challenge & My Craft Spot Design Team Call

I am entering this card into a challenge at (http://cricut360.blogspot.com/2011/09/cricut-360-challenge-13-welcome-baby.html).

I am also entering this card into a Design Team Call over at http://craftspotbykimberly.blogspot.com/2011/09/my-craft-spot-design-team-call.html. Here is my shot at the DT.

Here is the receipe:
A2 card size
pattern paper cut at 4x5.25
pink paper cut at 3.75x5
Cricut Baby Steps- image cut at 3.5
K&Company paper stack The Best of Brenda Walton
Recollection papers
Martha Stewart punch- Vintage Lace
Cuttlebug folder Swiss Dots
Stampin' Up Photo Corner punch
MPS Sweet Baby set sentiment
Glossy Accents on the pacifer
White Gel Pen
Pink/silver Gel pen
Sakura Souflee pens
Momento black ink
Stickles
Peachy Keen Stamps
Green button brads on the wheels
Twine

Challenge- for Terrific Tuesday- Mini Monsters & Cooking with Cricut

Update: October 10, 2011 

I found a blog that has a anything goes challenge. You can enter one of your all time favorite projects or create a new one. So I am entering a Halloween layout I recently did that I am loving. Check out the challenge: http://www.cookingwithcricut.com/2011/10/challenge-54-anything-goes.html .

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Here is my October layout I made to put in our 2011 family scrapbook. I made the cuts from Mini Monsters, Hello Kitty Greetings, Hello Kitty Font and A Child's Year. My daughter wants to be Hello Kitty for Halloween so I put Hello Kitty on the page. I love the colors and the way it all turned out. See the awesome pictures for detail.

Challenge- My Ghost Card for MCT and PK

I made this card to enter in a couple challenges

MCT, one of the rules was NO Cricut machines allowed and use the colors black, green, orange and purple.
PK, I followed a sketch.

• I used an EK Border punch with pumpkins. 
• Made some hand cut grass.
• Hand cut my ghost and punched the bottom with a MS punch.
• I used a Peachy Keen baby face stamp on my ghost.
• Stamped sentiment with white embossing powder. 

Challenge- Back to School #76, PK Back to School & Creative Inspirations

I am entering this project into three challenges:

• Fantabulous Cricut- Back to School #76
• Peachy Keen- Back to School
• Creative Inspirations- Back to School

I wanted to make a little treat bag for my kids school teachers, so I decided to try a new kind of bag.

FC challenged me to use some ABC letter or 123 numbers. I chose to run with my M&M letters to match my candy inside and used the letter M...and I guess the word "Sweetness" that I stamped counts too, since we are talking about letters and words here.

PK challenged me to incorporate Peachy Keen face stamps, which I love. I chose to use a Winter Face and stamp it next to the hand written note I made on the inside flap that the teacher will see when she opens the package.

I used Plantin to cut out the circles and the letter m. The stamp sentiment is from MPS, Sweetest Cupcakes. The ribbon is from Michaels. The edge punch is a Martha Stewart punch (sorry I forgot to write the name on the punch, so I have no idea what its called now). The bag I used in the inside is from the jewelry department in Michaels and is size Medium in a blue and black box. The mini M&M can be found in your grocery store.

I love how it turned out!

Challenge- Square Sketch

I made this card for the Square Sketch Challenge in the Moxie Fab World

This card layout was super quick. I punched the edge of the layer. I cut a pinwheel from Cricut Mother's Day 2010 and added a lollipop stick I purchased from Joann. I had a stamp that say "Fluttering by to say Hi" and I just covered the part up that said Fluttering and hand wrote Blowing. 


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Have a Crafty day. 
-SSNC

Challenge- Mojo Monday 205

I made this card to enter into the Mojo Monday 205 challenge. I love how it turned out, the colors, the punches and the fairy. 

Flower Pot Card

OMG, this card is ADORABLE!!! I hand cut the flower pot and used a Martha Stewart Border punch on the pot. The flowers were cut from Cricut Mother's Day Bouquet (various flowers were used). I layered the flowers and put brads in the center. I added some ribbon around the pot. The bunch of flowers can be pull out to reveal a card with a sentiment stamped on it that says "If friends were flowers, I'd pick you."

My Pink Stamper Challenge

Hello, the challenge was to make a card that reflects your style and incorporate things that reflect your style. Well I love anything purple or butterflies so that was a must for this challenge. I also heart my border punches. Two new products I've been enjoying lately are the Pearl Pens and Action Wobbles, so I incorporated those too. The Action Wobble makes the butterfly look like its actually fluttering by to say HI. I also used some  iRocks bling. LOL. I also used some lavender purple Stickles to glitz up the butterfly's antennas.

I cut the butterfly from the Floral Embellished cartridge and LOVE it! The paper is from a K&Company stack (I can't remember the name), the punch is a Martha Steward butterfly punch and the sentiment is from My Pink Stampers set called Buggy Punnies.

Hope you like it.

--Lai