Out at Sea

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Challenge #220 Wet and Wild

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Wet and Wild

Create a project related to water

To qualify for the prize, be sure to use at least 1 Cricut cut on your project and if it's not obvious, let us know what cartridge you used.

For my project, I decided to recap one of my favorite vacations. My husband and I were in the Caribbean under the warm sun. We took a short boat ride to a private island for sun and sand and surf. Then it was off to scuba dive through coral and then off to swim with dolphins. I captured each of these elements with this box card. 

The clouds and the sun are from PPnB Designs (this is a free cut file). The boat was cut from the cartridge, Just Because Cards. I used the patterned paper from the Celebration Stack by DCWV for the sails. The island was cut from the cartridge Pack Your Bags. I used a subtle patterned paper on the tree. It is by Crate Paper and has leaves on it. Finally, the dolphin is from the Cricut set Whales and Dolphins. 

Challenges Entered

Little Red Wagon: Vacation

4 Crafty Chicks: The Great Outdoors
Crafty Little Fairies: Summer
Cute Card Thursday: Fun in the Sun
A Creative Need: Vacation
Brown Sugar: Sea and Sand
Cut It Up: Under the Sea
Open-Minded Challenges: Vacation Related

Love in Bloom

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Challenge #218  Summer Treats

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Summer Treats

Create a project that represents the tastes of summer

To qualify for the prize, be sure to use at least 1 Cricut cut on your project and if it's not obvious, let us know what cartridge you used.


I was so excited by our challenge this week because I have been waiting to use my Cardz TV stamp set Garden Greetings for so long. Here, I used, Love in Bloom. There were so many great choices in this stamp set. That's not all. I knew that I had this fantastic Strawberry Box Card from SVGcuts.com that I have been wanting to try out since I made my first box card for the 4th of July.

Products used:

The exterior panel floral paper is from the Rustic Stack by DCWV. This is a fantastic stack; half of the pages have texture and glitter. It is a 12x12 stack that I got for $6 at JoAnn's. 

The interior panel flaps are from the Lemon Flower Stack by DCWV (same type of stack and price as the Rustic Stack). 

The exterior panel flaps and the strawberries are by Crate Paper, but there is no name on the stack. 

Finally, I added green gems to the center off the flowers. 

Challenges Entered:

Fussy and Fancy: Summertime

Little Red Wagon: Summer

Crafty Girls Challenge: Anything Goes

In the Pink: Good Enough to Eat
Pile it On: Add some flowers
Use Your Stuff: Leaves

With Sympathy

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Challenge #216 Color Challenge

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Color Challenge

Create a project that uses the colors purple, yellow and gray

To qualify for the prize, be sure to use at least 1 Cricut cut on your project and if it's not obvious, let us know what cartridge you used.

For my project, I knew I was planning to make a sympathy card. A long-time friend's mother died recently, and I wanted to send something special to her.  So I started with the pattered paper which is more like a lattice with shades of purple, gray, and yellow. It is from the Wisteria pad by Basic Grey. I built up three mats underneath with one in dark gray, one in light gray, and one in dark purple. Then layered the purple frame on top of the patterned paper.

I added these two gorgeous butterflies to the center purple frame and popped them up for even more dimension. My favorite embellishment is a butterfly. They are so versatile in theme, and they are can be both the focal point or a secondary embellishment. These particular butterflies have metal wires curling throughout their bodies, and the look is just beautiful. They are from Recollections. Once the butterflies were in place, I used flourishes from my Cindy Loo Cricut Cartridge to add a bit more light purple. Lastly, I added a few of Carri~abusybee's Skittles. 

Challenges Entered

Penny's Paper-Crafy Challenge: Favorite Embellishment (Butterflies.  I have hundreds.)

Miriam's Crafting Blog: Wings (Metal). 

Diva's By Design: Layers
Lauralcraft: Things with Wings
Fussy and Fancy Friday: Things with Wings

Art

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Challenge #215 Sketch Challenge

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Sketch Challenge

Create a project inspired by the sketch below:

To qualify for the prize, be sure to use at least 1 Cricut cut on your project and if it's not obvious, let us know what cartridge you used.

For my project, I started with a frame from Creative Memories: Holidays, Frames, and Tags. Since the side of the black layer had notebook holes in it, I threaded blue and white twine through the holes.  As I was thinking about a notebook, I wondered what would be in this one. I didn't want it to be just a writing journal or a photo book, so I decided it was an art book. The art palette and brushes are from the Cricut cartridge, Recess. The pain splatter is a paper punch from EK Success. All of the products came from my stash.

Challenges Entered

Crafting From the Heart: Anything Goes

Amusing Challenge: 4 or more colors

Crafty Catz: Two different dies

Artistic Impressions: Anything Goes
Docerela Creations: Anything Goes

Crafting When We Can: Scraps

You Did it! Happy Graduation

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Challenge #212 Class of 2014

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Class of 2014

For my project this week, I decided to make a more traditional graduation card. My last graduation project was an apple box for my nephew's Kindergarten Graduation. The patterned paper background is from my stash and is actually notebook cardstock. Using my Recess Cricut cartridge, I cut both the diploma and the graduation cap. For the stamp, I used one of CardzTV sets, Happy Days. The Celebrate stamp is from an unknown source. Finally I added a little bit of my stash such as the star brads and the circle embellishment.

I love the way the diploma came out. I cut three layers all in white, and it truly looks like rolled paper. 

Challenges Entered:
Kitty Bee Designs: Graduation
Sister Act Card Challenge: Anything Goes
Crafty Girls Challenge: Anything Goes

Happy Mother's Day

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Challenge #210 Celebrate Mom

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Celebrate Mom

Create a project that celebrates mom.

To qualify for the prize, be sure to use at least 1 Cricut cut on your project and if it's not obvious, let us know what cartridge you used.

For my project, I chose to create this see-thru card (I Love Mom See-Thru) from SVGcuts.com. I have been wanting to make a see-thru card for a long time. It has such a great effect and is the perfect card base for layering multiple images. For mom, I wanted hearts, flowers, and sentiments. I loved adding the twine down the side of the card because it almost feels like a book since the card is see-thru.

For the inside, I used the CardzTV circle stamp, and I used random magnet words for the sentiments. The butterfly sentiment is from my stash. The flower is full of glitter, and the heart is a brad —all from my stash.

For the rest of the circles, I used a scallop punch in black to break up the blue and red, then added the white stamp circle, the heart circle (cut using the Simply Sweet Cricut cartridge), and the flower circle (cut using the Picturesque Cricut cartridge).

Challenges Entered

A Creative Need: Mother's Day

Cut it Up: Mother's Day

Scrapping4Fun: Mother's Day

Charisma Card Challenge: Mother's Day

April Showers

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Challenge #208 April Showers

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April Showers

Create a project using an umbrella

To qualify for the prize, be sure to use at least 1 Cricut cut on your project and if it's not obvious, let us know what cartridge you used.

Here is my project for the week:

The whole idea for this card came from wanting to create a scene. I've never created a scene on a card. I used Nate's ABCs Cricut cartridge to cut this wonderful mini-scene with the umbrella, boots and water. With the puddle and vine, this was a perfect set up to create an outdoor scene. So I used the Penny Black stamp set (rain) all across the top, and put a dot of blue in each raindrop. I thought about adding a bug or worm running away from the puddle, and I settled on these two ladybugs. I colored them with red Spectrum Noir markers. 

*Note: You can't tell, but I cut a few layers of the umbrella and popped them up for some dimension. 

Challenges Entered:

Stamping Sensations: Die cuts and/or punches 

The Squirrel & the Fox: Die cut or punch

Crazy 4 Challenges: April Showers

My Time to Craft: April Showers

Paper Craft Challenge: No Patterned Paper

CCEE Stampers: April Showers

Easter Beauty

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Challenge #207 Easter or use a Bunny

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Easter

Create a project using a bunny or an Easter project

To qualify for the prize, be sure to use at least 1 Cricut cut on your project and if it's not obvious, let us know what cartridge you used.

For my project this week, I used Hydrangea Fairy from our sponsor Aurora Wings. I thought she was just gorgeous. But I wasn't sure what colors I wanted to use, so I started with the background mat and designer paper from... The greens and purples were perfect together, and the paper has elements of glitter and embossing giving it more texture. She became my Easter Beauty. 

In this close up photo, you can see that I popped her up off of her mat to give the card more dimension. The bow came in a pack for $1 at Michaels. The word, Easter, came from the Cricut, Artbooking cartridge, and the small purple flower is from my stash. 

Challenges Entered

Jellypark Challenges: Easter
Aud Sentiments Challenge: Sentiment for a friend
Addicted to Stamps and More: Anything Goes
Hanna and Friends: Easter
DL. ART challenge: Easter
Polkadoodles: Springtime

At the Ball

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Challenge #206 Sketch Challenge

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Sketch Challenge

Create a project inspired by the following sketch:

Sketch is from Card Positioning Systems

To qualify for the prize, be sure to use at least 1 Cricut cut on your project and if it's not obvious, let us know what cartridge you used.

This was a fun sketch! Here is my card:

The inspiration for my card came from the rectangle top layer. The first thought I had was of a person leaning against a wall. Who would lean against a wall? That's when I thought of a beautiful woman in a ball gown. She's cool and sexy and smart, and she doesn't have to make rounds say polite things to guests. If someone wants to talk to her, they come to her. So I cut this diva from the Cricut cartridge Suburbia. All of the card stock used is from my stash. I kept this CAS so the focus is on my diva.

When I was finished, all I could think about was Audrey Hepburn and Breakfast at Tiffany's (I know, wrong colors). I am definitely giving this to my mom because she will not only love the style, but she will love the reference. 

Challenges Entered:

Hiding in My Craft Room: Use Stash

Crafty Hands: Anything Goes

Sister Act Card Challenge: Anything Goes

Paper Crafting Journey: For that Special Lady