Saturday, July 30, 2011

4 Wheeler Brithday

I have a birthday coming up for a guy at work. He enjoys riding dirt bikes and 4 wheelers so it only seemed fitting to use one or the other. I used my Going Places Cartridge for the 4 wheeler. But this cartridge only has the base and shadow cuts. I cut the base out twice {in yellow and black} then cut the seat and tires from the black to add as layers to the yellow. The "Happy Trails" is also from Going Places, the mountain/hill in the background is from the Country Life Cartridge and the "Happy Birthday" inside is from A Child's Year.

Thanks for looking,
Valerie

Friday, July 29, 2011

Total Scraplift

For my next card, I really wanted to us my Campin' Critters Cartridge which I purchased a while ago and haven't used. I decided to go on line and try to get some inspiration. I came across a card made by Joy at Everyday Cricut. You can view her card by clicking here. I omitted the twine since I don't have any {hehe} and I also hand wrote my sentiments since I didn't have same stamps. So I don't usually do a total scraplift and when I was searching for ideas I didn't have that in mind either. But I just really liked that card so I decided to make it. I wasn't sure how it would turn out with my choice of papers from my stash, but I think it turned out good.


Thanks for looking,
Valerie

Thursday, July 28, 2011

Yes another card using Cricut Imagine

For this one I used on of the bonus imagines from the Best Friends Cartridge. I cut an additional red ballon from 27 to add to the end of the left string...which didn't happen to have anything attached to it. The "Happy Birthday"is from A Child's Year Cartridge.

Hope you have a wonderful day,
Valerie

Wednesday, July 27, 2011

I'm having fun with my Imagine

So here is my second card using my Cricut Imagine. I'm having fun with it. I just wish I had access to the new Cricut Craft Room. After using Design Studio and the Gypsy for so many years, I really feel limited witht the imagine. I hope the CCR works better like all the hype they are attaching to it.


Thanks for stopping by,

Valerie

Tuesday, July 26, 2011

Old Card, New Color

I made a sympathy card a while ago for a co-worker. I really like how it turned out so when I needed another sympathy card, I decided to go back to this design. The original was made using green tones. For this one as you can see I used blues. I like this one just as well.

Thanks for looking,
Valerie

Monday, July 25, 2011

Yes Another Peachy Keen

Yes, yet another card using Create A Critter and my new Peachy Keen Stamps. I'm not real happy with how this card turned out. It is kinda plain, I just need to get back into the crafting groove. But I do love how the eyes on the owl turned out.


Owl be seeing you {hehe},
Valerie

Sunday, July 24, 2011

Peachy Keen Stamps

I finally took the plunge and bought some Peachy Keen Stamps. I know this isn't much...only the eyes...but that really is all I needed the stamps for. I bought the "Critter Faces Set A Medium" and the "Everyday Character Face Parts and More". So you might be seeing more people and animals in my cards for a while...well as long as I am getting used to them. So I haven't decided on a sentiment for this card yet. More than likely it will be something punny. Next I will have to take the plunge and buy some of the My Pink Stamper Punny Stamps. Until they I just have to hand write them in.

See ya later!
Valerie

Saturday, July 23, 2011

My First Cricut Imagine Card

So, I've had my Cricut Imagine for over a month...First, my Imagine More cartridge was bad and I had to call Cricut to get a new one. Then I was having problems getting it to update correctly, I never seemed to have time to call Cricut to get help updating, because I work 8-5, don't get home until 5:30 so needless to say, when they close at 6, I just couldn't get it done. Then I went on vacation (and still hadn't called Cricut). My craftroom is on the second floor of my house and with this heat it has been like a sauna up there...so again, I still hadn't fixed or used my New
Imagine.

Well today, the weather was a little less hot, so I turned on the window air conditioner and was able to keep the room cool enough to work in there. So before I called Cricut (which I'm not even sure they have Saturday hours) I decided to try the update again. Well low and behold it worked. So I made my first card. It is for a family friend that was just diagnosed with Cancer.
Thanks for looking,
Valerie

Sunday, July 10, 2011

Happy Birthday Ella

So for this birthday card, I used the project from the Kate's ABCs Cartridge Booklet. The project was to decorate a metal box (hat box I believe)...I just incorporated it into a card instead. My son's half sister recently turned 5 and she really is cute as a button.

Great to have you stop by,
Valerie

Saturday, July 9, 2011

Happy Graduation Brandon

Super simple card for my son's friend down the street. This was scraplifted from another crafter, and forgive me but I can't remember who or where. The cap and sentiment were welded together on my gypsy. The cartridge is Martha Stewart Seasonal Cake Art. The background paper is Cosmo Cricket which I thought was great for the occasion.

Thank you for stopping by,
Valerie

Thursday, July 7, 2011

Happy Birthday Mom

So today is my mothers birthday! Happy Birthday to you Mom {Big Grin}. So for this card, I went on the simple side. I used some new designer papers I bought at JoAnn's along with a wonderful Core'dinations yellow paper. I inked the edges with Distressed Ink and used a brown pen to add dots to the sentiment and faux stiching. "Happy Birthday" is from Create A Critter and the flower is from Kate's ABC's. For a final touch I added some pink pearls at two corners {Which don't show up on the picture very well}

Thanks for looking,
Valerie