Easter Card #2

I found this card HERE. Isn't it adorable?

I couldn't find a card base like this on a cartridge, so I created one on my Gypsy using Cricut Craft Room Basics (yes, I am still using my Gypsy. I still haven't had time to contact Cricut Customer Service to get everything transferred).

Recipe:
A2 card (made using Cricut Craft Room Basics)
Rabbit - Create a Critter @ 3.5"
Easter Basket - Create a Critter @ 1"
Carrots - Create a Critter @ 3/4"
Grass - Everyday Paper Dolls @ 3.5" x 6"
Mat - Art Philosophy @ 3.35" x 4.75"

Thanks for looking,
Melissa

Thank Ewe - Cardz TV Card Kit & Kaboodle Sketch #3

This card is for a Cardz TV Challenge.

Recipe:
A2 card
Cardz TV Kit & Kaboodle Sketch #3
Lamb - Create a Critter @ 3"
SU Word Window Punch
SU Modern Label Punch
Thank Ewe - Joys Life - Lots of Pun Stamps

Thanks for looking,
Melissa

Valentine's Day - 1

Valentines for my Grand-daughter's kindergarten class. This is a Make it Now in Cricut Design Space. I backed mine with red or pink card stock just to make them a little more sturdy.

Thanks for looking!
Melissa

Nephew's Birthday Invites

Recipe:
A2 card
Campin' Critters - forest cut at 3.9" - all parts and pieces (on Gypsy)- page 62
Create a Critter - fire cut at 1.25" - all parts and pieces
Create a Critter - alligator cut at 1" - all parts and pieces - top piece ran through Mesh cuttlebug folder
Campin' Critters - s'more stick - cut at 4" - this is the first tree trunk from Layer 2 (pg. 62) all other tree trunks hidden on Gypsy.
Campin' Critters - marshmello - cut at 1.5"

Thanks for looking,
Melissa

Welcome Spring!

My Grandmother and I always had a contest as to who saw the first Robin in the Spring. Of course, Grandma always won!!! Grandma has been gone for 10 years now, and every year when I see the first Robin I think of Grandma and I wish I could call and tell her. So, this card is a sort of tribute to my Grandmother.

Recipe:
A2 card
1.75" circle (body) - George & Basic Shapes
1.5" circle (tummy) - George & Basic Shapes
2.57" Tree Branch - Create a Critter
1" cloud - Stand and Salute
1.2" cloud - Create a Critter
1.2" cloud - Everyday Paper Dolls
6" wing & tail - 3 Birds on Parade (layer 1, button #6)
2" beak - 3 Birds on Parade (shift layer 1, button #41)
Woodgrain Cuttlebug folder

Thanks for looking,
Melissa

Easter Card

I made this card for Easter and for Card Club.

Recipe:
A2 card
Create A Critter - egg (bottom only) cut @ 4.4" x 5"
Create A Critter - pinecone (turned upside down for the "chick") cut @ 4.17" x 5.3"
Simply Charmed - beak cut at 1.36" x 4.4"
Black brads for eyes

This was created on my Gypsy. The egg bottom was welded with the Pinecone to create the card base.

Thanks for looking,
Melissa

Punch Art Cardinal

I love looking at all of the punch art online. I don't have any of the Stampin' Up! punch sets, but if I can find out the size of a punch or a similar shape, then I can reproduce it using my Cricut Expression.

I saw a card on Pinterest of a punch art Cardinal sitting on a stamped branch and, of course, fell in love with it. I searched Hobby Lobby and Michael's yesterday looking for a stamp of a branch and had no luck. I came across the Cricut Cuttables Stamp Sheets at Michael's, I have never used this or seen any posts about anyone using this, so I thought I would give it a try.

I used My Cut Search to see what cartridges had branches on them. After looking through all of my options, I decided to use Create a Critter.

I then went to searching the internet on punch art and the dimentions on making a punch art Cardinal. I finally found some directions at Stamping Smiles. Here is what I ended up with.



Recipe:
Stamped Branch - Create a Critter cut at 5"
Clouds - Create a Critter cut at 2", 2.5", 3" (I used the negative cut as a stencil, and used white ink)
Bird Eye (black part) - Bloom - button #4 (shift) - cut at 3.5"
Bird Body - George & Basic Shapes - Cicle cut at 1.75"
Bird Wing - George & Basic Shapes - Circle cut at 1" (folded in half)
Bird Tail - George & Basic Shapes - Heart (x2) cut at 1.25"
Bird Beak - George & Basic Shapes - Square cut at 0.5"
Bird Eye - white gel pen

I LOVE how this turned out!!!

Thanks for looking,
Melissa

St. Patrick's Day Card - 1

I saw this St. Patrick's Day card on Pinterest and followed it to the blog address that was listed with it to Creative Cricut Designs.



Recipe:
Horseshoe - Create a Critter cut at 3.75"
4 leaf clover - Designers Calendar cut at 1.68"
Card & Card Layers - Elegant Edges cut at 5" (2 shadows welded together to make card), 5" for solid green, 4.5" for patterned paper.
Martha Stewart Baker's Twine
Peachy Keen Stamps for the face

Thanks for looking,
Melissa

MPS Inspiration #3

Recipe:
A2 Card
MPS Episode #117
Hello Kitty Greetings Cricut Cartridge

Recipe:
A2 Card
MPS Episode #Custom Crops Video 1A
Hello Kitty Greetings Cricut Cartridge

Recipe:
A2 Card
MPS Episode #173
Create a Critter Cricut Cartridge
MS Eyelet Lace Punch Around the Page

Recipe:
A2 Card
MPS Episode #168
Forever Young Cricut Cartridge
Spots and Dots Cuttlebug folder
I don't like the colors I chose for this one

Thanks for looking,
Melissa

My Pink Stamper = inspiration

I love making cards .... and the funny thing about that is I do not have a "stash" of cards. So when I need a birthday card, etc. I usually have to quickly make one. Sometimes I try too hard to come up with an original idea .... so I resort to scraplifting from different blogs. My first stop last weekend was to My Pink Stamper. This is also where I started when I first started card making.

I started by going through all of her videos to get some "inspiration". Boy, did I ever get some inspiration ... I made 16 different cards in 2 days (I made 2, 4, or 6 of each card depending on what it was and what supplies I had on hand).

I will be showcasing the cards I made over the next couple of days.


Recipe:
MPS Episode #198
A2 card
Bird cut at 3.5" from Create a Critter
MS Double Loops Punch Around The Page

Recipe:
A2 card
Girl cut at 4.75" from Forever Young
Swiss Dots Cuttlebug folder
MS Mini Daisy Punch Around The Page
I saw this one on the back of one of her stamp sets.

Recipe:
A2 Card
Create a Critter Cricut Cartridge
Episode #196
MS Mini Daisy Punch Around The Page

Recipe:
A2 card
MPS Episode #202
Create a Critter Cricut Cartridge
MS Double Loops Punch Around The Page
Silver Brad

Thanks for looking,
Melissa

Christmas Cards - 3

Reindeer Card

This little guy is just the cutest!!!



Recipe:
A2 card
Reindeer cut at 3.5" from the Create a Critter cartridge
JOY cut at 1" from the Create a Critter Cartridge
Snowflakes cuttlebug embossing folder
Black Brads for eyes

Thanks for looking,
Melissa

Easter "Chick" Easel Card

I can't seem to find my "notes" on these cards accept that they are A2 Easel cards. I can't remember if I scraplifted this from someone of the messageboard or not. If I did, I can't seem to locate the post that I normally print out.

I remember gluing these together by oil lamp sometime before Easter 2011. We had lost power and my dear husband was out trying to get our generator running, so I sat at the kitchen table with the oil lamp gluing all my Easter cards so I could get them mailed out the next day. I was so afraid that when I looked at them in the "real light" that they would probably be a huge mess, but they turned out GREAT!



Recipe:
Card Base - 4.24" x 11"
Score at 5.5" & 3"
Peachy Keen Stamp Set = PK-520 Winter Face Assortment Package
The chick & nest was cut from Create a Critter, but I don't remember what size they are.
Cuttlebug - D'Vine Swirl embossing folder

Thanks for looking,
Melissa

Happy Thanksgiving - Vinyl

I ordered some vinyl from CraftVinyl. It is very nice quality vinyl and I highly recommend them. Anyway. this is my front screen door. I just wanted to do something simple. Well, it is NOT simple to layer vinyl!!! It was next to impossible to keep the air bubbles out, let alone line things up. I don't think I did too bad considering it was my first time trying to do this.

Recipe:
Turkey - Create A Critter Turkey - all parts cut at 11.10"
Happy Thanksgiving - MS Seasonal Cake Art - cut at 6.45"
Gypsy (of course)

Pumpkin Goodie Bag Holder

This is another scraplift from the very talented Kelly at Kreative Korner By Kelly. I just couldn't help myself when I saw these treat bag holders.



I created these using my Gypsy (of course). It seems I "can't" create anymore without it. *LOL*

Recipe:
Cello Bags - 3.75" x 6"
M & M's - 1/3 cup per cello bag
Happy Halloween - MS Seasonal Cake Art - cut at 1.35" x 3.89"
Pumpkin - Create a Critter - cut at 2.2" x 1.7"
Pumpkin Shadow - Create a Critter - 3" x 2.5"
Rounded Corner Rectangle - Gypsy Wanderings - cut at 8.5" x 4.31"

Thanks for looking!
Melissa

Thank EWE

If you can't tell, I absolutely LOVE Create a Critter!!! This is a Thank You card I created, though it could also be used in many different ways.

Recipe:
Stock 5 x 7 card from WalMart
Mat cut at 4.75" x. 6.75"
Bloom Dots Cuttlebug folder
Lamb (Create a Critter) cut at 5"

Thanks for looking!
Melissa

Prince Charming Card

Isn't he CUTE!!! He is heading to Tennessee today to see one of my friends from high school who just had a little boy. I hope she likes him!

Recipe:

Card is a stock 5 x 7 card I got from Walmart
Striped Mat cut at 4.75" x 6.75"
Frog & Lilly Pad (Create a Critter) cut at 4"
Prince Charming (Create a Critter) cut at 1" (I created the shadow on my Gypsy)
Crown (Paper Doll Dress Up) cut at 5.75"

Thanks for looking!
Melissa

Get WHALE Soon

My aunt just had surgery so I created this card to send to her to help cheer her up during her recovery.

 

Recipe:

5 x 7 card (prepackaged card & envelope)

Bubble Mat - 4.75" x 6.75"

Whale - cut from Create a Critter - cut at 5"

Textile Cuttlebug folder (top layer/layer 2 only)

Wording done on Gypsy using Plantin Schoolbook (cut at 1.14" height)

First Gypsy Card

I am a new Gypsy user.  This is the first card I made.  I love this little ladybug, it reminds me of my granddaughter.  LOL

 

Recipe:

Ladybug Shadow (5 inches), times 2, rotated, and welded.

All layers cut at 5 inches.