Thinking of you................first Imagine card

I love love love my new Imagine.  When they first came out I thought "no way, no how" would I ever get one, it was priced way to high at $599. (thought the same about the Gypsy).  Then when I heard they were going pretty cheap on eBay I had to go check it out.  So I bid and got it for slightly over $150  with free shipping.   It arrived quickly but just a day before we left on vacation so I really didn't have much time to play with it.  Well long story short it was a bad one and had to be replaced, all the while thinking to myself what did I get into, I had already accumulated 7 cartridges by now.  Well PC was wonderful and had me my replacement Imagine in less than a week.   Fired that baby up and everything went very smooth.  Now I have been playing around with it and here is the first card I made.  All the papers were printed using the Imagine.  The flower is old one I made a long time ago but thought it worked well with the papers.

 

I am not too happy with how the "thinking of you" stamped, but there was nothing I could do about it.   

Entered in the following challenges

My Mums Crafts Shop  Something Old Something new  ends 7/4
The Paper Shelter anything goes ends 7/5

Thinking of You

I think this card turned out so pretty.  This was something I would never had put together myself, but with the help of the sketches this week at RAQs Challenge and the Ad Color challenge on the Cricut message board this card came together very well.
The color challenge was , green, yellow & blue and this paper worked perfectly for that combination.

 

I had a cut file set up in Design Studio to cut out the panels and I had problems with the computer recognizing that my Expression was plugged in, so I just cut them by hand and rounded the corners with a punch.  

Now today my computer is back to seeing my Expression, so I was able to cut our the flowers from yellow card stock.  

Thre is seven layers to this flower, I tried something new and  I inked all the edges with the same ink that I use to stamp the "thinking of you" and then sprayed them with lemon zest Glimmer Mist, I love this stuff, it really sparkles but hard to see in the picture.  Also the paper is very shinny and bright.  I then crumpled them up and stacked them using descending sizes gluing each as I go.  When they were all layered I added a skittle to the center.  They were still damp so I could fuss with the layer and get them to where I wanted them.
The background paper is from the Cafe Mediterranean stack, which has some wonderful papers in.

Thanks so much for stopping by, would love to hear what you thinks.

I will also enter this is the following challenges,:
Challenge Up Your Life  - Circle  ends 7/1
Scrapbook Sisterz - anythings goes ends 6/28
Everybody Art Challenge  - anything goes ends 6/27
Ruby's Rainbow  - Flowers ends 7/4
Deep Ocean - Flowers ends 7/4
Marks Finest papers  - Sparkle ends 6/29

Wishing you a Happy Birthday

I have a lot of birthdays coming up in April.   I made this one following a sketch at RAQs Challenge on the Cricut message board.  It is also following an Ad Color Challenge.  I love this combination of colors, yellow, black and white.

The strip across the center is from a Martha Stewart pinch that I ran ribbon through it twice.

I just love making crumpled flowers.  I made this one cutting the flower image on Sentimentals cartridge at several different sizes.  I sprayed them with Glimmer Mist Lemon Zest till tehy were wet, crumpled them up and slowly unfolded them.
The sentiment is a Verve stamp that I stamped and heat embossed using black sparkle embossing powder.  I cut the ovals using my Nesties.  This card is a 5 1/2 inch square card

I am very glad you stopped by, please leave me a comment.  Thanks!

Wedding Card with crumpled flowers

I have a couple weddings coming up and with my Mom here I need to make two for each one.  I think sometimes simple is very elegant and that is how this one came out.

The paper is all pearl white with a shimmer to it and embossed with a Quickutz folder.  The flowers were cut using my Cricut (can't remember what cartridge) then sprayed them with Marshmallow Glimmer Mist and crumpled them up.  I did not crumple them as much as usual, but each flower has 3 layers, then I glued a pearl in the center.  The two doves were stickers that I had planned to suspend the piece of ribbon between and while I was laying it out it fell in the shape of a heart, how perfect was that!  Wedding colors are silver and blue and so I went with that theme.

Thanks for stopping by and I just love reading comments. :)

Think Pink Challenge Entry

This was entered in the Cricut Circle blog the challenge is "Think Pink"  so you had to make something girly using at least 3 of the following; pink, ruffles, scallops, flourishes, glitter and jewels.  I think I got all 6 of them covered, plus you had to use at least 2 cuts with your Cricut to qualify.  I am so so excited at how this came out...............  There is so much to tell about this so let's get started!

Isn't it pretty?  And it isn't a card it is a 5 x 7 inch magnet to hang on your refrigerator or wherever to remind us of those people going through this horrible journey and with hope that research will find a cure.
I also made this so it can be displayed all year to remind us of the importance of self breast exams as referred to at Hoos' Crafty blog where she is giving away a huge pile of pink goodies.

I cut a 5 x 7 square out of magnet material, then cut another 5 x 7 piece from white pearl paper.  I then in Design Studio put another smaller square inside that one to make the frame, it was cut twice out of thin chipboard to give it some body then again out of the dark pink paper.  I Cuttlebugged the dark pink frame (can't really see it)  and sprayed it and the light pink one with Tattered Angles Glimmer Mist Marshmallow.   I had that white ruffle ribbon (clearance at Wal-Mart) so I glued it between the two pieces of chipboard.  I stamped with a light pink ink on the pearl paper with a Stampabilities scrpit background stamp.  The scallop or flourish light pink frame I cut using Sentimentals cartridge.  As many of your know I love love to make crumpled flowers, so I cut out lots of scalloped circles from Sentimentals cartridge and sprayed them with Glimmer Mist Marshmallow (I think this is my favorite color so far LOL) crumpled them up while they were wet then uncrumpled them and stacked them and added a glitter brad to hold them together.   I just cut them from plain white copy paper.  I find they work better with a thinner paper.   Here is a close up of the flowers .  You can't really see it but they sparkle.

I then cut the word "journey" with my Gypsy using Gypsy Wandering, I cut the shadow layer with the darker pink then the top layer with the lighter pink which I glittered with crystal glitter so it really sparkles also.  The butterfly I bought the other day along with the strings of pearls, then mounted the butterfly using a large glue dot over the pearls.  Added some extra pearls to the corners for more bling, them more bling the better! 

I sure hope you like this magnet with all it's sparkle and bling to remind us this Breast Awareness month October.  I think I may leave it up all year to remind me to pray for those afflicted with this disease.

I was so touched by Brens story on the message board and what she is going through right now that I sent this to her.  Please please keep her in your prayers

Spots, Polka Dots & a Homemade Flower

If you know me you know I love to use flowers on my cards, but I especially love to make flowers or crumpled flowers as they are called.  I made this card for RAQs Challenge this week on the Cricut message board, this was a fun sketch, thanks to Sandy Palmer our hostess this week.
The spotted paper on the left side of the card is from DCWV Nana's Kids (woo they named a stack after me LOL) stack.  There are some very bright and cheery colored papers in this stack.   The very light lime green piece on the right side started as a plain white piece of card stock.  I sprayed it with Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist Hula Hoop then embossed it with the Cuttlebug folder Spots & Dots.  I love to use Glimmer Mist on paper especially white to see what it turns out like. 
The flower I cut from Birthday Cakes cartridge starting at about 2 1/4 inches and reducing it from there in Design Studio, this particular flower has 6 layers.   I cut all the flowers out of regular text weigh white copy paper and sprayed them with Hydrangea Glimmer mist and crumpled them up stacked them together and added a glitter brad to the center.  I will do another post with more instructions on these flowers, no it won't be a video (don't even go there LOL) but will have more pictures and instructions.

The happy birthday is a stamp that I heat embossed with white embossing powder.  The colors are so pretty and the light green in very shimmery from the Glimmer mist.  Let me know what you think, I love comments and followers :)

Here a close up of the flower, it is very light purple and has gold highlights on it.

Crumpled Flower Card

If you know me you know that I love making flowers.  These are called crumpled flowers and they are so so easy to make.  You really can't mess them up.  I cut out a bunch of scalloped circles (can't remember which cartridge) is varying sizes.  I think the larger flowers have 5 layers, you can add as many as you want.  The scalloped circles were cut out of white paper, a lighter weight paper works better for these, then I sprayed them with Glimmer Mist from Tattered Angels.  Spray them till they are good and wet, then crumpled them up into a ball.  Then carefully uncrumple them they will tear if you aren't careful.   Then stack them starting with the large one and build up down to the smaller size.  You can put a dot of glue to hold each layer or you can put them together with a brad in the center.  If I don't use a brad I add a skittle to the center, you can add whatever you like or nothing.  As I put them together I crumple and arrange the paper the way I like it.  Then I spray them again lightly, when they dry the get nice and firm.

Sorry on to the rest of the card.  The pink frame is from Sentimentals, and the white paper is very pretty pearlized paper and is embossed with a Quikutz folder.  Inside the frame is a background stamp.  The frame is pop dotted for dimension.  The card is 5 1/2  x 5 1/2 square.  Lately I like making square cards.