Animal Print Birthday

Well I have had this animal print paper in my stash for a while now and have always wanted to make a card using it and finally did it!.  It is from the DCWV All Dressed Up stack.   It follows one of the sketches at RAQs challenge and also the challenge this week at Sketch and Stash, I just found this challenge and think I will be visiting it often. 

 

The "happy birthday" is from the ZooBalloo cartridge., however it is not cut out.  I used my QuicKutz pems that fit perfectly into your Cricut and they are ballpoint pens not markers so they write a nice fine line.  I went ahead and colored it in with markers so it would be more solid.   The corners were cut from Jasmine, it seems this is the cartridge I go to when I need corners, although Straight From the Nest has some great one also.   The red panel I used my Cuttlebug to emboss it, I though this folder followed the animal theme.  I inked the two animal print papers with red ink so the edges would stand out a bit better.

The red Zig-Zag cut is from MS All Occasions cake art, love the cake cartridges for borders.    I also used my i-Rock to set rhinestones on the zig-zag, another thing I just had to have but barely use.

Thanks for popping in to take a look, leave me a comment so I know what you thought of animal print card.

This will also be put in the following challenges.
Sketches and Stash - sketch (stash used i-Rock and animal paper) ends 7/2
Make it Monday  - anything goes  ends 6/26

A Simple Birthday card.

I made this card to day for a weekly card challenge on the Cricut message board.  It also fits a color challenge which was, robin egg, rust and cream.  I had hoped to make this card to be a male birthday card, but I think with the lacey cut it makes it a bit feminine, oops!
The cream colored lacey cut is from Cindy Loo, and so is the label part where I stamped Happy Birthday.

The papers are glitter papers from a My Minds Eye fall stack.  Hard to see in the picture but there is a "robins egg" blue border.  The card is 4 x 8 so I had to make my own envelope.  I also used my i-rock to add jewels on the lacey part.
Thanks for stopping by and I would love to hear your comments,

Get Well Owl card - My Sheri's Crafts

 Hi, I made this card for 3 different challenges that I found I could tie into each other.  At My Sheri's Crafts you were to make a Get Well card to cheer some one up.  

The other two challenges are Jitterbuggin where you had to use an owl on your card and at least one circle and one square somewhere, then at Fantabulous Cricut you had to use some kind of bird.
This card is 5 x 7 so it is a bigger card, the circles are cut using George (of couse, my go to for shapes) then I Cuttlebugged them, the red one with Dots and the yellow one with Birds & Swirls.  I used one of my Martha Stewart punches for the red edge. 

The Owl is cut from Cindy Loo and pop dotted and added some gems with my i-Rock for his eyes.  This is the first time I used my Cindy Loo and it has some real cute images on it.  It is mounted on a piece of white vellum that I put on a brown square that I used a corner punch on.

The "get well" wish was stamped with a Sweet n Sassy stamp and heat embossed.  I stamped it on a label I cut from Storybook and then put brads on the ends.  The background paper is from DCWV Green Stack, but for some reason this card just does not "have it" to me, does it need more bling or do you have any ideas?  Let me know
Thanks for stopping by and I would love to hear what you think.

Gold Dazzle Sticker on Alcohol Ink Paper

I am so thrilled with how the colors on this paper turned out.  Then over at RAQ's Challenge on the Cricut message board there was the perfect sketch to use this paper.

The bottom piece of paper (a half sheet) I made by adding some Ranger Alcohol Inks to glossy paper by just randomly placing drops of color, I think I used 4 colors on this one, then added some Ranger Blending Solution and just tipping the paper around and letting the colors run together.  This is a technique I learned in my Technique Junkie Newsletter.   I just recently subscribed to this and I love it.  This was not part of the technique in the newsletter, but I took and added a few drops of pearl alcohol ink, more blending solution then turned the paper over onto my craft mat and twirled it around to get that marbled look.
I cut a kind of scalloped edge circle from A Child's Year at about 2 inches and then place a gold flower Dazzle Sticker on the scalloped circle of the alcohol ink paper that I cut out.  Then on my Gypsy I made a slightly larger circle out of a deep plum colored paper and mounted the flower on top of it.  This is the first time I used Dazzle Stickers and I love them.  Then with my i-Rock I added small green jewels to the flower.  The happy birthday is a stamp on a Spellbinder Nestabilities label.  Here is a close up of the flower, colors aren't that great close up.

And I have been trying to work on getting the insides of my cards done, so here it is.

 

Thanks for stopping by to take a look and let me know what you thin of this card.  I just love to read your comments and appreciate them a lot.

Fall Birthday Card

This card was made following the Ad Color Challenge and using one of the sketches from RAQs Challenge this week on the Cricut message board.  I loved the way the colors looked together and my son-in-laws birthday is in November so I thought it would make a perfect birthday card for him.  I did use the Cricut to cut the rectangles because you are suppose to use your Cricut in these challenges.

It is a very simple card, but I think very comforting looking (I almost made it a Sympathy card), the colors just give it such a soothing look.  I stamped the leaves with a Martha Stewart leaves set, the white leaves on the brown is embossed with white Puffs embossing powder, it puffed but not too much, this was my first time using it.  The off white paper I stamped with Pumpkin ink and heat embossed.   The happy birthday is also stamped and embossed.  I rarely stamp without embossing unless, I am going to be coloring the image.  I just prefer the look of embossed stamping.  I then used my i-Rock :) tool to added orange jewels place around on the card.  The happy birthday and the off white square are pop dotted so they stick out a little.
I did the inside and will stamp a sentiment when I am ready to use it.  Thanks for stopping by and taking a peak at my blog.  I would love to have you as a follower.

Happy Birthday Tag Card

This card was made using one of the sketches at RAQ's Challenge this week on the Cricut message board.  It also uses the colors from the Ad Color Challenge which are; robin egg, bubblegum and off white. 
I wish that the sparkly would show up better in the picture, I sprayed all the pieces with Glimmer Mist, so the card has a glimmer to it.  The tags were cut from Tags, Bags, Boxes and More cartridge at 4 x 2 inches.  I torn some paper from K & Company Gypsy Baby paper pad and covered the tags with the pieces, it was like putting a puzzle together.   I Cuttlebugged the back ground paper with the new 5 x 7 Polka Dots folder,  then distress the edges of the  with Tim Holtz distress tool.  I love that they are coming out with larger folders as I like to make my cards bigger then the A2 size some times.  This card is 5 x 7.
The brads I had just picked up at Michael's last week and the colors fit perfectly into the Ad challenge.  I also FINALLY got an i-Rock by Imaginisce, I had been wanting one for a while but every time  I went to Michaels with my coupon they did not have any.   So I just had to use it and add some more bling to this card :).  Happy Birthday is from an older Stampin Up set.    What do you think, it reminded me of a baby card (the colors)and I was going to make it into one but didn't know when I would use it so it ended up as Happy Bday.