GOLDEN BIRDS

I just love how this card turned out.  I will probably use this card as an anniversary card.  The vellun is Teresa Collins.  The rest of the papers and the gold tape are Paper Source. I used MY CREATIVE TIME "Scalloped Stitched Oval Dies" and "Stitched Rectangular Frames and More Dies."  The  birds are from Cricut's Tie the Knot cartridge.  The Gold heart is Carta Bella. The gold are really bright and shiny.  It was hard to photograph

 

I am entering this intoFCCB "Bye,Bye,Birdie" Challenge

VEGAS MONEY HOLDER

I made this money holder for my daughter who went to Las Vegas this weekend  However I didn't get it in the mail in time.  My other daughter is going in two weeks.  I had also made it for a challenge which required 2 buttons, 1 ribbon and 3 flowers.  I missed the deadline.  So I added another button.  I don't know where time goes.  The papers is from DCWV.  The center label and rhinestone frame are Spellbinders.  The ribbon is   "The Girls Paperie".  The buttons and flowers are from my misc embellishment drawer. "Vegas" is from "Tie The Knot".  All of the embellishments are attached with foam tape.
Janis at PAUSE, DREAM,ENJOY is having a foam tape challenge.


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BLUE BELL

I made this wedding card for a "Bell" challenge at FCCB  The challenge is to make a card with a cross, bell or church and use the color blue.  I used Tie The Knot Cartridge

FORMULA
Paper:silver-Paper Source; Blue glitter and blue foil-Heidi Grace;patterned DCWV
Cricut:Tie the Knot
Nestablities:Labels 8
Ribbon:Offray
Pearls:Recollections
Liquid Pearls
Sticker from an old album set
Adhesives:ATG, Recollections dimensionals

FLORAL CANDY BOX

I made this box to put candy and money in for my daughter's birthday.   I really went out of my comfort zone by going 3-D and by using primary colors.  The butterfly gems were given to me by Carri from DoubleClick AKA a Busy Bee CLICK HERE to view her amazing blog.  Thanks for the inspiration gems Carri.  I cut the box at 9.5" from Tie The Knot.  I didn't think it would be this big.  But I love it for candy or cookies.  The flowers are from Flower Shoppe-very 3D.

top

Scruffie likes the box

side view

back

FORMULA
Papers:Box-DCWV; Flowers-Echo Park Dots & Stripes
Cricut:Flower Shoppe, Tie The Knot
Ribbon:red-and checkered-Offray: white bow and buttons from a Target kit
Butterfly gems:Michaels
Adhesives:ATG;Sook Wang; Recollections pop dots
Scruffie:Rescued from Stonecliffe Animal Shelter near Fresno CA


CHALLENGES
BBTB2-Something from your garden http://heather-bittenbythebug2.blogspot.com/2012/05/garden-challenge.html
My Craft Spot-Buttons and Bows http://craftspotbykimberly.blogspot.com/2012/05/monday-challenge-57-buttons-bows.html
Die Cutting Divas-Anything Goes http://diecuttindivas.blogspot.com/2012/05/challenge-67-anything-goes.html

A Special Card for My Friend to give Her Husband for his 50th

My friend's husband is turning 50.  She wanted two cards-one from the family and a more personal one from her.   I used the envelope feature on "Wild Card" to make the door shaped card(I just cut off the last section)  I made the hanger with scrap wire I had in my beading kit)

FORMULA
Papers:Recollections, Colorbok
Cricut:Wild Card-5.5": lingerie-Tie The Knot 2"
Brad:K&Company
Ink:Vivid
Sentiment:Computer generated
Punch:Punch Bunch

TREAT BAGS FOR MY DAUGHTER'S ROOMATES

It seems as if I have been working o care packages for my college daughters all week.  I made these treat bags for their roommates.  They each have three. This is the one time of the year that it's not to hot in Tempe to send chocolate. I'd better start on Easter soon.

MATERIALS
Light pink paper,mauve pink paper(DCWV), black pearl paper(Colorbok)
Cricut-Nifty Fifties and Tie the Knot Cartridge
Sakura white pen
Recollection gems
3M dimensional tape
ATG-glue gun
Gypsy
goody bags-Wilton
DIRECTIONS
Using my Gypsy I welded two tags together from Tie the Knot cartridge.(3.25") Then I cut the heart at 2.5".  The cat is cut from the Nifty Fifties Cartridge at 2in. Fold tag in half horizontally and staple to filled bag.(Put staple where embellishment will hide it. Attach embellishment to tag using dimensional tape. Decorate tag with white pen and black gems.

VALENTINES-Finally getting around to other daughter

treat bag with perfume in it

Tri-fold card

I can't believe it has been over a week since my last post.  Hopefully I'll have a few this week.  It seems as if I spend more time reading blogs than crafting...It's so addicting then poof it's time to pick-up at school. My first post is similar to the last one except it is for my younger daughter who goes to Cal State Fullerton.  I also made her a treat box for Mac perfume and a matching card.
MATERIALS
DCWV-Black Currant cardstock
Colorbok-black, pink and white cardstock
Cuttlebug with Once upon A Princess rose embossing folder
Cricut Hello Kitty Greetings, Tie the Knot  and Tags, Bags, Boxes and More cartridges
Martha Stewart Valentine borders
Offray ribbon-black with pink dots
ATG glue gun
INSTRUCTIONS
CARD 
Cut 6X12" piece of black circle paper, score at 3" and 9", fold toward center . Line inside of card with a 6"X6" square of pink embossed card stock.  For front piece cut 3.5" square from rose paper, layer on top of 4"X4" square of silver paper, then on 4.75"X4.75" square of light pink textured cardstock.(Decorative cardstock is from DCWV-Black Currant, silver is Colorbok)
Using Tie the Knot cartridge cut heart at cut heart 2.5 in, I embossed the bottom layer with Cuttlebug Swiss dots folder.  Using dimensional tape attach heart to center of 3-layer square.  Using ATG gun adhere square to left-hand flap of card.  For the sentiment, I cut apart a Martha Stewart Valentine border. 
GIFT BAG
Using Tags,Bags, Boxes and More cut bag at 6" from black cardstock(Colorbok)Emboss front of bag using rose folder from Once Upon a Princess cartridge.  Cut Kitty with heart from Hello Kitty greetings at 2" Using dimensional tape add kitty to front of bag.  Use ribbon to secure top of bag.

CHALLENGES

Box for small gift or gift card

matching card

Today I am going to make a few different cards for challenges http://fantabulouscricut.blogspot.com  . 
The contest is based around using a cartridge that you haven't used for 6 months.  This was a challenge for me since I don't have many cartridges and most of the ones I do have are less than 6 months old.  However, I did find two that I haven't really found the time to play with-"Tie the Knot" and "Sentimentals"  However, I decided to go thru paper stacks that I haven't used for a while.  I have alot of neglected paper-just keep on buying more and forgetting about what I have.  This is a box for a wedding present-(gift Card)  with a matching card. I didn't put a sentiment on because I don't exactly know wht I am using them for.I am hoping one of my nephews  will get engaged 
Materials
K&Company-Amy Butler.  K&Company Designer Mat Pad Pastel solid
K&Company gems
Cuttlebug with "Divine Swirls" and "Swiss Dots" embossing folders
Crticut Gypsy, Expression. Cartridges-Tie the Knot, Sentimentals and StoryBook
ATG gun
3M dimensional tape
Directions
1.  I cut the envelope of the card using my gypsy so I could see how big of a card I could fit on a 12X12in paper.  I cut both the card and envelope at 4.25 (Sentimentals p64)
2.I cut the box at 11in (Tie the Knot pg. 70)  I Cut the dove pg.35 at 2in for box and 2.5 for card.
3.Cut the 2 scalloped squares using Storybook pg.47 at 3in and 3.25 in
4. Using the Cuttlebug emboss the smaller square using "Divine Swirls"folder and the top layer of the bird using "Swiss Dots"(I forgot to emboss the bird on the box) Adhere layers. decorate bird with gems.
5.Adhere dove to box.  Center squares on top of each other-adhere.  Using dimensional tape adhere dove to center of squares.  attatch to card front/