Cricut Cardz Challenge

I made this card for the Cricut Cardz Challenge #57.  The challenge for this week is to make a card using any cartridge or theme you'd like, BUT use the colors red, black and white ONLY!  The couple is from the Sweethearts cart and the ovals from Lacy Labels.  And the sentiment is actually a stamp - isnt't that something?!   Deadline to submit is Tuesday, January 18.  Maybe I'll get lucky and win!

  

Valentine's Card

I want to share this Valentine's card I just made. I'm happy with the way it came out. Got the idea from one of those "How to" sheets Jo-Ann's has available in their scrapbooking department and modified it.

Recipe:

• A2 white card
• red cardstock
• black and white patterned paper (I had this in my stash--Creative Imaginations Anthology--pretty!)
• red patterned paper (from DCWV Christmas Combo printed matstack)
• black ribbon
• Studio G stamps
• Sweethearts cartridge (that I just picked up at the Michael's sale for $9.99!!), page 72, cut the scalloped heart at 3" with layers
• red button, gemstone
• Fiskars corner punch used on the inside red

Hope you like it!  Comments appreciated.  Thanks for looking.

My Blog Has Attitude Award

Well, what a nice surprise I got today--my first blog award from Karen at http://karens-kakes-krafts.blogspot.com/ How cool is that!? Thanks so much, Karen, for thinking of me!! It's very much appreciated. Check out her blog; she's very creative and a very busy lady! Now, for receiving this award, I need to state 3 things that make me different from everyone else (ha!), and nominate 5 other bloggers to receive the "My Blog has Attitude Award."

Three things that make me different:
1. I own 4 cats, down from having 5.
2. I'm a night owl; check out some of the times of my postings!
3. I actually like brussel sprouts.

I've only had this blog since early December, and I was very excited when I got comments on my first posting, so I'd like to pass on the "My Blog has Attitude Award" to these 5 ladies for their early interest in my blog. It's really fun to learn and share with everyone.

1. Cindy at http://pinkladysparadise.blogspot.com/
2. Paula at http://raspberryandlimedesigns.blogspot.com/
3. Jordan at http://cutecuteworld.blogspot.com/
4. Amanda at http://fun4me-afrye.blogspot.com/
5. Elaine at http://www.expressionsbyelaine.blogspot.com/

Now it's your turn to pass the award on (doing the same thing I've done here). You should also display the Blog Award Badge in your sidebar (you can copy and paste it and link it back to me). Congratulations to all of you!!

Kitty Birthday Card

I finally made a kitty birthday card.  I was trying to reproduce the kitty card that Jolanda had made (it's so adorable).  Click here  http://jolandascraftycorner.blogspot.com/2010/12/birthday-card.html but I don't have the cartridge she used.  So I came up with this one instead. 

Recipe:

Martha Stewart papers for background

DCWV Natural Mat Stack for the kitty

DCWV Christmas & Winter Glitter Cardstock for the pillow and lettering

Kitty from Create a Critter cut at 3"

"Wishing you" lettering is from Winter Frolic

"a Purrfect Birthday" lettering is from Create a Critter.

Mixing parts from different cartridges is where I have trouble trying to figure out how to size things!  So it took me a while to figure this out, and I finally discovered if I use "fit to length" then I can base the object or lettering on the width I want it to fit across the card.  Any other tips on how to mix cartridges would be helpful and appreciated.  TFL!



Card Personalization

I read on somebody's blog today (sorry, can't remember which one) about how they have had several personalized rubber stamps made to use when making cards in order to stamp the back of the card with "made by", etc. 

As I was making cards this past Christmas season, I was using a rubber stamp too, but it wasn't personalized, and I was trying to think of an easier way that I could put my signature on the back of the card and still have it look good.  I'm not that great a stamper (if you make a mistake, you're stuck, or you're taking more time to fix it)!  So this is what I came up with.

I printed these labels on a 4x6 piece of photo paper, then I ran them through my Xyron to make a sticker, and punched them out with a Fiskars punch (I think it's called "brick").  It's a small rectangle measuring only 1-1/4" x 5/8". 

For me, this is a quicker process and I don't really have to worry if the stamped image will come out evenly, etc.  I think it's a perfect size for putting on my A2 cards.  What do you think?

Sorry if these pictures appear blurry (or maybe it's my eyes), but not sure what's going on with my camera tonight (or should I say this morning).  If you click on the picture, it should enlarge it and look a little clearer.  I think I need to go to bed.  Thanks for looking!