Smile

Hi everyone! I found a new Cricut challenge blog to drool over, Jitterbuggin' Challenge Blog. This weeks challenge was to use the provided sketch, use a Cricut flower and complimentary colors.





I used the Paisley cartridge for all of the cuts-frog, smile and 3 layered flowers. Can you believe I also used 12 brads? I still feel like this card needs something else. However it does make me smile so maybe it should stay the way it is. Thanks for stopping by today!

~A

For Bethany

I received the new Wall Decor and More cartridge today (*squeal*) and as I was looking through the handbook I came upon this fab lighthouse. I immediately thought of my great friend Bethany and decided to whip up a little home decor project for her. This is what I came up with.

I can't believe how quick and easy this was. I cut the lighthouse and it's base from Wall Decor. Next I cut the "top note" shape from Storybook out of shimmer paper. Put them all down. Added Rock Candy distress stickles to the lighthouse. Painted the frame. I was done! Easy Peasy. Thanks for looking in today!

~A

Scraps Only Challenge #38

This week on the Cricut messageboard the Scraps Only challenge was to use yellow. Ok, that is going to be a challenge, I thought. I looked at my yellow pattern paper scraps and only had 3 different papers. All of them birthday themed. Well, guess what I made? Yup, 24 birthday themed yellow cards. Go me!





I was able to use up all of that heart/confetti paper. I noticed that the copyright on it was dated 1998. I haven't had it that long of course, but it was still nice to get it all used up.

Have a great day!

~A

For The Bride

I made this card for this weeks Fantabulous Cricut Challenge Me Monday-#13. The challenge was to make something For the Bride. I just had to use this beautiful dress from Tie The Knot. I cut the image from shimmer paper and sprayed it with my homemade glimmer spray but it's very hard to see in this picture. Did I go overboard with the pearls? Nah! ;)


I wish I could get the color to show better. The paper is from K & Co. and is very glittered. So hard to photograph. But it sure is pretty IRL. Thanks for stopping by today!

~A

Nametag Goodness

Hi everyone! I made these cute critters for a waitress that is a favorite of my family. She goes out of her way to take care of our Great Aunt who lives 2 hours away from us. She also goes out of her way to embarrass my nephew as well. Gotta love that! I noticed that she decorates her name tag with stickers and such, so I decided to make her some name tag goodness. I used Create A Critter for all of the images.



She loved them and said she would wear them even if they covered up her whole name tag! She's so cute! Have a great day!

~A

Ain't no lion....

When I saw this cute animal themed paper at M's the other day, I just knew it would work great for Create a Critter. I whipped out this card fairly quickly and meant to enter it in My Pink Stampers color challenge but I procraistinated too long. Ah well, it's still a cute card. :)





A word of caution: If you cut this lion out (Create a Critter), I would suggest that you cut the shadow out also. The mane has nothing to hold on to on the whole top half of the lion. If you have DS or Gypsy you can size the shadow to work as a base if you want. Learn from my mistake! ;)

Have a great day!

~A

My Hero

I originally made this card for my boyfriend...now my ex boyfriend. So, I get to keep this card. Now to find someone else to send this cutie to. Maybe it will work for a Father's Day card?




I used Paper Doll Dress Up for the whole card. I actually just used one button and just about all of the features on that button. I think it came out pretty darn cute. Thanks for stopping by!

~A

Mother's Day Easel-The Bug Bytes DT first post!

Hi everyone! This is my first post for Pam aka The Bug Bytes as one of her designers.

I am in love with easel cards at the moment. You get such a WOW factor for so little effort. Plus it's nice for the recipient to be able to display their card easily. This is my Mother's Day card for my mother. She loves purple, bling and displaying my cards. So the easel card is a perfect fit. Without further ado, here's my card.





A few close ups as well, can you tell I love stickles? *wink*








So, what do you think? Will my Mom like it? I think she will. At least she better after I worked on it for so long! :)

Here are the details:

Cartridges used:

Walk In My Garden-Square @ 5.75, Circle @ 4, Flower Pot @ 4x5, Roses @ 2.5, Leaves @ 1.0
Mother's Day 2010-Happy Mother's Day @ 3
Home Accents-Flourish @ 2


Here is how I laid it out on my 12x24 mat.






A few notes on my project:

If you will notice, I flipped the pot on the card and welded the bottom of the pot to the top of the card. I did this so that when the card was being displayed that the front and the back will match up. I cut off the excess with my craft knife. I hung the circle off of the mat so I could place the flowers without the pot in my way.

Second, I welded the flourish to the flower pot and used the positive cut as accents to the Happy Mother's Day cut. I cut the flourish into three pieces.

Third, I cut the leaves in half and drew veins on them with my Versamark pen. Then after attaching them I gently curved the leaves out for dimension.


Supplies used:

Cardstock-SU! Elegant Eggplant, Pale Plum, Handsome Hunter
Ink: Milled Lavender Distress Ink
Misc: ATG gun, Scrappy glue, foam tape, lavender skittles, SU! Scallop Lace border punch, Lavender and Diamond Stickles
My E and G!


I hope you enjoyed my project today! I really enjoyed designing and making it. Thank you Pam for letting me play on your blog today!

Hugs,

~Angji

Birthday Easel Card

Hi everyone! I have been challenging myself to make birthday cards for my extended family. I'm about 50% successful right now. But, hey, I'm trying! :) So, I was deciding what kind of card to make for an aunt by browsing the cricut board. I decided to finally give in and make an easel card. They are super easy to make and look pretty nifty.

As a bonus I was able to participate in this weeks Gypsy Board challenge, Get Real. We had to use the real dial feature and unlock the aspect ratio. Since the original cut is rectangular, I used the real dial feature and made it square. This card was very quick to make. I spent longer putting on all those pearls than I did designing and cutting my card!




I think I'm going to cut a bunch of these and leave them blank. This style and cut can be used for so many occasions. Thanks for stopping by today!

~A

ETA: I have had requests to include what cartridges I used. I used Lyrical Letters for the plant and Create a Critter for the scallop oval.

Scraps Challenge and Mirror Challenge

Hi everyone! I've been lurking on the cricut messageboards lately and have been inspired to participate in a few challenges. This card combines the Scraps Only Challenge #34 and the Gypsy Challenge "Mirror Mirror". I am so so so loving my G. It's been fantastic to be able to use scraps and use them frugally. So far in the almost two weeks I've had my G, I've created 7 cards out of scraps. Love it! Anyway, enough blathering, here is my card.



Cute right? This entire card is made out of scraps! The scraps challenge was to use pink. For my mirror, mirror part I used a shape on Gypsy Wanderings (the scallop ended rectangle) and mirrored, flipped and welded the image to made this shaped card. I think it's pretty darn cute! Bonus: This project was the first time that I placed my paper on the mat correctly and had all of my cuts come out the first time. Yay!

~A