Die Cuttin Divas - June Sketch

Happy Tuesday everyone!  Welcome to a brand new challenge over at Die Cuttin Divas!  Today's challenge is SKETCH CHALLENGE.  I can't wait to show you what I created.

Isn't this a cutie??  I hope you can see the cute background paper, because it is the inspiration for this card!  It's some adorable frog paper from Doodlebug Designs.  I cut the frog from my favorite Create a Critter, and while I was at it cut some circles from George and Basic Shapes.  The adorable sentiment is from Cardz TV Stamps Toad-ally Awesome stamp set.

Be sure to pop over to the Die Cuttin Divas blog, to see what my fellow Divas created, and please play along with us!  I can't wait to see what you created!


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Die Cuttin Divas - November Sketch

Happy Tuesday everyone!  Welcome to a brand new challenge over at Die Cuttin Divas!  Today's challenge is a SKETCH CHALLENGE.  I can't wait to show you what I created.

Pretty cute, isn't it??  The oval is cut from George and Basic Shapes and the snow man is from Doodlecharms.  I always have fun with my Cricut :)

Be sure to pop over to the Die Cuttin Divas blog, to see what my fellow Divas created, and please play along with us!  I can't wait to see what you created!


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A Birthday Card for my Mama

Happy Thursday!  Today is my Mum's birthday.  She is crafty too, so I bought her a crafty gift, and made her set of mongram cards which I will show you next week, and I made her a card.  Here is what I came up with:

Isn't it pretty?  2 weeks ago - my fellow Cricut Cardz Design Team member Nicole, made THIS beautiful card.  I thought it was gorgeous, so I decided to make my own take on it.  I cut the top layer at 4 x 5.25 on my Gypsy girl.  I welded a 1.8 inch circle to the center of it.  I then cut out 2 more circles for the other two flowers to sit on.  The tulips are cut from Give a Hoot.  The sentiment is from TPC Studios Greeting set.  The ribbon is from Michaels and the paper is a mish mash of Stampin Up, Recollections and stuff from my scrap box.

You can see here how I pop-dotted each if the layers up.  I like the dimension it gives the "white on white" look of the card.  I hope Mum likes it :)

A challenge or two for my card:
Bitten by the Bug - in the garden
Fab'n'Funky - celebrations
Celebrate the Occasion - anything goes
Party Time Tuesdays - anything goes
Shopping Our Stash - floral
Robyn's Fetish - birthday card with sentiment
Sentimental Sundays - pocket full of posies
Cooking With Cricut - may flowers

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It's Paper Playtime!!

Happy Monday :)  I was honored to be ask to be a guest designer over at Paper Playtime this week - thanks Janis!  The challenge this week was to create a birthday card with a sentiment.  My son turns 10 next week, so I decided to make a card for him.  Here is what I came up with:

I decided to make Andrew a spinner card.  I have made two of them before HERE and HERE, and they were both girly cards.  Andrew wanted one too,  so I came up with this.  I followed a tutorial on Glora's blog.  I created the base of the card using shapes from George.  The stars are from CAC (I think...) and the moon is a bunch of circles from George.  I sponged around the edges to give the moon a bit of dimension.  His cutie little face is from Peachy Keen's  Wide Eyed Kids.

I cut the little astronautboy from B is for Boy, and his hair is from Everyday Paper Dolls.  Andrew loves the whole idea of space and space travel.  His face is from Peachy Keen's Boy Mates.  Isn't he cute?  The paper I used is from Stampin Up, Recollections and random paper from my scrap box.  The twine is from Doodle Bug Designs.

This final face is also from Boy Mates.  I used Whimsical Designs Whimsical Fun and Everyday Sentiments for the sentiments on the card.  Andrew and I used to say "I love you to the moon and back" every night before he went to bed, he will still do it sometimes when he is feeling lovey :)  I love how this turned out, and I hope that Andrew will too!

So, hop on over to Paper Playtime, and be sure to play along with us :)  I am sure the DT will inspire you with all of their amazing projects!

A challenge or two for my little card:
Paper Playtime - birthday and a sentiment
One Stop Craft - 3 circles
Just Some Lines - moon and stars
Our Creative Corner - our boys and their toys
Secret Crafter - men cards (my boy is a little man)
Creative Belli Blog - children
Shopping Our Stash - "boy" colors



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I Hope You Dance

Hi everyone!  Happy Monday!  I was so excited to discover that my Spring banner won Top Peach at Peachy Keen Challenges!  I even won a stamp set, and you all know how I feel about my Peachy Keen Stamps :)  I am back again today with another Peachy Keen Challenge.  It's a sketch challenge - I kind of struggle with sketches, but I want to try to enter PK's challenge every week, so here it is:

Isn't this little dancer girl adorable??  I bought the Cricut Lite cartridge Twinkle Toes on Thursday, and decided to use this little darling asap!  I think she is super cute!!   Her face is from PK Princess Faces.

So... she is a spinner card :)  You can change her adorable little face by turning the wheel on the right hand side of the card.  I got the idea and tutorial from the amazingly talented Glora .  Thanks Glora!!  This face is also from PK Princess Faces.  I made the card and the spinner portion, using George and Basic Shapes and lots of welding...

Super cute face number 3.  It is from PK Wide Eyed Kids.  All of the doodling is done with my Sakura Jelly Roll Pens and Stampin Up markers.  The little brads  are ones I found at Michael's.

Her final face is from PK Princess Faces again.  Like I said the other day, it really is my go to girl face set.  The sentiment - take life by the hand and dance - is from Whimsical Designs Whimsical Fun Vol 1.  There are some great sentiments in that set!

Below is the sketch we were asked to interpret.  Such a fun sketch!

Thanks for coming to visit today!  I am heading to bed for a nap, before 2 night shifts tonight and tomorrow, but I will be back again Wednesday with my Whimsical Wednesday project.  See you then :)

A challenge or two for my little spinner card:
Peachy Keen - sketch
Our Creative Corner - inspired by a song (I hope you dance)
Craft Your Passion - anything goes
Make It Monday - anything goes
Totally Paper Crafts - song and dance

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Whimsical Wednesday with Wings

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Happy Wednesday all! I am feeling better, not great, but better - so hooray!! I am here today with my very first design team project for Whimsical Designs Whimsical Wednesday! Today's project is "Time Flies". We have to create any card or project and include something with wings, or a clock. I am not much of a "time" girl. I don't wear a watch, have very few clocks - but things with wings? Those I love! You may recall, last month, I made a little bag and tag for my son to give at a birthday party, if not the post is HERE. This time I decided to make a girl birthday bag and tag. Here is what I came up with:

The bag is cut from TBBM at 6.4 inches. This was the biggest I could lay it out on my Gypsy on a 12x12 mat. The Butterfly is from Once upon a Princess, cut at 2.5 inches. The bag itself is made out of SU paper, but the rest of the paper is from my scraps box.

Here you can see just the bag without the tag attached. You can also clearly see the beautiful stamp I used from Whimsical Designs Everyday Sentiments. Behind the butterfly, and on the tag, I used some pink twine. As you can see I did some doodling with my black Sakura Jelly Roll pen.

Here you can see the little tag I made to attach to the little bag. It is the shadow of the butterfly. The number 6 is from Birthday Bash. The little bling is from my stash - I have NO clue who made it.

The flip side of the tag. The sentiment is again from Whimsical Designs Everyday Sentiments. I hand wrote the "to" and "from". My one piece of advice? Punch the hole BEFORE writing on the tag. I foolishly didn't and ended up punching a hole right through the "to". I can be so silly :)

Please hop on over to Whimsical Designs, see what the rest of the team has created to inspire you, and play along with us! I can't wait to see what you all come up with! Thanks for visiting today!

A few challenges for my little gift bag:
My Creative Time Throwback Thursday - bugs
Delicious Doodles - pink
Ladybug Crafts Challenge - spring is in the air
Anything Challenge - ABAC
Clear it Out - birthday challenge and use up your bling
Crazy Amigo Challenge - use a tag
Scrappy Moms - "tag" your it
The Stamping Boutique - stitching
Use it Tuesdays - birthday and use your stash - paper and bling
Flutterby Wednesday's - inspiration photo

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A Stitch in Time

It is challenge day over at Cricut Cardz Challenge. Today Mary challenged us to use stitching on the card - real or faux. Here is what I came up with:

I have wanted to make monogram cards for a while now. I decided today was the day. This is a 4x4 card. I cut the two squares on it from George and Basic Shapes, the scalloped square is from Winter Woodland and the M is from Paper Lace. The black layer is embossed with D'vine swirls, which is probably my favorite Cuttlebug folder, the Ribbon is from Michael's. I clearly went for the "faux" stitching and used my black Sakura Jelly Roll pen for that. They are simple, but I love how they turned out.

I made a set of four of them. They came together so quickly that I think I'll make more!

So, hop on over to Cardz TV, and check out all the wonderful inspiration from the Design Team, and be sure to play along with us :)

A few challenges:
Robyn's Fetish Challenge - make a square card
Craft Your Days Away - getting stitchy with it
One Stitch at a Time - anything goes

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Hello Kitty PartyWeek - Day 7

It is the last day of Hello Kitty party week here on my blog. I am almost sad to see it go. The girls had so much fun, and I loved making all the treat for them :) SO here are the last three things I have to show you:

This was another one of the crafts we made at the party. They were simple and fun and the girls all wore them and I took a picture, it was adorable!

These were easy to make. I cut 2 - 1 1/2 inch x 12 inch strips in white. Then I cute two triangles from George and Basic Shapes. I made the ribbons by welding together 2 triangles and a circle, and then cut another circle again, to give it some dimension.

Here is the cake I made for my girlie. It is a Wilton design, and is probably the easiest cake I have ever decorated - gotta love that :) She was a hit!

This is the last thing that I put in the girl's goody bags. I googled Hello Kitty Coloring pages on the internet, printed them off and personalized each one for the girls by putting Hello Kitty with the first letter of their name. I used these coloring books at the start of the party. There was about 15 or 20 minutes when the girls were arriving, so as they arrived, we gave them each their coloring books and they colored on the living room floor until everyone got there. Then I popped them into their goody bags, so they could take them home.

All in all, the party was a HUGE success! I will do some sort of home party again. It was lots of fun for all concerned :)

Thanks for hanging out with me this week. I hope you all liked Hello Kitty Party week, and got some ideas that you can use. I'll be back again tomorrow to show you a Valentine's Day project.

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Hello Kitty Party Week - Day 6

It's Day 6! Hello Kitty Party week is almost over. Today I am showcasing on of our party games. Pin the Bow on Hello Kitty. I thought I was brilliant, coming up with this, then when I was on Pinterest, I realized that there were some other very smart ladies, who had come up with it before me :) here is the version I came up with:

I used my 12x24 mat, and cut Hello Kitty's head as large as possible. I then cut out a bow for each little girl, using the same pattern as I did for the Hello Kitty goody bags/ I wrote their names on the bow, so we would know whose was whose.

Here is one of the little girls playing it. They had so much fun!

A few challenges for my little project:
Allsorts Challenge - free and easy February
Catch the Bug - inspiration photo
Fun With Shapes and More - birthdays with die cuts


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Hello Kitty Party Week - Day 5

Welcome to Day 5 of Hello Kitty Party week! Pinterest was a great source of ideas for me. We don't have as much Hello Kitty stuff here in Canada as there seems to be in the US - at least not that I could find. I ended up making almost all the party things. I wanted the girls to have a Hello Kitty Goody bag. Shockingly I couldn't find one here, but then I found THIS on Pinterest. I knew I could make that for the girls. We decided to make it one of the party activities. The girls would all design and make their own Hello Kitty goody bag!

So, this was the sample bag I made for the girls. I used my Gypsy girl to make all the parts. everything is cut from George and Basic Shapes. I made ovals for the eyes, 2 slightly smaller ovals for the nose, one cut in black and the other in yellow. The whiskers are made of skinny rectangles. I made the bow by welding together 2 rounded triangles with a circle in the middle. I cut out ons of these! As you will see over the next few days, I used these bows alot! I bought the bags at Walmart.

Here is what the girls came up with. Tell me that's not ADORABLE!! Their goody bags were filled with lots of Hello Kitty stuff and a candy kabob that they made. Fun, fun, fun!

A challenge or two:
If the Shoe Fits - anything goes
Craft Us Crazy - anything goes
Moving Along With the Times - cute critters
Alphabet Challenge - animal antics
CAS-ual Fridays - paper piecing (this may be a bit of a stretch...)


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Hello Kitty Party Week - Day 2

Welcome to Day 2 of my Hello Kitty Party Week!! Today I have one of the party favors for you. I decided to make most of the favors. Many of the girl's have unusual names, and I thought they might like something personalized. I made them each a door hanger. i think they are so cute:

So I designed these on my Gypsy girl. The rectangle is from George and Basic Shapes. I then took a circle, and welded them together. Then I made another rectangle to shadow it, and welded the same circle in the same spot. I cut hello Kitty's face out of Heloo Kitty greetings, and cut each girl's name out of Don Juan - I haven't used this cartridge in so long, that I can't remember the last project I used it for! Once they were done, I decided they looked a bit naked, so I pulled out something I have NEVER used before - twine. I am in LOVE with how this finished up my project! I am going to have to use it again.

I made 11 of these. One for each of the girls at Gabrielle's party, and one for my work friend's niece. I can't believe I didn't take a picture of them all!! In the chaos of the party prep, I just didn't. Silly me! Oh well, at least I took a picture of one of them :)

Be sure to come back tomorrow - I will have TWO projects to share for Day 3.

A few challenges:
Whimsical Wednesdays - use something old (Don Juan cartridge)
Paper Pretties - ribbon/twine
Divas By Design - anything goes
Shelly's Images - tie it up (twine or ribbon)
Fabulous Fridays - ribbon or twine
Drunken Stampers - use something new (twine)
Craft Your Passion - anything goes with no patterned paper
Crafty Catz - pink and white
Craft Us Crazy - anything goes
Papertake Weekly - anything goes


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Here Comes the Sun!

Ugh! Winter!! Nova Scotia is in the midst of a cold snap. Wind chill on Monday was -25! That is COLD!! It,s Wednesday, so that means it's Cricut Cardz Challenge day. Today, Mary challenged us to make a "June in January" card. Here is what I came up with:

I used Smiley Cards for my card. I cut the circle base using the card feature from Smiley Cards, and cut the sun from the same cartridge. The sentiment is from my Simply Sweet stamp set. I thought it was perfect for this challenge! I discovered the problem with circle cards after I made this one. It is tricky to get the to stand still! They tend to do some serious rolling!

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More Subway Style Art

Last week I showed the plaque I made for my mum. Today I am showing the plaque I made for my baby sister. Leslie is a doctorate student all the way across the country in British Columbia. She is studying Ethno-musicology at UBC, and spends a lot of time in Indonesia studying Gamelan. She is hard to buy for, so I decided to make her this plaque to help decorate her apartment:

The blue is not what I envisioned, but on the whole I am really happy with it! It uses lots of cartridges: Baby Steps, George and Basic Shapes, Gypsy Font, Lyrical Letters, Opposites Attract, Quarter Note, Robotz and Storybook. I designed her on my Gypsy girl - couldn't live with out her. I cut out the vinyl and adhered it to another plaque from Walmart. It has lots of wonderful musical terms and I hope Les loves it, and thinks of me when she looks at it!

Thanks for stopping by today.

A la prochaine...
Michelle

Boy Birthday Bag

I don't know about you, but my kids seem to go to quite a few birthday parties! I am constantly trying to find and make appropriate cards, and spending tons of money on gift bags, and wrapping paper! We tend to give a gift card - usually from a book store like Chapters, or the movie theatres, and a little toy chosen by the kids - a couple of Hot Wheels, or a little doll, some gum or candy... It occurred to me that all I really needed was a cut little bag and a tag. So I decided to make one. Here is my "boy version":

The bag is cut from TBBM. I designed it on my Gypsy girl, and made it as big as I could using a 12x12 piece of paper. The car is from Boys Will Be Boys, and is cut at 2 inches.

"Happy Birthday" is from Paper Lace cartridge, cut at 2.4 inches.

The tag is just a layered circle for George and Basic Shapes, and the truck is welded to the small circle. It is from Boys Will Be Boys and is cut at .7 inches. The "To" and "from" are from My Pink Stamper Stamps, and the sentiment is from Simply Sweet Stamps. This was the first tag like this I made. I have since left off the sentiment and put it on the back. That left the kids more room to sign it, especially my 6 year old.

Here is the little bag all ready to go. It has 2 Hot Wheels cars in it and a Walmart gift card, which is what my son wanted to give his best friend. I have not needed a girl version yet, but as soon as I do, I will post it here. Thanks for hanging out with me today :) A la prochaine... Michelle