Long Time No See

Hello,
I know that I have neglected my blog for a bit.  Although I'm not really sure as to why because it is not like my life has all of a sudden gotten crazier I just haven't been feeling the blogging thing.  I have however continued to create things using my Cricut.  I don't think there has been a week where I haven't crafted something.  I posted a few of the pictures below of things I have made since my last post 2 months ago.  Within the last 2 months I did however mass produce about 100 Sweet Sixteen party invitations for a friend.  They turned out pretty sweet if I do say so myself.  I also made a super cute bridal shower card for my mom to take to her coworker's bridal shower today.  Sadly I forgot to get a picture of it.  I absolutely love the way it turned out.  I was the first card I made using the Simply Charmed cartridge.  I guess that just means I have to make another (which I have NO problem doing since I love crafting).  Well anyways here's to some of the projects I've made in the past 2 months.

 "Friendship is like good coffee - Rich, Warm, & Strong" -- I made this for one of my besties still in college in Hawaii.  The cup of joe is from the Love You a Latte Lite cartridge.

 "Friends make life Bear-able" -- I made this for my other college bestie still in Hawaii.  The bear is cut from the Slumber Party Lite cartridge.

"Just Keep Swimming" -- I made 2 of these cards, one for each of my besties in college for their finals week.    I sent them these cards along with a box of goodies to help them get through finals week.  

 At the end of finals week my friends received these cards to help celebrate the end of the school year and kick off the summer.  One says "Wishing you a Sunshiney Day" and the other says "Sending Sunny Summer Smiles."  I thought these were perfect for them since the are in Hawaii and it's almost always sunny.

 This spring marked the 25th year my mom has been a groomer at her work.  I used vinyl to cover a yard sale sign.  I had black, white, red, and silver vinyl that I got from Hobby Lobby.  I used a few cartridges including: Paper Pups, Disney's Happily Ever After, and Varsity Letter Lite.  My mom absolutely loved it.  She now has it hanging up in her groom room.

This is the Mother's Day card I made for my Mom, Stepmom, and all 3 Grandmas.  It was quite a project.  I used Cricut Craft Room to weld all the flowers together in order to cut out one piece.  All of the images are cut from the Walk in My Garden cartridge.  I stamped the sentiment from the Fiskars "Holiday Hooplah" stamp set.  I really love how it turned out.
Well I think that's all for now and I'm going to try to keep up with my blogging.
Have a Magical Day!!
Jessica

Happy 51st!!

Hi,

My mom's birthday is this month and I just got the Sweet Treats cartridge that has the cute number candles.  I knew that I wanted to make a shape card using those number candle cuts.  This week's challenge at Celebrate the Occasion fit that perfectly.  Their #53 challenge is a Birthday Shape Card.

I used the shadow of the numbers to create the base of the card.  The numbers are cut at 5" and welded together using the Cricut Craft Room. I cut all the layers and pieced them together.  I added some Studio G glitter glue for a little something extra.

Recipes:
Number Candles: 5" (Sweet Treats)
Studio G glitter glue

Have a Magical Day!!

Happy St. Patty's Day

Hello,
I needed to make my St. Patrick's Day cards to send out and the theme fit a few challenges perfectly.  These are the challenges I entered my cards in.

1) Bitten by the Bug 2: Shamrock and Green Challenge - make a project using a shamrock and the color green.
2) Fantabulous Cricut Challenge Blog: #101 Luck of the Irish - make a project using a shamrock or the color green.
3) Krafty Girls: #2 Feelin' Lucky - St. Patrick's theme project.
4) Whimsical Wednesday Challenge: #45 Going Green - Incorporate the color green in your project.

Now that that is out of the way onto my project.

 First up I cut all my pieces on my Cricut.  I used the Pilgrim hat from Designer's Calendar since I don't have a cartridge that has a leprechaun on it.  The hat is cut at 3".  I also used Designer's Calendar to cut the shamrocks at 1".  I used the Cricut Craft Room Basics to cut the fancy edge labels and its shadow at 3.5".  The green patterned paper was from Me & My Big Ideas "Explorer" Paper Pack.  Since I didn't have enough of all one pattern to make all the cards so I cut 8 in one and 8 in the other.  The green patterned paperis the shadow but after cutting them all out I wish I would made the white paper the shadow.  Oh well...next time.  I chose to make these cards A2 size with a Kraft cardstock base.

 On the inside of the cards I used a Studio G stamp and a dark green Studio G ink square.  I just love the little swirl in the message.

 Here are my completed cards.  I glued the golden yellow paper to the back of the hats and used Studio G gold glitter glue to go over it.  While that was drying I used a polka dot background stamp to stamp a darker green ink onto the little shamrocks.  I am a big fan of polka dots so I love to use them.  I also used my Cuttlebug to emboss the white cutouts with polka dots.  Once everything was dry I glued everything together.  I used a pop dot to pop up the shamrock.

 I also added some faux stitching on the hat.  In these pictures you can see the sparkle from the glitter glue. 

Overall I enjoyed how they turned out.  Hope you enjoyed these.

Recipe:
Card Base: A2 - 4.25 x 5.5"
Fancy Edge Label & Shadow: 3.5" (Cricut Craft Room Basics)
Pilgrim Hat: 3" (Designer's Calendar)
Shamrock: 1" (Designer's Calendar)
Studio G gold glitter glue, stamps, dark green ink

Have a Magical Day!!

Happy Birthday!!

Hi,
This post is about the birthday card I made for 3 different challenges:

1) Celebrate the Occasion: #52 Birthday Bling Challenge -- In order to help build up your birthday card stash the challenge this week was to create a birthday card and you must use bling.
2) Fantabulous Cricut Challenge Blog: #100 Color Challenge -- This challenge is all about color specifically the colors that make up the FCCB blog (purple, turquoise, and green).
3) Cardz TV: #103 You Take The Cake Challenge -- This challenge is for a birthday card with a cake or cupcake.

Okay now that that is out of the way on to my card.  I used a cartridge I just received, Sweet Treats.  I chose the cake on page 40 as my main image. 

Since I cut a bigger cake I decided to use a square card base (5.5 x 5.5").  I orginally hadn't cut a shadow but decided it needed something to help make the cake stand out.  The cake was cut at 5" and the shadow at 4.8".  I didn't want the shadow to be as large as it would have been if I would have cut it at 5".  I embossed the blue layer with the D'vine Swirls Cuttlebug folder.  The jewels I used are actually light purple so they matched the purple cardstock.  I used Studio G glitter glue in yellow to decorate the flame and Glossy Accents over the Happy Birthday cut.  I also added the green brads that I got from Hobby Lobby.

Here's a close up of the words and the jewels.  This is a bright, fun card.  I really loved how it turned out.

Recipe:
White Cardstock Base: 5.5 x 5.5"
Green Cardstock Layer: 5.25 x 5.25"
Blue Cardstock Layer: 5.25 x 2.5" (embossed with D'vine Swirls)
Purple Cardstock Layer: 5.25 x 1"
Cake: 5" (page 40 in Sweet Treats cartridge)
Cake Shadow: 4.8" (page 40 in Sweet Treats cartridge)
Studio G glitter glue, Glossy Accents, Light purple jewels

Have a Magical Day!!

Jessica

Aloha Scrapbook LO

Hi,
This scrapbook layout was made for the Wacky Wednesday Challenge at More Than Favors.  This week's challenge theme is vacations.  I decided to make a layout for my mom's trip to Hawaii.  The base layer of my layout was from the Island Heritage paper pack.  The aloha was already printed on the paper.  I also used patterned paper from The Paper Studio "A Day at the Beach" paper pack.

I used the Luau Seasonal cartridge to cut the sun and palm trees.  I wanted the page to be simple because I didn't want it to take away from the pictures I have to get printed.  I added some Studio G glitter glue to the sun and palm trees.  I just loved the way the page turned out.

Recipe:
Photo Mats:
--4.75 x 6.75" & 4.5 x 6.5"
--4.75 x 5.25" & 4.5 x 5"
Sun: 4"
Palm Trees: 6"

Have a Magical Day!!

Jessica

Animal Print Monogram Cards

Hello,
These cards are for Bitten by the Bug 2's Any Cartridge Mongram Challenge.  For this challenge you are allowed to use any cartridge to make a monogram card.  I decided to use some fun animal print paper that I got from Michael's.  I also used black satin ribbon and jewels from my stash.  Enjoy the pictures :)

 To make my monogram I used Font 3 on the Cricut American Alphabet cartridge.  I loved the little flourishes that were added to these letters.  I really enjoy the colors since they are so bright and fun.  The solid color paper is the back of the animal print paper so there was no need to worry about finding colors that matched.

 On these individual pictures you can see the embossing I did with my Cuttlebug.  I used 2 folders from the Animal Prints Set.  I used the Cheetah and Zebra print folders.

 The zebra texture wasn't as pronounced as I would have liked but I still love the way it turned out.

Recipe:
Black Card Base: A2-4.25 x 5.5"
Animal Print Layer: 4 x 5.25"
Solid Color Layer: 3 x 4"
Letter from Cricut American Alphabet Font 3: 4"
Letter Embossed with Animal Prints Cuttlebug Folders
Black Satin Ribbon & Jewels from Stash

Have a Magical Day!!

Jessica

Just Relax

Hello,
I know this is crazy because its my third post today but I made all 4 projects yesterday and put the pictures on my computer so all I had to do was write the posts today.  This card was made for the A Stitch in Time challenge at Cardz TV.  The challenge is to create a card for any occasion using real or faux stitching.

I wanted to do something extra fun so I made a relaxing card with the face mask from the Cricut Lite cartridge Slumber Party.  I definitely need to do some relaxing this week since I take my nursing boards on Thursday.  I chose the blue and green colors because I love this color combination.  I used my white gel pen to add some faux stitching around the black base and mask.  I had to add some light blue glitter glue to the polka dots.  I also embossing the background with my Cuttlebug.

Recipe:
Card Base: 5 x 5"
Layer: 4 1/2 x 4 1/2" (Polka Dots Cuttlebug folder)
Mask: 4"
1/4" We R Memory Keepers Corner Chomper
Studio G Glitter Glue
Ribbon from stash
White Gelly Roll Pen for faux stitching

Have a Magical Day!!