Halloween Cards and Cricut Giveaways

I thought I would do a quick post...I never thought It would be so long before I got a post done...

I went out of town shortly after my last post for over 10days...and I have been very busy(gardening , Canning , cleaning) and Sick and recovering since I came back...this week is the first time I have had any time to creat any cards. I thought I would just share the two I made the last few days.

Hope you dont mind if I just post the pictures...

I also put some Links in my sidebar one to Cartridge Helper for help with cartridge options and one to win a Gypsy the latest Cricut Helper tool both links go to the same place right now youhave until If I remeber correctly OCt 15th to enter to win...I cant wait to save up to get one...Do you think maybe I might be able to win...We will see

Until Later...Happy Stamping!

Bleached Upsy Daisy

Like I have been saying all month. I have had to make a lot of cards but have gotten a little behind posting them to my Blog. I posted this card to SCS the day I made it for the CC231. The challenge was to pick a color of card stock stmap it with Bleach and then use the color that shows up as the other color and make a card. I chose to stamp Upsy Daisy on a Piece of SU "Soft Suede" And thought it matched closely with "So Saffron". I chose to use White as my Nuetral. I had the strip of Soft suede left over after using a border Punch on it so I added the thin Strip on the

So Saffron panel after using my Swiss Dots EF in my Cuttlebug. the Sentiment is from SU "Teeny Tiny Verses" and I punched it out with my SU Word Window Punch..I have been doing that alot lately! Lastly I cut some Offwhite Jaffray picot ribbon and sponged it with "So Saffron" reinker...It seemed a little too Dark so I sprayed it with some stamp cleaner and sponged the excess moisture off it. I think It turned out nice.

Until Later ...Happy Stamping!

Princess Cuts for DD

I was busy all afternoon cutting these princesses out with my Cricut Cartridges: Dreams Come True, Happily Everafter, and Tinkerbell & Friends.

Again they were cut out at 3 1/2"...DD wanted a Princess Chore Chart...tomorrow we need to figure out the background...I dont know if I will have time to post it before I leave to take them back to college, but we will see..This week is looking really busy..

Until Later ... Happy Stamping!

"Belle Birthday" for Julia

I used my Cricut to make a Birthday Card for my
nieces Birthday. She loves
"Belle"! I chose to use my
"Dreams Come True" cartridge and cut Belle3 out for her! Tiny Princesses are definately a challenge. Her lips and the whites of her eyes were so tiny. I cut her out at 3 1/2"!
I usually don't cut them out so small, but it did need to fit on the card. I chose to use a gel pen to dot the one eye and the lips... all of the other pieces seemed to be manageable.
For cardstock I used: the white (leftover from the wedding announcements..it is ultra smooth and similar to Whisper White), "Black"and a "Yellow" both fromboth by cardstock package Ampad from Wal-mart Stationary, a brown from Paper Co Nuetrals package purchased at Michaels. Just a note on the "yellow",I tried using other Yellows like So Saffron and Barely Banana and Summer Sun but they didnt quite go together to give the "Belle" look... this one worked perfect with SU "Yo Yo Yellow" which I used for the trim. Her flesh is a beige' pink I picked up in single sheets at Michaels. Her lips a lovely Ruby Red. I think she turned out very cute. Behind her I used Certainly Celery and my Stylized Flower Embossing Folder. I then used Martha Stewart TearDrop pads in Dandelion, Melon, Bamboo, and to sponge the light color on the background. Then I used my Fiskars Squeeze Corner punch to dress up the corners. The Picot Ribbon is jafray and was tied around the panel before I attached it to the black base. I used my SU Word Window Punch and "Teeny Tiny Verses" to add the sentiment stamped in "Jet Black" StazOn. The white layer is mounted on Dimmesionals and a KCo. gem stone in light yellow was added.
Last of all, I used my pink 1/2" Bind it All corner rounder on the card base corners.

I hope my niece likes it...Until Later... Happy Stamping!

Card For a Friends Mom

I told a friend I would send her mom a card...She was recently injured and needed some surgery, and a little pick me up.

I had this card base around from a previous stamping attempt and hadn't given uptrying to make it work. You'll have to let me know what you think. I am still not too sure of it myself.

The sentiment is from SU"Kind Thoughts", I punched a mask from Post it note and then stmaped the SU "Pocket Silhouette" image on the Very Vanilla base in Really Rust and Summer Sun, and Timber Brown StazOn. I am really starting to wish I had bought the ink pads for the in colors but I am very happy there are some alternative colors that come very close.

The base of the card was embossed inthe Cuttlebug using "Floral Screen" and Timber Brown StazOn, was sponged on and then lightened with bleach in a few places sponging also...Previeously I was planning on using this with a Bleached image card. I used a circle Stencil made by punching a 1 3/8" cirlce in card stock nd then sponged circels using my Dusty Durango and Crushed Curry Reinkers. I used soft suede to mat the Cardstock panels, the "just My Type" border set was used to put dots on the Crushed Curry 1" strip. The Martha Stewart punch was used to add the "Lattice Arch" to the mat trim. I used my Cricut George and Basic Shapes Cart to cut the Circle and Shadow at 2-1/2 " and then embossed the Dusty Durango piece withthe "Friends Forever" embossing folder. The Card layout came from SCS SC240.

Until Later ...Happy Stamping!

Sympathy For a Friend

I needed to make a Sympathy Card for a friends Family. I decided to use my DCWV "La Creme " Designer paper. I love its flocked images and the subtle amount of color seemed perfect for this card. I trimmed the flocked images for the back panels and matted with Black. I tied the black Jaffray Picot ribon around the one panel and trimmed it short felt it needed little something but not too much the short knot ed ribbon seemed to do the trick. I looked through my Cuttlebug folders and found this Fancy Corner Folder and thought it went well withthe Flocked flowers so I embossed it and then rubbed it with a Midniight Black Dew Drop...I added the little pearl to the center, and some sponging onthe edges and matted wth Black Cardstock I picked up at Walmart in the stationary section. The sentiment was Stamped with "Jet Black" StazOn and comes from the SU "Kind Thoughts" stampset. The layout for the card is courtesy of Roxi and her Sketch Challenge SC241 posted on SCS.

Untl Later ...Happy Stamping!

Melon Berry Card

I have been busy naking cards for a few days...I have so many August Birthdays with my friends and Family.

I created this Melon Berry Card for SC...LSC232...

I really like how it turned out. I did wish I had some of the SU Melon Mambo Polka Dot ribbon from SCS but I havent purchased any..still trying to use up some of the old Stash...so I chose this hot pink Offray ribbon from last years Camp creations. It goes pretty well with the Melon Mambo.The challenge required using a Edible Item or image with eating, and using Cardstock with food int he name. I used the new In Color Melon Mambo and Certainly Celery. I knew I wanted to do a strawberry. I looked at a few and decided to go with my old Papertray Green Thumb...image.

In my head I was goignt o use three images but decided on just one. I used my new MS punch Lattice Arch...I have been picking it up and putting it back for about 2 months and finally jsut said to heck with it and bought it..I love it. I added the D'vine swirl cuttlebugging after I decided the green would look like the top of the berry instead of a green basket like they used to come in. I thougth th eSwirls looked alittle like the ones in the stamped image. next I ran the melon CS through with Swiss dots...to mimic the Berries on the berry. I debated rubbing with white craft ink but decided to keep the image cleaner. I usually smudge when I try to sponge a bit.

The sentiment was stamped with Pink Passion also...I opted to only buy reinkers and an assorted pack of in colors from SU to save some money...I think I need to buy me a few stamp pads when I get some birthday money...After stamping the sentiment I punched it out with my SU scalloped Sqaure punch then lined up the oppsite end three scallops down and punched again to give me the cute rectangle...

Hope You like it ...Until Later ...Happy Stamping!