Happy Birthday

It's time for another Peachy Keen Challenge.  This week it's about the photo/color inspiration.  Here are the details for this challenge:

THE CHALLENGE

Create a project of your choice using the photo above as inspiration.

 

Ok, I know, how did I get a horse inspired from the picture above...I have no idea, but the colors were right. LOL

The horse is cut from the Create A Critter cartridge, and the scallop oval was cut from the Cricut Craft Room Basics.  I use the CCR to 'hide' the eyes so that I could use the eyes from the Critter Faces Stamp Set (A Medium)  I acutally had to stamp each eye separately so that they were a little closer together.

The sentiment, Happy Birthday, curly Q's is from the January 2013 SOTM set.

The hemp twine was from the box of goodies I won over at MCT in December, Miss Emma got this super fun hemp twine from Liz's Paper Loft.  Then I had to add a little light green bling since this birthday card is going to a cowgirl I know.

You can still enter your photo inspiration project, click HERE for all the details and to enter.

That's it for today, I hope you have a crafty day! --C

 

Lady Bug Thank You

I found this really cute lady bug and heart ribbon and I just had to buy it.  A gal at work had a house warming party and I figured she'd need some thank you notes...and since she's a fan of lady bugs this was perfect. 

 

 

The lady bug is cut from the Create A Critter cartridge.  I hide the face on the cut using the Cricut Craft Room, and used PKS Critter Faces Stamp Set A Medium. The Thank You stamp is from MCT More Gift Card Sentiments stamp set.

 



 

 

I used a white gelly roll pen to stitch around and also color in the eyes.  Then topped off the eyes with glossy accents. I love that stuff, it makes the eyes look like googley eyes :-)

Here's a closer look at the cute lady bug and heart ribbon.  I'm entering this card into TWO challenges this week.

Frist up,  Peachy Keen Stamps Challenge 13-4 Just Cards - Heart of Hearts  
Make a card with hearts on it - there are a few hearts on here and my cutie patootie PKS face.  There are still a few more hours to get your card entered Click HERE for more info and to add your card.

 Next challenge, Carri, over at Double Click, is a DT member over at 3 Girl Jam and the current challenge is Party & Ribbon.  Since this is the after math of a party, sending Thank You notes, I figured why not enter my card into the challenge.  There are still a few more days to enter your project.  Click HERE for more info.

Have a great week my crafty friends. --C

Reindeer Poop

Hello all my crafty friends! 
Today I'm sharing a project for the December Simply Crafts Challenge Blog.  This month's challenge is to use the Reindeer from the Doodlecharms cartridge.  (there's still time to enter, check it out HERE)

So I had a thought in mind of what I'd like to do, then a co-worker asked if I'd make a Reindeer Poop treat baggie for her. 

I cut out "Reindeer" and two "P's" using the cricut craft room, caps cut at 1 inch and lower case at .681 inch and welded the letters for "reindeer" together.  I then cut two reindeer about 1.236w x 1.597h inches from the Doodlecharms cartridge and used them for the "O's".  I hid the cut face so I could use my Peachy Keen faces Critter Faces Set A Medium  using a boy and girl face and added a red bow. 

I colored in the eyes with white jelly roll pen, then when it dried I used Glossy Accents (I love this stuff) and to top the faces off I used sparkly RED glitter glue for their noses.

I then glued them to background cardstock and viola!   Glued the cardstock to a snack size baggie and again Viola!  Fill it up with candy, I used Peanut M&Ms (my fav), so this reindeer poops whismically! LOL    Quick and easy and super cute! 

That's it for today. Chao for now! --C

Thankful - MCT Designer's Challenge

Hello my crafty friends and happy Monday.

This is what I've been working on over the weekend.
My entry for MCT Designer's Challenge  This week's Designer is Miss Ruthie 

Ruthie chose for her challenge to make a large tag with the measurements of 4 x6 or greater.

For my large tag, I chose a 6x6 size.

 

I cut a piece of card board 6x6 then put a few layers of card stock for color and dimension, then layered the patterned paper.   I also use some sheer ribbon for the edges.

 

My squirrel is cut from Create A Critter.  I just love his blue tail.  I used a face from PKS Critter Faces in medium size in brown ink. I colored in his eyes with jelly roll pen, then used glossy accents to make them pop.  And speaking of pop, I pop dotted him so he'd stand out.

Sorry this picture is blurry, the acorns are cut from Doodlecharms and I used the background stamps from MCT Latte Set, these are the small backgrounds that come with the set, and stamped the tops of the acorns with brown ink.

The letters for Thankful are cut from the Jasmine cartridge and I welded them together in the Cricut Craft Room. I used kraft brown card stock and 'stitched' with white jelly roll pen around the lettering. And then I pop dotted the heck out it so it would stand out.

Now what would a tag saying I'm Thankful be if I don't say what I'm Thankful about. 

I used 20 gage wire and twisted a few inches around a pencil and then hot glued the Scallop & Stitched Circle die from MCT on each tag.  The great thing about using the cardboard, was I could easily insert the wire into the side of the cardboard and it 'stuck' without any glue.  I added what I was Thankful for.  Of course, I'm thankful for many more things, but these were most important to me.  

There are still a few more days to enter, click HERE for more info and to enter your project

That's it for today.  Chao for now. --C

 

G Thanks - Peachy Keen Challenge #40

Today's card is for the Peach Keen Challenge #40  WORD UP

About a year ago, I found this stamp "G Thanks" in the dollar bin at Joann's and I just had to have it...just like, I just have to have all the craft products I currently have.  The only problem I have is so little time :-)  so until now, I haven't used that stamp that I just had to have.   When I saw this week's challenge over at PKS, I knew exactly which stamp I was going to use.

I embossed the "G Thanks" using Momento Black ink and Hamptson Art Clear Embossing Powder.  The embossing gave it a nice texture.

The lady bug is cut from Doodlecharms, cut just under 2x2 inches.  I used a face from PKS Critter Faces (medium set) and used white ink, and clear embossing powder for her beautiful eyes.  And to top her off I used Glossy Accents on her spots.

I ran the card through the Cuttlebug using the little flower folder and a little red ribbon and Enamel Accents dotted the corners added just enough embelishments to the card without taking away from the sentiment G Thanks.

I hope you'll join the gals over at PKS and enter your card.

Here are the details for this challenge:

PKC Challenge 40 :: Just Cards :: Word Up

Here's what ya gotta do to play along with our challenge:

Create a card where the focus of the creation is the sentiment. You can accomplish this with clean and simple designs or let your creativity go wild with patterns and color, as long as the sentiment shines through as the main focus. That's it! Oh, yeah... have FUN, too!! Below are the guidelines for playing along with our challenge this week:

• Design must be new
• Design must showcase the sentiment or words as the focal point.
• Link up by 10/24 - 11:59 pm EST
• You don't need our stamps to play along, but only entries using Peachy Keen Stamps can earn Top Peach!
• Sorry, any entry that does not meet the guidelines for this challenge will be automatically removed without notice.
 

That's it for today. Chao for now. --C

 

 

 

Boss's Day

Today is Boss's Day and what a great way to let your boss know they're the best than giving them a card and a little something, something!  The office all pitched in to get our wonderful boss a gift card to Kohl's.

 

The card is sized at 5x7 - had to have enough room for everyone in the office to sign the card! 

The owl is cut from Create A Critter Cartridge at 3 inches.   I used my Gypsy to hide the eyes so I could use my new PKS stamp set.

 

I used Peachy Keen Stamp Set, Critter Faces, for my owl face.  This particular set is the medium size.  I colored in the nose with orange jelly roll pen.  I used Versa Marker   to highlight the 'feathers' on the wings. (this is a new wonderful pen I just started using, it allows you to draw on your paper and turn it into a similar color, like a watermark. Easy Cheesy!)   For the ears and the chest feathers I used Stardust Stickles. 

For the wording, I used my Gypsy to weld most of the lettering from the Jasmine Cartridge.  As you can see, I made the Who into Whooo's  GET IT?!   I used white jelly roll pen to add some emphasis on the lettering.

For the inside, I added another owl at 2 inches, also hid the eyes so I can use another stamp from the set.  I wrote in marker YOURS, following up with the front of the card "Whooo's day is it". Sorry for the writing on this pic...had to get everyone to sign it before I was completely finished and took pictures. Hey, gotta do, what ya gotta do, right! 

I colored in the nose with orange jelly roll pen. The eyes with black and white jelly roll pens. And another new addition to my craft supplies is Glossy Accents. I LOVE THIS STUFF.  Once my ink from the jelly roll pens dried, I added Glossy Accents to the eyes...kind of makes them look like googly eyes.

I think the card came out really cute and everyone in the office liked seeing my new added craft supplies in the works.   They're even cutting out their coupons for me now. LMAO Are they trained or what! 

That's it for today.  Have a great day!  Chao for now. --C