If the shoe fits…

Here is a card I made using the Cricut Wedding Solutions Cartridge (Shoe) and Fabulous Finds (Book plate). The sentiment is from a clear stamp set by Papermania and is called retail therapy- shop till you drop. The background of the card was made using a sizzix texture plate on duo card and then sanding off the top layer of the raised areas.

Humming Bird Card

This card was made using Pagoda Cricut Cartridge. The background was embossed using a sizzix texture plate. The branches on the card were cut from brown card stock and then the flowers coloured with sakura star dust pens.

Sweet Birthday Wishes

Here is a card I made using the Sweet Treats Cricut Cartridge. The sentiment stamp is from an inkadinkado stamp set called Birthday Cupcake. The card is DL in size.

Monkey card- Just swinging by to say…

Here is a card I made using a Whipper Snapper stamp (monkey) and a Stampendous clear set called Changito Dos (greeting). The cross hatching you see on the card is done using a fiskars cutter and embossing the lines by hand (I will be showing this in a future post).

Owl Card

Here is another card made with the Paisley Cricut Cartridge. The stamps I used are by inkadinkado and were stamped with peeled paint distress ink, which I also used to ink the edges of the card.

Handbag Card

Here is a card I made using the Paisley Cricut Cartridge. I embossed the upper part of the handbag and used a white inkpad to pick up on the detail. I also used a sakura star dust pen to hand draw some stitching and then used a black soot distress ink pad to ink the edges of the card. The flower for the middle of the purse was cut from Accent essentials and then scored and layered. Thanks for looking!

Hedgehog Card

I made this cut using design studio and two cricut cartridge: Opposites Attract and George and Basic Shapes. If you would like the cut file for this card please leave a comment on this post and include your email address and I will send you the cut file. The background of the card was made using patterned tissue paper which I screwed up and tore and then inked with a Tim Holtz distress ink pad. TFL

Russian Nesting (Matryoshka) Doll Card

I would like to thank Pink Stamper for featuring my castle on her blog the other week! I would also like to welcome all my new followers and those who have commented on my posts.

On to today's card which I made using Paisley and the Easter Mini Cricut Cartridge. The dolls are cut from Paisley and the boarders either side were done with the Easter Mini. The greeting is from a clear stamp set by Hero Arts. Thanks for looking!

Easter Bunny Card

The card below was made using Everyday Paper Dolls (Bunny), Plantin School Book (Flowers and Grass) and Doodlecharms (Egg). I used chalk and white pencil to accent the Bunny. The grass was cut in white and then inked with inky brushes in green and the flowers coloured with sakura stardust pens. Also the background was embossed with a Sizzix texture plate. TFL

Easel Card

Here is a card I made the other day using the Wild Card Cartridge and a Forever Friends Stamp. This card was created in Design Studio, if you would like the cut file please leave a comment with your email address and I will send the cut file to you. TFL.

Once Upon A Princess Castle

Here is the castle I made today using the Once Upon A Princess Cricut Cartridge. On my castle I also used the Jubilee Cricut Cartridge to cut a banner which I cut in half and wrapped around a cocktail stick to make a flag. All the castle components were cut at 7 inch and my castle was made completely out of A4 card stock of which I used 7 sheets (3 sheets of light pink, 3 sheets of dark pink and 1 sheet of brown). I also made a slight modification to my castle using design studio, with which I used the main front of the castle (the one with a drawbridge) and hid the contours so that all that was cut was the drawbridge itself. This enabled me to then emboss my drawbridge with a wood effect fiskars embossing plate and then I inked this with a lighter brown to bring the patternation out. From the base of the castle to the top of the tallest turret (with out flag) the castle measures just over 8 1/2 inches tall. Thanks for looking :)

Sheep Card

Here is a card I made using the Easter mini and Story Book Cartridge. The cut file was from a custom crops project which can be found here. On my card I used glossy accents on the nose and stuck on some clear crafty notions rainbow drops for eyes.  The white part of sheep is embossed with D'Vine Swirl cuttlebug folder. I also used Old Paper distress ink to ink the grey parts of the sheep.

Happy Birthday Cards for my Mum

Today as well as it being Mother’s Day is also my Mum’s Birthday so I thought I would share with you the cards I made her. The first card is the one I gave my Mum. It is made using A Child’s Year Cartridge for the fairy. The wings of the fairy have been glittered using a fine glue nib and some crystal glitter. The Happy Birthday was stamped using versa mark and then a chocolate embossing powder that actually smells of chocolate. YUM! The background shape that fills the card was cut using the Story Book Cartridge.

Here is the second card I made, which I used the Love Struck Mini cartridge. I cut the heart out of Ice White paper (A shinny white) and then inked it using my Inky brushes (these look like shaving brushes). TFL.

Happy Mother’s Day

Here is the card I made for my Mum using the Mother’s Day Mini Cartridge. Here is a picture:

TFL.

A little Bird told me…

Here is a card I made a while back, but as of yet had not had chance to post so here it is. The card is made using the Home Decor and Hello Kitty Font. The outside reads A little bird told me … and the inside says Its your Birthday. Thanks for looking!

Cupcake Card and Gift

Today I thought I would post a card and gift I made the other day with a cupcake theme. The card was made using the Home Decor Cricut Cartridge. Here is a photo:

Here is a close-up of the cherry, which I coated with Glossy Accents.

I also created a gift using the Easter mini Cartridge. To make it you cut a cupcake wrapper and then roll a pair of socks up and add a pompom for a cherry. I scrap lifted this idea from Greenbean on the cricut message board. To view their original post please click here.

Thanks for looking!

Birdcage Card

You may have seen my recent 3d valentine card that I made, well I took that idea and decided to make a flat Happy Birthday. The card was made using the Serenade Cricut Cartridge. Here is a picture of the overall card:

Here is a close-up of the bird in the card, which I inked using ink dusters (they look like a shaving brush) with a blue distress ink pad.

Here is another close-up this time of the tag, which I inked around the edges with a brown distress inkpad.

If you would like the cut file for the card please leave a comment and include your email address and I will send it to you. Thanks for looking.

Happy Valentines Day!

Here's two of the valentines cards I made. The first was inspired by a card on Pinnacle Crafts Blog. To see it click here. I used the Serenade Cricut Cartridge which I purchased from cutting edge crafts as well as the Love Struck Cartridge. On my card I used a heart as a tag to write on.

The second card is also made with the Love Struck Cartridge.

Thanks for looking!

MIYUKI Panda

Here is a quick post that I thought I would share with you. I made this panda from a kit, which I purchased well over a year. The reason for me delaying doing it so much was I thought it would be really difficult to do but I was surprised at how easy the instructions were to follow. Anyway here are the photos of my completed panda and the kit packaging. TFL

Forever Friends Challenge and Paper Roses

Hi everyone hope you’ve all had a good Christmas and New Year. I just want to apologise for not posting in a while my New Years resolution is to post more often, enter more challenges and be more creative.

So today I am posting a card and calendar I have created for the Forever Friends Challenge which is to create a cheerful card that has 2 layers a ribbon and something that sparkles.

Here is my entry:

Card

Calendar

Both of my creations use the Forever Friends valentines clear stamp set but as you can see the image does not have to be used for such cards. The paper rose I created using a tutorial by Tim Holtz which you can find by clicking here. I however did not use the die Tim Holtz did instead I replicated it in Cricut Design Studio using two flowers from Plantin SchoolBook. If you would like the cut file please leave a comment on this post with your email address.

Here is a close up of the flowers I created:

  Sorry some of the pictures are so shadowed but they were took in the early hours. Lol. Thanks for looking!