Another Cricut 360 Blog Challenge

 I had so much with the first challenge I decided to jump on the second one.  The challenge is to make a circular thank you card.  Easy Peasy!  

I used my new favorite cart - wait for it - okay, you know what it is - Elegant Edges!  I used one of the best paper packs that I have ever owned - DCWV's Lemon Flower Stack.  I am in LOVE with these papers.  I would buy another stack if I could find one - I picked it up at Joann's several months ago and no one has had any since!  

A bit more about the card - It is about 5 and 1/2 inches wide and opens at the side.  I used the shadow feature to weld two images together to form the base of the card.  I also used the base feature along with the frame feature.  The flower inside the frame is from Damask Decor (surprise! - not, lol).  I welded the flower to the frame and then used a lot of dimension around the card to make things pop. I also used one of the borders from Elegant edges.  If I didn't own a gazillion punches I might use this cart exclusively for borders from now on - they are THAT nice. The stamp is from Verve's Thoughtful Accents set, and the tag is from Spellbinders - Labels Eighteen. The leaves are Spellbinders foliage, another set I can't use enough.  I used the die as a stencil and inked the foliage and the sides of the tag with Stampin' Up Pear Pizzaz ink.  The butterfly is from Martha Stewart Elegant Cake Art and I used, appropriately enough, Martha Stewart glitter to make it shine.  I love this card.  Sigh.

Recipe:

Paper:  DCVW Lemon Flower Stack

Cartridges:  Elegant Edges, Damask Decor, Martha Stewart Elegant Cake Art

Spellbinders:  Labels Eighteen, Foliage

Stamps:  Verve - Thoughtful Accents, Stampin' Up Pear Pizzaz

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My Graduate!

Switching gears here - I am determined to keep up to date on my scrapbooking.  Okay, who am I kidding - I'm never going to be up to date!  What I am trying to do though, is follow through as soon as I can on ideas that I have for pictures that move me.  


My youngest son graduated from preschool this past May.  We are super duper proud of this little guy because he's worked so hard over the last four years.  For some reason, this layout gave me so much trouble.  I started it last night and it just wasn't coming together for me.  I actually went to sleep and dreamed about it!  So I got up this morning and made a few changes and finally, I am happy with it.

Recipe:

Paper:  Me & My Big Ideas Grade school, DCWV Grade School Stack

Cricut Cartridges:  Elegant Edges, Happy Graduation, Beyond Birthdays, Home Decor, Wall Decor & More

Journaling Cuts & Mats:  Spellbinders

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Mojo Monday

Okay, I know it's Wednesday, but I want to share a card I made to enter into my very first second challenge - it's for the Mojo Monday sketch blog.  It's a 5 x 7 card and took me  just a few short hours to put together this evening.  I hope you like it.

Recipe:

Paper - Handmade by K & Company

Cartridge - Holiday Cakes

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Elegant Edges Cards

I just cannot get enough of this cartridge!  While I was away, I spent some time with my gypsy designing a few cards using this cartridge.  These are the cards I came up with.  

Recipe:

Paper:  Me & My Big Ideas

Cartridges:  Elegant Edges, Gypsy Wanderings

Tag:  Spellbinders Ribbon Tag

Flowers:  Prima 

Ink:  Stampin' Up Old Olive

Recipe:

Paper:  DCWV Celebrations

Cartridges:  Elegant Edges, Mini Monograms

Flowers:  Prima

Ribbon:  from my stash

Recipe:

Paper:  K & Company Citronella

Cartridges:  Elegant Edges, Mini Monograms

Stamps:  Verve - Hope Blooms 

Ink:  Stampin' Up

Ribbon:  from my stash

Recipe:

Paper:  K & Company Citronella, My & My Big Ideas Specialty Pack

Cartridges:  Elegant Edges

Tags:  Spellbinders

Stamps:  Verve Stamps - Hope Blooms

Twine - The Twinery

Recipe:

Paper:  SEI Chocolat

Cartridges:  Elegant Edges, Winter Woodland

Tags:  Spellbinders

Stamps:  Verve Stamps - Hope Blooms

Twine - The Twinery

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Cricut 360 Blog Challenge

Hey everyone!  I am entering my very first challenge.  If you haven't checked it out - take a look at the Cricut 360 blog.  It's brand new and there is a lot of great looking crafting going on already!    The first challenge is to create an invitation using at least one Cricut cut.  Here is my entry:

Recipe:

Paper:  Martha Stewart Crafts

Cartridges:  Elegant Edges, Formal Occasion

Tag:  Spellbinders Ribbon Tag

Ink:  Stampin' Up Daffodil Delight

Ink:  Papertrey Ink

I really liked how this turned out.  I hope the folks over at Cricut 360 like it as well!  Thanks for stopping by!!

Damask Decor and Elegant Edges Lanterns

Hello everyone!  I can't tell you how thrilled I am to be home after three long weeks in Florida.  It was hot, fun, but oh my goodness homesick doesn't even begin to describe my last week there.  I missed my craft room terribly.  I am clearly addicted to being here because the withdraw was almost unmanageable!  But I'm back and I have been putting in tons of hours down here.  I have quite a few new things to show you, and first up are some new lanterns that I have etched.  I actually worked on the designs while I was away (Thank God for my Gypsy!) and sat down to get the actual work done today.  I love them!  

Recipe:

Inside Images - Damask Decor

Outside Images - Elegant Edges

Recipe:

Bird - Beyond Birthdays

Peace - Cindy Lou

Love - A Child's Year

Life - Graphically Speaking

Fly - Straight from the Nest

Dragonflies - Pagoda

Choose - Cindy Lou

Serendipity - Graphically Speaking

Flower - Easter2010

Recipe:

Inside Images - Paper Pups

Outside Images - Elegant Edges

My husband is happy that I finally made some items for us to keep.  They are already located in their new homes around our house.  Thanks for stopping by and leave me a comment or two if you like what you see!