Hip Hippo Hooray

My niece is turning 4 this week.  Her birthday party was last weekend, so she has already received the card I made - loved the hippo.

This card is 5-1/2"x4-1/4".  There were a lot of layers to put together on this card.  I don't usually make cards with so many "little pieces", but I was really happy with how it turned out.  The Xyron makes putting all those little pieces together so much easier than glue!

The items I used for this card were:

• Cricut Expression
• Gypsy
• Xyron
• The Christmas Card Stack by DCWV
• The Fun in the Sun Summer Stack by DCWV
• Create a Critter Cricut cartridge
• Cuttin' Up Cricut cartridge
• From My Kitchen Cricut cartridge
• Just Because Cards Cricut cartridge
• Turquoise Stickles by Ranger

Thanks for stopping by!  Hope you've had some crafting time this week.

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TinkerBell Card and Scrapbook Pages

Today is my niece's third birthday (Happy Birthday Sweetie!).  The party is tomorrow, so I've been busy creating not only a card for her gift, but a two-page scrapbook layout for her mom to capture tomorrow's party.  I'm going to apologize in advance for the poor photography.  Winter seems to be hanging around here and with it the poor light.

She is having a TinkerBell cake for her party tomorrow, so I stuck with the theme for both her card and the layout.  I was VERY tempted to go out and purchase the TinkerBell cricut cartridge, but commonsense took over.  It really isn't a cartridge I would use enough to justify the cost; my daughter's too old, and I only have one niece.  I happened to come across a TinkerBell scrapbooking page kit at Hobby Lobby and decided it had enough stickers and paper to create both a card and matching layouts (and I decorated a plain green gift bag) and it didn't cost me nearly as much (and it was on sale).

Card front (sticker says Perfectly Precious)

Card Inside

Envelope

Two-page layout (white place markers for my sister-in-law to add photos)

Close-up left page

Close-up right page

Supplies used:

• Paper and stickers from Disney Fairies Theme Pack by Sandylion
• TinkerBell Stickers by Sandylion
• Gypsy inkpad from Close To My Heart (Z2190)
• Lime Green Stickles by Ranger
• "3" cut from Cuttin' Up cricut cartridge cut at 4"
• All other words cut from Mickey Font cricut cartridge (who is cut at 1", look cut at .66" and negative image used)
• Layout was based on the Supporting Cast layout from the Imagine book by Jeanette Lynton

Speedy Recovery Card and Gift

First of all, let me say THANK YOU to everyone for their suggestions over the last few days.  It was just what I was looking for...suggestions to jumpstart my creative juices.  I combined several responses I got both here on my blog and from the Cricut messageboard as well.  If you want the background story on this card, see my post HERE from January 23.

I just threw this card together, because I didn't get home until late last night and I wanted to get this to him.  I probably could have "done more" with it, but, for a teenage boy, it will do.

 

• All of the paper came from my "scrap drawer", so I can't tell you who the paper is by. 
• The words are cut on the Cricut using the Cuttin' Up cartridge at 1-inch. 
• The card front words are the cartoon shadow feature and the inside words are cartoon.
• The cookie, layer 1 and shadow were cut using Sesame Street and Friends at 3.75-inches.
• I wasn't happy with the coloring of the top layer of the cookie, so I used a sponge dauber and a Chocolate Close To My Heart inkpad to shade it a little.

And, here's what he's getting with the card....

Cookies and cream muscle milk, a package of straws and vasoline intensive care lip therapy.

Thanks for stopping by to see what I've been up to.  Hopefully I'll have some more "creating time" this evening and be back again this week with another project.  Have a great day!

Hoppin' By

This card was something I whipped up for my husband's cousin's son who recently had surgery to remove a plate from his hip. 

Papers used on this project were: pastel yellow cardstock by ANW Crestwood (words and inside), DCWV's The Sorbet Stack (background), DCWV's Fun in the Sun Summer Cardstock Stack (greens on the grasshopper), and plain white cardstock from Wal-Mart.

The grasshopper was cut using Stretch Your Imagination Cricut cartridge.  The words were cut with the Cuttin' Up cartridge.  I put some eucalyptus stickles from Ranger on the tips of his antennae.  The background paper and inside paper were inked with stone gray StazOn ink pad.

I doodled on the title and handwrote the sentiment on the inside.  Thanks for looking!  Have a great day.

Bridal Shower Card

As promised, here's the card I made yesterday using my Cricut and Cuttlebug machines.

This card is for my cousin's briday shower; her colors are an eggplant purple and silver.  The papers were all purchased from open stock (no stacks this time) and were:  Boysenberry Cardstock by ANW Crestwood, Metallic Silver by DCWV, and Soft Tints Lavender Swirls by Paper Pizazz/Hot Off The Press.

The card was cut using the Stretch Your Imagination cartridge with the fit to page feature, which cut the card at 5-1/2".  I cut the card frame as well at 5-1/2" (make sure to turn off the fit to page).  I used a metallic silver paint marker to emphasize the lines on the groom.  I filled in the heart cutout on the frame using lavender stickles by Ranger.  The silver cardstock was run through the Cuttlebug with the Swiss Dots embossing folder.

The inside of the card was covered in the lavender swirl paper cut at 5-1/4".  The "best wishes" was cut using the Cuttin' Up Cricut cartridge at 1-1/4" from the boysenberry cardstock.

Mooove Closer Valentine

I made this card for my niece who is 22 months old.  Her family raises Angus cows, and she loves animals.

The front of the card is covered in pink, black and white cardstock is from DCWV's Fun in the Sun Summer Cardstock Stack.  The pink gingham paper is from The Basics stack by The Paper Studio.  The cow and shadow were cut at 4" using the Animal Kingdom Cricut cartridge.  The "mooove" was cut at 1-1/2" using the Cuttin' Up cartridge "Holy Cow" button.  I traced the lines on the cow and wrote closer using a white gel pen.

For the inside of the card I used the computer to type out the rest of the sentiment.  The ribbon is called Dashes, Dots and Checkers, and I can't remember which craft store I purchased it at.  I put a few candies into a small ziplock baggie and attached it to the card using glue dots.

Hope you enjoy!  Have a great day.