Worm Birthday Wishes

I used the card feature from the "Wrap It Up" cartridge today to make this fun apple shaped card.

I made my card and cut the green portion twice.  I then trimmed off just the leaf to give me a second one.  I glued the center down and used a double layer of foam tape at both edges to pop it up.  The apple and the leaf are both inked with Distress Inks.

I decided to have a cute little worm coming out of the bite in the apple.  He is an svg from Lettering Delights.  I inked his lightest layer up with a light layer of Distress Ink.

The tag is a metal die from Jaded Blossom.  I stamped on a sentiment from Paper Smooches.  I wrapped the stem with some twine and used the same twine to tie a bow to put on my tag.  The bottom of the tag is adhered with foam tape for a little dimension.

Shaped Birthday Card

I made this birthday card to send to my husband while he is deployed.

I used the Cricut to create my shaped card.

The word "happy" was cut six times and adhered together.  This gives is the same dimension you would see if I had used foam tape, but since the letters were too narrow I couldn't actually use foam tape.

I added glossy accents, glitter, and some gems to liven it up a bit.

Sunshine

This is the final card I made to send to my husband while he is deployed.  Well, the last one for today at least.

This is a shaped card that I created using a cloud shape that I got from "Groovy Times."  I embossed with white layer with a Cuttlebug embossing folder.

The sentiment is from My Craft Spot.

The swirly cloud is from "When I Was a Kid."  The sun is from "Sesame Street Seasons."  I used a face stamp from Peachy Keen on the sun.

Father's Day Cards

These are the cards I made for my dad and my father-in-law for Father's Day.

The first card I made is in the shape of a cowboy hat.  I added some glossy accents to the accents on the hatband.  I stamped sentiment using a stamp from Scrappy Moms Stamps.  It is stamped on a tag cut from a Jaded Blossom die.  Part of the brim of the hat has foam tape under it for dimension, then the tag was slipped partially under it.

The second card I made used a bunch of Jaded Blossom dies.  The black checkered mat, the circles, and the white strip were all cut with them.  I used a stamp from Scrappy Moms Stamps for the sentiment and one from Tim Holtz for the image.  The train image is heat embossed on the circle.

Star Wars Day

It is May 4th, which means it is Star Wars Day!  So, to celebrate, I made a couple of Star Wars themed crafts.

The first is a birthday card featuring Chewbacca.

The card base was made with the "Cricut Classic Font" cartridge.  Chewbacca is an SVG from Krafy Nook.  I inked up the edges of all his fur with a variety of brown Distress Inks.

The sentiment and the banner are both from Jaded Blossom.  I finished off the card with some sequins.

The second craft I made was a piece of wall art.  I made it for my soon-to-be son's nursery.  I am due in August and have decided to decorate the nursery in a space theme.  Well, more like using geeky space-themed movie/TV shows as decor.  We are talking Star Wars, Star Trek, Firefly, Doctor Who, that sort of thing.

I found an SVG on Etsy that features a boy walking an AT-AT.  I painted a canvas with black paint.  I then cut the SVG out of vinyl and adhered it to the canvas.  I will be adding his name later, above the boy.  We have already decided on a name, but we are not telling anyone until he is born, so it will have to wait.

Sunshine

I am finally done with finals, so I have a little more time to spend on crafting.  To celebrate this fact, I made a fun card.

The card base was made with the "Wild Card 2" Cricut cartridge.  The coordinating envelope is also from the same cartridge.

The man in the beach chair is from the "Fun in the Sun" Cricut cartridge.

I used a stamp from Jaded Blossom for the sentiment.

Clucking Awesome Cards

I made two similar cards today.  Both shaped and both using chicks and eggs.

I used the same sentiments on both the inside and outside on both cards.  Both sentiments are from Jaded Blossom.

I used the chick in egg from "Simply Charmed" to create this shaped card.  I added some white gel pen accents to his eyes and then inked the edges of the sentiment with some Distress Ink for a bit of a pop.  The rectangle on which I stamped my sentiment is from Jaded Blossom.

My other one is a slider card, made using a file from SVG Cutting Files.  I used the same white gel pen accents on the eyes and also more Distress Ink on the sentiment.

Ninja Turtle

My brother's birthday is next week, so I made this card for him.  We grew up watching Ninja Turtles, so I thought this would be a cute idea.

The card base is made from metal hexagon dies from Jaded Blossom.  The sentiment is also from them.

My little guy dressed as a turtle is a cut file from SVG Cutting Files.  I added a mask from the Create a Friend Cricut cartridge to make it look like a Ninja Turtle.

I added some googly eyes to the mask for fun.  I also used a stamp from Peachy Keen for the face, which I accented with a white gel pen and some chalk.

Tons of Fun

How about a cute elephant-shaped card for you today?

The card base was created by adhering two of the same images together at just the top.

I used some foam tape to adhere just the top parts of the balloons and flag, the bottoms were glued under the trunk.

I finished it off with fun elephant-themed sentiments stamped on the inside.

Present Shaped Birthday Card

Today I decided to make a fun shaped card.