Aging to Perfection!

Hello!  It's been quite a while, and it feels so weird to not be crafting and blogging!  June was quite busy with the end of the school year and then our move to a new home.  Since then my days have been filled with decorating our new space, enjoying a long visit with good friends who travelled here from Philadelphia, and lots of get-togethers with friends and families.  I'm so thankful that this move happened in the summer, and it's given me the time to get everything organized so that I'll be all settled when school starts up again next month!

I am just starting to get into my craft room.  July is a big birthday month for my family, and my dad has a big one this year:  his 80th!  I made this card for him using the cute truck cut from the Cricut  Just Because Cards cartridge and the mountains from the Pop-Up Neighborhood cartridge.  The sentiment is from My Creative Time's Wow! So Many Candles!

Guest Designing at BBTB2!

Today I'm guest designing at Bitten By the Bug 2!  They have a new challenge beginning today to make a project using a ladybug from any Cricut cartridge!

I thought it would be fun to make a little box of 3 x 3 notecards.  I found an adorable pizza box on the Cricut Tags, Bags, Boxes & More 2 cartridge and cut it at 5.5".  To decorate it, I used my Elegant Edges cartridge to add a couple of layers.  I adjusted the sizes of them on my Gypsy to 3.25" x 3.33" for the black layer and 2.93" x 3" for the patterned paper layer (from the Simple Stories I {HEART} SUMMER collection).  The sweet little ladybug, from Just Because Cards, is cut at 6.25".  I then added a little brad from I {HEART} SUMMER and a sentiment from My Creative Time's Chunky Jar Accessories, stamped on a die from MCT's Chocolate Greetings.

Inside the box are several little 3 x 3 notecards and envelopes.  I used more of the paper from I {HEART} SUMMER and did a little machine stitching to make a border.  Then I added the same ladybug that is on the outside of the box, but this time it was cut at 5.75".

Each little notecard has a different sentiment from MCT's Small Talk stamp set.  This will be a fun little end of the school year gift for one of my coworkers.

Be sure to head on over to Bitten by the Bug 2 to join in the fun!

Products used for this project:

Cricut Tags Bags Boxes and More 2 Cricut Just Because Cards Cricut Elegant Edges American Crafts Black Cardstock PTI Pure Poppy Cardstock Simple Stories I {HEART} SUMMER 6x6 MCT Chocolate Greetings MCT Chunky Jar Accessories MCT Small Talk Memento Tuxedo Black Ink Simple Stories I {HEART} SUMMER Brads Brother CS6000i Sewing Machine

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Watermelon Thank You

A sweet little girl in my class brought me a different kind of fruit every day last week for Teacher Appreciation Week!  I loved it! On Friday she brought me a whole watermelon, so I just had to include a "slice" on her thank you card.

For my background, I embossed hexagons using my Papertrey Ink Hexagon Cover Plate.  These cover plates are really fun because you can use them to die cut or emboss.  Since I chose to emboss it this time, I just stamped on some of the hexagon designs from the coordinating Happy Hexagons stamp set. 

This cute slice of watermelon was cut at 5" with the Cricut Just Because Cards cartridge.  See that strip of green chevrons running behind it?  I cut that from a piece of patterned paper in Echo Park's A Perfect Summer 6 x 6 paper pad.  You can pick up that cute pack at Liz's Paper Loft Boutique.

For my sentiment, I die cut banners with My Creative Time's Vintage Stitched Label Dies and stamped sentiments from MCT's So Grateful for You stamp set.  Perfect for the sweet little girl who will receive this!

Products used on this card:

Cricut Just Because Cards PTI Sweet Blush Cardstock PTI Stamper's Select White Cardstock PTI Pinefeather Cardstock PTI True Black Cardstock PTI Spring Moss Cardstock PTI Distressed Dots Patterned Paper Echo Park A Perfect Summer MCT Vintage Stitched Label Dies PTI Cover Plate: Hexagon Die PTI Happy Hexagons MCT So Grateful for You Stamp Set PTI Sweet Blush Ink PTI Spring Moss Ink PTI Pure Poppy Ink PTI True Black Ink

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Enjoy the Simple Things!

When I was making my circle swing cards last week, I was left with this half circle of green patterened paper.  It reminded me of a hill, so the idea for this card came to mind.  It's an A2 size card, and I used the Imagine Best Friends cartridge to make the cloud patterned paper.

This adorable tree with swing is from the Cricut Just Because Cards cartridge.  It's cut at 8" (not real size of course).  I ran the green layer through my Cuttlebug with the Polka Dots embossing folder.

I thought that this sentiment from My Creative Time's This & That stamp set was just perfect for a tree with a swing!

Products used on this card:

Cricut Imagine Cricut Imagine Best Friends Cricut Just Because Cards PTI Rustic Cream Cardstock PTI Pure Poppy Cardstock PTI Dark Chocolate Cardstock PTI Ripe Avocado Cardstock PTI 2008 Bitty Box Basics Cuttlebug Polka Dots Embossing Folder MCT This & That PTI True Black Ink Tim Holtz Vintage Photo Distress Ink

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