Cricut Magazine Publication

A month has passed, so I can now share the card I had published in the December issue of Cricut Magazine!  Do you ever wake up with a card idea in your head?  Or is that just a sign of my Cricut addiction?  Regardless, that's how I got this idea.  It's an A7 size card, which is a size I like to use when making cuts with lots of details.  I can use my Kreate-a-Lope to make coordinating envelopes that take regular postage.

I printed the cloud background with the Cricut Imagine Best Friends cartridge.  The little houses are cut from the Winter Woodland cartridge at 2 3/4".  I just trimmed off the bottom of each one, leaving me with the rooftops.

This sweet hot air balloon is cut at 2 3/4" from the Everyday Pop-Up Cards cartridge.

Recipe:

Papertrey Ink, Core'dinations, DCWV, & Bazzill Cardstock

sei Patterned Paper

Papertrey Ink "Inside Out:  Holiday" Stamp Set

Papertrey Ink Dark Chocolate Ink

Versamagic Jumbo Java Chalk Ink

MCT 12 Days of Christmas - Day 6

Welcome to the My Creative Time "12 Days of Christmas"!  You are in for a lot of fun for these twelve days - daily projects by Emma and the design team, along with some fabulous prizes celebrating Emma's one year anniversary!  If you arrived here from Jeanne,  then you are headed in the right direction.  If not, please start at Emma's blog here.

Today I have a pretty simple card for you that is flat and easy to mail.  It's an A7 size card, so the base is cut at 10" x 7 1/8", scored at 5".  The brown layer is 4 3/4" x 6 7/8", and the patterned layer is cut at 4 1/2" x 6 5/8".  The beautiful branch is from the Cricut Winter Woodland cartridge, cut at 2 1/2".

The reason I made this card on a larger scale is because of the intricacy of the gorgeous ornaments.  They are from the Christmas Solutions cartridge, which was one of the free downloads to they Gypsy last year.  I cut this red one at 2 1/2", and the purple one is cut at 3".  To attach them to the branch, I used some embroidery floss.

For my sentiment, I die cut a banner from Emma's Build a Banner Kit and stamped it with a sentiment from her All Around Christmas stamp set.

Recipe:

Papertrey Ink Ripe Avocado & Dark Chocolate Cardstock

Close to My Heart "Typeset" Patterned Paper

Core'dinations Textured Cardstock

DCWV "The Metallic Stack"

My Creative Time "Build a Banner Kit"

My Creative Time "All Around Christmas" Stamp Set

Papertrey Ink Dark Chocolate Ink

Tim Holtz Distress Ink

DMC Embroidery Floss

*** 12 Days of Christmas Giveaway Alert ***

To qualify for ALL of the AMAZING giveaways for the 12 days, you must comment on every blog in this hop!  You will have until Tuesday, December 13th @ midnight, to post all of your comments.  Very important:  please leave a way for us to contact you if you are one of the winners!  There are some amazing giveaways for this 12 day event and some surprises to help celebrate My Creative Time's One Year Anniversary!  Yes, Emma released her first set of stamps one year ago!  So make sure you are tuned in, because this is ONE hop that you do NOT want to miss!!!

Your next stop is the ever so talented Leanne.  Here's the full line-up, in case you get lost:

Emma

Cassandra

Cathryn

Cindy

Glora

Jeanne

Katie <-- YOU ARE HERE

Leanne

Linsey

Liz

Nancy

Nikki

Ruthie

Shar

Tracy

Trell

Veronica

MCT 12 Days of Christmas - Day 1

Welcome to the My Creative Time "12 Days of Christmas"!  You are in for a lot of fun for the next twelve days - daily projects by Emma and the design team, along with some fabulous prizes celebrating Emma's one year anniversary!  If you arrived here from Jeanne,  then you are headed in the right direction.  If not, please start at Emma's blog here.

For my project today, I made one of the adorable little houses from the Cricut Sweet Tooth Boxes cartridge.  This could be used to house a cupcake or some treats, but I think it's just going to be some Christmas decor in my house for now!  I began by cutting the pieces at 10", although I did use my Gypsy to hide some of the detail cuts that I knew I didn't want to use (the round window and the flowerpot).  I then stamped the kraft base with my Papertrey Ink Woodgrain background stamp, using cream ink. 

 For the roof, I added icicle borders cut at 4" in width from the Martha Stewart Seasonal Cake Art cartridge.  I also hand cut some snow to go around the base of the house.

I cut the sign post 3 times - once in red and twice in kraft, so that I could trim down the kraft to put on the front and back of the red signpost.  On each of the kraft signs, I inked around the edge with cream ink and then stamped "Merry Christmas" from Emma's All Around Christmas stamp set and the tree from her Anyday Bingo & Crossword stamp set.

The wreaths are cut at 2 1/4" from the Creative Memories Cheerful Seasons cartridge.  I added little bows made with Trendy Twine and popped up the wreaths with dimensionals.  To make the windows, I attached 3" squares of vellum to the inside of the house.

I embossed the front door with the Papertrey Ink Woodgrain Impression Plate before attaching a brad for the doorknob and adhering it down.  The topiaries are cut at 2 1/2" from the Joys of the Season cartridge.

The tree is cut at 3 1/2" from Christmas Cheer and the cute bunny is cut at 1" from Winter Woodland.

Recipe:

Papertrey Ink Kraft, Dark Chocolate, Pure Poppy, Pinefeather, & Vintage Cream Cardstock
Bazzill Basics Paper:  "Diamond"
Papertrey Ink Vellum

Papertrey Ink Woodgrain Impression Plate

Papertrey Ink "Background Basics:  Woodgrain" Stamp Set

My Creative Time "All Around Christmas" & "Anyday Bingo & Crossword" Stamp Sets

Papertrey Ink Vintage Cream, True Black, & New Leaf Ink
Trendy Twine

My Mind's Eye:  Lost & Found Christmas Brad

Imaginisce Glam Rock


*** 12 Days of Christmas Giveaway Alert ***


To qualify for ALL of the AMAZING giveaways for the next 12 days, you must comment on every blog in this hop!  You will have until Tuesday, December 13th @ midnight, to post all of your comments.  Very important:  please leave a way for us to contact you if you are one of the winners!  There are some amazing giveaways for this 12 day event and some surprises to help celebrate My Creative Time's One Year Anniversary!  Yes, Emma released her first set of stamps one year ago!  So make sure you are tuned in, because this is ONE hop that you do NOT want to miss!!!

Your next stop is the ever so talented Leanne.  Here's the full line-up, in case you get lost:

Emma

Cassandra

Cathryn

Cindy

Jeanne

Katie <-- YOU ARE HERE

Leanne

Linsey

Liz

Nancy

Nikki

Rosy

Ruthie

Shar

Tracy

Trell

Veronica

Joy Banner

After making a birthday banner for my niece, I had to do one for my own house! I made this using Birthday Bash for the pennants, cut at 5.25". The medallions are made from scalloped circles from Mini Monograms, cut at real size 3" (see this post for directions on how to make those). "JOY" is cut from Winter Woodland and the stocking is from Christmas Cheer, all at 3". The ice-skate was made with a die from Papertrey Ink. Here are some close-up views:

Recipe:

Papertrey Ink Dark Chocolate and New Leaf Cardstock

sei Christmas Mint Patterned Paper

Bazzill Basics White Textured Cardstock

DCWV Holiday Collection: The Christmas Stack Patterned Paper (thin paper works best for the medallions)

Papertrey Ink New Leaf Top Notch Twill Ribbon

sei Christmas Mint Brad

Papertrey Ink Vintage Buttons

Papertrey Ink On Ice Stamp Set and Die

Papertrey Ink Dark Chocolate and New Leaf Ink

Throwback Thursday Challenge: Christmas Theme

It's time for Emma's Throwback Thursday Challenge over at My Creative Time! This week's challenge is to use the Celebrations cartridge, or another older one if you don't have that one. I don't have Celebrations, but I just got my Gypsy download of the Christmas Solutions cartridge, which is another older one. I just love the swirly cuts on this cartridge! I used the sleigh for my card (cut at 2.5"). The tag and shadow (cut at 3.6") are cut from the Winter Woodland cartridge.

Recipe:

4 1/4" x 11" (scored at 5 1/2") Green Core'dinations Cardstock

4" x 5 1/4" Papertrey Ink Fine Linen Cardstock (stamped with Papertrey Ink "Background Basics: Christmas" in Spring Moss Ink)

Papertrey Ink True Black Cardstock

DCWV The Metallic Stack

DCWV Striped Patterned Paper

Sentiment from Papertrey Ink "Tiny Treats: Christmas", stamped with Ripe Avocado Ink on ticket from ekSuccess Punch

Recollections Brad

My Pink Stamper Design Team Winter Project

Hi, everybody! Today I have a card that I created as a design team project for My Pink Stamper. I tried something new with this one, and I'm really happy with how it turned out. First, I have to tell you that I have absolutely no experience with real sewing (I once had to resort to having one of my third graders sew a button on my coat for me. In my defense, she was taking sewing lessons and offered to do it). However, I really like the look of stitching on cards, so I bought a Janome Sew Mini a few months back. There are some great Youtube videos explaining how to use it on paper specifically, and it's really not too difficult!

This is a 6" square card. The card itself is a 12" x 6" piece of Core'dinations cardstock, scored at 6". I then added a layer of Papertrey Ink Kraft cardstock, cut at 5 3/4" x 5 3/4". The next layer is a 5 1/2" square piece of PTI Dark Chocolate cardstock, and here is where the fun began. I cut 25 one inch squares from AC Patterned Paper and arranged them in an alternating pattern on the Dark Chocolate cardstock. I attached them with just a little adhesive in the center of each square, so as not to get adhesive on the sewing machine needle. I then sewed between each row and column. Before adhering this "quilt" to the Kraft cardstock, I wrapped it in some PTI Rustic Jute Button Twine.

The cute old-fashioned snowmen are from the Winter Woodland Cricut Cartridge, cut at 4" from Core'dinations Cardstock. I also used my ekSuccess ticket punch for the sentiment from My Pink Stamper's Winter Punnies stamp set (click here to see where to get yours). Don't you just love it? It's stamped in PTI Dark Chocolate ink and is topped with a PTI button.

Be sure to check out My Pink Stamper's blog today to see the fabulous projects from the rest of the design team!

Winter Shaped House Card

I made my first video today! I really did NOT find it to be quick and easy. Luckily my awesome son Eric is really into making movies, so he was my editor. :-) I made this shaped card for My Pink Stamper's Winter Challenge. The house is from Winter Woodland, and the sentiment is from My Pink Stamper's Winter Punnies. I'd appreciate any feedback on the video! Thanks!

Here is the final product...

National Scrapbook Day Challenge #12

"Critter-licious"

For this challenge, we have been asked to create a project using an animal or critter. Perfect timing, since, in Eric's scrapbook, I have just reached our trip to Tahoe in December of '98 (yes, I'm that far behind)!

Supplies:

Winter Woodland Cartridge

Cuttlebug "Swiss Dots" and "Bricks" folders

DCWV Holiday Collection: The Christmas Stack

DCWV White Glittered Paper

Papertrey Ink Papers: Ripe Avocado, Dark Chocolate, Vintage Cream, Lemon Tart, Spring Rain, Enchanted Evening, Pure Poppy

National Scrapbook Day Challenge #3

Challenge 3 at My Pink Stamper is "Thinking Outside the Box". We've been asked to do something on a scrapbook page that we wouldn't normally do. I decided to do some sewing on my page. This was not an easy feat, as I just bought a sewing machine last weekend, and this was my second time sewing EVER! After 2 1/2 hours of attempts, this is the result.

"Winter Fun" is cut from the Winter Woodland cartridge. Papers are from Papertrey Ink, DCWV, and Bazzill.