It's a girl!

I have been itching to put this card on here waiting for the arrival of Freyja Elsie to Catherine, Rob and Max. Catherine works at my favourite local papercraft shop Flutterby Crafts and we can't wait for her to bring Freyja into the shop for cuddle. As you know I love all things pink especially when they come with 10 little toes!

I have used my Cricut to make this card with the New Arrivals and Storybook cartridge. The paper is one of my favourites from Craft Creations (pink gingham) and I am addicted to the Kraft card at the moment.

I am entering this Shaped Baby card into this weeks :-

Caardvarks challenge - New Baby card

Bitten By The Bug2 - New Arrival/Delivery challenge

Thanks for looking.

Birthday Present Shaped Card - Girl

I made this card for Pauline who is a fellow crafting friend whom I met up with last night. We had a great evening together celebrating her birthday with the girlies!

I made the base of this card with Brown Kraft card by Woodware. I am in LOVE with this card but rather disappointed that it only comes in A4 size and not 12" by 12". I cut the present shape in my Cricut Design Studio and layered it with Three Bugs in a Rug paper called Home Grown. I computer generated the greeting using Microsoft Word for the personal touch. The cartridges used were Joys of the Season and Plantin Schoolbook. I decorated the present with this gorgeous pink ribbon which I am also in LOVE with and need more! I added a pink button on top of the flower cut out on my Cricut, a slither of the Brown Kraft card though the button hole, some pearls and detail with my white pen.

This was so fun to make and can easily be repeated in different coloured paper for a masculine card.

I have entered this card in the following challenges:-

craftycatzweeklychallenge - A Birthday Card

papertake weekly - Pretty Pink

SSDSchallenge - Girly

Shaped Handbag Card

I had a request from a friend last week to make a handbag shaped card for a birthday girl celebrating her 21st birthday. I was told her favourite colour was purple and something girly but not too fussy. She didn't want me to make the 21 a feature of the card so I computer generated the wording instead. I used my Cricut Design Studio to play around with some cuts to try and make a trendier bag.

I was so itching to put a ribbon on it but I hope she likes it as it is.

I have entered this card in the Cupcake Craft challenge this week.

'D' for Doreen

This is a special card for my friend Doreen, it's her birthday tomorrow! She was the first person to get me into card making!! She came to my house a few years ago to show my children how to do Iris folding, which they loved.

We both love using our Cricut machines and always exchange cards whenever there is an excuse! She very kindly lets me borrow her many cartridges for me to play with which I am so grateful for.

For this card I used my CDS to weld the letter 'D' to a rectangle, stamped and coloured my Hero Art cake stamps, added a few pearls and layered all onto some 3 Bugs in a Rug paper.

I haven't made a card for ages as life is fairly busy but I hope you like it and thanks for looking.

Happy Birthday Doreen.....may your birthday be sprinkled with fun! (stamped words inside).

Out in the garden

As you will have guessed by now my favourite craft tool is my Cricut so I have been looking a the BBTB challenges. This week we were asked to create a project using the Owl cut from the Wild Card cartridge. This is the first time I have used this cartridge and is was quick and easy to do. I used my left over Tapestry Broderie cardstock, some paper flowers which were perfect for the eyes of the owl. I added a bit of girliness by using the ribbon, button and tie to finish her off.

My gorgeous husband bought me a digital camera for my birthday because he was sick and tired of me borrowing his. You know what men are like when us women want to use their tools.....they don't like it one bit!!!! So, today I thought why not take my owl into the garden and try to take a photograph. The sun shone down in Newbury and click.....it worked. Hope you like her!

I have also entered this card in the Secret Crafter challange and they want to see anything with wings on our projects.

It's a boy!

I have entered this card into the C.R.A.F.T. Challenge #14 which want us to use any type of embossing on a card. I have also just realised that I can enter it in to Cute Card Thursday challenge #75 New Beginnings, such as ...new baby, new home, new car, new job...whatever new beginning.

I have made this baby boy card with it's cute feet cut out on my Cricut to enter into both challenges. The lovely checked blue paper is by Craft Creations and is available where I buy all of my papers and card at Flutterby Crafts. I used my all time favourite Cuttlebug Swiss Dots folder for the background and used Stickles on each of the dots...phew! It does not show up well in the photo but it gives the background a stardust bling effect. I have used my circle nestabilities and computer generated the words.

Now I am in the process of making a pink one!

Apple for the teacher!

I have entered this card for the BBTB challenge this week and the ABC challenge. For the BBTB challenge we needed to create a project with a school theme using at least 1 cut from ANY of the cricut cartridges. I cut out a shaped card using the apple from Plantin Schoolbook. I must admit I love this cut and have used the words on the card before for another school project. With the children on school holidays I am spending very little time crafting but having great fun entertaining them through their summer break.

I used the 3 Bugs in a Rug paper called Home Grown and some ribbon from my stash. I coloured the pearls with my Copics and the card behind the greeting which was computer generated to match the ribbon!

The ABC challenge this week is the letter B is for Buttons so for the 1st time I have combined 2 challenges........I am a slow learner!

Love!

I have made this card for the BBTB challenge which wanted us to use the square scalloped tag from the Cricut Celebrations cartridge. I thought I would give it ago because I just so enjoy using my Cricut for my cards. I used Tapestry White Broderie card for the base of my scallop which has a gorgeous luxurious texture to it. The card is available from Flutterby Crafts and comes in White, Blue, Cream and Black and is so scrumptious I just love it!! I then cut out a smaller square scallop in gold card. The letters and heart were cut again with the Tapestry Broderie card which may not show too well on the photograph. However, if you click on the photograph you can see the details of the Tapestry Broderie. I finally added some bling, flowers and some leaves. I hope it is worthy of the challenge.

Pink and green - Yummy!

Well I am really happy today. My 11 yr old boy who is not at all interested in my card making said this morning "Mummy that is the best card you have ever made, I even like it!!!" Well, I nearly fainted. Perhaps, it is the fact that the card is food orientated and yummy that caught his attention.....who knows, but it was one of those lovely moments.

I have entered this card into the CRAFT challenge #10 this week and they wanted something pink and green. Also, I have been very brave and entered my card into the Bitten by the Bug challenge which wanted the word yummy somewhere on the card. So I thought why not, go for it and enter 2 challenges in one go. I cut the melon on my Cricut with my CDS to weld the melon together to make the shaped card out of the Stretch Your Imagination cartridge. Those of you who know me know that I love my Cricut to make shaped cards and anything pink (hence my blog name). The pink and white spotted card stock is from my favourite shop Flutterby Crafts and is by 3 Bugs in a Rug. I used some glitter card and ribbon from my stash. I then took a punch to take the nibble out of the melon and added the Kaiser pearls. Finally I computer generated the greeting. Hope you like it as much as my 11yr old son!

Wedding Card

A friend asked me to make a Wedding Card last weekend and this is what I came up with. I used my Cuttlebug for the background, die cut a scalloped square and cut the heart with my Cricut. The heart is from my Wedding Solutions cartridge and is my favorite so you will see it popping up on several of my cards! This was layered on Bazzill Bling cardstock and the wording was computer generated. Oh yes a bit of ribbon and pearl dots for the girlie factor!!!

Quack, quack!!

Here is my entry for the CRAFT Challenge #9 this week. They want to see unusual shaped cards, no squares or rectangles allowed. I love this duck which I cut with my Cricut and CDS. I used the Craft Creations gingham paper and added a few embellishments to finish Ducky off! All I need is an excuse to send it to a young baby!!

Birthday card

I have entered this card into this weeks CRAFT Challenge #8 which is to create an age related card. I made this earlier in the week for a friends 60th birthday. I used my Cricut and Cricut Design Studio to cut out the numbers, then my Cuttlebug for the butterflies. She said that she really liked it and that it was so different from her shop bought cards of which several were duplicates!! The paper used was from the Tilda Paper Stack which has gorgeous double-sided papers. I have been so scared to use the papers as they are so delicious but now I am on a roll!

Teacher Gift

I enjoyed making this little book which I will give to my youngest child's teacher as a small gift.....hope she likes. Not sure who created the saying, just googled teacher sayings!!! Hope it's not too corny! Although the photo does not show it I used the reverse of this 3 Bugs in a Rug paper which has butterflies on it for backing the inside front and back cover.

Teacher Gift

I enjoyed making this little book which I will give to my youngest childs teacher as a small gift.....hope she likes. Not sure who created the saying, just googled teacher sayings!!! Hope it's not too corny! Although the photo does not show it I used the reverse of this 3 Bugs in a Rug paper which has butterflies on it for backing the inside front and back cover.