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Thursday, April 30, 2015

Pooh Card

Created this Pooh card using Cricut cartridge Pooh & Friends. The card can 'bee' used for a child or Mother's Day or other person/occasion.

Stamped sentiment. Added ribbon. Added metal brad heart.







Supplies List 


brad: white metal heart
Cricut cartridge:  Pooh  & Friends 3 1/2" Pooh1
ink:   VersaFine Onyx Black
machine:  Cricut Explore Air
paper: scrap piece of Authentique Honeycomb scrapbook 
   cardstock - Echo Park Bee's Knees  black, red, yellow
ribbon: Celebrate It Basic Narrows
Spellbinder: Shape Hexagons
stamp:  Inky Antics Swirly Bees - sentiment 
tool: MISTI
wobble: on back of Pooh


Entering this into the following challenges:  

4/30 Crafty Hazelnuts Patterned Paper April 2015 Ch UE 4/1

5/2 Pile It On #66 Same Pattern different ways UE 4/26 Hexagon used for layer & for sentiment tag

5/3 Die Cuttin Divas Ch#213 Kid Theme in honor of Cartoonist Day May 5 3E(#1) 4/28
5/3 Simon Says Stamp Mon Ch: Anything Goes   5E(#5) 4/27

5/4 Loves Rubber Stamps Ch#149 Use at least 2 Dies UE 4/28 2 Dies - Cricut & Spellbinder

5/5 C.R.A.F.T. Ch 309 Add a Charm/Use Metal 5E(#1) 4/30
5/5 Simon Says Stamp Wed  Anything Goes  5E(#3) 4/29

5/6 DL.ART Thankful Thurs Ch#155 Mother's Day/TY 5E(#4) no stack 4/23

5/8 Artistic Inspirations Ch#130 Anything Goes w/ Twist of Ribbon UE 4/29

5/10 Craftin Desert Diva Link It Up & Craft It Up Linky Party Ch#54 Mother's Day UE 4/27
5/10 Fantabulous Cricut Ch#250 Celebrate Mom 3E(#2) 4/27

5/12 Wobble Wed Ch -  Anything Goes 3E(#1) 4/29

5/31 Simon Says Stamp Work It Wed Yellow 3E(#1) 5/1

Wednesday, April 29, 2015

Bday Blackboard Balloons Card

Created this Clean & Simple CAS One Layer Card using Hero Arts Blackboard Birthday stamp. Used pink ink instead of white for a different look on blackboard stamp. Embossed the left side with balloons for more festive card.












Supplies List 


embossing: Darice Balloon emb border
Hero Arts: stamp - Birthday Blackboard
ink: Memento Rose Bud
machine: Sizzix BIGkick <-- Yes I bought  new one to replace my broken handle one
paper:  cardstock - pink
pen: Wink of Stella - clear - on balloons

Entering this into the following challenges:  

4/29 A Blog Named Hero Ch One Layer  5E(#5) combtot5ch 4/20








5/3 Simon Says Stamp Mon Ch: Anything Goes   5E(#4) 4/27

5/5 Simon Says Stamp Wed  Anything Goes  5E(#2) 4/29

5/11 Cuttlebug Mania Ch - We love to stamp 3E(#2) 4/28 

Oh, Snap Camera CAS One Layer Card

Hubby & I rocked out at a Doobie Bros concert on Sat, April 25, that I had won tickets to from a radio station. There were 2 warm-up bands: Matthew Curry & Don Felder, formerly of the Eagles, with his band. Was pleasantly surprised to see & hear Don Felder since I'm a big fan of the Eagles music. Doobie Bros performed favs: Blackwater, China Grove, and much more. See my photos below of the concert taken with a new Canon SX520HS small camera with a wonderful zoom on it that I bought with some Amazon gift cards I had won & one I rcvd as a Christmas gift.

Created this Clean & Simple CAS One Layer Card using Hero Arts Camera stamps. Embossed the top part for more added camera effect. Attached Tim Holtz film ribbon with TH stapler.


























Matthew Curry & his band













Don Felder, formerly of the Eagles, and his band


















































Doobie Bros.























































Supplies List 


embossing: Darice In Film emb folder
Hero Arts: stamp - DI067 Camera
ink: VersaFine Onyx Black
machine: Sizzix BIGkick <-- Yes I bought  new one to replace my broken handle one
paper:  cardstock - white
pen: Wink of Stella -clear - on camera
punch: Fiskars corner rounder
Tim Holtz: camera film ribbon  stapler
tool: MISTI - for stamping

Entering this into the following challenges:  

4/29 A Blog Named Hero Ch One Layer  5E(#4) combtot5ch 4/20







4/30 DL.ART Apr Linky Ch 1Eperday/no stack 4/1  

5/3 Simon Says Stamp Mon Ch: Anything Goes   5E(#3) 4/27

5/5 Simon Says Stamp Wed  Anything Goes  5E(#1) 4/29

5/11 Cuttlebug Mania Ch - We love to stamp 3E(#1) 4/28 

Tuesday, April 28, 2015

Mother's Day Roses Card

Spent most of Mon 4/26 morn trying to figure out why my Cricut Explore Air would not cut. It would start some time and then stop and then it would not start at all and give me errors. It indicated to retry which I did and then it indicated to call customer service if problem continued. I phoned Cricut and was on hold and then disconnected. Phoned again and was on hold for long time & finally I hung up. I tried cutting using the USB and that worked so I determined the problem was either with the wireless bluetooth and/or the Cricut plugin that I had loaded recently when I was told to update and load the new plugin. I read a bunch of different things online and discovered that the plugin had to be 'activated always' and I had it as 'ask to activate.' It was not asking me to activate and not sure why. I have other programs on my pc and I have those set to ask me if it is ok to run as in 'ask to activate' and  they work fine. So, I changed the Cricut plugin to 'always activate' and the bluetooth was able to cut.

Created this Mother's Day card with inspiration from Mary of Cardz TV. You can click here to see Mary's card.

Used a Hero Arts stamp for sentiment. Instead of using foam tape I used a piece of self-adhesive foam cut to be just slightly smaller than the red layer placed between the base & red layer. Added ribbon & bow. Used Wink of Stella clear on the Roses.




















Supplies List 


Cricut cartridge:  A Child's Year 8" x 5.5" white scallop base  
   Walk In My Garden 2.75" Roses
foam: self-adhesive - between base & red layer
ink: VersaFine Onyx Black
machine:  Cricut Explore Air
paper: cardstock - red, white 
pen: Wink of Stella clear - on Roses
ribbon: ribbon trends gingham black
stamp: Hero Arts CL498 - sentiment

Entering this into the following challenges:  

4/28 C.R.A.F.T. Ch 308 Make Your Own Embellishment 5E(#2) 4/23  made bow


4/30 DL.ART Apr Linky Ch 1Eperday/no stack 4/1 

5/3 Simon Says Stamp Mon Ch: Anything Goes   5E(#2) 4/27

5/4 Loves Rubber Stamps Ch#149 Use at least 2 Dies UE 4/28  2 Dies - Base of Card, Roses

5/6 DL.ART Thankful Thurs Ch#155 Mother's Day/TY 5E(#3) no stack 4/23
 
5/7 Cardz TV Card Des Ch #8 Mother's Day 3E(#3) 4/24

5/10 Craftin Desert Diva Link It Up & Craft It Up Linky Party Ch#54 Mother's Day UE 4/27
5/10 Fantabulous Cricut Ch#250 Celebrate Mom 3E(#1) 4/27