All You Need is LOVE

There is a theme challenge at The Paper Players called "All You Need is LOVE".

While I was talking to my son, he asked me if he could pick another number to coordinate with my Cricut cartridges (like he did for the challenges I posted yesterday, Sunday the 8th). So, I said sure...Well, the cartridge that came up was "From My Kitchen"...not exactly the easiest cartridge. Then looking through the book, I found it...the perfect image...what do you think?

Finished Card: 4 1/4" x 5 1/2"

Materials:
Cardstock: White, Two Shades of Green and Patterned Paper
Cricut Cartridge From My Kitchen Fruit, page 71 (Base)
Cricut Design Studio
CardzTV with Mary Clear Stamps, Ticket Talk "I Love You"
Computer Sentiment "We Make a Great Pear!"
Two Different Ribbons
LaPlume Marker Brown and Green
Brown Pigment Ink
Mounting Tape

I used Design Studio to hide the other fruit and cut the pear twice in two different shades of green. I shadowed the pear with the brown pigment ink. I used the brown marker to color the stem and the green marker to line the leaf.

I think you could use this for a variety of reasons...Valentine's Day, Anniversary or even a Birthday or Get Well Card.

I am having so much fun adding the extra challenge to these challenges. You should try it. I even had a suggestion to try using a certain page number. Now that might be really hard...maybe I'll see if I'm up to it....lol.

Let me know what you think...

imagine what you could do...

Cupcake From My Kitchen

Quick post...There is a challenge at at Two Scraptastic Gals/More Than Favors (click here) to use From My Kitchen Cricut Cartridge. I think this is a great cut of a cupcake:

Finished Card: 4 1/4" x 5 1/2'

Materials:
Cardstock: Blue, Light Blue, Brown, Tan, Red, Black, Green and Patterned Cardstock
Cricut Cartridge From My Kitchen Cupcake page 61, (Base, Base Shift, Layers Base, Layers Shift and Shadow/Blackout Base)
Cuttlebug Embossing Borders Pop Culture (Diamond Border)
Computer Sentiment
Large Red Button

I cut off the leaf portion of the cherry on the base cut and the shadow. On the inside, I mimicked the black and green boxes with "Enjoy".

Hope you like the card and maybe you will think about using this cupcake...imagine what you could do....

Easter Basket

I made this card a while ago but never posted it, so I thought it would work for the challenge at Die Cuttin' Diva's Hippity Hoppity Challenge #8 (...love to see eggs, bunnies, chicks, crosses, baskets...).

Finished Card: 4 1/4" x 5 1/2"

Materials:
Cardstock: Yellow, Two Shades of Green, White, Two Shades of Brown and Two Different Patterned Papers.
Cricut Cartridge Everyday Paper Dolls Outdoor (Basket) page 40 (Accessories Base)
Cricut Cartridge From My Kitchen Eggs page 66 (Shadow/Blackout Base)
Cricut Cartridge Mickey and Friends Sun (Grass) page 127 (Layers: Shoes/Ribbon/Hat Base and Shift)
Fiskars Rope Border Punch
Cuttlebug Embossing Folder D'Vine Swirls (Grass)
Cuttlebug Embossing Folder Swiss Dots
Inkssentials Glossy Accents (On eggs)
EK Success Small Ant Punch (Bunny in basket)
Fiskars Paper Edges (Scissors) 
Ribbon
Brown Marking Pen (Stitches on Basket)
Mounting Tape
Computer Sentiment

I wanted to put a small bunny in the basket, but didn't have one. I saw the ant punch, then thought if I cut off the middle legs, it would look like a bunny...and it worked! Sometimes you just have to think outside of the box! I really like the way this card came out.

Hope you like it too...I would love to hear your comments and/or become a follower. Thanks.

...imagine what you could do...

Cheers.....

Third post for today.....I made this card for two challenges...Two Scraptastic Gals...Cricut Cartridge Chaos Challenge - Nifty Fifties (Use the Nifty Fifties Cartridge) and CropStop Challenge #5 - Sketch. I don't own the Nifty Fifties Cartridge, so I went on Design Studio just to see some images from that cartridge. I thought this Martini drink (From My Kitchen Cartridge) would work, in addition to the pink and black colors which reminds me of the Fifties. This is the sketch for CropStop:

Finished Card: 4 1/4" x 5 1/2"

Materials:
Cardstock: White, Black, Pink, Green, Red, Blue, Clear Vellum, Clear Craft Plastic and Patterned Paper
Cricut Cartridge From My Kitchen Martini page 60 (Base Shift, Layers and Layers Shift)
Cricut Cartridge Simply Charmed "Cheers" page 70 (Base Word)
Clear Glitter
Mounting Tape

The "pimento" in the olive is just from a hole punch and the toothpick is a sliver cut of blue paper. I used the vellum for the liquid part of the drink and the clear craft plastic for the glass (It may be difficult to see these in the photo).

Hope you like my card. Leave me a comment (I always love to read them) and become a follower...(only 19 to go for 50 followers and a give-away).....thanks...just think, I created this card while watching (and yes, I was watching) the Super Bowl...so just imagine what you could do....

Invitations for a Cookie Exchange

 

I'm going to host a cookie exchange and here are my invitations. This is a close-up of one invit:

 

I thought they turned out cute.

Finished Size: 4 1/" x 5 1/2"

Materials:
Cardstock: Black, White, Gold, Red and Brown
Patterned Cards
Cricut Cartridge Simply Charmed, Penguin 2 page 66 (Shift Base, Shift Layer 1, Shift Layer 2, Shift Layer 4)
Cricut Cartridge From My Kitchen, Cookie (Gingerbread man) page 65 (Base) (I decorated each Gingerbread man differently with a white gel pen and black marker)
Sizzix Embossing Folder, Snowflakes (I embossed the front half of the card)
Martha Stewart Punch Around the Page Combo Border, Aspen ( I used the snowflakes that are punched out)
Doodlebug Design Inc Crushed Velvet Flock, Red (I flocked the bow ties)
Googly Eyes
The sentiment is printed from my computer.

I did add some charcoal chalk around the outside of the white body to give him a little more dimension and some pink chalk for cheeks after the pictures were taken.  

Last year, we had such a good time. I'm hoping that everyone can come again. I decorated the ceiling with hanging snowflakes. Here is a picture of that:

It really came out very festive looking. I cut out the snowflakes in different colors, then made a slit in the middle halfway up. Next, I took two different colored snowflakes and made a 3D snowflake out of it by sliding the slits together. (one up and one down). It's harder to explain then it is to do it...lol. (I also made the arrangement in the middle of the table...this is only a side view of that).

Here is a close-up of the snowflakes.

I haven't made any decorations for this year yet. Any suggestions? I was thinking ornaments, but I'm not sure. Still have to play around with some ideas.

Although the cookies are good...I think I enjoy the good friends the best. Lots of talking and laughing, oh yes, and eating. What's not to love? I hope I inspired you to decorate or host your own exchange... imagine what you could do