Mother's Day Card and Give-Away Winner

Thought I would enter this card into the Cricut Cartridge Chaos Challenge at More Than Favors.

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

Materials:

Cardstock: White, Pink, Green, Black and Patterned Paper

Cricut Solutions Cartridge Indie Art Button 24, (Base, Shift and Shadow)

Ruby and Fresh Green Pigment Inks

Mounting Tape

Computer Sentiment

I showed this card to my three sons. My oldest son said, "I really like this!" My middle son said, "I'll buy it from you. Then I can give it to you for Mother's Day." (and then he laughed). My youngest said, "Mom, these (your cards) are so nice. I wish I could make them to give to you". I think that those are the nicest comments a mother could get.

And now...for the winner of the Give-Away from the Fantabulous Cricut Crawl...

Using the Random Number Generator: (1 - 73) 

                 

          #42   Tanya said...

                      Cute project!! New follower:)

                      scrappylandusa.blogspot.com

Congratulations! Please email me (ddepre10@gmail.com) with your address so I can send you your goodies.  Thanks. You have until Sunday to contact me.

Hoping that you have a wonderful rest of the day... leave me a comment (I love hearing from you).

...imagine what you could do.....

Do The Bunny Hop

This week's Fantabulous Cricut Challenge is "Do The Bunny Hop" (Use a bunny or chick on your project).
Since Easter is just around the corner (on Sunday), I thought this would be a cute card:

Can't you just eat that chocolate bunny up? I sure could!!!! I just LOVE chocolate......lol (Bet you do too!)

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

Materials:
Cardstock: White, Yellow, Yellow, Purple, Green, Brown, Blue, Pink and Three Different Patterned Papers (The Two  Large Eggs and Background)
Cricut Cartridge Simply Charmed Bunny page 34 (Base) (I hid all the dotted lines with Design Studio)
Cricut Cartridge A Child's Year Easter 2 (Eggs) page 33 (Icon shift)
Inkssentials Glossy Accents
Fiskars Texture Plate Woodgrain
Ribbon
Mounting Tape
Computer Sentiment

Although my boys are grown, I still have an Easter Egg hunt every year. Don't let them tell you that they don't enjoy it...lol. If the weather is nice, I hide the eggs (plastic) outside; otherwise, it's in the house. I started making a map where I hide the eggs because it never fails, one egg ALWAYS escapes us. So I have to get the map out to find it...lol. (Before the map, we could spend days looking for it...hahaha) When all the eggs are found, they open their eggs and find the papers with money amounts on them and maybe a candy or two. Finally, they count up the amounts to see who wins. Part of their Easter present is to get the money they won...along with an Easter Basket with some candy. I think I have as much fun, if not more, than they do!

Do you have any traditions that you do? Leave me a comment, I would love to hear about it.

Thanks for stopping by...don't forget I'll be posting the winner tomorrow from my Fantabulous Cricut Crawl Give-away! Check back and see if you have won.

Til tomorrow...
imagine what you could do......

Garden, Tulips and Veggie Tales

Between the rain and the wind this week, not a whole lot got done outside. However, I was able to get the garden cleaned out and the "cold" plants planted before the skies opened up.

This is Romaine lettuce...

spinach...

onions that were from last year's garden...

and also some left-over carrots.

I also planted some radish seeds.

Although my floral gardens are not ready yet, I have a few tulips that are blooming right now...

Aren't they pretty?

I also made a birthday card with a "Veggie Tales" theme for my friend's grandson.

 I designed it with the basics of Cricut Cartridge Freshly Picked. (sorry, no details)

Don't forget you have until midnight (EST) tonight to get into the give-away from the Fantabulous Cricut Crawl last Monday. (Click here).

Thanks for stopping by....leave a message and let me know what you think....

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Easter Treat Boxes

First, don't forget about my Give-away from the Fantabulous Cricut Crawl last Monday (click here).

Here are the treat boxes...

and a little closer...

Now I wish I could take credit for these ideas but I actually saw a version of them on two different blogs...the Chicks are from The Bug Bytes and the Carrots are from Small Bits of Paper. I made the Bunnies myself. I would like to thank you Ladies for your inspiration.

I actually made 6 Chicks, 6 Bunnies and 15 Carrots (5 each in 3 different papers). I plan on filling them with Chocolate Kisses in the Chicks and Bunnies and Jellybeans or M&M's in the Carrots. (I just have to  get to the store and buy the candy).

Finished Chick and Bunny Boxes: 2 1/4" x 3 3/4" x 3/4"

Materials:
Cardstock: Patterned Paper, Cream, 2 Shades of Brown, Light Green, Purple, Yellow/Orange and Yellow.
Cricut Cartridge Wrap It Up Diploma (box) page 47, (Box)
Cricut Cartridge Simply Charmed Bunny page 34, (Base), Chick Egg page 35, (Shift Base, Layer 2 Shift, Layer 3 Shift and Layer 4 Shift)
Cricut Design Studio
Googly Eyes
Pink Pom Poms (for Bunny Noses)
Embroidery Floss (For Bunny Whiskers)
Green, Pink, 2 Shades of Purple, Blue and Maroon Ribbon
Pink Chalk (for Cheeks, Ears and Feet)
Black Le Plume II Pen (Thin) (for Bunny Mouths)

I used 4 Screens in Design Studio: (12" x 12" mat)
First Screen...To lay out 4 Boxes. Cut them out 3 times with 3 different Patterned Papers.
Second Screen...6 Bunnies (3 1/2") (3 on one 6"x 6"side and 3 on another. Use "Hide Selected Contour" for all the inside lines in the Bunnies. Cut them out in Cream, Light Brown and Dark Brown. (I cut them out in Green, which I didn't use.) I also have one extra Bunny in the other colors for another project).
Third Screen... 6 Shift Base Chicks (3 1/4") and 6 Layer 2 Shift (bottom layer of egg). (3 Chick Eggs on each of the top 6" x 6" squares and 3 bottom layer eggs each on the bottom 6" x 6" squares of the mat. Cut Chick Eggs in Yellow and the bottom layer eggs in Green and Purple)
Fourth Screen... 6 Layer 4 Shift (top layer of egg) and  6 Layer 3 Shift (Beaks) on another screen (2 eggs each on 3 of the 6"x 6" squares and the beaks on the last 6" x 6" square of the mat.

Finished Carrot Boxes: 1 3/4" x 2 1/2" x 1 1/8"

Materials:
Cardstock: 3 Different Patterned Papers and Clear Craft Plastic
Cricut Cartridge Tags, Bags, Boxes and More Cakebox, page 126 (Window Base)
Cricut Design Studio
Cuttlebug Embossing Folder Swiss Dots (for one carrot box)
Easter Grass

I used Design Studio to lay out 5 boxes on the screen (four in the corners and one in the middle). They were 4 1/2" each.  I cut the Clear Craft Plastic to fit the on the inside of the boxes behind the windows.

 I'm planning on giving them to my family on Easter when they come for dinner. I'm so excited....I can't wait! (I hope they like them as much as I do.)

I hope I inspired you to make these boxes as much as I was inspired when I saw them. Thanks again Ladies.

....imagine what you could do.....

It's A Boy Card

At Scrappy Moms Stamps, the challenge this week was to use the Cricut Cartridge New Arrival. I came up with this card:

The inside is stamped with "Congratulations".

Finished Card: 4" x 9 1/4" (Fits in a business size envelope).

Materials:
Cardstock: Two Shades of Blue, White, Red, Green Yellow and Patterned Paper.
Cricut Cartridge New Arrival Plane page 118, (Base and Shift Base), "It's A Boy" page 90, (Base)
Cricut Design Studio
Cuttlebug Embossing Folder D'Vine Swirls
Inkadinkado Happy Everything Stamps "Congratulations"
Red, Green and Black Pigment Ink
Studio G Clear Stamps
Mounting Tape

Where I work, one of my Assistant Managers is pregnant and she is having a boy in June. I think I may give her this card. It's her first child. Hopefully, she'll like this card.

I used Design Studio to lay out three airplanes and the accessories, so I could cut them in different colors. Clockwise, the colors were: Blue, Red, Green and Yellow. I then played around and changed the colors so I would end up with three different airplanes. This is how I laid out the 12"x 12" mat:

I didn't glue the "extra" "It's a Boy" sentiments on the banner yet, because I thought that I could change it to "Happy Birthday" or "Congratulations" just in case I needed a different type of card. I also glued a piece of scrap cardstock behind the windows.

Hope you have a wonderful rest of the day. I have a friend coming over. I'm not sure what we'll be doing, but it doesn't matter since it's always nice spending time with a friend.

Don't forget about the give-away (click here). I'll be picking a winner on Tuesday the 19th. Good luck!

I would love to hear from you here also. Your comments are always appreciated. Thanks.

Until the next post....imagine what you could do.....

Pretty Princess and 100 Followers

Wow! I can't believe it...over 100 followers. I'm so excited. Thank you so much.

I made this card for the challenge at Two Scraptastic Gals (use Storybook or Wrap It Up cartridges) and Die Cuttin' Diva's (use two different cuts from two different cartridges).

This is the inside:

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

Materials:
Cardstock: White, Three Shades of Pink, Purple and Patterned Paper
Cricut Cartridge Wrap It Up Castle page 24 (Base, Shift Base, Layer and Shift Layer)
Cricut Cartridge Mini Monsters Pretty Princess page 47 (Phrase and Shift Phrase)
Fiskars Clear Stamps Put On Your Party Hat "Happy Birthday"
Glitter
Queen and Co Pearls Orchid
Mounting Tape

I don't normally have a chance to make a "girly" card (I have all sons), so I thought this cut would be fun. And since it is "girly", I had to add the glitter. I think it turned out really pretty.

I also thought I would share this other card that I made...not for any particular reason except to have it in my stash .

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

Materials:
Cardstock: White, Green, Brown, Cream, Pink, Orange/Yellow and Patterned Paper
Cricut Cartridge Sweet Treats Ice Cream 6 page 35, (Base, Base Shift, Layers, Layers Shift and Shadow/Blackout Base)
Sizzix Embossing Folder Plaid
Cuttlebug Embossing Folder D'Vine Swirls
Fiskars Texture Plates Fabric
Queen and Co Pearls Orchid (4)
Inkssentials Glossy Accents
Mounting Tape
Computer Sentiment

Hope you like the cards. Leave me a comment. I would love to hear from you. Thanks.

Also, check out the Fantabulous Cricut Crawl here or just my part here. I have a give-away there. You have until Sunday night the 17th at 11:59 PM to become a follower and leave a comment on that post.  Good luck!

imagine what you could do....

Fantabulous Cricut Crawl Spring Fling and Give-Away!

Hi, my name is Dana and welcome to the fifth Fantabulous Cricut Challenge Blog Crawl Spring Fling! (Their version of a blog hop). You are at "imagine what you could do". If you just happened to find my blog and you would like to play along, please start here at Fantabulous Cricut. Otherwise, if you have come from Barb's at http://bugbites411.blogspot.com/, you are on the right trail.

At Fantabulous Cricut, we are having a Spring Fling! Each Design Team member will feature an original Spring Project that includes Pink, Green and Yellow on it with at least one Cricut cut. Make sure you check out all the member's blogs for inspiration and there will be some Prizes along the way. There will also be a Grand Prize at Fantabulous Cricut Challenge Blog for someone that submits a Spring Fling Project!

Here is the complete list of blogs, in case you get lost along the way...

1.   Amy http://lv2scrapandfibrofacts.blogspot.com/
2.   Audrey http://www.paperartbyaudrey.com/
3.   Barb http://bugbites411.blogspot.com/
4.   Dana http://iwycd.blogspot.com/ (THAT'S ME!)
5.   Evanna http://evannas-paper-palace.blogspot.com/
6.   Helen http://www.craftingcricutmom.com/
7.   Jenae http://justjenae.blogspot.com/
8.   Jennie http://earthyscrap.blogspot.com/
9.   Kate http://smallbitsofpaper.blogspot.com/
10.  Larelyn http://handmadefromtheheart-designsbylarelyn.blogspot.com/
11. Lisa C. http://lisa-craft-blog.blogspot.com/
12. Lisa N. http://prettypaperprettyribbons.blogspot.com/
13. Maquel http://papermaineiac.blogspot.com/
14. Marlene http://scrappincookie.blogspot.com/
15. Rae http://wahoocrafts.blogspot.com/
16. Robin http://robinscreativecottage.blogspot.com/
17. Sandee http://sandeeallen.blogspot.com/
18. Sarah http://sarahvaitstamps.blogspot.com/
19. Saundra http://luvscrappingtogether.blogspot.com/
20. Tamara http://happylifecraftywife.typepad.com/blog/
21. Tanya http://nonnascraftcorner.blogspot.com/

Now that we have that out of the way, here is my project:
It's a double sided banner AND some boxes to hold some Easter candy or little trinkets.

This side of the banner says "Spring".

This side says "Easter".

Here is a close-up of each side: (It looks much nicer in person!)

This is a closer picture of three of the boxes:

For the Double-sided Banner:

Finished size: 3" tall and 21" long (from each end of the ribbon)

Materials:

Cardstock: Yellow, Pink, Green and Patterned Paper

Cricut Cartridge George and Basic Shapes Oval 1 page 114, (Base Shift)

Cricut Cartridge Opposites Attract "E""A""S""T""E""R""S""P""R""I""N""G" various pages, (Upright Shift)

Cricut Design Studio

Sizzix Embossing Folder Snowcap

Cuttlebug Embossing Folder D'Vine Swirls

Ribbon Hole Punch

Ribbon

I cut the letters out at 1 1/4" in two different colors. I cut out six 3" ovals in Yellow and six in Green. I cut six 2 3/4"ovals in Pink and six in Patterned Paper. I embossed the Patterned Paper ovals with D'vine Swirls and the Pink ovals with Snowcap. Layer and glue the Pink ovals on the large Yellow ones and the Patterned paper ones on the Green ovals. Glue each letter on a different oval, spelling out each word on the two different types of ovals. Lay out the ovals with "Easter" on them. Directly underneath, line up the ovals with "Spring". Now glue the "E" in Easter to the back of the "G" in Spring. Continue with the "A" to the back of the "N", the "S" to the "I", the "T" to the back of the "R", the "E" to the back of the "P" and finally, the "R" to the back of the "S".  Punch ribbon holes in the top of the ovals. Layout the ovals with "Easter" spelled out, then run the ribbon through the holes. Tie loops to each end to hang. Now you should have a two-sided banner.

For all the Boxes:

Finished Size: 3" x 5" x 1"

Materials:

Cardstock: Yellow, Green and Pink.

Cricut Cartridge Wrap It Up Robot (Box) page 40 (Box Base)

Cricut Cartridge Simply Charmed Bunny page 34 (Shadow Box)

Cricut Design Studio

Clear Craft Plastic

For the first box to the left: (Yellow)

Sizzix Embossing Folder Pepperment Twist

Studio G Clear Stamp "Happy Easter"

For the second box: (Green)

Cuttlebug Embossing Folder Bloom Dots

Nicole Stickers # 352 (Easter Eggs)

For the third box: (Pink)

Sizzix Embossing Folder Paisley

Studio G Clear Stamps "Happy Easter"

Scrap of cardstock to fit around the box

For the fourth box: (Yellow) 

Ribbon

For the fifth box: (Green)

Sizzix Embossing Folder Spring Flowers

Sizzix Tim Holtz Alterations Tattered Florals - Smallest Flower

Inside scrap form Marigold cut from Cricut Cartridge Freshly Picked

Small Gold Brad

For the last box: (Pink)

Ribbon

On Design Studio, weld the bunny from Simply Charmed to the front panel of the box. Cut out. Score the fold lines. Emboss with folder of your choice, if desired. (Note: you will have to do half of the box at a time). Fold and glue box together. Cut a piece of Clear Craft Plastic (2 3/4" x 3"). Glue behind the bunny. This will also make the box sturdier. Decorate the outside as you like.

Now how would you like to win something? WOO HOO! This is what I am offering:

A Cuttlebug Embossing Folder (Stylized Flowers), Queen and Co. Pearls (Grass Green), Queen and Co. Rhinestones (Orchid), Four (4) sets of Studio G Clear Stamps and a sheet of Nicole Stickers (Easter Eggs). 

In order to be eligible to win, you need to be a follower of my blog, leave a comment on THIS post by 11:59 pm EST April 17th AND leave me a way that I may contact you. I will pick a winner on Tuesday April 19th.  Good luck!

It's your turn now. Show us your Spring Fling Project. Link it to Fantabulous Cricut Crawl (here). Don't forget to use Pink, Yellow and Green and at least one Cricut cut on your project. Have fun!

Now go to the next stop on the crawl which is Evanna at http://evannas-paper-palace.blogspot.com/. Enjoy the rest of the Crawl and don't forget to play along!!!

Thanks for stopping by...

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