Wedding Wishes

This week at Fantabulous Cricut the challenge was "Wedding Wishes" (to make a project with the color white and a bell on it). I made a card:

I feel as though the photo does not do justice to the card ( I guess because of the white on white). There is glitter on the bell and the word "love".  The vellum is in the opening behind the bell. You could actually use this as a wedding or an anniversary card.

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

Materials:
Cardstock: White and Vellum (Behind the Bell)
Cricut Cartridge Stretch Your Imagination Bell, page 72 (Base and Base Card)
Cricut Cartridge Opposites Attract "love" page 125, (Base)
Cricut Design Studio
Sizzix Frame, Rectangle
Cuttlebug Embossing Folder Swiss Dots
White Glitter (on bell and "love")
Queen and Co Pearls, Pearl 4 Large, 4 Medium and 5 Small
White Ribbon
Mounting Tape

To keep you updated, work is still pretty busy...although I think that will be ending by the end of the month. We painted the one bedroom on Saturday, so the bedroom switch is moving along...thank goodness. I can't wait to get my house back in order. Maybe then I can start on cleaning up my craft area? hahaha (That would take a miracle!)

I harvested some vegetables this past week...lettuce, radishes, onions, and string beans...yum! I have some green tomatoes on the vine and a few hot peppers. Still have to get some flowers planted.

Please leave a comment...I love hearing from you. Have a great rest of the day/week.

imagine what you could do...

Hello***Stars***

Thought I would combine two challenges...Die Cuttin' Diva's Challenge #3 I'm Seeing Stars! and The Paper Variety Sketch Challenge.

This is the sketch:
Finished Card: 4 1/4" x 5 1/2"

Materials:
Cardstock: White, Yellow, Purple and Patterned Paper
Cricut Cartridge Stand And Salute Star page 32 (Base Blackout), Square Star page 33 (Base)
Cricut Cartridge Opposites Attract "h" "e" "l" "l" "o" (Base Opposite)
Two Small Gold Round Brads
One Gold Star Brad
Two Purple Rhinestones, One Yellow Rhinestone
White and Purple Pigment Ink (for stars and top of letters)
Mounting Tape

Basically, I was inspired by the star patterned paper. Thought it was festive....Hope you think so too.

As you can see, I changed the background for my blog...thought it would be fun to celebrate the "holidays"...This is for St Patrick's Day...Leave a comment and tell me your thoughts. Thanks.
Only 16 more followers to hit my big 5-0. Hope to make it there soon.

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

Papercraft Star Challenge # 27 New Year's Resolution Project

This is my first Papercraft Star Challenge for 2011. Here are the directions:
Make a card, layout, altered item, gift or home decor project using one of your New Year's Resolutions as your inspiration. Be sure to include the New Year's Resolution as part of your project description on your blog!

My resolution: To try new products and techniques that I am not familiar with in my crafting.

In some of the supplies my friend gave me the other day were some products that I have never used. So, I thought this would be a perfect time to try one of them. This is the card that I made:

and the inside:

Finished card: 4 1/2" x 5 1/2".

Materials:
Cardstock: White, Pink and Teal
Cuttlebug Embossing Folder Tinkerbell
Lumin Arte Twinkling H2O's Moss Agate, Mediterranean Blue, Lemongrass and Deep Coral
Martha Stewart Glitter Aquamarine Crystal
Doodlebug Design Crushed Velvet Flock Yellow
Cri-Kits Metallic Teal
Cricut Cartridge Opposites Attract
Cricut Design Studio
Two (2) Pom Poms
ColorBox Petal Point Pigment Option Pad Mist Medium Teal

I have never used the Twinkling H2O's. They are shimmering watercolors. I like the effect that they have, although I think I need to practice with them a little more (but I don't think I did too bad for the first time).
I don't see myself using them all the time, but I can see using them for certain effects. What do you think?  Have you ever used the H2O's? Leave me a comment. I would love to hear from you. Thanks.

I tried to go outside my comfort zone...you should too...imagine what you could do......