Valentines project: Give a hoot cartridge

Hey all!

Today I have a darling little Valentines card for you. I made this card for Northridge Publishing's weekly card challenge and I used the hedgehog image from Give a Hoot. I love all the animals on this cartridge. First, I designed the background with the shadows and sentiment using Silhouette's free software and printed it out on my printer. Next, I printed and cut the layers for the hedgehogs and assembled them using 3d tape to make them more dimensional. Finally, I attached them to the card, added a glittered heart and a bow and voila! super cute, easy Valentines card.



~Here's to the creative journey

Cricut cartridge Art Nouveau #6

Snow Day!

Today was the first snow of the year and also the first snow that my husband and I have had since we got married. It was perfect because we were planning on taking down our Christmas tree today but being able to sit with the christmas lights on and snow falling softly outside was so magical. Our tree is a little trooper, we cut it down ourselves right after Thanksgiving and its still drinking water. I asked my husband to help me start taking it down and he gave me his best little boy puppy dog face and said "we can't throw it out when its still alive!" Oh well, I guess it will be here for another week.

The card I made for today is for my Mom. When I saw the calla lily image on the Art Nouveau cartridge, I was really excited because calla lilies are one of my mom's favorite flowers. My mom also likes simple, beautiful cards so I kept this one as simple as possible. The pieces were all printed and cut with my Imagine and then I painted on some iridescent medium onto the top flower layer and touched it all up with copics. The background was embossed with a Cuttlebug folder and the ribbon is Midori dupioni silk ribbon. I love, love, love this ribbon. It forms beautifully, although it is on the pricey side so I try to save it for my most special cards. Enjoy!





~Here's to the creative journey

Cricut cartridge Art Nouveau: #5

Hey all!

Here is another card using the fabulous Art Nouveau cartridge. Something I love about this cartridge is that the images are so beautiful and complex that you don't really need much else on the card to make it look fabulous. Here I just printed and cut the layers, added a few details with copics and glitter and then just added three strips of Tim Holtz tissue tape and a sentiment and called it good!




~Here's to the creative journey

Art Nouveau: #4

Hey All!

Well, I have some sad news, my Cricut Imagine stopped working and after talking to some very friendly and helpful customer service people, the diagnosis was that they need to replace my machine. Although I'm very happy that they are providing this service, I am sad that I will be without my Imagine for a few weeks. Luckily, I have a bunch of completed projects to share with you over the next few weeks until I get my new Imagine. Here is a notebook I made using one of the beautiful face images. I just took some kraft cardstock, cut and scored it to fit the little notepad and inked the edges with some Ranger distress ink. The patterned paper is K&Company.



Inside, I just attached a little notepad I got out of the Joann's dollar bin.


I wasn't quite satisfied with the cutout face so after printing and cutting out all the pieces on the Imagine, I trimmed the nose and neck a bit and added my own face with pen and shaded it with copics. The hair and flower were also shaded with copics and then I cut out a vellum circle to mount behind it for added stability. The lettering was cut with vinyl using the font on the cartridge. I painted her earring with copper metallic paint and added some rhinestones for a bit of sparkle. The accent on the flower was from Recollections.

~Here's to the creative journey