A Princess Birthday

This card was made using the Cricut Imagine. I used the Cricut Happily Ever After cartridge for Cinderella and the trumpet/banner. Everything including Cinderella was printed and cut using the Imagine. The shape behind her is one of the stock images on the Imagine which was cut a little bigger the second time in order to make a shadow. I used a Cuttlebug embossing folder to give the background some dimension (and inked it)-and added some rhinestones since every princess needs some bling! The stamped letters are from Hero Arts and from Technique Tuesday. The cupcake was part of a birthday set from Technique Tuesday. I stamped the cupcake, colored it with Copic markers, cut it out and used "pop dots" to make it stand out in front of the princess. I hope our little princess will enjoy her birthday and her card!

Thanks for stopping by!

Have a happy crafting day!

Happy Birthday Mom!

This card was inspired and basicly scraplifted from a Cricut magazine. The issue is "Cricut Birthdays" and the card is on page 64. I got this issue from JoAnns with a 40% off coupon. Love that! I usually don't copy other people's work so closely but I really liked this card and it was just perfect for this special occasion. I did of course use different paper and a different Cuttlebug embossing folder than the card in the magazine, so it is a little different ;-).


I love the Bo Nash No Mess Glitter. So easy to use and like it's name says it really is no mess.

To make this card I used:
Cricut Sweet Treats cartridge - numbers
Cricut Imagine Hopscotch cartridge - patterned paper
Bo Nash No Mess Glitter
Stamps of Life Birthday4Cookie set - sentiment
ek Success border punch - Diamond Lace
Cuttlebug embossing folder

Have a happy crafting day!

Cre8tivegirls Blogoversary Blog Hop Day 3!

Welcome to day 3 of the Cre8tivegirls Blogoversary Blog Hop! Sadly, this is the last day! It has been so much fun celebrating Yvette's first blog anniversary with our own "firsts". Doing something new these last few days has been really great and has stretched me some ;-) .

If you've arrived from Doris' blog, you are in the right place! If not, you will want to start at the beginning at Yvette's blog. Be sure to wish her a Happy Blog Anniversary!

This is my first center step card. Check out this link for easy to follow instructions on how to make this card. It's very simple and quick to make the base card. Picking out your patterned paper, embellishments and main focus of the card will take more time. At least it takes me more time - a lot of time, lol!




This is also the first time I have used this incredibly cute and funny digital image and sentiment! From the moment I saw it I knew I HAD to use it soon! Isn't it hilarious?? This digital image/sentiment was a freebie from the marvelous Marlooney (Marlene). Thanks so much Marlene!! Check out her blog here!


Although I'm sure I will have plenty of opportunities to use this card (I should have about 20 of these on hand, at least!), I am choosing to keep it in my craft space! It makes me smile every time I look at it!

To make this card I used:
digital stamp image/sentiment from Marlooney
Basic Grey Offbeat collection - paper and cardstock stickers
Copic markers

Another first for me is that I used patterned paper in my digital image. I printed the image on white cardstock and on patterned paper. Then I cut out the dress from the patterned paper and glued it to the image on the white cardstock. Then of course I colored the rest of the image with Copic markers.

I hope you enjoyed my card and had a laugh! Boy, do we need a laugh now a days!

Be sure to hop on over to Paula's blog and see what she has created for the last day of this fabulous blog hop!

In case you're lost or would like to hop from my blog, here's the list of the very creative ladies who are participating in this blog hop:
Yvette www.cre8tivegirls.blogspot.com
Georgiana www.carsonscricutcreations.blogspot.com
Sherrie www.sherriescraps.blogspot.com
Giselle www.yuveriaseden.blogspot.com
Yvonne http://www.onecreativemomma.blogspot.com
Emma www.creativetimeforme.com
Doris www.momsbeenscrappin.blogspot.com
Chris http://craftemama.blogspot.com/ -you are HERE
Paula http://www.alluringinkspression.com/
Martha http://scrapabulous.blogspot.com/
Gerda www.cardscreations.blogspot.com

Thanks so much for visiting! Your comments bring me joy - thank you! If you've left a comment during this hop, I'm hoping to come and visit your blog sometime very soon! I love seeing your projects!

And to Yvette, I want to thank you so much for inviting me to participate in your blog hop. I had a ball!

Have a happy crafting day!

Cre8tivegirls Blogoversary Blog Hop Day 2!

Welcome to Day 2 of the Cre8tivegirls Blogoversary Blog Hop. If you've arrived from Doris' blog you are in the right place! If not, be sure to start at the beginning at Yvette's blog- this Blog Hop is a celebration of Yvette's one year blog anniversary. The theme for the hop is "firsts".

This is the first time I've made a corner bookmark. I have many serious readers in my life and I thought a bookmark would make a nice handmade gift for them. It could be decorated in so many different ways!


This is a really simple and quick project! Check out this link for the instructions on paper size, scoring and how to put it together.



For this project I used:
Kraft cardstock
Cricut Imagine More cartridge - patterned paper and die cuts
blue ribbon - from Michael's
rubber stamp - sentiment
Martha Stewart border punch
Scor-Tape



Hope you'll come by tomorrow for the final day of this hop. I can't wait to show you what I've made. If you need a chuckle be sure to stop by - seriously :-) !!!

Now hop on over to Paula's blog and check out her project!

Here's the blog hop list in case you are lost or want to hop from here:
Yvette www.cre8tivegirls.blogspot.com
Georgiana www.carsonscricutcreations.blogspot.com
Sherrie www.sherriescraps.blogspot.com
Giselle www.yuveriaseden.blogspot.com
Yvonne http://www.onecreativemomma.blogspot.com
Emma www.creativetimeforme.com
Doris www.momsbeenscrappin.blogspot.com
Chris http://craftemama.blogspot.com/ -you are HERE
Paula http://www.alluringinkspression.com/
Martha http://scrapabulous.blogspot.com/
Gerda www.cardscreations.blogspot.com

Thank you so much for stopping by! A special thank you to those of you who have left (or are leaving) comments. They are much appreciated!!

Have a happy crafting day!

Cre8tivegirls Blogoversary Blog Hop! First Easel Card and First Entry into Cooking With Cricut Challenge

If you've hopped over from Doris' blog, you're in the right place! If you've just arrived here and want to start at the beginning, head over to Yvette's blog and begin the fun there. Yvette is celebrating her first blog anniversary and this hop is all about "firsts". What a great idea. I thought about making a 1st birthday or anniversary card but I don't have any use for one of those any time soon. Instead I decided to try out some new projects that I've never done before - they're firsts for me!

This is my first easel card. And since I needed a birthday card for a man, I decided to do an easel card with a masculine spin. And because this hop is all about "firsts" I'm entering this card into my first Cooking With Cricut Challenge. The challenge (#45) required using a sailboat in your project made with the Cricut.



Making an easel card is actually very simple but at the beginning I had a hard time figuring it out. Fold this, fold it this way, put this here, etc. - WHAT? I think I'm "craft challenged" in many ways! Then I looked at this video and it made it very easy. Clear sailing from then on! Get it-clear sailing? Ha ha. Here's the link for the written directions with pictures.


In order for the top of the card to stand up, you need to "build up" the base of the card with additional cardstock and a decorated piece of cardstock at least 1/3 the size of the base. This will hold the card upright in the easel position. In this picture the very top of the card was not attached yet.


This card does lay flat for mailing. It's pretty bulky though and will require extra postage.


This card was made using:
Kraft cardstock
Cricut Imagine More cartridge- circle borders and sailboat
Cricut Imagine Hopscotch cartridge - for the cloud patterned paper (this is tucked behind the circle borders)
Scor-Tape - be sure to use strong adhesive
Technique Tuesday stamps - for sentiments
Martha Stewart border punch

Now head on over to Paula's blog and see the darling card she's created for this special occasion! Be sure to leave her a comment!

Here's a list for this Blog Hop if you want to jump from here or if you're lost.
Yvette www.cre8tivegirls.blogspot.com
Georgiana www.carsonscricutcreations.blogspot.com
Sherrie www.sherriescraps.blogspot.com
Giselle www.yuveriaseden.blogspot.com
Yvonne http://www.onecreativemomma.blogspot.com
Emma www.creativetimeforme.com (Sat. and Sun only)
Doris www.momsbeenscrappin.blogspot.com
Chris http://craftemama.blogspot.com/ -you are HERE
Paula http://www.alluringinkspression.com/
Martha http://scrapabulous.blogspot.com/
Gerda www.cardscreations.blogspot.com

We'll be hopping for 3 days (through Sunday) so stop by again tomorrow and check out another first for me.

And last, but not least, thank you to Yvette for inviting me to participate in her Blogoversary celebration!!

Have a happy crafting day.

Blog Hop Friday!!

Hope you'll come back on Friday and join in the blog hop fun. Yvette from Cre8tivegirls.blogspot.com is celebrating her blog anniversary and was so kind to invite me to participate in her blog hop! I'm really looking forward to it! The theme is "firsts" and I have been working on a few projects that I've never done before. Please come on by Friday through Sunday!!