Love Birds

 

I created this card for my hubby.

I am going to submit it to two separate challenges and a linky party. :)

 

I used the Sweethearts Cricut Cartridge and my Cuddlebug.

The sentiment is from my newest Pink by Design Stamp set Artisan 2 and the cute chevron frame the sentiment is in comes with the stamp set too.

 

The first challenge I am submitting it to is Unscripted Sketches #197

and the second is Twisted Tuesday, which the challenge here is to:

 

Make something for a loving couple. It can be an anniversary card, Valentine card, house warming creation, a scrap page of the happy couple, whatever you like.

THE TWIST

Include the color black, preferably ribbon or lace, but anything black will do

 

Last but not least...I will be linking this to Pink Cricut's Link up Tuesday.

 

Thanks for stopping by,

Jen



Follow your Rainbow

 

I am entering this card into the Ink it Pink Challenge by Pink By Design.

This weeks theme was a Rainbow Challenge.

 

I made a shaped Rainbow card using the Hello Kitty Greetings Cricut Cartridge.

I just love this cartridge.

I selected the Card Feature Button on my Gypsy and cut the card base at 11.5w x 3.71h.

I then selected all of the layers and cut them at 4.7w x 3.67 h.

I wanted a little bit of a frame on the inside of the card so I cut it a bit smaller.

 

To finish off my card I embossed the rainbow with the Swiss Dots Cuddlebug Folder, glued the Divine Twine (I got from the Pink by Design store), and stamped my sweet sentiment from

Pink by Design's Simply Everything stamp set.

 

I love how it turned out and how perfect the sentiment works with my card.

 

I am also entering this in The Paper Girls Challenge (Use Twine)

and The Pink Cricut's Link up Tuesday

 

Thanks for stopping by,

Jen

Master Crafter Challenge hosted by Pink Cricut

I am so excited to be one of the participants in this challenge hosted by Sarah at Pink Cricut. 

There are 100 participants who each got a box with the following items:

 

Scissor Mouse sponsored by Westcott ,

DCWV Rockstar mat stack sponsored by DCWV Deals,

Cotton Bag Sponsored by State line Bag Co. ,

1/2 sheet of Rhinestones sponsored by Queen & Co.,

Sentiment stamp sponsored by Pink by Design,

Assorted Buttons.

The participants were asked to incorporate as much from their goodies as they could in creating their project.

So here is what I came up with:

 

 

 

With the Holiday's coming up I wanted to make an inexpensive homemade gift with the Cotton Bag provided...so I made a Pedicure in a Bag.  My bag and card are Birthday themed but this can easily be made into a Christmas theme as well.

Since this is a pediure in a bag I just couldn't resist using Pink by Design's Shoe Addict stamp set.

The sentiment is hard to read, but it says "Have a Glamorous Birthday"

I love how easy it was to stamp and color on this bag.

I also added some Iron on Vinyl that I had in my stash...this was cut using my Cricut.

CTMH Artiste Cartridge - Accent 1 <Shift>, Button 1 cut at .96.

To finish off the bag, I of course had to add some bling. 

I did this with the Queen & Co Rhinestones 

from my Mystery Box.

 

 

Inside my bag I included a Buffer, Nail File, Nail Clippers, Cuticle Pushers (which can all be purchased at the Dollar Tree) and Jamberry Nail Shields.

With a set of the nail shields cut in half they fit in the bag just perfect and my gift costs under $15!

 

For my A2 (4.25x5.5) card I used paper from the DCWV Rockstar Mat Stack and the Queen & Co Rhinestones provided in my Mystery Box.

The sentiment is another Pink by Design stamp set called Illuminate.

I just love this sentiment and think it goes perfectly with the bag!

 

For all of my Cricut Cuts I used the CTMH Artiste Cartridge.

Cuts on the Card:

The cut with the heart paper is on Feature Accent 4 <Shift>, Button # 31, cut at 3.75.

The Dress Form is on Feature Accent 1, Button # 11, cut at 3.0.

Then the top layer is the same button and size with Feature Accent 1 <Shift>

 

Well that's it from me. 

I can't wait to see what everyone creates!

 

Thanks for stopping by,

Jen Ranney

 

 

 

PBD Challenge #9 - Buttons

This challenge is use Buttons.
This card was created with 9 Months Cricut Lite Cartridge...the images were cut at 3.75.
I used Pink by Designs - Shoe Addict for my sentiment.  The sentiment acutally says Congratulations (I am pumped for you), but I taped over I am pumped for you so it would just say Congratulations.
Paper is a 6x6 paper pad Bo Bunny Little Miss.

Onto the next challenge.

PBD Challenge #8 - Ribbons & Bows

Challenge #8 is to use Ribbons & Bows.
I created my card using Create A Critter - the cow is cut at 3.0.
I used Pink by Designs Country Living Stamp set for my sentiment.
The paper is from an ubber cute 6x6 paper pad by Three Bugs in a Rug - One Fine Day.

On to the next challenge. :)

PBD Challenge #7 - Tag your It

This card was created using Just Because Cards Cricut Cartridge and Pink By Design's Country Living stamp set.

PBD Challenge 4 - Sillohoute

For this card I used A Child's Year and Pink by Designs Take the Cake stamp set.

PBD Challenge #1 - Home Decor

Happy Saturday,

Today is PBD 2 Year Anniversary Extravaganza...There are challenges all day! Wahoo!!
Here is my first Challenge entry.  The challenge was to make Home Decor.  I base for this is styrophome that I kept out of some packaging.  I always like to keep a hold of these since they make a good base for Home Decor projects.

I used Pink By Desingns Capture Life stamp set.  This is July's Stamp of the Month set and I love it!

On to the next challenge. :)

Jen

My Cricut Craft Room - Theme Day Thursday

Today is Thursday which means we are one day closer to Friday...Wahoo!

Today is also my Hubby's Birthday...Yay, I love you baby!

Today at My Cricut Craft Room is Theme Day Thursday and with that we got to use A Child's Year Cricut Cartridge.  I LOVE this cartridge full of fun sillouhettes.

This card is pretty simple, but I really like how it turned out. 

This week I based my cut off of my sentiment and this cut is just perfect.

The sentiment is from Pink By Design's Simply Everything stamp set.

Cricut Cut:

A Child's Year: Button 11, cut at 3.75

To finish up my card I used Divine Twine as the fishing line.

I also added Stickles to the pond and grass that the little boy is sitting on.

To see other great creations using this cartridge go to http://mycricutcraftroom.blogspot.com

Thanks for stopping by,

Jenny R

Ink it Pink Challenge PbD06

This weeks Ink it Pink Challenge is Ribbon.  

So here is what I created for this weeks challenge:

I used the Close To My Heart Art Philosophy Cricut Cartridge for my cuts.

Button 23 on the overlay was selected twice, cut at 3.59 and 2.65.

The Green ribbon cut is Button 9, cut at 2.5.

I designed my card on my Gypsy so I had a better idea of the sizes to make my cuts.

I used two strips of ribbon to accent my cuts...this ribbon was purchased in the $1 bins at Target.    There are 6 different coordinating ribbons that are 18 in each...what a steal!

The ribbon on the bottom was attached to the card with my ATG.

The ribbon above that was attached to the pink cut and then that cut and the ribbon were added to the card with pop dots to give some dimension.

I stamped my sentiment on the ribbon cut...the sentiment is from Pink By Designs Take the Cake.

To finish up the fron of my card I added Black Diamond Stickles around the edge.

For the inside of my card I cut some of the paper from the front of the card in rectangles and stamped a sentiment from Pink By Designs 29 & Holding.

I can tell this is going to be a new favorite of mine!

Since this was a Ribbon challenge I had to add ribbon to the inside of my card as well.

Thanks for stopping by,

Jen

Ink it Pink Challenge PbD05

Happy Wednesday my Crafty Friends,

I just wanted to show a quick card I made for the Ink it Pink Challenge by Pink by Design.
To participated in these challenges we are asked to use Pink by Design stamps with a theme.  This weeks theme is "Show us some sparkle!"  Sooo...here is my sparkle:

I used several elements of Sparkle on this card as there is no sparkle discrimination here. :)

I used Shimmer Paper, Glitter Paper, and Rhinestone Bling...Fun!

The Pink By Design stamp used is Shoe Addict, which I won during the last Blog Hop...This stamp set is oober cute.  I don't usually lean towards stamp images as I am all about the sentiments, but this wonderful set has both images and sentiments.  Win! Win!

The sentiment in my picture is a bit hard to read,  it says "Have a Glamarous Birthday".

I added some Divine Twine which can also be purchased at the Pink By Design store to mimick the lace on the adorable shoes.

Here is a side view to show that shimmer and glitter paper

Supplies:

DCWV - the All About Girls Stack and Cardstock Stack

Divine Twine - Purple Plum

Pink By Design Stamps - Shoe Addict

Close To My Heart Ink - Black

Thanks for stopping by,

Jen



My Cricut Craft Room's 100 Cartridge Blog Hop - July

Welcome to Erica's Craft Room

100 Cricut Cartridge Blog Hop Day ONE

You should have started at http://mycricutcraftroom.blogspot.com/ if not please start at the beginning

Welcome to My Cricut Craft Room's one year "BLOG-iversary" of our first 100 cartridge Blog hop!

A year ago the blog was kicked off with the first design team members and daily postings. It took 2 months to get ready for this hop last year. Now we bring it to you the first full weekend of every month.

Collectively the design team uses over 100 different Cricut Cartridges in their projects during the two days of this hop. Sunday the new members of the design team will be announced and some have even made a project to share with you!! What an exciting weekend!!

As special treat enjoy 10% off of your total purchase with Erica's Craft Room Store.

Use the code JULY to see 10% off of your total purchase (No exclusions)

on July 7 & 8. Also on Sunday there will be an exciting announcement!!!

 

 

Now on to my projects...For this month I am using the following Cricut Cartridges:

Create A Critter, Gypsy Wanderings, Birthday Cakes, Something to Celebrate, and Greeting Cards Inside & Out Imagine Cartridge.

 

A friend at work is planning her daughter, Ryan's, first birthday.  She wanted an Owl theme so of course I automatically thought of the super cute owl on the Create A Critter Cartridge. 

I think I went a bit overboard, but I was so excited  to make all the following projects.

 

My first project are Cupcake Toppers...these may look familiar if you follow my blog as I posted these on Monday as a Sneak Peak of the coordinating Party Decor. For details on how these were created please go to my original post Here.

 

 

Here is a banner that I created for my second project. I used all of the cartridges listed above to create this project.  All of the paper on this banner was created using the Cricut Imagine and the Greetings Cards Inside and Out Cartridge. 

I love the colors and patterns on this cartridge!

 

 My third project are these fun goody bags for the kiddos that will be at the party. The goody bags include Stickers, a Glow Stick Bracelet, Play Dough, and a Squirt Gun since the party is going to be outside at a park. These are the first goody bags I have created and I had a fun with these.  The Thank you sentiment is from My Pink Stamper Fabulous Phrases stamp set.

My last project I am going to share with you will be the Centerpieces for the tables.  My friend has quite a big family and is expecting around 70 people at this party, so I will be working on creating 10 of these centerpieces this weekend. 



Fun Tip: Instead of buying filling for the bucket I am shredding paper myself so the colors will be a perfect match.

The Look Who's 1 sentiment is from Pink By Design Take the Cake stamp set.

 

I welded Look Whoos One to a Circle and this will be a frame for pictures of the Birtday Girl.

The Happy Birtday Sentiment is from My Creative Time Many Greetings Stamp Set.

Cricut Cuts:

• The Base for the banner is from the Tag Shadow Feature <Shift>, Button 14 on the Gypsy Wanderings cartridge.  These were flood filled with patterns from the Imagine Greetings Inside and Out cartridge.
• The Font is from the Font Feature and Font Shadow Fearture on Birthday Cakes. (this was used on the cupcake toppers, banner, and centerpieces.)
• The Owls are from Create A Critter, Button 2 on the overlay using Layer 2, & 3...I skipped layer 1 since I used googly eyes. (this cut was used on all projects)
• The Rossettes are from the Decor Feature, Button 35 on Something to Celebrate     (this cut was used on the banner and centerpieces)

 

Wow I've been busy and having so much fun creating these projects. :)

Thanks for sticking with me through this long post. 

I hope you have enjoyed my projects.

 

Your next stop is Bunny Freak

Here is the full line up in case you get lost along the way:

Start http://mycricutcraftroom.blogspot.com

Jenn Lorist http://www.jennspapercrafts.blogspot.com

Shelley http://shelley-scrapbookingforfun.blogspot.com

Kathy S http://3spoileddogs.blogspot.com/

Teresa http://www.createenjoyshare.blogspot.com

Kathy Jo http://skrappindiva.blogspot.com

Doris P http://mybugandmecreate.blogspot.com

Janet http://janetscreativeworld.blogspot.com

Jenny R http://myimagitivity.blogspot.com <<---You Are Here--->>

Bunnyfreak http://digipage-blog.everything-digital-scrapbooking.com <<---Go Here Next--->>

Erica's Project http://ericasprojects.blogspot.com

Lisa Ch. http://lisacustomscrapbooking.blogspot.com

Ashley http://especiallymade.blogspot.com

Ava http://scrapbookdesign4u.blogspot.com

Sarah http://craftingwithsarah.blogspot.com

Mary http://Mary-fortheloveofart.blogspot.com

pattie http://www.sweetpsscrapbooks.blogspot.com

marji http://www.fstampaholic.blogspot.com

samantha http://www.samanthascricutcreations.blogspot.com

Blog Candy http://ericasblogcandy.blogspot.com

My Cricut Craft Room - My Imagine ation Monday

Happy Monday...today is My Imagine-ation at My Cricut Craft Room.  Which means you will be seeing projects that were created using the Cricut Imagine.  I just love my Imagine!!!

For today's project I have created some Cupcake Toppers.  I have a friend at work that has a sweet baby girl turning 1 this month.  I am so excited to help her by creating some decorations for her.

This is just one of the few projects I have been working on for this party. 

These were created using Greeting Cards Inside & Out Imagine cartridge, Create A Critter, Gypsy Wanderings and Martha Stewarts Birthday Cakes.

Gypsy Wanderings:

The Scallop (Feature: Decor Tag <Shift>, button 3 on the overlay, cut at 9.2rel) and

Circle (Feature: Decor Tag <Shift> button 9 on the overlay, cut at 1.8rel) 

Create A Critter:

The Owl (Feature: Layer 2 & Layer 3, button 2 on the overlay, cut at 1.7)

Martha Stewarts Birthday Cakes:

The 1 (Feature: Font, button 1 on the overlay, cut at 1.4rel)

All images were flood filled with Patterns and Colors from Greeting Cards Inside & Out.

The Look Who's sentiment is from Pink By Designs Take the Cake stamp set.

I will be showing the rest of the party decorations I created during this weekends My Cricut Craft Rooms 100 Cartridge Blog Hop, so make sure you stop by to see what else I have in store for you. :)

For today please make sure you go to http://mycricutcraftroom.blogspot.com to see what the other lovely and talented Design Team ladies have created today.

Thanks for stopping by,

Jenny R

Ink it Pink PbD04 - Keep it Cool

I decided to play along with the Pink by Design Ink it Pink Challenge.

This week the challenge is a project with a "keeping it cool" theme since it is summer.

Now, who doesn't love to keep cool with a delicious ice cream cone on those hot summer days?

Cricut Cut:

I decided to do an Ice Cream Cone shape card.

This cut can be found on the Something to Celebrate Cricut Cartrdge.

Everything was cut at 5.5.

Other supplies used:

The cute sentiment "What's the scoop?" is from Pink by Designs Simply Everything stamp set.

Love the variety of sentiments on this set.

To embelish my card I used Stickles: Star Dust, Ruby Slippers, & Glam Pink.

I also added some Divine Twine at the seam of the card.

To finish it I of course had to add feux stitching for a completed look.

This challenge is open until Tuesday July 3rd at Noon...so hurry and get your entry in. :)

Thanks for stopping by,

Jen

My Cricut Craft Room - Card Creating Tuesday

Today at My Cricut Craft Room we had the choice to create a card based on the above sketch.

Here is what I came up with:

This card was fun to use monochromatic colors in Pink of course. :)

I included tags to give the card a little twist...now let's see who is hiding behind these tags.

I used Pink By Design's Stamp set - Take the Cake.  I just love this stamp set.

It is a must have Birthday stamp set in my opinion.

For the Tag Holders and Tags I used Just Because Cards.

The Critters hiding on the tags are of course from Create A Critter.

I welded a tab to the folder cuts so I could add adhesive to the folder and still have room for the tag.

The Tag Holder: Button 21 on the overlay, cut at 7.5 x 3

The Tag: Button 12 on overlay, cut at 3.5 x 2.95

The Beautiful Birdy and her layers are cut at 2.5

The Tag Holder: Button 21 on the overlay, cut at 7.5 x 3.5

Tag: Button 12 on the overlay, cut at 3.5 x 3.45

The Sweet Sheep and her layers are cut at 2.5

The Tag Holder: Button 21 on the overlay, cut at 7.5 x 4.18

The Tag: Button 12 on the overlay, cut at 3.5 x 4.15

The Happy Horse and her layers are cut at 2.5

The Tag Holder: Button 21 on the overlay, cut at 7.5 x 4.75

The Tag: Button 12 on the overlay, cut at 3.5 x 4.77

The Cutie Cow and her layers are cut at 2.75

Here's a better look at the tags:

To add some added texture to my tags I used Divine Swirls and Swiss Dots Cuttlebug Folders.

Another texture I used was Divine Twine.  I especially love the Twine I added to the Horse tag.

To finish the tags I added some doodling.

Hope you enjoyed my Critter Creation!

Don't forget to go to My Cricut Craft Room to see what my Design Team Sisters created.

 Thanks for stopping by,

Jenny R

My Cricut Craftroom's - Card Creating Tuesday

Hi Crafters,

I hope everyone had a great day with their Father's this past weekend.

Today I am posting for My Cricut Craftroom and it is the Design Team's favorite day to post...Card Creating Tuesday.  Today my card is based off of a sketch that Erica provided us.

Here is the sketch:

My creation based off of the above sketch:

I really love this card...the striped paper was from my scraps.

I designed the card on my Gypsy and cut it on my Imagine.  I loaded my paper the wrong way and cut my scraps to where the middle circle was not a complete circle.  Of course I didn't have enough scraps to make another full circle.  So, to fix this "mistake" I cut another half circle and added the Divine Twine to cover the seam.  I actually was really happy to make that

"mistake", because I really like how my solution to fix it turned out.

Cricut Cuts:

Art Philosophy:  Card Feature - Button 21 on the overlay, cut at 5.5

Basic/Icon Layer Feature - Button 1 on the overlay, cut at 3.75 

Simply Charmed:  Button 47 on the overlay, cut at 2.5

To complete this cut I also used Feature buttons: Layer 2, Layer 3, and Layer 4.

I didn't use Layer 1 as I didn't care for the smiley face.

To complete my card I stamped my sentiment which is from Pink By Design's Take the Cake.

I also Stickled the flames and used Liquid Pearls on my embossed frosting

 (I used Swiss Dots embossing folder).

Of course I finished it off with some doodling.

To see what my Design Team sisters created for today please go to

My Cricut Craft Room.

Thanks for stopping by,

Jenny R

My Cricut Craft Room - Would you Guess Wednesday

Happy Wednesday...that's right we are half way through the week. Wahoo!

Today at My Cricut Craft Room is Would You Ever Guess Wednesday, which means that Erica challenges us designers to only use the Feature buttons on the Cricut Cartridges.  I love creating on this day because I always find cuts that most times get overlooked. 

For today's creation I took Would You Ever Guess Wednesday a step further and used paper from a Christmas stack...now would you have guessed this paper came from a Christmas stack? 

It is from the Echo Park Holly Jolly 6x6 Paper Pad. 

I just love the colors in this collection. 

Also my tip for my alternative to border punches.

I love the look of border punches but

1) I don't want to spend the money on the punches

and 2) I don't have room to store bulky punches

Sooo...using my Gypsy I created my own Border "punch" by selecting the border from

Elegant Edges and welding it to the rectangle from Gypsy Font.

I love the welding feature on the Gypsy.

Elegant Edges has the perfect borders in the Borders feature for this technique.

Cricut cuts:

Straight From the Nest:  Border Feature, Button 33 on the overlay, cut at 1.75

Elegant Edges:  Border Feature, Button 23 on the overlay, cut at .52

Gypsy Font:  Monogram Shadow <Shift>, Button 44, cut at W5.25 x H3.62 (this is a square made into a rectangle with the Gypsy)

To finish my card I added my Ribbon and Divine Twine, doodled around the edges of the card and added my Sentiment which is from Pink By Design: Take the Cake.

Please go to My Cricut Craft Room to see what my Design Team sister's have created today.

Thanks for stopping by,

Jenny R

My Cricut Craft Room - My Imagine-ation Monday

Happy Monday!

I hope everyone had a great weekend. 

I spent most of mine in my craft room so it was a very fun weekend for me. :)

Today is My Cricut Craft Rooms My Imagine-ation Monday.  I just love my Imagine...today I used Hello Kitty Greetings and Better Together Imagine Cartridge. 

 One of my favorite features on the Imagine is flood filling images from other cartridges with an Imagine pattern.  This is what I've done for today's card.

Cricut Cuts:

I used the Card Feature Button on Hello Kitty Greetings, Button 9, cut at 5.0 Rel.

This image was flood filled with the pattern from Better Together, page 36.

Feture Button Clothes Layer's, Button 9, cut at 5.0 Rel.

Flood filled with the light yellow that comes with the Better Together Color Palette.

Feature Button Sillohette, Button 9, cut at 5.0 Rel.

Flood filled with the darker yellow that comes with the Better Together Color Palette.

To finish up my card I used pop dots to pop the sun's face and added googley eyes.

I also attached Lemon Divine Twine

 and of course some Stickles (don't remember which ones exactly)

Here is the inside of my card. 

The seintiment is from Pink By Design's Take the Cake.

It says "Hope your day is filled with sunshine & smiles."

The stamped border is from My Creative Time.

Now isn't that just perfect? :)

Please go to My Cricut Craft Room to see all of the other great projects today.

Thank you for stopping by today.

Jen