Raccoon Nuts About You

• Cricut Cartridges:  Animal Kingdom.  Pretty Pennants.
• Designer Paper:  Authentique "Hope" 6"x6" pack.
• Embossing:  Cuttlebug "Floral Screen" folder.
• Sentiment:  My Pink Stamper "Punny-licious" stamp set.
• Punch:  Martha Stewart Drippy-Goo
• Other:  Liquid Pearls

A2 sized card = 5.5" x 4.25"
Cricut Animal Kingdom cartridge
Cricut Pretty Pennants cartridge

Card Recipe:

• Mat 1 (gray) = 5 3/8" x 4 1/8"
• Mat 2 (floral design) = 5.25" x 4"
• Mat 3 (black) = 4 7/8" x 3 5/8"
• Mat 4 (gray) = 4.75" x 3.5".  Mat embossed with Cuttlebug "Floral Screen" folder.  Embossing folder was inked with Memento Rich Cocoa before embossing.
• Border = 1" x 3.5" punched with Martha Stewart Drippy-Goo punch.

• Raccoon = cut image and shadow at 2.5" from Cricut Animal Kingdom cartridge; [rccoon] found on page 98 of the folder.  Eyes and nose are Liquid Pearls.  Image mounted with foam tape.
• Pennant = cut image and shadow at 1.5" from Cricut Pretty Pennants cartridge.  Pennant mounted with foam tape.
• Sentiment = from My Pink Stamper "Punny-licious" stamp set.

Inside of Card

Inside of Card:

• Mat 1 (black) = 5" x 3.75"
• Mat 2 (beige) = 4.75" x 3.5"
• Corner = hand cut

Thank you for visiting my blog today.  As always, comments are welcomed and appreciated!

~ Marilyn

Cards in Envy - Say What?

Hello, friends!  Welcome to another Cards in Envy challenge.  This week our challenge is to create a card that uses a sentiment, poem or quote as the MAIN element on your card instead of an image.    

• Cricut Cartridge:  Pretty Pennants
• Designer Paper:  My Mind's Eye "Reunion"
• Sentiment:  CardzTV "Greater Love"
• Sketch:  OWH Sketch #191

A2 sized card = 5.5" x 4.25"
Cricut Pretty Pennants cartridge



Card Recipe:

• Mat 1 (black) = 5 3/8" x 4 1/8".
• Mat 2 (light green pattern) = 5.25" x 4".
• Mat 3 (black border) = 1 5/8" x 5 1/8".
• Mat 4 (redish pattern) = 1.5" x 5".
• Mat 5 (black) = 4 1/8" x 3 1/8".
• Mat 6 (darker green pattern) = 4" x 3".

• Pennant = cut image and shadow at 1.5" x 3.5" from Cricut Pretty Pennants cartridge.
• Mat 7 (black under sentiment) = 2 5/8" x 2 1/8".
• Mat 8 (white with sentiment) = 2.5" x 2".  Mat mounted with foam tape.
• Sentiment = from CardzTV "Greater Love" stamp set.

Inside of Card

Inside of Card:

• Mat 1 (black) = 5" x 3.75.
• Mat 2 (redish pattern) = 4.75" x 3.5".
• Mat 3 (white) = 4.5" x 3.25".

Thank you for joining me today.  I hope you'll also make a card with the sentiment as the main element and post it on the Cards in Envy blog.  Remember your card must be A2 sized (5.5" x 4.25") and is 1/4" or less to fit in an envelope.

As always, comments are welcomed and appreciated!

~ Marilyn

More Minions

The minions are all the rage right now.  I found a great link via Operation Write Home with directions on making a minion for a card.

• Minion Directions Link:  Scrap Happens
• Designer Paper:  My Minds Eye "Cowboy"
• Cricut Cartridges:  Paper Doll Dress Up. Pretty Pennants.  Storybook.
• Googly Eyes

A2 sized card = 5.5" x 4.25"
Cricut Paper Doll Dress Up
Cricut Pretty Pennants
Cricut Storybook

Card Recipe:

• Mat 1 (black) = 5 1/4" x 4". 
• Mat 2 (pattern) = 5" x 3 3/4"
• Pennants = cut at 1 1/2" from Cricut Pretty Pennants cartridge.  White gel pen used for faux stitching.  Pole was hand cut from brown shimmer paper.
• "A" "P" = cut at 1/2" from Cricut  Storybook cartridge.

Minion =

• Body (yellow) = cut at 1 1/2" x 3".  Round all corners at 1/2".
• Arms (yellow) = cut two at 1/4" x 1 1/4".
• Overalls (blue) = cut at 1 1/2" x 1 1/2".  Round bottom corners at 1/2".  Hand trim notches for overall top.
• Top of Overalls (blue) = cut two at 1/4" x 1 1/4".  Black gems were added for buttons.
• Legs (blue) = cut two at 5/8" x 3/4".
• Goggles Strap (black) = cut at 1/4" x 2 1/2".
• Eyes (gray) = circle punch two at 1/2".  Googly Eyes are glued on top.
• Hands (black) = cut at 3/4" using real dial size from Cricut Paper Doll Dress Up cartridge; [Suprgl][Accessories 2] found on page 57 of the folder.
• Feet (black) = cut at 3/4"  using real dial size from Cricut Paper Doll Dress Up cartridge; [Suprgl][Accessories 1] found on page 57 of the folder.
• Hair = hand cut from black card stock.
• Mouth = hand drawn with black pen.

Hope you enjoyed the cards.  As always, your comments are welcomed and appreciated!

~ Marilyn

September 2013 Cricut Cart Hop

Welcome to the

September Cricut Cart Hop.

 

We are so happy you could join us.  You should have come from Cindy.  If you happened by my blog or are joining me from your dashboard, head over to Luisa's blog to start at the beginning.  We don't want you to miss any of the fun!

The design team each selected different Cricut cartridges that they would like to showcase for you today.  This is a one day blog hop, and we appreciate you leaving a comment letting us know what you think and telling us what is your most favorite cartridge to create with. 

The cartridges I used for the hop are: 

• Kate's Kitchen Imagine
• Live Simply Lite
• Mustaches and Glasses
• Pretty Pennants
• Simply Sweet
• Storybook 

Following are my four projects with links to give you more images and directions for creation.

1.  A Tisket a Tasket

• Cartridge:  Cricut Storybook
• Flowers and Butterflies:  Martha Stewart punches
• Accent:  Stickles

A Tisket A Tasket
Cricut Storybook cartridge

 

 

2.  Eye Chart Card (with a hidden message):

• Cartridges:  Simply Sweet and Mustaches and Glasses.
• Designer Paper: Recollections.
• Embossing:  Cuttlebug "Script" folder.

Eye Chart Card
Cricut Simply Sweet cartridge
Mustaches and Glasses Cricut Craft Room Exclusive

3.  Chef - Enjoy the Simple Pleasures:

• Cartridges:  Cricut Imagine Kate's Kitchen and Cricut Pretty Pennants
• Designer Paper:  from Cricut Imagine Kate's Kitchen
• Sentiment:  My Favorite Things "Flopsey Goes Camping" stamp set.

Chef - Enjoy the Simple Pleasures
Kate's Kitchen Imagine cartridge
Cricut Pretty Pennants

4.  Mushroom Love:

• Cartridges:  Cricut Live Simply Lite and Pretty Pennants.
• Designer paper:  My Mind's Eye "Up and Away" 6" x 6" pack.
• Punch:  from Martha Stewart
• Sentiment:  My Favorite Things "Clearly Sentimental About Gardens."
• Accent:  Liquid Pearls.  Gem from Michaels.
• Other:  Tim Holtz Tea Dye Distress Ink.

Mushroom Love
Cricut Live Simply Lite
Cricut Pretty Pennants

Thanks for stopping by for this month's hop.  We hope that you enjoyed hopping along with us as much as we enjoyed putting our projects together for you.  Next up is Kathy . . . until next month! 

Here is the full line up:

1- Luisa - http://lepaperstudio.blogspot.com
2- Sandy- http://scrapbookblessings.blogspot.com
3- Cindy - http://inlovewithpaper.blogspot.com
4 -Marilyn - http://marilyncricutcards.blogspot.com/ 
5- Kathy U - http://kathy213-kathyscorner.blogspot.com/
6- Vivi J- http://vivijdesigns.blogspot.com/2013/08/september-100-cricut-blog-hop.html



Enjoy the Simple Pleasures

The chef is cooking up something good.  Looks like the little dog is interested anyway.

Cartridges:  Cricut Imagine Kate's Kitchen and Cricut Pretty Pennants
Designer Paper:  from Cricut Imagine Kate's Kitchen
Sentiment:  My Favorite Things "Flopsey Goes Camping" stamp set.

A2 sized card = 5.5" x 4.25"
Cricut Imagine Kate's Kitchen
Cricut Pretty Pennants

 

Card Recipe:



• Mat 1 (black) = 5 3/8" x 4 1/8".
• Mat 2 (aqua) = 5 1/4" x 4".
• Mat 3 (black) = 3 3/8" x 4 5/8".
• Mat 4 (brown pattern) = 3 1/4" x 4 1/2."

 

• Chef and Dog = cut at 3" from Cricut Imagine Kate's Kitchen.  I cut the dog twice to give him some depth (using the layer feature).  Image is mounted with foam tape.
• Pennant = cut image and shadow at 2" from Cricut Pretty Pennants cartridge; [Banner2] and [BnrSclp2].
• Sentiment "Enjoy the Simple Pleasures" = from My Favorite Things "Flopsey Goes Camping" stamp set.

Inside of Card:

• Mat 1 (black) = 5" x 3.75".
• Mat 2 (aqua) = 4.75" x 3.5".
• Mat 3 (beige) = 4.5" x 3.25".
• Chef's Hat = cut at 3" (relative size) from Cricut Imagine Kate's Kitchen (using layer feature).

Mushroom Love

I have a new set of stamps that I won.  They contain all sorts of gardening phrases.  Here's the mushroom from Cricut Live Simply Lite cartridge with one of the stamps from that set.

Cartridges:  Cricut Live Simply Lite and Pretty Pennants.
Designer paper:  My Mind's Eye "Up and Away" 6" x 6" pack.
Punch:  from Martha Stewart
Sentiment:  My Favorite Things "Clearly Sentimental About Gardens."
Accent:  Liquid Pearls.  Gem from Michaels.
Other:  Tim Holtz Tea Dye Distress Ink.

A2 sized card = 5.5" x 4.25"
Cricut Live Simply Lite cartridge
Cricut Pretty Pennants cartridge

Card Recipe:

• Mat 1 (brown shimmer) = 5 3/8" x 4 1/8".
• Mat 2 (stripped border) = 1" x 4 1/8".
• Pennant:  Cut at 2.75" (using fit to width feature) from Cricut Pretty Pennants cartridge; [BnrSclp2].  Banner hand trimmed length-wise to fit sentiment.  Edges inked with Tim Holtz Tea Dye Distress Ink.
• Sentiment "You can bury a lot of troubles digging in the dirt": from My Favorite Things "Clearly Sentimental About Gardens" stamp set.

• Mushroom:  cut at 3" from Cricut Live Simply Lite cartridge: [Mushroom].  Image edges inked with Tim Holtz Tea Dye Distress Ink.  Liquid Pearls added to flower centers.  Mushroom attached with foam tape.
• Bow on Mushroom:  from Martha Stewart punch.  Gem in center of bow from Michaels.

Inside of Card

Inside of Card:

• Mat 1 (brown shimmer) = 5" x 3.75".
• Mat 2 (beige) = 4.75" x 3.5".

OWH VCMP - Sketch #188

The sixth challenge is to create a card using OWH Sketch #188.

Cricut Cartridge:  Pretty Pennants
Designer Paper:  My Mind's Eye "Dolled Up" 6" x 6" pack.
Sentiment:  My Pink Stamper

A2 sized card = 5.5" x 4.25"
Cricut Pretty Pennants cartridge

Card Recipe:
Mat 1 (black) = 5 3/8" x 4 1/8".
Mat 2 (polka dots) = 5 1/4" x 4".
Mat 3 (denim pattern) = 5" x 3 3/4".

Banner 1 (small polka dots) = cut at 1" x 5" from Cricut Pretty Pennants; [Banner1].  You'll need to size using either your Gypsy or The Cricut Craft Room.
Banner 2 (large polka dots) = cut at .75" x 4.5" from Cricut Pretty Pennants; [Banner1].  You'll need to size using either your Gypsy or The Cricut Craft Room.
Banner 3 (black) = cut at  .5" x 3.25" from Cricut Pretty Pennants; [Banner1].  You'll need to size using either your Gypsy or The Cricut Craft Room.
Brad = from Cloud9
Sentiment "I miss you so much!" = from My Pink Stamper stamp set.

Inside of Card

 Inside of Card:
Mat 1 (denim pattern) = 5" x 3.75".
Mat 2 (beige) = 4.75" x 3.5".

OWH Sketch #188

Christmas Wishes

I found a new-to-me challenge called 52 Card Christmas Throwdown.  The challenge this week is to create a Christmas card that includes holly.

Designer Paper:  Recollections "Sugar Plums" 12" x 12".
Cricut Cartridges:  Pretty Pennants and Joys of the Season
Sentiment:  Scrappy Mom's "Winter Wishes" stamp set.

A2 sized card = 5.5" x 4.25"
Cricut Pretty Pennants
Cricut Joys of the Season

Card Recipe:

• Mat 1 (green) = 5 3/8" x 4 1/8".
• Mat 2 (tan pattern) = 5 1/4" x 4".
• Mat 3 (green border) = 1 3/4" x 4".
• Mat 4 (red pattern border) = 1 1/2" x 3 3/4".

• Pennant = cut at 3 3/4" from Cricut Pretty Pennants cartridge; [Banner2] and [BnrFrme2].
• Holly = cut at 1" from Cricut Joys of the Season cartridge; [Holly-s] found on page 69 of the folder.
• Sentiment "May all your Christmas Wishers come true!" = from Scrappy Mom's "Winter Wishes" stamp set.

Inside of Card

Inside of Card:

• Mat 1 (red pattern) = 3 3/4" x 5".
• Mat 2 (tan pattern) = 3 5/8" x 4 7/8".
• Mat 3 (beige) = 3 3/8" x 4 1/2".
• Zig Zag = from EK Success punch.  Stickles added as accent.
• Red Bulb = 1" circle punch of designer paper.  Stickles added as accent.

MCCR - Festive Flags

Today's challenge at My Cricut Craft Room is to create something with Festive Flags.  Here is my card:

A2 sized card = 5.5" x 4.25".
Cricut Pretty Pennants cartridge

Card Recipe:

• Mat 1 (blue/white polka dots) = 5 3/8" x 4 1/8".  Edges inked with Tim Holtz Faded Jeans Distress Ink.  Paper from Echo Park "Bundle of Joy Boy."
• Mat 2 (white) = 4 7/8" x 3 7/8".  Mat embossed with The Paper Studio "Tiny Stars" folder.  Edges inked with Tim Holtz Faded Jeans Distress Ink.

• Flags = cut at 1.5" from Pretty Pennants cartridge and .  Images mounted with foam tape.  Edges inked with Tim Holtz Faded Jeans Distress Ink.  was cut 3 times for each flag to create a chipboard effect.  Paper from Echo Park "Bundle of Joy Boy."
• Twine = from The Paper Studio.
• Brads = from Imaginisce.
• Sentiment Mat = cut at 1" from Pretty Pennants cartridge .  Edges inked with Tim Holtz Faded Jeans Distress Ink.
• Sentiment "Smile" = from TPC Studio "Greetings" stamp set.

Inside of Card

Inside of Card:

• Mat 1 (blue) = 5" x 3.75".  Edges inked with Tim Holtz Faded Jeans Distress Ink.
• Mat 2 (white) = 4.75" x 3.5".  Edges inked with Tim Holtz Faded Jeans Distress Ink.
• Flag = cut at 1.5" from Pretty Pennants cartridge; .  Edges inked with Tim Holtz Faded Jeans Distress Ink.
• Twine = from The Paper Studio.