July 10

Wow!  This summer is really flying by.  The card I'm sharing today is a very simple card that is mainly stamped, but I saw this flower on a Pinterest card and I thought it would be perfect for this card.

I used:
Ariana pattern paper and cardstock
Outdoor denim and sorbet ink
Banner Wishes stamp set

Cartridge used:
Art Philosophy:  flower @1.", 1.5", and 2.0"
I inked the edges of each flower and used a jewel in the center.

June 12

Welcome to another daily project.  It's that time of year where I'm sure several of you are getting tons of invitations to one graduation or another whether it's preschool, high school, or college.  My project today is for a neighbor's graduation from high school.  I still remember when they moved in he was this scrawny little kid.  One of my favorite memories was shortly after my mom had her open heart surgery and was home after spending a month in the hospital.  Someone had left the garage door open so we had a little visitor of the stinky kind.  We were very fortunate that he hadn't felt threatened enough to release his unpleasant aroma.  My neighbor, trying his hardest to be helpful, was shooting at it with a little pellet gun.  Granted the little bugger never budged, but it was for lack of Jacob's efforts.  Yes, we finally got a friend to bring a live animal trap and caught him over night and were able to release him back into the wild.
Here is the graduation card that I created for this special young man.

For this project I used

Skylark pattern paper

Cardstock Lagoon, kraft, white daisy

bakers twine

Congrats Graduate stamp set

Cartridges:

Art Philosophy:  banners @3.75" and tag @1.75

 George and Basic Shapes:  circle @.50

Valentine's Challenge

Welcome to the Valentine's day Challenge.  If you are participating in the blog hop you are coming from  Rae Ann's blog.  This week's challenge is to create a card, layout, or other paper craft celebrating Valentine's Day using at least 1 jewel.

For my project I used cardstock and pattern paper from the Ivy Lane collection (CTMH).  I also used stamp set Big Hugs from CTMH.  For my jewel I used 2 tiny black pearls for the nose and eye.

Cricut cuts:
Give a Hoot:  Hedgehog (all pieces) @2.41"
Art Philosophy:  title @ 1"
Artiste: heart at 1"

Thanks for stopping by!  Your next stop in the blog hop is  Annette's blog.  If you've missed any stops along the way here is a list of all the designers.  Click on any of the names to hop right over to their blog.

Sharon

Donna

Faith 

Rae Ann 

Emily

Annette

Michelle N

Jen 

Julie    

Michelle S

Liz

Rosa

Diane 

daily project for February 6

Welcome to my daily project for Exploring Cricut!  Hope everyone is staying warm.  Here in the ville we've had more snow than we've had the last 5 years combined I think.  I'm a self proclaimed snow lover, but even I've had enough.  My project for today is a card I'm using for my next card class, it's after Valentine's Day but who says you need a special occasion to tell someone how you feel.

I used cardstock and Ivy Lane paper from Close to my Heart and the flowers are also from the Ivy Lane collection from CTMH.

Cricut Cuts:
George and Basic Shapes:  Octagon @1.5"
Art Philosophy: title @ 1"

Thanks for stopping by and don't forget a new challenge starts on Monday!

Winter Wonderland Challenge

Welcome everyone to another great challenge at Exploring Cricut!  This week's challenge is to create a card, layout, or paper craft using a winter activity.  I created a generic card with ice skating as my activity.

Materials Needed:
cardstock:  goldrush, gypsy, sky, and white daisy (CTMH)
pattern paper:  Sarita (CTMH)
stamp set:  Polar Bear Holiday (CTMH)
ink:  cocoa
stickles:  Crystal

Cricut Cuts:
Snowflakes:  Graphically Speaking (Icon)@ 1.71" and Accent Essentials @1.94"
Frame:  Art Philosophy @ 2.41" and 2.76"

It's Beginning to Look Like Christmas

Hello one and all!  This week's challenge at Exploring Cricut is to create a card, layout, or other paper craft to celebrate Christmas.  For my project I created another Christmas Card.

For this project I used the Sparkle & Shine paper line from CTMH along with Ruby, gray and juniper cardstock.  I added a silver and white ribbon.  I stamped the three trees with the stamp set Trim the Tree (CTMH) with Juniper ink, the two in back are in 2nd generation.  I then added a sparkle outline to the front tree.

Cricut cut:

Art Philosophy:  3 trees at 2.5"

Cricut Choice Challenge

Welcome to another challenge for Exploring Cricut.  Today's challenge is to use 2 Cricut cuts for any theme of your choice.  For my project this week I choice to do a baby card, this is also a card that I created for a card class.

For this card I used the Babycakes paper line from CTMH.  Cardstock colors used were Chocolate, Slate, Buttercup, and Sunset.  The sentiment is from the B is for Baby stamp set also from CTMH.
Cricut Cuts:
Art Philosophy:  Oval5 from page 62 at 2.25"
Artbooking:   from page 50 using the Icon feature at 3.25"

4th of July Challenge

Today's challenge over at Exploring Cricut is to create a card, layout, or papercraft using red, white, and blue. My project for this challenge is a 5x7 card.
I decided to stay pretty simple with the design of my card. I started with a blue base which was the only blue I planned for on the card. I used Art Philosophy cartridge to cut 2 cupcakes (1 set in white, then the liner in cranberry). I then used the coordinating stamp set to stamp the detail on the cupcakes' frosting. For the final touch to the cupcakes I added diamond stickles by Ranger (cause who doesn't love "sprinkles" on their cupcakes!
My favorite part of the card are the firework burst that were cut using the Stand & Salute cartridge. Two burst were cut out in silver and two in cranberry. After running all four burst through the Xyron I layered them on the card to resemble a fireworks display.
I then cut the "title" for the card from the Independence Day cartridge.

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Cuts:
Independence Day: 4th of July (2.65)
Art Philosophy: 2 cupcakes (2.5)
Stand & Salute: 4 firework burst (2.18)
Recipe:
cardstock: Pacifica, Cranberry, White Daisy
ink: cranberry
stickles: Diamond