Art Nouveau - Sympathy Card

Please join us this week for another Krafty Girls challenge!  This time it's all about getting in shape...as far as card bases go that is :) Just link up your shaped card for this week.  Make sure to visit the DT for some inspiration! 

I'm having lots of fun with this Art Nouveau cartridge!  I was looking through my stash of cards and realized I need sympathy cards.  I have the most difficult time thinking of sympathy card designs but this one came to me pretty quickly and I love how it turned out!

 

Here is a side view.

 I also added lots of pop dots for dimension.

I was so proud of my Liquid Pearl work.  I haven't worked with LPs in over a year so I was worried I was going to mess up, but all the little pearls look pretty even.

 

Recipe:

Size: 6 inches across

Carts: Art Philosophy and Art Nouveau

Paper: The Paper Studio, script paper from DCWV in the Bella Armoire stack

Punches: SU!

Pearls: Liquid Pearls in Platinum Pearl

Krafty Girls Anything Goes Challenge!

I wish you all knew how excited we are to be back in the crafty scene!  The Krafty Girls team is back in action and we are hoping you will all play along with us in our anything goes challenge.  You heard right, anything goes!  We want to make it super easy to join us!

In the recent months I have been in need of thank you, wedding, and birthday cards so I decided to start making a stash of them this summer.

Here is my card:

To make this card I used my {neglected} Gypsy to create the card base.   The outter shape is from Close to My Heart Art Philosophy.  I welded it to create my card base.  The flower is from my new favorite cartridge called Art Nouveau.  I bought this cartridge when it first came out but I wasn't able to use it till now.  I'm in love!  Every cut is GORGEOUS!  It's a must have.

Here is a front view:

Recipe: 

Cricut: Close to My Heart- Art Philosophy and Art Nouveau

Sentiment: My Creative Time- So Grateful For You 

Paper: Recollections and SU!

Punches: SU!

Embossing Folder: Cuttlebug- Polkadots

Now please link up your project over at Krafty Girls and make sure to check out the DT's cards!  Their cards are all beautiful!

Kopy Kat Challenge

I love this challenge that we have for you over at Krafty Girls!

I always want to scraplift cards/scrapbook layouts and I feel guilty doing that for some reason!  No more of that, this challenge is specifically for you to scraplift a paper project from someone that inspires you.  It doesn't have to look exactly the same, but it's fun to see how close you can reproduce it.

My card came from the extremely talented Donna Mudinger from Popsicle Toes.

If you haven't seen her work, you must! She is a genius.  She layers everything beautifully!  I had a wedding coming up and remembered a wedding card that she had made that was so SWEET!

Here is my card:

The cutes are from Indie Art (Berries), Martha Stewart Birthday Cake Art (scallop border for the dress), Art Philosophy(Rose), Classic Cricut Font (Ovals to create the dress and the tuxedo) and Billionaire (Bow Tie).

After I cut the shapes I ran the leaves through my crimper, same as Donna, embossed the outfits, and added some pearl buttons.  As a final touch I added a twine bow and rose to the "bride." I LOVED this card!

Here is my inspiration:

I tried to get every detail but I didn't have some of the materials available to me.  I think Donna's card is so much more beautiful, but I gave it my best try and was happy with the results.  By the way, I believe you can purchase this cut file.  I would recommend this because the layers were a bit difficult to figure out.  You can click HERE and see her post about this card.

I hope you have fun with this challenge!  Try to challenge yourself by choosing something that looks complicated.  It was kind of like trying to figure out a puzzle.

Thank you for stopping by!

Cricut Behavior Chart

You may know that I am a teacher and I love using my Cricut for classroom projects. My BFF Jennifer started to use a behavior chart for her classroom and had so much success with it that I decided to give it a try also.

I created my behavior chart using Art Philosophy from CTMH. I love how it turned out and my kids love trying to reach the top level.  When you reach the top level the student gets called the "Fabulous Falcon" (Falcon is our mascot) all day long and they get a special celebration at the end of the day.  It's been a great hit in my room!  Thanks Jennifer!

Here is a picture:

I also want to announce my winner from the Krafty Girls blog hop!  You still have time to play along in the "Face Off" challenge.  You just have to incorporate a face on your project :)

Onto the winner:
Congrats to

Please email me at encarnacion dot maribel at gmail dot com by May 19th to claim your cartridge.

Thanks for visiting!

Maribel  

Krafty Girls Challenge #4

Easter is quickly approaching and that put us in the Eastery mood over at Krafty Girls! 

The challenge this week is to create a project with an Easter theme or element.  So if it has a bunny, chick, egg or any other Easter image please link it up with us :)

Here is my card:

The inspiration for my card came from the Easter 2010 cartridge.  This cart includes an image of some chocolate bunnies that are so sweet :)  Well, I don't have this cartridge and it's a fortune on Ebay.  So I found a bunny that looked some what like the image form the cart and manipulated it to make it resemble the bunny I saw. This image is from Gypsy Wanderings.  It comes with a flourish in the center and it is attached to the outer shape, so I had to grab a shape and use it to cover the flourish.  The eye was made with a circle punch.  The bite on his ear was created with a scalloped circle from the Art Philosophy cartridge.  The card base is also from the Art Philosophy cart. 

I hope you feel inspired to play along!  Check out the rest of the DT for more inspiration!

Krafty Girls Challenge #3- Handmade Flowers

Hello everyone! Our challenge over at Krafty Girls is to incorporate a flower that you made with any type of crafty project.  Make sure to visit the DT and enter your project.  Our challenges are bi-weekly so you have time to play along with us:)

I am so happy with how this card turned out!  Our art teacher is getting married and I got to make her wedding card.  I remembered this cut from Simply Charmed right away.  I didn't like the flowers that were in her bouquet so I used my favorite roses ever from the Art Philosophy cart.

The card base was made with the shadows from both cuts.

 You can see the dimension better at this view.  The bride and groom are popped up.

 These are the most beautiful roses I've ever seen on a cartridge!! They were white and I inked them with Spun Sugar to give them a subtle pink color to match the real brides color and then sprayed them with Perfect Pearls/water mixture to give them some shine.  I dry embossed the dress with this swirl pattern and added some tiny pearls in the center of the flower patterns.

 I LOVE Peachy Keen faces!! These adorable faces are from the Princess and Boy Mates Assortments. I added some glossy accents to her lips and eyes.  The cheeks were colored using SU! chalks.

We can't wait to see your projects using handmade flowers:) Make sure to stop by Krafty Girls for some awesome inspiration and join in the fun!

I am linking up with Peachy Keen Challenge: Anything Goes
Allsorts: Say it with flowers

Birthday Sundaes Challenge #47

Welcome back to another Birthday Sundaes challenge.  This week's challenge is: use green to create a birthday card.  

Our sponsor for this challenge, Bugaboo Digi Stamps, has generously provided some awesome images for us to work with.  The winner of this challenge will receive seven free images! 

I chose this cute image of a penguin holding a birthday cake.

All the cuts are from Close to My Heart Art Philosophy cartridge. The tag is from My Creative Time and the sentiment is from Pink By Design. 

I had a lot of fun putting this card together.  I used my Gypsy to design the whole thing.  I had to do some measuring to make sure that the image would cut within the oval.

Make sure to check out all the inspiration from the Birthday Sundaes DT and enter your card! 

Little Mermaid Birthday Card

Although I love every single Disney movie made, my ALL time favorite one is The Little Mermaid.  I wished I was her and had a fish tail all the time:)

My goddaughter just turned three and she had a Little Mermaid themed party!! Cutest party ever! I got to make her her birthday cake.  This has become a tradition each year, I included some pictures of this cake here too.

This is the card I made.  I had plans for something a little fancier, but we had a disaster with the cake and I ended up making a new one and stayed up with my sister-in-law till 3 in the morning!

so this is the card I ended up making:

The base is from Art Philosophy as are the circles.

The image of Ariel is from Dreams Come True.

Here is a side view so that you can see the dimension on it.  The sentiment is from CTMH.  It came in a bundle with the Art Philosophy cartridge.

This cake was so difficult to do, but it was worth it. It tied the whole party together. 

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

My Craft Spot: Shaped Birthday Card

More Than Favors: Circles

Cardz Tv: Anything Goes

Birthday Sundaes Challenge #45

Good morning! We are back with another Birthday Sundaes challenge for you! This week our challenge is for you to get messy! Use inks, paints, misting to create your birthday card. 
Our sponsor for this week is Couture Stamping by Candice Fields, an independent CTMH consultant and former Birthday Sundaes DT Member! Candice is giving away the CTMH Fashionista stamp set! Candice is also offering Birthday Sundaes fans a 10% discount during this challenge. You can find her store HERE and her blog HERE. To receive the discount, please email your order directly to Candice at stampinpearls at gmail . com (remove the spaces).


This was a real challenge for me, but I finally got to a technique I've been wanting to use for a very long time!  I took white card stock and inked it with Tim Holtz Spun Sugar.  I will admit it didn't look too great at this point, but then I took my mixture of Perfect Pearls and water in my mini mister and sprayed it.  WOW!!! It looked amazing! The color is beautiful and there are little splotches of ink and pearls all over the place.  


I hope you can see it here: 

I wish the color would show up the way it looks in real life.  It's the prettiest color I've ever seen!

I heat embossed the window stamp from SU! and punched the window with a coordinating punch.  The edges were inked with Tim Holtz Vintage Photo distress ink. 

I finished it off with striped embossing, twine and this beautiful rose! This rose is from Close To My Heart's Art Philosophy cart.  Seriously the most gorgeous flower I've seen on a cartridge.  I also sprayed it with the Perfect Pearls solution to give it some shimmer.  It's very difficult to see on the white, sorry :(

Please stop by Birthday Sundaes and check out the DT's creations for more inspiration! 

Always and Forever

I LOVE Valentine's Day.  It's my second favorite holiday, only next to Christmas.

This happens to be my husband's Valentine.  He already saw it, I couldn't help showing it to him! 

This is supposed to be us.  I should be wearing glasses too, but she looks so cute already.  I hope you can tell that they are salt and pepper shakers.

The S&P shakers are on the From My Kitchen cart.  The circles and base are from the Art Philosophy cart.  I took the outer shape and welded it to make the card base.

These adorable faces are from PKS.  I hope you can see the shine from the Glossy Accents.  They make a big difference on the eyes and lips.

I added lots of pop dots and layers to give them lots of dimension. 

Carts: From My Kitchen, Art Philosophy, Billionaire (glasses and bow tie)

Punch: SU! Owl Punch (for the heart)

Sentiment: My Creative Time

Faces: Boy Mates 1 1/8th set and Princes Faces 1 1/8th set.

Papers: All SU!

Challenges:

My Craft Spot: Anything Goes

More Than Favors: Love Theme

Die Cuttin' Divas: Anything Goes

Whimsical Wednesday: Use something old (I'm using my From My Kitchen cart)

Sentimental Sundays: Feel the Love

Cardz Tv: Tickled Pink

My Sherri Crafts: Use two or more hearts

D.L. Art's Linky Party:Anything Goes

Little Scrap Pieces: Use Pink

Thank you for visiting!

Hello Kitty Valentine

I saw that Emma was holding a Valentine challenge and I had to join in.

What's better than HK for Valentine's Day??

I cut her out at 4" from the HK Greetings cart.  The sentiment came from MCT's Small Talk set.  I heat embossed it in white.

Her face is from the Peachy Keen Super Simple Eyes and Noses assortment.  A must have if you have the HK cartridges.  Can you see the shine? I added some glossy accents to her eyes and nose.

The black layer was dry embossed with the Polka Dots folder and the pink layer was dry embossed with the Swiss Dots folder.  

I love my pop dots! Lots of dimension here!

A few weeks ago I saw a card by September Ninth and I loved the shapes she used.  I don't have Make the Cut so I improvised with my Cricut. 

The papers and embossing powder are from SU!  The twine is from the Twinery.

I am linking up to:

My Creative Time: Throwback Thursday-Valentine's Day Card

Sentimental Sundays: Dry Embossing

More Than Favors: Let's Get Animated

Beary Merry Christmas!

When I was young one of my BFF's (Raquel) and I were obsessed with Winnie The Pooh.  I'm not sure why, but we were.  When I saw this baby Pooh, I knew I had to use it on a card for her one day.  This sentiment from My Creative Time reminded me of that cut and that is how this card came to be.

I LOVE this card! Sometimes you picture something in your head, and once in a while the real thing surpasses all expectations. That is how I feel about this card.  I'm going to have a "beary" difficult time letting it go!! 

Here is my card:

This card base is from Art Philosophy.  Every time I look at that cartridge, I find more and more stuff to love!  Pooh came from the Pooh Font cart. I used SU! Dazzling Diamonds on his Santa hat.  I was enabled by my BFF Jennifer, she used it on a Santa hat and it looked so beautiful that I had to get some!

I even added an inside layer.  I never do this, but now that I see what a difference it makes, there is no going back :) 

The background paper is from Recollections Naughty or Nice Christmas Stack.  I love their stacks! Did you know that DCVW produces them?  No wonder they are so gorgeous! 

I am linking this card up with:

My Craft Spot: Shaped Christmas Card

The Paper Variety: Anything Goes

Little Scrap Pieces: Winter Holiday

Early Valentine

So this past week I got some new things I've been dying to try out! I was able to pick up a few stacks from Michaels because their stacks were 50% off and on Thursday night they had an additional 30% off your entire purchase.  So I got the stacks I've been wanting :) And my Art Philosophy cartridge came in on Wednesday. Close To My Heart has super fast shipping!!

Here are my toys that I tried out: Art Philosophy cartridge, SU! Matchbox Die, Preppy Princess stack by DCVW, and my Valentine's Day stamp set from My Creative Time called 100% Sweetness.

This die was really easy to put together! It fits four Hershey's Nuggets perfectly.  No Nuggets here, we ended up eating them all...

This tag is also a part of this die! I love it when they throw in freebies.

I am obsessed with this flower from the Art Philosophy cart.  It's so easy to make.  I tried it out in different sizes and they all came out this beautiful!  I need to get some glue for my glue gun because the adhesive I used didn't stick too well in the center.  I also spritzed it with Perfect Pearls.  It came out so pretty!

This is what the matchbox looks like when it's open.  I love this die!!!

I am linking up to: Crafty Sprouts- Tag It

Go Fish: Anything but a card

Thank you for stopping by!