Bee Mine!

It's been waaaaay too long since I last crafted. Felt inspired today.....I think it was the sunshine. This is my version of this week's Jitterbuggin' challenge. Follow the sketch.....use stripes.....and something yellow! I used the little bee from Paisley....cut at 2 3/4" Wings are metallic blue and I added details with black/white pens and some dimensional paint. Scalloped circles (button from Paisley at 2 3/4" and 2 1/4") are embossed with polka dots......some doodling and pop dots. Background squares and the card are trimmed with my pinking edged shears......added plaid frame of purple ribbon. And just because it still didn't look quite right....and the sheet of rhinestone dots was in front of me.....I framed it out with them!

Christmas Joy - Jitterbuggin Sketch 16

The challenge at Jitterbuggin' this week is to use your favorite colors and your favorite things. My favorite thing is Christmas so I made a Christmas card - out of pink and green. There is a tutorial over there on how to make a folded frame - hmmmm- they are pretty but I had a hard time. Used K & company doublesided paper......Joy from Create a Critter cut at 1 1/2".....and snowflakes from an MS punch....added some ribbon. Set everything on a scalloped circle from Paisley. Hop over to Jitterbuggin' and show us your favorite things! This card works for Cricut Cardz Challenge too - scalloped circle.

Smile....

The challenge at Fantabulous Cricut this week is Smile.....and nothing makes me smile more than sock monkeys. I've made a version with Paper Doll Dress Up...and I have the new one on B is for Boy....but this one is made with shapes from my favorite cartridge, George.

The face is a 3 1/2" circle....ears are 1" oval cut in half. The ovals are both oval cuts, cut at 3 ". The hat is a 3 1/2" circle, half....trimmed until it looked right. Went over him with a Sharpie...added button eyes and another one on the hat. "Smile" is from Paisley, cut at 1 1/2" and doodled.

Card is 5" square and double layered, used the corner punch on all the layers.

Sock Monkey Baby Girl

Bugaboo had the cutest little freebie digital of sock monkeys a while back....and I couldn't resist turning this one into a baby card.  A little nontraditional, but very girly-girl.  I colored her with Gamsol and added some sparkly glaze.....paper from a HL Basics stack....added a heart border from Paisley....lots of ribbon and buttons. Sentiment is stamped.  This will match Fantabulous Cricut where the challenge is "baby" and Frosted Designs where the challenge is buttons.

Jitterbuggin Sketch 1

Well, I finally made a card from my own sketch.  I used lots of patterned paper (Practical Scrappers this week), some great ribbon that was 25 cents on clearance, my Cuttlebug (Swiss dots and Swirls embossing, "thanks" Quickutz), and some gems.  Threw in a big yellow flower from Paisley and a cute little ladybug from Doodlecharms.  If you would like to enter the Jitterbuggin Challenge and have a chance to win a new Cricut Cartridge, click here.

Easter Bunny and Egg - High Hopes Challenge #68

Still having fun learning to color images....this one is from High Hopes Stamps.   Added some *old* paper that I got about 100 sheets of from Sam's club 2 years ago....added a neat background paper from DCWV.....backed my image with a Paisley flower button...and edged it out with purple trim.

Little Miss Turtle

It's time for some spring colors, and at Practical Scrappers this week, it's time for white pens!   This is one of my favorite crafting tools...if you haven't tried it yet, you'll love it and use it for everything.

My little Miss Turtle is a digi stamp from The Stamping Boutique.   They have absolutely wonderful images at terrific prices.   Hop over!   I colored her with watercolor pencils, using several shades of each color and blending them.   I added some gems and buttons for dimension and used the white pen to highlight.  Added some flowers from Walk In My Garden, cut at 1/2" increments and layered.   I used the pen to doodle on the flowers too.  Added some ribbon and the sentiment is from Paisley.

Trio of Cards

I loved this floral paper and decided to see what I could make with it.  On the Cricut board, there is a weekly challenge called RAQ's card challenge with 3-4 sketches per week.   I decided to use this paper to make all the cards.  Used George for flowers, Pooh and Friends for the flower pot and the bee, and Paisley for the elephant.  Kind of a fun project, and not so many scraps!!

Woo's 30!

Round two of the masculine birthday cards.  Used the Paisley owl again....added some gold foil accents.  Cut the words from Paisley too.  The "30" is chipboard.   Edged paper with decorative scissors....trimmed wtih orange ribbon.  Nice VT color scheme for my BIL, the WVU fan!

Who Is Old?

Well, finding myself needing two "manly" birthday cards (HMMMM.....so not my favorite) this month, I decided that now was the time to break the wrapper on my new Paisley cartridge.  I loved the owl, and he turned out okay for a first attempt.   I cut shadow at 2 3/4 and 2 1/2.......regular cuts in ivory and gold striped...inked, cut apart, and layered until I was happy with it.  A few pop dots and gold crystals added for good measure.   I had the background for the card already (made it last fall, but didnt' use it)....added sentiment stickers and a little trim.