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.

Sock Monkey Hi!

Bugaboo Stamps has the greatest freebies this week...SOCK MONKEYS!   I had to make a card with at least one of them.   Colored him with Prisma and Gamsol, enhanced the white parts with a little glitter glaze.  Added some buttons and a paper-pieced car.  All the paper is scraps (I'm trying to be good....) and the punch is MS.  That little bit of punched border makes this card an entry in Practical Scrappers Challenge this week.    Added some buttons and a "HI" sentiment from a $1 Michael's stamp, cut out and placed on a handy 1 3/4" George circle.  Great black trim from Tuesday Morning, 3 rolls for $1.29!

Sock Monkey Birthday Card

I came up with this sock monkey design over a year ago for a layout, but I've never put him on a card.  He seemed to fit several challenges this week so I pulled the instructions back out.   The full details can be found on my scrapbooking blog here.

Paper is fabric from Love, Else....border and sentiment are stamped from a new pkg. I got for $1 at Big Lots yesterday.  Balloons are from Everyday Paper Dolls.

This design fits several challenges:

Cricut Cardz Challenge  make a child's birthday card

Fantabulous Cricut  use the word birthday and balloons

Cookin' It Up with Katie use fabric (the striped background is adhered fabric paper from Love, Else) use decorative edge scissors and your favorite technique (paper piecing)

Raq's Challenge on the cricut msg board (sketch)

Use Your Paper Dolls Cartridge to create something (cricut msg board)

He's going to be my daughter's birthday card....she loves sock monkeys.

Sock Monkey Thank You

Yet another card....this one a thank you card for my homeroom mother. Used Daisy D's Bambino collection, sticker letters, ribbon, buttons, and pop-ups. No Cricut!!! I thought it was cute. The theme in my classroom is monkeys so I thought it was appropriate.