Tall Ships

For my layout today I used the sketch from Sketch-N-Scrap.  I have both the 12x12 layout and an 8 1/2 x 11 layout.

We have been wanting to see the Tall Ships when they come into town and something always came up. This year we were all in town at the same time so we made a quick trip up to Duluth to see them. It was a really dreary day so the photo's have a lot of gray in them.  I accented my pages with the colors on the ships.

 

I used my Cricut to cut the ship, wave and my title.

  I added a little bit of stamping then cut them then used pop up dots to attach them to the page. I again used the photo label punch and the printable on this layout. In case you missed it click here to go to the post about the printable.


Thanks for stopping by.

Entered into the following Challenge: Sketch-N-Scrap

Recipe:
Paper: We R memory Keepers - Madame Royale; DCWV - The Timeless Texture Stack; Provo Craft - The Slab III; Unknown - white, brown kraft, and cream
Ink: Stampin' Up - Early Espresso, Brocade Blue; Versa Magic - Midnight Black: Inkadinkadoo - Navy Blue
Stamps: Unity Kit of the Month - July 2013 {Spirit of Summer}
Punch: EK Success - Photo Labels; Martha Stewart - Photo Corner Punch
Cricut Cartridges: Graphically Speaking, Old West and Paper Doll Dress Up
Misc.: Adhesive, Zots, Pop Up Dots, scissors and X-Acto knife, printable

Happy Haunting - Day 12

Today is the last day of the 12 Days of Halloween and I hope you have enjoyed my projects.  If you misses any of the 12 Days of Halloween click here.  I have a 12 x12 layout to share with you.   Remember you can click on any photo to see it larger.

I have inked around all the edges of the black cardstock with orange and black ink on the "Happy Haunting" title.  The spiders are spider rings I picked up at the dollar store. The photo mats are cut at 4.25" x 6.25", 3.25" x 5 .25" and 2.25" x 2.25.
 

 

The spider web is cut at 5 3/4" out of vellum paper.  I only glued in the center of the web and that is where I also attached the spider.

 The bat border is cut a 2 1/8".  I added black rhinestones for his eyes i just didn't like the look of the wiggly eyes on the bats.

Happy Haunting is cut at 2 1/8" once in orange and then with the shift button in black. I cut the ring part off of the spiders and glued to each side of the saying.

Thanks for stopping by.  If you missed any of the 12 Days of Halloween click here.

Recipe:

Paper: DCWV cardstock, orange, green and black; Stampin' Up - Vellum

Ink: Colorbox - orange

Cricut Cartridges: Paper Doll Dress Up, MS Seasonal 

Misc: black rhinestones, spider rings, adhesive.



Going Batty

Today I'm the guest Designer at the Card A Day Blog and the theme this week is Cats and Bats.For my card today I am using this Pagemaps sketch.


I used Design Studio to design my card and instead of using tags I used the bat from Paper Dolls Dress Up.

I used mini pearls for all the bat eyes and inked all the bats and the card base. The kraft paper was embossed with the Argyle folder.


I used a strip of karft paper and one of pattern papers for the inside of my card. Thanks so much for stopping by and head on over the Card A Day blog for some great inspiration.

Recipe: Paper: DCWV Retro Prints mat stack: Cardstock: Recollections - brown and white; Kraft Cricut Cartridges: George and Paper Doll Dress Up Ink: Inkadinkadoo - Coffee bean Embossing Folder: Cuttlebug – Argyle Misc: adhesive, pearls - Recollections, Cuttlebug

Vintage Christmas Card - Day 24

I have a lot of graphic clip art and one of the places I get some freebies is from Dover Publications. I had signed up to receive their free samples and this where I got the vintage Santa's for these two cards. This card is based on the Scrapbook Heaven Card Crop Lee's #1 Card Tutorial.

I used a scallop punch and x-mas tree to make my accents. I also embossed the tree with the swirl stamp and white embossing powder before covering with Diamond Glaze. The buckle is from the Fabulous Finds Cartridge and embossed with gold embossing powder.

Side view of the card. Since I did not use pop up dots it's really pretty flat for mailing.

For my swirl paper I stamped the swirls and embossed them to get the same look Lee had with he paper.

Thanks for stopping by.

I do have a cricut file for the buckle and I've enclosed a pattern for a circle and a Christmas trees which I have not cut. Click here for the cut file.

Recipe:

Paper: DCWV cardstock - white, green, red; Pattern Paper - unknown

Stamp: Autumn Leaves Clear Stamps Swirls v:I

Ink: Archival Pigment Ink Brilliance - Moonlight White

Punches: Martha Stewart - Scallop Circle; Paper Wished - Holiday Xmas Tree

Cricut Cartridges: Fabulous Finds, George, Paper Doll Dress Up

Misc: Sheer Ribbon, Diamond Glaze, glue, Embossing stamp pad, white and gold embossing powder.

Happy Thanksgiving

I wanted to share a really cute Thanksgiving Card that I did. This one was all cut from my Cricut and has a lot of layering with the pumpkins and the corn stalks.

I left the back of the tag blank so that I could write a note on the back.

Here's a side view.

Thanks for stopping by.

Click here for the cut file and yes it can be cut with the bug.

Recipe:

Cardstock: Brown, orange, green, white, yellow, green

Cricut Cartridges: Fabulous Finds, Paperdoll Dress Up, Paperdolls For Everyday, Tags Bags Boxes and More.

Ink: Inkadinkadoo - Olive Green, Coffee Bean, Ochre

Misc: brads, ribbon, yarn, red line tape, glue, pop up dot

Boy Oh Boy September Challenge

The September sketch for the Boy Oh Boy Challenges is a great one for border punches. I made a couple of page borders with the Cricut as I wanted a fence border, then I need an ivy border and how about a tree border. I kind of went wild on the making borders.

The leaves at the bottom of the page are a hidden journaling tag.

Challenges:

Pages in Time - Boy Oh Boy September: Use sketch, Must have a boy in picture, Autumn Colors

Paper: Cardstock: White, green reds, brown.

Ink: Brown and Versa Magic - Spanish Olive

Glimmer Mist: Antique Brass

Punch: Martha Stewart - Bird on a Wire

Cricut Cartridges: 50 States, George, Heritage, Mini Monograms, Paper Doll Dress Up, Plantin SchoolBook, Speaking of Fall, Tags Bags Boxes and More

Misc: Brown Chalk - for the fence, glue, pop up dots

Trick or Treat

This is the card I made for my monthly card swap. I first printed trick or treat on an 8 1/2 x 11 paper, using the 2Peas Goofball font. The monster and ghost are cut using the Paper Doll Dress Up, and inked. I cut a shadow for the monter and ghost, inked with black ink, used pop up dots behind them, and put wiggle eyes on each one.







I embossed the orange cardstock with the Fiskars Webbing in my Cuttlebug, and then used silver glitter glue to highlight the web. The black edging is made using the George Cartridge. I wrapped the apricot bias tape around this and tied a knot on the left hand side.

I used 2Peas Goofball font to make the Trick or Treat saying, and cut a set of blank labels, then lined up my saying over the labels to get the right spacing, then cut with my Cricut. The cut file has six labels to cut at one time.


For the inside of the card I cut a white mat and covered with an orange border.

I stamped Trick or Treat on the front of the envelope and stamped the bat on the envelope flap in black ink.

Click here for the Halloween card cut file(includes Diamond Edging).
Click here for the cut file for the Diamond Edging only.
Click here for the Trick or Treat Label cut file.
Click here for the Trick or Treat background.






Recipe: Paper: Purple, tan, white, gray, black and orange card stock, green paper; Ink: Color box inks, black, green, purple Stampin Up Ink - Black (for envelope); Stamps: Hero Arts Clear Designs October - Trick or Treat, Stampin UpFrom the Crypt - bat; Cartridges: Accent Essentials, George and the Basic Shapes, Paper Dolls Dress Up; Misc: Pop up dots, Wiggle Eyes - 5mm and 3mm, silver glitter glue, apricot bias tape, envelope

Happy Halloween mesh

I have the baby bug so this 12 x 12 mesh is in two parts. I used the rectangle from George and the rest is from Paper Doll Dress Up.

I did cut an extra cat, spider web, coffin, and pumpkin and glued them on separately to take the design all the way to the left. I'm still not sure that I need to do that, but I think it turned out OK.

Paper Mesh

Here are the paper mesh files that I had posted earlier here.

Cowboy click here.

Halloween words click here.

Halloween click here.

Candy Bar Wrappers

I'm adding a candy bar wrapper to add to my "Boo" Basket.

I used Design Studio again but am not welding anything together. I used the regular size Hershey Bar for this wrapper.

The Cut file has the wrapper for both the regular size and the mini, but I don't have any accessories for the mini yet. Cut file here.

Recipe: Cricut Design Studio, Cartridges: George and Paper Doll Dress Up Misc: Red Line tape for the wrapper and glue for the accessories.

Halloween Tic Tac's

I've been working on making the Tic Tac covers for my "Boo" Baskets.

I made a file for the Cricut Design Studio, so my Cricut did all my work for me, except the scoring. I used the Paper Doll Dress Up cartridge for the accessories on the box and used the George cartridge for the actual box. None of the cuts are welded together, but the accessories are the right size for the box and the Ghost, Pumpkin, Spider, and Cauldron have the hole placed correctly.

Cut file Here.

Recipe: Cricut Design Studio Cartridges: George and Paper Dolls Dress Up Paper: Scraps

Paper Mesh

On the Cricut Boards there is a Paper Mesh Swap. There is going to be some wonderful ones. I have recently purchased the Paper Dolls Dress Up and the Printing Press cartridges I'm sure glad I did.



Before I cut the Cowboy one I swapped out the Cricut blade for the Cricut Marker and cut, then pressed load paper, swap out the Cricut Marker for the Cricut blade and pressed cut on Design Studio.


I have to wait until the Swap closes before I can post my cut file for you to download.