Thankful Thursday Grandparents' Day Challenge

Welcome to Thankful Thursday and the great challenge over at Crazy About Cricut! This week, the design team was challenged to make a Grandparents' Day card. It was perfect timing, because we're about to see my parents this weekend who live out of state so they'll love to get this from my kids. I had each of them write a little sentiment and sign their names. It's so fun to see how their handwriting and spelling skills improve every year!

I just love the Create a Critter cart and my mom loves turtles so I thought I'd make my mom and dad out of the little turtles :) I used the bow and glasses from the Everyday Paper Dolls cart as accents.

Now you'll want to head over to Crazy About Cricut and check out all the awesome Design Team projects and enter your family's project letting some much loved grandparents know how great they are! Have a fun day!

Happy Father's Day cricut card

Using the CUTEST BEAVER EVER off of the Create a Critter Cricut Cart. I also used the grass from that cart. and embossed a blue piece of card stock with the Spots and Dots embossing folder on my Sizzix texture boutique embossing purse (so cute)

Then I used the computer to print the message out- since every man I am related to in my family works as hard as beavers- and every other man I have met thinks he does. LOL
I hope you enjoy- now go to Celebrate the Occasion and check out all the other brilliant artists on the design team this week!
Thanks,

Jazz Bear

One of my favorite things about going to watch the Utah Jazz games is the Jazz bear, he's just so energetic, acrobatic, and great! So when I saw that Cooking with Cricut was having a Cele"bear"ation blog hop, I decided to make this layout with the bear that steals the show :)

I used the bear from the Create a Critter cart (my absolute favorite!) and the glasses are from the giraffe on that cartridge. The basketball jersey and headband are from the Everyday Paper Dolls cart. I printed off the Jazz logo and stuck it to the jersey for a final touch.

Have a great day!

Easter Bear

This card was inspired by my 5-year old friend Mimi and her bear Sammy in the blue bunny suit :) He was so cute, I had to recreate it for an Easter card. I also love this glitter paper by My Mind's Eye and the muted blue and yellow colors. This cute bear is from the Create a Critter cart and so are the little bunny ears. I embossed the background paper that he's on and inked it to really make the background stand out. The flowers in the corner with the pearls in the middle added some nice dimension too.

It's hard to see in the picture, but the bunny ears are also sparkly because of this awesome paper, so fun!

Here are the challenges that inspired me:
Paper Sundaes - choose 2 or more, sparkle, pearls, die cuts, yellow - I did all of them! :)
Cooking with Cricut - Easter
More than Favors - Easter
For Fun Challenges - Easter
Simon Says Stamp - emboss it
Crafty Creations - 1 technique (embossing), 2 embellishments, 3 patterned papers
Midnight Madness - Sketch challenge #100

Hope you all had a wonderful Easter!

Celebrate the Occasion Challenge #10

For this week's challenge at Celebrate the Occasion the idea is to make a project with a birthday theme (use this sketch).

So here is what I created! I used some Close to my Heart paper called Groovy Blossoms that I've had forever and designed the card around the sketch. I used the cute little dalmatian from the Paisley cart and pieced him together and then the 'happy birthday' from Create a Critter.

I used stickles for the flower on the sidebar and for the little star on his chest just to make it sparkle. Then I used a brad and some fiber to make sort of a tag out of the flower and popped it up on a pop dot.

Make sure you join us this week at Celebrate the Occasion for this fun challenge! All you need to do is create a card, layout or project and post it by Sunday, April 24th, 11:59pm (EST). The winner will be selected and entered into their monthly drawing and they will be giving away a "SIMPLY SWEET" cricut cartridge for the month of April!!!

Challenges:
Cooking with Cricut - use something that has been in your stash for at least a year
Die Cuttin' Divas - "Tag" you're it
Crafty Creations - paper piecing
Birthday Sundaes - anything goes birthday
Card Makin' Mamas - spring colors

Chocolate Bunny

I had so much fun making this card with the adorable bunny from the Create a Critter cart. I also used some papers from the Alphabet Soup collection from My Mind's Eye, so cute!

I made the chocolate bunny and then used pinking scissors to "snap" the little ear. I thought that was appropriate since that's the best place to start on any chocolate bunny :) I used the Forever Young cart to make the sunglasses and then added some rhinestone bling.

I used a couple of embossing folders to add some flourishes to the carrot and some texture to the carrot top and flower. Then I added just a little more bling to the flower :)

On the inside of the card I added this little sentiment perfect for any Easter/Spring birthday.

Challenges:
Papercraft Star - card with this recipe: 5x7, 3x4.5" mat, must have flourish and rhinestones
Crafty Creations - bunnies
Cooking with Cricut - pun or funny saying
Birthday Sundaes - Spring birthday
Fantabulous Cricut - Spring
Die Cuttin' Divas - Easter
More than Favors - funny saying
Two Scraptastic Gals - use Forever Young cart
So Saturday Challenge #6 - use patterned ribbon

Hope you're enjoying spring wherever you are :)

Baby Page

Time to record the birth of my niece... now that she's 2 yrs old! Well, better late than never, I guess :) I loved this cute little sheep on the Create a Critter cart and thought she was perfect for a baby girl. I used colored, embossed vellum for the bottom border and a paper flower for some additional accents.

Of course, I had to use some Stickles to add a little shimmer to the hair bows :)


I am entering this into Die Cuttin Divas 'Baby Love' challenge and More Than Favors 'Stretch Your Imagination' challenge. I didn't have that cartridge, so here's the next best thing :) Hope you're all having an awesome day!

Going Wild Layout

I found the perfect excuse to use the giraffe & monkey from the Create a Critter cartridge :) I had these zoo photos and I just had to use them! I used the leaf from the T-rex dino on that cartridge too.

The words and the flowers are from the Life's a Beach cart. I seriously loved Cricut Design Studio for this project, I used it for everything!

I extended the vine for the monkey to hang on using Design Studio, so he would hang past my pictures.

I added a little flower to the giraffe just to give her a little color using a flower from Life's a Beach.

I gave him the sunglasses that usually go with the giraffe, and they fit him really well :)

Then I added a little bit of Stickles to the middle of the flowers for some extra shimmer.

I found a couple of challenges to enter with this layout:

The Paper Variety - use mostly green
More Than Favors - zoo theme
Cooking with Cricut - double take

Hope you're all having an awesome week!

Create a Critter Elephant

My youngest is turning 2 this month so I made this card for her :) I hope you enjoy it. She really likes elephants right now. Is it possible to watch Dumbo a million times a day to the point you dream about it at night? Pink Elephants *shudder*

I used the crown from Once Upon a Princess Cartridge on page 25 Font Shift

The elephant is a Create a Critter Cartridge and on page 55.

I am linking this up with Celebrate the Occasion

and

Patti-Lynncreations.

Whoo Loves You?

I used Create a Critter for the cute little owl and then some big googly eyes. I also used Paisley for the heart - I used my Cricut Design Studio to layer a 4" heart and then a smaller one inside to make the cutout. I printed out the Whoo Loves You? and colored it in with marker to add some more yellow. I'm doubling up challenges again and using white, blue, and yellow for More Than Favors and then for the Cricut Cardz Challenge, it's a Valentine's card for a man too. So much fun doing challenges!

Is it summertime yet? Cricut card

Cricut cartridges: Doodlecharms for the snowmen, border option

Once Upon a Princess: Angel wings for the top of the swimsuits and hat and the dragonfly body for the orange noses

Create a Critter Girraffe accessory for the sunglasses.

Thanks- Paper Panther

Entered in Die Cuttin' Diva's challenge

http://diecuttindivas.blogspot.com/

Snowman & Create a Critter Penguin Card

For this card I used DCWV Christmas paper & cardstock, and a few different Cricut cartridges - the snowman was from Doodlecharms (but I added the heart & scarf), the snowflake was from Joys of the Season, and the adorable little penguin was from Create a Critter. I also used the Star Dust Stickles on the snowman and snowflake for some extra shimmer.

Happy Birthday Create a Critter Snake card

Using the Create a Critter snake on page 30, and Martha Stewart ribbon, I made this Happy Birthday card. I hope you enjoy it!
Happy Birthday Robyn, at My Pink Stamper