CTO Birthday Sketch

Welcome to another Celebrate the Occasion challenge! This week, we were given a great sketch and a birthday theme. So fun! I love sketches, they always bring out some great creativity and it's always fun to see how people interpret them! I used some beautiful My Mind's Eye paper, some great ribbon and lace trim, and a gorgeous Prima flower I found, and hopefully I achieved the elegant look I was going for.

You may notice that this picture is different from the one on the CTO site, but after I sent in the picture I noticed that the dragonfly charm had fallen off, so I tied it on and took another picture. He's not going anywhere now :)

Make sure you come and join us this week at Celebrate the Occasion for this fun challenge and to check out all the fabulous work from the rest of the awesome Design Team!! All you need to do is create a card, layout or other project and post it by Sunday, September 4th, 11:59pm (EST). The winner will be selected and entered into the drawing for the month!

Challenges:
My Craft Spot - "sew" much fun
Die Cuttin' Divas - fall colors

Have a wonderful day!

That is my Boy

Welcome to Thankful Thursday! The challenge this week was to use the word man/boy, or use a man/boy cut in your project. My baby graduated from preschool last year and so I knew I had to leave tons of room for pictures on this layout. I used paper from the My Mind's Eye Dreamy collection and used Tim Holtz's grunge board letters and inked them up to match. The little letters are from Doodlebug. I used Everyday Paper Dolls for the graduate and the scroll - just love how bright it turned out, just like him! :)



We have an awesome prize this month, it's a Post-it prize pack!! Don't forget to head over to Crazy About Cricut and enter your family project!


Have an awesome 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!

Cupcake Mice

I love this digital image by Designed 2 Delight! Such a fun little garden party scene! I experimented some more with the watercolor pencils and markers to shade my image. I used some of the Dreamy collection from My Mind's Eye, this paper is so great because the glitter is already on the cardstock!

After coloring my image, I used liquid glass for the centers of the flowers, rhinestones for the mice noses and cherry, and a black pearl for the little bee head. I liked how much dimension all these little details added!

Here are the challenges that inspired me:
Designed 2 Delight - use the image of the week
Midnight Madness Sketch Challenge #99 - sketch
Scrapbookaholic by Abby - use orange and an animal
The Paper Variety - use flowers
For Fun Challenges - use any 3: pink, blue, purple, green, and yellow

Spring Tag

For my Celebrate the Occasion challenge this week, I thought it was supposed to be a tag :) But alas, it is supposed to have a punch on it. Luckily, I used one. The only shaped one I have aside from border punches is the Martha Stewart Circle punch. Martha has failed me in many other products she uses, but her punches have so far been great.

The tag was a RAK sent from Enastasia. I love the tags she sent me. I used My Mind's Eye Laundry Line Sun dress Admire, with Winding Vine paper. Shabby Shutters and Tumbled Glass Distress Ink by Time Holtz were used around my edges. I used a My Minds Eye rub on for the bird and a quote that says An Every Day Kind of Wonderful. So sweet. Then I decked it out with some Prima bling 'say it in crystals' a large button and a K&C bling. I threw on some trim and a Fancy Pants ribbon. Some tulle at the bottom flared out from the backside- like a dress :).






I have to say it is all a bit gaudy. :) My mom didn't like it. But I think it is adorable. :)

I would love to see your projects. Go to Celebrate the Occasion and enter. Pull out your old punches you never use and get going. You have one week to get them in. No cricut required :)
Here is the video tutorial

April Rain

Well it's decided not to be spring in Utah yet...so this card is kind of a reminder to myself that it will get better! I just hope it's soon! But in the meantime, it's left me with lots of time to get crafting, so I decided to try something new. I used watercolor pencils and a Tombow blender pen to color this digital stamp from Designed 2 Delight. It was pretty fun and they were WAY less expensive than Copic markers which are still on my wish list! I used some of the My Mind's Eye Quite Contrary collection, because even though it's about a rainy day, the colors are still happy :)

I used the Walk in my Garden cricut cart for the flowers and then liquid glass to give a little shine to them and to the butterflies around the watering can.

So I needed to have a nice, uplifting sentiment for the inside of the card too :)

Here are the challenges that inspired me:
Mojo Monday - sketch
Fantabulous Cricut - April showers, project with umbrella or hat
Designed 2 Delight - watering can digital stamp
Cooking with Cricut - April showers
Crafty Creations - rain showers, challenge #113
The Paper Variety - April showers bring May flowers


Have a great day!

Celebrate the Occasion Challenge #8

This week at Celebrate the Occasion the challenge is to make a project with the theme anything birthday (must have a flower). For my card, I used some of the Stella Rose collection from My Mind's Eye - I just can't seem to get away from their stuff, they really do have the most beautiful paper! I cut out the birthday cake pieces and then used the corner rounder to make it look more like a cake. I used a fun EK Success border punch to cut out the side bar too!

I sprayed my prima flowers with electric blue and silver sugar glimmer mist and then added a pearl accent to the middle of each flower.

Then I embossed the candle and used stickles to add some shine to the flame.

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 10th, 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:
Paper Sundaes - spring blossoms
Birthday Sundaes - anything goes birthday
All Sorts Challenge - Week #97, blooming blossoms
The Crazy Challenge - #61 just add flowers
More than Favors - birthday theme
Crazy About Cricut - birthday theme
Card Makin' Mamas - embellish it

Have an awesome day!

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 :)

My Mind's Eye eye candy

Saturday, I went to the Scrapbook Expo, in Sandy, Utah- with Rayna. There were a lot of great deals there. It still isn't as good as it used to be. Ten years ago they had a ton
of free make and takes, etc. But my favorite thing at the expo is always My
Mind's Eye (and the cute guys that sell it) Seriously, if they had a poster of all of the
cute guys in their cute brown My Mind's Eye shirts, I would possibly buy it
:) Some have been around a while, and if you know them by name- they will
work out a deal with you. My Mind's Eye products ROCK!! Here is a short
video of KC, who is super cute and a lot of laughs. *Don't worry, my hubby
knows all about my scrapbooking crushes. :)

(the video is old, but it is all
I could find- I didn't bring my camera to the show :(
seriously, cracks me up :) And guys talking about glitter without laughing
is just cool. Go check out the My Mind's Eye Blog,
who would totally get more views if they had KC, Nick or Jason, did I miss
anyone?? Did I tell you their product is awesome to decorate with because it
is so sturdy?
I have to add Tim Holtz to the scrapbook crush list. (Confession, when Rayna said at the show 'There is Tim Holtz!' I about passed out, but she meant Tim Holtz's embossing folders. LOL

Who is on your Scrapbook crush list ?

-Paper Panther :)

Fast Baby Card using My Minds Eye

Hi Peeps! For this weeks Design Team Challenge at Celebrate the Occasion it is a new arrival. I chose to do a sweet and simple baby card for my friends baby boy. Don't you love little sweet baby toes and hands? I have had 4 kids, one boy and three girls and I still can't get enough of newborn babies. Does anyone have one I can hold????

Go and enter your new arrival (pets count too) project to Celebrate the Occasion Challenge blog and you could be entered to win the monthly giveaway. Remember, you do not have to use the cricut for this challenge blog- so if you are on a Provo Craft strike because of the Make the Cut fiasco- this challenge is for you :)

Here is the link to the video of the card I made, which my ten year old helped me film. Um.... I will be practicing with her first next time, LOL!!

Until then stay tuned for more projects from Rayna and myself. Happy crafting!

(PS I want you to note that I only have ONE photo up here instead of a thousand like I normally do. I am having withdrawals- this may not last. )

Surfer Birthday Card

Using My Minds Eye's Breaking Free adventure Series I cut the 12x12 in half to make a 6x6 card. I used Star 1 from George and Basic Shapes and cut several out to layer and make the sun. I used stickles in crystal and frosted lace for the clouds and the wave. The sun and MME surf board are popped out with demensionals. The Birthday Wishes on the surf board is a Karen Fosters rub-on transfer Happy Birthday series.

I am linking up with Celebrate the Occasion and Die Cuttin' Diva's

Have a great day!

- Paper Panther

Halloween Layout

Ok so I'm a little behind with my scrapbooking, but I just did this Halloween layout with the cute My Mind's Eye paper from the Blackbird line. I used the Cricut to cut out the big circle and then I stamped the witch, cat, & spider - I think I just got the stamp set because he was SO cute! Then I used some twine to attach the star and Stickles in Frayed Burlap to give it some shimmer. They are having a challenge over at the My Mind's Eye blog to do a layout following the sketch so I thought I would give it a shot. Also, at Amanda's Crafts & More, she's doing a layout challenge and anything goes, so I'm entering there too! Have a great day!

Valentine's Purse Decoration

I went to my local Roberts craft store and they had these adorable paper mache purses on display. This is what it looked like before:


And here's after I decorated it!




I painted the top, sides, and bottom with a pink paint that matched my paper, and then I got two different My Mind's Eye papers from their Laundry Line paper for the front and back. I used mod podge to stick them on - I just put the glue on the back of the papers since I didn't want that glossy finish for my finished product. I added a cute picture in the heart cutout, some decorative ribbon to the handle, and a little flower to the front and poof I had a new Valentine's decoration! Have a great Sunday!

Doodlecharms & Just Because Cards Sweet Valentine

I used the Doodlecharms cartridge for the yummy cupcakes and then the "Just Because" Cards cartridge for the cute little bird. All the paper is from the awesome Penny Lane line from My Mind's Eye. I thought I would try to enter a few different challenges with this one:

More Than Favors is having a challenge to use the colors Brown, Green & Pink.
My Pink Stamper wanted a project that is Super Yummy!
Cricut Cardz Challenge is looking for a Valentine's day card for a child.

Have an awesome day!

Happy Birthday Turtle

Happy Birthday to Robyn at the Pink Stamper! I love the Paisley cartridge turtle and this was the perfect chance to get to use him! I pleated some paper for the center strip and used the Cuttlebug Spots & Dots embossing folder to give some texture to the sparkly Gemstones cardstock from Coredinations. The rest of the paper is from the My Mind's Eye Penny Lane collection, all their paper is great. Hope you like it, have a great day!