Mothers Day 2

As promised I have a second Mothers Day Card. I hope every Mother out there got spoiled and had a great day with their families. I was off visiting my own Mom and that's why this is a day late. I used a cartridge I haven't used before Victorian Romance; as well as one of my favorites Flower Shoppe. I used the same paper by My Minds Eye, from the other Mothers Day card. Happy Monday enjoy!

~C

Happy Mothers Day 1

I want to wish all you Moms a Happy Mothers Day! I have two cards that I made, this is the first and I will post the other later. This card I made using Spring Cottage and Flower Shoppe. I used a piece of vellum for the window glass and the paper is My Minds Eye. 

I have entered this in the following challenges:

Fantabulous Cricut

Cricut Creative Cutter Room

Celebrate the Occasion

More Than Favors

3 flowers

This card is one that I created for my guest designer spot but I wanted something that went with the theme of gardening better. I like this card so I have decided to share it and also enter it into a challenge or over at Made Especially for you: 3 flowers.  I made the flowers with Flower Shoppe and the tree is from Straight From the Nest. I went with Earth tones and finished it off with brown twine.

Hope you're having a sunny day!

~C

Easter!

I have another Easter card. I made this one using Cricut cartridge Give a Hoot and Flower Shoppe. I needed one more Easter card to give and now I need to get working on birthday cards. I am one of six and all four boys have birthdays in April. My own is coming up on the 9th Easter Monday.

Happy Easter,

Colin

I have entered this in the following challenges:

More Than Favors: Challenge #68 - Easter/Spring

The Sisterhood of Crafters: Celebrating Easter

Krafty Girls: Challenge #4 - For Peep's sake!

My Craft Spot: Challenge #50 - Easter

The Kraft Journal: Celebrate Spring or Easter

A Fun, Just Beacause...

I made this card just for fun out of the scraps from my Spring kite card, that won over at Party Time Tuesdays! I'm so thankful for my win and thank the entire team at Party Time Tuesdays. I also want to thank Susan at Cricut and Grasshopper for offering some blog candy that I was fortunate to win also. I don't care what kind of day I had prior, but it's now a great day! I also want to thank all the visitors I had over the weekend for Carson's Creations Blog Hop. I now have over 20 new followers and a pile of great comments to my post. I will choose a winner tomorrow evening for my giveaway; leaving another day to enter. To everyone thank you, thank you, thank you!

My card was created using Cricut cartridge Create a Critter and Flower Shoppe. The paper is digital paper from Babapuff. I'm always cutting extras here and there and this is something I made from scraps from my Spring card.

Happy Monday,

Colin

Easter Chick!

First off thank you for your concern in regards to my lack of power situation. Power was restored late the following morning. Turned out to be a short in a light switch. 

I have been slacking off lately, and because I tried and failed to make a St. Patrick's Day card, I moved to the next holiday Easter! I made a simple card, using a sketch from 4 Crafty  Chicks challenge, that I missed because I didn't want to take pictures two nights ago. I used the chick cut from Create a Critter and flowers from Flower Shoppe. I found this stamp in the dollar bin at Micheal's. Here is my creation followed by the sketch and then some challenges I happen to meet the requirements for.

~C

I have entered this in the following challenges:

Die Cuttin Diva: Challenge #56 - Try These Colors (Yellow, Green, Black and White)

4 Crafty Chicks: Challenge #81 - Chicks Rule!

Paper Playtime: Challenge #69 - Delicious Die Cuts With Flowers

Bitten by the Bug - Bunny or Chick

Party Time Tuesdays: Challenge #59 - Monochromatic

4 Chicks Challenge

 4 Crafty Chicks Challenge #78 is a inspiration challenge. I have no idea how they got a picture of my living room, but I was inspired. I used this challenge to try out a new technique I have seen used before. I inked my embossing folder to color the non-embossed sections. I used a piece of silk ribbon to match the shine of the coffee table in the picture. I love, love this chair cut from Cricut cartridge Sentimentals. I cut this chair out when I bought this cartridge back in August and am just using it now. I also used Flower Shoppe for the roses. I love how this turned out so much that I have already made another.

My card:

My inspiration:

I think this would look really nice with out the chair, but I really just needed an excuse to use it.

Have a good rest of the weekend,

Colin

I have entered this in the following: 

4 Crafty Chicks: Challenge #74 - Inspiration Challenge 

Sentimental Sundays: Challenge #90 - Lets Get Sentimental

Cardz TV Design Team: Challenge #6 - Anything Goes

Another Pagoda Card

Once you start it's hard to stop. I saw this cut when I was making the last card, so I came back to it today. I made the Panda card the other day, but I got lazy and didn't take a picture of it to post. I was in a crafty mood so I sat down and used Cricut cartridge Pagoda again. I also included a flower from Flower Shoppe (I made a lot the night I got it). I made this with a challenge from 'Cricut Creative Cutter Room' in mind.

I made this for:

Cricut Creative Craft Room: Design Time Thursday - Shape Cards

I have more so stay tuned,

Colin

Challenge Yourself #2

Here is a second card I made for my personal challenge, to use cartridges that I haven't used yet. For this card I used Cricut cartridge Paisley, A deal I found at Micheal's in the fall. I also used Flower Shoppe to replace the image on the boot. The paper stack  is DCWV - Green Tea.

I made this card for the following challenges:

Bitten by the Bug 2 - Boots

4 Crafty Chicks - Lets Double Down (pairs)

Little Scrap Pieces - Green

The Paper Variety - Image (I used the green from her dress and the blue from his shirt)

More Than Favors - Circles (polka dot Paper)

I've been Framed!

I wish I could say that I had a horribly busy and productive week, and that it why I haven't posted. The reality is neither, but I did manage to make something. This weekend is my Mom's birthday, and I wanted to have something to give her as my main gift won't be till later. I bought this frame a while ago, with the intent to embellish it. With my time running out to have something done for the weekend, I called around and finally found Cricut's Flower Shoppe cartridge. I can't tell you how long I have been trying to get this cartridge. A few calls, a bit of a drive and some practice and I ended up with this. Excuse the photo quality.

I entered this in the following challenges:

Die Cuttin Divas: Challenge #52 - Color Challenge

My Craft Spot: Challenge #44 - Girly Girl Projects

Decorate to Celebrate: Challenge #18 - Diva Party

Joyful Stamper: Challenge #46 - Anything Goes

The Sisterhood of Crafters  - Valentine's

Colin