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

Oh My...A Valentine!

Ok so I lied, I thought I was done with valentines but...Surprise! Here's another. Made with Cricut cartridge - Sentimentals.

This I made for the following challenges:

Cardz TV DT Challenge #5 - Tickled Pink

Cricut Cardz Challenge #101 - Be My Valentine

 Die Cuttin Divas Challenge #50 - Anything Goes

Share a little love,

Colin

Five Challenges, One Card

I checked a few challenges this week and wanted to try to incorporate them into one card. 

The challenges are:

Fantabulous Cricut -Label it 

Bitten by the Bug 2 - Bloom Dimensional Flower

Little Scrap Pieces - Blue 

Die Cuttin Divas - Buttons, Bows and/or Bling

Totally Paper Crafts - Make Your Own Flowers

The Card:

Cricut Cartridges:

Serenade - Flowers

(I cut off a petal and then glued it back together to give them dimension)

Sentimentals - Stamp background (label)

I made a flower for the inside as well by rolling up strips of paper. I have embellished both flowers with button middles. I added a bow with some green twine.

Have a good day,

Colin

Fantabulous Cricut Challenge - #85 – Book Lover

Challenge #85 – Book Lover

Create a project that has something to do with a book. You can make your own book, include the image of a book on your project, design a bookmark, etc.

When I saw this  challenge, I first thought of the Library Card cut from Sentimentals. As I started this project I knew I needed to spice it up a little. I love the Cricut Sentimentals cartridge, but I don't love the card that comes with this cut. Like me I know your asking yourself why would you need to make a library card and pocket for your personal books? I have one friend who could benefit from this, maybe you do too. I started thinking of alternative uses for the book card and pocket, and I thought that you could use it as a way to personalize books you give as a gift. Most of the time you would just write a note on the inside cover, but this may be a nice way to achieve the same effect. 

The pocket is the Library Card cut from Sentimentals cartridge. As I mentioned I didn't like the card that goes with this cut, so I decided to make one from Damask Decor's Tag feature. The tag is and Pocket I cut a 5". I have left the back of the tag empty for a personal note, or if you have an extensive personal library, you can use it for it's original purpose.