1 May - Fathers Day Fishing card!

                             THEME:  FATHER DAY CARDS

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Father's Day is coming up..  All dad's need a card of their favorite hobby - mine hubby loves to fish. The grandkids just think he is the coolest to go fishing with.   Our 7yr old thinks he always catches the biggest fish - no matter the size!!

Today, using the Imagine cartridge The Good Old Days, I have created using the fisherman at 4in on the Imagine using the Cricut Craft Room.  Using ctmh colored pencils has colored in his face and hands to represent dad...

Stampin Up! stamp sets: Happy fathers Day is from a set from 1998 and the inside sentiment from a 2005 stamp set featuring kids dressed like adults with a mothers day stamp too..

random scrap paper to enhance the colors of card and then my favorite...  black twine from Ctmh used as the fishing line.

I hope you like my card and see that you can manipulate cards to your needs...

inside sentiment

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24th Dec - 25 Days of Christmas - Santa

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25 Days of Christmas,

with 25 Cricut projects a day.

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and every day in December.  Please it is never to late to go back and see the past 23 days of creativity and a season of Joy, faith and happiness!

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NOW onto my Santa project 

He's checking your list.. 
gonna make sure whose naughty and nice......

Can you believe tomorrow is Christmas!  So today's card is based on Santa..   Give it up for Santa!!

**I JUST LOVE my Cricut Imagine and the new Imagine cartridge of November Santa's Village.  Santa is cut out at 3.5in as well as the Merry Christmas paper background cut at 6in and then trimmed to fit.  This shape is found within the shapes in the Imagine machine.
              (don't throw the pieces trimmed - they make awesome borders on other projects)
**The larger frame that is embossed is cut at 2in and the smaller at 1.5in.
**The background paper on the base is from the Christmas Stack from DCWV pack.
** the 2 fibers green and red are from an awesome set from Making Memories Funky with Fibers.

see the embossing behind the Dear Santa..  It is embossed using the PC countdown to Christmas.  DEAR SANTA is stamped with Ctmh D1383 Santa's List and ink pad cranberry ink pad.

Please make sure you head back over to mycricutcraftroom.blogspot.com  and be  more inspired from fellow Seasonal DT members!   Please leave a comment as these always make my day!!

monkeys - so cute!!

New Arrival cricut cartridge was used for this fun wall decoration for a baby shower. (more pics to come in posts).  CS used CTMH deleted colors breeze & kiwi and 2 different brown from ctmh for the background.  I had so much with the tummy.  I used Ctmh refill ink:  mixture of white daisy & desert sand along with the liquid applique. then heat embossed.  His nose (cuter in person) is the black diamond from stickles.  I created the monkeys on my Gypsy at 9in in height.  I love my Gypsy!!

If you see the tummy close enough.  after i first heat embossed his tummy.  I used a toothpick and pulled it up all over. tried to have it look like it was standing up.  i then added a little more in areas and re-heat embossed.  Again.. it looks cuter in real life..  :)

Monkey for cupcakes

Pieces cut from the NEW ARRIVAL cartridge.  I used it all except for the round small piece

besides the NEW ARRIVAL cartridge monkey I also used the Peachy Keen stamps "Critter faces size med. for the eyes and colored it in with the white daisy marker from ctmh. Ctmh cardstock was also used. For the nose.. I used the black diamond from Stickles.  His belly; this was fun.  I used the Puffy Velvet fabric marker from Marvy color brown #6; after I "smooshed" the color into the circle of the belly, I then heat embossed it and whalaa.. the belly arose all puffy like belly hair...  I have a colored toothpick glued down with hot a glue gun to the back of the monkey.  oh yes, I forgot to add that I have green for the shadow of the monkey.

I made 50 of these cutie monkeys for cupcakes for a baby shower next weekend.   it does look cuter in person that this scanned monkey... I promise  :)     here's a question... I want to do something with the mouth - but don't know exactly what.  Do you have any suggestions??

you give me butteflies....

besides a little bling for this cute beautiful is that it's 3D and sparkling with Star Dust from Stickles.

 My granddaughter Madison loves butterflies (a girl after her grandmas's (that's me :) ) heart.  I love butterflies too!!  She is going to be hanging this up in her room.  We aren't even done yet.  I think were going to be making lots of these cute 3D butterflies in various sizes!!

It actually looks cuter in person that it does here.  copper stickles is on the "give me" &  Glam pink Stickles is on the rest and really looks cute.   Straight from the Nest cricut cartridge is used on the expression and Gypsy.  Close to My Heart cardstock is used. (all 3 colors)  but to lazy to get up. :0.....   Notice above the "i" in butterflies. we put a large bling from ctmh there too.

See where the "give me" is smeared from the above pic.  looks so much cuter now!

I loved creating this dinosaur from Create a Critter cut at 2.80w & 2.68 h.  It is so easy to create on my gypsy since I had been working on creating this card for a few days.  Other items used:  *Gypsy wanderings used for the frame that Dino sits on and then embossed using the Cracked embossing folder from Tim Holtz from Sizzix.    ** Cuttlebug set of Animal prints was used to emboss the tail and the top body of the dinosaur.  I used peachy Keen stamps from critter faces set A med.  ** I also used cardstock from Ctmh: kiwi (deleted now) , orange and clover meadow.  Bamboo Ink from ctmh used on the edging of card.  I love inking around edges!!    ** the twine is also from CTMH.  ** oops.. fogot which cartridge the leaves came from..  My gypsy is not near me (how dare I .. lol)  **  The saying on the outside of the card is one my hubby thought of when I told him I was making a birthday card..  Cute huh!!     ** the inside of the card saying is from CTMH D1111 card sentiments.   I hope you have enjoyed this card.  It is for a card swap with our Swarm ladies.

need help making lemonade card

LOVE this card...  so bright & cherry... to brighten anyone's day! 

**Cherry Limeade cartridge.  I cut the glass at 3.25w & 3.50h.  Gypsy and Cricut Expressions used. 

Card stock & ink is from CTMH - kiwi & sunny yellow (ink) sunny yellow & citrus leaf (CS).   random left over patterned paper on cup is from??... 

**Provo Craft Cricut embossing folder used from Cricut Preserves, aren't these lemons cute.  I sanded the lemons with the sandpaper from CTMH and then touched it up a little with sunny yellow ink.  I used the Mini pop dots by All Night Media the 1/4th size for popping up the small lemon piece on the cup.

**Speaking of the lemon slice...  I "painted" the lemon using the Smooch color Sundance. - doesn't it look yummy.    The lemon was cut from a few extra papers of the embossing folder and then cut out the larger lemons.  

**The saying I used on white cardstock from my computer font (windows 7)... Alan font at size 18.  My hubby came up with this saying.....  cool huh??!!

** The straw is actually embossed- from Provo Craft embossing folders Herringbone

I hope you like this.  I made this awesome cute card for my Cricut Design Chicks Swarm ladies.  I have another card coming soon...  so.. until then  :)

Rock Princess peace..

Rock Princess Cricut cartridge used.. Close to my heart heavenly blue, cocoa and white card-stock and ink were used.   Page to Fit on my Cricut expressions was 11inches.   I planned the letters for happy birthday and Kiana on my Gypsy using the Rock Princess cartridge as well. Inside the letters of p,a,r, etc.. you get an extra cut out of an heart. (great for future use)  I made a template of the banner on my gypsy at 11inches and fit the letters so they fit nicely.   On the Cricut Rock princess overlay..  I picked #30.  Kiana wanted the peace Sign for her birthday.

oops... I had an extra piece covering the "a".. sorry :)

#9 kiana birthday age

graphically speaking cartridge.  I put this on my gypsy and slanted it on the 12x12 screen to get the most of the size to hang up on the wall.   I then took my Smooches and my stickles and a few of the close to my heart markers and went on a decorating bin of various colors....  This was fun!!   I used the cocoa and heavenly blue card stock from Close to My heart for the background.