You Give Me Wings Dragonfly Card

I am thrilled to share with you my latest project (a joint effort by myself and 8 year old dd).  Joy got excited about the theme of the challenge over at Fantabulous Cricut this week, being "Don't Bug Me".  We always love to get out our Peachy Keen Stamps, so we are pleased to enter the "Just Cards" challenge at Peachy Keen Stamps Challenge Blog this week as well.  Here is what I came up with: 


I knew I wanted a cheery card, fresh and bright.  The cute dragonfly is from Paisley.  The card base is from A Child's Year.  The cuttlebug-embossed vellum wings were Joy's idea.  I also used Design Studio to outline the body of the dragonfly with a dark green marker (really makes it pop!) and rubbed a little chalk on the cheeks for blush.  The heart is an old CM punch, punched from pink glitter cardstock.

This happy sun is from Pack Your Bags and I just love it.


This sentiment (took me a while to find one I liked among my stamps) is a Sweet N Sassy stamp and I think it's just perfect!

Some rhinestones for bling.  Penstitching for pop. An Action Wobble and the sun is just dizzy with delight!


Here is my dd's card.  I adore the whole thing, from her own unique saying to her doodles!


Have a happy day!

Fun Froggie Card

I had such a fun time making this card for my sister's bday.  I finally gave it to her yesterday, so now I can post it!  She's always liked frogs, so I thought this one from Paisley was perfect.  She is a fellow cricut-er, so she can appreciate it! :)  She is one of my favorite people in the world.  I freehanded the lily pad and glittered some stamped (with gluepad) flourishes in the background.

Sassy Kitty Card

I made this fun little card for the challenge at http://heather-bittenbythebug2.blogspot.com/2010/07/readers-choicegoing-places-cat-or-dog.html at Bitten by the Bug 2. I used a cat from Paisley and the phrase as well. It's really glittery in real life (the photos don't always do that aspect justice). I also used the cuttlebug for embossing and used the positive image for the inside of the card. Hope you like it!

More Purses from TBBM!

When I find something I like, it's hard to stop! Since my daughter had 2 bday parties to go to this week and I am definitely NOT going shopping right now (foot surgery last week), I made more of these cute little purses and used the "button" feature on the Paisley cart to decorate them. I thought they would be perfect moneyholders. Another little fun tip is to use the self-adhesive velcro circles to close them. I have a niece and a daughter who would love to play with them so that would make them last a lot longer! It also makes them resealable and holds them shut and they look sooo much prettier that way!

Paisley Cards

These are from the cart, "Paisley". I was so excited to finally learn how to use that "Card/Tab" feature. The bottom card was my first attempt, but it was a ton of work, even though it turned out cute in the end. After looking at all of the great ideas on the Cricut.com messageboards, I finally got it figured out. I can be a bit slow at times, you know....:) I gave the butterfly card to my MIL with an early Mother's Day gift since she is going out of town. She loves butterflies so I hoped she would love it, and she did!