Dino-mite Valentines

Happy Valentine's Day!  Things have been really busy, but I hope to get more posts up in the coming weeks  :)  Here is a really quick card using Create a Critter and My Creative Time products.  Enjoy!


~Emily

Ingredients

Create a Critter Cartridge

My Creative Time Classmate Valentines

My Creative Time scalloped and stitched dies

Hoppy Birthday!

Here is my last post for today!  I made this card for the My Pink Stamper Design Team call.  The challenge is to make something with orange, turquoise, green, brown, and an optional color using your favorite cartridge.  If you do not know about My Pink Stamper, you can check out the website here.  You will find great inspiration for all levels of crafters :) 

My card was inspired from the Creative Imaginations frog paper that I used on the background.  Everything else was cut out with the Create a Critter Cartridge which is my favorite.  I finished my card with the perfect sentiment from My Pink Stamper Buggy Punnies Stamps (not just to be used with bugs!).  I hope you enjoy and have a great rest of your weekend!  Don't forget to check out all of the other amazing entries for the challenge here.

~Emily

Ingredients

Create a Critter Cartridge

My Pink Stamper: Buggy Punnies Stamps

Stickles and Stugio g Glitter Glue

Google Eyes
Action Wobble

Moo-chas Gracias

Here is one more super quick card for today.  I used Create a Critter to cut out the cow and My Pink Stampers Even More Punny-licious stamps.  

I am also behind, and want to thank Donya over at Ok Scrappin Mama for the Irresistibly Sweet Blog Award.  That is very nice of her. You can see who I passed the award onto here. 

Have a great night everyone :)

Last of NSD!

Here are my last NSD challenge projects for MPS.  I wanted to get them posted last night, but was too exhausted!  My first project was for the 3D challenge.  We are starting to learn about bugs and insects this week and I thought how cool would it be to start out the day with these awesome "antennae" glasses!!!  The kids thought it was a blast ;-)

Now my last project I am a little partial to because I LOVE these photos.  I am always so behind on my scrapbooking so I decided to make a page with my monkey photos from last summer and bought this frame that works perfect with the lo yesterday at Joanns!  The cuts are from my favorite cart Create a Critter.  I can't wait to hang this on the wall!!!!!!!  Enjoy!

Emily

NSD Challenge 10: Pet Theme

Wooohooo!  I finally have an excuse to use Create a Critter which is my favorite cart.  I also love dogs so the type of pet was an easy choice :)  Check out all of the other creations for the challenge here. 

~Emily

Ingredients

Create a Critter Cartridge

Martha Stewart Sticker Pearls

TCP Studio Stamps

Sweet Baby!

Hello everyone!  I hope you all had a great weekend.  I have not made a scrapbook page in so long, but one of my teaching partners is having a baby boy and I thought it would be fun to make her a lo.  I used the animals from New Arrival to make this simple lo.  I really love how it turned out!  Hope you all have a great night!

~Emily

Entering into:

Cricut Circle: Just Because Challenge

Die Cuttin Divas: Baby Love

Ingredients

New Arrival Cartridge

ZooBalloo Cartridge (Grass)

Create a Critter Cartridge (Vine)

Paper Pups Cartridge (clouds)

Dino Shape Card

Here is a cute little dinosaur gift tag I made for this weeks Throwback Thursday challenge.  I am also entering it into M.A.G Challenge By the Page.  I used Create a Critter and added a little glitter glue :)  Hope you enjoy!!

Emily

Hogs and Kisses

I hope that everyone is having a wonderful week!  I wanted to share another card that I made with the Create a Critter Cartridge last weekend.  My aunt LOVES pigs so I came up with this thank you card for her.  I love the little animals on this cart!  I think that Provo Craft need to make a follow-up to this cart :)  Lol! 


Enjoy the rest of your week!


~Emily

Ingredients

Create a Critter Cartridge

I-rock

Snowflakes cuttlebug Folder

Twinery Twine

My Pink Stamper: Even More Punny-licious Stamps

MPS DT Challenge

Happy New Year Everyone!  I hope that you are all having a great start to 2011.  I usually don't make resolutions, but I am making a crafty resolution this year to get some of my stacks of photos scrapped!!  I also got a flip camera for Christmas and hope to make some videos this year.  Do you have any resolutions this year (crafty or not)?  

Ok.  Onto the crafts!  Robyn over at My Pink Stamper is having a design team call.  I decided to participate in her challenge which is to make something with your favorite cartridge using her favorite colors which are pink, brown, green, and a color of your choice.  Choosing my favorite cart was easy as I am head over heels in love with Create a Critter.  I choose a cute little turtle and spiced him up with some glitter and embossing.  It is really neat how you can change a cut just by running a piece or two through the cuttlebug.  It gives great texture!  I also spiced up the card with twine from The Twinery and action wobbles which are so neat!!!  I finished the card off with one of Robyn's cute stamps from Even More Punny-licious.  You can check out her stamps here.  Here is what I came up with!  Enjoy!

~Emily

Embossing Details and Sentiment!

Ingredients

Create a Critter Cartridge

Distress Stripes Cuttlebug Folder

Mosaic Tile Cuttlebug Folder

My Pink Stamper Even More Punny-licious Stamps

Studio 'g' Sparkle Writer

DCWV Cards

Action Wobble

Twinery Twine

Turtle 2.5"

Sunglasses 8.5" (Giraffe's Accessory)

Poodles of Love!- MPS Challenge Day 2 of Christmas

Happy Monday Everyone!  As promised, here is the other challenge card that I created for the My Pink Stamper Challenges.  This challenge was to make something using 2 shades of pink, 2 shades of blue, and black.  I created this card for my mom's birthday tomorrow :)  I fell in love with the little poodle when I was done!  I think it is so cute!!  I also just got a few of My Pink Stamper Stamps which go perfectly!!  These stamps are great quality and go with everything :)

Enjoy!

~Emily

  Ingredients

Create a Critter

My Pink Stamper More Punnylicious Stamps

Ribbon (from my box)

I-Rock

Have a Crabulous Birthday!

Here's to another weekend :)  I broke down and ordered a gypsy today...hopefully it will be worth the money I do not have, lol!  I had some time today to work on a birthday card for a good friend.  I made it using Create a Critter and the fish are patterned with the Best Friends cart.  I added texture to the sand and water background by crumpling up the papers.  I am really excited how the card turned out.  I made this card using the imagine because that was what was on my crafting table already, but everything can easily be cut with your regular bug and colored/patterned paper.

I am adding this to My Pink Stamper's "Something Cute" Challenge and Emma's Throwback Thursday "Animal" Challenge. 

I hope you can all find some time to craft and relax this weekend!  Enjoy!

~Emily

Ingredients

Imagine

Create a Critter Cartridge

Best Friends Cartridge

Google Eyes

Hip-Hippo-ray!!!

IT'S FRIDAY!!!  You know what that means....crafting time :)  WOOHOO!!!  I am so excited to play around with the imagine a little bit more and have fun making some other projects!  This afternoon I decided to start off with my Throwback Thursday Challenge for My Creative Time.  You had to make a shape card using Create-a-Critter and use orange. 

I have to make a confession that I have never used the Cricut to make a shape card.  I know...*gasp*!  I do not own a gypsy and the design studio and I have just never gotten along.  Today I decided that the expression and I had to try and make peace with the design studio and here was the result.  I am pleased and think that I will have to work on some more shape cards soon :)  Hip-hippo-ray!  The challenge was a success!!!!

Enjoy!

Emily

 

Ingredients

Create a Critter

Glitter Glue

Imagine :)

I hope everyone is having a great week!  My imagine arrived yesterday and I was so excited!!!!  I will still be posting regular cricut projects as well, but here is one of the first projects I created with the imagine :)  I used my favorite Create a Critter!  The scalloped imagine in the back is on the machine, and I filled it in with a pattern from Nursery Tails.  I have not had too much time to mess around with the imagine yet, as I have conferences this week, but I can't wait to explore some more.  I also added a little glitter glue on the flower stems and am going to add it to the My Pink Stamper "Bling it Up" Imagine challenge from last week.  Enjoy!

~Emily

MPS 5 Million Challenge

If you do not know Robyn is celebrating 5 million over at her My Pink Stamper site.  She is having challenges and giveaways all day long!  So head on over and join the fun!  The first challenge of the day is to make something with a bird!  I used my favorite Create a Critter cart to make this card and scraps!  Enjoy!

~Emily

Ingredients

Create a Critter Cartridge

Scraps

Glitter Glue

Google Eyes

DCWV Cards

 Stripes Ribbon

Fab Card :)

Hello Everyone!  Wow it has been awhile!  I got a new job last week and it has been crazy trying to get ready for the kids to come every since.  Here is a quick card that I made for a birthday, however.  Hopefully I will get more time to craft after the first week with kids is over and things settle down! 

Enjoy!

Emily

Ingredients

Create a Critter

D'vine Swirls Cuttlebug Embossing Folder

DCWV Cards

Peachy Keen Sketch Challenge #35

*NOTE* I am so sorry I totally spaced on the color part of this challenge.  So much going on getting ready for school that I think I just have a super short term memory...I hope for better on the next challenge.*

Whew!  I am trying to stay busy with challenges today to get my creative mind thinking :)  This afternoon I attempted the Peachy Keen Stamps Challenge.  I looked at it earlier in the week and passed on it because I just couldn't get my mind going, but today I decided it was calling my name!  I just got my new set of Critter Faces last week and really wanted to try them out.  I made this card for a little girl in my class who brought me a very sweet and thoughtful gift at open house last night.   Enjoy :)

~Emily

Ingredients

Peachy Keen Critter Faces (Medium)

Create a Critter Cartridge

Speaking of School Cartridge

Colored Pencils

Studio g Sparkle Writer Green

DCWV Brights Card

DCWV and The Paper Company Paper

Smile :-)

Good afternoon!  I am exhausted today after a super busy weekend!  I thought I would share a quick and simple card to celebrate "National Smile Week" with the Fantabulous Cricut Challenge.  I made this card using Create a Critter :)  Hope you enjoy!

~Emily

Create a Critter Fun :)

Hello Everyone!  Hope you are all having a relaxing weekend.  I am spending some time with my favorite cartridges!!!  Yesterday my sister came over to scrapbook and I had fun making cards.  Here are two of the cards that I made using Create a Critter, probably my favorite cartridge right now :)  I have more fun projects that I will share with you later from some of the new Cricut Lite Cartridges.

~Emily

DINO-MITE!

Ingredients

Create a Critter

Cricut Celebrations Paper

Cuttlebug Distressed Stripes Embossing Folder

Scraps

Thanks!

Ingredients

Create a Critter

Cricut Celebrations Paper

Cuttlebug Distressed Strips Embossing folder

Thanks Stamp

Bubbles and Ribbon

Hello Everyone!  I hope you are having a fabulous day!  The weather is beautiful in WI today :)  This week Paper Playtime has a bubble theme challenge.  You can use bubbles of any kind.  I thought of ocean animals immediately because I was dreaming of vacation.  However, when I came back to reality... this cute little whale worked for me!  It is from Create a Critter.  I then used stickers for the splash and bubbles.  There are some other great creations so far so head over to Paper Playtime and check them out.  I also used this card for the challenge over at Party Time Tuesdays which required a birthday theme this week :)

My other news of the day was I found the GREATEST ribbon box!  It is called the Eyz-Stack Ribbon Rack.  I purchased it from Walmart for $4.50 and it is made by Craft Mates.  It has 17 dividing compartments, that can be adjusted for larger size ribbon by taking out a removable insert.  I LOVE it because the ribbon does not roll itself back up in the compartments with its locking feature and it is at easy access.  It was the bargin of the day, now I am just upset I did not buy more than one :(  Oh well...any excuse for another shopping trip!  lol! 

~Emily

SMILE :)

Happy Saturday! I hope everyone is having a great Father's Day weekend! Here is a super quick and simple card to make. I used Create a Critter one of my absolute favorite cartridges!

~Emily

Ingredients

5.5 x 4.5" card
4.5 x 3.75" layer
3" sheep from Create a Critter
1.25" Smile from Create a Critter (it is the phrase from the gator)