Campin' Critters Father's Day card

Happy Friday!  And a BIG thank you to Mother Nature for letting the sun shine here today.  What a difference a little sun can make!  Before my weekend begins (it usually starts when my kids come running off of the school bus...and I bet you can guess when it ends!!), I wanted to get this post up.  It's a Father's Day card I made for my Dad.  I've already made him a frame (see here) and wanted to make him a matching card.  I used Campin' Critters, one of my new cartridges.  It has some of the most perfect images to scrap pictures I've taken of my family both camping and hanging at my parents' camp in Maine.  And since my dad is an avid outdoorsman...in fact, he'll be fishing in Maine this weekend...I thought this image from Campin' Critters would be most appropriate.  My dad might be happier though if the fish were BIGGER!  Oh well!  LOL

Recipe

Fishing Deer from Cricut Campin' Critters cartridge

Card shape from Cricut Birthday Bash cartridge

Patterned paper - Cosmo Cricket, DCWV

Cardstock - Bazzill, Recollections

Cuttlebug 'swiss dots' embossing folder

Cat's Eye chalk ink

Creative Memories brown marker, white Gelly Roll pen for doodling

Puffy letter stickers from Target's dollar bin

American Crafts ribbon

Silver brads

EK Success dimensionals to pop up die cut

I'm entering this card into four challenges:
Cricut Cartridge Chaos Challenge #17: Give A Hoot - Create a project using the Give a Hoot Cricut cartridge.  If you don't have this cartridge, use something similar.  I don't have Give a Hoot, so I used Campin' Critters.
Die Cuttin Diva's Challenge #15: Masculine Cuts - Create a card using a masculine cut and colors.
Getting Cricky with K. Andrew: Simply Sunday Challenge - Retro Daddy! - Create any project with a father or retro theme.
Peachy Keen Stamps: Sketch Challenge #52 - Create a card based on the sketch provided.

Have a great weekend everyone!  I've been lucky enough to receive a few blogs awards...I'll be posting them soon...yay!!  :-)

~Sharon C.

Welcome Baby! Shaped Card using Baby Steps cartridge

Happy Tuesday!  If it's sunny and warm where you are, please send a bit of the sunshine and warmth to the East...we're on day 3 of cloudy, drizzly and cool.  Spring arrived here...briefly...and decided to retreat back into hibernation, I think.  But it could be much worse, right?  At least I have a good reason to stay indoors and be crafty.  :-)  I keep telling myself that.  You agree, don't you?  LOL

So I was on a mission last week to find the Elegant Edges Cricut cartridge.  I thought I would be able to price match Jo-Ann's $29.99 sale price at A.C. Moore or Michael's if Jo-Ann's was out of stock.  Well, all 5 retail outlets near me had none.  Boo hoo!  But don't go feeling too badly for me yet...I consoled myself by picking up both Baby Steps and Campin' Critters....whoo hoo!  My scrapping budget will remain at zilch for a bit, but I have some fun new cartridges to play with!  :-)   

On to today's card....a shaped baby card from...you guessed it...Baby Steps!  Oh, I'm going to have fun scrapping my baby pics with this cartridge.  It has some very, very cute images.  I used one of the baby boy images to create this card with my Gypsy.  I will be sending it to my middle son's 2nd grade teacher...she just had a baby boy last week...I'm so excited for her and her family.  :-)   I thought the face on the die cut was so sweet...but when I stamped it with my Peachy Keen face stamp, I thought he looked even cuter.  What do you all think?

Recipe

Baby boy cut from Cricut Baby Steps cartridge, welded into a shaped card with my Gypsy

Polka dot paper from my stash

Cardstock - Bazzill, Recollections

Peachy Keen 'Wide Eyed Kids' face stamp

Black Creative Memories marker, white Gelly Roll pen for doodling/stitching

Blue Stickles on hat

Stampin' Up! watercolor pencils to color face

I'm entering this card into two challenges:

Cricut Cardz Challenge #74 - Create a card for a brand new baby, using any colors and any Cricut cartridge.

My Craft Spot: Monday Challenge #8 - Congratulations! - Make a paper project to say "congratulations!" to someone special.

Have a great day!
~Sharon C.

Mother's Day Card #2...More Flowers!

It's Wednesday and it sure does feel like hump day, doesn't it?  It was warm and humid (yes, really!!) here in southeastern Massachusetts today.  And by warm I mean mid-70's!!  Yea!  My kids were all excited to wear shorts to school...just last week they wore their winter coats to a baseball game!  Love weather in New England!  But today I saw a sign that spring is here to stay...a hummingbird flew past me and sat up in our beech tree.  I immediately made some nectar for it and put up our feeders.  Hope it doesn't get too cool for the little guy tonight!

Tonight I'm posting a card I made for my mother-in-law for Mother's Day.  The card shape is from A Child's Year and the tag for the sentiment is from Birthday Bash...that cartridge is really wonderful...I find something new each time I look at the handbook.  :-)  The flowers cut in yellow, the stems and the grass are from Create A Critter, but the pink tulip is from a different Create A Critter cut.  I just trimmed the head off of the middle flower and replaced it with the pink tulip for a bit of variety.  The 3 flower heads were actually cut twice with the top layer popped up for a bit of dimension.  Don't they look cute with their Peachy Keen faces??  The yellow oval layer is popped up too.  The patterned paper is from a 6x6 BasicGrey stack called LilyKate...it's another of my favorites...the mini prints are just perfect for cards.  I'm pleased with the way the card turned out....I think my mom-in-law will be too.  :-)

Recipe
Shaped card from Cricut A Child's Year cartridge

Tag for sentiment from Birthday Bash

Flowers from Create A Critter (2 separate flower images...see above)

Ovals from George & Basic Shapes

Peachy Keen Wide-Eyed Kids stamps

Patterned paper - BasicGrey LilyKate

Cardstock - Bazzill, Recollections

Computer generated sentiment

Chestnut roan Cat's Eye chalk ink

Brown Creative Memories marker/White Gelly Roll pen for stitching

Ribbon from Jo-Ann's

I'm entering this card into eight challenges:
Celebrate the Occasion Challenge #11: Mother's Day - Create a project for Mother's Day.
Cooking With Cricut: Spring Flowers - Create a project with a spring flowers theme.

Creative Cutter Room: Design Time Thursday - Mother's Day Gift Ideas - Create a Mother's Day project using the following elements:  the color pink, ribbon, stitching and 2 different flowers.
Cricut Cardz Challenge #72 - Use the card feature from a Cricut cartridge to create a Mother's Day card...and include a flower.
Die Cuttin Divas Challenge #12: Mother's Day is on the Way! - Create a project for Mother's Day.
FCCB Challenge Me Monday #57: Mom's the Word - Create a project for a mother and include the word 'mom' (or mother, mommy, mum, etc.) on it.
Peachy Keen Stamps LFIF #13: Mother's Day - Create a project for Mother's Day using Peachy Keen stamp faces.

Scrapbookaholic by Abby: Challenge #4 - Anything Mother's Day and Use Faux Stitching - Create a Mother's Day themed project and include faux stitching.

Enjoy the week!
~Sharon C.



Are You a Scaredy Cat?

My kitty looks spooked!  Like the way my 6 year-old daughter does when I ask her to head upstairs at night...or to the basement anytime.  If there are creepy crawlers or mighty monsters there, I just haven't seen them!!  My husband and I thought it was her age, but her twin brother doesn't have this fear.  Neither do her two older brothers.  Hmmm...maybe it's a girl thing??? 

Stephanie at Always Crafting hosted a fall- or Halloween-themed challenge this week.  She posted a cute story and a Halloween card she made using Mini Monsters...be sure to check it out.  I haven't made any cards lately, so I decided to make one for this challenge using my new Peachy Keen Nikkity Knack Cat Gang stamp set (Thanks to Samantha from the PKS design team!).   Love that scaredy cat!  I think the creeping kitties on my patterned paper may have given her the spook....what do you think?

Recipe

Kitty stamp - PKS Nikkity Knack Cat Gang set

Lime green cardstock - DCWV 'Brights' cardstock stack

Black cardstock - Recollections

Circle - George and Basic Shapes

Scalloped circle - Mini Monograms

Patterned paper, ribbon - Target's Dollar Spot

White Gelly Roll pen for doodling

Pop dots to pop up Kitty