Halloween Mini Cards

Hello everyone!  I know it's only August (well almost September), but I couldn't wait to make some Halloween cards!  Back around Valentine's Day there was a challenge to create a "mini" card (3 x 3"), and I couldn't believe how cute that size turned out to be!  So....  I decided to make some "mini" cards for Halloween...  Our challenge this week at Joy's Life was to create a project using Cri-Kit pens.  I had never used these before, but they are amazing!  I don't know what kind of gel pens these are, but they don't leave blank spots in the lines like my regular pens do!  It's so fun to watch the Cricut drawing out your image instead of cutting it (I'm easily entertained)!  :)  Here are my cards...

To make these: I used my Gypsy to decide on the size of the image, then I put a 2 3/4" square piece of white paper on the mat, and it drew the images right where I wanted them.  After they were drawn, I just had to tape the white pieces onto the card bases (3 x 6" folded in half), stamp the sentiments, and embellish them a bit.  Easy peasy!!!

Mini Monsters- spider & web drawn at 1.86"

Joy's Life Stamps- Halloween Puns

Cri-Kits pens- glitter set

Stickles- turquoise

Googly eyes

Celebrate with Flourish- witch drawn at 2.22"

Joy's Life Stamps- Halloween Puns

Cri-Kits pens- glitter set

Stickles- green

Rhinestones

Gypsy Wanderings- pumpkin drawn at 1.98"

Joy's Life Stamps- Halloween Puns

Cri-Kits pens- glitter set

Stickles- orange peel

Twine

Graphically Speaking- eyes drawn at 1.86"

Joy's Life Stamps- Halloween Puns

Cri-Kits pens- glitter set

Stickles- Christmas red

Rhinestones

I thought these could be given out to kids, co-workers, family, friends, etc.  Just attach one of these to a Halloween treat and VOILA!  Thanks for stopping by!!!!  :)

Krafty Girls Challenge Number 1 and Blog Hop!!!

Hello and Happy Valentine's Day everyone!!!  Welcome to my lil' ol' blog!  I am so excited to be a part of the Krafty Girls DT, and I'm super excited that today is the first challenge!!!  The challenge is to create a card, 3D item, scrapbook page, etc. that represents the place that you're from/live.  I live in California, so this is the card I made to represent some of my favorite things about living here!  California has soooo many things to offer (deserts, agriculture, some really big cities), but I chose to represent what I love most: a big redwood tree, the ocean, and (of course) Mickey Mouse because I love going to Disneyland!!!  I also added twine around the state, this represents the area of California where I live!  Hope you enjoy and I can't wait to see what all of you create over at Krafty Girls!!!  :) 

Do not forget to enter my awesome GIVEAWAY!!!!!

A7 sized card (10 x 7" paper folded in half) Zooballoo- waves cut at 1.24" (I welded them to a rectangle on my Gypsy so they would be taller)
50 States- state of California cut at 5.94", "California" cut at 1"
Gypsy Wanderings- sun cut at 3"
Create a Critter- "sunny" cut at 2.41"
Disney Princess Dreams Come True- pine tree cut at 3.12"
Mickey and Friends- Mickey cut at 2.76"
Cuttlebug- d'vine swirls, forest branches
K. Andrew Stamps- Positive Thoughts
MS Glitter- crystal fine
Twine

Hope you liked your visit to California, hee hee!  :)  Here's the Blog Hop order if you need it!  :)

Krafty Girls 
http://www.kraftygirls.com/
Amy  <---------  (You are here)
http://redheadedcrafter.blogspot.com/

Candy
http://candyscraftcorner.blogspot.com/

Chris
http://chatterscene-mom.blogspot.com/

Cyndy
http://arcyscraps.blogspot.com/

Jennifer
http://www.jennuinecrafts.com

Jessica
http://www.craftinandstampin.blogspot.com/

Karen
http://craftedwithlovebykaren.blogspot.com/

Maribel
http://ilovescrapping.blogspot.com

Stephanie
http://www.scrappyrae10.blogspot.com/

Tracey
http://www.trailoftreasures.com/

Cowgirl Birthday Card & Link Up Love Party

Well howdy y'all!!!!  Oh my goodness, it has been a busy first week back at school!  The first week is always a tough one, but the kiddos seem to be adjusting to first grade pretty well...  My bookmark was a big hit with all of them, and they are loving the chapter books, so it turned out great!  :)  I can't believe it has been a week since I posted anything!  I was finally able to sit down and make a card, and one of the challenges I wanted to enter is now closed... :(  I am still going to enter it into a couple of other challenges that I came across, though....  Hope you have all been doing well, and I hope to stop by and see you soon!  :)

Whimsical Wednesdays- use 3 cuts, 3 colors, 3 of the same embellishment
The Paper Variety- use twine
Birthday Sundaes- use at least 3 brads

A2 sized card
Country Life- guitar cowgirl cut at 4.18"
Storybook- denim piece cut at 3.35"
Gypsy Wanderings- music notes cut at 0.65"
Sentiment- K. Andrew Stamps:  Positive Thoughts
DCWV paper- The Lodge Stack
Star brads
White gel pen

I am also going to enter this into the K. Andrew Link Up Love Party!!!  This is so much fun and it really does help you meet a lot of new crafty friends!  :)

Start at http://www.gettingcricky.com/ for all the details on how to join in the fun!  :)  One of the rules is to name something you are grateful for....  I am grateful for all of my friends and family, and a job that I really do enjoy! :)



Beary Best Camping Card

Hey everyone!  This card was really fun to make!  I love going camping, so this card made me feel happy!  :)  I used some distress ink for the first time, and I used a lot of Cricut cuts and foam tape, to create this little outdoor scene....  Here it is.....

Fantabulous Cricut Challenge-  Let's Go Camping: outdoor theme
Scrapalicious- use a bear in your project
My Craft Spot-  Ink it Up (I inked all of the foliage, the thought bubble, marshmallow, etc.)

A2 sized card

Cricut cartridges used:

Create a Critter- bear cut at 1.71", campfire cut at 1.71"

Graphically Speaking- moon cut at 1.24"

Disney Princesses Dreams Come True- pine tree cut at 2.88"

3 Birds on Parade- marshmallow stick cut at 1.94"

Everyday Paper Dolls- boy cut at 3", bushes cut at 4.88"

Gypsy Wanderings- pine tree cut at 3.71"

Potpourri Basket- pine trees cut at 3.82"

Indie Art- thought bubble cut at 1.2"

My Pink Stamper- More Punny-licious

PaperTrey Ink Stamps- Mega Mixed Messages

Peachy Keen Stamps- Wide Eyed and Bushy Tailed & Everyday Character Face Asst.

Glossy Accents

Silver gel pen (for the stars)

Martha Stewart glitter- fire opal

Tim Holtz Distress Ink- antique linen

Whew!  It takes a lot of cartridges and work to mimic the great outdoors!  Thanks for stopping by...  Hope you enjoy!  :)

Two Hearts, One Love Card

Hello and Happy Saturday (or what's left of it, at least).  My sweet lil' ol' sister came over today to craft with me and to watch The Bachelorette!  We know the show doesn't work most of the time, but we are still in the lovey-dovey kind of mind set, so......  We made this cute little card!  AND, this card is going to be entered in a challenge! :)  I am literally loving making cards for challenges!  It really fuels my addiction obsession hobby....  My sister pretty much came up with this design, and we had a 50/50 hand in making it...  Hope you likey!
Bitten by the Bug 2: create a project using a cloud
http://heather-bittenbythebug2.blogspot.com/2011/06/pooh-and-friends-challenge-cloud.html

A2 sized card
Cricut cartridges used:
Create a Critter- balloons cut 2.41"
Indie Art- clouds cut at 2.06", 1.63", 0.92"
Gypsy Wanderings- bow cut at 1"
Cuttlebug- swiss dots, d'vine swirls
My Pink Stamper stamps: Love-alicious
Stickles- star dust
Glossy Accents
Black thread
White gel pen