Luggage Tags

Good Morning,

Glad to be here to start off another week. This week our theme over at Creative Critterz Imaginaiton is "tags".
I decided to make luggage tags. (The white paper is to hide the address and phone number!)
The base for the tags is the mirror/window option on Tags, Bags, Boxes and More cartridge. All tags were cut at 4.5"
Bird tag - Paper & Bird - Lori's Garden
Butterfly tag - Pattern - Industrial Glow & Butterfly - Lori's Garden ( end of post I'll talk about caching a design.)

Dragon Tag - JT Cartridge

Both rose tags - Country Carnival

Cut out the tag and then cut a co-ordinating insert. All the little decorative images are cut anywhere between 1.2 & 1.6".

After the tag was assembled I printed the name and address out on Rub-on transfer paper applied it to the tag and then laminated it. Trimmed around the tag and punched a hole so they can be attached.

Here is my first attempt at a video. I want to show you how to cache a pattern from one cartridge and be able to use it with another Imagine cartridge. Also will show you how to change border colors.

I apologize if the camera is a little shaky...I have it in my left hand while I'm doing everything else with the right. lol This is harder to do than I thought!

After making these you could always make small ones to hang off a purse or a kids backpack. key chain . . . lots of possibilities!

Yvonne

1st Birthday - Celebration Cartridge

Morning...it's the week-end.

I started this post yesterday but got side-tracked. I finished this page up about a week ago. I figured I needed to get it done as his second birthday is in less than two weeks. To be fair I did do a couple pages of him playing with his birthday riding toy right after his first birthday so I'm not really a bad Nana!

All the cut out images were done with the Cricut Celebrations cartridge.

I liked the idea of creating a filmstrip idea of him eating his cake.

I have a Heartfelt Creations card to share with you on Monday.

Enjoy your week-end....if you have snow I hope it is melting. We had one of our warmest days yet this year...it topped out around 90F yesterday.

Yvonne

A Little This...A Little That...

Hello There!

Feeling I needed to give something new a try. I used my cricut to make the frame and flower-soft to jazz up the pre-printed image.You know, if you had regular cards, (the ones you buy, gasp) you could customize some of those with flower-soft, then they would be home-made. Just a thought!

The frame was cut using Lacy Labels. That is the Walmart exclusive cartridge I used last week. I cut the frame at 4.75" in height (yellow piece) and the co-ordinating layer at the same size (green decorative). I needed to create an opening in the centre of the yellow. You have to use a gypsy or design studio to weld the two pieces together and then cut on the cricut.

I started with the hedgehog and used nut brown, sharmrock green and a spring mixture for the flowers.

I see I have a fleck of green in the hedgehogs hair. Wasn't really planned but maybe I'll leave it there.

Doesn't he look adorable...I just want to ruffle his hair.

 Gosh...maybe I need to get out more.

To jazz up the frame I added some brown pearls.

I've got a stash of that stuff so I figure I might as well use it.

I think I might try a few more cards/projects using my cricut for some of the elements.

On a side note they have started showcasing the new Spellbinders. Start at Debbie Olson's blog and you will be able to make your way through each entry. They are posting  reveals each day. Be sure to enter for a chance to win on each of the blogs.

Flower-soft products can be found at Fargocat Shops.

Back to crafting.

Yvonne

For My Xavier

Good Morning,

This is one of the presents I was working on before Christmas.

This was a book I made for Xavier. We don't get to see him often so I wanted to make something to help him remember who we are between visits. I wanted this to be an interactive book so it would be more fun to look at than just pictures. I had a lot of fun making it and all the pictures are from when he visited last March.

I used my Cricut for most of the embellishments. If want to know a specific cartridge used e-mail me and I'll try and figure it out. I'm only going to share half the book today and half tomorrow as it is pretty long. The pages are 8 x 8.

The book itself I used an unfinished album from Zutter. I was able to bind it myself. Covered the inside and outside cover with pattern paper and then mod podged it to help preserve it a bit. I added lots of ink sponging to the edges to softent he look.

Click on the photos if you want to read the journalling.

I love the faces peaking through the windows. The maple leaf was a punch!

We took a trip to the Houston Zoo. Cuttlebugged the words "Houston Zoo". Eyelets added.

I didn't get a good photo of this page.

Here I also cuttlebugged a piece of vinyl an attached it to the outside of the page protector. It's to simulate the feel of elephant hide.

Similar idea on this page but I used a piece of felt.

This was at home in our backyard. It's one of my favorite pages.

The cowboy hat is interactive. I used magnet so the hat can be taken on and off.

There are another five or six pages I'll post tomorrow.

Yvonne

To Distress Or Not??? That Is The ?

Good Morning,

I had a busy day yesterday...sitting around waiting for the lawn mower repair guy...I was able to get some card making in anyway and here is what I have for you.

The pinkie die cut is from my Cricut - cartridge "lyrical letters". It was cut at 5". Both card are made from exactly the same paper products (same colors too) just embellished differently.

Bazzill's Bling cardstock was used for the die cut and the card base is Bazzill Celebration (four different textures/designs). This design is more of a herringbone. Please note that the prices at FargoCat Shops is per sheet. In the Bling there are 8 1/2 x 11 ($.50 per sheet) and 12 x 12 ($.70 per sheet). The   Bazzill Celebration is 12 x 12 sheets (1.20 per sheet). Would make great wedding  pages or cards. Very elegant.
Also if you happen to be browsing around at FargoCat Shops be sure to click on the number at the bottom of the page to go to a second page. Hey...I just found this when I was browsing the cardstock!

First card I choose to try out the distress inks to alter the color. I used Wild Honey and Victorian Velvet. Even with the textured background I was able to stamp and emboss on it. I would recommend a bolder stamp and more vibrant ink so the image doesn't get lost. Distress Inks tend to stay wet a little long and the cardstock has a bit of a gloss to it so I was able to wipe off some of the color if I thought it was too dark.

Finishing up here for the day. Blog Candy closes tomorrow night. Please see May 2nd post for details on entering if you haven't done so already.

I'm off to do some errands...go to the post office (my favorite, right), need a new gold Krylon pen, pick up dry cleaning, get some reading material, and maybe a frozen yogurt for lunch. hehehe The yogurt place is beside the postoffice. Hey...it's my treat for standing in line!

Yvonne

1st Birthday - Cricut Card

Hello There,

Well here is little Xavier's Birthday card. I really struggled with his card - nothing seemed to turn out right when I was doing it.

For starters the base of this card was design with my "Gypsy" (you could use design studio too). I took the rectangle from "George & Basic Shapes and sized it to 4" x 5 1/2 to start. Next I took the cupcake from Doodlecharm and used the shadow icon. I sized the cupcake to 3". Next weld the cupcake to one side of the rectangle. On the gypsy I duplicated the image and then flip the design so I would have the mirror image. Then weld both halves together and you have a shaped card.

Ithen proceeded to create the layers for the cupcake and added stickles and inking for extra dimension.

I used the masking effect on the balloons and free handed the string. Happy Birthday! was stamped and layered using my Nestabilities.

Planting Schoolbook was the font used for the 1st.

I did finally get everything in the mail - packages of goodies for some of you and some family cards. What a line-up at the post office. The 15th is the deadline for taxes here and I think everyone waited till the last minute to mail it out.

So if you do have the Cricut don't be afraid to play around with it...it's the only way to learn all the neat things it can do.

Have a good day!

Yvonne

Cool Dude

Happy Monday,

What a nice week-end...Saturday was our first real warm sunny day. I even had to use sunscreen. Sunday wasn't as nice but...hubby put my shelves up in my craft room. All my stamps are unpacked. It is so nice. I can find things again. Tonight he will put up shelves on the other side of the closet and I'm going to re-organize some other stuff. It's looking good.

Scrapbook page today and of course it's of Xavier. I thought this was so cute. He looks like such a big boy. Only 10 more sleeps till he's here.

This page was so much fun to do. Time consuming though. I started off with the paper and then designed from there. The paper has circles with heads of frogs, elephants, & monkeys on it so I knew I wanted to incorportate that somehow. I used my gypsy and Animal Kindgom cartridge with my cricut to cut the animals. Lots of layers but worth it. I also used the cricut markers to outline the animals. You replace the blade with a pen and it traces rather than cutting. Layered the animals up onto two circles. Gave them goggly eyes!

What about the border....I choose different size circles using the "George and Basic Shape" cartridge cut a border and placed a red strip of cardstock behind.

The tree is from Zoobaloo cut on silhouette and shadow settings. and I can't remember which font I used. don't know if you can see it but he has sunglasses on his head, hence the "cool dude".

Cardstock is Bazzill and the pattern paper is from Fancy Pants.

Well I spent my day cleaning and running to the hardware store for more screws so maybe tonight I can craft a little.

What are you doing this week? Crafting, keeping kids amused for spring break...

Leave a comment and let me know!

Yvonne