Cartridge Showcase: Country Life

This week the Country Life cartridge is being featured at My Paper Crafting.  It is a fun cartridge that can be used in so many ways.  Here are a few things I have made with the cartridge.

The cat and chair are cut from Country Life and the kitty milk bowl is cut from the Meow cartridge.  For texture, I added Ric Rac.  The sentiment I did on the computer.  This was such a fun and easy card to make.  

The next two cards have an apple theme.  

The apple tree and sentiment were cut from Country Life and the border was made with an EK Success border punch.  

The apple, pie, rolling pin and sentiment are from Country Life.  The tablecloth was done with an EK Success border punch.  

And here are a couple of cards using the pie cut from Country Life.

This card was done as a Thanksgiving card using the pie cut to make a pumpkin pie.The next card uses the same cut.

The buttons were added to the card to bring out the colors of the ribbon. 

This last card is a birthday card I made for my mom.

The bunny is from the Gypsy Wandering cartridge.  And the carrots are from Country Life.  

I hope you enjoyed seeing these Country Life cards.  To see more of this cartridge, go visit My Paper Crafting.  Thanks for dropping by.  Please come and visitiagain.

Father's Day 2013 card

Today is Father's Day and I celebrate my sweet daddy, Tommy Wilson.  My dad is 89 years old.  How lucky I am to still have hime here.  He is such a wonderful loving and giving man.  He never asks for anything and always puts others firsts.  My dad is a wonderful Christian and a WWII vet.  Happy Father's Day to the very best daddy ever!!

Here is the card I made for him this year.  I was inspired to make this card by a card Mary made at Cardz TV.  

This is an A2 card.  The framed  yellow and black mats are cut from the Elegant Edges cartridges.  The yellow mat is emossed with a Cuttlebug folder.  The shirt and tie and cute from the Smply Charmed cartridge.  I used a gold ink pad for the edge inking on the tie.  So simple and yet so good looking for a man's card.  

Celebrate your dad and have a Happy Father's Day.

Challenge

FCCB   Father's Day

  

Tag With Gems

We are making tags with gems at My Paper Crafting this week.    Every time I make a tag, I just love it.  I don't know why I have not made many of them.

The tag base and topper were cut from the Cricut Sweet Tooth cartridge.  I inked around the edges with a bronze stamp pad.  The aqua decorative mat was cut from the Cricut Sentimentals cartridge and inked in bronze.  The bird and birdcage were both cut from the Cricut Serenade cartridge.  They were both inked with a gold ink pad.  I embellished the tag with a gem flourish and a sheer bronze ribbon and bow.  I think it just turned out so sweet.  I am committed to making more tags.

Don't forget to go visit My Paper Crafting and see more beautiful tags with gems.  Thanks for dropping by.  Please come back and visit often.

Summer Solstice at My Sheri Crafts

Don't you just love these long days of  daylight.  The challenge at My Sheri Crafts  is to create a project celebrating the Summer Solstice, the longest day of the year.

How fun it is when visiting the beach to go to the local amusement park and ride all the rides.  I especially thought of the folks visiting the Jersey Shore.  I know how happy they must be to be back on the Boardwalk and enjoying the beach, food and all the rides.  

I used the Cricut cartridge Summer Vacation for the rides.  The sentiments are from a K Andrew Design stamp set.  And I finished the card with a fun dotted ribbon.  Please join us for this fun summer challenge at My Sheri Crafts.  

And now here is a little music for all those at the beach this weekend.  

MPC Cartridge Showcase: Playtime

This week's My Paper Crafting  cartridge showcase is the Cricut Lite Playtime.  This is such a fun cartrdge with some of the most adorable little children on it.  It also has some cute decrotive cuts and some happy phrases.  Here is a card I made with one of the phrases.  

I used paper from My Mind's Eye and K&Co.  Isn't this such a happy phrase to put on a card!!  I added a cute ribbon and bow to the card just to add to the happiness.  It is so simple but so cute!!

Please go and visit My Paper Crafting to see more fun playtoime projects.  Have a great week and come back to visit real soon!!!

My Sheri Crafts Mother's Day

My Sheri Crafts is getting ready for Mother's Day.  We are sharing cards that show something about our mothers.  My mother's favorite color is green.  So I knew I had to use green as the main color of the card.

I have watched my mother write cards, notes and letters to people for years.  She has a writing desk for this.  So I decided to use the writing desk on the Cricut cartridge Sentimentals.  As long as I remember there has been this little lamp with a black shade sitting on the right side of the desk.  So, I used the little lamp on the Sentimentals.  After cutting it out, I inked it in bronze just to give it a vintage look.  

My mother and I share a love for country french design, so that is what led me to the chair, also on the sentimentals cartridge.  The damask print on the chair actually reminds me of a chair my mother has.  

When putting the card together, I added a little ecru lace to the card.  And the sentiment is from Just Rite Stampers.  I cut it out with a Spellbinders die.  After completing the card, I took a good look at it, and yes, it has my mother written all over it.

Join us at My Sheri Crafts for our Mother's Day challenge.  We want to see what makes you think of your mother.

CWC Cartridge Showcase: Give A Hoot

Today, I am participating in a showcase of the Give A Hoot cartridge over at My Paper Crafting.

 My first card  is a sweet Easter card.  And I mean sweet because it is all about chocolate.  The eggs, flowers, and grass are all from the Easter 2010 cartridge.  And the adorable bunnie is cut from Give A Hoot.  The label, Capture, is from a set that I found in the $1.00 bin at JoAnns.  I added some green glitter glue to the grass and leaves and a sweet pink ribbon to the card to complete the project. 

This next card I have is all about fantasy.  Isn't this little boat of critters from Give A Hoot just  full of all kinds of fun!  I added some little orange gems to the boat for and a sweet little heart sticker that says love.  The sentiment is from a K Andrew design stamp set.  And I just had to add the pretty sheer ribbon and bow to the card to complete the whimsy.  

This next card has one of my very favorite owl cuts on it.  The card began with a sketch from  Mojo Monday.  I love the sketch and have used it often.  The owl and the leaves are from Give A Hoot.  And the sentiment, is from a stamp set I got from Oriental Trading.

And now here is aother card using the same owl cut.

This card begins with a doilie cut with a die from Cherry Lynn Designs.  The flourish of leaves is also from Cherry Lynn Designs.  this card has that same little adorable owl on it.  The olw is embossed with a leaves folder.  I added the little glittered flowers to give the branch a little pop!  The sentiment is from K Andrew Designs.  And the card is embellished with some little blue pearls and a pretty orange crinkle ribbon bow.  

And now, here is one more card I wish to share with you.  I originally made this card for a previous cartridge showcase when I showcased the Autumn Celebrations cartridge.   

 The acorn shaped card is from Autumn Celebrations.  I added pretty ecru lace and a sheer ribbon to the front of the card.

This adorable little squirrel is a cut from Give A Hoot!  I just love it because of the beautiful cut design 

on its tail.  I inked around the squirrel with bronze.

And I just had to share the sentiment with you.  I just don't think I could have found a better sentiment for this little squirrel and acorn card than this.  It is from a Joy's Life stamp set.  

Thanks for dropping by today.  Please go and visit My Paper Crafting where you will see some other projects from the Give A Hoot cartridge.  Thanks for visiting today.  Have a great week!!