Love is in the Air Blog Hop!!

Welcome to the Love is in the Air blog hop hosted by Paulette from Around the Block with scrapalette! If you have arrived here from Doreen's cute blog http://polkadotpaperprincess.blogspot.com/ you are right on track.  If not, and you'd like to start at the beginning of the hop, visit Paulette's cool blog  http:/ /scrapalette.blogspot.com/. Our projects are all about love and Valentine's Day.

My project is a Love Bingo card.

Recipe:
A2 card in white
DCWV - Be Mine stack - patterned background paper

Sophisticated Cricut cart - letters l, o, v, e @1" using the font shadow feature
Plantin Schoolbook Cricut cart - hearts @ 1", 3/4", 1/2"

Tim Holtz embossing folder- I used a pearl vellum and trimmed it down to fit my card

White grosgrain ribbon by Basic-basic (M's), Pentel metallic red pen for doodles on the letters, pop dots, pearl bling, Christmas red Stickles. 

Thanks for hopping along with us this weekend!!  Your next stop is Deb's blog  http://www.queenmommy.com/.   

Hearts & Flowers

This card was inspired by all the lovely wreaths made of flowers I've seen everywhere lately!  It almost has a beachy quality to it.  Didn't start out that way...but I think I like it :-)

Recipe:
5" square card base in white

Plantin Schoolbook Cricut cart - heart @ 4"

Cuttlebug embossing folder - Retro Kitchen set

Stamp is Oriental Trading Co from the Everyday Word set, pink seed beads from Bead Treasures, paper flowers from my stash, buttons from Oriental Trading Co, pop dots, My Mind's Eye Lime Twist Life of the Party "Happy Day" twine.

Thanks for stopping by my blog today!

Paris in the Spring!

This is a quick card I put together using a Stampin' Up stamp set that I got cheap at a garage sale.  I've always wanted to go to Paris--maybe someday :-)  I like how it turned out...

Recipe:
5" square card base in pink

Birthday Bash Cricut cart - postage stamp card @5"

Stampin' Up stamps from the "Paris in the Spring" set, Postcard stamp is Stampabilities, colored pencils, SU blender pen, pop dots.

Thanks for stopping by my blog today!

Happy Hippo Birthday!

Hello!  Sorry I've been such a stranger lately!  I took a few weeks off for the holidays and then had sick kiddos and a hard drive crash...Eeee!  Feels good to be back in the craft room organizing and creating:-)We went to a birthday party for a sweet little girl on Sat. and this is the card I made for her.  Hope you enjoy!

Recipe:
A2 card base in brown
My Mind's Eye- Simply Delightful stack- pink papers

Birthday Bash Cricut cart - hippo @ 4"

Cuttlebug folder- Paisley

Impresssion Obsession stamp set- Cakes CL203, white Marvy gel pen for doodles on the ice cream cone, brown bling, pop dots, brown ink on the edges of all pink papers, brown lace trim (HL), glossy accents to make the ice cream shiny.

Thanks for stopping by my blog today!

Comfort & Joy

This card is very similiar to the previous blog post.  I really like how it came out! Merry Christmas everyone!

Recipe:
A2 card base in white
DCWV - Christmas matstack - dot, snowflakes, Merry Christmas background papers
DCWV - The Christmas Combo stack - green & red patterned papers

Paper Trimmings Cricut cart - Accent 13 @ 2", 2 1/2"

Background paper scraps are @4" x 1 1/4", The Paper Studio- red tinsel trim, Oriental Trading Co - button & snowflake, Sentiment stamp is Impression Obsession from the All I Want for Christmas CL304 stamp set, Sew Easy fancy floss in candy cane, pop dots.

Thanks for stopping by today!!  Merry Christmas to all!

Peace on Earth

This card uses up some scraps from all the various cards I've made this holiday season.  I also got to use our new Cricut Circle exclusive cart, Paper Trimmings.  I think this cart is going to be used quite a bit :-)

Recipe:
A2 card base in Kraft
DCWV - Christmas Matstack - all printed papers

Paper Trimmings Cricut cart - Accent12 @ 2", 2 1/4", 2 1/2"

All paper scraps for the background are @4" x 1 1/4", button from my stash, pop dots, Sew Easy fancy floss in candy cane, white Marvy pen for doodles, red organza ribbon by Ribbon Boutique, Impression Obsession sentiment stamp from the A Little Child CL283 set.

Thanks for stopping by today!  Happy Holidays!

Charms for a bracelet :-)

I decided to try making a charm bracelet.  These are for my  husbands two god daughters.  I used Shrink Film in bright colors.  I really wanted to use pinks, black and white or grey but those colors weren't included in my package of Shrink Film.  So, I went with citrus colors.  I really had fun making these!  I hope they like them!!

Recipe:
Colored Shrink Film

Robotz Cricut cart - initials @1 3/4"
Plantin Schoolbook Cricut cart - Image 9 @ 1 3/4" (starburst shape), Image 36 @ 1 3/4" (heart), Image9 @ 1 3/4" using the shift (starburst with the circle cut out of the middle- I even used the middle piece just for fun--small green piece)
Wedding/Marriage Cricut cart - cross @ 1 3/4"

For cutting this material with my Cricut I used settings:  Blade 6, Multi-Cut 2, Pressure 5, Speed 4.  Punch your hole before baking them.  I had my oven @300 degrees and they took about 6 min to shrink fully.  I used parchment  paper to line my cookie sheet and another piece to cover the shrink plastic piece.  As soon as I removed them from the oven I smoothed them out with the bottom of a drinking glass made of glass.  And I let the glass sit on it until it was cooled enough to touch...a few minutes. 

This was my first time using the Shrink Film.  You do need to work quickly to smooth them out once they come out of the oven.  I only did a few shapes at a time...

Thanks for stopping by today!  Happy Holidays!