365 cards & mojovate me #5

happy sunday :)  it was roses' turn to pick our mojovate me sketch, she chose one from 365 cards . be sure to head on over to both blogs :)

for this i used my cricut and stretch your imagination cart for the pumpkins.( i LOVE pumpkins :) ) zooballoo for the grass. the bat is cuttlebug and the rats are martha stewart punch. i added foam stickies under the pumpkins and the bat. added colorbox fluid chalk. thats it super simple :)  thanks so much for visiting :) hope your weekends been slow and fun :) xxxshelly

and heres my take on it

oopsie  i forgot to add whiskers to the rats...ill add them when im done.

a little dimension shot

                                                                 close up of the bat

papercutz #102

happy friday! yay weekend!!  our challenge for the week over at PCC is "under the sea" . use something youd find in the sea, fish, mermaid, starfish, whale etc.... be sure to sail on over to PCC and see what the rest of the dt have created. and play along with us its always fun to see what youve made for us :)

i made a card using my cricut and creat a critter cartridge. this is my favorite cartridge. the lil animals are so precious.

                                                     
                                  i used foam stickys under the top layer of plants, then thicker ones

                                  the   seahorses. i added cloud9 raindots for bubbles. inked with colorbox

                                      fluid chalk.

                                now you KNEW there was going to be a silly/cheesy saying ;)
                                

                   thanks so much for stopping by today have a fun crafty weekend! xxxshelly

whimsical wednesdays

happy wednesday :) this week our challenge over at WW is "fun with folds". that is to make a card other than shaped or A2 type. 

 

i decided to make 2 cards for this challenge.

the first is called a pop~up stage card. i found it on splitcoaststampers. instead of me trying to explain myself just click ~>here<~ and you will get the tutorial from kim score.

 it looks a little intimidating but i swear its super~duper easy, otherwise i wouldnt have made one ;)

                                            

                                                             the front /closed

                                                             

 

 slide the band off to open 

                                                                       a top view

                                 oh, make sure if you use sparkly glue stuff,wait until it dries completely

                                 before you close this . trust me! ( a not out of the ordinary duh moment                                                                       for  me lol)                     

details: my cricut and winterwoodland cartridge.( see how i utilized the negative cut for the deer on the next card)

 MS doily lace punch, SU stamp, liquid applique, stickles, colorbox fluid chalk

memorybox paper and SU card base (handsome hunter)

now for my 2nd card i made a Z fold card. mary over at cardztv ( theres a link on my sidebar) has awesome video tutorials on this plus other fold cards. be sure to check her out if you havent yet. thank you mary!

                                                               front of card

 

                                                          see how the top looks like a z

 

remember i told ya i used the negative cut from the reindeer

the "inside" of the card where you can write something personal

 

details: my cricut and winterwoodland  (deer, tag and seasons greetings) and jasmine (corners) cartridges

sizzix and marvy punch (snowflakes), SU stamped sentiment

rhinestone, stickles and colorbox fluid chalk.

paper sei card base SU (handsome hunter)

thanks so much for your visit today. your comments are always appreciated. have a crafty rest of day and be sure to pop on over to the WW blog and see what the rest of the DT has created for us. be sure to play along in our fun folds challenge too! we have another sweet sponsor.

mojovate me #4

happy tuesday :) well its sketch 4 for rose and my mojovate me fun :) it was my turn to pick out a sketch. i chose one from inspirational card sketches # 34. if you havent checked them out be sure to they have awesome sketches every week. and a very talented design team to help ya along. 

                                                                      heres the sketch

                                                          and heres my take

 

i used my cricut and george cartridge for the circles (pumpkin and eyes) triangle and star.the stem /leaf are cuttlebug.

                               i added brads to the centers of eyes and used a black pen around them

                               i just handcut the mouth. used colorbox fluid chalk. paper is memorybox.

 

the stamp is just right stampers.

thanks so much for checking this out. be sure to go see what rose has done with the sketch.

have a crafty day :) xxxshelly

bittenbythebug2

happy monday :) well its the end of the month which means blog hop time over at BBTB2 hope your having fun on that :)  if youre here just to say hi be sure to stop by the bbtb blog and youll be able to hop from the start from there.

this week our sweet and oh so talented maria has chosen our cut to be the ice cream from sweet treats. if you dont own this cartridge no worries, i dont own it either, just go ahead and use any ice cream from a different cartridge.  be sure to check out the "cool" creations from the rest of the dt this week .

i used stretch your imagination as the cones are quite similar. 

the cute as ever mice are from meow/cricut lite  a big thank you to my crafty buddy rose who loaned this to me. youre not getting it back! lol 

                                                                           

                                                                      the sweet card

                              
                                  doesnt that ice cream look yummy! and are these the cutest mice :)

                                  i added foam stickies under them for pop.and drew on some whiskers.

                                  and added colorbox fluid chalk for depth. the heart corners are cuttlebug.

             thank you so much for taking the time to visit me. your comments are always appreciated  

             hope my card made ya smile :) have a crafty day xxxshelly            

Mojovate me #3

happy saturday :)  this card is for my crafty buddy rose and my sketch challenge were having to keep us motivated or get our mojo back.  this time it was her turn to choose our sketch. oh and she added in what she THOUGHT was going to be a stumbling block for me, NO patterned paper. ok if she had been sitting near me when she came up with that one id have kicked her a good one lol, but since my leg cant reach that far i figured id just show her. pllllt to you friend ;)   

heres the sketch she picked from CAS 

                                                                      heres the sketch

                                                          and heres my take on it

i used my cricut and george cartridge for the hearts. i ran the bottom part of the base of the card thru my cuttlebug with swiss dots folder. i added buttons a computer generated saying ( my heart is blessed because youre in it) and added colorbox fluid chalk to the embossing and hearts. easy peasy :)
click ~>Rose<~~~ to see the rebels card :)  thanks for taking a peek  xxxshelly

papercutz

happy friday! this weeks challenge over at PCC is anything goes. be sure to head on over to the pcc blog and see what the rest of the fab dt has made for us :) and we love seeing what you come up with so be sure to create with us.  i decided to play with my neglected hello kitty cartridge. this is a really cute cart.

                                                     i added foam stickies under kitty

 

details: my cricut and hello kitty jasmine (corners) and walk in my garden (for you) cartridges.

colorbox fluid chalk, pearls and acrylic paint for dots paper is dcwv (nanas nursery)

thanks so much for stopping by and saying hi :) your comments always make me smile. have a great weekend! xxxshelly

whimsical wednesday

happy wednesday!!! well this is my first official start of the whimsical wednesday design team woo hoo!!!!!! 

this week our challenge is "let's use our scraps". be sure to head on over to the WW blog with me  and lets snoop into the rest of the ladies scrap bins :)  im actually very organized with my stuff, my scraps stay in large ziplock bags by brand and holiday. the holiday stuff is tucked away in a dresser since its not used really otherwise. im a paper lover i have tons  so this just makes it easier for me to get to the everyday paper :).

this week i made a christmas card. yeah i know its way early but last week we had a christmas themed challenge from a different DT im on so it put me in a crafty mood..which is good cuz ive been in such a slump this past year. 

first off stephanie asked us to post a pic of the scraps we used.. sorry these pics arent  very good. terrible lighting where im staying right now. 

i went with my basic grey scrappys

heres the bag turned over..

heres the scrap pieces i chose:

and heres my card i made out of those scraps

                                          

oopsie a lil glue on the bottom there.. ill get that erased off :) 

details :  my cricut and winterwoodland cartridge for the deer and noel cuts.

distress stickles ~ rock candy on the blue background paper fired brick on the noel  and stardust stickles on the snowflakes.

snowflakes : marvy punch and $bin stamps

colorbox fluid chalk (chestnut roan) and tim holtz distress inks (weathered wood and fired brick)

cardstock base is SU soft suede. 

thanks so much for the visit today hope your weeks been a good one so far. have a crafty rest of day :) xxxshelly

cricutcardzchallenge

 happy wednesday :) this week over at CCC jeri has us using a Monogram. i have to say at first i struggled with this because im not a fan of the monogrammed type of stuff.  in fact i made a card, which you will see later this week,showed it to my crafty buddy who agreed the monogram HAD to go :)  at first i left it then sat down here and started this post and all the sudden a whole different idea came to mind.   so jeri picked a great challenge for me. thanks my friend! so.. heres what i came up with it. i made it for my beautiful daughter brandi

                              can you find the monogram ? it took my mom and kiddo  a few minutes :)

 

smarty pants :) yep i put the letter b in a flower pot..added vines and flowers. my daughter is a 'shroom fan and just got 5 of these fungi tatted on her lower back so i of course had to add some of those.

details: 

my cricut and Jasmine cartrdige (letter B)

walk in my garden cartridge ( flower pot and yellow flowers. i cut them in ivory card stock and colored them with colorbox fluid chalk 

studio g $bin stamp ( mushrooms again cut in ivory cardstock and inked with colorbox fluid chalk)

home decor cartridge (swirls/vines throughout the letter b)

Paper dcwv ( the butterfly and blue flowers and vines are pre~printed on the paper, pretty huh!)

thanks so much for hangin ghere with me a few and your sweet words leave me with a smile thank you ! have a great day :) xxxshelly

mojovate me

happy monday. my friend rose and i are having a fun little sketch challenge to keep our mojo going or try to bring it back, each week we take a turn picking out a sketch to use. i say each week ..were giving each a week to get the sketch done..if we both get it done sooner then we pick out a new sketch sooner. so... this time it was my turn to find a sketch. i went to CPS and found this fun sketch in their archives to try. 

                                                                        cps sketch #26

 i  just realized i forgot to add an element on the top right of the front panel.. oh well i may go back and add a leaf but probably wont :)  

 

the inside reads "and i dont want to get up" yeah i know my cheese head is showing ; )

  

 

details: my cricut and stretch your imagination (tree) and doodlecharms(leaves) cartridges. color box fluid chalk . i was gifted the paper a couple of years ago.

thanks so much for checking this out :) have a happy crafty day/evening :) xxxshelly

bittenbythebug2

happy monday :) this week over at BBTB2 our delightful lisa has chosen our cut, the penguin with umbrella from the jolly holidays cartridge. oh its a cart i dont have but so want :)  dont worry if you dont own the cartridge either just use a penguin and umbrella from a different  one or two like i did.

be sure to stop on by the bbtb blog and see what the rest of the dt has created and of course we love when you play along with us. 

heres what i came up with 

                                                                          a little card

 

uh oh penguins whatd ya do...that snow looks a tad yellowish .. IRL it doesnt, its actually white and sparkly. 

                                                                  a little sparkle

 

a little dimension 

details : cartridges~zoobaloo(penguins), pooh and friends (umbrellas)

marvy punch (snowflakes)

stickles (stardust) and rhinestones for extra flavor on those flakes

colorbox fluid chalk

hand cut snowhills with some liquid applique heated on then more stickles .

stamped sentiment from MSE (my sentiments exactly)

thanks so much for hanging out with me and my penguins your sweet words put a smile on our faces :) have a crafty day! xxxshelly

rose and shellys MOJOvate me and CARD PATTERNS

happy friday :) well my friend rose and i have had a melt down in our mojo so we decided to start a little challenge each week with sketches to get us back on track.

this week she picked our sketch using card patterns #123. she also cheated! lol she got the sketch made her card THEN let me know. some friend eh ;) lol thats ok 

be sure to click  ~> here<~ go see the cute card she made using this sketch .
along with our own persona challenge set, im entering this over at cardpatterns. be sure to go see the beautiful cards made by the DT> 

            

                                                                       the sketch

                                          
                                                                          my card

 

details: my cricut and a childs year cartridge (witch silhouette) 

cloud9 bats, punch for moon ( punched in ivory, i colored with colorbox fluid chalk)

paper recollections. computer generated the text

thanks bunches for checking this one out. have a crafty day! xxxshelly

              

papercutzchallenges

happy friday :) hope your weeks been a good one :)

hope ya had a blast on our sparklin bloghop last week!

this week were doing something different over at PCC. instead of mary choosing our challenge one of us DT gals is taking the honors. this week our fab lisa  has chosen our challenge "the skys the limit" . that means ANYTHING you find in the sky.. from birds to planes :) anything ya can think of will do :) how fun!

the card for this week was actually made for a different challenge that required a monogram. i really did not like how it turned out  so i put this aside. when i thought about the pcc challenge this week i thought this went together a lot better :) when i think of owls i always associate them with either snow or moon and stars.  i made this for my daughter who saw it monogrammed and didnt care for that either...i said moon and stars? and she said yep but glitz the stars up :) so since its going to her i did just that :) 

i know shell really like this hope you do too . thanks so much for sittin here with me today :) have a fun weekend :) xxxshelly

details on card: my cricut and storybook(owl) and paperdolls (moon and stars, accessiories3 feature with vampireboy) cartridges. stickles, colorbox fluid chalk paper is dcwv; la creme (thanks rose!)

bittenbythebug2

happy monday!  over at BBTB2  our lovely sweet penny has chosen our cut this week.  the mittens from joys of the season . i  love making christmas cards and adore this cartridge :) be sure to stop by the bbtb bog and check out what the rest of the awesome dt has created using this fun cut :) also be sure to play along you may be chosen to wear our POW (pick of the week) badge :)  remember if you dont own this cart its all good just use mittens from another.

for my card i used
JOTS: mittens

george: hearts

cuttlebug and marvy punch : snowflakes

teensy clothespins and hemp

color box fluid chalk and tim holtz distress stickles (rock candy~ which by the way DO rock! )

stamped sentiment "my sentiments exactly "

 

as you can see i didnt attach the clothes pin to the hemp, the reason is i was afraid it may be "unglue" the hemp if jostled around too much. i probably should add a bit of glue or a glue dot under those c/pins eh.   i also wanted to show the distress stickles.sorry my cam didnt pick them up a little better. i dont like too much glitz and love how subtle these are! thank you tim holtz! ( lol yeah like the worlds cutest boy ever is gonna come to MY blog and see that)

                                      thanks mickey for the stamps! this went perfectly with the theme :)

thank you for stopping by my blog :) your sweet words always leave me smiling. hope your week is off to a great start!!!  have a crafty day :)xxxshelly