Cricut Cardz Challenge #109

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Hello and Happy Wednesday Everyone! I hope your short

week is going well.... Thanks for all the wonderful comments

yesterday! I LOVE reading them!!! :o) Today is Challenge Day

over at: Cricut Cardz (aka Cardz TV)

"You Did it"

Your need to make a card for Graduation!

Using any colors or cartridges you'd like!

(REMINDER: You Must Use Your Cricut)

Super easy peasy to do.... right? :o)

Here's what I came up with!

I wanted mine to have a whimsical feel to it! :o)

Cartridges - (OWL) Hoot N Holler (Cut @ 3")

(Star & Background shapes) George & Basic Shapes

(Grad Cap) Everyday Pop Up (Cut @ 1")

(Congratulations) Birthday Bash (cut @ 4 1/2" wide)

White Brad

Googlie Eyes

Designer Paper - Little Yellow Bicycle

My card is a 4 3/4" square card....

OK... Now you've seen what I've created... let's see

what you create! Don't forget to stop by my fellow

Design Team members blogs... They did a fabulous

job as always! :o) Thanks soooo much for stopping

by and Have an AWESOME DAY!!!

Theresa

Pretty little butterfly.....

Hello and Happy Tuesday everyone! I hope you all had a

wonderful 3 day weekend! Mine was busy... I don't want to

tell ya more than that cuz you may get worn out from reading

all about it! LOL Soooo I'll just show you a card that I made!

I totally took this from the April "Cricut" Magazine....

I fell in LOVE with the card that Kristen Swain made....

It was this BEAUTIFUL Butterfly card.....

And you all know I'm trying to make cards for my MIL....

And my brain is getting wayyy tired.... so I thought I would

try to re-create her beautiful card.... Well here's mine! :o)

 I really loved how mine turned out and realized yet again....

I can't send this one to my MIL!!!

It's tooo bulky for her to mail off.... Sooo that means

I get to keep this one! YEA ME!!!! LOL

So I had to make her something else.... :o)

Sooo.... in honor of our 2 year Blog Anniversary that has come and gone

earlier this month and the fact that one of my cards is IN the

April Cricut Magazine.... I'm gonna give one away!!!!!

All you have to do is be a follower and leave

a comment under this post! In about a week

I will pick someone from Random.org to

receive this Magazine and ummmm

The Butterfly card I posted today!!! :o)

Sounds like a good idea to me! :o)

Thanks so much for stopping by and for

always supporting me and my sister with all

your wonderful feedback/comments... They mean

soooo very much to me and her.... :o)

Have an AWESOME DAY!!!

Theresa

Imagine- thinking of you.....

Hello and Happy Wednesday Everyone! I'm starting

to skip days.... Busy, Busy, Busy soooo I'm gonna make this a
super quick post for ya! I hope you don't mind.... :o)
Here's my project!

As you can tell... I used my good old Faithful Imagine again! :o)

This is one of the cards for my MIL.....

Cartridge: Imagine More, George & Basic Shapes

 

I don't have the sizes since it's in my CCR Program and

I didn't have time to go open it and check... :o)

But I did use the separate button for the center

scallop/oval/butterflies.... And I resized them....

Then Popped them up! That's it! :o)

Thanks soooo much for stopping by!

Have an AWESOME DAY!!!

Theresa

Digital Shadowing....

Hello and Happy Monday Everyone! I Hope you all had a

Fabulous weekend! I sort a kind of did! LOL I was working

my tail off trying to get those cards done for my MIL! I'm

still working on them.... I have about 7 more to do... I had to

make 24 cards sooo you can imagine how much time it's taking

to get them done.... I'm also trying to get my Design Team cards done in

advance so I won't have to worry about them during the month

of June.... I got only 1 of those done... ugh!

My hubby already started building my new counter for the store....

And I'm super busy at the store with the sale... Everyone is shopping!

Yeaaa!!! It's been great but there is still tons of tops to sell! :o)

I'm also working on getting someone else to work at the store...

A couple of friends of mine told me about this women who

has several children and can't afford much... So I'm gonna

ask her if she would like to come work for me in exchange for

clothes and things for her family.... It would help us both out!

I'm hoping she'll say YES! So I won't be running back and forth

from one store to the next while getting it all set up....

Keep your fingers crossed for me that she agrees! :o)

Well, Let's see what I can show you today! :o)

I made this card last month for our Monthly card Swap!

I used "My Digital Studio" to create this.... I watched a video on

how to make a digital Shadow.... Sooo I had to try it! :o)

Everything is from Stampin' Up.... I don't know if you can tell by

the picture.... but the shadow is around the digital flower stamp.....

I then added a border, printed & cut it out.... I also printed

& cut the second layer (Book print).... The Stripes & Floral

Background are Designer Papers.... So there is noooo

cricut on here! LOL It's just a simple Hybrid Card!

It looks really pretty close up & in person! :o)

Any way.... I gotta go get some more cards done!

Thanks sooo much for stopping by!

I hope everyone has an AWESOME DAY!!!

Theresa

May Day!!!

Hello and Happy Wednesday Everyone! It's the middle of the

week already! YEAA!!! That means the weekend is getting closer! :o)

I have a very busy week going on right now! I'm trying to get a

bunch of cards made for my MIL and today starts my 2 week sale

at the store.... And Tomorrow is my card Swap night and then

Friday is Crop til ya Drop! Soooo, I'm trying to get ready for all these

things... UGH! Can anyone tell that I like having a hectic life? LOL

Don't worry... I'll be fine! This is how I work... It's ALL GOOD! ;o)

Any whoooo... today is Challenge Day over at:

Cricut Cardz Challenge (aka Cardz TV)

The Challenge is "May Day" make a card

for ANY Occasion

using FLOWERS from any cartridge!

(Reminder: You Must use your CRICUT)

So here is what I came up with......

I'm not gonna lie when I say I LOVE how this turned out!

My inspiration came from the fact that I needed to make

HELLO cards for my MIL! So this one kind of just

came to me while playing around in the Cricut Craft Room!

As you can tell... I used my Imagine! :o)

I added Clear Gems to the centers of the flowers...

I Probably could have tighten this one a little more..,

But all in all I'm really happy with how this turned out!

Of course after making this card.... I realized that I can't

give this card to my MIL! WHY??? Cuz I like it too

much! LOL Just kidding... I can't send it to her because the

flowers are to thick for her to mail out.... Sooo this is mine to

keep! YEAAA!! But I did make her an exact copy except

that I used some flatter flowers, so she could still mail

it off to someone if she'd like too! :o)

Here are the details:

Card stock, Ink - Stampin' Up
Designer Paper - Enjoy the Seasons Imagine Art Cartridge

Cartridges: CTMH Art Philosophy (Card) Cut @ 8.347 x 5.389
(Pink Layer)  Cut @ 4.181 x 5.153
(Blue Floral layer) Cut @ 3.875 x 4.889
Enjoy the Seasons Imagine Art (Oval Scalloped Shape) Cut @ 2 1/2"
The Center Oval was cut using the Separate feature 
& I cut out a 2nd Oval to Pop it Up....
(Hello) was cut using the separate feature on the Basket
with flowers image... Cut @ 1.3 (2x's)
Flower Shoppe (Flowers) The Green Flower was Cut @ 3"
The Dark Pink Flower was Cut @ 3 1/4"
The Yellow Flower was Cut @ 3 1/2"

Now that you've seen what I've made, it's your turn!

I look forward to seeing all your fabulous creations....

Speaking of which... Make sure you check out the other

design team members creations.... they are BEAUTIFUL!!!

Thanks sooo much for stopping by... Have an

AWESOME DAY!!!

Theresa

Handsome Layout....

Hello and Happy Tuesday everyone! I hope your week is off

to a great start so far! The weather is getting nicer & nicer and

the kids will be out of school very, very soon... Like this week! LOL

Well the older boy still has 1 more week but the younger one finishes

this Friday... :o) I LOVE Summer vacation.... I stay up late and sleep in

and oh wait... I gotta store now.... I can't do that! Awwww POOP!

Any who... I guess they can sleep in and stay up late while I try to get my

store moved over the summer..... I guess I'll get a vacation some day! :o)

I know the Photo Quality stinks! SORRY bout' that!

I just can't seem to take good shots of 12 x 12 Layouts!

I used My Mind's Eye Designer Paper & Embellishments.....

I used my Cricut for the word "Handsome" and for

all the "Scallop borders".... I Don't have sizes or cartridges

for ya... Sorry again! :o)

I believe that's the last of the Layouts I did at the

March Crop til ya drop! It'll be awhile before

I get my hands on any more Layouts.... I think I'll stick

to making cards for now.... they can be easier to do!

 I'll be back tomorrow with my Card for the

Cricut Cardz Challenge!

Have an AWESOME DAY!!!!

Theresa

Rocket #9....

Hello and Happy Monday Everyone! How was your weekend?

Did all you ladies out there have a Fabulous Mother's Day? Guys will

be next in line since Father's Day is next month! :o) How was

every one's week last week? Mine was busy as usual... Did

get to see my oldest son and have dinner with him... It was

nice seeing him and his room mate.... I was able to get

my new clothing racks for the store... They didn't have several other 

things that I needed..... I guess now I'll have to place an order

online for the rest of the items... I just dread paying the

shipping on it! UGH! That's business I guess! :o)

 I'm gonna have a BIG sale going on through the rest of this month....

I'm trying to shrink the LARGE inventory of clothes we have... I had to get a

3rd storage unit! (YIKES) And this doesn't include any

furniture mind you.... It's mostly CLOTHES!!! Seriously.... I should

have just a plain old clothing store at this rate.... :o) I have nooooo

room to sell Furniture so I've been telling people who ask to go to

Moab.... they have a Thrift store down there that has one building

for clothes and the other for Furniture.... I gave them what little

bit I did have cuz I just don't have the space like they do....

Even with the move, I don't... I just hope having this big clothing

sale makes a dent in my stock.... Of course it doesn't help when

people are still dropping off more clothes everyday cuz it's

sooo nice outside that they're having yard sales! LOL

I mean I never have to worry about inventory.... but I do have to worry

when I have wayyyy to much of it! And YESSS I've donated lots of

stuff already! We have a women's shelter that I've donated bags and

bags and bags of stuff to and the other thrift store in Moab and

I've tried our local churches,etc... I can see why the previous owner

had soooo much stuff... sometimes it's hard to get rid of.... no matter

what you do.... :o) But as you all know... I'm a trooper and will carry

on as usual and do what I can for my store... :o)

I guess you didn't come here to hear about my store issues.... Eh?

Here is the other Birthday card I made for Hunter Last week....

By the way he LOVED the Crab card and this one too! :o)

Yup... Another Imagine Card! Have I told ya

that I LOVE my Imagine? Well I do! :o)

I miss my original one... this newer one I'm still

getting use to... I mean it works and all.... but I can

tell the difference between the 2 machines... :o)

 Cartridge: Blast Off

Stamps: Megan Elizabeth

Card stock & Ink: Stampin' Up

Twine: Bakers

Corner Punch: We R Memory

I Cut the rocket & #9 out 2 x's..... Then popped them up

I added Twine to the rocket thruster to make it look like flames...

I don't have the sizes.... Sorry... It's on the CCR Program and

YESSS... I'm to lazy to open it and check the sizes! LOL

Any whoooo, Thanks soooo much for stopping by

and reading ALL the way down to the bottom of this post!

I hope to get a spare moment this week to check out

some of your blogs... Keeping Fingers crossed!

For now... I hope you ALL have an AWESOME DAY!!!!

Theresa

Happy Birthday Hunter!!!!

Hello and Happy Friday Everyone! I Know you're all surprised to

see me posting on a FRIDAY!!! Well there are 2 reasons for this....

#1 - I won't be able to post next week due to my trip up North! I'm gonna

see my oldest son and get my new racks and things for the store.... It's

going to be a looong trip and has to be done in a very short & quick period

of time.... UGH! Not to excited about that really.... But it needs to get done.....

I have to close my Store on Monday because the place I'm getting my items

from is only open Monday thru Friday! Another UGH!!! But that's ok.... I got

my plan laid out (as I always do) :o) And hopefully I can get most of the items

I need for the store... Keeping fingers crossed.... Ok.... My eyes, toes, legs too! LOL

#2 - I want to wish my sweet little boy a very

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!! Hunter turns 9 today and he's soooo

excited about it! They're soooo cute when there that young!

For his breakfast, he asked for Krispy Creme Donuts....

Now remember I don't live in a big city... I live in a really

small town..... Luckily we have a Maverik Gas Station and they

carry lots of things including "KRISPY CREME DONUTS"!!!

Thank goodness for that! LOL They're delivered fresh everyday

 so we got some yummy ones... :o) It's not a big selection or

anything but he was happy with his choice.... Oh... and Guess whats

for dinner???? MAVERIK's!!! Yesss.... they also make Fresh Hot items

like Hamburgers, Tacos, Pizza, etc.... Soooo he wants to go there for

dinner instead of me cook him a dinner! He's wayyy to funny!

He did ask me to make his cake.... So I still gotta do that....

But I thought I would post the card I made for him....

YUP! I'm breaking in the Imagine that I got back! :o)

I designed this card in CCR... Basically all I do

is design my Imagine cards in CCR, then I

 put the measurements in the machine directly

 from the design that I created, then I cut....

I don't use the CCR to cut the images out.... WHY?

Well... #1 it takes FOREVER for it to read and think

about what it needs to cut and #2 CCR is still not all

that great working with your Imagine... Sometimes

it works sometimes it doesn't! And I don't have time to play

around with it and waste a ton of paper... Which I have in the past...

#3 I borrowed my Everyday Pop Up Cartridge to someone and had

to use my Gypsy for the cake cut! LOL

Cartridges - Buccaneer Imagine Cartridge (Crab) Cut @ 3 1/2" (2x's)

(Happy Bday Matey) Cut @ 2 1/2" (2x's)

(Striped & Cross Bones Paper) Cut @ 4 1/2" (using George & Basic Shapes)

and flood filling with designs from the Buccaneer Cartridge

Everyday Pop Up - Cake Cut @ 2" (and Flood Filled with

designs from the Buccaneer Cartridge)

I  inked around the edges and I used

some Glossy Accents on the White of the Crabs eyes, Dots on

the cake, and the flames....

Used my WeRMemory Corner punch too

Yes.... I did the inside too! :o) Card stock is

Stampin' Up of course! And the strip

is a piece I cut off from the front of the card...

The Monkey & Shark were cut @ 1 1/2"

I used Stampin' Up Dimensionals to pop

everything up! I hope you guys like my card...

I hope Hunter does too.... I'm sure he will! I did make

another card for my older boys to give to him...

But I forgot to take a picture.... I'll post that

one next week when I get a minute!

 I hope to see everyone next week... And I hope

everyone has an AWESOME WEEKEND!!!

Theresa

There's no other, Like my Mother.....

Hello and Happy Wednesday Everyone! The Week is Half over! YEA!!!

It's been nice and warm outside... NOT HOT!! We don't get HOT weather

like most of you do.... Sorry bout' that! Just remember we get super COLD

instead! :o) All my Fruit Trees are blooming and my Tulips are popping up!

Ahhhh.... Feels like SPRING to ME! tehehhehe... Today is Challenge day

over at: Cricut Cardz Challenge (AKA) Cardz TV

The Challenge this week is "There's no other, like my Mother"

Make a card for Mother's Day using ANY Cartridge and Colors you'd like!

Reminder: You Must use your Cricut!!!

Super Easy Peasy don't ya think? :o)

Well here's the card I created for this weeks Challenge!

I used my Refurbished (New) Imagine to create this card!

I gotta say I like my OLD Imagine Wayyyy Better!

Even though it stopped working with my computer and gypsy...

It was still wayyyy better than this one! LOL

I used the "Separate" button for the (Love You) &

made it in 3 layers and popped it up... I also added

dimension to the frame and bird section....

Sorry I don't have sizes for ya... I created this in the CCR Program

and didn't feel like opening it up to get sizes.... OOPS!

Card stock - Stampin' Up

Everything else is from the Lori's Garden Imagine Cartridge

This is a great cartridge to have for your Imagine....

Well... Now you've seen what I created... Let's see what

you come up with for the Challenge over at:

Cricut Cardz Challenge (AKA) CARDZ TV

I'll try and stop by to say HI! Don't forget to check out

what the rest of the Design Team has Created.... They ALL

look FANTASTIC!!!! Thanks for stopping by....

Have an AWESOME DAY!!!!

Theresa

HaLlOwEeN....

Hello and Happy Tuesday Everyone! How's your week going?

Mine is going... that's all I'm gonna say about that! LOL

I'm here today with a quick post and a Tuesday Layout...

Soooo here we go!

I know I'm wayyyy off for Halloween... But I needed to

get these pictures on a page.... Right... :o)

Really simple and quick to put together....

Ohhhhh a Scary Spider! EEK! NOT! :o)

The Haunted House was cut from

Holiday Cakes Cartridge - It was cut @ 7"

The Pumpkin basket was cut from the

Autumn Celebrations Cartridge - Cut @ 6 1/2"

I cut the pumpkin 2x's and popped one of them....

Well that's my quick post for today! I'll be back

tomorrow with a card for the CRICUT CARDZ CHALLENGE!!!

Thanks for stopping by! Have an AWESOME DAY!!!

Theresa