CWC Blog-Aversary Blog Hop: Day 6

Welcome to Paper Crafting World and Cooking With Cricut's 2nd Blog-Aversary and our week long celebration! Each day for a whole week (May 19-26) we will be bringing you fabulous projects made by our Design Team members. We have some GREAT blog candy as well as some daily file and graphic give-aways -- so you will definitely want to make PCW-CWC your daily stop every day this week!

Our theme for Saurday (the final day of the hop) is...

And here is what I created! I have been making a lot of pretty girly cards recently so I wanted to make a masculine card this time.

Supplies used: Patterned Papers: Ki Memories; Cardstock: Bazzill; Twine: The Twinery; Star Pin: Little Yellow Bicycle; Stamps: {ippity} by Unity Stamp Co.; Misc: Button

The papers I used for this card are actually from my Halloween stash, but I love the lime green and I thought that these colors would be perfect for a masculine card. I am totally into using the negative space left over from my die cuts these days and I have done it again here.

The stars are cut from Craft Room Basics, the tag is from George and Basic Shapes and the Scalloped edge is from Just Because Cards

Here is a quick screen capture of how I cut out the stars on Cricut Craftroom. I made a rectangle the size I wanted it to be and then layered my stars on top and turned and sized them until I was happy with how they fit. Then I cut that whole bit out at once. I kept the stars to use on another project. Also in this screen shot are the tag and the border I used so you can see what they look like in CCR.

The star pin that I had was yellow and that just didn't go with the colors on my card so I used a Copic marker to color the star...it worked perfectly!

I used this {ippity} stamps set by Unity Stamp Co. for the sentiment on the card. This set is called How YOU Doin'

Thanks for stopping by and make sure you head on over to Cooking With Cricut to check out the rest of the projects by our amazing Design Teams!

I love to read your kind comments!

~Becky

CWC: Thank a Teacher Challenge

As a certified teacher myself I know exactly what teacher's work with on a daily basis. Times can be tough with large class sizes and insufficient aid for students with special needs. Teacher's go above and beyond the call of duty every day to help our kids to succeed and they deserve everyone's appreciation. That is why I was so excited to participate in this week's challenge at Cooking With Cricut to make a project to show your appreciation for a teacher.

Another thing I know, is that many teacher's do receive a lot of appreciation in the form of gifts from their students and parents. These gifts can certainly add up over the years and while teacher's do cherish these gifts, they begin to take up a lot of room over time. Because of this I like to give my daughter's teachers a gift card so that they can buy a coffee or a dinner out, or a new book; whatever makes them happy and isn't another little apple that says #1 Teacher!

I made up this little card to hold a gift certificate in the pocket on the front. I was inspired by Tessa's card HERE, I hope I did her design justice. I altered the sweet little stickers on her card so that I could use Cricut embellishments instead.

Supplies used: Patterned Papers: Simple Stories; Cardstock: Bazzill; Ruler border: MME; Stamps: Stampin Up, Unity Stamp Co.; Ink: Palette Hybrid; Twine: Devine Twine; Paper Envelope: Devine Twine; Misc: Button, Embroidery floss,
I cut the apple at 5.5" from the Just Because Cards cartridge. Now that probably sounds really big but the apple is made to be a certain scale on the card so I had to make it 5.5" to be big enough for my card. I had to do a few trial cuts with some scrap paper to get it just the right size before I cut it with my red patterned paper. The little lable that is below the apple is cut from the Storybook Cartridge at 2.25".

I hope you will stop by Cooking with Cricut and play along with this week's challenge. Show some appreciation to a teacher you know. They deserve it!

Thanks for stopping by!
Your kind comments make my day.
~Becky

Cooking with Cricut: April Fools Day Challenge

Today's challenge over at Cooking with Cricut is about April Fools! Use your Cricut to make a FUNNY or PUNNY project.  I made this punny card with the Just Because Cards Cartridge and put a little twist (pun intended) on a love card.

Supplies used: Cricut Cartridge: Just Because Cards; Patterned Papers: Little Yellow Bicycle; Cardstock: Bazill; Border sticker: Crate Paper; Letter Stickers: Adornit; Twine: Devine Twine; Ribbon: Bo Bunny;  Misc: Button.

I hope you can stop by Cooking With Cricut and play along! I'd love to see your ideas!

Thanks for looking! I appreciate your kind comments!
~Becky