Cut it Up Challenge #25 - What's Bugging You?

Happy Friday my little hopper's.

It's time for another Cut It Up Challenge. Challenge #25 - What's Bugging You? Today we were asked to make a project using a bug. Well how fun is that? I think it's super duper fun!

Since my nephew's B-day is right around the corner; well October, but to me it's right around the corner since it seems that this year has been flying by, I made him a B-day card for this buggy challenge.

I decided to use Flick as my bug. Remember him from a Bug's Life? I cut him out right away and laid him down on my table so I could decide just what I wanted to do with him. I searched though my stamps and came across the "bring on the cake" sentiment and knew exactly what I wanted to do by looking at Flick with his hands on his hips.

Here's what I came up with:

Isn't he cute? I thought it would be fun to make it look like he climbed up the cake and got rid of the candles so he could just eat the cake without all the Birthday fuss. :)

Here's how I did it:

Cricut Carts:
Best of Pixar - Flick cut at 4"
Birthday Bash - Cake cut twice at 3 3/4"
Candle cut at 1 1/2"

Cardstock:
Recollections - I used up some of my scrap recollections paper for all die cut images.
Card size: 5 1/2 x 4 1/4
Mat size: 5 1/4 x 4 both outside and inside matts

Gelly Roll pen in white - used to color Swiss Dots on top cake.
Zig Pen in Black - used to doodle on Flick and the tag.
Cuttlebug Folder in Swiss dots - used to emboss layers on top cake.
Foam tape - used to pop the top cake and hand made tag
Recollections Ink - Blk
Studio g stamp - Bring on the Cake and Happy Birthday on inside of card.

Thanks for stopping by. To see more buggie projects and to play along with us stop by the Cut It Up Blog.

Tuesday, Jan. 22nd - MCCR Kids Valentine Cards

Hello! I'm so glad you stopped by today because I have a totally cool V-day card to share with you.

Instead of the traditional reds and pinks, I went with light blue and green for my background card. Why you ask? Because this card is for a boy!! To keep this super simple I cut a double-sided sheet of CS from K&Company to 5 x 7 then I folded it in half. Because this was double-sided, the inside was way too busy and girly for my liking so I cut white CS the same size and glued it to the inside of my card. Then I added my stamped sentiment.

For the character on my card I chose the only one I thought would suit it well and that was CRUSH! I love Finding Nemo and Crush is one of my favorite characters. I cut him out at 3" using the Best of Pixar cart. Crush was cut using all my recollection scraps from my bin and I added a few doodles. TaDa!!!

Hope this gave you a little inspiration for a boy's Valentine's Day card.

To see more inspiring projects visit: http://mycricutcraftroom.blogspot.com

Supplies:

Stamps:

~ Pink by Design, Animated Greetings "Dude, you're totally awesome!" & "Give me some Fin" for inside sentiment.

~ Stampin' Up!, Filled with Love, "Feb 14"

Other Supplies:

~ Zip pen in blk, Stampin Up!, Basic black ink

Thanks for stopping by and remember Just Keep Swimming!!



PBD Challenge #12

PBD Challenge #12

An inspiration photo. What a cute iphone case!!

Whaa Hooo!!!! This is the final challenge and here it is:

My inspiration from this iphone case was the eye! The first thing I thought of was Mike from Monsters Inc.

So here's what I came up with:

What I use:
Best of Pixar cart: Mike cut at 4"
All paper from my scrap stash.
Die-cut mat pad from K&Company
PBD Attitude Stamp Set
SU Ink

For Sebastian, Mr. Incredible...

I saw this post first at Jessica's and followed the trail to Amy's and then to Ginger's House and once I read the story about her student named Sebastian. I knew I had to make a card for him.

Please take a moment to visit Ginger's House to learn more about this amazing boy and if you can, please send him a card.

As an incentive Amy has added some candy for posting your card for Sebastian on her blog. Thanks Amy this is very generous of you.

Here's my card for Sebastian because I think he's Mr. Incredible!

What I used to make this card:
Best of Pixar cart: Mr. Incredible cut at 4"
Solid cardstock from Recollections
Patterned cardstock (card background) from S.E.I Bissette 12x12 paper pad
Card 5x7
Tag by Creative Time Dies Fancy Frame stamp and Die set
Zig pens in white and black for detailing Mr. Incredible
Brads from my stash
Foam tape
Stampin Up! Basic Black Ink


Thanks for stopping by and happy crafting.

Snappy Birthday

I just love long weekends. I had Friday off this week and it is the start of my week long vacation! My Daughter is coming for a visit and I get to keep her from July 31 through August 7th. I am so excited!

Okay so on to the challenge! I'm playing along with the Birthday Sundaes Challenge this week.

We have to use the photo that was provided and show our interpretation on a B-day Card.

Here's mine. Whatcha' think?

Materials:
Best of Pixar Cart
Bruce cut at 3” using ColorBok pearlescent paper
Seaweed cut at 3” and 2” using scraps
Once upon a princess Cart
Cupcake cut at 1 1/2”
DCWV Fun in the Sun Glitter stack - Background paper cut at 4 ½ x 6 ½
5 x 7 card from Hobby Lobby
Punches
EK Success scalloped boarder punch used for sand
EK Success 1 ¼ x 2 oval punch
Stampin’ Up! Small oval punch
Stampin’ Up! Basic Black ink
Cuttlebug Swiss dots embossing folder
Stampendous Birthday Brackets clear stamp set – Blowing birthday wishes your way
My Pink Stamper More Punny-licious clear stamp set – Snappy Birthday
Stickles - Lime Green

Enjoy your weekend!

Get Well Card for Angelo

Happy Sunday my creative friends.

When I came across the Whimsical Wednesday Challenge and read about Margie's fifteen month old Grandson, Angelo undergoing brain surgery and chemotherapy. I knew this was the challenge for me.

If you haven't come across this challenge please click here Whimiscal Wednesday Challenge to make a card for Angelo.

Here's my entry and I hope it brings a little encouragement. The inside of the card says "Feel better soon".

Recipe:
Best of Pixar and Lacy Labels Lite cart
Cut Dory at 4"; Cut sand at 2"; cut congrats label shadow at 1" and 3/4"

Cardstock: ColorBok pearlescent paper used on Dory. All other paper from the Paper Company.

Stamps: Sentiment Feel better soon from Fiskars all year greetings; Sentiment Just keep swimming from PINK BY DESIGN Animated Greetings; Shell and bubble stamps from Inkadinkado mini stamp sets.

Ink: Tim Holtz antique linen used on sand; SU Not quite navy, really rust, and creamy carmel.

Zig pen, google eyes, Cuttlebug folder Swiss Dots and foam tape.

Hope you all enjoy your Sunday.

Wall-E B-day Card

This was fun and challenging at the same time so I'm entering this card into the following challenges:

Cricut Card Challenge #75 - make a masculine birthday card using something with wheels.
Die cuttin' Divas weekly challenge 15 - Masculine Cuts.

Recipe:
Best of Pixar - cut Wall-E at 5"
Black cardstock for base of Wall-E from Recollections
DCWV Metallic Stack used for parts of Wall-E
ColorBok carstock used for Wall-E's tires
SU Not Quite Navy cut at 5 1/8 x 4
Card from Best Occassion Textured cardstock cut at 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 then scored down center

Google eyes from AC Moore
Cuttlebug folder - Traffic Jam
Brad from my stash
Studio g $1 stamp from AC Moore - Make a wish
black zig pen for details
Tim Holtz Walnut Stain distress ink used for metallic parts on Wall-E

Disney Pixar Blog Hop

Welcome to the second Disney Pixar Blog Hop!

You should have arrived here from Susan's Blog. If you just happened to come across my blog and would like to start at the beginning please go to Shawn's blog by clicking here so you don't miss her project and the awesome blog candy she's giving away! You can also enter to win the Grand Prize of the Gypsy by finding the two blogs that have a Hidden Mickey (see details at the end of my post).

I am so excited to be participating in my very first blog hop! A BIG thank you goes out to Shawn and co-host Melissa for giving me the opportunity to participate in this wonderful hop. For the second time we come together to celebrate our love of all things Disney, which includes the Pixar family of characters.

My projects today showcase both Disney Classics and the Best of Pixar.
So first up is the Disney Classics. I really wanted to make the Cheshire cat from this cart so I decided to put him on a card.

I wanted to use the classic Disney colors so I made him red and black. Hope you like it.

Recipe:
Cheshire cat cut at 4" with the paper company cardstock
Patterened paper from DCWV Summer Dream Stack
Cuttlebug folder - Divine Swirls
Stamp from My Pink Stamper More Punny-licous
Ribbon from Michaels

Next up is The Best of Pixar cartridge.
For those of you who are already followers of my blog you get to see another version of my basket using the Best of Pixar theme.

I made the Basket first then I choose to decorate it with the Monsters, Inc. characters. I'm very pleased with how this turned out so I have several pictures to show you all the sides.

Recipe:
To make this a little challenging for myself I decided to flock Sulley after cutting him out at 3 ¼”.
Mike and Boo are cut at 3 ¼” too. I added some silver scales to Boo’s outfit using a Martha Stewart glitter marker since the piece of paper were just too darn small to work with.
Roz was cut out at 3 ½” then I added sparkles to her chain on her glasses and her blue hair.

The Paper Company Cardstock was used for characters and base of basket.
Patterned Cardstock used:
Nana’s Nursery – Baby Boy
DCWV – The Fun in the Sun Summer Glitter Stack
My Mind’s Eye – Deena’s Penny Lane Glitter Cardstock

Cuttle Bug Folders:
Spots and Dots
Tiny Mosaic Texture

Glitter Gel Roll Pen
Tim Holtz Distressing Ink – Broken China, Bundled Sage, and Milled Lavender.
Foam tape
Inkadinkado – black chalk ink
Recollections – My Little Monsters clear stamp set

CANDY ALERT!
Before you go, I want to thank you for coming to the blog hop by offering you a chance to win some candy.

I'm giving away the same stamp set and one of the cuttlebug folders that I used to create the Monsters, Inc. basket along with some other goodies. Also the lucky winner will get the Monsters, Inc. basket too!

To enter for a chance to win my blog candy:
1.) Become a follower, if you are not one already.
2.) Leave me a comment with your blog address or email if you don't have a blog. Comments must be submitted by Sunday, May 1st by 11:59 PM EST to enter.

That's it and now I send you off to a very talented lady
Kristal of Getting Cricky.

Don't forget you can also enter to win the Grand Prize of the Gypsy by finding the two blogs that have a Hidden Mickey.

RULES FOR GRAND PRIZE GIVE-A-WAY: Make sure to stop by all of the blogs on both days of the hop for your chance to win a Gypsy, donated by ContainYa Crafts, Maker of Scrap'n Tote & Scrap'n Easel. There will be two blogs, one on each day of the hop, who will have a special "Hidden Mickey" in their post. I am so happy that my blog was selected to be the Hidden Mickey Blog for today. If you are looking for the hidden mickey from yesterday you might want to check HERE.

To enter to win the Gypsy, simply send an email to cricutsearch@gmail.com and tell us which two blogs you found the Hidden Mickey on. All entries must be in by midnight on May 1st, and the winner will be announced May 3rd at the following blogs www.ScrapnToteBlog.com, http://craftychicsblog.blogspot.com/ and http://www.disneydreamerdesigns.blogspot.com/


Here's the line up for today in case you get lost along the way.

Shawn http://www.craftychicsblog.blogspot.com/
Diane http://www.capadiadesign.com/
Susan http://www.cricutforbeginners.com/
Tami http://www.scrappinrabbitdesigns.blogspot.com/ YOU ARE HERE
Kristal http://www.gettingcricky.com/ NEXT STOP
Jessica http://www.thecreativestamperspot.blogspot.com/
Kaye http://www.yesterdaystomorrow2011.blogspot.com/
Cathie http://www.creativecutter.org/
Bobbi Jo http://www.sweetsassydiva-gspot.blogspot.com/
Jamie http://www.jamielanedesigns.blogspot.com/
Kim http://www.uscrap2.blogspot.com/
Melissa http://www.disneydreamerdesigns.blogspot.com/

The winner of my blog candy will be announced on Friday May 6th using random.org so please check back if you want to know who won!