Another Wednesday Challenge at CWC

Hi again. This week the theme over at CWC is Lace.

I checked my cartridge for the Cricut and found that I had the Winter Lace cart, so I decided to do a paper lace trim on a simple card.

I used my summer seasonal distress inks - picked raspberry, salty ocean and mowed lawn to create a colourful background. I used post it notes across the top and bottom to leave a "white" space.

Stamped the sentiment in black archival ink.

Added some colourful ribbon to the edges of the cut out lace, then added these to the card front. Finished it off with some lovely bling!


Do go over to see what the others have created for this week's theme challenge at My Paper Crafting.

Wednesday Challenge time again

Time for another Craft with Cutters Challenge.
This week, the theme is Flourish. There are some beautiful projects over at My Paper Crafting so please do go and check them out.

My project this week is a little different from my normal cards or 3D projects. I recently got my hands on some vinyl and tried cutting it with the Cricut. Amazing - it cuts like a hot knife through butter!

I was looking for something to "decorate" with this vinyl and spotted my iPad in its keyboard cover. Perfect!

I used 2 cartridges this week - Home Accents for the butterfly and Fancy Frames for the swirly frame.

The frame measures 5.5" by 7.5" to give you an idea of the size.

I love the butterfly with its gorgeous flourish on the wing and trailing behind. I can see this image on a larger scale decorating a wall or mirror.

Wednesday Challenge at CWC

 This week's challenge over at CWC is all about Office Stuff. The office and craft room at my house both have so many pens and pencils around that I am always looking for places to keep them.

So this theme was a perfect opportunity for me to make a pen holder!

 I used the Tags, Bags, Boxes and More 2 cart with my Cricut. I chose the coffee mug design and used the Cricut Craft Room to do the design.

I didn't want the handles on the mug so I removed the slots in the cutting file by using the Hide Contour feature of the program. To add some stability to the top of the pen holder, I cut a strip of card that measured slightly longer than the circumference of the holder and folded in half before attaching to the inside of the rim.

I cut the letters at 2" tall from different colours of card, then embossed them with the swiss dots folder and my Cuttlebug.

To finish off, I added some fancy ribbon to the top and bottom.

It would be great to see you over at the CWC challenge at My Paper Crafting this week. You have loads of time to get your entry linked for this challenge too.

Books!

Back again with another challenge from the CWC Wonderful Wednesday Challenge. The theme for this week is Book!

I wanted to do something about reading as my wee 13 month old grand-daughter loves reading books and will spend ages sitting on the floor with her books or getting Grandma to read to her - usually the same book about 5 times a day!!

This is a door hanger that I found on the My Community Cartridge. I cut the hanger 8.5 inches high and cut three layers to make it stronger.

On the top layer, I added the words using Lyrical Letters and attached the layer onto a pink layer so the words would show through. I added some glitz to make them sparkle.

The book in the centre of the hanger is also on the My Community cartridge and I stamped the pages with a word stamp to make it look like there was something to read!

I finished it off with some little butterflies cut with a die and layered together, adding some glitz to the top layer of each wing.

Please do join us over at CWC Wonderful Wednesday this week and link up your book themed project. You have plenty of time to do it!

Rain Rain - please come and water my garden!

Welcome to another Wonderful Wednesday challenge at Craft with Cutters (My Paper Crafting).

The theme this week is Rain - something we are very short of here in New Zealand after a fabulously warm and dry summer and a possibly dry Autumn to look forward to.

To make this card, I used the Paisley Cartridge to make the umbrella, which I layered on the card using foam dots.

The background layer was made by using a scalloped die cut circle as a template and gently rubbing weathered wood distress ink around the edges of the template to create clouds. (Technique from StampTV here)

I then stamped the SMILE on this layer using watermark resist ink and embossed with black embossing powder.

I cut a layer of black card to go under the cloudy layer then attached them to the base card.

We hope you will go over to the challenge and enter this week. It will run for two weeks again.

Spring!

This week, the theme for our challenge on CWC at My Paper Crafting is Spring.

Well spring is coming to you all in the northern hemisphere, but autumn is definitely here in New Zealand. Having had a spectacular summer, we are now heading quickly into autumn with the temperatures having dropped quickly over the last few days.

I used the Art Nouveau cart for this card. I love the images on this cart and I really need to use them more often.

I also used the same cart for the lettering on the card.

Please join us this week for our challenge. It will run for 2 weeks.

Irish

With St Patrick's Day coming up, it seems appropriate that this week's Wonderful Wednesday challenge at CWC is Irish Eyes are Smiling.

The Cricut Craft Room this week has the Spring Holiday Cards digi cartridge free this week so I chose to make my card using this.

I first downloaded a shamrock background paper that I printed onto light card for cutting the background layer and the shamrock for the top layer.

The words and shapes of the heart and shamrock were cut out of the white layer and I added green and red card behind them so they stand out a little better.

I cut an extra shamrock in the background paper to layer on the top.

To finish, I added a green ribbon across the bottom of the card.



Please join us over at Crafting with Cutters Wonderful Wednesday challenge this week. Take a look at the beautiful designs the other members of the design team have come up with too.

Pets

The theme for this week's challenge over at CWC is Love your Pet.

I had some cute pictures of our lovely cat, Didi and decided to do a layout with these instead of my usual card project.

Did loves to lie on the carpet and have a brush each day. She rolls over when you tell her to so you can brush her tummy! In the middle of last year we had quite a dump of snow, and Didi sat on the deck looking at the snow, not quite knowing what to think about it all.

For the layout, I cut a frame, a layer and a shadow layer in different colours using the Accent Essentials cartridge.  I used Lyrical Letters for the words and welded them together in the Cricut Classroom.

The stamps are from a cat set I purchased from Tanda Stamps a couple of years ago.

Please pop over to the challenge at My Paper Crafting.com and join us this week.

Chilly Celebrations

Today's challenge over at My Paper Crafting with CWC is Chilly Celebrations. While people in the Northern Hemisphere are chilling out, we, in the Southern Hemisphere, are enjoying the best summer weather we have had for some years, it seems!

For this card, I used the Christmas Cards cartridge and my Cricut Expression to cut all the pieces.

All of the elements on the card were from the cartridge and I embellished the central layer by making holes around the edge to add a little more interest!

I also used the Christmas Cards cartridge for this one, cutting the layers at different sizes.

The stamp is from a Gina K Designs set I recently purchased, as is the sentiment.

For the colour on the snowman's hat and scarf, I paper pieced these, stamping the same image onto blue paper and cutting it out then attaching to the snowman.

For contrast, I added a blue spotted ribbon from American Crafts across the top layer.



Enjoy the challenge this week. Hope to see lots of people participating.

Wintery Outdoor Fun

Yes, another post for the CWC Wonderful Wednesday Crafts with Cutters Challenge and the theme for today is Wintery Outdoor Fun!

I have just been out in the garden cutting dead heads off the roses and the temperature is soaring towards 29 degrees, so I am not really in the mode of winter at the moment! [Ed: That is Celsius! It actually got to 31 degrees officially]

However, back to today's challenge.

I used three cartridges to make this card, Joys of the Season for the ice skate; Lyrical Letters for the words, and Cricut Craft Room Basics for the layers on the card.

I made the easel card and added the two layers for the pop-up bit. The ice skate has a shadow layer and I coloured the skate part with silver smooch ink. I also added some silver to the eyelets on the boot.

I cut a fancy tag using a spellbinders fancy tags die and inked it while it was still in the die to get the blue touches around the centre and at the sides of the tag. Stamped a sentiment from a Gina K set and mounted it on foam dots to provide a stop for the top fold.
Added some silver corners to finish it off.

Please pop over to the CWC blog and enter this week's challenge and do have a look at all the beautiful cards the other DT members have done. They are stunning!

CWC Wonderful Wednesdays Challenge

Today, Melin over at Crafting With Cutters, has set us a challenge to make Treats only! 

So, back to my trusty new Tags, Bags, Boxes and More 2 cartridge to find a cute little box that I could make as a treat box.

We don't go in for Halloween so much here in New Zealand, so I decided to make a box that could be used as a gift box, rather than one for sweets at Halloween.

I cut my box (number 28, P 55, TBBM2 handbook) from a sheet of A4 card then another from a sheet of patterned paper to make the decorative panels on the sides and top.

The panels and the sides of the box were edged with vintage photo distress ink before making it all up.

I made a gerbera flower and swirls to go on the top of the box to finish it off.

The photo quality is not as good as I would like but I had to use my iPad to take the pic. Thank goodness for editing software!

Texture and 3D Challenge

Wow, here it is, Wonderful Wednesday again and time for another challenge over at Cooking with Cricut!
Today's challenge is about texture!

I was exploring my new Tags Bags Boxes and More 2 Cartridge recently and decided that I needed a new holder for my business cards. I found one right at the back of the handbook!

I cut the holder in pink cardstock then folded it all together to make the box. I love how it has the upright back on it to hold the cards up straight!

Before completely folding the box, I stamped the front of the box and the upright piece with a swirly stamp and embossed it with silver detail embossing powder.

The flowers are from Melin's rolled flowers cutting file and the green swirls are from the swirly hearts cutting files available in the PCW on-line shop.

I attached these to the front of the box to add some texture.

Please do join us today at Cooking with Cricut for this great challenge. The DT has done a fab job with  their examples this week!