Cricut Cardz Challenge #66

 Happy Wednesday, we're moving closer to the weekend!  Today's challenge at Cricut Cardz is for a Thank you card incorporating a border cut from any Cricut cartridge using the colors white, blue and yellow.  I used Just Because Cards to make a set of scalloped Thank you notes that I placed into a clear pillow box to give to a friend of mine.  The card is the cut from page 46.  I cut four cards at 5.25" from white cardstock then I cut two cards from the blue patterned paper and cut these in half for placement on the fronts of the four cards.  I cut four scalloped yellow borders using the shift cut also on page 46 and attached onto the front edge.  Now moving to the emblem and thanks sentiment.  The emblem is cut from the Home Accents cartridge.  It's actually the welcome sign on the cartridge and I used my Gypsy so hide the contours to just get the sign.  I used white cardstock for the shadow and they're cut at 2.5".  The thanks sentiment is cut from the Cindy Loo cartridge at 1".  I added a couple rhinestones to the top and bottom of the emblem and added a little doodling on the yellow border with a white gel pen.

I packaged them up with envelopes into this clear pillow box.  I added a sheer white ribbon and a white daisy.  I inked the edges of the flower with turquoise ink to tie in with the card color and then added a yellow button to mimic the flowers on the patterned paper.  You can order these clear boxes at Clearbags.com.. They are reasonably priced at $11.00 for 25.  My box is 5 1/4 x 7".  This is also a great source for clear  goody bags.  I hope you'll get a chance to play along this week at Cricut Cardz and thanks for stopping by.

Paper Cutz Challenge #80 Spring

Can you tell I have the "wishful thinking" going with this card?  I just can't bring myself to look out the window this morning.  We were under a Winter Storm Warning again last night.  Actually, for the first time this month the storm went a little south of us so we didn't get the heaviest snow.  But alas, we still got some and hubby had to go out and shovel.  Anyway, onto the particulars of my card.  This week at Paper Cutz, Mary asked the DT to make a Spring card.  (She's got some wishful thinking going, too).  I used my Cricut Pagoda cartridge to make the mat with the word Spring cut into it.  I used the Kanji Word feature and cut it at 6 1/4" so it would make the perfect background mat for an A6 card using Bazzill dotted cardstock.  Then I went to my Home Accents cartridge for the welcome sign and cut it at 2 3/4" from the same dotted cardstock.  After that I just added the layered flower in white and green with a gorgeous button in the center.  I don't really know where that button came from but it has a pattern carved into it and it's sure pretty, wish I had more.  Simple, easy card today, the Cricut cuts did all the work on this one.