Crafty Cardz Challenge #127

Crafty Cardz Ch#127 "Erin Go Braugh"

Make a card for St. Patrick's Day using Green, Black, and White ONLY and using any cartridge(s).

Starts: Wed, Mar 13 

Ends: Tues, Mar 26 @ Noon EST
Prize: 1 set of Cardz TV Stamps 

Here is my project for this challenge:



I went to Create A Critter 2 for this week's Crafty Cardz Challenge.  Mary asked the DT to design a card with an "Erin Go Braugh" (St. Patrick's Day) theme using the colors green, black and white only.  I love all the cuts on CAC2 and it's so easy to put the layers together.  I really like the way the manual has the critters all arranged by holiday, too.  I cut my turtle at 3.5" added some faux stitching with gel pens, googly eyes and a little lime green stickles on the hat.  My conversation bubble is a pre-loaded cut on the Imagine.  The sentiment is from the Cardz TV Stamps set It's All About You.

Paper Cutz Challenge #81 St. Patrick's Day Treat Cup



I'm not Irish nor do I know anyone who is Irish, but Mary asked the Paper Cutz DT to create a card, layout or project this week for St. Patrick's day.  I recently obtained round plastic treat cups from  Stampin' Up and was anxious to use them.  I knew I could cut any size circle I wanted with my Cricut so began to think about how I could go about it.  I started looking through my Cricut cartridges for something circular that I could incorporated into my treat cups.  I found this particular cut on the Celebrate With a Flourish Lite Cricut cartridge.  After cutting and discarding a few scraps of paper I managed to get the look I was going for.  The hole for the treat cup is 1.75".  It was just a matter of getting the circle to line up on the paper where I needed it to be for the "O" in the sentiment. As you can see, I placed the "O" on top of the treat cup.  I filled the treat cup with white M & Ms so the green "O" would show up.    

I hope you're able to join Paper Cutz this week with a little luck o' the Irish of your own.  Glad you've visited today.  Just a reminder that I have some blog candy up for grabs.  You can see that post here.  I'll be drawing a winner tomorrow so you still have 24 hrs. to leave a comment on that post.

The Cutting Cafe St. Patricks Day

I can't believe it isn't Valentine's Day yet and here I am looking forward to St. Patrick's Day.  That's because...it makes me think of spring.  There's a fabulous new set at The Cutting Cafe if you want to get ahead on your designing too.  I made this fabulous shaped card with the 4-LEAF CLOVER SHAPED CARD TEMPLATE/CUTTING FILE.  I'm so excited that Regina is offering SVG files now at The Cutting Cafe.  It let's me put my SCAL software hubby got me for Christmas to good use.  This card went together quickly.  I cut the base from a dark green cardstock and the topper from a gingham check.  I added the sentiment which was a pre-made die cut from Best Creation, Inc. A simple green silk ribbon bow and a little faux-stitching with a white gel pen finished it off.