Winter Wishes - Christmas in July # 3

Welcome Friends!  Today's project is more on the lines of a Winter theme vs. Christmas but I figure they kind of go hand in hand.

My card today was inspired by a sketch over on The Sweet Stop sketches blog.  I just recently discovered this blog and I am in love!!!

Here is the sketch from this week:

And the spin on the sketch is to use doilies.  I immediately thought of snowflakes!  I love all the intricate designs and how no two are alike.  I'm not a  fan of snow when I'm out shoveling, but if I'm sitting on my couch with a warm cup of coffee gazing out the window - then I love it!  

Here's my take on  the sketch:

Card base is 5 x 5 with slate cardstock.  The mat layer is a snowflake paper from DCWV Arctic Wishes cut 4 3/4 x 4 3/4.  I inked the edges with indian corn blue ink.  The snowflakes are cut from a variety of cartridges.  I used Artiste, Christmas solutions, and Art Philosophy.  I inked the edges of the snowflakes also with indian corn blue ink so they stand out a bit from the background paper.

The stamp for the center of the large snowflake is from C1469, Dec. 25th Holidays set.  This is a really nice stamp set for the holidays, and it also coordinates with the Art Philosophy cartridge.  I used stardust glitz in spots around the snowflakes to give them a little shimmer and shine.  The silver ribbon is a Celebrate It ribbon I picked up on clearance at Michaels last year after the holidays.

On the inside I used the same snowflake paper to cut a mat 4 3/4 x 4 3/4.  The snowflake comes from the Best of 2009 cartridge cut at 4 1/2".  I also inked the edges of this one with indian corn blue ink as well.

I am really happy with how it turned out and working from a sketch made it come together so easily!

I hope you enjoy!  I'll be back tomorrow with # 4 of Christmas in July.  Have a great day!!

Linking to Sweet Stop Sketches challenge

Ice Cream Cone treat box

Hello Friends!  I have a cute treat box to share with you today!

I used cricut cartridge Sweet Tooth Boxes.  The ice cream cone box is the second one.  I cut it at 8 1/2", once assembled it came to 7" tall and 3 1/2" diameter at the widest point.

I used papers from the Chantilly paper pack to make this project.  The bottom is cut with Champagne cardstock that comes in the paper pack, or can be purchased separately. 

The sentiment is from D1525, Casual Expressions stamp set.  

This is one of the Artiste coordinating stamp sets.  I cut the oval at 1 1/4" as stated on the stamp set in white daisy and then at 1 1/2" in the Chantilly paper to layer.

Inside view

I cut the insert also with the same paper, you could use this to add a cupcake inside, or leave it out and put a small treat bag inside.

I think this came out so cute!  I don't use this cartridge enough!!  I hope you enjoy and are having a fabulous weekend!!

Linking to Bitten by the Bug 2 challenge and Die Cuttin Divas challenge

Christmas in July - Project 2

what?!?!?!  Two posts in one day!!!  Welcome to project #2 in my Christmas in July week!

Today's project is a Christmas scene card:

All cuts are from the Christmas Solutions cartridge that I purchased digitally and all papers are from my scraps!  I love that!

The base is a white a2 size card.  The blue layer is 4 1/4 x 5 1/2 to cover the whole card front.  I adhered a strip of white sized 1 1/4 x 5 1/2 with a torn top edge for a snowy ground.  The back set of trees are cut at 1.986 and adhered directly to the card.  The front set of trees are sized 1.708 and adhered with foam tape for dimension.  The trees are found on button 43.  The house and snowy layers (button 46) are sized 2.139.  I used a scrap piece of yellow on the back so it would look like light coming through the  windows.  I popped the house and the ground snow layers up with foam tape.   The moon and Santa's sleigh and reindeer are all cut at 1.5 inches and adhered directly to the card front.  I used stardust glitter gel on the snowy layers for some sparkle.  The sentiment is from a Recollections set called Merry Merry.

Thanks for joining me today!  I'll be back tomorrow for project #3 for Christmas in July!

linking to:

Exploring Cricut challenge and Fantabulous Cricut challenge

Christmas in July - Project 1

Hello Friends!  Today begins my week of Christmas in July!

It was difficult for me to think of Christmas when the temp was topping out at around 100 the last few days.  So I started to think about what I would need for my family and get a head start on those things.  The first thing I needed to work on was some gift card holders.  I think gift cards are the greatest things for those 'hard-to-shop-for' people on your list.

Here is project # 1 - a pop up gift card holder

Excuse the insurance card  :)  It was the only thing I had available!

The base of the gift card holder is cut from green cardstock using the cricut Artiste cartridge.  Have I told you how much I LOVE this cartridge!!!  This gc holder is found on page 55, the card feature on the G key.  I sized it at 5 x 10.861 in CCR.  Then I went over to my other favorite, Elegant Edges and found an image that matched for a mat.  The plaid mat was cut using button 19, Oblong - Shift feature called Swirl2.  This was sized 4.764 x 3.486.  The teddy bear elf is cut from Teddy Bear Parade.  I cut the bear at 2.75 inches and the elf costume is under button 49, also sized at 2.75.  I cut another strip of green cardstock 1 1/4" and trimmed it to fit the front of the card and wrapped it with red and white bakers twine.  The stamp I used is from a Scrappy Moms set called Christmas Cheer.

I hope you enjoyed todays project!!  Join me tomorrow for Christmas in July, Day 2!

I'm linking this project to the Rose Blossom Garden Challenge.

Halloween Rosette Wreath

This is my last day of Halloween week - well, until the fall!

Today's project is a rosette wreath.  I just love these!

The basic idea of this wreath I found on Pinterest and it let me to this great tutorial.

I used various Halloween papers that I picked up last year to make the rosettes.

I used hot glue to attach them to a cardboard circle I cut from a shipping box.

I added googly eyes for the centers of the small rosettes.

And for the large rosettes, I added a circle cut from black cardstock.  Then I found a bag of spider rings I bought at the Dollar Tree last year.  I snipped the ring part off the back with my scissors and hot glued them to the circles of the large rosettes.

I found some Halloween ribbon I had, cut a length to make a loop for hanging and hot glued the ends to the back of the wreath.

Hope you enjoyed today's project!  I'll be back next week with Christmas projects each day.  Have a wonderful weekend!!

Pinterest Inspired Halloween canvas

Hi friends,

Short and sweet today.  I'm crazy busy with work and we have family night at camp tonight  :)

This canvas was inspired by Pinterest:

This is a 7 x 14 canvas I bought at Walmart in a set of 2 for around $5.00.  I used orange acrylic paint and covered the whole thing and let dry.

The witch is cut from Autumn Celebrations cricut cart and is sized at 3.347 and the font is from the Artiste cart sized at 1.125.  I used black cardstock and CCR to get the perfect sizes for what I wanted on my canvas.  I adhered the cuts with a  quick dry liquid glue and then sealed it all with Mod Podge.

I have one more Halloween project for tomorrow and next week will be my Christmas in July with a Christmas project each day!

Hope you are all having a wonderful day!!

Magic Potions Cupcake Toppers

Welcome Friends!  I'm always looking for ways to dress up treats.  Since we can't bring homemade treats into school I like to at least make the store bought stuff look good!

So today in the theme of Halloween, I have some cupcake toppers to share

These were made with the Magic Potions stamp set that coordinates with the cricut Artiste cartridge.

What I love about these sets is that it says right on the stamp set what page to find your image and what size to cut it to be the perfect size for the stamp.

I cut the size stated on the stamp set with kraft cardstock and used black ink for stamping the image.  I then used slate ink to go around the edges.  I think this is my must have color, I find myself using it in almost every project!  

I also cut 2 of the images a quarter of an inch larger in black cardstock.  I adhered the stamped kraft image onto one of the black cut with foam tape.

Then I used a quick adhesive liquid glue to attach a craft stick to the back, put foam tape on either side for support and attached the second black cut out.

I also cut these cute cupcake wraps with the Artiste cartridge as well.

I wish I had a cupcake to put it all together, but that will have to wait for another day....when it's cooler!  They say the heat index is around 100 degrees and with no air conditioning - no oven!!  LOL

I hope you all have a wonderful day!