This card was really fun to make. I used the Swiss Dots Cuttlebug embossing folder to emboss the card. The butterfly is also a Cuttlebug die cut. I cut it twice and layered it. I added adhesive to the middle and then creased it so that the wings "fluttered" in the air. The cirles are cut from Mini Monograms on the Cricut. The pearls in the middle of the butterfly are K & Co. I also added fabric and ribbon. I embellished with the Sakura Gel Pen and Pebbles Glitter Chalk. TFL.
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Butterfly,
cricut,
Cuttlebug,
Mini Monograms,
Swiss Dots
by Maria
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So my oldest baby starts Junior High this September and I am bawling my eyes out! The upper photo is a little smaller because I have his full name die cut at the bottom with the Cricut (of course!) and decided it would be best to leave that info out. He was born at just over 5 pounds. My dh could hold him in one hand in his palm. Now he is almost as tall as me! Where have the last 11 years gone..............
I have like a million photos to scrapbook and here I am making pages for what will be! I had fun making it. On the top page, I used Graphically Speaking to cut the torn paper looking cut. That cartridge is amazing. The font is Cuttin' Up. I used Design Studio to make the torn paper the size I wanted. Then I lined up the letters where I wanted them on the page and sized them. Then I left them on the page and cut them out of the torn paper cut. The stars are from the Indie Art cartridge (1 1/2"), with shadow.
For the second page I used the star frame cut from the Joys of the Season cartridge as a title box. I as used DS to size this to my liking. Then I cut the letters for the title out of DCWV metallic stack paper. "HOLMES" are each individual letters and "middle school" is welded. That title is also Cuttin' Up. All the mats were done free hand. But, I did the big mats at 4 1/2" x 6 1/2" so I could put an average size pic there. The patterned paper is DCWV Rock Star. TFL.
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Cuttin' Up,
Design Studio,
Graphically Speaking,
Indie Art,
Joys of the Season,
Junior High
by Maria
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I am just checking in. My poor little 3 1/2 year old son is going to the dentist for the billionth time since last November. He originally had 4 baby root canals and 4 temporary crowns. Then a few months later he had to have 2 of the temp crowns replaced with permanent crowns. Then a month later one of the temporary crowns got a cavity on the back side of it. Now, 3 of the crowns, 2 permanent and 1 temporary, have cracked in the back. I can't even tell you how frustrated I am. My poor little boy has been through so much trauma. Not to mention the more than $2,000 we have spent on his little teeth. So, now we are off to the dentist again to see what we can do about his poor little teeth. I am a mess!
by Maria
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I made this card for my wonderful husband, Robbie. He doesn't like it when I call him that in public. He prefers just Rob. But, we are only 36 years old and have been together for 19 years this past July 24th (14 1/2 of those we have been married) and I just can't stop calling him Robbie!
The squirrels are from Animal Kingdom. The hearts are from Dreams Come True. The lettering is the Ravie font. The paper is DCWV. I used my always present Sakura glitter pen, as well as my brown and white pens for accenting. Hope you like.
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animal kingdom. dreams come true,
cricut
by Maria
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This is my entry for the Cricut Message Board Demonstrator Survey. I had a lot of fun making it and I really like how it came out. I was going to just try to make a nice card and I really couldn't get inspired. But, then I decided to make it for a friend and it all came to me at once. It is so much easier to make a card when there is some "love" behind it.
I mainly used Storybook. I also used Jasmine for the corner and Accent Essentials for the Scallop Border accross the middle. Let me know what you think.
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accent essentials,
cards,
cricut,
jasmine,
owl,
storybook
by Maria
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I have started teaching classes at my LSS. They are a great store and the owners are super nice. They are in Northridge, CA. This month I am teaching 2 classes. The first one is a beginner class where scrappers learn the basics of how to use their Cricut or Expression and the cartridges it came with. The second is gaining a greater understanding of using the Cricut through card making. In this class we will be making two cards.
The first is a "love bug" card. It was inspired by the Cricut MB. I wish I could remember who came up with the original idea to give her proper credit, but I couldn't find who it was. I did change it around a bit to make it my own. The second is an Autumn criss-cross card. I don't see people give or get these cards alot, so I thought it would be fun to teach this technique. The cards are both made primarily with Doodlecharms. The font on the first card is Alphalicious. I also used the Cricut Inks on both cards to spruce them up a bit and to teach people how to use them. I am really looking forward to teaching these classes.
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alphalicious,
autumn,
cards,
criss cross,
doodlecharms,
lady bug,
leaves
by Maria
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I have spent the last 3 days trying to find templates for my blog and to add the little "goodies" that make it look so good. And I even consider myself fairly computer literate. But, it has been a challenge. I finally found a way to get a free counter up. Yeah! If anyone has any advice they could offer, I sure would be grateful!
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blog,
templates
by Maria
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This card was really fun to make. I used the Swiss Dots Cuttlebug embossing folder to emboss the card. The butterfly is also a Cuttlebug die cut. I cut it twice and layered it. I added adhesive to the middle and then creased it so that the wings "fluttered" in the air. The cirles are cut from Mini Monograms on the Cricut. The pearls in the middle of the butterfly are K & Co. I also added fabric and ribbon. I embellished with the Sakura Gel Pen and Pebbles Glitter Chalk. TFL.
