Hello my friends! Mother's Day is around the corner and if you're like me, you're always running behind. I thought it would be good to get my Mother's Day cards done early so I can put it in an envelope and have it all ready to mail. So let's get those cards and gifts made and ready to go! It's my turn to host the challenge at the Bitten By the Bug 2 Challenge blog. Your project can be anything for Mother's Day. It can be a card, box or other gift you have made to give to your Mother or Mother-In-Law. It just has to be made using your Cricut machine. The project I made for this challenge is a Mother's Day card that is made of several different shapes from Cricut Design Space. I started by making a white A2 sized rectangle which represents the card base when folded. Then I inserted the design pieces and arranged them to fit in pleasing way. This includes: 1) Fleur de lis Pattern Overlay - Edge to Edge; 2) Mother - Mother's Day Phrases and 3) Tag - Garden Soup. After completing the paper piecing, I inked the Card base and added three sequins.
I hope you'll join me over at the blog. The challenge runs for the next two weeks. I hope you'll submit some of your wonderful Mother's Day creations! Janet
Hello and happy Monday! We are just about at the end of March and Lent is in well under way. It's definitely time to think about Easter crafts. This cute egg shaped card is a great start to my Easter card stash for families and friends. It also happens to be an Easter challenge for the BittenByTheBug2 challenge blog and this is my creation for it.
This egg is made from a Miss Kate Cuttables file called Easter Eggs. It's available free with Access subscription. There are many cute files in the cartridge and this is just one of the four eggs in the file called Layered Easter Eggs.
Below are all the pieces of the card before I put it together. The measurement is 5" x 6 1/4." The foiled sentiment was made using the new Foil Quill from WeRMemory Keepers. The image is called Happy Easter Draw and it's from the Greeting Card Sentiments cartridge. I created a circle shape around the sentiment and foiled the words and the circle before cutting it out as a 2" circle. If you're interested in learning about this new product and an honest review and demo, please visit the video found at the end of this post.
This is not a card file but I converted it into a card by cutting one extra cut of the large scallop piece in cream. I scored this at the top about 1/2" to create the hinge that makes this card base.
Here is the video showing the Foil Quill. If the thumbnail gives you trouble, you can use this link instead: https://youtu.be/-bge6fGxyfw
Hope you're having a great start to your weekend. I have started a Fast Friday series over on my YouTube channel. It is a quick 3 minute tutorial and is meant to give you some inspiration without spending a lot of time. We're all short of time so I hope you enjoy it. This card went together so quickly thanks to the beautiful ribbon and butterfly rhinestone charm from Beebeecraft and the cute owl stickers from the Dollar Tree. Happy weekend everyone! Janet If you have any trouble with getting to my channel from the thumbnail, you can click here: Owl Card Video
