Grad 2013 Subway Art Card

WOW!  I can't believe how time flies.  My daughter is graduating this year, so I made some subway art for her. 



This is a card I created.

I pop-dotted the images up after cutting them in gold.  I also added some silver cord and a some silver bling to dress up the card a bit more.

You can always leave the card plain to feature the subway art look. 

Materials Used:

• Cricut cartridges Ashlyn's Alphabet, Varsity Letter, Recess, Lyrical Letters, Plantin Schoolbook and Martha Stewart Seasonal Cake Art
• Stampin' Up! Black cardstock
• Recollections White Gold shimmer cardstock
• Gold cardstock from my stash
• Stampin' Up! Silver cord
• Silver bling

The card can easily be changed up to reflect the graduate's school colors.  Another way to "mix it up" is to pop a piece of colored cardstock behind the desired object/word to create focus.  The art can even be enlarged to create a graduate decorative platter, framed art, or even door or wall art. 

I am including my CCR file for easy recreation:
https://www.box.com/s/dyv0my8qk8gc24t498hm

Cricut Circle Weekly Challange #29: Handmade Flower

Weekly Challenge #29: Handmade Flower Challenge!
The Challenge: Handcraft a flower using your Cricut and/or Cuttlebug machine and use it on your project.

I am back...atleast I think so! =) I guess it depends on the babies and whether or not they let me craft OR if I choose to lose additional sleep! Decisions, decisions.....

For this layout, I used the carts Accent Essentials and Ashlyn's Alphabet. I cut the flower at several different sizes and in two differnet colors. I then alternated the colors to make them pop and used silver and vanilla brads in the middle to give them some additional texture.

Cricut Circle Weekly Challenge #19: Whatevah!

Weekly Challenge #19: Whatevah! Challenge
“Whatevah!” is a phrase a lot of parents of teens hear around their house on daily basis. We thought we’d take that phrase to heart for this next challenge. What we’d like you to do is use WHATEVAH shape you would like, but be sure to repeat it three times on your project. Project must also include spray ink and must be newly created for this challenge.




For this challenge, I used the Imagine More Cards cart in conjunction with Forever Young and Ashlyn's Alphabet to create most of the design paper, cardstock and cuts. The exceptions include the flower which was cut from Straight From the Nest and the lace scallop border which was made from a SU punch. I sprayed the flower and the pink ribbon with Tattered Angels glimmer mist in Creme de Chocolat. I also used pink stickles to line the dress and highlight it's ribbon.

This was my first attempt to flood fill an original Cricut cart image with an Imagine Design. I love the way it works... so simple and you never have to run out of paper in the middle of a project again! I also created the brown cardstock by flood filling one of the emblems. The color printed perfectly. I am really looking forward to the future updates to the Imagine and it's possible capabilities. Have I mentioned how AWESOME it cuts?

July Card Swap - Theme Birthday

This is the card I made for my monthly card swap group. The theme this month was birthday. Carts used include Give a Hoot and Ashlyn's Alphabet? SU product includes cardstock, ink, ribbon, sentiment and hodepodge hardware.