Free Father's Day Digital Cards until June 19th!

Did you see?  Cricut.com has added 5 digital Father's Day Cards free for your use until June 19th!

And here are the samples:

And my version: 

For this card, I only added a photo corner to the top left and inside bottom corners, a tab with the negative letters from the card to spell DAD, two gold brads and inked the card in Tim Holtz Vintage photo distress ink.

And a card I made:

The card was really fast to make because the image takes up so much room. There is not a lot of room for embellishing but I think that's alright because you don't want to get too froufrou with a man's card. For mine, I added gold brads to the nail heads and inked the card with Tim Holtz distress ink in Vintage Photo. I think some ruler or measuring tape ribbon would look good on it also.

Here is a quick Father's Day gift I made for my Dad from the kiddos.  It's a ribbon/rosette with matching card that he can pin to his clothes or display for Father's Day.

I didn't like the "My Old Man" sentiment, so I jsut covered it.  You could also cut that title off if you don't like it either.

I used the Cricut cartridge Ribbons and Rosettes to create the matching ribbon rosette.

They are automatically there when you log into your CCR account.  =)

Happy crafting!

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My Sheri CRAFTS

Creative Color Challenge 05-28-12

Welcome to this week's Creative Color Challenge.  I hope you are enjoying your Memorial holiday.  To honor our fallen soldiers, I created a Ribbon rosette using this week's colors:

Materials Used:

• Cricut cartridges Stand and Salute and Ribbons & Rosettes
• My Pink Stamper Girlie Sayings stamp set
• My Pink Stamper Darkest Night black Hybrid Ink
• Stampin' Up! cardstock in Basic Black and Whisper White
• Misc ribbon from my stash
• Felt Stars
• Silver star brad
• Glossy Accents

Gypsy file:  https://www.box.com/s/8d2efbdb77154c13ab0a
Cricut Craft Room file:  https://www.box.com/s/46e47c38d96aed698b69

Real Red RGB: 198, 27, 43

Whisper White RGB:  255, 255, 255

Brilliant Blue RGB:  40, 99, 154

And last week's winner: 

Crafting Amidst the Chaos

Congratulations!  Please feel free to grab your winners button.  You will also be entered into the monthly drawing for the Cricut cartridge, Once Upon a Princess.

I hope you have a happy crafting week.  I look forward to seeing your creations.  =)

Scrapbook Layout Kits I Made

Here is my first of three design kits I am making:

Materials Used:

• Cricut cartridges Country Life and Ribbons and Rosettes
• Imagine cartridge Imagine More Cards
• October Afternoon Farmhouse collection
• Stampin' Up! cardstock Ruby Red
• Bazzil cardstock
• Kraft cardstock
• Stampin' Up! waffle paper in brown
• Stampin' Up! linen thread
• Stampin' Up! Spiral punch
• Misc. ribbon in gray
• Vintage milk bottle cap
• Brown thread
• Ranger distress ink in Antique Linen
• liquid Pearls in Buttercup

I added liquid Pearls to the lettering for more dimension and tied a couple on linen ties on as well.

I sewed on the ribbon for both the aesthetic look and for durability.

This is an actual vintage milk bottle cap! I punched two holes to make it into a button.   I also sprayed with archival spray to keep photos safe. 

I was even able to make a BONUS 12x12 with one more sheet of cardstock and the leftovers from the 12x24:

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Really Reasonable Ribbon Challenge 45: Buttons and Bows