Harvest

 

Thanks to CardzTV and HIMCR I have created another fall project! They have both issued challenges to Celebrate the Harvest and use Earthy Greens, Reds, and Yellows, respectively.  Perfect for Fall! I pulled out my Country Life cartridge which I haven't used in a while to cut out the fun corn and "HARVEST", but I didn't use the microscopic corn kernels that a couple of the layers call for, instead I whipped out my Sharpies and dotted where the paper cuts should have gone.  I also used Elegant Edges for the mat the corn cobs are on. I popped the corn up on some foam tape and tied some jute twine around them and frayed it a bit.  My pattern paper comes from an Autumn "Scrapbooking" pack that I got from my SIL, so I'm not sure where she bought it, but it was $1 for a pack of 12 12x12 sheets (as per the packaging).  Anyway, I think this card turned out festive enough for the season!

A Pie of Thanks!

Last month for my birthday, my dear neighbor and friend made me a Strawberry-Rhubarb pie.  It was the most beautiful pie I had ever seen, I almost didn't want to eat it...almost is the key word...I pretty much ate the whole thing over the course of 3 days.  It was delicious!  No one else in my family wanted any, which was fine by me, but not my waist.  Oh well!  Anyway, I wanted to make her a card to say thanks and when I saw the challenge over at BBTB2 "From The Kitchen" I knew it was the perfect opportunity to use a pie image.  This pie is from the Country Life cartridge, there is usually a rolling pin attached to this, but I cut it off for my card.  Mojo Monday's sketch for the week also served me perfectly as the inspiration for this layout.  Paper Playtime's challenge is Anything Goes, so I will be entering this there too.  The patterned paper is from DCWV Nana's Kitchen, ColorBoK 6x6 Natural Expression pack, and Echo Park 6x6 Charming pack.  I used Spellbinder's Classic Bracket for the top and bottom border.  Of course, foam tape is popping up the mats, the image, and the flag.  I'm thrilled with how this turned out and can't wait to send it to her.

"A Banner Year" Cricut Cardz Challenge

Here is the card I made for the CardzTV Challenge "A Banner Year".  I used the Country Life cartridge for the banner and letters and Accent Essentials for the little swirly images.  I threaded the banner and attached it with two brads in the corners.  This was a different style card than I normally do, but I thought it turned out pretty well.  I have so many people I need to thank in my life that have been willing to help me and my family out at this time, it's the perfect opportunity to use these challenges to create thank you cards.  Hope you enjoy!

Playtime with Flowers

Here is a project I just finished that is definitely not my own idea. I saw it at the beginning of the Country Life cartridge booklet and thought I would give it a try. I found a really cute shadow box frame at Hobby Lobby that I painted and then cut out vinyl lettering from Lyrical Letters to go along with the picture. This project is for the paperplaytime.blogspot.com challenge to use flowers for your project. I do like how it turned out, even though I didn't think of it entirely on my own. Hopefully, my interpretation of the idea is original enough.

In Stitches!

Here is a card that I made for the Cricut Cardz TV Challenge. We were supposed to use some sort of stitching on our project. Well, I thought this would be a perfect opportunity to make a Thank You card for my mother-in-law for helping me with some sewing stuff I have been working on. I am in the process of making a baby rag quilt for my little baby girl who will be here in May and my mother-in-law is an expert in all things sewing, so I asked her for some advice and guidance with that. Also, she has been so great as to help my ward's Relief Society in using her machine to embroider the name of our ward on 22 tablecloths. One of my new cartridges that I got for Christmas is Country Life and I thought the quilt cut would be perfect for this card. I went ahead and used my sewing machine to stitch the quilt a little bit and I think it turned out pretty cute.