Fabulous Witch Shoe Charger Plate

I know it’s only the beginning of August, but I’m starting to get excited for Halloween and couldn’t wait to work on altering this charger plate that I had picked up on clearance:

I had seen the sentiment on a couple of different projects and knew I had to use it.  I laid out all my cuts using Cricut CraftRoom, so that I could make sure all the vinyl cuts would all fit on the centre of the plate.  I also used  CraftRoom to slant the “Good Witch” to give it the feel of an italic font.

The shoe cut did not have a heel tip on stiletto, so I just cut a small piece of silver vinyl to make the tip.  I also added some glossy accent to the spider “embellishment” on the witch’s shoe to add some dimension to it and trimmed off the excess legs so it would look like the rest of the spider wrapped round to the other side of the shoe.

I’m pleased with the way this turned out.  Though, after I finished it, I thought I should have made the shoe purple and green rather than purple and orange.

Supplies Used: 

Cricut Expression & Cricut CraftRoom Application

Cricut A Frightful Affair (font)

Cricut Forever Young (shoe)

Cricut Chic & Scary (spider)

Cricut Lyrical Letters Cartridge (question mark)

Vinyl from my stash

Black Charger Plate

Mark Richards Star Crystal stickers
Black Gems from my stash

Inkssentials glossy accents

LePage Extreme Repair Adhesive

Sawtooth Picture Hanger

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Birthday Card Using Art Philosophy

Here's a simple card I made using the Art Philosophy Cartridge:

I cut the butterflies from a transparency sheet, inked the entire cut, covered them with embossing powder and heated carefully with a heat gun.  I really liked how they turned out as an embellishment.

Supplies Used:

Cricut Expression & Cricut CraftRoom Application

Cricut Art Philosophy Cartridge (Butterflies & Label)

Zing Embossing Powder (Blue)

All Night Media Embossing Powder (Gold)

Studio G Stamp (“Happy Birthday”)

Craft Smart Embossing Pad

Plain Paper - Recollections

Patterned Paper - DCWV

Copic Markers

Beads and Wire from my stash

Celebrate It Brown Tulle

Rhinestones from the Dollar Store

Transparency Sheet

Embossing folder from the Cuttlebug WinterWonderland set

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Winnipeg Hockey Fan Birthday Card

My brother is a huge Winnipeg Jets fan and I made him this card for his birthday:

The paper doll is meant to look like him in his team jersey.  I used rectangles and triangles from the Cake Basics Cartridge welded together with Cricut CraftRoom to make the jet on the logo. The maple leaf on the logo is from the Go Canada Cartridge.  I wrapped steel wire around two copic makers to make the glasses.

Supplies Used:

Cricut Expression & Cricut CraftRoom Application

Cricut Paper Dolls Everyday Cartridge (Doll & Clothes)

Cricut Paper Dolls Dress-Up Cartridge (hair)

Cricut Art Philosophy Cartridge (Banner)

Cricut Cake Basics Cartridge (shapes for logo)

Cricut CraftRoom Basics Cartridge (circles for logo)

Cricut Go Canada Cartridge (Maple Leaf)

Zing Embossing Powder 

Studio G Stamp Happy Birthday To You

Craft Smart Embossing Pad

Versa Fine Onyx Black  Ink Pad

Peachy Peen Groom Faces Stamps

Googly Eyes

Plain Paper Recollections

Patterned Paper DC WV The Blossom Song Stack

Copic Markers

20 Gauge Galvanized Steel Wire

Punch Buggy Anniversary Card

My wedding anniversary is coming up and I made this simple shape card for my dear husband:

One of our vehicles is a 2009 Blush New Beetle Convertible (it has white gold metallic paint with a red roof), so when I saw the car cut on the the Cricut Sweethearts Cartridge  I couldn't resist making a shape card that looked like our car.  The shape card base was made by welding two "blackout" of the car cut together using Cricut CraftRoom.  The taillight cuts were replaced with red gems from my stash and the heart on the license plate is a piece of confetti also from my stash.  All the paper is Recollections.

The sentiment on the inside (also from the same cartridge) was cut from a scrap piece of silver vinyl.  I find that small intricate cuts like phrases usually cut better if I use vinyl rather than paper.


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Teen Birthday Card

This month's Circle Magazine Challenge is to use the Circle exclusive cart Out of Character (one full image cut including layers)  to create a project. Since my youngest daughter's birthday is around the corner and she views being called a Diva as a positive, I decided to incorporate the Diva cut from Out of Character into a birthday card for her.

The teen carrying the cake is cut from the Paper Dolls Teen Scene cart.  The dolls do not have mouths, so I stamped a Peach Keen face stamp onto a separate piece of paper and hand cut the lips form the image for the doll.  I also added a little three dimension nose inspired by the noses on some of the projects done by the very talented Nadia on her With Glittering Eyes blog.


The cake itself is a piece of confetti with white enamel accents added for the icing.  Since this card was for a teen girl, I was liberal with the rhinestones and glitter.


Supplies Used:
Cricut Expression & Cricut CraftRoom Application
Cricut Paper Dolls Teen Scene Cartridge (Teen)
Cricut Out Of Character Cartridge ("Diva")
Cricut Life's A Party Cartridge ("Birthday')
Cricut CraftRoom Banners Cartridge (Banner)
Peachy Keen Stamps blushing bride interchangeable faces (lips)
Copic Markers (inking cuts)
Stampology ink pad - Ruby 
Sizzix Embossing Folder - Three Dots

Recollections paper
DCWV The Cherry Limeade Stack paper
Martha Stewart Glitter - golden beryl
Recollections Black Blank Card Base
Rhinestones from my stash
Stickles (candle flame)
Inkssentials White enamel accents
CakeConfetti from my stash
Glue Stick

Self-adhesive foam mounts

I'm very pleased with this card and I think my crafting is actually showing some improvement. Thanks for looking and, as always, I'd love to hear what you think.

Girlfriend Birthday Card

I love the Girlfriends stamp sets from Art Impressions and the one I used on this 5"X5" card is called "Out to Lunch":

I cut a circle out of  white cardstock, stamped the image on the circle and colored  the image with pencil crayons.  


The daisies on the lower left of the card were a pain to cut that small (1/2 inch), especially since each daisy is three layers of the same cut (Daisy2) from the Flower Shoppe Cartridge. It took twenty cuts to get the nine good pieces that I used for the three daisies.


The Happy Birthday sentiment is a piece of confetti to which I added some iridescent glitter to soften the color so that it was closer match to the ribbon I wove through the card base. 

Supplies Used:

Cricut Expression & Cricut CraftRoom Application

Cricut Wild Card Cartridge (Doily Card Base)

Cricut Flower Shoppe Cartridge (Daisies)

Cricut CraftRoom Basics Cartridge (Circles)
Art Impressions "Out to Lunch" Girlfriend Stamp

White and yellow cardstock  (scraps from my stash)

"Happy Birthday" Confetti

Celebrate It Ribbon

Hot Fix gems

VersaFine Black Ink Pad

Crayola Pencil Crayons

Iridescent glitter 

Inkadinkado Blending Chalks (soft tones)
Self-adhesive foam mounts

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"Chef" Apron

This is an apron I personalized using fabric paint and the freezer paper stencil method:

The apron is for a thank you gift for Marica who is the artistic director of the Alumni of the Croatian Folklore Dance Group with which I'm involved. “Šef Kuhinje” is Croatian for “Kitchen Boss” or “Kitchen Chief”.  In addition, the Croatian letter “š” (an "s" with a caron diacritic) makes a “sh” sound and so the Croatian word “šef” sounds like English word “chef”.  Marica loves double entendres, so I thought this was totally appropriate for her.
Supplies Used:
Cricut Expression & Cricut CraftRoom Application
Cricut Lyrical Letters Cartridge (font)
Cricut CraftRoom Basis Cartridge (squares)

Reynolds Freezer Paper 

Red Apron (Wal-Mart)

Tulip Soft Fabric Paint