Playing with my Cricut

I am still learning to use my Cricut. I got a Winne the Pooh cartridge for a bargain at JoAnn Fabrics. Here is one of the first things I cut from it.  The butterfly is a sticker.. I punched the cupcake border.

The cute buggy background helps make it a pretty adorable card!

Thank You Snoopy

 When I flew into St Louis to start my vacation, I was able to meet Snoopy from JustCards for lunch. She gave me this wonderful Stampscapes stamp from a store she shops at. Her daughters helped her go through my blog and group to see what I already had so they could get me something new. Aren't they wonderful!! I don't have a ton of supplies with me here at the cottages in Michigan but I colored this with copic markers and then used Colorbox cat eye chalks to shade the edges.

I don't have the same lights here to take the picture. Hope the colors show up okay. 

Thank you so much Snoopy!

Summer Card

Don't tell my swap partner! I just couldn't wait to show this card. I made it while visiting our family place in Michigan. I got the seascape paper at Prairie Arts in Springfield IL. It was in the clearance bin.  The die cuts are done with a Cuttlebug Die. Looks pretty great on the beach if I say so myself!

Encastic art - Melted Crayon technique

I had fun trying this technique . Below is the video I used.

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UgfR2Dmtg0E&feature=related

The technique involves melting crayons on a craft iron ( no holes please) and swiping them on paper. Great way to use up bits and pieces of broken crayons.

 Here is the first background I did. I was so proud of this first try. I used photo paper.
Below is my second try....

It is smoother.  Same colors as the first. Then I have a picture of the card I did with the second background. It was really difficult to stamp on it.

Finally I tried an ocean scene.

 The boat is from Stampin Up

Sympathy Card

My best friend's father died Monday night and I made this card for her.

It is a simple card since I have family visiting and very little time. The flower was put together from several sets.

A few prior cards

I made sooo many cards for the Tsunami relief ( about 100 sold) that I have lost track of what cards I have shown and what I haven't I will post a couple here that I don't think I have shown. These are a few masculine cards.

Happy cardmaking!

Shhhh, I heard that someone might get one of these sometime soon