Green, Blue and White Valentine

Hope everyone is having a wonderful Valentine's Day. I must say, I love how this Valentine came out! I have never done something like this before and it was so much fun. I am sure I will be doing many more. I think they would make pretty package decorations too!!

I used my scalloped and regular heart nestabilities and my cuttlebug (I used chipboard for the middle to give it some weight and it was much easier to use the nesties for that than change out the blade for my cricut). I am sure you can get just about the same effect from the hearts on the Sweethearts Cartridge.

I cut two hearts from the patterned paper and one from lightweight chipboard (a cereal box I had hanging around).

Inked the edges with some green distress ink.

Attached the ribbon to the chipboard. Then covered the front and back with solid cardstock and layered the patterned paper on top.

I used the leaves that come with the Recollections Boutique Mulberry Paper Roses. They were a bit too bright green so I rubbed some white irridescent ink on them to tone the color down.

Attached the leaves first, then the two flowers, then stuck the leaf pins in.

Materials:

Scallop and regular heart nestabilities with Cuttlebug

Spring Moss cardstock - Papertrey Ink

Patterned Paper - K&Company Charlotte

Leaves from Recollections Boutique Fleur Collection - Mulberry Paper Roses Tin

Flowers from same collection - Floral Embellishments (Michaels)

Leaf Pins - Maya Road

Ribbon from my stash

Tim Holtz distress ink - peeled paint

White ink - Brilliance Pigment Ink Pad - Moonlight White

Glue dots and Zip Dry glue

I will be entering this into the Cricut Cardz Challenge #61

Thank you for visiting me today, I appreciate all comments! Have a great day!! Love, Cathryn <3

Heart Shaped Crayon Valentine's

I made 60 of these valentine's for my 7 year old twins classmates. We are not allowed to send in food treats so I figured this would be a useful fun gift! (I'm not quite sure but I think an alarm will go off if a cupcake enters the school building!!!!!!!!!)

I made the crayons with a heart shaped silicone pan. It took quite a while because the pan only made 6 at a time and I only had 1 pan!!!!

The hearts are all from the sweethearts cricut cartridge.

Materials:

Wilton heart shape silicone pan

At least 4 crayons per heart broken up

Patterned paper - K& Co.

Journaling and sentiment stamps from My Creative Time - My Journaling and You Had Me at Chocolate Sets

Twine

Eyelets

Ribbon

buttons

pop dots

I put the filled heart pan in the oven for about 10 - 15 minutes @ 250 degrees. They needed to cool for at least 30 minutes. I attached them to the front of the Valentine with 2 pop dots.

I will be entering this in the Wacky Wednesday Valentine Challenge

Thank you for stopping by! I appreciate every single comment and follower!!! Have a great day! Love, Cathryn <3

Card for Mom

I made this card for my Mom using a sentiment from a new stamp set I got from My Creative Time. Love the stamps, great quality!!! I also used a die and stamps from PKS Cottage Cutz. I am entering this is Emma's Throwback Thursday Challenge. I struggled for a couple of days but I LOVE how this card came out! You had to use either the Just Because Cards or Wildcard Carts and include a stamped sentiment. I used the milk bottle cut and a tag from Just Because Cards. I took the tag and welded another one to it to make a shaped card. I ran the milk bottle top layer through my cuttlebug with a new Sizzix heart embossing folder.

Materials:

Sentiment- My Creative Time Mom You Rock set

Flowers - CC-PK4x4-010 Cottage Cutz die and stamp

PTI Cardstock - Kraft, sweet blush, ripe avocado, spring moss and lemon tart

Patterned Paper - K&co. Spring Blossom

Cappuccino Twine - The Twinery

Pink chalk

White Gel Pen

Distressed Inks

Sizzix heart embossing folder

eyelet

Thank you for stopping by, I appreciate every single comment!!

Lots of Love, Cathryn <3

Valentine Card for My Hubby

This card is for my husband for Valentine's Day. I got the inspiration from Leanne, a member of Emma's Design team (creativetimeforme.com). She got the directions from a tutorial on valitasfreshfolds.blogspot.com. I watched the video and then did things a little bit differently. Instead of punches I used the heart on Create a Critter and I did not put the extra circles under the dress of the lady. I love these hearts so much I can tell I will be using them for quite a few projects in the future!

I will be entering this card in the Cricut Cardz Challenge

Materials:

Patterned Paper - Garden Vignettes DCWV

Cardstock - True Black Papertrey Ink, Red, Grey and Black from my stash

Create-a-Critter Cartridge for hearts and frames

black ribbon for tie

Irock and gems

Sentiment - You Had Me at Chocolate from Emma's Creative Time

Stick on pearl for dress

Black fibers from my stash

Thank you for taking the time to look at my post. I appreciate all comments and my followers are the best!!! Lots of Love, Cathryn

Valentine Treat Holders & a Card

Here are a few Valentine treat holders I made out of some empty Prima flower bottles.

First I took some stiffened felt and cut it to fit almost entirely around the middle of the bottle.

Cut some cardstock almost as long, punched the borders and attached an eyelet (through felt and cardstock) at each side with my crop-a-dile.

Attached the felt with some ribbon on back put through the eyelets

Wound some twine around the neck of the bottle, tied the scalloped image on and attached a bow.

Materials:

Recycled Prima flower bottles

Stiffened felt from M's

Cardstock - K&Co. Lovely

Circle, scallop and border punches - EK Sucess

Stamped Images from M's Dollar Bin

eyelets

ribbon from M's

Sentiment From Emma Aguilar's You Had Me at Chocolate set www.creativetimeforme.com

Stickles

Copic Markers

For the card I used some beads and a stick pin from M's jewelry section to create an accent for the bow.

Materials:

Cardstock - Papertrey ink Plum Pudding, Hibiscus Burst

Patterned Paper - Martha Stewart

Ribbon from my stash

Stamped image from M's dollar bin

Sentiment from Emma's set also

Stickles

Copic Markers

Gel Pen

Peachy Keen Sketch Challenge #44

The Current Peachy Keen Challenge is a sketch plus a Monocromatic theme. I picked shades of green (although I did add a little pink chalk for the bunny's cheeks)! I have had a lot of time to do challenges because we have had the most snow on record for January in NY. We have had 2 blizzards and a large storm every week for the last 6 weeks. Guess what, another one is predicted for next Wednesday! I don't mind the snow but I am sure getting tired of shoveling!!! Sure wish I was headed to CHA in California! The kids are loving all the days off from school. Ahh I remember those days!!!
Well on to the project. This card is 5.5 X 5.5 . I used my Gypsy to weld the shamrocks to the top layer. Then I layered more shamrocks on top.

Materials:
Stamp from Peachy Keen Stamps PK-264 Easter Egg Words and Bunnies
Copic Markers
Ripe Avacado, New Leaf and Spring Moss Cardstock from Papertrey Ink
Polka Dot Paper from MMI Home Collection
Cricut Cart Paper Doll Dress Up for the Shamrocks
Papertrey Ink Limitless Layers dies
Tag banner cut by hand
Sentiment from Papertrey Ink Signature Greetings
Fiskars Border Punch
Black Gel Pen
Irock and gems
Shamrock button from M's
Distress Ink
Kraft twine

Throwback Thursday Challenge-Paper Doll Cartridges

This time Emma's challenge is to use one of the Paper Doll Cartridges and some type of embossing. With Valentines Day coming up I needed to stock up on some cards so that was my mission! I used the Basket cut from the Paper Doll Dress Up Cart and embossed it with a cuttlebug folder. The best part I got to use a bunch of stamps from Emma's new stamp set You Had Me At Chocolate!

Materials:

Paper Doll Dress Up & Sweethearts Carts

Frame from Once Upon a Princess Cart altered to fit with my Gypsy

Emma's Stamp Set You Had Me At Chocolate

Hibiscus Burst, Raspberry Fizz, Dark Chocolate and Pure Poppy Cardstock - Papertrey Ink

3 colors of twine - The Twinery Sampler Pack

Crochet Thread, button, eyelets and flower from my stash

IRock

3m Mounting Tape cut to size

Thanks for stopping by, Have a FABULOUS Day!

Cathryn <3

PKS Let's Face It Friday "XO" Challenge

Peachy Keen Stamps LFIF Challenge this week was the use XO's and of course PK Faces! I Used letters from the Mickey font Cart and my Gypsy to weld a shaped card together. I wasn't happy with the holes in the "O's" so I used a circle punch for the faces and popped them up with some foam. I used my deep cut cricut blade for the Glitter paper. It was very thick just like chipboard!

Materials:

Mickey Font Cricut Cartridge

Hisbiscus Burst, Raspberry Fizz Cardstock - Papertrey Ink

Patterned paper - K&Co KP Valentine

Pink Glitter Paper - American Crafts

Ribbon - Papertrey Ink Hibiscus Burst

Twine - The Twinery

Faces - Peachy Keen Stamps PK-500 Snow cutie face assortment

Sentiment - Emma's (My Creative Time) You had me at Chocolate

Irock

Tag Punch - Martha Stewart

White Gelly Pen

Pink Chalk for cheeks

Crochet Thread

3M foam tape roll

Thank you so much for stopping by. I appreciate every single comment!

Have a great day!! Love, Cathryn <3

Imagination Monday "Sweet" Valentine Challenge

This time the bi-weekly Imagination challenge is to make a "sweet" Valentine project. I had some wooden bags hanging around for a while so I put one of them to good use! I used some scotch glue to attach the cardstock to the box and then trimmed it with a craft knife. I used the Sweethearts cartridge for all the cuts on this project.

Materials:
Cricut Cartridge Sweethearts
Cropadile & Eyelet
Paper - MMI Penny Lane
Pom-pom ribbon - Joanns
Pink Satin ribbon - Martha Stewart
Cotton Candy Twine - The Twinery
White Gelly Pen

Thank you so much for stopping by. I appreciate every comment! Have a great day, Lots of Hugs!
Cathryn <3

Imagination Monday "Chinese New Year" Challenge

Hello, I made this card for Emma's Imagination Monday Challenge. I don't have an Imagine but I love to participate anyway! I had picked up the Pagoda Cart from M's for 9.99 the other day and as I was looking through the hand book I saw this cut. Right away I thought of this card. I am so happy it came out just as I had "imagined" it in my head (Usually it takes another direction and comes out differently, hehe).

Materials:

Pagoda Cricut Cartridge

True Black Cardstock - Papertrey Ink

Patterned Paper - Wonderful Winter from MMI

The "Noodles" - hemp cord from the jewelry aisle at M's

Thank you for looking and have an imaginistic day!!! Love, Cathryn <3