A Wine Bottle Tag

Hello Crafty Friends,

Today I'd like to share a large tag I made to place on a bottle being taken as a host gift for Thanksgiving.  For this design team project I used the Tag Ornamental cut file from Paper Crafting World.

I cut the tag on my Cameo without resizing the file.  The tag is 4 x 7.5 which is a great size to place on a wine bottle.  I think it will be a "stand-alone" decoration.  The tag has 3 mat layers then the ornamental design.

I also used the Cricut Flower Shoppe cartridge to cut out these flowers.  I cut them from white paper and used my VersaMagic Chalk ink to color them.  Then I burnished them on a soft mat so they would have some dimension before layering each one.  The leaves were punched with the Martha Stewart double leaf punch.  The ribbon is hand-died crinkle ribbon.    Finally, I made a quick banner tag to add to the top using a stamp from Bug Bites Autumn Splendor set.

Thanks for joining me today.  I hope your holiday season is off to a great start and that you and yours will have a blessed and happy Thanksgiving.

Wonderful Wednesday

  Good Morning Crafty Friends! It's time for "Crafts with Cutters" Wonderful Wednesday at My Paper Crafting. This week's theme is PEARLS.  For my project I used the Flower Shoppe cartridge and adhesive pearl bling from Want2Scrap.   

I cut out 4 of the flowers, dampened them and then stacked and scrunched.  After the flower dried I added some Stickles to the edges and adhered the flower to crinkle ribbon that I hand died.   For more ideas using Cricut cartridges and to enter our PEARL challenge, be sure to visit My Paper Crafting.  

25 Days ~ Day 7

 

  The designers at My Paper Crafting are presenting Day 7 of the 25 Days of Crafting.  This event is not just about Christmas, but include year round crafts as well.  Day 7 is themed April Flowers 'n Showers.  I made a 12 x 12 layout using the April Showers and Flower Shoppe Cartirdges.

 

 

Remember that there are FREE cutfiles, digi images, vintage prints, and a full set of calendar pages all available for you to download each day at My paper Crafting.  And, you will not want to miss seeing the amazing projects created by members of MPC design team.    Here are today's freebies:

 

 

 

It's a "Thank You" Surprise Blog Hop

I am SO glad you stopped by today.  It's design team day for Cooking with Cricut, but we're doing something special!  Instead of our regular design team post and challenge, all of the design team members are having a special "Surprise" blog hop to say THANKS to our wonderful leader, Melinda Beltran. Not only do we want to thank Melin for being a wonderful leader, designer, and amazing person, we also want to celebrate Cooking with Cricut's 100th challenge!!!!   Melin started the Cooking with Cricut challenges in October 2010 to encourage crafters to use their Cricut machine and cartridges.  She has given so many crafters a chance on her design teams.  The teams have turned into a crafting community of women who truly care about and support each other and share their hearts and talent with each another and with their followers.  I am so honored to be a part of this amazing group.   So, this is our surprise "Thank You" to our wonderful Melin!  If you came from Michelle's blog, Michelle's Crafty Creations, you're in the right spot.  If you just dropped to visit my blog, I encourage you to start at the beginning so you won't miss a thing.  

  I used the Elegant Edges cartridge to create the shape card (welded on the Gypsy) and mats for this card.  The sentiment is from MS Elegant Cakes and the flower and leaf is from Flower Shoppe.  The brown mat was embossed with the Swiss Dots folder along with yellow petals.  The leaf was embossed with Musical Swirls. Finally, the ribbon is American Crafts.    I can't wait to get this card in the mail to personally thank Melin for all she has done for the crafting community and for me.   Thanks so much for stopping by and hopping with us.  We all hope you'll join us and leave your own "Thank You" for Melin in the comment section at Cooking with Cricut.   Now it's time for you to visit the very talented Charlotte at A Little Bit of Detail. She's your next stop on this surprise party train!

Birthday Surprises and Blog Hop Winner

Saturday is my daughter's birthday.  Even though she's been away from home for almost 16 years, I still love to send her surprises for the holidays and especially her birthday.  I created a few things to help her celebrate.

First, I made her a birthday banner.  I cut the banner pieces and the letters from Birthday Bash.  The dimensional flowers on each end are from Flower Shoppe.  The silver patterned paper is more of the custom designed Neenah cardstock that I get at The Paper Garden Boutique in Sacramento.

Next, I made her a gift card wallet using the same papers.

Finally, using an idea I saw on Pinterest, I made her a personalized monogram shadow box.  The last name is cut from silver and black vinyl and adhered to the outside.  The corners are from Paper Trimmings.  I welded the monogram letters using my Gypsy and also cut the red letters separately.  The font is from Art Nouveau.  I used foam dimensionals to pop the monogram off of the background paper.

And now for my Cards for Kids Valentine's Day blog candy winner.

There were 26 comments and Random.org selected comment #11

BrendaB

Congratulations!!! 

Please contact me at lsuesart @ aol . com (no spaces).  You'll have until next Friday to get me your mailing information.

Thanks to everyone for hopping along.  Remember you have until February 7 to link and mail your entry.  You can be a part of bringing a smile to the face of a deserving child.

Hugs and Happy Crafting,

Larelyn



It's Simply Sunday at Getting Cricky!

and we're Celebrating!  Join in the fun by creating something about which to celebrate.  I made this card to celebrate my daughter's promotion.  The sentiment from K Andrew Designs' Fashionable Friends set is so perfect for her because she simply adores shoes.  The shoe is from the Forever Young Cartridge.  It's actually a pair but I used the hide contour feature on my Gypsy.  The flower and center is from Flower Shoppe.

Another sentiment from the same set will go on the inside - "You go girl!".  Be sure to visit K Andrew Designs to see all the fantastic stamp sets available.  Remember that many of them have a mix and match option which gives you so many sentiment choices and,  $1 from every stamp set sold is donated to charity. 

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Now, join our celebration by linking up your project to the Simply Sunday Challenge at Getting Cricky. The challenge is open for two weeks.

Hugs and Happy Crafting,

Larelyn