Owl Charm

Happy Monday everyone. I love to sew and have a rotary cutter that has an Owl pattern on it. One day I had a bright idea to make a charm for my rotary cutter. I do have ideas once in a while (hee, hee).

Here is a closer look so you can see the owls on the cutter.

Close up of the front.

And a close up of the back.

I used the Create a Critter cartridge and cut out the front and back in a coordinating color. Tried to get a color that would look good with the rotary cutter. I cut out the other layers as well. There is a solid black center and I cut out 6 of these. I glued all 6 of these black layers together, then the other layers were added. Oh don't forget to use a hole punch and punch out the key ring hole as you go. After all was put together I used Mod Podge and a small flat paint brush and applied 3 coats. Let the coats dry in between and don't forget to paint it along the edges. This really makes a nice seal over the paper.

I have made these before and given them as a gift with the key chain. They really are quick and easy to make. You may want to give it a go and see what other little critters you can use.

God Bless,
Kellie

Monday Challenge #26 - Ribbon

Hello fellow bloggers I made this card to enter into the Monday Challenge over at My Craft Spot. This weeks challenge is to incorporate ribbon in your card. 

I used ribbon behind the sentiment, behind the button flower and in the flowers hair. Well I guess she doesn't have hair but if she did that's where it would be right.

I distressed around the flower edges then inked them up. I also used a pink glitter gel pen to add some stitching around the edges and on her cheeks and around the edge of the card. I think she turned out really sweet.

Supplies used:
Cartridge: Create a Critter
Card Stock: DCWV
Ribbon: Martha Stewart
Ink: Tim Holtz Distressing Ink in Tattered Rose
Button: Martha Stewart
Sentiment: TPC Studio

God Bless you all,
Kellie

September Birthday Cards

Hello blogger friends. I have a couple of birthdays coming up in September so I thought I would share the a couple cards I made for them. First is my husbands card. He likes monkeys so I made him this card with the Create a Critter cartridge and my Gypsy.

I used my Seweasy tool to create the vine.

I know the banana is to big for the monkey but I wanted to put my Happy Birthday stamp on it, so it will just have to do. I added a few dashes and dots here and there with my gel pen to finish it off.

My 2nd card is for my mother-in-laws birthday. Also used my Gypsy and the Create a Critter for her card.

This seal is really cute. For the background I used two different Cuttlebug folders in D'vine Swirl and Spots & Dots.

Again I used my Seweasy to stitch the banner pattern then added some clear dew drops (not sure what they are called).

I used my pink chalk on her little nose and added some little white whiskers dots. You can't see it from the photo but I used glossy accents on the nose and eyes.

On the platform I added some chalking and a couple dots of pink stickles.
I hope you enjoyed my cards. Have a great Friday tomorrow.

God Bless,
Kellie

Panda Card

Hello blogger friends. Just a quick post here. I sent a gift box down to my boys in Texas and here is a card that I placed inside of the box. It's from the Create a Critter cartridge. I used my Gypsy to create this card and tag.

I heat embossed the sentiment and used some ribbon and self sticking green pearls to juzz it up a bit.

God Bless you all,
Kellie

Card for Ducati

Hello blogger friends and happy Sunday. I have a card to share with you that I made for my son's dog. I know it's a dog but I love him dearly. Just a little bit of background. My oldest son had to move back in with us for a while and had a dog, her name is Chyenne. Well she had puppies while living with us and my youngest wanted to keep one. We let Chris keep one and he named him Ducati. He lived at our house so we basically raised him so he was like my own dog. Both my son's now live in Texas but mama dog Chyenne is staying with us up her in WA for a while. Any how Chris called last week and told us that Ducati (the baby, now 5 yrs old) had a stroke and the whole right side of his face just sags. He sent us a picture and it just broke my heart. So I got out my Gypsy and came up with this card.

I started by making a copy of the bone, flipping it over and welding the ends together so I could score it down the center after it was cut to make the base for the card. I then copied the bone again and made it a little larger than the the first bone so I could place it on top of the base. I have some brads that are bones and dog prints that were perfect for this card.

I have some doggy stamps so I first stamped this bone, cut it out and then stamped a sentiment in it. The sentiment says "SPOILED BUT WORTH IT!". Used pop dots to place it on the card.

Here is another stamp from that set. After stamping it I cut it out and punched a hole in the top of the dog tag. Used a little twine to tie it around the dogs neck.

I inked Chyenne's paw and stamped it on a piece of paper and cut it out. After cutting it out I stuck it on the inside of the card with her name. On the other side we wrote a little note to him. Well that's my card, I hope you liked it.

Cartridge: Create a Critter (used on my Gypsy)

Stamps: Misc. dog stamps

Ink: Tim Holtz distressing ink in Tea Dye

Misc: brads, twine, white and black gel pen



Thanks for looking and God Bless you all,

Kellie

Monday Challenge #20 - It's Hot Out There!

Good morning blogger friends, it's time for the Monday Challenge at My Craft Spot. This weeks challenge is called: It's Hot Out There. The challenge is to use hot, bright colors on your project. Here is the card I made for this challenge using my Gypsy and Create a Critter.

I used Tim Holtz Distressing Ink in Wild Honey to ink around everything. Then my Gelly Roll pen to stitch around the happy little sun, tag and card. Oh and a couple of cute little dots on his happy little cheeks.

The sentiment was stamped on then heat embossed in an orange. I thought that these cute little flower brads matched the back ground paper that is from DCWV.

On the inside I used some of the same paper and added a cute little bee. I really like this card, it's so happy and cheery.

Cricut Cartridge: Create a Critter (sun & bee)
Tim Holtz Distressing Ink: Wild Honey
Paper: DCWV - Adhesive mat stack Prints
Misc: Gelly Roll pen, brads, sentiment stamp

Thanks for stopping by and God Bless you all,
Kellie

Nutty Squirrel Card

Hello bloggers it's so nice where I live, I think we're at 86 degrees now. Made this little card today with the help of my Gypsy and Cricut. It's from the Create A Critter cartridge and I know how much so many of us love this cartridge.

Isn't he just adorable. I used some pop dots to make him have dimension.

I used Spots and Dots Cuttlebug folder to emboss the nut then added a button with raffia tied through it. And lets not forget the Tim Holtz Distressing Ink in Tea Dyed. I don't think I do any project without Tim Holtz Distressing Ink's I love that stuff.

I used my Gypsy to weld to nuts together to make the front and back of the card. I love my Gypsy, don't know what I would do with out her.

Thanks for stopping by for a look.

God Bless you all,
Kellie

Nuts About You

Hi blogger friends, I hope you all are well. I made this card for my husband and am going to give it to him on Father's Day. He loves peanuts so when I saw this peanut in the Create a Critter booklet I wanted to make it for him and wright something mushy inside. I know he's not my dad but I wanted to let him know how much I appreciate him and to say thanks for every thing he has done for me. The image only came as a fella so I made a second one, flipped it and cut off the hat from the image and the shadow to make a girl. She also got a bow on top of her nut, so cute hu!

I made a little heart and covered it with some Stickles for a little sparkle bling.

I have an oval punch but wanted scallops around it. Since I don't have an oval scallop punch I made scallops to go around it with my round scallop punch. I punched out two black round scallop punches and cut out the center. I then went around the inside with my scissors and cut little slits so it could bend. Then I used my ATG gun and placed sticky all around the back edge of my sentiment punch and placed the black scallops around the outside.  It really was very easy to bend around the back as you can see from the photos below. I hope this makes sense. Maybe the below photos will help.

See how I cut little slits all around the inside edge after removing the center.

 The strips easily bent around the back side of my sentiment after I put down the ATG tape. I love how easy it was but makes such a big impact. Thanks for stoppin' by.

Cricut Cartridge: Create a Critter
Peachy Keen: Critter Faces Stamps

Other items: button, ribbon, Stickles and Tim Holtz Distressing Ink, oval and round scallop punch.

Sentiment: printed from computer then punched out

God Bless you all,
Kellie



Cards From Before

Good Morning fellow bloggers. I wanted to share some cards that I made when I first got my Cricut. My husband bought it for me the day after Black Friday 2010. We were out and about and he pulled up in front of Joann's. I asked what he was doing and he said to me "Didn't you want that cutter thing you were showing me", so funny he didn't even know the name of it. I couldn't pass up his offer, so that's how my Expression entered our household. All cards are A2 in size and are from Creat a Critter, the 1st cartridge I ever bought, I still love this cartridge.

I did use Glossy Accents, Stickles and brads to add a little extra to them. I used a flocking on the little lamb. Hope you enjoyed.

God Bless you all,
Kellie

Mother Daughter Tea Tags

Good morning everyone, hope you all are having a fabulous morning. My sisters church is having their yearly Mother Daughter Tea next weekend and I'm helping my sister with table decorations. So where would one turn to to make such decorations? My Cricut of coarse, is there any doubt, I love my Cricut. Any one who is lucky enough to own one of these knows this is true. Any how, I wanted to make name placement tags and wanted cute little bugs in hopes that spring would soon really start. It's not been very springy where I live. The cartridge that I chose was Create a Critter. Love, love, love this cartridge, it's one of my favorites.

First I made folded flowers or yo yo's. I used a 1"x12" strip of paper for this. Then I went to my Cricut and cut out 10 different little critters to clue to the front of the flowers.

                                     

I used some pop dots to adhere the critters to the flowers.

                                    
   I hope you can see them okay, there so cute. I put glue dots on the back of the flowers and stuck them to the name tag. The critters are cut at 2" and the tags are 3"x4" folded in half on the 3" side to make the final tag 1 1/2"x4". I love how they turned out. Hope you enjoyed.

Lots of Love
Kellie