Scrapbook and Cards Today Valentine's Feature

This card is for the Fantabulous Cricut to include the word "love" somewhere on your card and is being featured today on the Scrapbook and Cards Today blog. I created the card with October Afternoon Thrift Shop papers I cut the large heart from George and the smaller heart is a Basic Grey stamp.

Butterfly Valentine

This card started with the beautiful Cricut butterfly from the Tinkerbell and Friend cartridge. I had two challenges in mind when I picked out that cut. Fantabulous Cricut asked us to use a neglected cartridge. I just got my Cricut and month ago and many of my cartridges only two weeks ago so none is really neglected, but I did write off this cartridge as one I would rarely use (gotten as a gift). Bitten By the Bug 2 wanted to see butterflies so I went searching the Tinker Bell book to see if I could combine the challenges. It took awhile to cut and assemble all the pieces but I'm quite happy with the butterfly in the end. I then created the rest of the card based on the CPS sketch and using some Bo Bunny paper. If you love working with your Cricut or other die cut machine I want to remind you to come join us at Die Cuttin Divas. This week the simple fun challenge is to create a winter card and the prize is a beautiful camera strap cover.

Two Cricut Cards

First a brief plea... Hey Crafty Friends! If you appreciate my cards I'd appreciate it if you followed this link and left a comment saying I, Jess Moyer, would make an excellent addition to the Cosmo Cricket Design Team!

This card/tag was made for the Cooking with Cricut glittermania challenge and the Fantabulous Cricut challenge Sweet Shop (ie use candy, ice cream, cake, etc). I cut this cake from Sweet Treats. I cut all the pieces from DCWV glitter cardstock and then mounted it on some more glitter cardstock so it would be extra glittery. I figure this will make a cute personal addition to a gift bag.

I made this card for the Cricut Cardz challenge to use black, white and red. I cut the ladybug from the Paisley cartridge and then added the cute little stamp. Thanks for stopping by!

Let It Snow- New to Me Challenges

Still trying to make enough cards for the friends I'll be meeting up with this weekend. This card is for several challenges. First up I found out from Amy's blog about Jingle Belles, a new challenge blog designed to help build up Christmas card stashes throughout the year. Since I'm still working on the cards for this past Christmas this seems perfect for me. The first challenge is to use something old and something new (old stash plus something new like a Christmas present). So I used my new Cricut and BoBunny Winter Joy papers combined with an old tag and old ribbon. Also this is for the Fantabulous Cricut challenge of Snowy Delights. The snowflake strip was cut from my Stretch Your Imagination cartridge. I figure the best way to make sure I use my new Cricut is to join challenges.

While at Micheal's looking at after Christmas bargains I was found this large recipe box for $1 and thought it would be a perfect place to collect a stash of Christmas cards especially because it even holds large 5x5 cards. The other box I have for my cards is usually pretty crowded so I figured having a second one for Christmas cards wouldn't be a bad idea. Plus it would be a personal challenge to fill up the box with cards for next year. I altered it just a touch to cover the recipes label and then labeled some dividers inside to keep Christmas and Winter cards separate.