Pink By Design 2 Year Extravaganza Challenge #3 ~ Embossing

Challenge: #3 Embossing

I love my Cuttlebug and I love how the embossing makes a card pop.

Materials used:

Cartridge: Life’s a Party (monkey cut at 3 ½ inches)

Stamp: More Punny-licious by My Pink Stamper

Other: Spots and Dots Cuttlebug embossing folder

Squish Spinner Card

I had so much fun making a Spinner Card and I am going to show you how fast and easy it was to make one.

This is how I made the card...

*I used the Create a Critter cartridge and cut the water that is used for the fish bowl at 6 1/2 inches

*Then I used my Gypsy to add the cut where my "spinner" is going to go using a tag from Tags, Bags, Boxes & More (You don't have to use the Gypsy, but I did because I was having trouble centering the tag where I wanted it with the Cricut)

*Since the water is in a shape of a bowl, I flipped the water over and traced using a pencil on the card, so that I can cut the water the size that I needed

*Here you can see the pencil marks. Then I used my paper cutter to cut out the extra.

*I then used the same sand from the fish bowl and cut the image at 7 inches. I also had to cut out the extra sand that wasn't needed. I used the Polka Dots embossing folder to add texture.

*Flip the cut to the back and add dimensionals. You have to add the dimensionals because if you tape it/ glue it down, the spinner won't spin. (If you don't have any dimensionals, I usually find them in the dollar store in the home goods section. They are called Foam Mounting Squares or Circles. I really like them because they are really thick and sticky and plus you get 200 squares for $1!)

*Now for the fun part~making the spinner. All you need is 2 pennies and 2 circle dimensionals. Stick 1 dimensional to 1 penny.

*Now place the other penny on top of the one with the dimensional. (Doesn't it look like an Oreo cookie? :P )

*Place the spinner between your cuts.

*Add your second dimensional to the top of the penny.

*Add your image/cut on top of the dimensional and you are done!

Here are the 4 cards that I made for Project Sunshine and Smiles. If you have any questions or need some more help, feel free to email me or leave a comment asking me your question.  

Have a wonderful Tuesday! Today is my 3rd day of Student Teaching :)

Materials used:

Cartridges: Create a Critter (water cut at 6 ½ inches, sand cut at 7 inches, octopus cut at 2¾ inches, and the plants cut at 2 and 3 inches)

Tags, Bags, Boxes & More (tag)

Stamp: Buggy Punnies by My Pink Stamper

Other: Polka Dots Cuttlebug embossing folder

Cards made so far for Project Sunshine and Smiles: 108

Project Sunshine and Smiles: Best Wishes

Materials used:

Cartridges: Simply Charmed (rainbow cut at 3 inches)

Hello Kitty Greetings (clouds cut at 1 1/2, 2, and 3/4 inches)

Stamp: Everyday Life by My Pink Stamper

Other: D'vine Swirl Cuttlebug embossing folder

Cards made so far for Project Sunshine and Smiles: 76

Project Sunshine and Smiles: Best Wishes

Materials used:

Cartridge: Once Upon a Princess (rainbow cut at 3 inches)

Stamp: Everyday Life by My Pink Stamper

Other: Tiny Flowers embossing by Sizzix

Cards made so far for Project Sunshine and Smiles: 72

Project Sunshine and Smiles: So Cool

Materials used:

Cartridge: Boys Will Be Boys (lizard cut at 3 inches)

Stamp: Even More Punny-licious by My Pink Stamper

Other: Animal Prints Cuttlebug embossing folder

Cards made so far for Project Sunshine and Smiles: 56

Project Sunshine and Smiles: Dino-riffic

I have some great news to tell everyone! I almost done with making 100 cards for Project Sunshine and Smiles! I will be posting each set of cards in a separate post.

Materials used:

Cartridge: Boys Will Be Boys (dinosaur cut at 3 inches)

Stamp: Boy Crazy by My Pink Stamper

Other: Bricked embossing folder by Tim Holtz

Cards made so far for Project Sunshine and Smiles: 44

Project Sunshine and Smiles: Hello Cupcake!

Here is another set of Spring Cards for the Project Sunshine and Smiles.

Materials used:

Cartridge: Once Upon a Princess (cupcake cut at 3 inches)

Paper: Birthday Extravaganza by the Paper Studio

Stamp: Sweetest Cupcakes by My Pink Stamper

Other: D’vine Swirl Cuttlebug embossing folder

Cards made so far for Project Sunshine and Smiles: 24

Kiddos Birthday Card Swap (Girls)

Over at the Cricut message board, Gina is having people sign up for a card swap. She opened up 13 spots and all you have to do is create either 10 girl or 10 boy birthday cards or you can sign up to do both. They are still some openings left, but the cards are due on July 31^st.

I signed up to make cards for both genders and so far I have finished the girls. I made 12 since the sign up isn’t full yet and I didn’t include myself.

Materials used:

Simply Charmed cartridge: the cupcake was cut at 4 ¼ inches

Storybook: the frames were cut at 5 inches (1 was cut with the shadow feature)

Plantin SchoolBook: the oval was cut at 2 inches

Sweetest Cupcakes stamps by My Pink Stamper for the sentiments

Cuttlebug D’vine Swirl embossing folder

Fairytale Princess paper pack  by the Paper Studio

Graduation Cards

In 7 months I will be a college graduate, so that means student teaching in August! I had so much fun attending graduations and making cards for my friends and sisters who just graduated.

I made this card for my line sister. Her family pattern is zebra print, so I used the school colors on top and our sorority colors on the bottom.

I used the Hello Kitty Font cartridge for the numbers and the cap is from the Wrap It Up cartridge.

This a picture of my me with my line sisters and the graduates.

The cap is the same one I used from Wrap It Up and the numbers are from Birthday Bash.