Yellow Submarine card

Are you a fan of the Beatles?? I created this card today and all I could think of was the Beatles song "Yellow Submarine."  So the song wouldn't be stuck in my head for days, I created the inside sentiment using lyrics from the song.

I love the submarine from "Life's a Beach" .... unfortunately, I don't have that cart. :(  So I used the LAB sub as a guide to make my own... using Boys Will Be Boys. The rear propeller is the propeller from the helicopter (cut at 2").  The body of the sub is a football (cut at 4" W x 1.89") the striped yellow body is from the squirt gun (cut at 4").  The scope part of the submarine is put together using a hammer head (periscope) at 1 1/4" , the letter "I" cut at 2.44" T x .94" W and a rounded square sized to 1 1/4".  The little port holes were the easiest part, they're just circles sized to 1/2".

I inked the pieces using orange and black ink to give them a shaded look.  I almost always add some doodling for character. I covered the port holes with Glossy Accents.

The waves were cut using Heidi Grace paper scraps.  

The measurements were:

the tallest wave (from ZooBallo) was cut at 2" x 5 1/2"

the middle wave (from Everyday Paper Dolls) cut at 1 1/4" x 5 1/2"

the smallest wave (from ZooBallo) cut at 1" x 5 1/2"

I inked all the waves (and the sky) with royal blue ink and a finger dauber.  Once assembled, I traced the waves and card layer with Stardust Stickles.

I added a few of these cute dark blue self-adhesive rhinestones to add some more sparkle. I love to add embellishments like these in threes.

Here is the inside sentiment. I printed it onto white card stock using  Pea Shelia font at 14 points.  

Challenges:

Paper Cutz : in or under the sea

Cricut 360 : transportation

Monogrammed Flower Window Card

I have a fun card to share with you.  The funnest part is the vellum window. :)

The flower cut is from Joy's of the Season. I welded the shadow to a Cindy Loo frame to create the front of the card.  I welded two frames (hide all contours) to create the card body. It sure creates a terrifically different card! :)

The Cindy Loo frame is sized to 4 1/4" x 5 1/2".  All card stock is Bazzil: I cut the card base from white, the front card layer in purple, the stems in green, and the flowers and butterflies (MS Butterfly punch) from pink. I cut an addtional card front layer from vellum and sandwiched it between the purple and white card base  layer.

This flower is cut from Joys of the Season, sized to 3 1/2".  I cut three layers for the flower head so I could curl them to add a ton of dimension.

I added the "V" from Cindy Loo. I welded it into the card base too. Doesn't it make an adorable monogram on this lovely card.  I love the simple details on Cindy Loo.

I added some white flat back pearls to the flower center and a few around the card. 

Here you can see the wonderful card shape!! I hope you enjoy this card as much as I do. :)

Challenges: 

 Cricut Cardz  Challenge : Monogram

Paper Cutz Challenge : Anything goes

Bee-u-tiful Card

I have a super fun card to share with you today. 

This is my very first spinner card. :)

The card base is from Wild Card but any circle card base (or make one yourself) can be used for this card.  I cut the card base out at 5" (in white) a black circle layer at 5", a light blue circle layer (4 3/4") that I added a little cut out on the right side and the face of the bee (not welded so they cut out,  using my Gypsy).

The yellow circle (added with a brad under the blue layer) rotates to reveal three Peachy Keen faces and a birthday message. I placed the brad in the center of the card but lined up the bee to cover the brad head. The little clouds are from Create a Critter as is the Bee.

I inked all around the blue layer and the clouds in royal blue ink. I added some Star Dust Stickles on the bee's wings, the clouds and the bee's body too. A little more on the sentiment tag finish off the card giving it a wonderful sparkle.

All the Peachy Keen faces are from the Everyday Face Assortment.

The fourth spot on the spinner wheel says "Hap-bee Birthday" using Marker font. I also stamped a little bee trail under the the bee using the same royal blue ink that I applied to the clouds and blue circle.

Here you can see the shaped card base. I just used white so it'll be easy to write inside.

The stamped sentiment is a mix of two different stamps from My Pink Stamper's Punny-licious. I punched it with my EK Success Photo Label punch and matted it in yellow and black. Lastly, I added some white gel pen stitches. I am super happy with the card.  I hope you all like it too! :)

If you'd like to make this card too, here is the Gypsy file for you:

Bee-u-tiful spinner card via 4 shared

Challenges : 

Cute Card Thursday : Circles

Hiding in my Craftroom : Try something new

Whimsical Wednesday : Interactive card

Paper Cutz Challenge :  Found in the sky

Father's Day BBQ Card

Hi Everybody! Today is Thankful Thursday over at CrazyAboutCricut, and I am a very proud member of the Design Team. The challenge this week was to make something for Father's Day.  Here are the cards by  six and eight years old sons made with me today:

We made these pocket BBQ cards. I'll be including a full tutorial, so please forgive me for the tons of pictures on this post. So, here we go...

You'll need the following cuts from From my Kitchen:

BBQ and it's shadow - 4" - red / black

Spatula - 2" - metallic silver

Handle from the hand mixer - 1" - metallic silver

oval sized to 1" x 4" (for under the grill top) in silver

Cuts from Robotz:

half circle (red lid for BBQ) - 4" W x 2" H - red

half circle (black for lid shadow) - 4 1/4" W x 2 1/4" H - black

Extras:

Background paper cut to 4" x 5 1/4"

card base 4 1/4" x 5 1/2"

4 1/4" x 3" piece of cardstock for the insert.

First, attach the silver oval under the grill top. We used Scotch Quick Dry Glue.

Glue all the shadows to their pieces.  My kids do pretty good lining up the pieces, but younger kids might need some more help. The glue the BBQ to the card base after attaching the background paper.

THIS IS A PARENT ONLY STEP:

Open up the card base and put it on a self healing mat. Use an Exacto or similar knife to cut open the BBQ at the base of the grill top (see photo for help). Cut all the way through the card front.  

Glue the card base together to make a pocket.  I marked the inside of my card to show you where we put the tape runner (we use my ATG gun). Glue the four sides of the card front along with a couple more strips of glue along the top of the card above the cut only (see picture).

My eight year old added all the "Happy Father's Day" stamps. This one is from Studio G. My six year old added the silver metallic spatula with some more quick dry glue.

Slip your insert into the pocket as far as it can go.  Add some pop-dots along the top of the insert. 

Place the lid onto the pop dots. Try to line up the lines of the BBQ and completely cover the grill top. My kids both love this step! :)

See how the BBQ lid pulls the insert?? Love it! :)  

We added just a little scrap slip of the bg paper to the bottom of the insert. It looks cute and there is no waste. We made six of these cards and needed one sheet of the 12x12 DCWV paper (called Juniper stars on Cream), two sheets of red card stock, two sheets of black and only scraps of the silver and metallic silver paper. For our card bases we used pre-made white cards, but it would only take three sheets of white card stock if you are making your own card bases.

Now that we have all our Father's Day cards done, it's time to get them in the mail! These would also make AWESOME invitations for a BBQ or party too... in fact that's what I'll be working on next! 

Don't forget to head over to Crazy About Cricut, and enter your family project and to see the awesome inspiration projects from the other DT members!

Challenges:

Party Time Tuesdays : Father's Day

Cricut Cardz Challenge : Father's Day - any cart and colors

 Paper Cutz Challenge : Father's Day - use a tag

Beach Peek-a-boo cards

Tracy over at Craft Junkie Too is up to it again!! She has asked her design team  to create a project with the fabulous  theme:

Summer Fun!

I don't know about you but Summer is taking forever to get here... I am longing for warm days at the Oregon Coast Beaches!! I decided to take inspiration from the beach and make these fun peek-a-boo cards.

The first card is this fun square scallops card. All cuts are from A Child's year. The card base is created by welding two of the scallop squares together to form the 4 1/4" x 4 1/4" card. The hardest part of the card is laying the front of the card.  I wanted the boy's shadow to be cut out of all three of the card front layers.

I sized the boy's shadow to 3" and had to stack all the layers on my Gypsy so I would be sure that all the shadow layers matched when assembled. To finish off the front of the card I added some white gel pen stitches, brown baker's twine, a button and a couple silver plated charms.

Here you can see the main layer of the boy.  He is glued directly to the inside of the card.  I added a Studio G stamp.  The top layer of the outside and inside of the card are from DCWV's Photo stack (it's beach sand).

Here is a close up of the adorable charms. I picked these up at Michael's for $1.99 each. After I took the pictures, I actually took the starfish off of the first card and added it to the beach scene card.

Here is the second beach scene card.  I sized the umbrella to 4 1/4" (the card base is a standard A2). Again, I had to layer all the mats on my Gypsy so that the peek-a-boo shape matched on all layers.

I added some red/white baker's twine, gel pen stitches and a few red buttons and the front was done.

Here you can see my doodles are a mix of dashes and dots.  I stacked two buttons and laced the twine through the buttons before tying the bow on top. I hot glued all the buttons in place.

Here is the inside of the beach scene card. I just grabbed this $1 Happy Birthday stamp from Joann's.

As you can see, you can write most anywhere on the inside of the card, just not over the die-cut.  I think these turned out great.  I've never made a card like this before, but I've never see anything quite like this either.  I am super pleased with the finished cards.  

Jump over to Tracy's blog at CraftJunkietoo.com and 

see what she and her other Crafty Designers have to share.

Challenges: 

Paper Cutz Challenge : Summer or beach

2 Sister's Challenge Blog : Silhouettes

Cake Card

Every once in a while I like to pull out some old, neglected cartridges... today is was Celebrations!

I made this shaped card on my Gypsy, sizing the shadow layer to 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" (standard A2).  I welded two of the shadow layers together to form the card base, and cut out another shadow layer (in black) to hide the folded edge of the card base.

I cut all the layers of the cake to fit the shadow but added a couple scalloped borders from Plantin Schoolbook and some pennants from Celebrations. I also embossed the off-white cake layer with D'Vine Swirls.

I added doodling with my Glaze Gelly Roll pens in blue and green.  I used little alphabet beads to spell out "YUMM" on the banner!! LOVE IT! Green and white twine finish off the banner and adds more details to the cake plate. I used my Bow-Easy to tie the triple loop bow on the bottom right side.

I've had a few people comment on my welding technique so I added this picture so you can all see exactly how my card is built.  I just used heavy weight card stock for the green card base.

Challenges:

Paper Cutz Challenge : Banner

Getting Cricky : Banner

BBTB2: Cake from Celebrations

Flying Kite Card

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I have a super fun card to share with you today!! I made this card that has a moving slider!!  MY FIRST EVER!

Here is my card.  It features Heidi Grace papers (all the pattern papers). Can you see that little pull tab on the top right? Were you wondering what the slit in the clouds is for?? That's my moving parts.  When you pull the tab, the kite flies across the sky!!!

See how the kite moved! I really wish I had the equipment to film this card, it was super fun to put together and to make the parts move!

Here is my simple sentiment.  This card would be great for just about anything! :) I adore that little white flower strip too. It was a wired ribbon (with flowers on both edges) that I cut in half and hot glued to the grass layers.

I used a scrap of wire for the kite string and some orange and green striped twine for the kite ribbons.

Before I forget... here is a free download for you:

Download "Kite Card . Gypsy" from 4 Shared

Supplies: 

Heidi Grace pattern paper

generic green and white card stock

Bridal Inspirations flower ribbon from Joann's

twine from Really Reasonable Ribbon

Studio G glitter glue (for the flower centers)

Floral wire 

blue, green and orange ink + daubers to ink all the edges

Cricut and Gypsy

Cricut Cartridges:

Create a Critter : all three cloud styles

Plantin Schoolbook : the rectangle to form the card base

Nate's ABCs : Kite

Paper Doll Dress Up : grass layer

Challenges:

Paper Cutz Challenge : Use three pattern papers

Alphabet Challenge : U for Up in the Air

Pause Dream Enjoy : Fun Fold Cards

Fantabulous Cricut : Spring card