Bee Happy

Today is another Craft Junkie Too Design Team day. I can't even begin to tell you how much I love being on Tracy's Design Team!! Her awesome assignments are just a small part of it. 

 The challenge for this week is:

Designer's Choice

I LOVE shaped cards and this is one of my favorites. I grabbed a tag shape from Preserves and sized it to an A2 card base (5 1/2" x 4 1/4"). Adding some layers is a wonderful technique. I inked the yellow honey-comb-like layer with some brown ink.

This adorable and simple bee is from Everyday Pop Up cards, cut to 3" the size fits perfectly into the shape at the top of the card.

This wonderful sentiment is from a Studio G set I grabbed at Joann's for $1. The black and white ribbon is from my stash. I just love how the polka-dot ribbon mimics the look of honey comb on this bee themed card.

I cut doubles of the wing layers so I could curl them and add dimension with pop dots. The wings were also coated with a layer of Stardust Stickles.

The inside of the card is finished off with scraps of the yellow polka-dot paper and this cute little bee is also from the Studio G stamp set.

That's it, please head over to Tracy's blog and see what

 her other Crafty Designers  have come up with to share today.

My wonderful fellow DT members

Indira ~ Crafty Homemade

Kadie ~ Kards by Kadie

Kristy ~ Craftin-on-my-Door

Roberta ~ TX Scrapper Mom

Shawn ~ Shawn's Fireside Crafting Room

Shelley ~ Carleys-Closet

Tanya ~ Tanya Isis Creations

Challenge 

Bitten by the Bug 2 : bee or ladybug 

Plantable Flowers card

Today is another Craft Junkie Too Design Team day. I can't even begin to tell you how much I love being on Tracy's Design Team!! Her awesome assignments are just a small part of it. 

 The challenge for this week is:

Make a recycled project to honor Earth Day

I made this wonderful top folded A2 card using some handmade seeded paper for the flowers. If you've never made handmade paper, it really is easy and super fun. My kids love to make paper with me. 

Here is a You Tube video about how to make your own plantable handmade paper:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMnLaA8JsIg

I used a recycled picture frame for my deckle and frame.

I stamped the flower stems and leaves using various stamps from my stash (they could even be hand drawn if you don't have these kind of stamps). The flowers were die cut using my Cuttlebug and a set of die cuts from Heartfelt Creations called Posy Patch. This die cut set has a stamp set to go with it... and I just LOVE that!! These are thin dies like Spellbinders and cut wonderful little flowers. I used a ball embossing stylus to add dimension and attached them all together with a brad. The little butterfly is from a Martha Stewart punch.

The flowers and butterfly are attached with pop dots so they can be easily removed for planting. The adorable sentiment is from Hero Art's Big Hugs set.

Here is the inside of the card, it features another sentiment stamp from Hero Art's Big Hugs stamp set. The card base is some lavender Bazzill cardstock.

These are all the directions that I placed inside the card for the person who receives this fun birthday card. It's simple enough to explain how to use the seeded paper and includes a list of the seeds that are embedded inside. 

And here are all my scraps of seeded paper from making this card. I am saving all these wonderful seeded scraps to plant in my own garden! Nothing goes to waste and I love that! :)

That's it, please head over to Tracy's blog and see what

 her other Crafty Designers  have come up with to share today.

My wonderful fellow DT members

Indira ~ Crafty Homemade

Kadie ~ Kards by Kadie

Kristy ~ Craftin-on-my-Door

Roberta ~ TX Scrapper Mom

Shawn ~ Shawn's Fireside Crafting Room

Shelley ~ Carleys-Closet

Tanya ~ Tanya Isis Creations

Easter Carrot Boxes and Peppermint Bunnies

Today is another Craft Junkie Too Design Team day. I can't even begin to tell you how much I love being on Tracy's Design Team!! Her awesome assignments are just a small part of it. 

 The challenge for this week is:

Make a 3-D Easter Project

I made this carrot shaped treat box for all my nieces and nephews as well as my two sons. The box is from Life's a Party, cut at 9 1/2". I used orange cardstock, but patterned paper would make this carrot even more adorable! :)

This is how the flap works... I made the holes a little wider with a small slot hole punch, tied a bundle of green plaid ribbon (a total of 5 eight inch pieces) and attached it to the inside of the first large flap. So now to close it you just feed the ribbon through the second large flap and it stays put pretty well. 

The little bunny is from Simply Charmed (cut at 2 1/2") and I used a Wide Eyed and Bushy Tailed face stamp from Peachy Keen. I just love those little faces!

See?? How cute is that! I added some details with a Glaze gel pen too.

I added a bow (tied with my Bow-Easy).

Here are a couple of my carrots! They'd look adorable embossed with the Distressed Stripes embossing folder, but for these two I just added stripe accents with an orange gel pen.

Today, I am also sharing the class treats that my two boys are taking in to school:

 My sons and I are making these cute bunnies for classroom goodies for Easter.  They turned out so cute! :)

First off, I know you are thinking it already...

"Where in the heck is the Gypsy cut file for these A-DOR-A-BLE bunnies? Cheryl always shares her Gypsy files!!"

Well, here it is:

Peppermint Bunnies . gypsy on 4 Shared

To make these yummy bunnies you'll need a Gypsy, the Gypsy Wanderings cart and these other supplies:

Peachy Keen face parts stamp set (or draw on the face by hand)

ATG glue or other glue runner

Scotch Quick Dry Glue

Tweezers

tape

Ink pad 

Peppermint patties candies

- we also add my son's personalized stamps for the back of our bunnies - 

See how cute a personalized stamp is? I love these and they only cost $6 each.

We cut out all out pieces on the Gypsy. On my file you'll see one layer for the head (including the welded ears), one layer for the faces (including the nose cut out), and one layer for the inside of the ears.

With the noses cut out of the faces, we just lined up some Peachy Keen face parts on our stamp block.

Then we flipped our faces and taped a piece of pink card stock to the cover the nose hole.

We also glued on the inside of the ears using Scotch Quick Dry Glue.

How do you like our bunny parts? :)

Next I applied ATG tape to the face and head pieces and my boys put them all together, sandwiching the peppermint patties in-between.  So cute and they really don't take too long. We put 50 of them together in just over an hour.

Here are our happy bunnies.

What an adorable side shot, huh!

We made a tag to match our bunnies.  Here I clipped off the ends of the ear parts. The "Happy Easter" stamp is from Close to my Heart.

We put 25 of the bunnies in one of these $1.50 paint pails from Joann's. We added some plastic Easter grass and some sheer ribbon to the outside and we were done.

So cute right!  Now download the Gypsy file and take some time to craft with your kids today! 

In case you missed it earlier, here is the Gypsy file again:

Peppermint Bunnies . gypsy on 4 Shared

That's it, please head over to Tracy's blog and see what

 her other Crafty Designers  have come up with to share today.

My wonderful fellow DT members

Indira ~ Crafty Homemade

Kadie ~ Kards by Kadie

Kristy ~ Craftin-on-my-Door

Roberta ~ TX Scrapper Mom

Shawn ~ Shawn's Fireside Crafting Room

Shelley ~ Carleys-Closet

Tanya ~ Tanya Isis Creations

Shaped St. Patty's Day Card

Today is another Craft Junkie Too Design Team day. I can't even begin to tell you how much I love being on Tracy's Design Team!! Her awesome assignments are just a small part of it. 

 The challenge for this week is:

Green and Gold

(doesn't need to be for St. Patty's Day)

Today I have a wonderful little card to share with you. At the end of this post, I'll share the Cricut Cartridges and stamps I used!

As you can see, this is a pot of gold shaped card. I'm in LOVE with shaped  cards lately!!  

Here is the little leprechaun holding a shamrock.

Here you can see all the stitching I added with my gel pen.

I used my glue gun to attach three little green buttons.

 I think buttons add so much character to cards!

The inside details include a circle of green pattern paper and a couple of gold pieces.

Like the front, the inside got plenty of gel pen stitches.

Supplies:

generic black stock base

green card stock

green pattern paper is from Big Lots

Gold metallic paper is DCWV

Green buttons are from Michaels dollar bins

tan card stock

white crafting string / twine

Gelly Roller white gel pen

Scotch Quick Dry Glue

ATG glue runner

pop dots

inside sentiment CTMH: Seasonal Celebrations

face stamp is Sizzix Dress up faces

Cricut Cartridges used:

Pot of Gold / Cauldren from Paper Doll Dress Up (cut @ 4 1/4")

same cut for card base (welded and flipped with my Gypsy)

Simply Charmed for the leprechaun (cut @ 3")

A Child's Year for the shamrock (cut @ 1")

Plantin Schoolbook for the circle (cut 3")

Simply Charmed for the gold pieces (cut @ 4 1/4")

That's it, please head over to Tracy's blog and see what

 her other Crafty Designers  have come up with to share today.

My wonderful fellow DT members

Indira ~ Crafty Homemade

Kadie ~ Kards by Kadie

Kristy ~ Craftin-on-my-Door

Roberta ~ TX Scrapper Mom

Shawn ~ Shawn's Fireside Crafting Room

Shelley ~ Carleys-Closet

Tanya ~ Tanya Isis Creations

Family Name Plaque

Today is another Craft Junkie Too Design Team day. I can't even begin to tell you how much I love being on Tracy's Design Team!! Her awesome assignments are just a small part of it. 

 The challenge for this week is:

I "heart" you

- include a heart on your project -

Today, I made a plaque for my home that includes our names in vinyl. I love these frames from Craft Warehouse. I grabbed a few on clearance and have enjoyed decorating them with  vinyl and my Cricut.

I used my Gypsy to fit the letters to size using Nate's ABCs (for the red letters) and Birthday Bash (for the black letters). The little hearts are from Simply Sweet.

I use clear shelf paper instead of more pricey vinyl transfer tape sold for the Cricut. It works perfectly and costs so much less (I grabbed a huge roll at Big Lots a while back). This vinyl also came from Craft Warehouse. I stopped in there last summer and found sheets or 12" x 14" for $1 a sheet!!! I picked up several different colors including white, black, red, and gray.

I love how you can see through the glass in my frame. The wall paint color is visible, it truly makes this home decor project work in any room in my house.

That's it, please head over to Tracy's blog and see what

 her other Crafty Designers  have come up with to share today.

My wonderful fellow DT members

Indira ~ Crafty Homemade

Kadie ~ Kards by Kadie

Kristy ~ Craftin-on-my-Door

Roberta ~ TX Scrapper Mom

Shawn ~ Shawn's Fireside Crafting Room

Shelley ~ Carleys-Closet

Tanya ~ Tanya Isis Creations