Lego Mini-fig Head and a Blog Hop

Hi, and welcome to the Cricut Crafts Blog Hop!!

 If you've come from Heather at Paper Junkie, you are in the right place! If you just came across the hop, please start at the beginning over at Jenny's Blog, Crazy About Cricut.

Okay, time for my project:

My son, Bryce, just celebrated his 11th birthday and his favorite thing right now is LEGOS!!! Do you have one of those kiddos too??

Anyway, I designed a Lego Mini-figurine head card for his birthday. While there is no Lego Cricut Cartridge, I had to come up with something....

Using my Gypsy, I combined some images from both Robotz and a couple periods and 1/2 of a parenthesis from Plantin School Book for the smiley mouth. I welded two of the Robotz image, flipping one upside down, to create a shape very close to the shape of a Lego Mini-Fig head.

I set the file up to cut the face (with the eyes and smile cut outs) on the left and the background face piece of the right. The card base was set-up on layer 2 on my Gypsy. I welded two of the background pieces together to form the folded base.

Here you can see all the parts ready for assembly. I sized the head to be 4 1/4" wide and just over 5 1/2" tall, you'll see why in just a couple steps.

So, I folded the base and I was ready for assembly. Like the Create a Critter carts, this card became very easy to assemble. :)

See, easy and quick assembly. :) Okay, so the bottom bump (called studs) on the Lego Mini-Fig head was a little long... so I used my paper trimmer to cut the card to 5 1/2" so it can fit in a standard A2 card. Don't forget to round the corners with a corner chomper or just by hand.

I added some details and doodling with my Sakura White Gel Pen.

Then, using the same face files, sized to 1", I made some Mini-fig confetti to put inside the card. Since Bryce was turning 11, his card was filled with 11 little friends. :)

If you'd like the Gypsy file for this cute little Mini-fig card, please let me know. I'd be happy to share.

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Your next stop will be Cindy at Cindy's Green Cricut!   Here is the line-up: 

Jenny - crazyaboutcricut

Heather- paper-junkie

Cheryl - cardsbycg

Cindy - cindys-greencricut

Kathy - kathyand3kids
Wandy - greenapplescrapper

Thanks for joining us today for

 the Cricut Crafts Blog Hop!!

Doggy Wobble Card

Today marks the start of another Die Cuttin' Divas Challenge!!

This weeks theme is:

Sketch Week!!

Here is my card using the DCD sketch. I just couldn't help pulling out and oldie, but goodie.... Doodlecharms, for the doggy!! He is cut at 3 1/2", the ovals are from Plantin Schoolbook, measuring 4" and 3 3/4". This cute word back ground is an old one by DCWV from my stash

I added glitter gel pen around the doggy and all the brown layers. The doggy is mounted up on an Action Wobble and the oval layer is on foam tape. The dog's eyes are finished off with some small silver brads. 

This adorable Scrappy Mom's Stamps sentiment (stamped with Timber Brown ink) is stamped on a label I trimmed by hand.

Here you can see the glitter gel pen sparkles. This glitter pen is a stardust by Sakura. I added some larger silver brads to the corners to match the fun sketch.

We'd love for you to come on over and play along with us at Die Cuttin' Divas!

This weeks theme is:

Sketch Week!!

Birthday Candles Card

I am a VERY proud new member of Cori's Design Team over at Ginger Snaps Scraps and today I have a fun card to share with you!

For my project today, I am featuring this manly birthday card. I find masculine cards the hardest to make, but I love how this one turned out. 

I cut some leaves for the candle flames, Plantin Schoolbook for the candle bodies, and Spellbinders Nestabilites scalloped circle and circle.  The card base and circle layer are Bazzill cardstock. 

Here are the measurements:

flames : 1"

candle bodies : 3/4" x 2 1/2"

scalloped circle: 4 1/4"

circle : 3 1/2"

card base : 5" x 10" scored into a 5" x 5" card

layers : 4 3/4" x 4 3/4" and 4 1/2" x 4 1/2"

I inked around the edges of the candles with brown ink and the flames with orange ink.  The center candle is mounted on 1/8" pop dots and the two outside candles are mounted up on 1/4" pop dots. The wicks are made with some black craft wire. I wrapped the brown baker's twine around all three candles.

These two tags are from a McGill tag punch, then I embossed the sentiment using a Studio G stamp and added some gel pen stitches. The top tag is mounted on pop dots while the small tag is glued directly to the card front.

We'd love if you'd jump over to the Ginger Snap Scraps blog and check out what the other DT ladies have come up with.  Don't forget you can pick up lots of papercrafting supplies at

Flower Garden Card

This is my second post for today, please scroll down for the Die Cuttin' Diva's Challenge.

I am a VERY proud new member of Cori's Design Team over at Ginger Snaps Scraps and today is my very first DT post!! I have a fun card to share with you today!

I made this card for my Grandma-in-Law (my hubby's Grandma), she's turning 89 this week and I hope she'll enjoy this cheery card. I created the card base using a tag from Preserves (sized to 5 1/2" x 8 1/2" - nice and big for all the kids, grandkids and great-grandkids to sign). 

The adorable flowers are from Garden Soup, cut to 1 1/2" RDS and I added this too-cute Peachy Keen faces from the Everyday Character Face Assortment. The clouds are from Pooh and Friends, the flower stems and sun are from Create a Critter, and the grass is from Plantin Schoolbook.

I just love these little faces, but any Peachy Keen faces would look ADORABLE!! I used my white gel pen to add some detail and character all over the card, I couldn't forget the whites of the eyes. I inked the edges of the pieces with a like color and a sponge dauber. I just love how the inking shows up on the Bazzill Cardstock.

This adorable sentiment stamp is from Hero Art's stamp set called Everyday Sayings.

We'd love if you'd jump over to the Ginger Snap Scraps blog and check out what the other DT ladies have come up with.  Don't forget you can pick up lots of papercrafting supplies at

Beachy Birthday Card

Today marks the start of another Die Cuttin' Divas Challenge!!

This weeks theme is

Let's get Beachy!!

(make a project with sand, sun, waves, crabs,

sea gulls, etc... anything you would find or do at the beach)

I used Plantin Schoolbook to create the oval card base. I sized the oval to 4 1/4" x 5 1/2", copied the oval and welded it on my Gypsy. To cover the flat edge you get when you weld the shapes together, I cut the black top layer out again. Then the light blue sky layer measures 4" x 5 1/4".

The palm tree (cut to 3") and the sun (cut to 1 1/2") are both from Create a Critter. I cut an additional layer that is the same as the blue sky layer using brown Kraft cardstock. I then tore off strips of it to make the sand layers. First I tore the layers, inked them with brown ink and a sponge dauber, and then attached them to the sky layer and trimmed them to match.

The green palm tree top was inked in dark green ink and the sun layers were both inked with orange ink to give them some depth and to match the sand layers.

The center of the palm tree top is glue down while the ends of the arms are attached with pop dots. I didn't have any brown rhinestones, so to create the coconuts in the tree, I used a brown Sharpie to color some clear rhinestones.

I used a Hero Arts sentiment stamps on the front and inside are from a set called "Sending Smiles" (Hero Arts #CL490). I attached the right side of the banner with a pop dot also. 

And of course I couldn't finish this card without some of my white gel pen doodling.

Here you can see the inside sentiment as well as the card base shape. I adore shaped cards and this one will fit inside a standard A2 envelope. 

We'd love for you to come on over and play along with us at Die Cuttin' Divas!

This weeks theme is

Christmas in July!!

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Happy 4th of July!

Today marks the start of another Die Cuttin' Divas Challenge!!

This weeks color theme is

Red, White and Blue (plus add a patriotic image)!!

All cuts are from Plantin Schoolbook. The cityscape is sized to 5 1/2" wide, the white oval layer is 3 3/4" x 5", the black oval layer is 4" x 5 1/4" and the red oval layer is 4 1/4" x 5 1/2".  I welded the card base using a couple of ovals I grabbed from PS too.

I sponged the clouds using some blue ink and a die cut cloud. Then I placed the flag in place and attached the cityscape on top of that.  Trimming the edges created a nice clean look for the line of buildings. I added the sentiment using some white MS ink and an old stamp from my stash.

To create this flag, I attached 1 1/4" of the red patterned paper to the bottom of the white oval (scraps from DCWV's summer stack) and placed the blue triangle next.  I cut some white strips to 1/4" and glued them on individually, using an extra 1/4" strip for spacing. The little silver stars are glued to the blue section last. These little stars are so cute but TINY... they are from a nail art kit I've had forever.

Here you can see the sparkle on the little stars. 

The card base is a oval shaped card. I love shaped cards and go on spurts where I make nothing other than shaped cards! :)

Well, I hope you all have a very happy and safe 4th of July! 

We'd love for you to come on over and play along with us at Die Cuttin' Divas!

This weeks color theme is

Red, White and Blue (plus add a patriotic image)!!

The sponsor for the Challenge prize is

Lawn Fawn

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

Whoooo loves you?

Today marks another Die Cuttin' Divas challenge. This week it's:

Sketch Time

Here is the sketch for this week.

And here is my take on the sketch. As I have said before, sketches are by far the most challenging for me. I have such a hard time embellishing them! I hope you like my little owl card. All the paper is from DCWV's "The Green Stack" and kraft cardstock for the base and accents.

The scalloped circle and circle are from Winter Woodland (cut at 3 3/4") and the adorable owl is from Create a Critter (cut at 2 1/2"). I added the little hearts (1/2") from Create a Critter to make the owl's love garland. I couldn't resist placing the little wings over the garland (these are leaves from Plantin Schoolbook). Inking the owl and adding goodly eyes sure gives this little owl some wonderful personality! 

I love My Pink Stamper's Punny-licious set. This is the perfect sentiment for this card! :)

I added this little bow using my Bow-Easy and some satin white ribbon. Lastly, I added some white gel pen stitches and I called this card done.

Now please take some time this week to create and link up on the Die Cuttin' Divas blog.

The theme is Sketch Time

Kitty Scalloped Circle card

Saturday is my son's teacher's birthday. This is the card my son and I designed together. She loves cats so Bryce wanted to be sure it had a cat on it. :)

The adorable card shape is from Winter Woodland. While a lot of cartridges have scalloped circles on them, I really love this one! :) We created the card base on my Gypsy and sized it to 5". The circle layers are from Plantin Schoolbook measuring 4" and 3 3/4".

This adorable little kitty is an oldie but a goodie... from Doodlecharms. We sized it to 2 1/2". We placed a 1/2" heart (also from Doodlecharms) for the nose and added a little scrap under the nose. We also added the little triangles for the ears. Bryce placed the kitty on an Action Wobble. So cute! :)

The adorable red and white polka dot paper is from Echo Park's Dots and Stripes pad. I placed the small polka dots above the scalloped border trim and large polka dots beneath it.

I added the sentiment stamp from Hero Arts' Big Hugs set. I curved the sentiment on my blog to mimic the curve on the card front. I couldn't help but add some doodled stitch lines using my Gelly Roll pen.

A second stamp from the Hero Arts : Big Hugs set finished off the inside. My son loves this card and says he is sure his teacher will too. :)

Challenges:

Paper Playtime : Anything Goes

Tuesday Throwdown : hearts

Craftspot: Anything Goes