Boy Valentine card ~ Cricut Create a Critter, and Mini Monograms

Hey crafty friends,

Today I have another valentine card for one of my boys. I love how cute this turned out! I am entering this in : 

Double Click Skittles #41 Be Mine challenge

Card Recipe:

Card Size: A2 4.25 x 5.5

Cricut Cartridges: Mini Mongrams (circles), Create a Critter (owl)

Papers: Recollections Kraft & Red, DCWV All About Boys Plaid, Bo Bunny Double Dot Bold and Bright Blue polka dots

Embossing: Darice Plaid Background, Cuttlebug Polka Dots

Stamp: Scrappy Moms Crazy for You

Extras: foam tape, White jelly roll pen, Stampin up Close to Cocoa

I hope you enjoyed my card and have a great day!!

Welcome Banner

Hello my crafty friends and welcome to the Whimsical Wednesday blog hop.

You should have arrived here from Stephanie’s blog www.alwayscrafting.com If you just happened to drop by to say hi please go to the Whimsical Wednesday blog to start at the beginning of the hop.

For this hop we were all asked to make banners or some kind of door décor that will be used to decorate the nursing home we are sending them to. To read more about this head on over to the Whimsical Wednesday blog and click on the link to get all the info.

For my project today I decided to make a banner. I had originally designed a banner on my Gypsy using my Birthday Bash cartridge but as I was getting ready to cut it out I noticed that my USB port had broken and fallen into my Gypsy. Needless to say Provo Craft is going to replace it but I will be a couple of weeks without her or the ability to manipulate images to the way I want them. So for this banner I needed to go old school and what better cartridge is there to use but the "Mini Monograms" cartridge.

I cut my banner base and all the layers from this cartridge and then used my “Nursery Rhymes” cartridge to cut the letters. The patterned paper all came from DCWV’s “Mango Frost” Stack and the solid came from DCWV “Summer Dream” stack. I inked around the papers with brown and added i-Rock studs in gold. The banner pieces were tied together with ribbon from my stash and the letters are mounted on foam tape to add a little dimension. I chose to keep this banner pretty simple without a lot of embellishment since I would have to mail it.

(If you want to see the picture better click on it to make it larger.)

Here is a close up of one of the letters.

These our the generous sponsors for our blog hop and what they are giving away for prizes

Patsy from the Prairie Bird Boutique http://www.etsy.com/shop/prairiebirdboutique-
Your choice of one bundle of Shabby Crinkle Ribbon

Babbette from The Kraft Outlet http://www.kraftoutlet.com/store/Default.asp- has generously donated their “Inspiration Play Pack”; This is a collection of The Kraft Outlet's top selling items valued at over $45. The play pack comes with 10 yards each of the red and brown baker’s twine, an assortment of 50 of the plain and grungy tags, an 8 sheet assortment of their cardstock and text weight papers, an 8 envelope assortment, one sheet of Kraft labels, a set of their vintage dictionary pages, 1 yard of black twill tape and a CD full of 100 graphics and backgrounds.

In addition the Kraft Outlet is offering 10% off all purchases made during the ENTIRE month of July. All you need to do is enter the code JULY10 at checkout.

The grand prize for the blog hop is a Gypsy, donated by Stephanie. In order to qualify for the grand prize you must leave a comment on each of the designers blogs. At the end of the hop please return back to the Whimsical Wednesday Blog to leave a comment saying that you finished the hop and left a comment under all our post. The blog hop will run through Sunday and end at Midnight.

Now you should be on your way to the wonderful and talented

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Valentine Container ~ LFIF Challenge

Peachy Keens Lets Face It Friday challenge is to make an altered item to hold Valentine cards. (Click on the link to read all the info.)

When they announced this challenge I thought it would be perfect to make a "Love Note" container for my kids. Each day my kids can write little notes to their siblings telling something they love about each other and every night after dinner we can sit down and read them and then the kids can keep the ones that are for them.

A lot of the DT used mail boxes from the dollar spot at Target but I am currently tapped out on money so I decided to use what I already had... formula cans. I had no idea what to do with them until this challenge came along.

Here is the top. I used "Making The Grade" cartridge for the words and "Mini Monograms" for the circles.

Here is the front of the can. I used "Love Struck" cartridge for the hearts and PK "Snow Cutie" stamps for the faces.

Here is the side. The punch is Martha Stewart.

These are the cards I made to fit in the can. My kids will be making round postcards that they can decorate on one side and write on the other.

I hope you enjoy and have a great day. :)