You Are My Sunshine - Sophie Cricut Cartridge, The Paper Shelter

Hi Everyone!

My mom recently won a challenge that awarded her some digital stamps from The Paper Shelter.  Oh My Goodness, we didn't know that website existed but their digital stamps are absolutely beautiful.  They are the type of digis that I love to work with so if you've never visited that site, here is the link: THE PAPER SHELTER.  You'll find something that you like, I'm sure!

For the card I made today, I used the Funny Sunflower digi.  I just love Sunflowers - they make me think of Spring and Summer.  I colored two of the same digi with the following Promarkers:

Flower - Sunflower (HA), Gold, Tulip Yellow, Orange
Butterfly - Amethyst, Purple
Stem/Leaves, Grass - Pear Green
Snail - Soft Green
Lady Bug - Red, Cool Grey 4

I cut the face off the flower out so that I could pop it on top of the other face for dimension.  

I used my Cricut Expression to cut the Yellow cardbase using the Sophie Cricut Cartridge - Card 2 on Page 48.  I cut the card to the dimensions of 6.5 x 10.  I mount the digi to yellow chalkboard paper and then attached it to a piece of blue woodgrain cardstock.  I tied ribbon around the blue cardstock and hung a flower charm from the ribbon.  I also cut another piece of blue cardstock and attached to the inside of the card to show through the flowers on the side of the card.

I think the card turned out really cute and can be used for a Birthday Card, Just Because Card, or a Get Well Card.  Thank so much for stopping by today - we appreciate your visits and your comments.  Please stop by tomorrow - Mom has been playing with vinyl and you will LOVE what she's done to her machines.  She's going to make something for my machines too (HINT, HINT)!!  

Until another day, God Bless You!!  Donna

Challenges for this card: 

Addicted to Stamps and More -  C10 - #86 Anything goes

Baffies Kreativladen - M -  Anything Goes

§ Crafter's Cafe - F, 3E - #54 Flowers.

§ Crafting By Designs - F,M -  Anything goes

§ Crafting for all Seasons - 2W, 3E - #72 Spring (2nd week)

§ Crafting with Dragonflies - 2W, 1E, F - #21 Shaped card (2nd week)

§ House That Stamps Built - 2W, SIO, 2 challenges at the same time starting alternate weeks (theme and sketch*) - Flowers

§ Inklings and Yarns - 3E, JFF - Always Anything Goes

§ Little Red Wagon - #228 Dimensional

§ Penny's Paper-Crafty - 3E -  #168 Anything goes

§ WordArt Wednesdays - 5E , scriptural word art freebie offered each week - Anything goes (must be uplifting, no dark images or themes)

SYMPATHY CARD FOR JEAN - Cricut Expression, Sophie Cartridge

Hi Everyone - 

I don't know about you but we are having some crazy weather around here these days.  Last week, we had snow here and this week, it's in the 60's and it's supposed to be 70 on Thursday!!  CRAZY!!

So I needed a Sympathy Card this week for my boss, Jean.  Her aunt that she was named after passed away.  I decided to brush off my Cricut Expression and make a card using one of my cartridges.  Well, I looked at several different cartridges and then I found a card that I wanted to make on the Sophie cartridge.  I did make this card out of the DCWV Paper Cherry Limeade - Mom has been coveting this paper every time she sees it.

Card Recipe:
Cardbase - Green Pattern Cardstock -4 3/4"
Oval - Pink Patterned Paper - 4 1/4"
Oval Shadow - White Cardstock - 4 1/2"
Birdcage - Cut two and layer with pop dots - 2 1/2"
Bird - Blue Cardstock - 2 1/2"

I tied white ribbon around the card and tied a knot.  I printed "With Sympathy" using Word and popped it at the front of the card.

Jean loved her card - I hope you like it as much as she did.  Thank you for stopping by today.  We enjoy reading your comments!  Until another day, God Bless You!  Donna

Challenges:

·  Crafty Cardmakers - 2W, C15 - (Week 1) Birds / Birdcages

gi Darla Challenge - W, SIO – Sympathy

·  Make it Monday - W, papercrafts only - Always Anything Goes

·  The Paper Nest Dolls Challenge - 2W, E2, SIO - (Week 1) Anything Goes·

 ·  Sunday Stamper - W, JFF - Week #295 Birds.

Skating Donita - Sophie Cricut Cartridge, Digital Delights

Hi Everyone - I hope you all had a Happy Thanksgiving. I must say that my Mom put on a feast and it was all DELICIOUS!! I ate WAY tooooooo much but I don't get my Mom's good cooking that often!!


Wendy at Digital Delights has some new releases available today and I have to say that I love the digi that I used today from the new releases. My husband described it as "girly" which it totally is.

Card Recipe:


Card Base - SEI Wedding Elegance cardstock
Snow - white and silver cardstock embossed with the Cuttlebug Snowflake Embossing Folder - torn edges
Pink Ribbon with snowflake ribbon brad
Scalloped Circle - cut with Cricut Expression at 4 1/2" using Sophie Cartridge
Digi - Skating Donita by Digital Delights at Louby Loo - colored with Promarkers
Grey Liquid Pearls used for dots on scalloped circle

Now how's that for girly? Mom did something today that I "NEVER" thought she would. She shocked our entire family!!! Come back tomorrow to find out what it is!!


Thanks for stopping by today - we appreciate all of you!!! Until another day, God Bless You!! Donna

Challenges: 
Craft Your Passion - Tis the Season... (Anything Holiday or Winter related)
Crafty Boots - 2W, SIO - (1st week) Anything Goes (+Blog Hop) (both ends 11th Dec) Critter Sketch - Use an Digi Image from Digital Delight (ends 6th Dec)
Daisy Doodles Creative Challenge - 2E, SIO, (must use digi) - (2nd week) Christmas (ends 4th Dec)
Hooked on Crafts - 2W, SIO - (1st week) Winter Wonderland (ends 11th Dec)
Kaboodle Doodles - "Bundle Up for Winter"
Make it Monday - always Anything Goes
Pollycraft - SIO - Christmas Fun (ends 19th Dec
Squigglefly - SIO - Winter Wonderland
The Crazy Challenge - 2E - Stars and/or Snowflakes
The Cutie Pie Challenge - 2W, cards - (1st week) Pastel Christmas (ends 10th Dec)
The Ribbon Reel - 2W - (1st week) Anything Goes (ends 11th Dec)Victorine Originals - 2W, SIO - (1st week) Ribbon (ends 11th Dec) 
 Paper Sundaes - 3E, C10 - Winter Wonderland
The Ribbon Girls - 2W, Must use ribbon - (2nd week) Pink and White (ends 4th Dec)
Crazy 4 Challenges - #C4C115 Card or Project with some sort of snow
One Stop Craft - #159 Christmas Faires
The Sweetest Thing - Sketch
Cooking It Up With Katie - 1E - # 86 anything goes (til January)Digistamps 4 Joy - 2W, SIO  - #33 Christmas, no animals
Divas by Design - 2E - #16 anything goes
Fab 'n' Funky - 1E, C10 - #101 Anything goes
Paper Shelter Challenge - 3E, SIO - #42 anything goes
Scrapbook Sisters - #61 Christmas  (2nd wk)
Simon Says Stamp - anything goes
Partytime Tuesdays - 3E (2E anything goes wk) - PTT #44 Anything Goes

12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS - DAY #5 - SOPHIE, ELEGANT EDGES, DESIGN STUDIO

Hi Everyone - It's day number five in the 12 Days of Christmas at Digital Delights at Louby Loo.  I must say that I just LOOOOVVVEEEE  this digi!!  To make this card, I did the following:

I cut the cardbase from the Sophie Cartridge at 7" using the snowflake card out of red cardstock. 

Using Elegant Edges, I cut the white scalloped doily shadow at 4.5" x 4" - then the red snowflake paper doily at  4.25" x 3.724".  I cut the green scalloped doily shadow at 3 3/4" x 3.119 and the green holly paper doily at 4" x 3.5".  I adhered them together to the cardbase.  I tied a red bow around the green square. 

I colored the Five Golden Rings digi with Promarkers and popped on red dotted paper. 


I then cut the border on the inside of the card using Elegant Edges.  

Please visit Wendy over at Digital Delights and see all the digis she has created for the 12 Days of Christmas.  I'm going to enter this card in a contest at a Circle Cricut Crop I'm going to today!!  Hope I win!!  Until another day, God Bless You!!   Donna

POPPETT - SOPHIE AND DIGITAL DELIGHT BY LOUBY LOO

Hi Everyone!  I must say that I think the digi that I used on today's card is one of my favorites.  I think it's adorable.  I might just use this card as my prototype for my Christmas cards this year.  And no, I haven't even started those yet!!

I used the Sophie Cricut Cartridge to cut the card base - notice the Christmas trees along the border.  I covered the cardbase with DCWV Christmas Paper.  I colored the digi (isn't he cute?) with Promarkers.  I then cut out the digi in a circle using the George cartridge and then cut another circle slightly bigger.  I used the Sophie cartridge to cut out a scalloped circle which I mounted the digi on.  I popped all three layers in the middle of the card after tieing a Ho-Ho ribbon around the card.  Then I added bling to the top right corner. 

On the inside of the card (which you can't see in this picture), I adhered a strip of the same Christmas paper used on the front of the card.  I then used the Martha Stewart Snowflake punch along the inside border.

Thank you for your visits and your comments.  Please drop by Digital Delights to see all the new Christmas digis that Wendy has created.  She is very talented!!

Until another day, God Bless You!!  Donna

HAPPY FALL YA'LL - SOPHIE CARTRIDGE, DOODLE PANTRY

Hi Everyone - Have you ever had a day when everything you made just didn't turn out the way you wanted it?  Well, yesterday was my day for that to happen to me.  I started several different projects and the more I worked on them, the more frustrated I got.  So I thought, I'm going to work on my post for the Doodle Pantry Design Team and see if I can't come up with something for that.  Well, lo and behold, we finally have success. 

• Out of Bazzill cardstock, I cut the cardbase using the Cricut Sophie Cartridge at 5 1/4".  
• Patterned Paper - DCWV Harvest Pack
• Green Shimmer Cardstock embossed with using Cuttlebug 
• Printed and cut two "Topiary Seasons - Harvest In Pot Colored" by Doodle Pantry
• Popped the topiaries on top of each other for dimension
• Happy Fall YA'LL - Doodle Pantry Sentiment printed and popped on Green Shimmer cardstock.
• Green Shimmer strip used on the inside to make the pumpkins on the side of the card show up more

I was pleased with the way this card turned out.  Please stop by the Doodle Pantry website to see all the creations by the Design Team.  Thank you for stopping by - we appreciate your visits and comments.  Until another day, God Bless You!  Donna

Meljens Challenge Blog - Sophie Cartridge

Hi Everyone - I was on a role today making some birthday cards for the MANY birthdays that are in September in our family.  I came across this digi by Meljens that I've had for a while but never used.  I love all of the digis in the Meljen's store.  The Meljen Challenge this week was to create something with NO patterned paper - just cardstock.  Here is my entry into the challenge:

Card Recipe:


Yellow Flower Embossed Cardstock cut at 5 1/4 inches using Expression and Cricut Sophie Cartridge - Card #2 on Page 34
Green Damask Embossed Cardstock
Digi colored with Promarkers
Orange ribbon


Other Challenges that I will enter are:

• Craft Your Passion - Flowers
• Crafty Boots - 2W, SIO - Anything Goes
• Magnolia Monday Link Party (on "Both Sides of the Paper") - JFF, SIR - always Anything Goes
• Make it Monday - always Anything Goes
• Marianne Design Divas - SIR - Anything Goes (ends 12th Sept) 

Thanks for stopping by again today - I'm going to get back to making more cards.  Until another day, God bless you!!  Donna

Sophie Butterfly Card

I received my Sophie cartridge today so, of course, I had to play with it.  In my opinion, this is the best Circle cartridge yet.  The cartridge has some lovely images and lots of card options.  I chose the card 1 option on Page 27 for this creation.

I used pearlized paper and cut it at 4.2.  

This is the inside of the card.  I used the cutouts from the front to decorate the top inside liner.  

This card easy to make.  I like easy.  I feel like I'm cheating.  

Donna and Jacob left to go home around noon today.  I miss them already.  I always go through a period of feeling low when they leave.  Love you, Donna and Jacob.

Thanks for dropping in today.  I hope you find some inspiration here.  You make it all worthwhile.  God Bless You!!! Peggy