Birthday Card using Imagine

Hi everyone -

My Mother-in-Law's birthday was earlier this month.  Her birthday fell on a Saturday so I thought it would e nice if we went to get a mani/pedi together.  So, I picked her up and we headed to the nail salon and got our mani/pedi's...it was soooo relaxing.  Afterwards, we decided to head to Michael's to check out what goodies they had and then we swung by Walmart and happened upon some Cricut Lite cartridges that were on sale.  I ended up taking her back home and dropped her off at her house around 4:30 pm.  While we had a great time, that also left me little time to go home to get ready for the surprise birthday dinner my Father-in-Law had planned and to make a card. :)

Luckily, I was able to create a 'quick' yet beautiful card using my Imagine More Cards Imagine cartridge.  Using my Imagine I was able to get this card made, get ready, and still make it to the restaurant within an hour and a half. :)

I added some Stickles around the outside of the cake to spice it up a bit.  But other than that, I pretty much left everything as is.

Thanks for stopping by.....Have a crafty day.....

Lori's Garden Birthday

I don't generally work on cards for upcoming events in advance....because I'm a procrastinator I tend to make birthday cards pretty much at the last minute because I always want to spend time on other things.  Well, this time, as I was in my craft room and didn't already have a project in mind, I decided to go ahead and make a birthday card for my friend whose birthday is on 9/8.

For this card, I used the Cricut Imagine Lori's Garden cartridge.  I cut a lavender piece of 8 1/2 x 11" card stock in half and then folded the cut piece in half for a 4 1/4 x 5 1/2" card.  I then used Lori's Garden to cut the background papers and the bird, branches, and Happy Birthday sentiment.  The 2 background cuts are from the imagine stock imagines and I filled them with paper patterns from Lori's Garden.  Unfortunately, I didn't write down the cut sizes but I'm pretty sure they were as follows:  Background Layer 1 - 3.5", Background Layer 2 - 3.2", Bird - 3", Flower branch - 3", Happy Birthday sentiment - 1.5".

I cut the bird in layers and then used my zig adhesive to adhere all of the layers.  I also cut out an extra flower branch and placed it so it appears to be part of the same cut.  I used pop-dots to adhere the final image and sentiment to the background cuts.

I'm really pleased with how the card turned out.  I think it looks very elegant and can't wait to give it to my friend on her birthday.

Thanks for stopping by....I hope you have a crafty day.....

Treat Bags

At the end of April, I headed to a Scrapbook Retreat with my MIL and some girlfriends.  This is the 3rd year we've attended the retreat - and we always have a great time.  This year, I decided to make a few treats for the girls using my Imagine.

First, I made the cute little tote bags.  I got the bags at Michael's for $1 and bought some iron on Fabric Transfer paper at WalMart.  I made 4 bags - 1 for each of the girls in our group and one for myself.

I printed the phrase from the Cricut Everyday cartridge (Circle exclusive)....as well as the bughead.  I filled the bags with a few miscellaneous stamps, stickers, and embellies that I found at Michael's.

I also made a couple T-Shirts using the same Transfer Paper for my Mother-in-Law.  Unfortunately, I forgot to take pictures before I gave them to her...but they were a hit.  For Christmas, my hubby and I gave her a Gypsy, so I used the Cricut Everyday cartridge to print out the "Love my Gypsy" phrase for the 1st shirt and another phrase for the other shirt (oops...I can't remember what phrase I used for the 2nd one right now.)

I also added in the tins I got at Michael's that I filled with pretzels.  I added the magnets to the top of the tins.  I bought the magnet paper at AC Moore and used my Imagine to print the images on the magnet paper as well as to cut the images out.  I really like how the magnets turned out - although they are not very strong magnets, I think they will hold up pretty well.  The "Snappin' Good Time" image is from the Imagine More Cards cartridge and the bug head is from the Cricut Everyday cartridge.

Here is a pic of the 4 bags along with one of the tins with the magnets attached.  I really enjoyed playing with the Cricut Everyday cartridge and doing something a bit different with the magnet paper and the iron on transfers.

Thanks for taking a peek... Hope you have a great day.
 

Sending Love Your Way

This is another card I made several weeks ago for a dear friend who had a lot going on and I wanted to let her know I was thinking of her.

This is one of my first projects made with the Cricut Imagine.  I am loving this machine!  Makes card making a snap - makes it so easy to get coordinating papers/colors.  I used the Better Together Imagine cartridge for this card.  I added some Skittles to the side for some embellishment.

Have a great day.....
 

Congratulations to the Perfect "Pear"

This is a wedding card I made for my BIL and SIL...they got married on 03/30/11.  My BIL is in the Navy - he has just finished his training and was home on leave, on his way to his permanent duty station, and his girlfriend and he got married in a small civil ceremony.  They are a cute couple and I am very happy for them!

I made this card using my Imagine.  I haven't had a chance to play with my Imagine much since I've had it but a few weeks ago I went through the process of updating my Imagine and ensuring everything was up to date...so this is one of my first projects with it.  I'm thrilled with my Imagine - LOVE it - and am thrilled with how this card turned out.

I used the Kate's Kitchen cartridge for this card.  I cut all of the layers at 5" using the Pears.  The "Congratulations" was cut at 1" using the Holiday Cakes cartridge - I selected one of the coordinating papers from Kate's Kitchen for the color.

The sentiment was computer generated and printed on white cardstock and adhered to the inside.  I cut some background layers using coordinating papers from the Kate's Kitchen cartridge.  The background layers show completely around the entire inside - the white along the right side is from a piece of white cardstock I laid over the message I wrote to take the picture.

Have you like it...thanks of stopping by.