Mooey Christmas!

No, I am not looking at the calendar wrong..I know it is only July, but Mary over at CardTV is having a Christmas in July challenge this weekend. Only requirement is that the project must have a holiday theme with an animal on it.


My merry cow is an svg file from the Lettering Delights Cowabungo set.

Ya just got a chuckle when you look at it. 
Stop over and see the other projects already linked up and give it a whirl yourself...there are so many animal options for this one...easy peasy!


Here's how I did it...
A2 base card from red card stock
Pattern Papers from Echo Park Holly Jolly 6x6 paper pad
Cow/layers cut at 4" from Lettering Delights
Cuttlebug embossing folders snowflake and swiss dots
Sentiment from BugBites Mistletoe stamp set
Button and red twine from my stash
Glossy Accents on the belt and boots

A Simple Crafts Challenge Project with Wobbles.

I recently came across this new to me challenge blog, Simply Crafts. I really enjoy challenges where you are to use a specific cut from a Cricut cart. I am sad to say this challenge was to use a cut from the Beep Beep cart. I don't have that one, can you believe it- LOL!
Fortunately, any airplane cut will do. Seeing the preferred image, I immediately thought of the Hello Kitty cart.

A week or so ago, Mary over at CardzTV did a video where she gave a great tip when using the cuts from this cart. She mentioned that if you cut the image using the silhouette feature, the other pieces will fit right into the open spaces like a puzzle making it extremely easy to piece these little cuts together. I tried this technique and like magic, everything went together super fast.

I added an action wobble to the die cut to give some motion as she flies across the sky.

Action wobble added to die cut

Now here is another blog you will want to check out as well. It's brand new and called Action Wobbles. While they get ready to do the full launch of this new blog, the DT is on the look out for projects using action wobbles. If they catch you using a wobble, you could win a prize package of action wobbles. How cool is this!

I have the rest of this week off from work, so I am off to do some weeding and deadheading in my gardens. It is super hot today, so we will see how long I last out there.

Have a super creative day!

Here's how I did it...
A2 card based of white card stock
Cloud paper is from Echo paper pad Sweet Day
Pink pattern papers from My Minds Eye paper pad Fine and Dandy
All other papers from my scrap stash
Airplane/layers cut at 2.75" from Hello Kitty cart
Twine from Twinery
Sentiment from CardzTV Ticket Talk 2
Misc sticker gems in Kitty's bow
Action wobble on the plane.

Happy 4th Of July!!!

Happy 4th of July.

Hope you all are spending time with family and taking time to remember and appreciate all our fore fathers did for us in order to have the freedom we have to do.

We enjoyed an evening at a local church festival last night with an outdoor concert featuring a Beatles band. Liverpool Legends. A bit warm, or should I say really HOT but lots of fun.
Today, we plan on enjoying more music in the park near our house. During the summer, the park has music every Wednesday evening. Just bring a lawn chair and enjoy. Two outdoor concerts in one week-Yipee!!

In honor of today's celebration, here is Happy 4th of July wishes to all of you from my little Uncle Sam.
Also, a shout out to all of those in the neighboring country, Canada,  celebrating their special day this week as well.

Here's how I did it....

A2 size base card from white card stock

Pattern papers form 6x6 We R Memories paper stack, all others from my scrap stash

Uncle Sam is an SVG file from Lettering Delights Luck of the Irish set found here

Sentiment from My Pink Stamper
Face from Peachy Keen

Twine from Twinery

Button from my stash

Life is Good

Yup- Life is good for many reasons but how about this card-- flip flops  and a cool beverage. The temperatures are well into the 90's in MN this week so we are doing whatever possible to stay cool. Wearing flip flops and an sipping a cool umbrella drink are a must!

I inked a white square of card stock with Tim Holtz ink to create a back drop for my flip flops.

I love this new Tim Holtz ink, Picked Raspberry. It's part of the summer limited edition. You can find it over at Ginger Snap Scraps now.

The DT at Ginger Snap Scraps has been working with these new inks and have come up with some amazing projects for you. Be sure to stop by and take a look. 

Stay cool!!

Here's How I did it...

A2 card base

Pattern paper from Echo Hello Summer and Paradise Beach 6x6 paper pads

Drink/layers cut at 4" from Pack You Bags cart

Flips flops are K&Compnay Stickers I had in my drawer

Sentiment is from CardzTV More Encouraging Thoughts stamp set

Tim Holtz ink

Buttons from my stash