Christmas Cupcake

I saw a Hallmark ornament and thought it would make a cute little card.  I made some adjustments to make her all mine :)  I used the Jolly Holidays and From My Kitchen Cricut cartridges.  I cut Santa's little helper at 3.5 and I cut the cupcake at 2.5.  I also cut the recipe die cut from From My Kitchen but I don't remember the dimensions.  I cut off the legs (!) and skates and positioned her on top of the cupcake.  I used gesso to give dimension on the cupcake frosting and the hat.  Honestly, I don't know much about using gesso.  I just slapped it on, swirled it a bit and waited for it to dry.  I added some sparkle with Stampin Up Smooch Moonlight Pearlized Accent Ink and sequins that I colored with a Copic marker to make them yellow.

I entered my card on:
Fantabulous Cricut Challenge - #190
Crafty Boots Challenge - Christmas
Cute Card Thursday - Challenge 299, Christmas Catch Up

Thanks for looking and have a wonderful day!!

Pier 1 Inspiration

 Sometimes I get inspiration for my cards from the strangest places.  This time I got my inspiration from the Pier 1 Imports Christmas Penguin.  The little penguin with his foot in the cupcake was just too cute to pass up.  I thought it would make a great birthday card for winter if I altered it just a bit.  To alter the original to give it a more vintage look: I chose some soft and feminine colors.  Even the penguin is not solid black.  I used distress inks, lace, distress file for the paper edges to complete the look.

1.  I needed a chubby little gal like the one in the Pier 1 penguin so I got her from Jolly Holidays.  So that just goes to show ya that Jolly Holidays ain't just for Christmas! :)
2.  I hid the face using the Gypsy and drew eyes and eyebrows like the Pier 1 penguin.
3.  The little feet were attached right at the tummy so I cut them off (ouch!).  I cut thin pieces of cardstock to make legs and attached the feet.
4.  The bow is from Paper Pups.  I added glitter to add a little texture and fun.
5.  The cupcake is from From My Kitchen.  I added glitter to layer because the frosting layers were white on white and wanted it stand out a bit.
6.  The pennants are hand cut and were added onto the twine with Glossy Accents.
7.  I added the crochet ribbon and distressed the edges of my paper.

Designed by ~ Lori Sjogren
Machines Used ~ Cricut Create
Supplies used ~ Cricut: Jolly Holidays, From My Kitchen, Paper Pups. Paper:  Prima and Webster Pages.  Other: Tim Holtz Antique Linen Distress Pad, Tim Holtz Black Soot, Tim Holtz Antique Linen Distress Marker, Webster Pages Crochet Ribbon, Donna Salazar Pralines & Cream Fairy Dust Glitter, other glitter and twine from my stash.

Movie Madness

I decided to enter a Haunted Design House challenge called Movie Madness which calls for a gothic/dark piece inspired by a movie. I have just watched the classic Physcho by Alfred Hitchcock. I love it because the nail-biting scariness is more psychological than gore.  Those are the best ones for me. And who can forget that iconic scene with Janet Leigh?   That is the scene I chose to depict.

Believe it or not I used my Cricut on two images - Rock Princess for the hand and From my kitchen for the knife. The tiles I cut one by one using a paper trimmer. I used Glossy Accents for the water and the curtain was a piece of plastic I had on hand.

Happy Purr-day!

I have to admit: This was a challenging card to make.  But it was fun, too.  Does that make sense?  :)  I saw a challenge at Bitten by the Bug 2 to use balloons in a birthday card and I couldn't get the image of cats playing with the balloons out of my mind.  So I pulled out my Meow Cricut Lite Cartridge and went to town with it!

I didn't think a regular A6 card would do the trick to show the playfulness of the cats so I made a step ladder card.  I used the instructions from this video:  Andrea Walford.  I'm a visual kinda gal.

I also entered this card in:

Paper Playtime - Say It with Sentiments, Challenge 72

One Stitch At a Time - Bright

I Used:

- Meow Cricut Lite Cartridge, Provocraft - cats and "Purr"

- From My Kitchen Cricut Cartridge, Provocraft - cake and stand

- Martha Stewart Birthday Cakes, Provocraft 

•  balloons
• "day" welded in the Gypsy - What a fun font!
• all the letters in HAPPY

- Ice White Pearl Pen, Viva Decor

- Floral wire stems, Floral Soft

- Pink Pattern Paper, SEI

- Light Blue Paper used as the base of the step ladder card - Stampin' Up

- All other paper from my scrap stash

This naughty kitty got his paws on the cake. 
I swapped out the original fish bowl.

This little kitty is all tied up!