Be My Valentine Challenge

The new Cricut Cardz Challenge is to make a square or round Valentine's Day card using the card feature from any cartridge. This is what I came up with.

I used Just Because Cards to make a square 5" card that I cut out of white card stock. I rounded the outer edges with my corner chomper. I added a red mat cut at 4 3/4" and the patterned paper mat cut at 4 1/2" and rounded the corners. I then used the Love Struck cartridge to cut my heart at 4" out of red and white paper.  I stamped my sentiment to the center of the heard and added the heart with some foam tape to the front of my card. To finish my card I added a sheer white ribbon. I hope you will play along with us for the challenge.

Valentine's Day Treat Box

I wanted to make my Mom a quick little Valentine's Day goodie, so I grabbed two different kinds of dark chocolate for her and whipped up this Take Out box to put it in. I used the Sweet Tooth Boxes Project cartridge to cut the box. I cut it at 10 1/4" as recommended in the handbook and it held both bags of candy . After I scored and folded it. I followed the directions in the handbook and glued it all together. I added some extra glue to the bottom of the box and the sides. Then I used my Crop-a-dile Big Bite to punch a 1/8" hole on each side and added an eyelet for my ribbon. To finish the box I cut the heart from the Sweethearts cartridge at 3" and stamped my sentiment. On the other side I cut the hearts from the Love Struck season cartridge at 3 1/2" and applied some Hero Arts Prisma Glitter to the pink layer.

The patterned paper I used is from a K & Company Valentine's Day paper pack I picked up last year. I am really pleased how this turned out and I know my mom will love it.

Chocolate is the Answer!

I made this little treat box for my mom this afternoon. I got my idea from a post Diane at Capadia Designs did Here. I got some Hershey's Dark Chocolate Nugget bars and covered them with some K & Company  valentine paper. Instead of a treat bag I wanted a treat box. I found this box on the Love Struck mini Cricut cartridge that was released in 2010. I don't think you can get the cartridge anywhere now. I started out putting the box on my Gypsy mat and cutting it as large as I could so I could get an idea of the size. It cut at 9.35" which made about a 7" box a little too large for what I wanted. So I cut the box at 7.25" which worked much better. I embossed the front of the box with a Sizzix Valentine embossing folder I got at Michael's.  I used Scor-tape on the side and bottom flaps to secure the box to be sure it didn't pop open after I had it filled with candy. I covered the heart cutout with a piece of acetate then filled the box with my covered nuggets. To finish off the box, I tied a bow with a raspberry covered ribbon. The tag was cut from the Sentimental Cricut cartridge at 2 3/4". I used some Raspberry ink to stamp the tag. One side just says Valentine Wishes and the other side says Chocolate is the answer no matter what the question is. I love that stamp so was happy I could use it on this project.

The box and project went together really quickly and was fun to make. I filled it with my Mom's favorite candy so I know she will like it. I have one more day off before I head back to work so hope to get another project or two done tomorrow. Thanks for visiting.

Cricut Cardz Challenge

The challenge this week over at Cricut Cardz Challenge is to make a using any theme and cartridges we wanted but to use only the colors red, white, and black. Here is what I came up with.

I decided to make Valentine's Day card. My card base is what card stock folded to 4 1/4" X 5 1/2". I added a red mat that I cut at 4 1/8" X 5 1/4". I then punched a border along the bottom of the red mat using my Martha Stewart Cherished Hearts border punch. My white mat was cut at 3 3/4" X 5 1/4" and again I used the same border punch and punched the border at the bottom of this mat. My Cricut cut is from the Love Struck mini cartridge and was cut at 3". I used black for the first layer of this image and some red metallic Recollections card stock for the top layer. I also sprayed the red top layer with some Berry Ice Smooch spray to give it even more shimmer. Behind my image I added a strip of sheer white ribbon that had some red hearts across the middle of it. I attached my heart cut with some foam tape and added a rhinestone to the top and bottom of the heart. I am really happy how this came out and love this border punch. Thanks for visiting.

Valentine Bouquet

A couple of weeks ago I made a little thank you bouquet for a co-worker. She liked it so well that she asked me to make another one for her to give to her daughter for her birthday so I did. Then my boss asked me to make a Valentine Day themed one for him to give to his wife. Just finished that this morning. I used a container I found at Michael's on clearance for $1.39, filled it with M & M's and cut lots of daisies from Walk in My Garden and Hearts from the new Love Struck mini cartridge. I cut some of the hearts out of red shiny card stock I had on hand. I also cut one of the hearts out of white and flocked with the red Martha Stewart flocking powder. Kathy Orta from the Cricut Message Board shared the technique of using the flocking powder with the hearts. I really liked the look it gave them so was anxious to give it a try. Everything was cut at 2 1/2". I used some Valentine Themed pencils I found at the dollar store along with some Pixie Sticks for the stems. I adhered everything with the Scotch Quick Dry Adhesive. The ribbon is from Michaels and the tag was cut from the Sentimental Cartridge. I cut both the tag on white card stock and the tag shadow in red both at 2 1/2". I stamped the tag with Valentine Wishes in red and used some red embroidery floss to tie the tag to the larger ribbon.

Valentines Day Treat Box

I found some brightly colored Jordan Almonds at the store today. My mom loves them so of course I had to buy some. I decided to make a little treat box to put them in for her. I used the box on the new Cricut Love Struck mini cartridge. I cut the box at 8" which made a 5" box when folded. The paper I used was some double sided K & Company Valentine paper I got in a paper pack from Michaels a while back. I layed out the box on my Gypsy. I then added a 2nd mat page to my file and did a layer of two simple hearts also from the Love Struck cartridge. The larger heart is 2.66" and the smaller heart is 1.73". I then welded them together and cut them out of some plain white cardstock. I embossed the white heart with the Swiss Dots cuttlebug folder. I inked around the edges of the heart with some Rosebud Memento ink. I cut a 3" x 3" square of clear acetate to place over the heart cut out on the box. I used some Beacons 3-in-1 glue to attach the embossed heart to the front of the box over the heart cut out.

I scored all the score lines on the box using my Scor-Pal (love it!). I used Scor-tape on the side flap to make sure the box didn't come apart. I also placed a small piece of Score-tape along the bottom flap as well because the almonds I was putting in the box have a little weight to them and I didn't want the bottom of the box falling out. Once I put the almonds in the box I closed it up and added some ribbon tied in a bow. The ribbon is by American Crafts and I got it at Craft Warehouse.

I am sure my Mom will love the box. She gets it Monday.  Thanks for looking.