613 Avenue Create #206 - Anything Goes - Option Love

Hello, my Crafty Friends!  613 Avenue Create starts off February with the option of Love on our Anything Goes Challenge.  Since Valentine's Day is this month, we know a number of you already have love on your minds.  We're anxious to see what you all create so please join in.  Here's my card.  I actually made a number of these for my church ministry to give to our adopted seniors.

I used a Cricut cartridge to cut the heart "flowers."  I stamped the background and sentiment, adding some gold thread behind the die cut sentiment.

I'll be back later to add some challenges.

Card stock:  Recollections 60 lb. and 110 lb.
Background Stamp:  Concord and 9th Polka Dot Turnabout (stamped once)
Sentiment:  Old and unknown
Cricut cartridge:  Close to My Heart Artbooking

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Fantabulous Cricut Challenge Blog #314 -Thanks/Thanksgiving

Hello, my crafty friends!  November is almost half over and Thanksgiving is almost here. Our challenge this time at Fantabulous Cricut Challenge Blog is to create a project having thanks and/or Thanksgiving as the theme.  We invite you to show us what you can do with this theme. Here's my card:

I love the flair this turkey has - it's kind of grand, don't you think?  I smooshed my Distress Ink pad on my craft mat and spritzed it with water.  Then I "scribbled" the ink onto water color paper to create the background.  (It looks more pink in this picture, but it's persimmon.)  I dried the panel using my heat gun. I used my Cricut to cut the turkey and the layer, coating the turkey with some clear WOS. The die cut sentiment is from a friend.  Finally, I added a bit of bling.

 The FCCB Design Team is sponsoring a $25 gift card at

Amazon!

To qualify for the prize, be sure to use at least 1 Cricut cut on your project and if it's not obvious, let us know what cartridge you used. If you use a Cricut Explore machine, at least one cut must be from the Cricut catalog of images.

Here are the details for my card:

Cricut Cartridge:  Celebrate with Flourish
Ink:  Ripe Persimmon Distress Ink
Sentiment:  Unknown dies
Card stock:  Recollections 60 lb and 110 lb
Canson Water Color Paper
Sequins:  My stash


We can't wait to see what you create!
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613 Avenue Create #203 Anything Goes-Option 3D Card

Hello, crafty friends!  Our challenge at 613 Avenue Create this month has the option to create a 3D card. I actually used my Cricut to make a french fry box as packaging for a gift for a card making friend. I added some bling and a sentiment cut out from some DP in my stash. Cute, don't you think? And it was quick and easy to make.

Cricut cartridge:  Close to my Heart Art Philosophy
Card stock, DP and bling:  My stash
 
Challenges:
Make My Monday #58 - Anything But a Card
Crafting with Friends #53 - Anything Goes 


       

  
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613 Avenue Create #193 - Anything Goes-Option Totally Technical-Use Your Favorite Technique

Happy 2017, my crafty friends!  At 613 Avenue Create we're starting off the New Year by highlighting techniques. I've used the technique of oragami paper folding as the focal point of my card. My daughter-in-law recently got a new job in the fashion industry. To congratulate her, I decided to make a card. I didn't have any stamps that I thought were appropriate so I surfed the internet for ideas. I ran across a You Tube video (click here for video) on making an oragami dress and decided to give it a try. This technique is brand new to me, but I love how it turned out. The paper for the dress is a bit shiny so there's a slight glare in the photo. I used a Cuttlebug embossing folder which I had never used before on the card base. The sentiment is from a Cricut cartridge (I don't remember which one). A few sequins round out the design.

We are now a just for fun challenge with occasional prizes. We hope you join us monthly as our designers are free to use any medium or image we desire. Doesn't that sound like fun?

Are you making any resolutions for this New Year? I don't do that any more, mostly because I never seem to follow through for very long. I've decided to resolve to be the best me I can be. Nothing specific, but I'm determined to live my life fully and to be engaged every day.

Peace and Blessing, friends!

Card Base:  Recollections 110 lb
DP: My stash
Sentiment:  Cricut cartridge
Sequins:  My stash
Embossing Folder:  Cuttlebug 

Challenges:
Simon Says Monday Challenge - Start Afresh
Simon Says Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes
Crafty Friends Challenge #48 - Anything Goes
Paru's Card Making Challenge - January Anything Goes
Brown Sugar Challenge #231 - Anything Goes






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613 Avenue Create #112-Anything Goes-Option Birthday

Hi, crafty friends!  You will probably be amazed at my project today.  Amazed because I did not make a card or a tag.  I made a door hanger - I amazed myself - LOL!!  Our challenge is Anything Goes as usual, with a birthday option. I did not specify happy birthday on my hanger. I intend to hang it on the guest room door when our grandson visits. I will put some candy and gum in the hanger to welcome him. The door hanger is a Cricut cut and the image is Bugagoo - I just love the Bugaboo stick figures - they are too cute!!

The DP and card stock are from my stash. I cut out the image using a Fawn Lawn stitched rectangle die. The basketball stamp is from the $1 bin (back when it was only $1) at Michaels. I used Spectrum Noir markers and Close to My Heart ink.

I'm entering these challenges:  Brown Sugar #134 - Boxes, Bags, Tags; Digitally Sweet Challenges #128 - What's in Your Bag; and Addicted to Stamps and More #132 - Make Your Mark.

Be sure to hop over to 613 Avenue Create to see the DT inspiration and to see who won our last challenge.

613 Avenue Create #103 - Anything Goes Option-First Day of Winter-Use Snowflakes

Because Winter arrives today, our newest challenge at 613 Avenue Create has the option to Use Snowflakes.  (I sure hope we don't get any snow this winter here in Georgia.)  Our sponsor is the always fabulous Rick St. Dennis.  I've used Mrs. Frosty:

I embossed Coredinations cardstock with a Tim Holtz Snowflake embossing folder, applying Chipped Sapphire Distress Ink directly from the pad to the embossed snowflakes. I colored Mrs. Frosty with Spectrum Noir Markers, adding a bit of black Wink of Stella to her eyes, mouth and buttons.  Her body has a coating of clear Wink of Stella.  I cut her out with a Scalloped Oval Nesties, dusting it with blue chalk before removing it from the die.  The sentiment is a Cricut cut, also coated with clear WOS.

I'm entering these challenges:

Simon Says Monday Challenge - Anything Goes; Simon Says Wednesday Challenge - Winter Inspiration; Brown Sugar Challenge #125 - Christmas;  Stamplorations December Challenge - Stamps and my favorite Technique (October Challenge - Embossing); and CASology #126 - Snow.

Again, I kept it all flat for ease of mailing. I love the texture of the embossing and the look of the distress ink. Happy Crafting, my friends!!

Hedgehog Card

Hi, there!  I got out my Cricut this weekend and made a card using my B is for Boy Cricut Lite Cart.  I got it at Walmart quite a while ago, well before they stopped carrying Cricut items. Take a look at my card:

Isn't he cute?  The DP is Twitterpated, a retired CTMH paper.  I love the look of the forest. The card stock is from my stash.  I hand cut the grass like border to ground him.  The sentiment and ink are also CTMH. I distressed the edges of the sentiment and card with ink. I definitely need to use my Cricut more.

I'm entering these challenges:  Cut It Up #37 - Through the Woods; Challenges 4 Everybody #37 - Anything Goes; and Send a Smile 4 Kids - Anything Goes.

Thanks so much for stopping by.  Have a great day!

Back to School Card for Our Grandson

This is my second post today because I want to enter a couple of challenges.  I created this card for our grandson.  He's excited to be in the 6th grade this year.  So Granny and Grandpa sent him this card with a little something special in it.

I love that sheet of composition paper.  I used my new CTMH Artbooking Cricut cartridge to cut it.  I stamped the lines on it and the sentiment with the Take Note stamp set, part of the Cricut bundle of stamps that comes with the cart. Isn't it adorable?  I finished it off with Washi tape and punched stars.  The ink and DP are from CTMH.

I'm entering these challenges:  Sassy Studio Designs - Back to School; MilkCoffee Challenge - Back to School; and Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge - Back to School.

613 Avenue Create Challenge 25: Anything Goes-Create a Fat Page

Our new challenge at 613 Avenue Create is Anything Goes - Create a Fat Page.  I've never made a fat page before.  It's 4 x 4 and "heavily embellished."  Now my inherent CAS style does not allow me to heavily embellish - I just can't do it.  Here's my fat page, as heavily embellished as I could manage which is not so much...

Our sponsor is Lacy Sunshine.  I used her Flowers on a Cloud image. I colored it with water color pencils and fussy cut it.  I made the rainbow using Memento inks and adhered it behind the flowers.  The additional clouds and airplane were cut on my Cricut months ago so I don't remember which cart I used.  The sentiment is from CTMH A Rainbow, punched out with a Fiskars punch (I think).  I distressed the edges of the fat page and the clouds and popped up two clouds.  There is a bit of bling on the sentiment.

We'd like to see what you make. You have a week :)

I'm entering these challenges:  Challenges 4 Everybody - Anything Goes; Sentimental Sundays - For the Girls; Tammy's Scrapin Corner - Anything with Wings.

Sketch Challenge at Jackson's Digital Expressions

We have a wonderful Sketch Challenge at JDE this week.  I used the sketch to create a Halloween card using Robert's Pumkin Patch image.  I cut out the image after coloring it and adding a bit of glitter glue. It's hard to see, but my moon is cut out of sparkly cardstock.  All papers are from my stash.  I decided to put a spider web across the bottom instead of using a fence.  The moon and spider web are cuts from my Cricut. My sentiment is a sticker from my stash.  I like that Halloween isn't just black and orange any more. I love the green and purple. As you might have guessed, my grandson is the intended recipient. 

For some reason, I'm unable to load the sketch, but you can see it at JDE along with what the rest of the DT has made with Robert's images and images from our sponsors Bugaboo Stamps and Guylou's. Have fun looking at all the cool projects!  Link up your entry - one lucky participant will win a special "Thriller" prize!

I'm entering some challenges:  Ink It Pink Challenge #15 (Fall or Halloween) and PaperPretties (Halloween).

Girl Birthday Cards

Here are a couple of birthday cards I made for two of the girls in my family.  They happen to share the same birthday which, I guess, is why I didn't take separate pictures of the cards.

I used the same Close to My Heart stamp set for both the cake and the cupcakes.  Since my photography skills are not the best, it's a bit hard to see that the one on the right has cupcakes on a plate while the one on the left has a cake on a plate. One has a stamped sentiment and the other a Cricut sentiment.  Both have a bit of bling.  Clean and Simple birthday wishes.