Supplementing Anna Griffin's Card Kit with Cricut

I am making Mother's Day Cards from HSN with Anna Griffin's Card kit today and ran out of Happy Mother's Day sentiments.  I love her card kits and they are so generous with plenty of left overs, but Anna needs to add more Mother's Day sentiments because some of us have step parents on both sides of the family!  I needed sets for Mothers, Grandmothers, Step Mothers and Step Grandmothers.  So, I got on my Design Space and made my own! 

I used Cricut Elegant Edges for the oval frames, added the cream ovals in the center and the sentiment is from Cricut Mother's Day 2010 Cartridge.  I sent the cream oval to the back and then flattened the images.  After I printed and cut them, I embellished with a gold pen by hand.  Now I can make all my cards with professional looking sentiments.  Thanks Anna Griffin and Cricut!

And here is a photo of the outside of the cards by Anna.

Add Dimension and Sparkle!

Here is a quick look at my lasted project for the Art Glitter DT.  I am going to enter this in the Moxie Fab World Birthday Card Challenge.   To get all of the details please visit the Art Glitter Blog HERE.  Thanks!

Supplies 
Art Glitter 18 Purple Ultrafine Opaque Glitter
Art Glitter 22 Lilac Ultrafine Opaque Glitter
Art Glitter Designer Dries Clear Glue
Art Glitter Ultrafine Metal Tip
Penny Black Sweet Dahlia Cling Stamp
Momento Black Ink
Copic Makers
Cricut Elegant Edges Cartridge
White Card Stock
Violet Card Stock
Green Card Stock
Assorted Ribbon
Angel Compnay Stamps (Happy, happy Birthday)
Assored Zig Makers

Using Card Kits for Pages

As a long time scrap booker, I have often used my scraps from making pages to make cards.  This month, I'm shaking things up and using scraps from a card kit from The Robin's Nest to make a page.    I don't often need baby cards, so after I made the cards I needed, I decided to use the rest of the kit to scrap a precious memory from my son's first bath at home.
Along with card kits from The Robin's Nest, I used a stamp and matching die from Heartfelt Creations.  The Robin's Nest and Heartfelt Creations have teamed up this month.  Don't you love the Heartfelt Flowers with dew drop centers from The Robin's Nest?!

So, here is how I created this page.  I started by cutting one inch of the top of the yellow ducky paper in the Baby Boy Card Kit from The Robin's Nest.  I then lined then up on the right hand side of the page to create a rectangle.  I trimmed one sheet of The Robin's Nest Water Color Ocean paper to make the blue strip along the bottom, and placed one of the trimmed pieces from above to repeat the baby duck print in the same direction as the blue.
I stamped the flower using the Heartfelt Creation Perfect Petal Medley PreCut Set and then cut it using the Heartfelt Creations Perfect Petals Custom die.  I distressed inked the edges of my petals and shaped them with a ball stylus.  I used mini dew drops included in the Baby Boy Card Kit from The Robin's Nest in the center of my flower.
I used a bronze tag from the Safari Tag Kit and embossed it using Vintage Copper Enamel Powder by Piccolo.  I then used white letter stickers by The Robin's Nest and inked them to match my flower.  I love that I can ink these white stickers to match any color on my page!  The rubber duckies are from the Baby Boy card kit and I used one to cover the corner of a tag from the Safari Tag Kit.  This tag had a map of Africa, and I needed to make it baby boy.  This is a great trick to use items in your stash, just embellish to match your page!  I ran a ribbon from the Safari kit through the Collin tag and adhered it to the page.  A scrap of the same ribbon is used to embellish the journaling tag.
The circle was cut with Sure Cuts a Lot, but you could simply cut a circle and add some of letter stickers to get the same look.  I love the use of the yellow, blue and white on this page!

Now my cards were made with the same kits mentioned above and ribbon.  I used the Elegant Edges Cricut Cartridge to cut the frames and embellished them with the mini dew drops.  I added the stickers from the Baby Boy kit and kept the cards simple but sparkly!
Be sure to check out The Robin's Nest Store this month for specials on their card and tag kits for 20% off.  Here is a link for the sale items.  Use the coupon code cardkitpromo.  There are only a few days left to cash in on this special, so be sure to check out the fabulous kits!
Supplies
The Robin's Nest Water Color Ocean paper
The Robin's Nest Baby Boy Card Kit
The Robin's Nest Safari Tag Kit
The Robin's Nest White Letters
Heartfelt Creations HCPC 3313 Perfect Petal Medley PreCut Set
Heartfelt Creations Perfect Petal Custom Design Die Template
Teal card stock
White card stock

Vintage Copper Enamel Powder by Piccolo
Enamel Powder Adhesive in roll on bottle
Sure Cuts A Lot Software (Optional-circle and title maybe made with other methods)Stampin' Up Journaling stamp
Close to My Heart inks

Using Fabulous Fashion Trends on a Page

One of my all time favorite fashion trends is Men's Wear details for Women's clothing! So, when I saw The Robin's Nest Classified Line I had to have it! And how fabulous is the black, yellow, grey and white combo!? I am entering this in The Play Date Cafe's Challenge #122. Here is the color story inspiration photo. So, how do you use this trend on a page? Try small patterns, like the Mens suit stamp paper. Use small feminine details, like the Purple Cows Spring punch and use a classic color combo like the one in this page.
This month The Robin's Nest Design Team is doing a swap with Purple Cows. I was sent several punches and a stamping tool. Here is my first project with The Purple Cows Craft Geek Punch It-Spring tool. I love that you can use this tool any where on the page, and rotate it to make multiple designs. The possibilities are endless!
So, here are the details of this project. The background sheet is The Robin's Nest Distressed Honeycomb paper. On top of that is layered The Robin's Nest Mens Suit Stamp. Before I adhered the Men's Suit Stamp, I used The Purple Cows Spring Punch it to add the border detail on the left hand side. To use this along the length of the page, you need to roll the paper under the punch. Since, The Robin's Nest paper is such a heavy weight paper, I rolled the paper in the opposite direction when my punching was finished and it laid flat again. The Mens Suit Stamp was then sewn onto the Distressed Honeycomb paper with a zig zag stitch.
The title was created with the Cricut Imagine and Cricut Craft Room software using Graphically Speaking, and Elegant Edges. I used the print only mode for the Top 10, and the black border around the reads). I then used the cut only mode for the rest and cut the yellow label in The Robin's Nest Honeycomb Linen Fleur Paper.
The library cards are a free printable I got from a favorite Etsy Shop: Sweetly Scrapped Art. Be sure to check out their blog using the link in the supply list below.
The stamp is Inkadinkadoo and on top of the dots in the image, I added The Robin's Nest Black Dew Drops. They add the perfect bit of fashion glamour to balance the yellow in the page. The key to using yellow is small doses. I added a bit of black Stickles to the smaller dots on the stamp too.
The photo on the page is our local library. I so wanted to scrapbook this for my children, along with a list of our favorite children's books. What wonderful memories I have of my childhood library and reading. I so hope my children grow to remember our library fondly!
Supply List
The Robin's Nest Distressed Honeycomb Paper (Backgound)
The Robin's Nest Honeycomb Linen Fleur Paper (reads title & Behind punched border)
The Robin's Nest Men's Suit Stamp
The Robin's Nest Classified Die Cut Shapes (under Sycamore Library)
The Robin's Nest Classified Stickers (center of flower, library tag)
The Robin's Nest Solid Black Dew Drops
Purple Cows Punch It Spring Craft Geek Punch
White Paper Flowers
Yellow Acrylic Flowers
Inkadinkadoo Wellspring Stamp
Cricut Graphically Speaking Cartridge (Top 10 Reads)
Cricut Elegant Edges (Title Label in Honeycombe Fleur)
Library Cards free printable from Sweetly Scrapped Etsy Store
Silk Daisy
Sewing Machine & Thread
Distress ink