Anna Griffin Day 15: Baptism Card

What do you do when you need a card for a religious event?  Add some custom Cricut cuts to an Anna Griffin Card!  For this card I created some cut and print sentiments with my Cricut Explore,  I then added them to an Anna Griffin card and embellished the cuts with Art Glitter!
I started with the God Bless you banner and used the Wild Card cartridge for the sentiment.  The banner is from Decorate!  Celebrate!

Next I made the "On this Day" circle with a plain circle in white background and the circle sentiment from Close to My Heart Artbooking. Using the palm frond behind the circle element gives the look of a pleated rosette without the bulk.  At first I wasn't fond of these palm fronds, but now I am addicted and want more!  The glittered pnk die is Anna Griffin also and cut with glitter paper.
Inside the card I created and oval using the Sophie Cart for the vined oval.  To create the "it's your," and "day" I used two of the images from Wild Card and hid a portion of each so I could split the sentiment.  The "baptism" is from Inspired Heart.  On all my cut and print items, I used the Art Glitter Ultra Fine tip and Dries Clear glue to add glitter.

Supplies
Cricut Wild Card Cartridge
Cricut Close To My Heart Artbooking Cartridge (On this Day)
Cricut Decorate! Celebrate Cartrdige
Cricut Sophie Cartridge
Cricut Inspired Heart Cartridge
Art Glitter 295 Ensalada Ultrafine Transparent Glitter
92 Bananan Ultrafine Transparent Glitter
304 Petal Pink Ultrafine Transparent Glitter
Art Glitter Designer Dries Clear Glue
Art Glitter Ultra Fine Tip
Anna Griffin Die
Anna Griffin Sweet Salutations Pop Up Card Kit
DCWV Glitter Stack

#Finish Your UFO Challenge #7: Wool or Copper

This week I am continuing with my Finish Your Unfinished Objects Challenge.  And working with the Anniversary theme, the seventh anniversary, this week's extra entry theme is wool or copper.  So, pull out any unfinished project with wool, copper, fabric or metal and tell us about how you are going to finish your project.
In the photo above I used some wool fabric and Art Glitter Fantasy Fiber to make a throw pillow.  You can find more on this project here.  To enter this weeks challenge use the linkinz in the post below.   

Finish Your UFO Challenge #6: Candy

When I looked up this week's theme from the traditional sixth anniversary gift, I had to smile!  The timing is perfect for Valentine's day, because the sixth anniversary gift is traditionally candy.  So, if you have a UFO that involves Candy or holding candy you may be all in! 
Above you can see a paper cake box I made with Art Glitter, Heartfelt Creations, and Cricut.  A great box for holding candy.  Find the information on the project pictured above here. 

And the prize for February's drawing is a set of Jamberry Nail Wraps, some tools and cream samples donated by Jamie Furst.  Thanks Jamie!  You can find Jamie's Jamberry info here.  To enter, just scroll down and use the InLinz in the post below, or post to my Facebook group. 
The winner of the January prize was Heather Neppl.  Thanks to all of you who joined in the UFO challenge, we had 37 entries! 

@Cricut Christmas Ornaments

I love when my creative work matches a challenge at Bitten by the Bug 2!  This week I am making ornaments for co workers with my A Child's Year Cartridge.  For my co workers with grand children I used children silhouettes from A Child's Year and in the photo below you will see poor photos of  other ornaments made with A Child's Year and Nursery Rhymes.  Don't forget you can add two images together to get the right amount of children for your ornament!  And if you make an ornament for more than 5 children, try cutting two images and placing pop dots between them.  Show some one each side of the ornament to complete the family!

A comment on the glitter I used for snow...I recommend the Art Glitter Faux snow OVER Martha Stewarts glitter!  I was running low on my AG Faux snow and decided to try Martha's, as I can purchase it locally and was in a hurry.  Martha's glitter clings to the inside of the globe (notice the fuzzy photo).  The Art Glitter snow laid softly on the bottom of the globe and let the Cricut cut shine through (I used only AG in the ornament in the tree photo and it was the best!).  I used the Art Glitter Sticky sheet to cut the three girls with my Cricut and used the Ultra fine glitter on them.  To add some stability to the children and keep the glitter in place while assembling the ornament, I cut a circle of transparency paper from Art Glitter.  I stamped a delicate snowflake on them with white ink, but it is hard to see in the photo.  The photo never does your work justice, does it?

Supplies
Cricut A Child's Year Cartridge (3 girls ornament)
Cricut Nursery Rhymes Cartridge (5 and 6 children ornament)
Cricut CTMH Artiste Cartridge (Tree in 5 children ornament)
Art Glitter Faux Snow
Art Glitter 373 Fairy Dust Ultra Fine Transparent Glitter
Art Glitter Transparency Sheets
Art Glitter Sticky Small Sheet
Martha Stewart Glitter
CTMH White Water Based Ink
Inkadinkadoo Snowflake stamp
Papertrey Ink Globe ornaments
White Ribbon
Hot Glue
Buttons (for the bottom of the ornaments)

More Fabulous Flowers with Art Glitter

Supply List
Art Glitter Green Gala Glitz
Art Glitter Gold Gala Glitz
Art Glitter Dries Clear Glue
Art Glitter Ultra Fine Tip
Art Glitter 79 Ultrafine Opaque Black Glitter
Art Glitter92 Ultrafine Transparent Bananan Glitter
Graphic 45 Curtain Call Collection paper (sheet music)
Crate Paper Random Collection Victorian paper (chevron)
Teresa Collins Stationary Noted (Notebook Owl paper & saying)
Dew Drop The Robin's Nest
Zva Creative (yellow swirl bling)
Forever in Time Gem Swirls (green swirl bling)
Jolee's BBK Silver Mini Flowers (flowers on chevron Strip)
Liquid Glass
Copic Markers (R27, YR18, 100, G24, G94)
Coffee Filters
Sizzix Susan's Garden Poppy Die
Black Card Stock
Yellow Card Stock
Green Card Stock
Red Card Stock
Ball Stylus
Tweezers
Cricut (Boy Die cut)

One of Clare's all time favorite flowers is a Poppy.  She has been wanting to make a paper poppy forever, and she finally found a Poppy die she wanted by Sizzix.  She cut three of each petal shape using coffee filters, because she wanted to capture the fragility of the Poppy Petal and make it realistic.  Since she used a die, she cut all three layers in one pass.  She then colored the petals with Copics in YR18 Sanguine, R27 Cardinal Red and 100 Black.  Once the petals were dry, Clare used a ball stylus to shape the petals.  For the center of the poppy, she cut the black and yellow pieces and curled them per the instructions (with a tweezer) that came with the Sizzix Susan's Flower Garden Die and then added Bananan Ultrafine Tranparent glitter using the Art Glitter Ultrafine Glue tip and Art Glitter Dries clear glue.  She used the same method to apply Black Ultrafine Opaque Art glitter to the black center die cut pieces. 

For the very center of the flower she layered a Robin's Nest Dew Drop over the Art Glitter Bananan using the Liquid Glass between the dew drop and the glitter.  This is such a fabulous sparkly look!  On top of the dew drop, Clare used the Art Glitter Ultra Fine tip to add a fine detail of black Art Glitter. 
For the teeny tiny bling flowers on the rhinestone bling, Clare used a few grains from the Art Glitter Gala Glitz, Gold Gala Glitz for the green flower center, and Green Gala Glitz for the yellow flower center.  

 

 

She loves that she can't get add such a pretty tiny finishing detail with Art Glitter products!  The Green Gem Swirl was getting lost on the black Graphic 45 patterned paper, so to make it stand out a bit more, Clare used the Art Glitter Ultrafine Glue tip and Green Gala Glitz.  This is a great way to add more weight to an embellishment and sparkle!

Here is another tip Clare loves to use: match your colors perfectly by using your markers!  The boy die cut and the Crate Paper were not exact matches to the orange red of the poppy, so Clare used the same Copics she used in the Poppy to color the die cut and the paper a bit to match and pull the whole page together!

To see more of Clare's work, please visit her blog Cricutcraftyclare.BlogSpot.com.

FCCB Challenge 201 Use a Sketch

 Happy Monday and welcome to another Monday challenge!

Challenge #201 Sketch Challenge

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Sketch Challenge

Create a project using the following sketch:

This sketch is from the now defunct Card Positioning Systems.

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.

For my project this week, I made another card for one of my sisters.  I have been working on a card for each of them this year that lets them know how much I admire them.  The honeycomb print and the little blue check in the "You" label are both made with Cricut Imagine Yummy. The "You" is actually part of Cricut Creative Memories Divine Wedding cartridge, I just hid the words "It had to be" above"you" and replaced it with" I admire" from the Cricut Calligraphy cart.  The admire and you are printed ONLY.  I love using the Imagine for a multiple project like this, I will make each of my six sisters a card.  Here is a link to one of my other sister cards using the same "I admire you" label in a totally different card. 

For the doily cut I used Winter Lace and hid the inside cuts for most of the snowflake on my Gypsy so that it appeared to just have a lacy border.  I then cut the mat piece using Art Glitter Sticky paper.  I pealed off the protective layer and covered it in Art Glitter 234 Turquoise Ultrafine Opaque Glitter.   This is a great way to add special touch to your Cricut cuts!  I cut the doily layer and the rest of the card using K and Company paper. 

FCCB Challenge 195

 Happy Monday and welcome to another Monday challenge with FCCB!

Challenge #95 Mix and Match

Use 3 different patterns of paper

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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.  To join this weeks challenge visit Fantabulous Cricut Challenge blog here. 

Here are my tips for using three or more patterned papers in a project:

1)  Use papers from the same collection.  For this page I used Bo-Bunny's Teen Chic paper line.

2)  If you use paper from more than one manufacturer, use a single patterned paper for the color scheme and chose papers with a matching color scheme.

3)  Use simple patterns such as stripes, dots and checks, or an all over pattern such as the green pattern in frame on this page. 

4)  Use smaller scale patterns and add larger scales coordinating patterns as accents.  See how I fussy cut the flowers from the Bo-Bunny patterned paper and made my own embellishments? 

5)  Add a neutral.  Bo-Bunny already had black (a neutral) in the stripe, and I added some more to help pull the patterned papers together.

Supplies

Cricut Fontopia Cartridge (Black Frame)

Cricut Ashlyn's Alphabet Cartridge (watermelon)

Cricut Close To My Heart Artiste Cartridge (rolled roses)

Cricut Mother's Day Bouquet (Pink flower with red embellished center)

Cricut George Cartridge (Pink circle)

Art Glitter Black Glitter

Art Glitter Dries Clear Adhesive

Art Glitter Ultra fine Glue tip

Bo-Bunny Teen Chic papers

Zva Creative (small green rhinestones)

Simply Elegant Round Embellishment (center of pink flower)

Creative Memories leaf punch

Want2Scrap pearls

MonAmiGabby green pearl button

Prima leaves

Bazzill Basics Paper flower (black flower)

American Crafts black velvet ribbon
Pink felt
Green felt

Valentine's Day Card & Envelope

 

 

 

 

 

 

Supplies
Art Glitter Dries Clear Glue
Art Glitter Ultrafine Tip
Art Glitter 332 Red Rocket Chunky Opaque Hologram Glitter
Art Glitter Small Transparency
Snap 'n Peal
Heartfelt Creations Timeless Amour Custom Die
Lattice Lace Envelope Wrap Silhouette

This Valentine's Day, Clare wanted to make an envelope as pretty as the card.  So, she found an envelope wrap at the Silhouette store that coordinated with a Heartfelt Creations die and cut it in red card stock.  She highlighted heart shapes in the pattern by adding Art Glitter Dries Clear Glue using the Ultra fine tip and Art Glitter (see photo above).

For the card, Clare cut the Heartfelt Creations Timeless Amour Custom die in the Snap 'n Peal.  She pulled off the protective layer and adhered it to the Art Glitter Small Transparency (photo above).  She removed the second protective layer and added Art Glitter Red Rocket Chunky Opaque Hologram Glitter.  She used Momenta stickers for the word LOVE.

She tied the envelope wrapper closed, much like she would tie a ribbon around a present.  She tied one side first, threading from top to bottom.  Threaded the ribbon up to the top for the opposite sides and then tied a bow.  Such a simple elegant card and envelope!

 

Wonderful Winter White

Supplies 
Art Glitter Small Sticky Paper
Art Glitter Waterfall Fantasy Film
Art Glitter Fantasy Fiber Snowflake
Art Glitter 373 Fairy Dust
Iron
Parchment Paper
Cricut Winter Lace Cartridge (large snowflake)
Creative Memories 'Tis The Season Cricut Cartridge (title)
McGill Snowflake Punch
Martha Stewart Snowflake Punch (medium snowflake with circle frame)
3 Birds Designs Lace paper
White Card Stock
Queen and Co Pearls
Jolee Bling (pearl in setting)
Close To My Heart Flower bling
White Flowers
Zva Creative Blue Swirl Bling

Clare love's to capture the wonder of Mother Nature's  winter's whites with Art Glitter!  She scrap books all her families Christmas Cards and keeps them in a Christmas album that she brings out when the decorations go up. What a great way to see how all the children, nieces and nephews change and grow over the years!
Clare started with a piece of white card stock.  She pressed a thin layer of the Art Glitter Fantasy Fiber in Snowflake between parchment paper on a silk setting for five seconds.  She layered this on top of the white card stock and placed a piece of paper lace on top.

Clare folded a piece of Art Glitter Waterfall Fantasy Fiber in half and pressed it in the same manor as above.  She then cut in a Cricut machine using 'Tis the Season Creative Memories Cricut Cartridge.  Clare says to treat the fused Fantasy Film like a lighter weight card stock (Clare used a pressure of 4).  For the snowflakes, Clare cut the white portion using Art Glitter Sticky paper  and pealed off the protective layer.

She sprinkled on Art Glitter Fairy Dust on top and shook off excess.  She sandwhiched the glittered snowflake between two layers of Art Glitter Waterfall Fantasy Fiber and pressed again.

 Clare found that some of the smaller corners needed a bit more than the standard 3 to 5 seconds to bond.  She then hand trimmed around the snowflake.  She used the same layered technique with two more punched snowflakes in the sticky paper as well.

Clare wishes you could see this page live and in person as the photos don't do it justice!  The snowflake and title are much more light aqua blue in real life and work well with the winter whites to make a faux ice look!

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

Special Birthday's Deserve Special Cards

Supplies
Art Glitter 183 Blue Angel Ultrafine Pearlescent Glitter
Art Glitter 185 Varsity Blue Ultrafine Pearlescent Glitter
Art Glitter 199 Torch Lake Ultrafine Transparent Glitter
Art Glitter 211 Glacier Ultrafine Transparent Glitter
Art Glitter Gala Glitz Blue
Art Glitter Dries Clear Designer Glue
Art Glitter Ultrafine Metal Tip
Art Glitter Transparency Sheets
Art Glitter Sticky Paper
Sticky Tape
Scor-Tape  6" x 6" Sheet adhesive
Thicker Stickers
Penny Black eloquence Transparent Stamp Set 
Cricut Craft Room Software
Cricut George Basic Shapes
Cricut Base Camp Cartridge
Cricut A Child's Year
StazOn Black Ink
Pop dot


I am going to enter this card in Moxie Fab World's Birthday Card Challenge.  I love the sentiment:  Every Day Do Something That Makes Your Heart Sing.  Sounds like a Moxie Fab craft motto to me!  Get all the construction details at the Art Glitter blog here.

Patriotic Paper Bunting with Art Glitter and SU

My neighbor put up a fabulous fabric bunting to celebrate the 4th of July and it got me thinking about how to make one from paper.  So simple really:  just use the Stampin Up Rosette and layer it, add a little sparkle with Art Glitter and hang!

For each layer, I cut four of the rosette pieces and glued them together.  I over lapped the layers about 1/2" and glued.  I cut white circles in chip board and hot glued them on.  I cut a blue star with my Cricut and glued the Art Glitter Dragonfly Dazzlers on top (one of my all time Art Glitter products!) and glued this on top of my white circle.  I covered up my misaligned gluing with a few buttons and my bunting is ready to hang on the door!
And I am so excited to have something my husband will let me hang on our metal door.  Almost every wreath I have has some metal that he is sure will scratch the door.  Since this is made with paper, I have won the argument!
Supplies
Art Glitter D56 Dragonfly Dazzler
Art Glitter Dries Clear Adhesive
White Card Stock
Red Card Stock
Stampin Up Rosette Die
K & Company Paper (Blue)
Buttons
Cricut George Basic Shapes

Wet and Wild with Art Glitter and Authentique Paper A Sneak Peak

Here is a sneak peak of my Art Glitter blog post today on how to set your die cuts and pages apart.  Be sure to stop by the Art Glitter blog to see how you can make your dies different from everyone Else's!  

This month of June, Art Glitter is partnering with Authentique Papers.  The papers are so pretty and the addition of Art Glitter makes them POP!  Use the code AQ20 on your order at www.artglitter.com to save 20% on orders of $25.00 or more.  Happy shopping and hope you enjoy the month of Art Glitter with Authentique!  

Supplies:
Art Glitter Ultra Fine Metal Tip
Art Glitter Designer Dries Clear Glue
Art Glitter 185 Varsity Blue Ultrafine Pearlescent Glitter
Authentique Summer One Card Stock
Authentique Summer Enhancements
Yellow Card Stock
Blue Card Stock
Cricut or other Digital cutter
Sophie Cricut Cartridge
Cricut Craft Room Software or other cutting software

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So Ready for Summer

I am so ready for Summer.   I can't wait to visit the beach and I want my feet to look their best.  This year I am planning on glamming them up with Art Glitter, my Cricut and Cameo to make glitter tattoos for a great price!  Today I am sharing my first attempt at my own glitter tattoo at the Art Glitter blog HERE.  And don't worry if you don't have a digital cutter, Art Glitter has ready made stencils for the perfect tattoos!

Supplies
Art Glitter Sticky Paper
Art Glitter Body Glue
Art Glitter 175 Retro Red Ultrafine Pearescent Glitter
Art Glitter 278 Poppy Ultrafine Opaque Glitter
Art Glitter 47 Vine Ultrafine Opaque Glitter 
280 Lime Rind Ultrafine Opaque Glitter
Press n' Seal cling wrap
Cricut or Silhouette Machine or other digital cutter

Art Glitter Paper Cake Part One

Do you need an idea for bridal or baby shower favors?  How about a beautiful paper cake that can be a table centerpiece as well?  Above is a sneak peak of top of the cake.  Be sure to visit the Art Glitter blog HERE.  to see the rest of this project and the trail of butterflies up the side of the cake!  Below find the details on the box construction.  These instructions are for a three layer cake with a total of 54 boxes.

Instructions:

Box Cutting:

1.  For the bottom layer, cut 18 box bases in the Close to My Heart Artiste cake box with a width of 9 inches, using your patterned paper.  I used K & Company Ancestry.com paper.
2.  For the middle layer,  cut 18 box bases in the Close to My Heart Artiste cake box with a width of 9 inches, using your patterned paper.  I used K & Company Ancestry.com paper.
3.  For the top layer,  cut 18 box bases in the Close to My Heart Artiste cake box with a width of 9 inches, using your patterned paper.  I used K & Company Ancestry.com paper.

4.  For the bottom layer first row, cut nine box tops in the standard Close to My Heart Artiste cartridge to match the box base in size 9 inch patterned paper.

5.  For the bottom layer second row, cut nine box tops with a welded rectangle at the end of the box top, in white card stock to match the 9 inch box base.

6.  Line the Heartfelt Creations Die up with the score line on the box top and run the top through the die cut machine.

7.  For the middle layer, cut 18 box bases with a width of 7 inches in patterned paper in the patterned paper.
8.  For the middle layer bottom row,  cut 9 box tops in the standard Close to My Heart Artiste cartridge to match the box base in size 7 inch patterned paper.
9.  For the middle layer, second row, cut nine box tops with a welded rectangle at the end of the box top, in white card stock to match the 7 inch box base.
10.  For the top layer first row, cut nine box tops in the standard Close to My Heart Artiste cartridge to match the box base in size 9 inch patterned paper.
11.  For the top layer second row, cut nine box tops with a welded rectangle at the end of the box top, in white card stock to match the 9 inch box base.

So, when you are finished with your cutting you should have the following:
18 quantity box bases in patterned paper 9 inch wide
18 quantity box bases in patterned paper 7 inch wide
18 quantity box bases in patterned paper 5 inch wide
9 quantity box tops in patterned paper to match 9 inch box base
9 quantity box tops in patterned paper to match 7 inch box base
9 quantity box tops in patterned paper to match 5 inch box base
9 quantity box tops in white paper to match 9 inch box base
9 quantity box tops in white paper to match 7 inch box base

9 quantity box tops in white paper to match 5 inch box base

Box Assembly Instructions:

1.  Using the score marks made with the cutter, score your box bases and fold along score lines.

2.  Using the score marks made with the cutter, score the box tops and fold along score lines.

3.  Glue the box bases together using tabs.

4.  Glue the box tops together using tabs.  To glue the detailed cut of the lacy die side, trim the tabs down to show die detail and glue closed with a glue pen.  

5.  Place matching box tops on the first row of the top cake layer and glue the 9 pieces of the layer together.

6.  Place white box tops on the top row of the top cake layer and glue the 9 pieces of the layer together.

7.  Then glue the top row on top of the bottom row of the top layer.  This layer is too small for holding favors and is just for show.  By gluing them together, the cake will be more stable and decorations of flowers are easier to place.

8.  Repeat steps 1-4 for the middle cake layer pieces being sure to not glue the finished boxes together.

9.  Repeat steps 1-4 for the bottom cake layer pieces being sure to not glue the finished boxes together.
When finished assembling your boxes, you should have nine boxes for each cake layer like the two boxes below, for a total of 18 boxes per layer (one row same color top, one layer white top).

To finish the cake, be sure to check out the post today at the Art Glitter blog HERE.