BBTB2 SUMMER FUN!

 

 






















Good Morning

Over at BBTB2 this week we are celebrating Summer Fun!  We're not having a challenge this week  but hope you'll still visit to see some of the fun Summer projects the DT have created.


I made a card using the fabulously glamourous  girl silhouette from the Cricut Cart Suburbia. I welded three of the girls together in CCR and gave them pink polka dot  bathing suits and hats.  The sun is from Everyday Paper Dolls and cut in half to use as as a backdrop atop  some  turquoise and white bold backing paper. Finally I added a computer generated sentiment and a few gems.


Please pop on over to BBTB2 and take a look at the gorgeous projects from my DT sisters  and don't forget we will be back with a challenge as normal next week!


Have a lovely week everyone and lets hope for some sun here in the UK this week!


Julie xx

BBTB2 SUMMER FOODS CHALLENGE. STRAWBERRIES YUM!

       

Good Morning
Today over at BBTB2 our lovely Stephanie challenged us to create a project with Summer Foods using any cut from any Cricut Cartridge.

Well, Wimbledon will soon be upon us and that can only mean one thing,  Strawberries!!  So that was the theme for my project today, I made a card and some little strawberry treat containers which will hold a few chocolates yum!

Quick and simple so here's what I used

Spring Cottage - Strawberry treat containers cut at 3" and 4" tied with polka organza ribbon
Martha Stewart Seasonal -  the pennant flags cut at 2"
Indie Art - blackout strawberry which I welded to the top pennants to make strawberry apertures on white layer to show the red polka dot of the base layer.
Lovely Floral - Sweet which I sized in CCR to fit my 5"x5" card.
I have used Couture Creations Tied Together embossing folder to emboss the green layer on the card and a sizzix folder (name escapes me) for the strawberry leaves on the treat holders.

Please go visit BBTB2 and see the yummy summer food projects from the rest of the DT and as always we would love to see your take on this week's challenge!

Have a lovely week and thanks for visiting!

Juliexx

BBTB2 ZOO ANIMAL CHALLENGE

Hi
It's Monday and time for this week's challenge at BBTB2.  Our lovely Sharon is hosting the challenge this week and she asked us to create a project using a zoo animal from any cartridge.

I made a card and matching tag using an oldie but goodie cartridge Zooballoo.  A lot of the older cartridges featured silhouette outlines of cuts and I love these and use them often.

My card is  4"x6" and top opening. I covered with pink digital papers from Pink Petticoat and added some bllack and whit polka dot ribbon where the papers met. I used the silhouette outline cut of this darling little elephant from Zooballoo cut at 4", added some googly eyes and some blue Prima flowers  and coloured some gems black with a Sharpie for the centres. The greeting is a rub on.  The matching tag, also from Zooballoo was a plain tag with a square aperture (3") and I used CCR to weld the little elephant in to the aperture,  shadow cut in pink again and then matched the embellishment to the card.  Super fast and simple and and the first time I've not used Foam dots in ages!

Please pop over to BBTB2 and have a look at the fabulous Zoo projects the rest of the DT have created and join in the challenge with us!

Thanks for visiting and Happy Whitsun Bank Holiday (UK) and Happy Memorial Day (US) to you all

Julie xx

BBTB2 PASS IT ON CHALLENGE

Hello
It's BBTB2 challenge Monday and this week our very talented Sarah has chosen the theme of 'Pass it On'  Create a project that you can pass on just because,  not for any particular reason and brighten someone's day!  You can use any cut from any Cricut cartridge.

I decided to make card and decorate a bag to match to hold a little gift.

I bought Create A Critter cartridge ages ago  just for this sweet little owl and this is the first time I have cut her!

Now I have a little story, you know me, old school still using Design Studio, well not for this one gasp!!  I work at Hobbycraft and we've just had the Cricut Mini, I was so excited and of course volunteered to bring one home and set up CCR and do some samples for the shop.  I loved CCR (Cricut Craft Room which is a free online design programme for anyone out there who doesn't know) it's so easy to use and the Cricut Mini cuts like a dream, I'm really impressed by this little machine!

Now back to the details of my card, I welded 2 base owl cuts at 5.5" at the ears to make a shaped card and then cut a black base layer,  a pink layer and a green and white polka dot layer. beak and feet were cut in light blue. To assemble I pop dotted each layer for some dimension.The little owl on the bag has been cut the same but at 4" and laid on to a mat of pink gingham paper.  The sentiments and patterned paper are both from Craftwork Cards and I just inked over the sentiments to colour them pink. Finally my little obsession of late, tuille!  I added some light blue tuille bows to the bag and a little one to the card.

 As for passing it on I have cut another set to assemble which I intend on giving to my lovely Mum!

Please jump on over to BBTB2 and see the gorgeous projects from the rest of the DT and please join in our challenge as we always love seeing your take!

Thanks so much for popping in and have a great week everyone!

Julie xx

BBTB2 WEDDING BELLS ARE RINGING CHALLENGE

Hi
It's time for our BBTB2 challenge and it's my pleasure to host this week!

With Summer on the way  Wedding season is just around the corner  so I asked my DT sisiters to create a wedding or anniversary card using any Cricut cartridge and wait til you see their stunning creations!

I went with a very monochrome look in black and white for my card using 2 cartridges,  Life is a Party for the card and frame and Wedding Solutions for the bride and groom. The shaped card base is cut at 5 1/2"and the layers of which I cut 3  (Life is a Party) . For one of my layers I welded the wedding couple  (Wedding Solutions) to the inside of the heart. I used some flocked black and white damask paper which I adherd to the card base then each of my layers have been pop dotted for dimension. The first layer has glitter white tuille ruffled and adhered behind the heart and also the third layer which has a layer of tuille adhered behind the heart, then the middle layer with the couple has been 'sandwiched' in between these two layers. The top layer has been embossed with a 6x6 embossing folder ( Die'sire Embossalicious Lattice) I love this size folder! Finally the lattice embossing has been blinged up with little silver gems and congratulations is a rub on.

Please pop on over to BBTB2 and see the beautiful wedding creations from the Design Team they are truly gorgeous and we would love you to join us in our challenge and don't forget you can use any Cricut cartridge!

Thanks so much for vsisting me today. Have a great week everyone!
Juliexx

BBTB2 WELCOME BABY CHALLENGE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hi
This week's challenge over at BBTB2 has been chosen by our lovely DT sister Caroline who asked us to create a card for a new arrival as she is shortly to become a grandma again. Congratulations Caroline!

I couldn't resist this cute baby elephant from the MS Birthday Cake Art cartridge!  My cuts are done at 5 3/4" and I welded 2 shadow cuts together using Cricut Design Studio to make a shaped card and also cut a separate shadow on its own to add to the front of the card (all cut using white cardstock). For my base cut I used Pink and white polka dot paper from a MAMBI stack and the white dots are flock so it feels lovely and soft to touch. Welcome baby girl is a cuttlebug die and before pop dotting the base cut to the card I added a pink dummy (pacifier) to her trunk tied with some black ribbon and a googly eye.

Pop over to BBTB2 and see the wonderful new baby projects the DT have created this week and jpin in our challenge!

Thans so much for visiting!

Julie xx

BBTB2 CARD FEATURE CHALLENGE

 

 

 

Hello everyone

Our lovely DT sister Brenda chose this weeks challenge over at BBTB2 and she asked us to use a ard feature from any Cricut cartridge. Wow so much choice!
I decided to make  CAS card this week using a card feature cut from A Quilted Christmas cartridge. As you can see this present card feature can be used for any occasion not just for Christmas!
I cut the card at 7" and I also used a Happy Birthday cut from Cake Basics at 2 " base in white and shadow in a pink patterned Anna Griffin paper which I also used to back my card on the inside showing through the lovely filigree presents. I made a bow from some Amy Tangerine ribbon and added some baby blue gems to finish off.

Please pop over to BBTB2 and take a look at the rest of the DT's wonderful cards and please join us we would love to see your creations! Thanks for a fantastic challenge Brenda it really made me explore my cartridges more!

Thanks so much for visiting

Julie xx