{ Hello Thursday! }

I am going to send you to Capadia Designs ==>Blog<==, where Diane has the posted the following information:

• New Cartridges that Cricut announced yesterday (including pics!)
  
• Retiring Solutions Cartridges
• Links for Blogs where Joy, Melanie, Tammy and Robyn have created projects using the new cartridges

Happy Friday and Happy Cricuting!

~Molly

{ Kiss Me } and { SMACK }

I have two Cards today and I decided to put them in one post because they both involve... (gasp!)... Kissing!

The first uses the luscious lips from the Indie Art cart. I loved these lips from the first moment I saw them.


I cut the top layers from red, mirrored paper and used 3-D dots to attach them to the bottom layer, which is a red Bazzill Smoothie. I also cut the 'Smack' from the red Smoothie. I wanted to keep the design of the Card simple, sexy and striking, so I just added some red Bling (which you can't actually see in the picture) to the 'Smack'. The coordinating envelope (pictured behind the card) is made from papers in the Basic Grey 'Sugar Rush' line.

The second card uses the frog on the Sweethearts cart. I adore this cut...its so cute.


Nikki Sivils' 'U R My Favorite' line, with its frogs , crowns and bright colors, was my inspiration for this card. I used the frog and crown cuts from Sweethearts and a scallop border from Plantin Schoolbook. The yellow mat is embossed with the Cuttlebug Argyle folder. The Sentiment, Kiss Me, which is also from Sweethearts, goes on the inside. The envelope says: 'Kiss the Frog and find your Prince'.

Have a great day! Thanks for stopping by!

{ Wanna Neck? }

I saw this Sentiment first, and I created the Card around it.

"Ok, think Giraffe, what do Giraffes look like?"
"What if I made a polka dot Giraffe?"
"What if it was PINK polka dots?"

Then, I got the Paisley Cricut cartridge, which, indeed includes a Giraffe! The Giraffe on this cart has a lot of cute cutting options, though. "Hmmm, what should I do?" I elected not to use any of them on this card due to my long, detailed thought process (see above). lol

Again, I utilized a Sketch for this card. This is Card Positioning Systems (CPS) Sketch #125:



Now, here's MY take on the Sketch, with fabulous coordinating envelope pictured behind:


The pp is from October Afternoon's 'Ducks in a Row' line, and, yes, its baby paper. Once the card was completed, I thought it did look like a baby card, so I gave the Girls in my class a couple of Sentiment options: 'Wanna Neck?' or 'Welcome Little One'.

Thanks for stopping by!

{ I Only Have EYE For You }

I saw a Valentine's Card with an Alien on it...he had several eyes and his Sentiment was: "I only have Eyes for You". I loved the pun and thought I could perhaps do something similar with a Monster from Paper Doll Dress Up (PDDU). I tried multiple eyes but decided to use just one. My Friends thought the Sentiment was silly, but I thought it was funny!


The fabulous pp is Pink Paislee, the Monster is from PDDU and the cute heart-shaped balloon is from Sweethearts. I could not decide whether to do a nose, a mouth, or both. I finally settled on white flat-backed pearls for a smile...they look a bit like teeth, which is humorous!

Thanks for stopping by!

{ A New Year and New Month }

Well, this is embarrassing. I have Christmas cards to post. So, I am gonna just bite the bullet and post them!

Christmas cards a difficult for me and I am not sure why. I think its because I am usually inspired to make 'Girly' cards and something of that nature may or may not work for a Christmas greeting. So, this year, I looked for inspiration on the Cricut MB and in card sketches.

This first card I shamelessly scraplifted from wdwgrandma on the Cricut MB. You can see her card HERE. Sadly, I had given JOTS back to my Friend, so I did not have a Star of Bethlehem. So, I used two stars from Plantin School Book, I think. Not the same effect, but one does what one must!


The little lambs are from Paper Doll Dress Up. My card base is Bazzill Kraft, which I used for the envelope as well. I wanted the focus to be the message.

The second card is my take on a sketch from last Fall at Clean & Simple. I was really pleased with the way this one turned out:


The little 'polka dot tree' is from Wild Card and is a nice accent!

I'd like to thank Bryan and his Mom, Judy, for being so complimentary about these cards, having received them in JANUARY!

{ Let It Snow }

I was having trouble creating a card with the Making Memories pp I ordered; so, I looked for inspiration over at BBTB. Wow, I found exactly what I was looking for and even decided to play along with the weekly challenge, which was to use the penguin from Joys of the Season (JOTS)!


My little Penguin Girl is embossed with the Cuttlebug Swiss Dots folder, has red bling toes, coordinating scarf and hat (from PDDU) and is mounted on a snowflake-covered transparency! Thanks BBTB!!

{ Boo ...and Stuff }

Well, I have been creating...just not posting! This is a slide show of 4 Halloween cards and one Thanksgiving card.