Karen's Cricut Creations: July 2011

Sunday, July 31, 2011

Cards I Made or Finished Today!

My sister is getting married on the beach in Cape Hatteras, NC next month. Today I made her a card. I scraplifted an idea from Cousley over on the Scrapbook.com galleries.

The marquee shape is from Elegant Edges. The sand dollar is from Life is a Beach, and the shells are from Paper Doll Dress Up (it's actually from the mermaid's outfit!) I used colored pencils to accent the shapes, and foam adhesive to pop them up. Congratulations is from Holiday Cakes. I embossed the background using the Swiss Dots Cuttlebug embossing folder. The punch is Martha Stewart Deco Fan. The ribbon is just some from my stash. On the inside I used another marquee shape in ivory for the card message. I also made a pocket to add gift cards.

The second card is one from my stash, I can't exactly remember how long ago I made it. It's a very simple card. I added the yellow "ribbon" (not sure what you'd really call it) to make it look a little more finished. I have a box of cards so that if I need a quick card I have a few to choose from. I really didn't have much time today to craft, so this was perfect.

Thursday, July 28, 2011

14th Show Hosts Revealed: I Heart Faces Photography Show

Today's giveaway on My Craft Channel is a Cricut E. Click here to go to their blog. Today's featured hosts are from I Heart Faces Photography Show.

Wednesday, July 27, 2011

13th Host Revealed: April Meeker of Second Sister Designs!

Enter to win a Cricut Expression here on the My Craft Channel blog.

Today's host is April Meeker of Second Sister Designs.

Tuesday, July 26, 2011

Worked on my Wedding Scrapbook Again FINALLY!

I don't have any pictures to post, but I finished 2 layouts for my wedding scrapbook this weekend! This has been the hardest project for me to finish, which I guess explains why I'm on year 6.....

All of the engagement/dating, wedding, and reception sections are done, I've just been fighting with the honeymoon pages. This weekend I finally had some free time to plan! I loosely sketched out the pages, found the perfect pictures to use, and finished two layouts! It doesn't sound like much, but I feel like I'm finally getting somewhere. I'm hoping to find some extra time this weekend to work on the pages again.

Me at Rainbow Falls - Hilo, Hawaii

Introducing Angie & Wendy of Ella Publishing (Cricut E2 Giveaway)

Don't forget to enter daily to win an E or E2! Click here to go to the My Craft Channel blog.

Here are today's featured hosts, both used to be with Simple Scrapbooks magazine (my favorite magazine before they stopped publication).