Amy's Crafty Corner

2012-01-15T19:19:00.000-08:00

Here is a cute card I just finished. I used some shimmering paper from Prima.
One thing I learned was to use a dye based ink because pigment just won't dry. My heat gun even couldn't get it.
The card is all white. I surprised myself with the bow. I wish I had made it longer but I was just fine with it because I was not going to re-do it. The stamp is from hero arts and the butterfly is from a Martha Stewart punch. I made the antenna out of 24 gage wire I got in the jewelry section at Michael's. I used the Swiss dots embossing folder. The inside is blank. No machine was used for this card. Hope you like it.

Love Bug - Card

2012-01-14T12:56:00.000-08:00

Just finished this cute love bug card. I used a set of fiskars stamps and enlarged them to suit my needs. Colored them with copics. The bug is matted on white, red, and black. The ribbon is from Michael's and so is the pattern paper. I doodled with a white gel pen. I think it turned out cute. I like all the colors. It's almost 70's ish. I'll post a pic of the inside as well. It says "Caught the Love Bug" I added a light pink background. Not sure if you can tell in the pic.

Bundle Up - Card

2012-01-14T12:54:00.000-08:00

I made this card early this morning. I used a fiskars stamp set. I scanned it in and added a shadow layer. I first dry embossed the background paper with the snow flakes. The paper is whitewash coridnations paper so once embossed I sanded it a little so the core would show through. I then added some ink and covered it in clear embossing powder. Once heated it gave it a very cool wet look. The twine I found at walmart for $1 and the metal snowflake is a big brad. I used a clear star pen to make the scarf sparkle a little.

Beary Warm Wishes - Card

2012-01-14T12:51:00.000-08:00

I can't really take much credit for this card.
I saw this stamp set and card here: http://iheart2stamp.com/page/3/
I stamped the image and then scanned it so that I could resize it as needed. I also used a different font in MTC called "Don" I get all of my fonts free from the fontpacks yahoo group and it can be found here: http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/fontpacks/
My card is a bit different than the one on the site.
I used the threading water punch twice and the ribbon is from Michaels, I used liquid pearls but I'm not excited over the effect. I think I still need to learn those. :-)
The paper card base is Recollections Cardstock and the pattern paper is from the DCWV "Old World Stack". The Snowflakes are from Michael's.

EVIL FAIRY

2011-12-27T13:00:00.000-08:00

This is a card I made for a friend who's going through a break-up. We all have a little evil fairy in us. This fairy says she's turned a man who wanted to be desirable and irresistible to all women... into a credit card. The inside of the card says "I fail to see a problem" I love this card. I used a digital stamp I found online. Then I used a clear star pen to highlight some of the details on her dress. I cut 3 mats to stack her on, each of them are about 1/4" wider that the last. The card base is black and I cut a piece of silver stardream paper for the front. It is cut at 5 1/2" x 4 1/4" typical A2 size. I ran the silver paper through the cuttlebug using the mini mosaic folder. The ribbon is from Michaels. I also inked around the edges of the white paper with black versa mark ink and added a few dots with a white pen to add a little extra. I used foam dots on the back of the fairy and the words on the front. The words inside are flat.

PONY LOVE - CARD

2011-12-27T05:32:00.000-08:00

Here is a cute card I made last night. It was a free digital stamp I had saved. I will try to locate the publisher so that I can give proper credit. I used some twinkling H2O's that I bought years ago to color the little pony. He's so sparkly! I think it turned out really cute. I used my zing and MTC software to create the edges. I just pulled a frame from the gallery and laid it over the stamp image and then treated it like a print and cut. I am pleased with the result.

2011-02-05T21:50:00.000-08:00

I might pull these bears off and see if inking the edges with some brown cats eyes chalk will help ease the white space that is really bugging me...

2011-02-05T21:49:00.000-08:00

I adore this one... The colors are pretty together.

2011-02-05T21:47:00.000-08:00

Not crazy about this one. Wish I had made her bigger...

2011-02-05T21:44:00.000-08:00

3-Birds On Parade cricut cart... Cuddle bugged the scarf. The pink cardstock is DCWV. Love it

Few Cards Lately

2011-02-05T21:39:00.000-08:00

This cute Zebra I adore her.

2011-01-16T18:37:00.000-08:00

I adore this card.

I'm in love. This I'm Sorry card looks so cute. I could look at it all day.

2011-01-16T18:35:00.000-08:00

Cute Boys card

Made this with Make the Cut. Really like that software. This card looks great in person.

2011-01-16T18:33:00.000-08:00

My friend Missi and I spent a day working on these bags for a party her mom was having.
They ended up really cute and held up nicely...

2011-01-16T18:31:00.000-08:00

Two page layout. Very sparkly!

A few cards and such.

2011-01-16T18:28:00.000-08:00

Here's a Wreath I made a while ago. This was scraplifted froom I believe the Paper Phenom.

Beautiful

2009-09-12T10:59:00.001-07:00

First layout in a LONG time. I think it's ok.

The background paper is from the Prima Nursery Tales stack
I used MS glitter on the butterfly and the jewels are from a bling design I pulled apart. I didn't have silver brads so I used Okieladybug's idea and dipped them in embossing powder to make my own and they turned out great.

Beautiful is cut from Home Decor at 2.5 inches.
Branches are Home Decor 4.5 inches
Butterfly is Home Decor 3 inches

Thoughts???

Celebrate Cricut's 100th Cart!

2009-09-09T18:06:00.001-07:00

Check this out and WIN!

http://www.cricut.com/shopping/ProductDetails.aspx?id=361&s=1&sc=2

Good Luck!

Easter Paint Can

2009-09-02T16:13:00.000-07:00

I sent this as my creation in a paint can swap. It was an Easter theme and my first paint can. It was also the first swap I joined on the cricut message board. I used the doodle charms cart for the bunny. I accented with ribbon and LOTS of Prima flowers.

Drawing and Jasmine

2009-09-02T16:09:00.000-07:00

I created this for two wonderful friends of mine. I hand sketched the drawing and added the photo. I cut the names with the Jasmine cricut cart. I accented with white and pink ribbon.

John Deere

2009-09-02T16:04:00.000-07:00

Another created with my Wishblade. It was also very easy to put together. I will admit creating the files are a little tedious but really cool to be able to create whatever you want on the spot.

Bass Logo

2009-09-02T16:01:00.000-07:00

I created this with my Wishblade software. I have not used it for anything I just wanted to try my hand at creating a few files. I liked how it cut. It was very simple to put together.

First Cricut Card Ever...

2009-09-02T15:56:00.000-07:00

This is a card I created to thank my hubby for creating my craft space for me. I was not really happy with it but it was before I had all of my fun toys! I love it now in hindsight. It's a good display of where I was to were I am now. (George and basic shapes)

Another First Card

2009-09-02T15:51:00.000-07:00

This is an old card and I used George and Basic Shapes on it. I highlighted the cut with Twinkling H2O's so it would pop off the card. It was cute for a first try.

2009 Valentines Card

2009-09-01T19:26:00.000-07:00

I think I used Base Camp for the 2009 on this card I can't remember off hand. I ran the numbers through the xyron and dipped them in Martha Stewart Glitter. I used provocraft 3-d image for the girl. The heart is cut from Doodlecharms and I used a heart stamp from Stampin 'Up in the center of the heart. I also Accented with ribbon.
The phrase inside is velum placed in with glue dots. I used the cuddlebug to emboss the hearts inside the card.

Wall Art

2009-09-01T19:22:00.000-07:00

This is wall art I created using the Cricut design studio and wall pops. The heart is from the Home Decor cartridge and I used Jasmine and welded the phrase in Design Studio. This resides on my bedroom wall.

Garcia Layout

2009-09-01T19:06:00.000-07:00

I created this layout because of a challenge Okieladybug posted on the cricut message board back in December. I used George and Basic Shapes for the letters. I doodled with a gold leaf marker and added accents of ribbon and 3D stickers for additional effect. The WOOF is using buttons purchased at Michael's

Joys of the Season Card

2009-09-01T18:58:00.000-07:00

I created this card using the "Joys of the Season" cricut cartridge for a co-worker I am very fond of. She is a wonderful person and the only person I have created anything for using this cart! I used the cuttlebug to emboss the front of the card and accented using clear "skittles" I used gold stickles for the scarf. It's a really cute card!

Altered Paint Can

2009-09-01T18:51:00.000-07:00

I created this paint can for a RAK winner on the cricut message board. I loved the way it turned out. I bought the pain can from Home Depot for about $2 and I used some bling paper on the top with lots of prima flowers as well as fall leaves from Michael's. "Fall" was cut using the Jasmine cricut cartridge. The handle was wrapped with a fall branch of leaves (beads) I bought for $1 at Michael's. I used the arch lattice punch around the bottom and then added ribbon. The can was filled with all kinds of scrapping goodies.

Thinking of you card

2009-09-01T18:41:00.000-07:00

I didn't use any cricut or other tool on this card. It was for a friend who had recently suffered a devastating loss in her life. I used regular crayola map colors and goo gone for the coloring. The stamp was a gift and I used ribbon and paper flowers for accents. I loved the way it turned out. The sentiment inside was a piece of velum I used glue dots to adhere it and more paper flowers to hide the dots.

Explosion Card

2009-09-01T18:30:00.000-07:00

I created this card just for fun because I LOVED the way it looked. Once I was finished I realized I didn't really know how keep it flat. I still have not figured that out so I never gave this card to anyone. Still an awesome card and tons of fun to make.
Here is where I found the directions for this card...
http://dawnsstampingthoughts.typepad.com/dawns_stampin_studio/2008/07/explosion-card-video.html

Target Mailbox and Cricut Zooballo cart

2009-09-01T18:23:00.000-07:00

I created this target mailbox. I can't say it's my favorite but I did like the way it turned out. My daughter used it for valentines cards last year at school. I used a white Target $1 mailbox and I used Ranger Alcohol Inks and added the color to it. I used various colors of the inks and they dried instantly. I used the cricut Zooballo cart for the H and also the words You Got Mail!

Waterfall Card

2009-09-01T18:12:00.001-07:00

I created this for my son's 5th grade graduation. It was a really neat card that included photos of him that flipped through the "waterfall" he really liked the card. It was fun to watch his expression as he flipped the pictures. Especially the last one. He made the funniest face and I added the grad hat!
**You can find the directions I used to make this card here...**

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3owXJxuVNWY

Just the beginning

2009-09-01T17:50:00.000-07:00

Thank you for visiting my blog! This is my first adventure with a craft blog and I hope you enjoy my crafts and designs. I own a Cricut Expression, Cuttlebug, as well as a Wishblade. Not to mention the many many many other tools I won't dare mention here! I have an amazing family who supports my addiction to the fullest! Please follow me and I look forward to following your blogs and reading your comments as well!

Amy