Valentines Dachshunds

I've been working on this one over a few days as it took me a while to get things just how I wanted them but I'm really happy with the end result! : ). I originally started with a square card but then I couldn't fit in the dogs and the tree so I've decided to use the square card for possibly another Valentines for Greg. He told me the other day when we went shopping that he has got 2 cards for me as he couldn't decide lol, so I think he might get 2 as well, what the heck and spoil him as I love him lots. Ok so this card was a long card in white then matted with red and a kraft brown colour. I used some fancy scissors to cut out the blue sky and got a piece of green paper and cut snips in it to resemble grass. I then had a cloud die cut from a scrapbooking sheet so that was just right for the sky and onto that I layered I ♥ U. I used my Cuttin Up catridge for the I and U and used a large heart punch for the heart. I also used the same punch for the heart between the dogs and glued them together to create a 3D heart. I used my Paisley cartridge to cut out the gorgeous little Dachshunds which I then decorated. The boy dog has a blingy collar with rhinestones and the girl a flower sticker and a bit of silvery twine for her collar. I cut the tree from my Serenade cartridge and used some little flower beads on that. I finished with some green and white bakers twine around the bottom. I love this and I know Greg will too : )

cupcake wrappers are not just for cupcakes!

I made this birthday card today, I did want to continue on with my scrapbooking but I'm having a problem with my Cricut software so I thought I would make this in the meantime. I used a black card and some yellow floral backing paper as well as a red floral cardstock border. I used my Cricut Paisley cartridge to cut out the dress but cut it half way down as I didn't need the bottom skirt part. I then got a cupcake wrapper and trimmed and folded it to make it look like a skirt. I used some black and white adhesive ribbon for the belt and a daisy for the belt buckle and a little silver heart on top of the bodice. I stamped Happy Birthday in black ink. I am really pleased with this, it just goes to show that things around the house can have a use in papercrafting! : )

Handbag birthday card

I made this tonight for my friend Amy whose birthday is coming up, she loves handbags and makes them as well and she has been going through a tough time lately and I know this will cheer her up especially on her birthday. I cut a round card using my Wild Cards cartridge and backed it with some green. I then used my Cricut Essentials cartridge to cut out the flower doily shape. I then used my Paisley cartridge to cut out the cute little handbag, I made it nice and glittery with a flower for the clasp using the button feature on the cartridge and a regular button with some twine. I stamped with my Close to my Heart stamps with Happy Birthday.