"Bear Hugs to You"

I found this cute bear on ScrapnFonts. He is from the DB Animal Occasion dingbat collection. I cut him using my SCAL program and Cricut machine. The black accent corners were cut from Plantain Schoolbook and the bees were designed in Cricut Design Studio using George and Basic shapes and the Walk in My Garden carts. I used rain dots (love these!!) for the bears eyes and nose. Green patterned paper is from October Afternoon and the orange pp is from Making Memories the Chloe's Closet collection. Flower is prima. Orange and yellow brads and I dotted a black dot with paint on the yellow flower brads. Bees have stickles on their cheeks and wings. Rick rack, machine stitching, doodling and inking! Sentiment is computer generated and is Santa's Sleigh font from ScrapnFonts.

"Hugs Make Life Bearable"

I am sick of winter by now, but I wanted to sneak in this one last "winter-ish" card before spring is officially here! This card is for my daughter and she is an animal nut just like me so she will love it. The cute stamp is from Whipper Snapper Stamps. The sentiment is also Whipper Snapper. I colored in the image using my Prismas and odorless mineral spirits. There are some glitter stickles accents on the snow, but you can't really tell from the picture. I cut the tag out using my Nestabilities and then added some rain dots. Ribbon, machine stitching and buttons

for embellishments.

Birthday Turtle

I had been seeing so many wonderful shape cards on the Cricut Message Board that I wanted to do one too! I used the turtle cut from the Walk in My Garden cart and welded two shadow cuts in Design Studio. Her hat is from the Celebrations cart. She has rain dots for "toes" and the trim on the bottom of her shell is a Martha Stewart punch. Belated birthday day tag is computer generated and I used Nestabilites to cut it out. Party hat is Cuttle Bugged with swiss dots and then sanded. I tied a ribbon underneath her chin and added a flower. Rhinestones and pom-pom added for some bling. Lots of doodling and inking! I made this card for another wonderful Sister-In-Law!!

"Treat Heart for My Sweetheart"

The candy store and bear on this card were cut from the "My Community" Cricut cartridge. The picket fence is from Paper Doll Dress Up and the heart from George. I somewhat altered the bear by giving her some paws and muzzle. I also added windows and a door to the store. The cobblestone road was made by running paper through my Cuttle Bug and then sanding it. "Sweet" was cut using SCAL. Candy store sign and sentiment are computer generated. Heart on store is a rain dot.

"Your Always There"

I made this card for my wonderful Sister and Brother-In-Law. They live close to my daughter who is far away from home going to college. They do so much for her!!! I used the Cricut Cartridges Paper Pups and Mini Monograms for the scalloped grass. Fiskar decorative scissors for the scalloped edging on the card. I added pink pearls and rhinestones. "Your always there" is computer generated and the "with love" and "just for you" are stamps. Rain dots used for the dog's nose and eyes. Inking and Doodling.

I have been seeing so many cute owls everywhere that I wanted to use one on a card! I designed this little guy on the Cricut Design Studio. I used mostly George and Basic Shapes although I know I used a couple of other carts including Zooballoo and Walk in My Garden. The branch is from Zooballoo. I added some machine stitching to the owl's body and the card. His eyes are rain dots that I put a dot of white paint on. Lots of inking. Sentiment is computer generated. Doodlebug rhinestones added to flower centers.

"Polar Pals"

My daughter and I made this card together although she did most the work. She was home for Christmas break and had a gift for her friend she had made in high school. The gift was polar bear themed and she wanted a card to go with it. I was so glad that I had just gotten the cart!!! I had so much fun watching her make it! Polar bears are from the cart, "Joys of the Season", and "friends" comes from the Walk in My Garden cart. The bears, the snow and the scarves were all put throught the xyron and Doodlebug glitter then applied to the scarves and Martha Stewart glitter applied to the snow. My daughter enjoyed putting flock on the polar bears and they turned out nice and "fuzzy". We put pop dots on them and then put them on the page. Rhinestones were added to some of the snowflakes and used raindots for the polar bears eyes.

"Not a Creature Was Stirring"

This little girl mouse was designed on the Cricut Design Studio. I used various cartridges inluding George and Basic Shapes, Walk in my Garden and Celebrations. The stocking came from Doodle Charms. I got the idea for this mouse from a pattern I saw online for an applique dish towel. I used chalks and ink to accent the mouse and her wiskers were made with craft wire. The lace on her jammies is a Martha Stewart punch. I used fiskar decorative trim scissors and the black decorative corners were cut with SCAL. The sentiment is computer generated. The font is called Santa's Sleigh and is from ScrapnFonts!

"Dancing for Joy"

These cute little penguins were cut from the Zoo Balloo Cricut cartridge. I welded a little triangle shape onto them to give the a little "widows" peak. I also added some "feet" that I cut from Walk In My Garden. Top hat and scarf were cut from Paper Doll Dress Up. Ear Muffs cut from WIMG too. Snowflakes and "Joy" were cut using the Joys Of the Season Cart. I used rain dots for the eyes and added glitter to the top hat. I also Cuttle -Bugged the penguins bodies.

Shnauzer Birthday

I made this card for my daughter for her birthday. The little schnauzer is a stamp from Whipper Snapper Stamps that she bought for me because we have and love two little mini schnauzers. I colored him using prismas and cut out and layered another balloon to give it some dimension. The heart also has stickles on it as does the dog's collar. Pink background is embossed with Cuttle Bug and more stickles added. Brads and rhinestones for added accent.

Monogram Card

For this card I used the Mini Monograms cart to cut the scalloped circles. The "B" was cut from the Teardrop cart. I ran it through my xyron and applied Doodle Bug glitter. Pink accents on scallop are stickles. Ribbon is from Michaels and rhinestones added for bling. Added machine stitching, buttons and Accent corner is cut using SCAL.

"BOO"

Frame with Boo welded was designed with SCAL. Zig zag punch at bottom of card is from Martha Stewart and green background is embossed with Cuttlebug and inked. Ghost is cut from Cricut cartridge Paper Doll Dress Up. Her little hands I designed in Design Studio. Face is doodled. Little spider was cut from Doodle Charms cartridge.

"Too Cute to Spook"

This is another card that I designed on DS using multiple Cricut cartridges. The cats head is on the Doodle Charms cartridge and the witch hat is from Paper Doll Dressup. Green background is embossed with Cuttlebug. Lots of inking and doodleing. Machine Stitching and sentiment is computer generated.

Happy Fall

I don't know who makes this cute scarecrow stamp. I did this card as part of a MCPT (magic coloring pencil technique) challenge held on the Cricut Message Board. I used my prismas and odorless mineral spirits to color in the stamp. Crows beak and and pumkins are highlighted with crystal effects to give them a little bit of shine. Flowers are Prima

Fall Time Friends

This card was created almost entirely on the Cricut Design Studio by welding miscellaneous shapes together. Because I created the card some time ago I do not remember all the different carts that I used. The green background and the hat were embossed using Cuttle Bug. Lots of inking and doodleing. Sunflowers were cut using Walk In My Garden.

Inside of Card.

The Sunflower and leaves are from the Walk In My Garden cart. Heart is from Plantain School Book. I and U were cut using SCAL. I used inking and doodleing to accent. White dots on Sunflower were made by dipping bottom of paint brush is Making Memories paint and applying to paper.

"Spook-Tacular"

This card was part of challenge I took part in over at the Cricut Messageboard. The stamp is from House of Mouse and I colored it in using prismas and odoreless mineral spirits. I used my crop-o-dile to add the eyelets and the grren background is embossed with Cuttlebug and sanded. White doodle dots are made using signo uniball white pen. I love this pen!

"Hello"

My daughter really wanted a camel card so this is what I came up with. Camel is cut from the Animal Kingdom cart and Palm tree is from Doodle Charms. I hand cut the grass and designed the Hello on SCAL. "Sand" is embossed using the Cuttlebug and divine swirls folder. I ran the Hello through the xyron and then added Doodle Bug brown glitter. I used inking to detail the camel and sand. I also sponged some "clouds" with white ink. To finish it off I used to stickles for glitter.

Inside of Hippo Birthday card.

I think the ballon and party hat came from the celebrations cart, but I am not sure. I was using some one elses carts.

"Hippo Birthday"

Hippo face cut with Animal Kingdom cart. The word Hippo was designed on SCAL. Inside it says "Birthday" I used chalks and a versa mark marker to accent the hippo.

"Miss Ewe"

This card was made using the Cricut cartridges. Plantain Schoolbook and Animal Kingdom. Sheep is cut from AK and the wool is embossed with the Cuttlebug. Grass was cut with PS cart. Sentiment and corners were cut using SCAL. I can't remember which cart I used to cut the flowers. Used chalks to accent sheep, corners, flowers and sentiment. Added machine stitching

Thanks a Bunch

Another simple thank you card. I used my Cricut to cut the sunflowers and sentiment. Both are from WIMG cartridge. I used chalks to accent the sunflowers and added some doodleing.

"Thank You"

Just a simple Thank You card . Used my Cricut and WIMG for the flower frame. Other flower is a paper punch. Stamp is SU.