What?

I just got the new Tim Holtz Crazy Dogs and just could not resist to get to work on them!  Yes, I have the birds and cats too!  I have a bunch of them colored and will be hopefully putting some of them on my blog soon. 

I used my Cricut to cut out the scalloped circle, circle and the "What?".   They could easily be cut out of Spellbinders, or whatever other dies or machine you have. The dog is both a stamp and die.  I used my Sizzix to cut it out.  I still love my Sizzix and dies too!  I think I just love all things paper!  I colored the dog with Copics and then took the colorless blender to add polka dots to him.   (How could I resist?)   There is glossy accents on the eyes, nose and tongue.  He looks like he is trying to hear something and not doing such a good job!

 The "What" font is one I downloaded and I believe it's called, "Great day".  By keeping the title simple, I can use almost any sentiment I want on the inside of the card. 

I used a We R Memory Keepers embossing folder for the scalloped circle as it looked to flat and boring without any embossing.  I love their 6x6 embossing folders!  The ribbon has been in my stash forever and it's from Making Memories.  I have several multi packs of this with other nice ribbons in it.  I have no idea where I got the little flowers or the bobbles from. 

Unfortunately, this past year has been very difficult for me as I had a head injury.  It made it very difficult to even think about crafts, let alone do any!  I am hoping I will be able to not only craft, but add my makings to my blog.  That was one of the hardest things for me to do... work with the computer or watch T.V.  I'm glad to be heading back to the more normal me.  I'd love to say I'm "normal" but I don't think I've ever been that!  Lol!

Groovy Valentine!

I could not resist getting Groovy when it went on sale!  It has a lot of fun designs on it.  I was sold as soon as I saw the smiley face! 

I also got a few of the gorgeous stamps from The Greeting Farm collection when they went on sale.  They have such gorgeous stamps!  I am so glad companies realize that we don't want all want our stamps wood mounted!  They take up so much space!  I need to work on my coloring skills again as I've seriously let them slide since my Cricut came to town! I'd love to be able to take a copic class!   I'm trying to resurrect the usage of stamps to combine with my Cricut.  I think they are both wonderful! 

The smiley face/flowers and "Groovy" are from the Groovy cartridge.  I welded the letters from Life's a Party for "valentine" together with my Gypsy.  I used copics to color the little girl - Gigi.  She is so darling! I added some Scribbles - which is a 3D paint on necklace and then put her on pop dots.    The paper is DCWV - Blossoms & Butterflies and is just perfect for that Groovy feel I was looking for!  I went around the outside edge with a purple copic marker.   I originally stopped with that, but I'm trying to use up some of my supplies so I then put on some bling and attached some ribbon with the tiny attacher from Ranger.  I am very please with the way this turned out and may be "forced" to do a few more groovy Valentines!

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Halloween Cricut Cut Swap

I made these spooky chicks using Mini Monsters for the Canadian Cricut Circle Halloween swap.  You can find it here:  Halloween Cricut Cut Swap

This witch reminds me of those old spooky shows of a zillion years ago where the hair was sprayed up like that in black with a white stripe. 

I noticed after I took the picture that the little kitty on the end lost his eyeball.  Not to fear!  Glue is here!  Ha ha ha!  He is repaired and all is well.

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Bookmark

This weekend was spent canning spaghetti sauce!  My eldest daughter, my youngest and even my granddaughter got in on the action!  So, as far as crafting, I didn't get too much done!

I made this bookmark for my youngest daughter to encourage her to read more.  I promised she could have this bookmark at the end of the book we borrowed from a girl at work.  I have such great girls I work with!

It's a Tim Holtz inspired bookmark.  Sorry fellow Cricuteers, no Cricut cuts here!   The tag was made from dictionary pages glued to card stock, adhered and inked with Ranger distress inks. The copper finishings are Tim Holtz and so are the gears.  The gears were cut out of grunge board and then painted with copper paint and then distress stickles over top.  The birds stamp and the "Enjoy the Journey" stamp is from you know who!  The words are "Read", "Dream", "Thoughts", "Going Places", "Trip" and of course "Enjoy the Journey!"The rub-ons are by Glitz.  I found the other things just rummaging through my stash.  I think it turned out pretty good.  My daughter loves it!

And "yes!" she did finish the book!  :)

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