Colour Me...Manly Card

Happy Thursday,

The weekend is almost here!  I have a card to share for this week's Colour Me Challenge.  We were asked to use Old Olive.

My card:

I decided to create an easy and quick manly card.  I started out with Crumb Cake card base.  I then used SU! Sweet Pea DSP for the shirt.  I adhered a piece of Old Olive card stock in the middle, with more patterned paper, to dress up the outside.  I created a bow using the Petite Pennants Builder Punch.  For the final touch, 3 buttons from my stash completes the look of the shirt.

I think this card will be my template for the special men in my life.  Father's Day is just around the corner, too!

Thanks for stopping by,

The Kraft Journal.... Happy Bird-Day

Happy Tuesday,

This week, I am playing along with The Kraft Journal Challenge.  We were asked to incorporate a bird on our projects.

My card:

To make my card, I started off with a Kraft card base, followed with Pretty in Pink card stock.  The pretty patterned paper is from Melissa Francis.  Since I don't own any bird/bird cage stamps, I decided to use the Serenade Cricut Cartridge to cut out the bird cage (at 3 inches).  The little yellow bird was die-cut with the Poppy Stamps Nestled Bird.  I further embellished the card by adhering a banner on the top left hand corner.  I then added tiny pearls to it.  The sentiment is from The Craft's Meow Tweet, and was stamped in Chocolate Brown ink.  The final details are two pink buttons on the bottom corners.

I'm also adding this card to the following challenges:

House of Cards - March Challenge #1 - Shabby + Add a Button
The Pink Elephant Challenge #240 - Birthday
Seize the Birthday Challenge - "Anything Goes" Birthday
Word Art Wednesday - Challenge #121 - Anything Goes

Thanks for taking a peek,

Exploring Cricut

Good morning!

Before I head off to a busy Saturday, I want to share a bag I created for this week's Exploring Cricut Challenge.  We were asked to create a tag, a bag, or box from any cricut cartridge and include at least one ribbon.

My bag:

I decided to pull Baby Steps Cricut Cartridge to embellish the small white bag that I need for a baby shower gift.  I used all scraps to cut out this darling baby girl.  She was cut out at 5.5 inches, and the rattle was cut out at 1.5 inches.  I used a 3/4 punch for the circles, and adhered two bows on each of the handles. 

Thanks for stopping by,