I went to Joann's today and spent $120.03 got 80 items and saved $101.68 WooHoo!! Some of the items will be in upcoming giveaways. I still have a coupon for an additional 10% off even sale, clearance items it starts 7/1. I'm thinking another trip may be in my future.

Thanks for taking a peek.

Tara

This card reminds me of summer. I love the bright summer colors. Hope your all having a great summer!! I had to add the ants to my card, it just wasn't complete without them.

Here's what I used:
Cricut Just Because
DCWV Glitter Sweet Matstack
Tim Holtz Distress Ink Peeled Paint, Picked Raspberry, Wild Honey
Glossy Accents for watermelon seeds
Core'dinations Botanical Green Cardstock 6 1/2 x 5
DCWV Glitter Sweet Stack Yellow 4 1/2 x 3
White "Sweet/Juicy" Paper 6 1/4 x 2 1/2
White w/Cuddlebug swiss dots design 3 1/2 x 3 1/2
Red/White Plaid 3 3/4 x 3 3/4
Three rhinestones pink, green and yellow
Felt Flower w/flower rhinestone


I've entered this card in the following challenges:
Die Cuttin Divas
My Craft Spot challenge 61hot-summer-colors
FCCB #117 BBQ Time
CardzTV Summer Fun

Thanks so much for taking a peek!!

Tara

April made this card for a couple of challenges. Most were the theme of red, white and blue.  I thought the boy was cute swimming especially as it's so hot here in Arizona. We were around 110 degrees today. This card makes me want to jump in the pool!! Please watch the video to see how this was made. My you tube videos are still a work in progress. Thanks for stopping by.

April

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I made this card for the Summer Color's Challenge at Die Cuttin Divas & Pause Dream Enjoy.

I did a Z fold card.
Cricut Life is a Beach, Lacy Labels.
I cut the crab out at 3" pg.72 ,cut the shovel out at 2.25" pg.60
Cuttlebug the body of the crab with swiss dots.
Striped paper is DCWV Citrus Stack.
Yellow and orange is Recollections cardstock.
Tim Holtz Distress Ink Fired Brick for the body of the crab.
Tim Holtz Distress Ink Spiced Marmalade around arms/claws of crab and around tag.
I did use a black jelly pen to do the stitching around the tag.
Added some red/white bakers twine.
Flowers are Recollections. Added some gems to the middle of the flowers.
Google eyes and stamped the sentiments to complete the card.

This is my first Z Card and I really liked the way it turned out. My daughters loved the crab!!
Thanks so much for taking a look!!
Tara

I made this card for the Cool Treats Challenge for My Craft Spot. I really liked the way the ice cream turned out. I have to say I learned the glitter and glossy accent tip from Kimberly at My Craft Spot. Kimberly does a Flashback Friday post on her blog. I love it!!

Here's what I used to make this card:
Kate's ABC Cricut. I cut out the sundae at 4"
The glitter background paper and the blue/white paper are from DCWV Nana's Kitchen.
Green paper is from Core'dinations Minty Fresh
Brown is Recollections Cardstock
Tim Holtz Distress Ink in Broken China around blue edge.
Rounded corners, added ribbon, button w/baker's twine and a gem in the exclamation point.

Here's a close up of the ice cream.


Hope you Enjoy!!

Tara

Here is a card I made for the Peachy Keen Stamp Challenge & Paper Playtime.

Recipe:
White Cardstock 6 1/2 x 5
Die Cuts With A View(Multi Striped Paper)Baby Girl Stack 6 1/4 x 4 3/4
Orange - Die Cuts With A View Summer Days 4 x 4
The flowers were from Die Cuts With  A View Mat Stack Brights

Kate's ABC's pg.66 Watering can and flowers
Elegant Edges pg. 50 for the round scalloped piece under water can with flowers.

I did use Tim Holtz Distress ink victorian velvet on the water can and around the scalloped edges. Also glittered all the flowers with Recollections fine glitter. Pumpkin, Sunflower, Raspberry, Bubblegum, Blush, Chestnut.

Thank You was stamped with Scrappy Mom's Mini Messge set.

I added some ribbons, flower buttons with bakers twine in them and rounded the corners to complete the card.

Thanks!!
Tara

Below is a similiar card I made as I needed a Get Well Card.

This is the second card I made for my daughter. She is going for the first time to Girl Scout Camp. She is super excited as she is attending the program Horsin Around. First time she will learn all about horses. I made this card to let her know we're missing her. I make lots of girl cards as I have three girls. Hope you enjoy!!

Tara

This card was made by April. I used the County Fair Cricut Cartridge. The bull was cut at 3.5" the ribbon was cut at 2.75". All the paper was from Recollections. I punched some holes and threaded some bakers twine through them. I did use the Cuddlebug to get the dots on the top brown layer.

April

This is the video for the card below. Sorry I cut out some of the images at the top in the video. It's my second video and I'll get better.


I made this card for my daughter Alivia. She is leaving for Girl Scout Camp.
I thought it would be nice for her to get a couple of cards while she is away, to let
her know I am thinking of her. I thought it turned out nice as her favorite animal is
a panda. Hope you enjoy!!

Tara

I did this card for a couple of Father's Day Card Challenges. The shirt and tie is from Simply Charmed. The hangar and clothespins are from Straight From The Nest. I used all extra pieces of paper that I had left over from other cards. I did add a tag, so I could stamp Father. I did the edges of the tag in Tim Holtz Distress Ink Forest Green. I really liked the browns and greens together. I added some ribbon at the bottom and a button on the tag.

Below is a similar card I did up as I did two sets of the shirt, tie, hangar and clothespin.


Tara

This card I made for the challenge "Don't Bug Me". I used the Cricut cartridges Create A Critter (Snail) and Freshly Picked (Leaf).

The paper at the top, dark purple with flowers is from DCWV Latte Matstack. I used a light purple piece of cardstock at the bottom and did the design on my Cuddlebug.

The Snail Mail post sign is from Freshly Picked. I did use some Tim Holtz Distress Ink Dusty Concord around the edges. I also used a black gel pen to do the stitching.

The leaf is also from Freshly Picked. I added Tim Holtz Distress Ink Forest Moss around the edges of the leaf to give a more real look to the leaf. The sentiment on the leaf is from Scappy Moms Simple Sentiments.

On the snails shell I did add some glitter. I did put the leaf and snail on 3D foam squares.

Tara

Bonnie wanted us to make her a wedding card. The colors were red, black and white. I added the brides and groom's intials. Hope it's a great wedding.

Tara

Birthday Wishes Card. The yellow cardstock is from DCWV Cafe Mediterranean. I rounded the corners. I also cut the stems/grass (3 layers) from Straight From The Nest the image was cut at 2.50". I used 3 different shades of cardstock green paper. I also added to the stems and top layer of grass Tim Holtz distress ink in forest moss.
I cut the small flowers from Straight From the Nest at 2.50". The paper used for the flowers were DCWV Mat Stack Brights. I attached the flowers with glue dots. I added rhinestones in the middle of the four small flowers. The large flower was cut at 2.75" from Cricut Best Images of 2009. I did cut the big flower twice in two different colors. For the large flower I used the same brand paper as small flowers.  I also added a stamped face from Peachy Keen Stamp Set.
Here is the finished card. I did add a floral paper behind the yellow cardstock. I added some dark pink rhinestones on the petals of the large flower. I also slightly lifted the petals to add some dimenson. At the bottom I added some bakers twine and a small button. I stamped the sentiment Birthday Wishes from Scrappy Moms Mini Message.

Tara

This is just a simple card Tara made for the challenge Buttons & Bows. The larger tag was covered  with cardstock paper and I used Tim Holtz tea dye distress ink to make it look aged. I stamped the small tag with Hello and also used the distress ink on it. I added some buttons I already had. I used Bead Landing cording for the bows in the hole of the tags.

Here's a card April made for "You Did It" challenge. April kept the design and colors simple so this could be given to a male graduate. Cricut cartridge Happy Graduation was used.