Showing posts with label Create a Critter. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Create a Critter. Show all posts

Tuesday, March 27, 2012

My Pink Designer Showcase - a baby card

Have you ever had a picture just come out SOOO weird??? That button is the SAME COLOR as the dark pink in the butterfly's body in real life! And it came out that funky orange in the pic! I almost ripped it off, put on a new button and took another pic! I can't stop staring at it! haha. You'll just have to use your imagination for that part! :) 

For the My Pink Designer showcase, we were challenged to "think spring" and to make something using yellow, green, and blue as well as a butterfly, Cricut cut, and either Happiest Moments, Buggy Punnies, Tweetie Hoo Puns, or More Punnylicious. Well, I have all but one of those so I had my pick of the litter! :) 

I was inspired by the pinwheels that American Crafts put our recently and thought, "I will make my own!"




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Make sure you hop on over to My Pink Stamper's blog to see the rest of the girls' Springy inspiration! 


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Sunday, January 1, 2012

Diana's One Year Blog-aversary Blog Hop!

Happy Blog-a-versary Diana! I had the pleasure of getting to sit next to Diana in a crop and she is SO passionate about crafting! I'm sure this will be a super fun hop! You should have gotten here from Diana's blog herself! I am your second stop! If not, please start there and wish her a happy blog-aversary! 

I was really honored to be asked to be a part of it! I know that Robyn (My Pink Stamper) is also on the hop and she is such a great friend and inspiration. She is also Diana's inspiration so I wanted to do a card that was inspired by Robyn too! Of course it had to be using the Create a Critter cartridge, her FABULOUS stamps, and in her "style". I hope you like it and participate in the challenge with us so that you could win a prize! 

Welcome to DIANA L.'s  DL.ART  1 year blog-a-versary blog hop.  Including me there are 14 stops you will be making.  On these stops, you will find four people with a word; that will give you the clues, for the ingredients you will need, to complete your project.  Each designer will have a project that will inspire you and also have some clues as to what the ingredients are. You will have until Jan 6, 2012 @ 11:59 to link you project. Once you have linked your project, you will have a chance to win the Provo Craft Cricut  "Sweet Tooth Box cartridge" at the DL.ART site.




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Here is the complete line-up:


Now, head on over to Amy's blog! Be sure to scroll down on her page to see some super cute santa and reindeer holders. They are darling! 



Before you go... leave a comment and you might want to write down my secret word! That's right, you just found one of the four! My word is GREEN because it is BOTH Diana and my favorite color!



You have until the 6th to play along in the challenge to win the Sweet Tooth Boxes prize at D.L. Art! 






AND as a SUPER special treat, My Pink Stamper has GRACIOUSLY allowed me to give away one of her stamp sets! I am going to be giving away Sweet Goodness! It's perfect for giving away goodies AND for those Valentines coming up! Leave a comment here and I will draw a winner on the 6th! THANK YOU MY PINK STAMPER!!!


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Tuesday, December 13, 2011

New Collection By Imaginisce: Hippity Hop!

Welcome to the release party of Hippity Hop! This may be my most favorite collection YET! Over at Imaginisce, we are having a splendid time playing with it, inspiring you and... yes... giving some away! Check out how you can win something over HERE!


When we got the sneak peeks of this collection, the girls sweetly teased "I see Courtney making a shaped bunny card with this collection". Ugh! They know me so well! I LOVE those girls!!! So here it is in all it's bunny glory! :) 



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I know I know, it's shocking, but I actually did a card 
a: without the Cricut
b: clean and simple
c: PAPER PIECED! 
I saw this stamp and IMMEDIATELY knew I wanted to do this with it. I am so glad it turned out about the same way as it did in my head. :)

I was super inspired to paper piece by my DTmate and sweet friend (and now DT leader for Imaginisce) Cari Locken. She paper-pieced our sweet penguin stamp in this post HERE. It's a gorgeous layout! So I was excited to try something simpler like my little umbrella friend here. :)


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Wednesday, October 26, 2011

With a Thankful Heart

Good morning and Happy Wednesday! Welcome to my Pumpkin Spice post for today! 

I made this thank you card for a very dear friend and I hope she gets it soon! :)



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I based this on the sketch that was in the Cricut Circle e-Magazine. I can't share it here as it's for Circle Members Only, but I will be linking it up to that! If you ever have any questions about the Cricut Circle, I am happy to answer them! :) 

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Wednesday, August 31, 2011

Nuts about You!

Hello! I pulled out last year's Cosmo Cricket Nutmeg for this entire card! Remember to pull out last year's collections and mix them into new ones if you would like! I got this from Pumpkin Spice and you can click on the links in the recipe to take you to the page where you can get individual sheets. :)


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I made this for the Cricut Circle Magazine challenge of using Cosmo Cricket, at least three Cricut Cuts (squirrel, acorn, and 6 leaves), and embossing! 

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Wednesday, July 27, 2011

Imaginisce Santa's Little Helper Release Party!!!

This line is so adorable! As soon as I saw it, I knew that I wanted to use the two cuts from Create a Critter : the penguin and the reindeer. Seriously, doesn't the reindeer look just like the one in the line? I love them!


Warmest Winter Wishes
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Cricut-less Merry Christmas
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Thanks Snow Much

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Make sure go to check out the Imaginisce Blog for a TON of inspiration this whole week using Santa's Little Helper! 

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Monday, July 18, 2011

Artful Delight July Kit - Moo-chas Gracias!

While you are reading this, I am or will be shortly on a plane to CHA!!! I am so excited! I'm so sorry if I haven't gotten back to your comments recently, but I will most likely be more off than on the internet for the next week too! After CHA I am road-tripping with my best friend Kourt (yes, both C/Kourt's will be at CHA - double trouble!) to our other close friend's Michelle's! It is going to be a crazy-fun week!



This thank you card is for a couple of friends who had us over to dinner! Here in San Francisco, we are in to CSA's (community supported agriculture), Farmer's Markets, and organic meat shares. Our friends had just gotten their portion of a cow they had put money into and had us over for hamburgers with all the fixin's! It was SO good and so much fun! So I thought this card would make them laugh even though it's a bit of dark humor. I hope it doesn't offend anyone! 


MOO-chas Gracias! 

There is only one kit left and it is selling for $32.50 + $7.50 shipping (if you only do a single month purchase. It decreases if you buy multiple months!)

Recipe:
Cartridge: Create a Critter™ (cow and grass)
Patterned Paper:

White Gel Pen
Raffia from Michael's
Ink: Colorbox in black
Foam Dimensionals




There are still a couple of June kits left - a rare event - and they are now selling for $23.50 + $7.50 shipping. You can get it HERE. 

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Monday, July 11, 2011

My First Guest Design Post for My Mind's Eye!

Hello! 

I am SO excited to show you two of the projects I have been working on for My Mind's Eye! But because there was YET another FABULOUS collection released today, it got pushed back to this evening! :) So here is a sneak peek and some of you already got the full thing! :) When I get the okay to launch, I will re-post it up here! :) 


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I'll be back later with all the information! :) 

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Friday, July 1, 2011

Polka Dot Door Designs Blog Hop and an ANNOUNCEMENT!

Besides having the pleasure of being a July Guest Designer for Polka Dot Door Designs, I have been asked to be the Guest Designer for July for My Mind's Eye!!! Head on over to their blog to see my welcome post and join in the fun this month!!!


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Hello!!! Welcome to the Polka Dot Door Designs monthly blog hop! 

Rebecca from Polka Dot Door Designs invited me to be a guest designer this month and I am tickled to join them! 

You should have gotten here from Nicole B.'s blog. If not start HERE at Polka Dot Door Designs.

Polka Dot Door is a new challenge and inspiration blog with a unique twist - the designers get to compete for a prize too! There are three ways to win a prize each month so go check out the website to read all about it. :)

Owl Be Seeing You

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Here is the inspiration photo:




Just in case you get lost:
Jennifer
Nicole
Valerie
Diana
Sabrina
Nicole B.
Court
Tenny
Tammy
Dee Dee
Mazlina
Lindsay
Smitha
Polkadot Door Designs




The fabulous sponsors this month are:
Accents and Pearls , will be providing the prize for the Challenge winner. 
Scrapbits is giving away a $20 gift certificate to their etsy shop to the blog hop winner.  Scapn4mygirls is providing something for the Featured Designer as well as joining our blog hop this month! 

You have the opportunity to win one of the first two prizes and you can vote for your favorite of our projects and the designer with the most votes will win the third! 

Now hop on over to Tenny's blog! But before you go, read below!

Please leave a message on this post as that is your first way you can win something! Then play along with the challenge using the inspiration photo and link it up to the Polka Dot Door Designs blog! 

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Wednesday, June 29, 2011

I spy with my little eye.... and a WINNER!

The Cricut Circle is having a monthly contest and the theme is "Road Trip" to make something that can be used on a road trip.

Well by now I am sure that you are becoming acquainted with my good friend June. She has 9 year old twin girls with Autism and I wanted to make something for them. They have been road tripping all over the East Coast for their summer vacation so I wanted to make something that was re-usable and something that held their attention for a little bit. So I thought I'd make an I Spy book! 

The recipe for this would be epic so I will put some of the highlights below.






I am certainly not done with it. It needs some fun embellishing, but for now I couldn't wait to show you all! :) 



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I hope you enjoyed it and it inspires you to make one for someone small in your life! 

I also have a WINNER from my My Pink Designer post!!!!

Gayle, I have emailed you your certificate number. If you have any questions or didn't get my email, you can email me at CourtsCraftsBlog@gmail.com! Congratulations!


I am a guest designer in July for a new challenge blog called Polkadot Door Designs and there will be a blog hop coming up on the 1st.... 

Also on the 1st I am going to announce that I am a guest designer for another manufacturer... can anyone guess who it might be? :) I am VERY excited about it!


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Tuesday, June 21, 2011

My Pink Designer and GIVEAWAY ALERT!

Well, since I started the term with a complicated welded card from Create a Critter (which I can't show here because it's being published. :)), then I thought I would end it with one too. 

This card is going to my friend Bridget who is having a baby girl very soon! I got her a little outfit so I will be sending this along with it. :) I hope she likes it! 

We have had SUCH a fabulous team this term! I can't believe that it has been six months! So while some people are staying and some are going, I wanted to take a minute to say thank you to the incredibly sweet and generous ROBYN for not only picking me to be on her DT but for becoming such a close, wonderful and cherished friend, to Maria for being our incredible DT leader and for all of the support from my DT sisters! You all have been FABULOUS to work with and ever so sweet! 

I also thought that I should have a giveaway and what better to give away than a set of Robyn's stamps! :) Scroll down for details!




Little One
I know it should be the cow jumping over the moon, but I just LOVED this little lamb and had to use it after seeing my friend June use it along with My Pink Stamper's Punny-licious HERE. So she inspired this idea.

Designer's Notes:
I used Glossy Accents on the hat, white parts of the sheep, and both stars. Then I dropped loose fine glitter into the wet Glossy Accents and it gives it a shimmery, dreamy effect that is beautiful in person. 

This is the Sweet Baby stamp set that I have used SOOO much! You can look at all of Robyn's stamp sets and see which retailers carry them HERE.


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So that you can choose which stamps you want, I am going to give one lucky winner a gift certificate to Pumpkin Spice - my amazing sponsor!!!  I am actually giving away $20!!! 




Now pop on over to My Pink Stamper's website to see what the other Pink Designers have created for our final post of this term! 


Don't forget to leave a comment on this post to win the gift certificate! I will choose a winner on the 29th- the day after my parents' wedding anniversary! Check back here to see if you have won! :) 

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Tuesday, May 31, 2011

Imaginisce June Challenge!

This month's challenge at Imaginisce is a fun one! You are to use the inspiration photos well as lyrics to a song. You can find both of these at the Imaginisce blog HERE. 

I used a bunch of lines on this card! :) The pink and blue are from Enchanted, the yellow is from Berrylicious, and the red is from Happy Camper. The cloud stag 'em up stamp is also from Happy Camper.

Have you ever made a project where you just didn't think one photo was enough? Here is the first photo I took which shows the depth of the embossing. 

This photo shows better the rhinestones and the Glossy Accents which I sprinkled with glitter.

Lastly, here is a close up! :) 

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Thursday, May 26, 2011

Love

This is a deceivingly simple card. I did weld the house shapes together on my Gypsy to create the card base, but from there the design paper did all of the work. Almost everything on this card came from Artful Delight's May kit (which is sold out!!!) BUT the reveal for June's kit is up and I love it!!!! Check it out although pics don't do it justice. I think this one will go fast so pre-order it if you love it! 

Have I told you all lately how much I love my Cricut Expression? I'd love to get an E2 and an Imagine, but I LOVE my Expression. Anyway, if you ever have any questions about it, please let me know! :) I'm happy to answer them! CourtsCraftsBlog@gmail.com

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Sunday, May 22, 2011

Happy Camper Release Party!

Welcome to the release party for Happy Camper by Imaginisce!!! I am really excited about this cute little line and there is SO much versatility to it! 


You're a Hoot
I made this owl card using die cuts that came along with it, a "snag 'em up" and patterned paper. 

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Thank You
I made these thank you cards for my cousin Katie. I married into the best family ever. I truly believe it. Anyway, Katie is one of my (many) new cousins and she is an INCREDIBLE quilter. You can check out her blog HERE. It's called "From the Blue Chair" because she sits in her adorable blue chair to quilt from.

Anyway, she sent me the most adorable elephant that I couldn't love any more than I do. She (the elephant) will have her own photo-shoot and post one day so you will get to meet her. I wanted to send Kati a thank you card along with something I made so I made these three thank you's for her to use - from the blue chair :) 

Close-up

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Friends FUR-ever
This last one was just for fun for me. I had a great time making it and still don't feel like I'm done tinkering with it, but alas, it must go up on the blog. :) 



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This is just the opening day of the Happy Camper Release Party! Check out what all of the other ladies have done for you today and make sure to leave a comment on the Imaginisce blog everyday because there are prizes to be won! :) 

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