Showing posts with label Cricut: Cake Basics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Cricut: Cake Basics. Show all posts

Thursday, August 2, 2012

Core Cards Creative Frenzy

Whew! This post is going to be picture heavy! Hold onto your hats! This is for the Core'dinations card-makers DT call. Check it out HERE. You have until August 10th to get your projects posted. :)

**Edit: So I knew I had gotten inspiration from someone out there in  scrappy land, but couldn't remember who and it popped up on the Core blog today! I had seen the rainbow tag idea from Rebecca Keppel on her layout! I just forgot to pin it! I also cased my own thank you cards that you can see HERE. So it came from two places! :) **





Rainbow Tag Thank You



1. Here's what I love about the new 4.25x5.5" stacks.... I know there are other paper hoarders like me. I HATE using my pretty Core as a card base, but I want it on the front of my card. So use an ordinary white card base (and that way it is white inside to write on as well) and then add a black piece of Core that is already PERFECTLY cut for you to the front! 

2. In this case, I am scoring and sanding it before I put it on the front of my card. Love it. 

3. Next I pulled out my Twinery Twine. We glean inspiration from everywhere. You can find a piece of Core to match ANY color in your stash. So I started with the twine and then matched my Core to the Twinery twine. **I know, my twine is a mess!**

4. Between the Core Essentials Super "Elements" Assortment (one of my favorites!) and the Core Essentials "Darks", I had all 5 colors. :) I went for a darker color blue so I could use my scraps. Next I cut stars to match the colors in various sizes.

5. Place the stars where you think you want them and then adhere them down. I used foam tape on a few of them and just put others flat. Then take the tags and layer them adhering the top portion of the tag to the bottom of the tag above it. Do not place adhesive where the twine is going to go. I chose to do this part after the above steps. You can always do it first if you would like. 

6. Stamp your sentiment and doodle around the edges. Add twine. Then put foam dimensional tape on the back side of the whole tag ensemble. 

7. Adhere it to your pre-cut 4.25x5.5" scored "mat". Adhere the whole thing to your card base. Voila! Enjoy! 

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Thank EWE (tee hee)


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CRAB-ULOUS




Here is a close up so that you can see the sand. 
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Thanks for sticking with me through this whole long post! I hope you enjoyed it! :)


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Sunday, July 29, 2012

Thank you - Style Challenge

Today is my due date! Unfortunately no baby has arrived but we are so looking forward to meeting her! 

I made this for Northridge Publishing's Style Challenge for the January 2013 magazine. We'll see if it gets picked up! :) You had to use the three colors shown plus a tag. 






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Thursday, July 19, 2012

Core Challenge #7 - Sprout Thank You

Core'dinations Challenge #7 - Andrea's Die Cut Challenge

So I registered at a store called Sprout in San Francisco for our baby stuff. They were SO helpful and SO accommodating. They got to know me as "Courtney from Carmel" and I just couldn't say enough about this small business. They are all natural and all organic and care SO much about the products that they put in their store. I love them. Anyway, I thought I would send them a thank you note for all of their help and answering my endless questions. 

I used their logo below to create a card for them. I hope they like it! 





Recipe:
  • Cartridges:
    • Wrap it Up™(blocks)
    • Cake Basics™(letters)
    • Straight From the Nest™ (grass) 
  • Cardstock: Core'dinations Elements Super Stack™
  • Pens:
    • Promarker in Sandstone™
  • White Gel Pen
  • Glossy Accents
  • i-rock by Imaginisce and Glam Rocks in Pearl™
  • Colored foam tape in white by Imaginisce™



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Saturday, May 5, 2012

Pumpkin Spice NSD Layout by Court

Hello and welcome to National Scrapbook Day with Shop Pumpkin Spice - challenge #2 - create a layout! 

This is always an interesting challenge for me, but getting into more "layouts" I was excited to expand my wings a little. I cased a layout which you can see below and I saw it on someone else's blog so I am still waiting to hear back who the original designer is. Hopefully it will be up here by NSD, but it might not. 

This was my first layout that I've made about our baby girl that is due in July! We've had three ultrasounds so these are pictures from each one. She has grown so much! I can only imagine how it will feel when she is on the "outside"! 

Check out the challenges HERE and participate for a chance to win $20 to the SPS store!!! And with prices that are always 30% below retail - that $20 goes a LOooooooooonnnnnnnnNG way. trust me. You should just start shopping now. :) With three challenges that means there are three GC's to be won! Participate in one challenge or all three! The last one will be posted at 2pm PST. Check back! :) 


Here is the layout that I cased:



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Friday, December 3, 2010

Doggy Gifts!




Courtney Lee

This week at Passionately Artistic, we are bringing you LOTS of inspiration for the Christmas season. I've enjoyed this as it has given me a kick start on those Christmas gifts! 

Today I am going to bring you gift ideas for the furry friends in your life. All of these can be applied to kitty cats, but I did everything with my dog Spoon and her best fluffy friends: Samson, Dash, Scarlet, and Buster in mind. 

Homemade Dog Biscuits 
I made these because they only took 4 ingredients - all of which I had in my house :) 
You can find the recipe HERE. 

Recipe:
2 cups whole wheat flour (you can use other flour)
1 cup rolled oats
1 1/4 cup water
1/3 cup peanut butter

Mix dry ingredients first, add the other two, knead, and then.....

I rolled out the dough onto a Cricut Cake™ mat, put it in the refrigerator for about 10 minutes, and used Designer's Calendar to cut Christmas trees in various sizes. :) I will say that the Cricut Cake™ had some trouble cutting through the oats, but overall, I thought it was pretty fun. 

Bake for 40 minutes - they are supposed to be rock hard as they are doggy treats.

They can be stored out for 6 days, in the fridge for 3 weeks, or in the freezer for 6 months. 

I decided to put mine in a little treat bag! Which brings us to the second part of my doggy gifts idea day! :) 

Recipe: 
Machines: Cricut Expression™, Cuttlebug™, Gypsy™
Cartridges: Tags, Bags, Boxes, and More™, Gypsy Wanderings™
Adhesive: Glue Arts Glue Glider Pro with Perma Tac™, Martha Stewart Gel Adhesive™

I cut the treat bag from Tags, Bags, Boxes, and More™, but I added a square from the Gypsy Wanderings™ cartridge to the front of the Bag and welded it to create the square window. Then I made a slightly bigger square and put it on a new layer which I cut out of acetate and embossed with the Snowflakes Emboss Folder™ and adhered it to the inside.

Next up we have a Doggy Placemat
I made one of these before. You can see it on my blog HERE. I liked it so much that I thought I would make her one for Christmas. Plus, it's just added Christmas decoration! You could personalize these and give them to your puppy's FFF (Furry Friends Forever).

This is so simple it's almost embarrassing. :) 

Recipe:
Machines: Your Story™, Gypsy™
Cartridge: Cake Basics™
Paper: Martha Stewart Scandinavian™

Instructions:
I used the Cake Basics Cartridge to cut out an 8.5x11" Doily using my Gypsy to make it the perfect size. 
I then ran the cut card stock through the Your Story Laminator™. 
That's it! 

Lastly, I re-purposed a mug that I found at Michael's for $1. I am going to get another one so that it can say "milk". Here is the before picture:

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Instructions:
Cut a 2"x12" strip of olive vinyl using a paper cutter
Cut a 1" strip of white vinyl using a paper cutter
Cut out the "Cookies" sentiment and rub it on. :) 

Spoon was compensated for her time as a model with the peanut butter treats described above. :)

I hope this inspires you to make homemade Christmas presents for your fuzzy friends or fur babies or FFF (Furry Friends Forever)!

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