Scraps Card #18 Cute Kiddy Valentine's

Finally...I have 2 hours of energy to make cards!  This pregnancy has been draining me of all energy and for the past few weeks I have been extremely sick.  I really missed doing what I love to do and also spending time with my family. The huge plus was my husband who did EVERYTHING around this house.  Thank the Lord for amazing husbands! Mine's a keeper.
I love the challenge this week over at Fantabulous Cricut.  It really made me think outside of the box with such a small surface to work with.  The challenge was to make a 3 x 3 Valentine's Day card.  Mix that with Create a Critter cartridge and some scraps that I have had lying around and this challenge was perfect for me and a no-fail!
My card base was 3 x 3,  mat 1 was 2 3/4" and the patterned paper mat (mat 2) was cut at 2 1/2".  I inked around the endges using a Studio G deep red ink. Every single piece of paper including the cricut cuts are from my scraps stash. 
The cricut cuts were various ones all cut at 2".  I used the zebra, bunny, hippo and skunk.  My favorite was the skunk.  I added some various bling hearts to each image and used pop up dots.
I entered these "cuties" in the following challenges
Paper Sundaes-Valentine's Challenge
Fantabulous Cricut-3x3 Valentine's
My Craft Spot-Anything Goes
Paper Play Time-Anything Goes

Scraps Card #17 Nuts About You

Valentines day is in the air....And so is the drive to get rid of these scraps.  I haven't posted anything in over a week but my husband and I got an early Valentine's Day gift.  We are expecting baby #3 in September and I have been super tired (and sick).  Maybe it's the full time job or my 2 other children.  Finally after 2 weeks I finally had the energy to turn on my cricut!
I used the new Cricut Craft Room to weld the acorn on page 32 from Create a Critter.  I wanted to make a "manly" Valentine's Card for my wonderful husband.  I sized the acorn to 4 1/2" and then welded it together on the side. I used a scrap of this brownish fall-like patterned paper and had enough at 4 1/2".  I ran it through my Cuttlebug using the Seeing Spots embossing folder. 
The squirrel is also found on p.32 and was cut at 3 1/2".  I cut him from black cardstock, and then used various browns for layer 1 and 2.  For layer 3 I used the same patterned paper found on the acorn top.  I used dimmensionals to give a 3D effect.  I added a little scrap of red ribbon and adhered it using a Glue Dot.  I also added some faux stitching around the acorn and the squirrell using my white Gelly Roll pen and my Black Gelly Roll.  At our Dollar Store I found 120 Valentines Day heart bling for $1 and used one of the larger hearts for the squirrel so it looks like he is holding it. 
For the sentiment inside the card, I cut at 2 1/2" also from p. 32.
I entered this card in the following challenges:
Die Cutting Diva's:  Squirrel Challenge
Tuesday Throwdown:  Neutral Colors
Whimsical Wednesday:  Anything Goes
Charisma Cards:  Clean and Simple
She's a Sassy Lady:  Valentine Card
Anyone for Anya:  Include Bling

New Challenge Site!

Girls, check out http://kraftygirls.blogspot.com/.  This is a new challenge site that is launching soon, and if that doesn't sound good enough, they are also giving away some blog candy in the form of the Cars Cricut Cartridge.  Go to their site, join, and be entered for a chance to win.

Scraps Card #16 Happy Birthday Caterpillar

Back again with another scraps card.  I have officially reached the half way point of this series with 15 more cards to go!  This is also helping put a dent in my pile of scraps....
For this card I kept it simple but cute for a child's birthday.  The card base is cut at 5 1/2" x 4 1/4".  The mat (pink) is cut at 5 1/4" x 4" and the patterned paper mat is cut from 5" x 3 3/4".  I have had this patterned paper for awhile.  I can't remember what paper stack it was from but it was all baby girl patterned paper.  I loved it because some papers were flocked while others had glitter.  I had enough from this scrap to make 4 cards!
The caterpillar and frame are both from the Create a Critter cricut cartridge.  The caterpillar is found on page 54 and is cut at 3".  I cut the caterpillar with black cardstock, layer 1 using the same green found on my card base and layer 1 is from a Basic Grey scrap that I had lying around that actually matched the pink in the patterned paper. 
The frame is found on page 60 (cow) and is cut at 3 1/2" from ivory cardstock and again at 3 3/4" using the green.  I cut this using phrase shift.
To finish the little guy off I added the Happy Birthday sentiment using my Studio G lime green ink and added some green bling! Viola!
I entered this in the following challenges:
Bitten By the Bug 2:  Caterpillar Challenge
Charisma Cards:  Happy 3rd birthday Challenge
ABC Challenge:  "H" for Happy Birthday

Scraps Card #15 Snowman Card

Sorry it's been a while since I posted ANYTHING.  I started back to work this Monday after the Christmas break and I have been trying to adjust to my post two week vacation. 
For my card today, I chose to use a lot of scraps that I had lying around.  After Christmas I had gone to Michaels and purchased these beautiful sprags for 49 cents.  Everything for this card was purchased for less than $5.00 and it made enough for 3! I probably have enough scraps left over for a smaller card.
The sketch is from Mojo Monday's and is an older sketch #199.
The card base was 5" x 7" and cut from a dark blue gray cardstock from Recollections.  The mat is also from Recollections and measures 4 3/4" x 6 3/4".  This was a scrap I had lying around for quite a while and it was a large piece that needed to be used.   I used my Versa Mark and Inkadinkadoo's Snowflakes A Plenty stamp set and heat embossed with Recollections Glitz Embossing Powder.  This gave the snowflakes a slight glimmer. The frame is from the cricut Cartridge Lacy Labels and is the Beautiful cut.  It was cut at 4" from White cardstock.
The snowman image is from the Close to My Heart Frosty Friends stamp set and was stamped using Memento tuxedo ink and colored with my Prisma Colored pencil crayons. After I colored the image, I sprayed it with my own homemade Glimmer mist using Deco Art Metallic Blue paint and Pearl Effects copper powder.
The sentiment on the inside of the card is also by Close to My Heart and is from the Festive Thoughts stamp set.
The strip at the bottom measures 1 1/2" x 6 3/4" and was punched and adhered to the mat.  I then took some blue shimmer ribbon by Celebrate It and adhered it to the strip on the mat.  I then added bits and pieces of the sprags, and added some lace ribbon and on 1 card, some bling that I got at the dollar bin at Michaels.  As I said, 3 cards for $5.00!!!
I entered this card in the following challenges:
Heart Song Inspirations:  Border punch
Christmas Card Challenges Week 6:  Use Lace
Sentimental Sundays Challenge #84:  Snow, Blue &/or Glitter
Die Cutting Divas #47: Blue, Silver and White
Use It Tuesday #23:  Winter
Paper Craft Star:  Warmth
Tuesday Throwdown: Baby It's Cold Outside
Cooking With The Cricut #68: Photo Inspiration
Cardz TV Design Team Challenge #3:  The Three 'R's
ABC Christmas Challenge:  Anything Goes

Scraps Card #14 Happy Birthday

Back again as promised with Scrap Card #14 in the Scraps Cards Series.  Remember there will be 31 of these cards.  Here is number 14!
This is my take on the Die Cuttin` Divas Birthday Challenge Sketch. 
I used my Create a Critter cricut cartridge and cut the cupcake found on page 36 at 3".  I used the Cupcake Shift, Layer 1, 2, and 3 all using the shift key.  I added red stickles to the cherry. 
The sentiment is from Stampin' Up Occasional Quotes set.  I added 3 cute little buttons as well that had similar colors in the card with the green, hot pink, and orange!
I entered this card in the following challenges:
Die Cuttin' Divas Birthday Challenge
The Secret Crafter Challenge #167: Let's Eat Cake
Birthday Sundaes #38
Cupcake Inspiration #142: Photo Inspired
Simply crafts:  Cupcake inspired

Scraps Card #13 Wishing You a Warm Nose

Card #13 out of 31...It is amazing how quick it takes scraps to add up.  I am glad this series is helping me "clean out my little pile of scraps."
For card #13, I had enough of the patterend paper to make 2 cards.  I used the Die Cutting Divas Birthday Challenge sketch for my inspiration.  I will be back later with a cupcake card for this challenge but first wanted to get rid of some of my Christmas scraps with this card.  I also got these really cute stickers from my Secret Santa at work! 
The card base measures 5 1/2" x 4 1/4" and is from the Soda Pop cardstock pack by Recollections.  Mat #1 (red) measures 5 1/4" x 4" and is a scrap from The Paper Company that I had lying around.  The green mat measures 3 3/4" x 3 1/2" and I used my Stampin' Up round corner punch.  The strip of patterned scrap paper measures 3 3/4" x 1 1/4" and is adhered to a red border (same as the previous mat) measuring 3 3/4" x 1 1/2".  I also used my Recollections border punch on it.
The cup of cocoa comes from the Winter Frolic cricut cartridge (page 59) and was cut at 3".  I used the mug, mug shift, layer and layer shift.  I used dimensionals as well to make it stand out.
The circles at the bottom which hold the dimensionals stickers were cut from George & Basic Shapes at 1 1/4".
The stickers were a gift from my Secret Santa and are cute cute!  They are from Recollections.
Hope you like my take on the Die Cutting challenge. 
I entered this card in the following challenges:
Fantabulous Cricut #92: Warming up With hot Coca
PaperCraftStar #78:  Winter Inspired
Cute Card Thursday: Something New
Crafty Hazelnuts: Something Recycled
Cooking with the Cricut:  Something New (Winter Frolic cartridge & Recollections Stickers)