"Life of the Party" Princess Dolls

Happy Monday everyone. It's my turn to post on the Pumpkin Spice Blog.

For our yearly vacation to Minnesota this year, I wanted to create quiet books for my son and daughter. I ended up making a binder filled with a variety of activities. It's to keep their minds active and their mouths quiet on the 8 hour drive up north. It was super fun to make!!

I created this princess dolls dress-up spread for my daughter's quiet book. I used the Cricut cartridge "Once Upon a Princess" and cut out all the dolls and dresses at 5 1/2 inches. The 6x6 paper pads sold at Shop Pumpkin Spice were the perfect paper match.

Supplies:

My Mind's Eye "Life of the Party"

supplies found here

Prima "Say it in Crystals"

found here for $2.10

I covered each piece of clothing with UTEE (Ultra Thick Embossing Enamel) and set it with my heat gun. It was kinda putsy to do, but I am confident my daughter can't rip the clothes apart now! The dolls and clothes are all moveable, affixed to the binder with Velcro. I've kept the books a secret and plan on surprising them after we stop for breakfast. I'm sure my daughter will be thrilled with "dressing-up" her princesses.

Have a wonderful week everyone!

Keep Calm Card

I made this card for my brother-in-law for his birthday. Ahhh - the dreaded masculine card! I kept seeing the "Keep Calm and (fill in the blank)" posters on Pinterest and I was inspired. My BIL has the original "Keep Calm and Carry On" poster hanging in his home. So I thought "I can make that into a card".

You can see I made my own version of this phrase.

I used my Gypsy to line up the letters. I cut out the letters and used the negative for the card.

Easy peasy!

Then of course the inside phrase is a tribute to my BIL masculine nature! Haha!

I used the alphabet font from the Cricut Cartridge "Nate's ABCs". And of course the crown is from the Cricut Cartridge "Once Upon a Princess". The paper and stamps are from Papertrey Ink.



Once Upon a Birthday

I was my niece's 2nd birthday several weeks ago. My siblings and I got her a pink camouflage trampoline. Hilarious! She LOVES it!! And all the cousins love it too. Kept them all busy for awhile.

I made this card for her. She's such a little princess! We just love her up.

I used several cuts from the Once Upon a Princess Cricut cartridge. The princess was cut at 3 inches in all layers. The "birthday girl" and crown cut were both cut from OUAP in varying sizes.

This is the first time I used Copic markers. Nothing too fancy. I just colored her skin and cheeks, and added some highlights to her hair. I'm just a beginner and always looking for new tips.

This is what my mat looked like before I cut out all the images. The paper I used was from the Imaginisce "Enchanted" line. The background of my card is actually a piece of 6x6 paper from this awesome pack.



Imaginisce "Enchanted" 6x6 paper pad can be found at Shop Pumpkin Spice.

I am showcasing this card at Fantabulous Cricut. This weeks challenge is "Birthday Bash" : make a birthday project!! Check out all the awesome designer's creations. Then link your birthday project! We love to see all your creations.

Also, check out the Pumpkin Spice Blog to see all the designer's projects using the fabulous products you can find at SPS.



FCCB Challenge #72 : Let's Get Buggy

Today over at Fantabulous Cricut it's Challenge Me Monday. This weeks challenge is "Let's Get Buggy" - use a bug on your project.

I cut out this card base from A Child's Year Cricut cartridge. I layered a gem cut from Once Upon a Princess in the card to make it a window cut with my Gypsy.

I cut the dragonfly image from Gypsy Wanderings in the shadow feature and twice in the base feature. I cut out the dragonfly border too.

Here you can see by cutting out the dragonfly twice I have layered it to give a lot of dimension. I also layered a gem from Once Upon a Princess to frame the window.

I used the negative part of the dragonfly border to make these stencil images. I stenciled with Distress Ink to give this plain cardstock a pattern.

Inside the card I created another stencil with the gem frame. I laid the frame around the dragonfly gem and inked with more Distress Ink. When you remove the frame you get this cool shadow effect.

The paper is from the Bo Bunny Vicki B. collection. I got this 6x6 paper pad from Pumpkin Spice. It's the best online store! They sell top name brand paper and supplies at amazing prices.



This paper pad is only $4.19!!

Now head on over to Fantabulous Cricut and check out the other Design Team member's creations. They are just awesome! Then create your own bug project and link it to FCCB.

Teapot Thank You Card

I am sending two amazing ladies these "Thank You" cards. One will go to my aunt for organizing our family vacation yet another year. She has planned almost all of our vacations and she does a WONDERFUL job. I think organizing a week long vacation for almost 50 people would be daunting, but she handles it perfectly. We had an awesome time!! And the second card is going to my grandma (and my grandpa by proxy) for starting this amazing family tradition all those years ago.

I started this card by choosing some amazing papers. I just love the 6x6 paper pads I buy at Shop Pumpkin Spice. There prices are soo amazing. The prices range from $3.50 to $4.50 per 6x6 paper pad!! Can't beat it.

I started with two sheets from Cosmo Cricket "DeLovely" and one sheet from Echo Park "Summer Days".

I made the teapot cut from Once Upon a Princess Cricut cartridge. I cut one layer and the shadow. The three dimensional flowers are from Flower Shoppe Cricut cartridge. I had some difficulty with these flowers at first, getting them to lay and roll up right. But after some playing around and finally getting out my hot glue gun, I made some successful flowers. I am thinking I will love this cart!!

I made the second card with some different embellishments. I love doing multiple cards, cutting the same image two or three times from my Cricut. But I tend to embellish differently, just for fun I guess.

Shop Pumpkin Spice is having a great deal now.

Extra 10% off Closeout items: Code: 10CL11

July 25th - August 31st

There are some amazing closeout products.

And all orders over $50 have free shipping!!

Recipe:

Cricut Cartridges: Once Upon a Princess, Flower Shoppe

Paper: Cosmo Cricket "DeLovely", Echo Park "Summer Days" from Shop Pumpkin Spice, standard green and white cardstock

Tools: Martha Stewart Border Punches, Sew Easy

Embellishments: ribbon, rhinestones, Papertrey sentiment stamp, stickles, foam dimensionals

Check out the Pumpkin Spice Blog for more inspiration and to see my fellow DT members creations.

Pool Card

Hope everyone is enjoying this awesome summer weather we're having in the Midwest right now. My kiddos are outside from dawn till dusk. They make me exhausted just watching them. And my little girl is becoming quite the daredevil in the pool. Yikes! 

I was inspired to make this card with plastic acetate because of the "pool" feel. I ran it through my Cuttlebug "Divine Swirls" folder for more texture. Then I chalk inked it (along with everything else on this card) to death.

I love how it turned out so textural. And the beach ball is floating on top of the water while all the friends play beneath.



I welded the card and the circle cut out with my Gypsy. Then all the layers fit perfectly together and I got a big whole in my card.

I am entering this card in two challenge blogs. First at Fantabulous Cricut (pool theme) and then at Scrapalicious USA (Challenge #10 : use turquoise). Hooray for challenge blogs. Love it!