Christmas hot cocoa

Hi Everyone!

Hope you are having beautiful weather and enjoying your weekend! We just got home from our oldest boy's baseball game and got beat 8-2.  Bummer... but at least it was sunny and we had a great breeze blowing.  Perfect weather for a game :) Certainly not what you think of when you look at my card:) I really wanted to participate in some of the awesome challenges this week.  This is probably one of my very favorite color combos, it just makes me think of the Holiday's. I am entering this in the following:

Celebrate the Occasion Challenge - Christmas Shape
Scrapbookaholic by abby Challenge - Bling
Patches of Pink - Red, white, and blue theme
Crazy about Cricut - Thankful-thursday Red, White & Blue

Card - 5.5" Shaped Card

Cartridges - Joys of the season, George (heart)

Paper - Recollections

Button - MM

Twine - Stampin up

Stickles

Ink - Colorbox

White Gel Pen

Happy Happy Birthday - Orange Slice

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Just wanted to post real quick and show you my entry for Birthday Sundaes Challenge - Orange, Green & White, and My Craft Spot Challenge - Inking it up I really wanted an orange slice and I just couldn't find one so I had to improvise. Hope it looks ok? Have a great weekend!

Card - 4.25" x 5.5"

Cartridge - Gypsy Wanderings

Paper - Bazzill, Coredinations, Me&my big ideas

Ribbon - Celebrate it

Sentiment - My computer

Punch - Martha Stewart

Ink - Versacolor - Orange

Camp Out

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I have been inspired by the many fabulous entries for the Let's go camping challenge over at Fantabulous Cricut.  I put this card together and it just didn't look right.  I added a moon and glossy accents to the flame and stickles to the fire and it's amazing how those simple things change a project!  Hope you enjoy!

Card - 4.75" x 6.5"

Paper - Creative memories, pressed petals, bazzill, recollections

Cartridges - Create a Critter, Everyday Pop up cards, Christmas (moon)

PKS - 493 Everyday Character Face Parts

Ink - Colorbox

Glossy Accents

White Gel Pen

Happy Day - Bikini Card

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I saw two challenges that I really wanted to enter.  First one is Cricut Cardz Challenge - Make a card with summer apparel or an accessory, using any cartridge and colors you'd like. If you follow my blog then you know I love summer and the beach!!! Second, Peachy Keen Stamps lets-face-it-friday - The challenge is patterned products. Whether it's paper, creating your own pattern, or repeating elements. Boy do I love patterned paper!! I just can't get enough of it! I sure hope you enjoy my card. I can't stop singing she wore an itsy bitsy, teeny weeny, yellow polka dot bikini.....

Card - 5.5" x 4.25"

Cartridges - Life's a beach, gypsy wanderings, Wild Card

Paper - Recollections, DCWV

Sentiment - Unknown stamp

Ink - Colorbox

PKS - 493 Everyday Character Face Parts

Thanks Sweetie

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Here is a card I made for a friend, guess I had Neapolitan ice cream on my brain :) I kept a few challenges in mind during the creative process.  I hope you enjoy!

More than favors CCCC - Wildcard
Cooking with Cricut - Anything Goes
Paper Cutz Challenge - Use an image of an ice cream cone, popsicle, ice cream sundae or milk shake.
Cricut 360 - Design a thank you card, but it has to be a circle card

Card/Envelope - 4"

Cartridges - Wild Card (Card & Envelope), Simply Charmed (Ice Cream Cone)

Paper - Recollections, DCWV, Scraps

Ribbon - Celebrate It

Sentiment - My computer

White Gel Pen

Birthday Wishes

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Here is a card I came up with for the Birthday Sundaes Challenge.  This week's challenge is Anything Goes Birthday Card, just remember to include birthday wording on your card front. Hope you enjoy!

Card - 4.25" x 5.5"

Cartridge - Bloom

Paper - Recollections, DCWV

Decorative Scissors for the border

Sentiment - My computer

Stickles

Pink Ribbon threads

Summer Days

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Wow, what a week!  We have been so busy, summer is definitely here. Our holiday was a blast, every 4th of July we spend the day at the beach. We live close so we run home after a VERY sandy day and clean up and come back down for the fireworks show.  One of our favorite parts of the day is sunset when all of the sailboats are sailing and the sun begins to disappear it's just too beautiful for words! Well I guess I had that image on my brain when I came up with this card.... Although, Not even close to our beautiful scene on the 4th. Hope you enjoy!
Challenges:
Fantabulous Cricut - Water Theme
My Craft Spot - Anything that reminds you of summer
Reasonable Ribbon - Picnic or Summer fun
Getting Cricky - Summer Fun

Card - 5" shaped Sun

Cartridges - Create A Critter, Life is a beach

Paper - DCWV, Recollections

Ribbon - American Crafts

Ink - Colorbox

Gypsy - Welded the sun & sized the images

White Gel pen