Exploring Cricut and More Blog Hop! Happy Owl-idays "Christmas In July" Card

Welcome to the Exploring Cricut and More "Christmas in July" Blog Hop!

Thanks for hopping along! You should have just come from the 

talented DT member Liz's blog !  There will be prizes for participating 

in the challenge and some blog candy to win! 

To be eligible to win make sure to follow all the blogs on 

the hop and leave comments along the way.  

If you need to start at the beginning or in case you get lost you 

can find the complete blog hop line up 

at Exploring Cricut and More !

Now here is my project...

I used this adorable free owl file from Treasure Box Designs.

I started with a 7.25" x 4.75" card. The size of the owl in the box is 5.75" and 

is the size it imported into my SCAL. I used a Christmas paper pack by Recollections.

I used my Cuttlebug Winter Wonderland folder to emboss the

white cardstock.  The crinkle ribbon is from Little Scrap Pieces.

The sentiment stamp is from K.Andrew's Designs. I tried

to keep my card as flat as possible because I know this card

will be mailed.

And how about some blog candy? Who doesn't love that right?

I am giving away some Christmas stickers, photo mats and tags from CM.

I used to be a consultant and would love to share my stash.

 Just leave me a comment letting me know that you are following my blog 

and an email address to contact you. I will pick one winner 

using random.org this Sunday. Sorry but I can only mail to a 

US address due to the high shipping costs.

I hope you enjoyed my cutie pie owl Christmas card. 

Next on the hop is our newest DT member Katrina ! Enjoy hopping on but 

please don't forget to follow all the blogs and leave comments to be 

eligible to win! We love to read your comments!

Happy hopping and have a blessed day!

Teddy Bear Parade Valentines

Today is Valentine's Day and it was a hard day to craft. My dog has been lost for almost a week and I have been spending every extra minute trying to find him. My family is so heartbroken. I needed to get my mind off of the situation and felt like my kids needed me to focus on them so I decided to make a few cards.

 

 

I used the Teddy Bear Parade, Artiste, and Elegant Edges Cricut Cartridges. I saw this Elegant Edges cut on Mary's Cards TV video and knew I had to try it. I had ordered the K.Andrews Moustache stamps a while back and had this idea about using it with the bears. My daughter is in middle school and moustaches are all the rave! My younger son just loves to dress up and use the fake moustaches. I cut the cards from Elegant Edges at 3" and the bears at 2". I also used the heart from the Teddy Bear cartridge as well. I got the moustache from the Artiste cartridge and cut them at 1/4".

 

I will enter these in the following challenges:

 

Cardz  TV Kids Cards challenge - 

 http://cardztv.blogspot.com/2013/02/kidz-kardz-ctv-stamps-dt-challenge-24.html
 

Bitten by the Bug 2 Heart or Cupid challenge-

 http://heather-bittenbythebug2.blogspot.com/2013/02/love-is-in-air-heart-or-cupid-challenge.html

 

Exploring Cricut "Be My Valentine" Challenge-

http://exploringcricut.blogspot.ca/2013/02/it-is-new-challenge.html

 

Fantabulous Cricut "Be My Valentine" Challenge-

http://fantabulouscricut.blogspot.com/2013/02/challenge-me-monday-148-be-my-valentine.html

 

 

Thanks so much for stopping by and if you could spare a prayer that my lost doggie comes home I would sure appreciate it.