Imagine More - Owls

I was having a little problem cutting owls, so there were a lot of them, and since we were camping and had a lot of time hand cut a lot of the parts...so here are some owl cards.

I made the second one after I got home, and it has ribbon!!!!  But I kind of like the first one, I like the little guy standing in the flowers.  Hummm, maybe I should add some glitter glue in the centers of the flowers.

Imagine More - Parrot

I made this parrot card while camping.  I think it turned out nice, but I really had it in my mind to put on green paper instead of cream (which doesn't show up very well),  I accidentally put something else on my green card and didn't have any more. 

So when I got back I made another one on green paper, and of course I had to work my ribbon and bow in.  I put brads in the flowers for the middle and mounted them with glue dots so the brads didn't have to go through the card.
I'll have more in a day or two!

Create A Critter

Sorry it's been a while since I've posted new cards, I've been camping last week.  While I was gone I made some cards with the imagine machine.  I had printed and cut some stuff from Better Together cartridge then put them together at the lake.  Those will be coming soon because I haven't had a chance to photograph them yet.  For now here are some cards I made with Create A Critter cartridge.

 

  

While I was at the lake I got some pictures of the Duckett fire burning near Westcliffe, some great sunset pictures, and an antelope.  Just click on my flicker link at the bottom of the page to see them! Have a great weekend!

Review Cricut Imagine

I've had a week or two to play with my new Cricut Imagine machine.  I really like being able to print and cut at the same time.  The layouts on the imagine cartridges are cute and can be split into different layers and re-sized which is very cool.  You can print and cut the layers and use pop dots between them to give some dimension to your layouts.

Being a scrap booker (both regular and digital), card maker, and photographer I thought it would be really cool to be able to print and cut a photo or a photo with a border around it, or make a card and type my own sentiment in it.  You can't do that.  It will print sentiments if you have them on one of your cartridges, either imagine or regular.  You can change the color or use a color/pattern from an imagine cartridge.  It seems like you should be able to print from your computer just like a regular printer and cut.

Another thing I find very aggravating is the way it cuts your layouts.  It doesn't let you move things around on the mat even with gypsy like you can with a personal cricut or cricut expression, so it tends to waste a lot of paper.  I spend a lot of time trying to put big things on one line all the way across and little things on the next line all the way across.

Also, the mats aren't sticky enough.  You can't use the mats on the imagine like you can the other cutters placing different colored pieces of papers in different spots.  It just isn't sticky enough. 

I hope Provo Craft fixes some of these things.  It seems like they cripple an expensive machine that could be very cool if it had the proper software and/or drivers.  It ought to be able to be used for so much more. 

That being said here are some things made with it using Imagine More cartridge.

For my dad for Father's Day-I didn't have a Happy Father's day stamp.

I used glitter glue for the center of the flowers and used pop dots to lift the bottom of the wing. . . It's a prettier than the picture shows

No sentiment yet, I raised the butterfly wings with pop dots and curled them under, I also raised the bird except I did glue the legs down.  I could see them bending and curling if I had just left them.  I also used glitter glue on the butterfly spots and birds eyes.

Does anyone else have any Imagine comments, or feel the same?

I made some book markers too, but I can't find where I saved them.  Will post as soon as I find them :{   Have a nice day and a happy Father's Day!

Paper Doll Dress Up - Wagons West

I have three cards today. There was a challenge to make a man's birthday card and it had to be something with wheels.  I decided to make a wagon, and I made three different ones to see which one I liked best.  I didn't get them done in time for the challenge, but here they are.  My favorite is the last one, maybe the second one.  I used the accessory setting on Paper Doll Dress up for the wagon.

Thanks for stopping by, have a great day!

Hoppy Birthday - Animal Kingdom

Since I haven't posted for a long time I thought I'd do two cards today.  I haven't posted this card because I'm going to give it to my daughter for her birthday (she really likes frogs).  I used several cartridges for this layout, the frog from Animal Kingdom, The mushroom is from Cindy Loo.  The sentiment "Hoppy Birthday" was made from Gypsy Font and Old West. The frog is on pop dots and has little jewel eyes.

Happy Birthday Angie, Have a nice day!

Monkeying Around - Create A Critter

Here's a card I made with the monkey in Create A Critter,  I cut two of the curved vines for the top, assembled the monkey and banana and placed them so the monkey looks like it's swinging.  It has no sentiment yet!

Sentimentals - Owl Card

This is another background made from "Linen Closet" matstock...I used the owl from the Sentimentals cartridge.  I used bright blue jewels for the eyes and I thought it would be nice to put 'just a note' on the envelope the owl is carrying, it might be better if I had a stamp.

I might work on that.

Sentimentals - Metallic Silver Butterfly

I really liked the way this card turned out.  I've left a space on the top for a sentiment.  I'm thinking it could be about anything from a happy birthday, thinking about you, a really nice one for sympathy.  The card's background is made from "Linen Closet" Matstack by DCWV.  I love the soft glittery colors.

The butterfly is made from black paper on the bottom and metallic silver on the top, from the Sentimentals cartridge.

Gypsy Wanderings - Owl

This card was made by putting two owl backgrounds together with the gypsy.  I cut the top layer out in a flowered paper and added a bow with a brad and some google eyes.

 

It says "You're a hoot" inside!

Sentimentals - Bee Card

Here is a little bee card I made from the Sentimentals cartridge, I welded two shadows together at an angle to make the fold on both sides of the wing.  It's 5.5 in long to fit in an invitation envelope.To finish it off I put a little gold bow on it's neck and gold studs for it's eyes.

Don't worry, bee happy-have a great day :)

Gypsy Wanderings - For You

Just a simple card using the flower and "for you" in Gypsy Wanderings.

I used a jeweled brad for the center of the flower!

Just Because Cards - A Little Pickup

I love this little pick up, and what a great card for a friend that is feeling low.  I really didn't do much except cut out all the parts and put them together!

Paper Doll Dress Up - Clam Card

I made a clam card from Paper Doll Dress Up cartridge.  I welded two clam shadows together at the bottom for the clam card/insides in pale aqua so it would look like it was under water.  Then I used an iridescent pearl white paper for the clam outside card.

I thought it was appropriate for my turtle to hold it up for photographing!

When you open it up there are some little fishes and a mermaid holding a pearl.  So far it has no sentiment!

Paper Doll Dress Up - Birthday Wishes

Here's my first card from Paper Doll Dress up.  A genie coming out of a lamp made of shiny gold paper-- to give you birthday wishes.  I made the smoke out of velum, one piece behind her and one in front of her. If I had it to do over again I would make 2 lamps and glue them together to make the lamp stronger.

I wish you have a good day!

Animal Kingdom - Pepe Le Pu

Somebody is going to get this for valentines day next year! Made with Animal Kingdom cartridge, Pepe is sniffing a flower-made with a silk flower held in with a brad-and is in a rather amorous mood as evidenced by the crystal hearts :)

It snowed yesterday, so I was in the mood to make Christmas Cards-no time like the present to get started.  And I got my Paper Doll Dress Up cartridge today.  I've already got some great ideas so stay tuned!

Animal Kingdom - Brown Chicken Brown Cow

After posting my Chicken Bacon Ranch card it struck me that I needed to make a Brown Chicken Brown Cow card, so here it is.  It was hard to find so many different brown papers, and whoever "herd" of a poka-dot cow.  Good thing we can have some fun  with that kind of stuff!  I'm thinking I might have to give it to my daughter for her birthday :) hope she doesn't see this!!  The cow was made in Animal Kingdom and the chicken from Country Life.  Have a good day.  It's snowing like crazy here, but we really, really, needed it.

Just Because Cards - Cowboy Boot

My version of the widely used cowboy boot in Just Because Cards!

Cindy Loo - Squirrel Card

I made this squirrel 5.5 in. by 4.25 in. card from the Cindy Loo cartridge.  I made the flower at 4 inches and the squirrel at 2 inches.  I had to cut the stem off the flower or it would be in the squirrel's way, then I put the bow in with a brad.

Cricut Sampler - Sweet Baby

I just love this card.  I "welded" two baby carriages together, made a bow and put a brad through it to hold it onto the card.  I also put brads in the wheels.  I made a blue one for a boy and a pink one for a girl, but gave them away to our local pregnancy center....which is a good thing, though I like the cards I don't know anyone having a baby!  The carriage was in Cricut Sampler cartridge, and sweet baby is in Gypsy Wanderings cartridge.