This card has been on that I have been working on for the last few days. For some reason I just couldn't settle down to do, but time is marching on and I need to get it posted for a friend's birthday. My inspiration for it came from the project in the Cricut 'Art Nouveau' Booklet.

Card Recipe

Cardstock

Base Card - 5 x 5 white card from Craft UK Limited

Cardstock scraps from my stash

Embellishments

Ribbon - Create & Craft pack

Stickles - Star Dust

Gems - my stash

Equipment Used

Cuttlebug

Nestabilities - Deckled Rectangles

Cricut Cartridge - Art Nouveau - Butterfly

Stamp - Whispers

Ink - Stazon - Timber Brown (sentiment)

Ink - Tim Holtz Distress Ink - Spun Sugar (edge of white mats)

Paper Scuffer

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It's a boy

Managed to get this card one in between eating in two of my favourite places on the island. Son and his chum's visit is almost over, so needed to get this card done so that son could post it when he lands back in Scotland.

Card Recipe

Cardstock

Base card - C6 white card from Craft UK Limited

Mats - Bobunny Double Dot - Powder Blue Stripe & Blueberry Stripe

Embellishments

Ribbon - my stash

Gems - my stash

Sentiment - printed on computer

Equipment Used

Cuttlebug

Nestabilities - Classic Square & Scalloped Square

Cricut for 'B', 'O', 'Y'.

Stamp - from Whispers

Ink - Tim Holtz Distress Ink - Faded Jeans & Tumbled Glass

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Art Nouveau Tulips

Managed to get a second card done yesterday, this one an anniversary card for good friends back in the UK. Thought that after using card kits for a couple of days, I would make something from scratch.

For this card I used both my Cricut Expression and Cuttlebug. Cricut to cut out the floral image using the Art Nouveau cartridge and the Cuttlebug along with plain circle nestabilities to cut out the circle mats. Also edged up the green and pink edges with Brushed Corduroy Distress Ink. Finishing off with a bit of ribbon and peel-offs from my stash.

The layout was courtesy of Card Patterns Weekly Sketch Blog.

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Love - Happy Anniversary

Today, thought I would have another play with my cricut and this time came up with a Anniversary Card for family friends back home in Scotland. , which I need to get posted so that it gets there in time.

Used the Spring Fever Holiday cartridge and 'Love' option, cut out the two layers on Moondust Paper. The back layers were both sides of BoBunny's Delilah You & Me, and edged the layers with Fiskars Postage Edge punch. Flower was from stash. Finishing off by highlighting the heart on the Happy Anniversary with copper colours stickles.

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I demand a recount!!!!!

Was asked to make a 60th birthday card for a friend's husband who will be 60 soon. Only instructions were 'funny' and 'grumpy' and nothing soppy.

The first thing that came into my mind was using the number '60' somewhere in the card. Had a wee search through Crafts U Print and finding a few images but thought this one along with the sentiment, designed by Carol Smith were just right. I printed off the image and used only the decoupage layers and the sentiment.

The card for the mats and number '60' were from BoBunny's Back to Backs Vicki B. range.

The '60' was cut using my new toy, a Cricut Expression 2, and using the Cuttin' Up cartridge.

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