My Cricut Craft Room's Card and Invitation Blog Hop

My Cricut Craft Room's Card and Invitation Blog Hop

Welcome to my Cricut Craft Room's Card and Invitation Blog Hop

You should have come from Brit K. Designs, if not please start at http://mycricutcraftroom.blogspot.com  for the beginning of our blog hop.

I’m a rookie, as you can tell by my blog name.  This means that my work is much more simplistic than most you will see on this blog hop.  However, you have to start somewhere, right.  So here I am, participating in my first blog hop. Thanks Erica for inviting me to join in on the fun. 

Here is my Invitation,

Happy Halloween!

School has started in many places in our area, and others will start on Monday.  This only means that fall is just around the corner.  With fall comes Halloween and costume parties.  The weather this evening was perfect for a creepy Halloween party.

An invitation with matching envelope that I made which would be great for a class party or even a costume party.

I used the Wild Card Cricut Cartride and cut all of the pieces out at 3.5 inches.  The card has three colors all from the DCWV paper collections matching as close to fall/Halloween colors as I could.  What I really liked about this invitation was the capabilities for a child to make it his/her own.  Once all the pieces have been cut, he/she could paste them together, then embellish as they like.  I see glitter paint for the eyes, emulating the burning flame inside the jack-o-lantern.  You could add spiders and spider webs down the side as well or hiding in the grass.

For the inside of the invitations, I used a white gel pen to add the necessary information for the invite.  Here you will need to be careful of two things.  (I had to do it twice, and still messed up) First, you will want to write low enough that the white ink does not show above the pumpkin when the card is closed. Two, you will need to wait for the gel pen to dry before you close the card. Otherwise, (speaking from experience, more than once) you end up with gel dots on the other side of your card.

The one problem I did have while making this card is the multiple layers of card stock to make the back and the front and still be able to fold it and make it look nice.  After several attempts, I ended up using my Fiskar Paper cutter with the scoring tool, helping me keep the paper straight.  I found this much easier to ensure I was getting the score line in the right place.  I had much the same problem with the envelope below.  Two layers of cardstock are hard for me to fold and fold straight.

What I really like about the Wild Card Cartridge is the ability to make your cards any size you desire.  I chose the smaller size making it easier for kids to carry and hand deliver to their friends and classmates.  For an adult party, I would make them much larger for mailing purposes.

I hope you enjoyed my card next you should go to Cuttin' and Stampin' Cards ~ http://cuttinandstampin.blogspot.com/

Remember to follow my blog and leave a comment for an opportunity to win some fabulous blog candy at the end.   I also have some Halloween stickers for those who leave comments.

If you get lost along the way, here is the entire lineup.....

http://mycricutcraftroom.blogspot.com  

 http://www.micraftygal.blogspot.com/

http://katscrapfever.blogspot.com

http://autumnsbuggycreations.blogspot.com

http://scrappingwithpirkie.blogspot.com/

http://www.crazyaboutcricut.blogspot.com/ 

http://britkdesigns.blogspot.com/

http://scrappingrookie.blogspot.com/   <You are here> 

http://cuttinandstampin.blogspot.com  

http://conniescraftycloset.blogspot.com/

http://simplysweetbysharon.blogspot.com/

http://jshandcrafts.blogspot.com  

http://pinkpolkadotscrapping.blogspot.com  

Http://mycricutcraftroom.blogspot.com  (special post for blog candy)

Christmas Doily

Two very distinctive looks.  Which is your favorite?

These cards were created using the "Hello Doily" Stamp from Stampin Up and red heat embossing.  I wanted a little bit of flair, so I added the flower in the center and the pearls.   I like them both, but I do have a favorite one.

What do you think?

If you are interested in purchasing  this stamp set, you can do so by visiting my Stampin’ Up website at http://www.stampinup.net/esuite/home/kpkre8tions/  You will also see some other creative ideas there. 

Jolly Santa

Here is a  of quick card I did.  This is just the card front.  I am looking for things that are fast and easy to help people make their own Christmas cards.  So many people want to make their own, they just don’t want to (or don’t have a lot of) time to spend doing it

The process for this card is really fast and simple, I took a rectangle sheet of ivory card stock, rounded the edges then used the “Jolliest Time of the Year” santa stamp from Stampin’ Up.    I colored Santa with my Prisma colored pencils and blended them with my Stampin' Up blending pens.  I have really found this to be a great process that is fast and easy.  I was really intimidated by the process when I first started, now I am looking forward to expanding my color palate of pencils.  I bought just the small pkg of 12 to begin with because I did not know if I would like the process or not.   I completed the process by using some dimensional squares and adhering Santa over the top of the snowflake ribbon and added the cute little sentiment from the same stamp set.

If you are interested in purchasing  this stamp set, you can do so by visiting my Stampin’ Up website at http://www.stampinup.net/esuite/home/kpkre8tions/  You will also see some other creative ideas there. 

Enjoy,

Kimberly

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Snowbuddies

Here is another quick card I made last evening. I am really having a blast playing with my new Stampin’ Up stamps for the Holidays. My sister loves snowmen and she has them all over her house. I made this card for a sketch challenge but wanted to make sure I deviated from the sketch just a little. I like bling so of course I had to add bling. I love the sparkle snowflake, the problem is, it came is a pkg of a bunch of Scrapbooking supplies, so I wonder if I will ever find another one to match it. I kept the pkg so hopefully that will help.

 This snowman and the sentiment both comes from the “Snow Much Fun” stamp set. The purple papers are from the STampin’ Up collections, and the blue snowflake paper, I created myself using my Printmaster software and printed it out on my Canon printer. I colored the snow man using Tim Holtz Dusty Concord Distressing Ink and my Stampin’ Up blending pen. The black for his boots and buttons, I used a watercolor pencil and blended it with my blending pen.

Christmas Card

It seems like forever since I have posted here. Actually, it has been a few weeks.  I have been busy working on Christmas Cards and have done a few different ones I will be showing you in the next few days.   I also have been constructing a few things for a couple of businesses that I will also be showing you and providing you a link so you can get them yourself if you are interested.

I wanted to make a vintage Christmas card this year.  To me vintage means old.  I have seen some vintage cards that are pretty elaborate, however, I tend to stay with the more simplistic side of things.

This card is made with the Stampin’ Up set “Christmas Lodge”.  This one just screams vintage to me.  I love the lodge all covered in snow.  Because I wanted a vintage look, I stamped the images using sepia toned ink on ivory paper.

I really struggled with the colors for the card and the highlighter piece behind the stamped image.  I think however, with my husband’s help, we chose the right colors.  The paper is Stampin’ Up from two different collections, Wild Wasabi (the subtles collection) and Cherry Cobbler (the regals collection).

I positioned the tree toward the front of the page and put the lodge behind it to the left, leaving room for the scalloped circle sentiment.  Because I wanted the sentiment to stick out a little, I inked the edges and used some of that same ink to blend in toward the center.  The sentiment is stamped from the Stampin’ Up set “Bright Hopes”.  

If you are interested in purchasing either of these stamp sets, you can do so by visiting my Stampin’ Up website at http://www.stampinup.net/esuite/home/kpkre8tions/  You will also see some other creative ideas there.