Sweet 16 using Cricut Martha Stewart Elegant Cake Cartridge

It's Friday and I am home sweet home--at least for tonight!  I was asked to make a Sweet 16 card for a dear friends niece and this is what I came up with. 

I used My Minds Eye Ohh La La paper.  They make some of the best paper and have amazing color combos.  The seam binding is from SU.  You can see how I finished the envelope in this photo--a little goes along way. 

The little label was a die cut that came in the paper pack which I stamped using the Priceless Love Word Puzzle (D1348) stamp set from CTMH which will be available to order Feb 1. 

The brackets were die cuts as well that came with the paper.  I sent them through the xyron and added micro glass beads.  I cut "16" at 2 1/4".  I used the Cricut Martha Stewart Elegant Cake cartridge and cut the shadow in the deep pink and the base layer in a cream glitter paper.  I layered up the numbers and pop dotted the '1.'  I really like how this came out!

 Here is the inside--I used the seam binding and made the patten paper look like a present, a few clear blings and an elegant font stamp (For Every Occasion D1187) from CTMH.
Don't forget to check out Everyday Cricut on Saturday for my monthly guest spot.  I will be kicking off my Valentine's Day projects with a bang---and Blog Candy!!!  See you both here and at Everyday Cricut in the morning!
Make it a great one-

Friday Funday!!!!!!!!!!

No question about it this week--Friday Funday is here!  It has been a nutty week at work but got a lot accomplished.  I also shattered my I Phone screen into a thousand pcs--talk about a drama filled day--trying to get it replaced was a nightmare but I have my new 4G fully loaded and all my fav blogs bookmarked so back to normal! Thank goodness!

I also got yet another package--this time from Two Peas in a Bucket!  You can find some great sales on paper and I got these three My Mind's Eye paper packs--oh how I love the My Mind's Eye Collections--

A Halloween set called..........BLACKBIRD

all double sided and with a super cute ribbon assortment

A Christmas Collection called.............HOLLY JOLLY

And a collection that would be perfect for the Boys will be Boys cartridge--a must have called........

ALPHABET SOUP

I also got my corrected version of the Martha Stewart Seasonal Cake Cartridge!!!!! Provo Craft came through and pretty quick!  Just in time to start my Halloween projects!  I really need happy hauntings--

Don't forget that Saturday is my day over at Everyday Cricut--I have a really cool layout for you as well as a project right here on Scrapguy--double the fun for a Saturday morning!  See you than!

Make it a great one!

What a cute face....using Cricut Easter 2010

Happy Monday--after a crazy weekend of snow in Texas and an insane amount of crafting, I am gearing up for a very busy week with lots of excitement in store!
Today I have a layout--that's what I said--a Layout!!!!!
The composition is pretty simple but it is the cute animal faces that really make this one special--


I used Kraft paper for the base and two sheets of My Mind's Eye paper (left over from Easter cards from last week) The faces are right off the Cricut Easter Cartridge--I had to cut the lamb and bunny a couple of times to get my layers the colors I wanted but it was worth the extra cuts and a but of wasted paper.
Here is the bunny

Here is the lamb

Here is the duck

I hate google eyes but these I simply could not pass up--they have EYE LASHES!!! I got them at Joann's if anyone wanted to pick them up.
I also used a little felt rick rack and some shaped brads to accent the photo and journal blocks. The rick rack is only attached with the brad so you can place the picture with out having to rip tape or chance the ripping of the paper.

Well I hope you all liked this one---
By the way--be sure to be a part of the Everyday Cricut Ustream event Joy and Melanie are putting on Thursday night. You can click on the blinkie for a quick trasnfer over to their blog! Make sure to check it out!

Happy Easter using Cricut Easter, Cricut Songbird

Well if you have not noticed, I have jumped into card making head first! I promise After April you will see lots more layout! Between work, preparing for this massive trip, and a few other special projects time is SUPER LIMITED!
In regards to cards, I like a good mix of fancy fold and the simple standard half fold. Today is a fancy fold--this is my first attempt at this type of card and I think it came out perfect for one of my nieces!

The patterned paper is from My Minds Eye and I used Core'dinations for the solids. I left the two middle sections untouched to help balance it out and leave me a place to write a little note.

I am pretty new to stamping as well--used a Michale's $1.00 special holiday stamp for this one and added some pink pearls to really make it girly! Here is a detail

I think she is going to like it!
Thanks for stopping by and I hope you have a Great Monday!
Bryan