Easter Egg challenges

 Wow!  There are an awful lot of Easter projects out here in blogsville and I thought I should join the crowd.  I started out with a white Recollection tag from Michael's, covered it with my favorite My Mind's Eye checked paper. Then using Cricut Design Studio and A Child's Year I created my little scene of Easter eggs and chicks.  Cut the images out with my Expression using more Recollection paper and glued them all together.  'cuteness'.

I added purple trim it's an oldie paper ribbon from Basic Grey.  I glued my 'cuteness' down onto the tag then added the lace and bead trims along the edges of the tag.  Next the beautiful ribbon.  I am in love with how soft this silk ribbon from the Stamp Simply store.  I wish you could just reach in to your computer and touch the ribbon, it feels like it's floating.  I added a jeweled stick pin and voila, an adorable Easter gift tag.

This post meets the requirements for quite a few blog challenge.  Listed in no particular order.
My Craft Spot
Fantabulous Cricut
Simon Says Stamp
Cooking with Cricut #80 Easter
Cricut Creative Cutter Room
Getting Cricky
Paper Sundaes
D.L. Art
Melindas Paper Craft

Hello Kitty Get Well

Today's post highlights another one of those Cricut cartridges that I just had to have. Hello Kitty Greetings. Now what do I do with it!  The opportunity came up with Challenge me Monday on the blog Fantabulous Cricut.   This weeks challenge was to use some kind of cat using your Cricut.  Yay!  Plus my poor baby girl has been sick all night and day.  I'm thinking she can use a bit of a pick me up and I know this will put a smile on her face.  I used the Cricut Design Studio to create the card.  I think I need a bit more practice using it since the cuts didn't line up quite right.  I have a Gypsy that I wanted to use to create the card, but sadly I had linked my cartridge to my friend's Gypsy (yes you Kellee) before I had even considered getting one.  Or maybe I should just bite the bullet and use The Cricut Craft Room.  I'm just not liking the idea of  not being able to use my own cuts.

For those of you who were concerned about my pup and her 'Don't go to Pet Smart!' broken toe.  She had her bandage changed yesterday and is doing a lot better. Here she is playing with her favorite toy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W43gWz3LtBk&feature=colike

$1 Bird House

Here's one of those $1.00 bird houses you can find at JoAnn's turned into something gorgeous!
The papers are all Stampin' Up! the rest you can find at JoAnn's. Those cute little birdies were cut using the Cricut.


I'll admit, this took me a bit longer than I would have liked. I had some health issues and ended up in the hospital for four days. ugggg. Plus my thumb, that I had surgery on last year, has not been very co-operative. Looks like another surgery in the making. another uggg. Although, I would definitely exchange a surgery for staying in the hospital. I hated staying there.


Enough of that...Isn't this the cutest!!! I have another bird house to alter, but I'm playing with my Cricut a bit more. I'm trying to do some paper piecing with the Happily Ever After cartridge. It's not as easy as it looks!
Thanks for stopping in today,
Michelle
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A Romantic Card

This card is absolutely gorgeous! If I hadn't already showed it to my husband, I would have put it in an envelope to give to him.
First off, the lace is fabulous! Second, I made my own shape using Cricuts Design Studio, then after all that excitement I made the cute little flowers using white tissue paper. As you can see, I changed the color a bit.


This has got to be one of the prettiest cards I've made. I hope you like it tooo!