Cards for the men in your life

This weeks challenge over on the UK Crafters thread on the Cricut MB was to make a card for men/boys and include a button or buttons. My first card is one that I made in October last year for the Addicted to Cardmaking swop on the Cricut MB. I thought I would show it as I did not put it on my blog at the time.

My second card, which is for the challenge, was a difficult one for me as I am not known for using dark colours. However, I found these paper, which were a freebie from CraftsBeautiful, when I was sorting out my craft cupboard and thought they would suit this card. I used a stamped image of Edwin that a friend gave to me and coloured him with a mix of pencils and Whispers Brush markers. Then I added glossy accents to the chair buttons and the handmade button. In the end I enjoyed making this card and am now going to make another one with the leftover paper.

The cut file for the chair is available from http://ruelysicreativecards.blogspot.com/ Ruth is an amazing designer, stop by her blog and see what she creates and please don't forget to leave her a comment.

Happy Birthday Sammy

Hi, Sammy I hope you see this. Here is your birthday card, I hope you like it and I will save it for when you come home. I have also added the photo of you in your sari, in India. You look lovely and so happy too. Have a wonderful Birthday wherever you are in Australia. I will try to put the card on Facebook but not sure I know how. Love you lots, Nan xxxxxx

Wedding Card for Challenge

Here is my wedding card for this weeks challenge on the Cricut MB for the UK Crafters group. http://www.cricut.com/messageboard/tm.aspx?m=4064758

The card is from a cut file from http://mesharingwithu.blogspot.com/search?q=Diamond+Lattice and is part of her Lattice card file set. I love this design and use it often, thanks Linda. The paper is from a set that I bought from Create and Craft some time ago. I printed out the hands and flowers on the computer, they are from the House of Lime and are dingbats. Added some stickles to the flowers and after colouring the leaves I added glossy accents. All I need now is for someone to invite me to their wedding!

Cute Bear

On the Cricut MB Design Studio recently Gary and his wife, aka CrowsnestScrappers, shared a fabulous cut file for this cute fuzzy bear. Not only did Gary design the bear but his wife did the artwork. Thank you both for all your hard work, I made this card for you as a thankyou.
If anyone gets this file they will see how much work they put into making it. I used some paper from the Crafters Companion Papercrafts Set 2 for the flowers and title. I love this little bear, he is so sweet.
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