Memorial Day

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Happy Memorial Day! I hope all of you are having a safe and fun three day weekend!

Today's Challenge Me Monday challenge at Fantabulous Cricut is to make a project using the color red plus anything that makes you think of Memorial Day (ie. a flag, military symbol, or poppy).

The girl holding the flag is from the Summer Celebrations cartridge. I used Festive Berries distress ink to ink around the edges of the patterned paper. 

The poppy flowers are from this week's sponsor, Wild Orchid Crafts! You can find lots of goodies there, make sure to check them out here! 

The sentiment is from K Andrew Designs Freedom Isn't Free stamp set.

Thank you for looking! 

♥ Cyndy

I Salute Your Bravery

This week's challenge at Made Especially For You is to create a card using the specified technique and this week it's paper piercing! I've actually never tried it so I had no stencils, paper piercer, etc so I had to freehand my paper piecing! 


The scalloped circle and layer are from the Birthday Bash cartridge (I think it had an extra cut but I just hid it with the Gypsy). I just pierced all around the circle to create that pierced border and just added "accents" on the scallop border. 

The cute digi stamp is from Jaded Blossom colored with copics.  The sentiment is from K Andrew Designs Freedom Isn't Free stamp set.

The twine is Maraschino from The Twinery. I'm still trying to learn how to make bows with many layers of twine all at once LOL if you have any tutorials/videos PLEASE let me know :-) 

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Thank you so much for looking! 

♥ Cyndy

Just B Creative Crazy Guest

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I'm super excited to be a guest designer for my Beckie at Just B Creative Crazy! Make sure to check her page for awesome projects from her and her bloggy friends :-) 

I have a super easy, yet cute card to show ya!  

The butterfly is from Create a Critter. 

To create this shaped card I simply duplicated the butterfly's shadow and welded them together. 

Here is the card closed. Her face is from Peachy Keen's Laughy Taffy set. The twine is from The Twinery. 

Linking this to:

Peachy Keen's Color Inspiration Challenge

Thank you so much for looking!

♥ Cyndy

Do You Speak Cricut - Once Upon a Princess

Hello everybody!
It's Saturday and time for the Made Especially for You Do You Speak Cricut Saturday! 

Today's cartridge review is on the Once Upon a Princess cartridge by me! 

This cartridge isn't limited to a Princess theme. It also has other great cuts from the dolls to a frog, bird, poodle, unicorn, flowers, sweet treats and other fabulous cuts, including 3D items! 

It uses all of the creative features available! It has Layer, Phrase, Gem, Font, Tag, Base, and Base Shadow/Phrase Shadow.

This cartridge is so versatile. You can create anything from cards, scrapbook layouts, to invitations and even 3D items! 

The doll on this card is from this cartridge. Keep in mind that the clothes for the dolls is interchangeable! You can play dress up with them! 

Here's a mini video to get your imagination flowing on the endless possibilities to use this cartridge! 

This cartridge is definitely an oldie, but a goodie! 

Cyndy

Kopy Kat

Hello everybody! Over at Krafty Girls we have a fun challenge, Kopy Kat! You have to create a paper craft that is "scraplifted" from someone else that inspires you.  

I scraplifted this card from the very talented Nikki from Scrappin' Navy Wife. I cannot say how amazed I am by each one of her projects. I started following her blog when I had just gotten my cricut and continue to visit her for inspiration. . 

The card base (welded) and the scissors are from Cricut Everyday. The sentiment is from Pink by Design. 

 I heat embossed the sentiment with white embossing powder. 

Here's Nikki's original creation, go here for her post on it.

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Thank you for looking! 

♥ Cyndy