Indie Art Heart & You Did It Cards

This making cards just to have on hand is getting a little easier. It's still taking me a while, but I'm getting the hang of it. I am so used to making cards for a particular reason & person. I usually personalize my cards & projects to fit the person that will be receiving them. So making cards just to make them is somewhat difficult for me
But here are 2 more:

Details:
Indie Art Cricut Cart for the heart
Cuttlebug w/ Swirls Embossing Folder
Distress Inks in Pealed Paint & Vintage Photo
Stamp (?) at this time Sorry - I am horrible about remembering the names of my stamps (unless I am purposefully using a particular set).
Popped up the stamped band & the heart
Rhinestones

George & Basic Shapes Cricut Cart. for the large cut out star.
Cuttlebug w/ Stars Embossing Folder
Beyond Birthdays Cricut Cart. for the You Did It
Iridescent Glitter Glue on the yellow star
Popped up the You Did It
Thanks for looking. Questions & comments are always welcomed.
Lori

A Couple of Simple Cricut Cards

Here a a couple of cards that I've made in an attempt to have them on hand or for inventory. I found these packs of 8 cards & envies (5x5) for $1. I thought they would make great bases for some note cards. Just have to remember - these need to be handed out or pay extra postage for square cards.

Indie Art Bird:

Details:
5x5 base cardstock inked and texture given with inkpad all over the surface, same done for the cardstock strips.
Cheater method for the ribbon.
Stamp: Recollections - Mark My Heart Set
Bird: Indie Art Cricut Cart.
Lighter layer was sanded, lightly inked & sanded again to give texture. Adhered to the orange layer. Pop dotted to the darker base layer.
Wing - Used Versamark & transparent kaleidoscope (iridescent) embossing powder & heat embossed twice. Pop dotted on top of the bird.

New Arrival Boat:

Details:
5x5 base inked around edges
Strip - Cuttlebug using Spots & Dots Embossing Folder.
Using Cricut Design Studio and the New Arrivals Cart., I placed the circle with the boat cut out over the tag. I did "hide contour" for the circle so that the boar would cut out of the tag. Then, used the circle w/ boat again hiding the boat so that only the circle would cut.
Cuttlebug using the Devine Swirls Embossing Folder on the bottom of the tag (water) and on the circle. Inked over the embossing. Layered these pieces.
Adhered to card base & added a misc. button.
Stamp: My Pink Stamper Stamps - Everyday Occasions

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Lori

Wall Letter K - Kayla

I can finally show this post. I had to wait until I could give this to my niece.
Ok so this is about the 5th Wall Letter that I have done. I love doing them, but I stress myself out trying to make them fit the person that they are for. Last time I got the first boy one out of the way. Now this one is for my niece, but she is 20 years old. I tried to capture her personality & her interests in this. I hope I did good. She is a very good artist, so I am just praying that she will like it. What was I thinking, trying to give a craft gift to someone that is so talented herself? I can't wait for her to get this to finally stop stressing.

Details:

White wooden letter from Michael's.

SCAL for the letters.

Indie Art Cricut Cart. for the heart and the skull.

Stretch Your Imagination Cricut Cart. for the music symbol.

I painted the letter with black acrylic paint.

I used Tim Holtz Distress Paint (Brushed Pewter) on the top of the letter. I used my fingers to give it some texture. When that dried I brushed over it with Tim Holtz Distress Ink pad (Worn Lipstick). My niece's favorite colors are pink & black. I did the same to the cross bones of the skull.

I used UTEE mixed with glitter and heat embossed that to the top layer of the heart.

After everything was adhered to the letter, I put a layer of Mod Podge over it. Then I sprayed it with Krylon Preserve It for extra protection.

Now for the reaction:
I think she really liked it. I felt really good when she opened it and said "Wow, how did you do that?" Her brother gave me a very good compliment on it too. He said that if he could capture Kayla and put her on a letter, this would be exactly it.
Glad that is over. I think I need to have more confidence in my work. I stress over it too much. I just want the people that I am making things for to really like them.
Thanks for looking. Questions & comments are always welcomed.
Lori

Birthday Bouquet: Revamped Newborn Bouquet

You can click HERE to see what the Newborn Bouquet looked like. This was for my God Daughter. I told my brother that I would re-do it for special occasions in her life. I took out all of the sticks & newborn cuts & gave them to them to use in her scrapbook.

Then I turned it into a Happy 1st Birthday Bouquet:
I used Plantin Schoolbook for the signs & Doodlecharms for the Birthday hat. I can't remember which cart the balloons came from. The butterflies came from Home Accents & Indie Art.

The big pink & white flowers I made. I used crept paper streamers that I had left over from Karissa's baby shower. I ran thread down one side of the crept paper & gathered it. The I attached the 2 ends together to make a circle. To get the circled in different sized just trim the crept paper to varying widths. I layered them & added a skittle to the center. I got this wonderful idea from Johanna, so thanks Johanna. I saw her describing these on this VIDEO, please go check it out - she has other great ideas for that crept paper.

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Lori
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More Trinchies and Inchies Swaps (Due Aug 31)

Well, someone in our Trinchies Swap could not fulfill their commitment. So I took 2 extra spots. Not a problem b/c I have become so addicted to making these Inchies, Twinchies, and Trinchies and am having a ball.

I used Mini Monograms for the Scallop & the center circle. i used the indie Art cart for the butterfly.

I think i used the Mini Monograms Cart for the shadow flower base. I used Indie Art for the strawberry & ran the red & green parts through the Cuttlebug with embossing folders.

Now onto the inchies. The bee, turtle, & snail are all from the Walk In My Garden Cart. The Fleur di lis is from the Wild Card Cart. I like trying to do the bases a little different shape as long as they fit the size requirement. I used the cylinder (bee) and the (Shift H) (snail) on the George & Basic Shaped Cart.

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Lori
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Dylan's 13 YO Card/Envie

This card/Envie was for my son's best friend. I was having a hard time coming up with an idea of what to do. Masculine cards are hard enough, but for a 13 YO boy - geez. I was stressing. I want to thank VickiPowell1 from the Cricut MB again. She gave me some wonderful ideas & this is what I came up with.

I cut the All in One Envie from the Tags, Bags, Boxes, & More Cart. Decorated it with Indie Art Guitar & Stars. The font used was from Opposites Attract. The Tag inside was from Plantin Schoolbook.
Front:

Back:

Inside:
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Lori
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T-Shirts (Freezer Paper Technique)

I made these T-Shirts for my daughter & son using the Freezer Paper Technique and my Cricut. I want to thank Kut-n-Print from the Cricut MB and her daughter for the video tutorial that they made. Kut-n-Print's BLOG and VIDEO.
Details:
T-Shirts are from Michael's (Jerzee) $2 a piece
Tulip soft fabric paint
Reynold's Freezer Paper
Indie Art Cart for both designs

Choose your design & cit it out shiny side up. If you are cutting out letters or words you have to use the flip function on CDS or on the Expression.
Iron the freezer paper to the shirt shiny side down. It will seal to the shirt.
Paint with sponge brushes. Let it dry. Add another coat of paint if needed. Let it dry. Remove freezer paper & the shirt is ready to wear.
It really takes no time to do. The hardest part is waiting for the paint to dry. You can use a hair dryer to speed it up, but I do recommend waiting several hours before removing the freezer paper. I just helps the edges of the design to be a little sharper.
This is my daughter's shirt (she will be 9 in July).
This is my son's shirt (he will be 13 Thursday).

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Lori
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Trinchies August 2009

Well, these are for another swap on the Cricut MB hosted by KellyScott. I have to say she is a wonderful Swap Hostess. These are Trinchies, 3"x3" base decorated anyway you like as long as it fits on the base.

For this one, I chose the Heart Lock & Key from the Indie Art Cartridge. I titled this one "Key To My Heart".

For the base a used a 3" circle cut from the George Cartridge. I embossed it with the Swiss Dots folder in my Cuttlebug. I inked the edges with a ColorBox Pigment ink pad. I also sanded the embossed dots to have the stand out a little more.

I cut the heart lock @ 2.5" in blackout & the top layer. I used Cricut Design Studio to get the right size fro the key & cut it out in shadow. I used iridescent embossing powder & heat embossed the red layer of the heart lock to add a little shimmer.

I attached the key to the lock with a jump ring and added a glue dot under the key for added stability.

I then added it all to the base.

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Lori
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