Shaped Cards at Sentimental Sundays

Hi Everyone. I hope that you all are having a blessed Sunday. Things are not so great for me as my Mom is back in the hospital. I really would appreciate your prayers and I know that she would.

It's time for a new challenge at Sentimental Sundays. This week we are challenging you to make a shaped card (no rectangles or squares) with a sentiment.

I knew that this challenge called for my Cricut and the Wild Card cartridge.

My color choices were inspired by the palette from the Play Date Cafe. 

I used Baja Breeze, Blue Bayou, and Daffodil Delight from Stampin' Up!®

The challenge at Drunken Stampers is to add texture to your card. I used my Sizzix Diamond embossing folder to add texture to my card.

The challenge at Sweet Stampin' is to create a clean and simple card and this card is definitely clean and simple for me.

My sentiment and stamped frame is from Ippity Stamps.

Be sure to stop by Sentimental Sundays to see what my fellow DT members created for this fun challenge.

Thanks for stopping by today. God Bless You.

CPC Wonderful Wonders of Cricut Cartridges: Straight from the Nest

Last week at Christian Paper Crafts we began our cartridge exploration of Straight from the Nest. Sami led the line-up by exploring the "Layer/Shadow" feature (hop on over to her blog to have a look see; just click on her name above) and today I am exploring the "Corner" feature.


The "Corner" feature is a lovely collection of decorative corners that you can cut out and use on the corners of your cards, photos, and scrapbook pages. There is a wide variety of designs to choose from on the cartridge. I decided to work with the following cuts: <Branch2> and <Branch2-s>.

Without having any Creative Features selected I cut out <Branch2> in Green Galore. This gave me the branch to which I then added Pixie Pink blossoms that I cut by using <Branch2-s>. For the corner I turned on the "Corner" creative feature and made the same cuts again using Pixie Pink for the blossom outline cut and Green Galore for the base.

I stamped "birthday wishes" using a sentiment from Ippity and inked the edges of my card with "Green Galore" ink. I rounded the top right edge of my card simply by fussy-cutting around the corner once I had it adhered to the card base.


I am entering this card into two challenges this week. The first one is Stampin' Sister's in Christ: create something with a technique or something you have wanted to try but have been afraid to. I have a huge fear of clean and simple cards! Seriously! I want to layer and pile it on or I don't feel like I have done anything. This is a clean and simple card for me! The second challenge is Sentimental Sundays: Birthday-make a birthday card with a sentiment.


Thanks for stopping by today!