MIA

Contrary to popular belief . . .  I have not dropped off the face of the earth.  It just seems that way!  

My family and I just finished the moving process and now I'm trying to get things unpacked and put away.  The Cricut is plugged in, the paper is unpacked, and I have located the mats and my adhesive.  Now if I could just figure out which box I packed my crafting mojo in . . . then I'll be ready to create!  

I'll be back soon.  Make sure you head over to MyPaperCrafting.com and see what my fellow Design Teammates are cooking up!

~ Jen

CWC Challenge #128

Happy Wednesday!  Our challenge theme this week at MyPaperCrafting.com is to use rain or other water element on our project . . . in honor of the familiar saying "April Showers bring May flowers" and the start of Spring.

I decided to make a card for one of this month's recipients at "I Feel the Love" Project.  Mady is the three-year old daughter of one of our former Design Team members, Debbie Butcher.  Debbie and her four children lost their husband and father, Ed, to colon cancer on February 23, 2013.

Here's the recipe:

• Cricut Create-A-Critter cartridge was used for all of the cuts and the papers all came from my scrap stash.
• The seal is cut at 2 1/2" high.
• The umbrella is cut at 3" high.
• The hearts are cut at 3/8" high.
• Pink rhinestones, a black Zig writer and a white and hot pink Gelly roll pen were used for details.
• The inside of the card says:  "Sending you a shower of love!"

Thanks so much for stopping by!  Head on over to MyPaperCrafting.com and see what the other Design Team members created -- and if you'd like to send a card to Debbie or her children check out the "I Feel the Love" Project blog for all the details.

~ Jen

Easter Tag

It's Totally Tags 'n ATC Thursdaze at MyPaperCrafting.com!  Every Thursday the Design Team will be exploring different themes, elements, techniques or embellishments in miniature -- tag and ATC sizes only.  There is no restriction on what tools are used to create them -- die cut machines, punches, stamps, etc. The sky is the limit! 

This week our challenge theme is a cross in honor of Easter.  Here is what I made:

And here are the details:

• I used the Sure Cuts A Lot (SCAL) Library for my tag.  It is cut at a whopping 7" tall by 4 1/4" wide -- I will be using it as a card instead of a true tag.  I inked the edges with purple; the paper is from my scrap stash.
• The beautiful cross is from PaperCraftingWorld.com -- Cross V13 Cutting File.
• All of the papers are from my scrap stash.  
• The cross was embossed using the "Musical Flourish" Cuttlebug folder.  I inked the edges with a dark brown stamp pad.
• The flowers were also inked; I used the same stamp pad that was used for the tag edges.  Several of the flowers are pop-dotted for dimension.
• "He is Risen" was handwritten using a black Zig Writer.
• The fibers tied to the top are some that I have had for at least 10 years (or longer) and are by EK Success.

Thanks so much for stopping by! I hope you'll take a moment and head on over to MyPaperCrafting.com and see what the other Designers created for our button challenge. And make sure you check back in at MPC tomorrow for Digi Desserts Fridaze!

~ Jen