Penguin box

Here's a cute little penguin box I made for a few challenges.  First, I made a box using "fit to page" on my Expression.  I cut it from the Life's a Party cartridge in purple cardstock, then put some polka dotted Doodlebug Designs paper around the outside of the box.

Next, I cut the three trees from Winter Woodland at 1.75 inches.  I adhered them onto the three front panels on the box.  Next, I cut the three penguins from Zooballoo. Because of the way they are situated in the image, I had to cut at 3 inches to get them to be about 1 inch tall each.  I put their eyes and beaks on with gel pen and then put each of them with a tree.  I had a leftover snowflake in my "extra die cuts" bin from the tag I made last week, so I put that on the top as a little extra decoration.

This project will be entered into the following challenges:
Exploring Cricut- Baby It’s Cold Outside 

Die Cuttin Divas- Penguins                                                                          

Scrappy Moms Stamps- Out of the Box  

Snowflake tag

It's...not to snowy here right now, actually.  Everything melted off a few days ago, and we're looking at the possibility of temperatures in the 60s this weekend.  I'm ok with that.  Still, there were a few challenges I was feeling like entering this week, so I shut the window blinds and imagined I was living in a winter wonderland. ;)

This tag is from Plantin Schoolbook at 4 inches.  The shadow is cut on blue and the actual tag is on patterned paper from Paper Studio's All Seasons II stack.  I cut the three snowflakes from Winter Woodland.  The biggest one was cut at 2.75 inches, and for the smaller two I just scrolled my size dial a few clicks each time.  I put Frosted Lace Stickles on each of the snowflakes.

I adhered the smallest snowflake directly to the tag, then the middle one is on some small foam dots and the big one is on my thickest foam dots.  I was afraid that putting white snowflakes on paper that also has white snowflakes would make it difficult to see, but I'm actually happy with the effect that it gave.  It reminds me of when it's snowing out and there are snowflakes all around, some farther away and some closer.

I put a line of diamond bling along the bottom of the tag and some shiny silver ribbon that was left over from my Christmas cards on the top.

I'm entering this tag in the following challenges:

My Craft Spot- Frosty Days                         

Bitten by the Bug 2- Snowflakes                                               

Fantabulous Cricut- Tag, you’re it!
Scrappy Moms Stamps- Winter Tic Tac Toe (secret phrase: Baby New Year)

Holiday Clean and Simple Shape Card

Are you all super, super busy right now?  I am!  I feel like my craft room is calling to me, but I just don't have enough time to get into anything too detailed right now.  I REALLY wanted to use my new Winter Woodland cartridge, though, so I decided to go the super Clean and Simple route.

This card was cut at 3 inches.  I started to cut it at 4, but it came out way too long.  I cut two copies of the background shape in kraft cardstock, scored the top of the back one, and glued them together.  Then I cut the letters in green and red and also cut the layers (the holly) in green and red.  I thought it was a little TOO simple, even for what I was going for, so I added some Stickles in Green and Christmas Red to the holly.  They're still wet in the picture....I got impatient.  :)

I'm entering this card into the following challenges:

Paper Playtime- Winter Fun                                                       

Exploring Cricut- The Most Wonderful Time of the Year                

My Craft Spot- Christmas Shape Card                                    

Fantabulous Cricut- Shape Card                                                

Die Cuttin Divas- More Holiday Spirit