Quick Update!

Hello! 

I know it's been a few weeks since my last post but I have been working on building my cartridge collection and Stampin Up! ink pad collection. I have recently gotten the Sweethearts cartridge and I'm waiting for the Everyday Paper Dolls cartridge to come in the mail. I have been working on an ABC animal book for my Jenna bean. I have about four letters to get done and the book will be complete! I used the ENTIRE Create A Critter cartridge. I almost cut every single image out until I realized the size that I cut the critters out at were too big for my 12 x 12 page. I'm using seven cartridges to complete this book and coming together so cute! I just stuck on the letter Q. I have no idea out of my cartridges starts with a Q. HELP ME! haha. 

Baby Girl and Baby Boy Cards

Recipe

Supar and Spice Cricut Lite Cartridge

yellow, purple, pink,brown, blue paper with coordinating patterned paper

swiss dots and divine swirls embossing folders

Cuttlebug

My Pink Stamper - Everyday Occasions

pink ink

brown ink

pop dots

2 way zig glue pen

ATG Gun

Cut stroller at 3 1/2 in

Pink card 5 1/2 in x 4 1/4 in

Purple layer 5 1/4 in x 4 in

Yellow layer 5 in x 3 3/4 in and embossed in the divine swirls folder and stamped "Everything looks better in PINK!" in pink ink.

Cut stroller at 3 1/2 in

Blue card 5 1/2 in x 4 1/4 in

Brown layer 5 1/4 in x 4 in

Yellow layer 5 in x 3 3/4 in and embossed in the swiss dots folder and stamped with "sweet baby" in brown ink

Cupcake Card

Another cupcake card!

Recipe

Create A Critter 2 cartridge

pink, yellow, green paper

ribbon

pop dots

ATG Gun

2 way zig glue pen

threading waters border punch from Fiskars

My Pink Stamper - Simply Sweet Occaisons

Swiss dots embossing folder

Cuttlebug

black ink

Cut the cupcake at 3 in

Pink card 5 1/2 in x 4 1/4 in

Green layer 5 1/4 in x 4 in and embossed in the swiss dots folder

Paper strip 1 1/2 in x 4 in and punched with the border punch along the top and bottom and run the ribbon down the middle of it.

Kola Love Card

Since Valentine's Day is almost a month away (which is weird to say), I made a card!

Recipe

Create a Critter 2 cartridge

pink, black, grey, white paper with coordinating patterned paper

My Pink Stamper -Simply Sweet Occasions

black ink

pop dots

ATG Gun

2 way zig glue pen

Cut the kola at 3 in

Pink card 5 1/2 in by 4 1/4 in

Black layer 5 /14 in x 4 in

Patterned paper layer 5 in x 3 3/4 in

Paper strip 2 in x 5 1/4 in and stamped with "I love you" from the My Pink Stamper stamp line from the Simply Sweet Occasions set in black ink.

Bookworm Card

I randomly made this card because I had new stamps to try out and had the worm already cut out.

Recipe
Create A Critter cartridge
Juli's Garden embossing folder
grey, green, black paper with coordinating patterned paper
Cuttlebug
My Pink Stamper - Buggy Punnies
Apron lace border punch from Fiskars
black ink
pop dots
ATG gun
2 way zig glue pen

Cut the worm at 3 1/2 in

Green card 5 1/2 in x 4 1/4 in

Grey layer 5 1/4 in x 4 in and embossed in the Juli's Garden folder

Paper strip 2 in x 4 1/4 in and stamped with My Pink Stamper stamps from the Buggy Punnies set in black ink and I punched along the top and the bottom.

Elephant Birthday Card

Another birthday card!

Recipe

Create a Critter 2 cartridge

pink, yellow, blue paper with coordinating patterned paper

My Pink Stamper - Friends and Family

pop dots

ATG Gun

black ink

Swiss dots embossing folder

Cuttlebug

Cut the elephant at 3 in

Yellow card 5 1/2 in x 4 1/4 in

Blue layer 5 1/4 in x 4 in

Striped layer 5 in x 3 3/4 in

Paper strip 2 in x 4 in and I embossed it with the swiss dots folder and I stamped it "Happy Birthday" from the Friends and Family stamp set from My Pink Stamper in black ink.

Cupcake Cards

I made two of the same card because I stamped the wrong stamp on the first one. The two cards are the same except the stamped saying. 

Recipe

Once Upon A Princess cartridge

green, purple, black, blue, yellow, pink paper

Swiss dots embossing folder

Cuttlebug

Apron lace border punch from Fiskars

pop dots

ATG Gun

My Pink Stamper - Friends and Family & Simply Sweet Occasions

Cut cupcake at 3 1/2 in

Green cards 5 1/2 in x 4 1/4 in

Black layers 5 1/4 in x 4 in

Purple layers are 5 in x 3 3/4 in and I embossed these about half way of it.

Paper strip 2 in x 4 in. I used the punch along the top.

I had intended for the first card to have some type of a birthday stamp but I guess I got side tracked and used "cute!" from Friends and Family from the My Pink Stamper stamp line. The second card I use " Sweet Wishes " from the Simply Sweet Occasions also from My Pink Stamper

Fabulous Bird Card

Recipe

Create A Critter cartridge

yellow, pink, green paper with coordinating patterned paper

ribbon

My Pink Stamper - Friends and Family

Threading waters border punch by Fiskars

Pink ink

Cut the bird at 3 in

Yellow card 5 1/2 in x 4 1/4 in

Green layer 5 1/4 in x 4 in

Flower layer 5 in x 3 3/4 in

Paper strip 2 in x 3 3/4 in with the border punch along the top and bottom.

I stamped " Fabulous!" from the Friends and Family set from the My Pink Stamper stamp line in pink ink.

I did the cheater method with the ribbon. I cut a piece long enough to wrap around the layers and tape the ends to the back of it and then added a bow.

Bug Me Anytime Card

I love the colors of this card! 

Recipe

Create a Critter cartridge

yellow, green, and blue paper with coordinating patterned paper

My Pink Stamper - Buggy Punnies

Scallops with 2 dots by Martha Stewart

pop dots

ATG Gun

black ink

Cut the dragonfly out at 3 in

Yellow card is 5 1/2 in x 4 /14 in

Blue layer 5 1/4 in x 4 in

Blue patterned layer 5 in x 3 3/4 in

Paper strip 1 1/2 in by 5 in 

I used " Bug me anytime!" from the My Pink Stamper stamp line from the Buggy Punnies set in black ink. I used the punch along the top.

Happiness is a Butterfly Card

This butterfly is also one of the cut outs I had laying around for a while so I turned it into a card of course!

Recipe

Create A Critter cartridge

purple, teal, green paper and a blueish tealish tye dyed paper

Flower embossing folder

Cuttlebug

ribbon

black ink

My Pink Stamper - Buggy Punnies

The card is 5 in x 4 1/2 in

Purple layer is 4 3/4 in x 4 in.

Tye dye paper 4 1/2 in x 3 3/4 in

Butterfly at 3 in

I used a flower embossing folder that came with my Cuttlebug.

I used a stamp from My Pink Stamper from the Buggy Punnies set. I stamped it on the a piece of scrap paper and added it to a piece of teal scrap paper.

I added ribbon at the bottom of both layers.

Snail Mail Card

When I got my Create A Critter cartridge, I almost literally cut out every animal on it! It's just so cute! So I had this snail cut out for a while and I finally used it!

Recipe

Create A Critter cartridge

purple, teal, and green paper with coordinating patterned paper

Juli's Garden embossing folder

Cuttlebug

My Pink Stamper stamps - More Punny-licious

threading waters border punch by Fiskars

black ink

Cut snail at 3 in

dark purple layer at 5 1/4 in x 4 in

teal layer at 5 in x 3 3/4 in and embossed it in the Juli's Garden folder. For this embossing folder, for best results, use thick paper. Not thin paper because it will rip when you go to add adhesive.

The paper strip I think I cut it at 2 in by 5 in and punched the top and bottom of it. 

Stamped it saying "Snail Mail" by My Pink Stamper from the More Punny-licious set

Sweet Baby Card

Lots of my friends are having babies lately and I thought I would start making more baby cards just to have them on hand.

Recipe

Baby Steps cartridge

pink and green paper with coordinating patterned paper

Cuttlebug with swiss dots embossing folder

scallops with two dots border punch by Martha Stewart

pop dots

ATG Gun

My Pink Stamper stamps - Everyday Occasions

black ink

Cut the outfit and socks at 3 1/2 in

Leafy layer 5 1/4 in x 4 in. I embossed this layer with the swiss dots folder. This paper is pretty thin and this folder doesn't cause the paper to rip when I got to add adhesive.

Card at 5 1/2 in x 4 1/4 in

Paper strip 1 1/2 in x 5 1/4 in with the punch along the top.

Stamped "sweet baby" from My Pink Stamper Everyday Occasions in black ink

Butterfly Card

Ever since I got my Cuttlebug almost a week ago, I have made a total of 16 cards! I'm pretty proud of myself because I wasn't inspired enough to make that many. But after getting new cartridges, more paper, new stamps, and my Cuttlebug, I just can't stop which is great! So I'm gonna post all of the cards that I have made. :) 

Recipe

Straight From The Nest cartridge

blue, pink, brown paper with coordinating paper

My Pink Stamper stamps - Buggy Punnies

pop dots

ATG Gun

Zig zag border punch by Martha Stewart

brown ink

Cut butterfly at 3 1/4 in

Card is a light brown at 5 1/2 in x 4 1/4 in.

Yellow layer 5 1/4 in x 4 in

Blue layer 2 in x 5 1/4 in with the punch along the top (with this punch, it also embosses, so when using it make sure you line it up just right so it doesn't like wrinkled.)

I hate how you can see the stamp very well. That was on me. I used brown ink instead of black because I wanted to match but you can't see it. :( 

I used My Pink Stamper stamps Buggy Punnies- "Fluttering by to say hi."

I used pop dots to stick the butterfly on and my ATG gun to stick all the layers together.

Bird Card

I got a little inspired by Robyn from My Pink Stamper for this card. :)

Recipe

Straight From The Nest cartridge

Pink and brown paper with coordinating patterned paper

My Pink Stamper stamps - Everyday Occasions

Apron lace border punch by Fiskars

 pop dots

ATG gun

brown ink

Cut the bird at 3 1/4 in.

Card at 5 1/2 in x 4 1/4 in. Cut 8 1/2 in x 11 in  in half.

Yellow layer at 5 1/4 in x 4 in.

Paper strip 1 1/2 in x 5 1/4 in

I added a pop dot for the wing and more pop dots to be added onto the card.

Cricut and Cuttlebug Tips

As I have been doing projects within the past couple of days, I have figured out some helpful tips while using my Cricut and Cuttlebug.

Tip 1: Have you cut out an image with your Cricut and noticed that a smile is a little jacked up or holes aren't big enough to notice? Well, try turning down your pressure. I had mine set to max and was always getting the  smile look terrible! I now have my pressure set to high or medium depending on the paper and it makes a world of a difference! 

Tip 2: I just bought my Cuttlebug yesterday and I love it! It's amazing. But I noticed that while embossing thin  patterned paper, it would rip it. As I was trying to add tape to an embossed paper, it ripped more! So I recommend that you either solid color cardstock for embossing or thick patterned paper. 

I hope that helps someone as much as it's helping me. Since getting a Cuttlebug yesterday, I have made EIGHT new cards! That usually takes me a week or longer to make that many! Michael's is having a great sale this week on punches and paper. I got five packs of 8 1/2 in by 11 in paper for $10 and two fiskars borders for $7.99 each because they were half off. I also got two Martha Stewart border punches for $7.99 as well because they were on clearance. Joann's is having a sale on cartridges. I bought Once Upon a Princess for $29.99 from $39.99 and other cartridges that are regularly $49.99 are $32.99 this week. I hope this helps!