Friday's Fab Five

Starting today, every Friday I am going to select my top five posts or websites of the week. Here are my fab five for this week. Enjoy!

My Weekly Fab Five

Click here to see an amazing floral wreath made with SVG files designed by SVG Cuts.

If you want to use fabric on your cards check out this informative video.

I love Hero Arts Social Club Thursday. This week they are featuring Saint Patrick's Day cards. Be sure to check out their blog.

Check out this informative website dedicated to using the Cricut for Weddings. Unique ideas even if you are not planning a wedding.

I love this Cricut handbag and shoe designed by Julia Moss. I am going to make the purse as soon as I get the Cuttlebug folder. Check out her embossing!

Hope you enjoyed our first Fab Five!

Ready for Spring

I am so ready for Winter to be over. This was a quick and easy card I made using the Walk in My Garden Cartridge. The only challenging part was that I used a very small hole punch to make the small circles. Just when you think you have the right border punch you don't. Happy Spring!

Making Glimmer Mist

As promised, here is my video on how to make Glimmer Mist.

Glimmer Mist and more

I love Glimmer Mist and want it in every available color and more. Unfortunately, it is a little on the expensive side so I tried making my own. I developed a softer tone on tone metallic version. Yahoo! Now I am not limited to only a few colors.

Currently my husband and I are putting the finishing touches on a video demonstrating the quick process. Hopefully, I will have my first video ever... posted later today.

Thanks again for stopping in.

Attitude

I love the new Forever Young Cartridge from Cricut. It is full of paper dolls for adults. I made a few modifications to her hat and dress and cut out a border using a SCAL file. I used the swiss dots embossing folder on the word and inked the layers. Too much fun.

Fun With Flowers

Today is all about making and embellishing paper flowers. I made the flower below from an SVG file that you can buy at SVG Cuts. They not only sell incredible 3-D flower files but they have video tutorials on how to make them. Click here and scroll down to see a video on how to make 3-D flowers.

Now let's talk about fun with Cricut flowers. The photo below is an easy Cricut adaptation of Tim Holtz's grunge flower. This flower was so easy to make thanks to a video by Christina. Click here to see her video.

Enfys from Going Buggy has put together a tutorial on embellishing flowers made from the Cricut. Click here to see her video and be sure to check out her website.

Happy Saint Patrick's Day

I used a free svg file to create this card. I enlarged the file and welded two circles together to form the card. I used my Cuttlebug to add texture to the third layer and inked the second layer. Easy and fun. Please click here for the free SVG file designed by Amy Aimitup. Thanks for visiting and Happy Saint Patrick's Day!

Cricut Cartridges at Custom Crops

I just discovered a new website for buying Cricut Cartridges...at least it is new to me. Last week, I bought the Forever Young cartridge for $31.00. I received the cartridge in just four days! Yahoo.

I have shopped on a number of websites but this site has the best prices on Cricut Cartridges. Check them out by clicking here.

PS I am not a paid spokesperson, just an excited consumer.

Fan Card from Pagoda Cartridge

I used Design Studio to weld together two fans from the Cricut Pagoda cartridge to make this card. Next, I add some rhinestones for bling. The Pagoda Cartridge is becoming one of my many favorites. Tomorrow I will talk about my new source for buying Cricut Cartridges.

Happy Birthday

I couldn't resist making a cake box and filling it with candy. I made the cake box from the Tags and Bags cartridge and the flower was from the Pagoda Cartridge. I filled the cake box with Hersey Kisses for an added treat. So much fun!

Trends for 2010

Above Rubies Studio has just produced this free guide to 2010 papercraft trends. Click here to download a copy. Be sure to check it out and craft away.

Anniversary Card

I just can't stop playing with the Cricut Wildcard cartridge. All I did was add a bow and a rub-on and the card was done. Cricut just announced today that they will be releasing a new card cartridge sometime in March. You may want to check it out here.

Pagoda Cartridge

This card was made using the Cricut Pagoda Cartridge. I followed the project suggestion included in the cartridge and I thought it turned out great. This cartridge is so easy and versatile to use. So far I have made two cards with the Pagoda cartridge with more to come. Hope everyone had a great Valentine's Day!

Valentine's Day Easel Card

I thought I would try an Easel card using a SCAL file I found on the Internet and a Hero Arts stamp. I watched Joy's video and made a few minor changes to fit my design. Check out her video for more information.

Happy Valentine's Day

Oh my goodness, only one more day to go! Fortunately this was a quick and fun card. I used a cupcake and background stamp, then embossed with detailed white embossing powder for this easy card. Oops, I almost forgot that I added rhinestones and some bling.