Cutters Creek Design Team Spring Blog Hop

Welcome to the Cutters Creek Spring Blog Hop! All of our designers have created some wonderful Spring projects featuring products that you can purchase at the Cutters Creek Store! If you would like to start from the beginning head on over the the Cutters Creek Design Team Blog. Each blog along the way will have a link to the next blog in the chain. Don't forget to make sure you are following each of our personal blogs and leaving comments along the way to enter to win a box full of CHA Swag!!!!


You should have just hopped here from Lori's Blog.

My project is a simple spring-theme card, and what better says "Spring" than the Easter Bunny?!

 
The base of my card is a standard white cardstock, cut at 10" x 6 1/2".  I put a simple fold down the center with my Scor Pal.  I cut a piece of grass-looking paper at 4 1/2" x 6", leaving a quarter inch of white around the outside. 

The title was cut from my Cricut, using a Creative Memories cartridge.  The paper used was from a piece of paper that I found rather ugly as a full size print of purple, pink & green pansies.  However, when cut into the title, the print actually is not quite as obnoxious, and gives the title a soft, colorful feeling!  I adhered the title to a piece of coordinating, textured cardstock from my stash.  Although I used a different brand, the corners can be embellished with any of the We R Memory Keepers Crop-A-Dile Corner Chompers.  I adhered the letters to the cardstock using my favorite glue pen - the Sakura Quickie Glue Roller Pen.

I wanted it to look like my bunny was sitting on a field of flowers.  I happened to have a stamp in my stash that looks like mounds of snow.  I stamped that several times on the bottom of my green paper, using my Memento Tuxedo Black Ink Pad.  On all of the black lines, I dabbed on my Flower Soft Glue, making sure to fill in some extra spaces.  I immediately sprinkled on some Flower Soft Spring Mix, and pressed it into the glue lightly to make sure I had plenty sticking.  Then I tipped my card up and tapped off the excess, saving all the Flower Soft to put back in the pot.  I set the card base off to the side to allow it to dry thoroughly.

Next, I cut my bunny and basket from the Cricut Paper Dolls for Everyday cartridge.  I sized these items on a single mat on my Gypsy, which reduced the number of times I had to put the mat in for cutting, and ensured that everything was sized proportionately.  I wanted to have some of the cut lines in the body and face of the bunny stand out a little more, so I accented them using my Copic Sketch Marker E00 Skin White.  I colored the center of the ears with R20 Blush.  Once again, with my Flower Soft Glue, I dabbed glue all over my bunny, avoiding all the lines I had just highlighted with my Copics.  I sprinkled Flower Soft Diamond Range Polar White all over the bunny, again, pressing it down into the glue lightly, to make sure he was all filled in, fluffy and sparkly!  Since there was a lot of glue used, I had to let him sit several hours to make sure everything dried up nicely before I tried to finish my card!
Of course, the bunny needs to "HOP" off the card, so I adhered him using Glue Dots 1/2 Inch Pop Up Dots.  The basket was also popped up off the page, so that I could add tiny eggs inside of it.  The eggs are actually Twinkly Jewels Birthday Mix, each adhered by a single spot of Glossy Accents.

I hope you enjoyed my little taste of spring!  I would love to hear your thoughts of this card, and let me know what kinds of things remind YOU of spring!

After you leave your comment, hop on back to the Design Team Blog and let us know how much you enjoyed the blog hop!

Here's a list, if you get lost along the way:
Cutters Creek Design Team Blog - http://cutterscreekdesignteam.blogspot.com/
Mandie's Blog - http://mandiesscrappin.blogspot.com/
Kim's Blog - http://kreativekim.blogspot.com/
Mindy's Blog - http://www.scrappyandpiggy.blogspot.com/
Laura's Blog - http://scrapaddict4life.blogspot.com/
Melissa's Blog - http://www.ourmadhouseof4.blogspot.com/
Lori's Blog - http://savingmine.blogspot.com/
Vicki's Blog - http://scrappyleopard.blogspot.com/

Red and Green Blog Hop

Welcome to the Cutters Creek Red and Green Blog Hop! Our wonderful design team members have all created some fun Christmas projects to inspire you! The only requirement for the projects were that they must contain Red and Green. You just saw a fabulous project on Kim B's blog. Your next stop along the hop will be Lori B's blog. If you are just finding our hop please head over to the Cutter's Creek Design Team Blog to start from the beginning. There are 8 inspiring projects for you to check out as well as 8 chances to win a great prize from Cutters Creek!  Please leave me a comment about your most memorable gift - either sent or recieved. One entry per person please!  Comments left up until 11:59pm on Sunday December 12th will be eligible to win. All winners will be selected Monday and posted on each blog so make sure you check back to see if you have won! You will have 48 hours to respond before we choose another winner.  My prize will be a wonderful set of American Crafts Glitter Markers. 

Here is the project that I have created for today's hop.

This was my second card with no image - just a sentiment.  However, I decided to jazz this one up just a n otch and added LOTS and LOTS of BLING.  The base of my card was cut on Bazzill Bling paper in Evergreen.  This paper has a very slight sheen to it to make it sparkle.  I used a piece of Core'dinations Gemstone 12"X12" Cardstock Assortment in a cranberry color - also sparkly, and cut it one inch smaller than the front of my card.  This piece was embossed with the D'Vine Swirls folder in my Cuttlebug. 

The sentiment was cut on my Cricut Expression, using my Gypsy and the Gypsy Wanderings cartridge.  The base was cut with the American Crafts Foil in dark green.  There are LOTS of colors in this pack to choose from - it is a wonderful paper to work with and cuts nicely on the Cricut.  It IS very heavy though, and requires multiple cuts to get it out clean.  The top layer of the sentiment is American Crafts Glitter paper in Mint. 

This sentiment had a pretty flower on it.  Rather than try to hide it, I decided to dress the flower up with some Polar White Flower Soft.  Using the Flower Soft Glue, the product stuck nicely even to the glitter paper!  If you're new to Flower Soft, like me, here's a tip - always rinse out the applicator tip of the flower soft glue after using it.  It took me a while to clean out the dried glue from the applicator before I could use it again!

Finally, I had all the layers ready to put my card together.  I used ribbon from my stash to wrap the embossed cardstock, tying it with a simple knot.  I attached this piece to the base with my Glue Glider Pro.  For the sentiment, I attached the glitter paper to the base using my Sakura Quickie Glue Pen, which works great with small areas!  Since the knot from my ribbon was in the middle, I used Glue Dots Pop-Up Dots to raise the sentiment up over the top of the knot, and jump off the card.

I hope you enjoyed my project...and the rest of the hop!!

Spring Card

Here's an easy card for a lovely spring thought! It was made from a pre-folded card & envelope set, so I didn't have to fuss with envelope sizing.



First, I stamped Lily from Pink Cats Studios - Billy & Lily Sweethearts on my Prism paper with Memento Ink Tuxedo Black, and colored her with Copics. I cut her out really close with Cutterbee scissors...I love how sharp those little scissors are! Next, I used two embossed borders from the Cuttlebug Emboss A2 Border Frills set. The lace-look border was set at the bottom of the card, and I cut around the embossing to show the curved edges on the bottom. I placed the pink floral border slightly above the bottom, and used a fun, decorative ribbon between the two borders. The ribbon is held in place with Scor-Tape. I tucked Lily in to the top of the pink flower border. To show off the lace border, I used a piece of the same pink cardstock on the INSIDE bottom of the card. I highlighted a few of the flowers in the middle pink border using Flower Soft Summer blend and Flower Soft Glue. The pink hydrangea flowers are set in place with Glossy Accents and a Twinkle Jewel. I have discovered that many 'dimensional' items can be 'glued' in place with Glossy Accents - it sets up hard, so that your embellishment won't fall off! Finally, I cut my title phrase with my Cricut and the Lyrical Letters cartridge. The shadow of this font is clean, and easy to cut very small - this one was cut at 3/4".

Cutters Creek Items Used:
Pink Cats Studios - Billy & Lily Sweethearts
Prism Paper
Memento Ink - Tuxedo Black
Copic Markers
Cutterbee Scissors
Cuttlebug Emboss A2 Border Frills
Scor-Tape
Flower Soft Summer Blend
Flower Soft Glue
Glossy Accents
Twinkle Jewels
Lyrical Letters Cartridge