Monday, February 21, 2011

Oh My Stars!

I am a die cutting junkie. All metal dies in my Cuttlebug....marvelous. But, I have a Cricut Expression that hasn't been used nearly enough. I even have several cartridges, so there are no excuses.  It was becoming a Provocraft show-down.

I decided to take a Cricut 101 class at a "local" scrapbook store (about 45 min. away) taught by Betsy Veldman. Of course she was great and I learned a ton about the Cricut! I finally figured out all of the functions, or at least enough to use my machine.

So...the Cricut stays. And I've finally made a card I'm happy with using the Cricut and some my other dies, and I decided to enter it into the Die Cuttin Divas stars challenge:


I used the Plantin Schoolbook and Joys of the Season Cricut cartridges for the big star and the little stars. The die is Papertrey Ink's Fillable Frames #10, and the doily die is My Favorite Thing's  Dainty Lace Doily Die.  Isn't this Fancy Pants paper pretty?


 There is a strip of pink glitter separated by score lines (can't quite see them on the photo).


I added a little stitching using denim thread....love that thicker thread...too bad my machine doesn't!

Thanks for looking!

Here are the details on the card:
Cardstock: pink (Core'dinations); green and red (AC Cardstock)
Patterned Paper: Wishful Thinking (Fancy Pants)
Stamps: Fillable Frames #5 (PTI)
Ink: Warm Red (ColorBox); Brilliance Peacock (Tsukineko); white (ColorBox)
Dies: Plantin Schoolbook & Joys of the Season (Provocraft); Fillable Frames #10 (PTI); Dainty Lace Doily (MFT)
Other: glitter (Michaels); aqua mist button (PTI); pink denim weight thread (YLI)

7 comments:

  1. Oh, a class with Betsy Veldman. I'm so jealous, and I don't even own a Cricut! Your card is great. I just got a Silhouette and I'm loving what it can do.

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  2. What a darling card!!!! I love your choice of colors and the doily is my fav too :0) Thanks for sharing it with the Diva's!!

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  3. Super card Jocelyn! I love the light colour combination, pure perfection. Thanks for joining the divas this week.

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  4. Loving the colors on this! It's so fun! Thanks for the sweet comments on my blog today!

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  5. Beautiful card. Loved the color combination. I think you have inspired me to use my cricut more. Maybe I need to take a class as well.

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  6. Yumalicious!! Love this card, the colours are scrumptious!! Thanks for playing with the Divas this week! :)

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  7. I *love* your card. It's sweet and simple and pops - and that's how I like 'em. Thanks for playing along at DCDs!
    *Heidi*

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