The challenge at Jitterbuggin this week is to follow the sketch, use red, green and yellow, use an apple, include something black and, of course, use the Cricut.  I am also entering this card in My Sheri Crafts Challenge #23 – Autumn.  My card is titled “how sweet it is” and I used the Hannah Montana cartridge for the font, which I cut in black.  I then cut ”sweet” out in red and glued over the black. ...

The latest challenge at Cricut Cardz Challenge is to make a fall card using any Cricut cartridge, but you cannot use brown, orange or yellow.  I found some Basic Grey paper from the Indian Summer collection in my stash and it is pink.  I think that is about as nontraditional as I can get!  I accented the paper with green and burgundy/maroon cardstock.  The squirrel is Bazzil Bling cardstock. I used the Lacy Labels Lite cartridge for...

The challenge this week at Jitterbuggin’ is to follow the sketch, use primary colors (red, blue, yellow) and use the Cricut.  Sherri’s sketch shows a school theme, which we can use, or we can choose use any theme we want.  I stuck with the school theme because it goes well with primary colors. This card came to me fairly quickly.  I decided to use “teacher’s pet” as my sentiment, literally in this...

The latest challenge at Jitterbuggin’ is a fun one involving favorite things.  We are to use our two favorite colors and use our favorite thing as the subject.  It can be a favorite animal, food, whatever we want.  We have to be sure and include a Cricut cut on the card. Sherri also included a link to a tutorial for a folded paper frame as a bonus.  You can find the tutorial here.  I definitely wanted to give the frame a shot...

The third challenge at Um Buggin’s Cricut Cuts & Stamps is to create a card or item using a school-themed Cricut cartridge that you already own.  It has to have a Cricut diecut and a stamped image somewhere on it, and also be a new creation.  Lillie made the cutest backpack and easel card — be sure and check them out. I wasted a lot of time going back and forth on what I was going to do and finally decided on a card with...