Bitten by the Bug 2- "Bakery Challenge"

This will be the first of three posts I will make today for Design Teams and a blog hop.

Post one is the Memories in Tyme Blog Hop- Mini Albums  (1 a.m.) Click here.

The second post is for Fantabulous Cricut Challenge Blog Click here ( 3 a.m.) and the third  will be for the 

Bitten by the Bug Challenge (8 a.m.)   I hope you will check them all out.  

This week at BBTB2 the Challenge is "Bakery" - anything you find in a bakery from any cartridge.  

You can make a card, layout or 3D project.  

For my birthday card I cut out a rectangle card from Elegant Edges page 36 cut at  5 x 11.50

The Cupcake is from American alphabet page 48 cut at 4 inches. 

I used the Birthday Extravaganza Paper Studio paper

I used two Cuttlebug folders Divine Swirls and Cupcakes.  

The stamp is from Joy's Life- Yummy Puns 

MS cupcake punch

I then added Stickles, seam binding ribbon and teeny tiny buttons.   

This is the inside of the card.  

The Celebrate woo hoo stamp is from Michael's $1 section.  

I hope you will join us for the challenge.  There are a lot of choices to use for the "Bakery" theme.  You will have two weeks to link your creations to  the challenge at Bitten By the Bug 2.  Happy Craftin!

SMASH Book/Cricut Magazine Challenge Make It Your Own

I have been hearing about Smash books but wasn't sure what they were. Then there was a thread on the Cricut messageboard which led me to this video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PFsArr4Z1s and website http://www.eksuccessbrands.com/kandcompany/   The same day the May Cricut Circle Magazine came out.  One of the challenges was to take a project from the magazine and make it your own. There were many beautiful projects but  a lovely journal ion page 33 by Janet Wilkins caught my eye.  So since I collect things and they often end up in a drawer or box. I decided to make a Smash book using  an artist sketch book I had sitting around. I gently  pulled the wires apart just enough to take the cover and backing off and then covered them with one of my favorites stacks  DCVW Street Lace.  The Smash title is from Cricut American Alphabet cut at 1.25, the flowers are the Scalloped cut from Mother's Day Bouquet cut at 1.25 and 1.5.  The butterfly is from Rock Princess cut at 3 inches.  The mini chalkboard is from MichaelDirections for flowers s and I  wrote on it with a silver Sharpie. I also added  a MS punch cut,  Memory thread for the antennas, Diamond Stickles, a couple embellishments and ribbon. 

Flower Directions

This is the inside cover 

Back Cover