Creations With Christina

Happy Birthday Card (Video~Four Legged Friends Cricut Lite)

Hi Everyone,
I was looking through my cartridges and came across the Four Legged Friends Cricut Lite cartridge…Guess what, I’ve had it for months and never used it…Until now that is….Also lots of you asked how to put the cartridges on your Ipads, here are the instructions I found…

Watch video below | Watch on You Tube

Supplies:
Cricut: Cricut Expression 2, Gypsy, Four Legged Friends Cricut Lite
Solid Cardstock: Kraft (Paper Trey Ink), Light Green Textured (Bazzill), and Off White (Unknown)
Pattern Paper: Thrift Shop (October Afternoon)
Stamps: Birthday Bash Sentiments (Paper Trey Ink)
Embossing Powder: Zing Clear Embossing Powder (American Crafts)
Ink: Versa Mark Pad (Tsukineko)
Embellishments: Queen & Co. Pearls, Velvet Scallop Trim
Corner Rounder: Corner Chomper (We R Memory Keepers)

Birthday Banner Card

Happy Tuesday,

Late last night I decided to do a little more stamping. Thought I would get a head start on upcoming birthday’s and get some cards made…

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I used the Build A Banner stamp set with coordinating die set and I also used the Double End Banner die set with the Everyday Buttons Stamp set for the sentiment. Gotta love Paper Trey Ink. 

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Supplies:
Vintage Cream Card Stock (Paper Trey Ink)
Kraft Card Stock (Paper Trey Ink)
Thrift Shop Pattern Paper (October Afternoon)
Build A Banner Stamp Set (Paper Trey Ink)
Build A Banner Die Set (Paper Trey Ink)
Banner End Stamp Set (Paper Trey Ink)
Everday Buttons Stamp Set (Paper Trey Ink)
Antique Linen Distress Ink (Tim Holtz)
Chicken Feed, Malted Milk, Stick Candy, Chewing Gum, Brown Sugar (Jenni Bowlin Ink) 
Thanks for stopping by and I hope you have a great day. 
Hugs and happy crafting, 

Masculine Card

Happy Friday…
No video today, I’m still a little swollen from the having the wisdom tooth pulled…

I was flipping through some paper and came across this really dark gray pattern paper and thought it would make a great masculine card…so I combined it with some Paper Trey Ink stamps and dies….

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Supplies: 
Pattern Paper: My Minds Eye Stella Rose: Hattie
Cardstock: Paper Trey Ink Smokey Shadow
Stamps and Dies: Tag it’s # 1 stamp set (PTI), Tag Sale #4 Die (PTI), Limitless Layers #1 (PTI)
Etc: White Embossing Powder, Twine (My Craft Spot), Sakura White Gel Pen

Hope you all have a great Friday and a fabulous weekend.

Birthday Card Video (Straight from the Nest)

Happy Monday Everyone 🙂
I hope you all had a wonderfully relaxing weekend.

Today’s video is a super simple card that I made and I love how it come out….

Here is the video. I listed the supplies below.

Supplies:
Die Cutting Machine: Cricut Expression, Gypsy, Cartridge: Straight from the nest.
Cardstock: Kraft, Ocean Tide, Dark Chocolate (Paper Trey Ink) Yellow (Bazzill), Pattern Paper: Hattie 6×6 Paper Pad (My Minds Eye); Ribbon: Ocean Tide Stitched Ribbon (Paper Trey Ink), Ink: Old Paper Distress Ink (Tim Holtz), Foam Applicator (Tim Holtz), Adhesive: Dimenstionals (Stampin’ Up!), Tombo Mono Adhesive, Two Way Glue (Stampin’ Up!), Stamp: Happy Birthday Stamp (Paper Trey Ink).

Hope you all have a great Monday.
Hugs and happy crafting,

MFT Winner and a Video

Happy Monday Everyone,
Well I’m starting off the New Year with a pulled muscle in my back. Yesterday I bent over to pick up a basket and WAM! So needless to say I’m walking like a duck….

Let’s pick the winner of the My Favorite Things Giveaway. A huge Thank You to all of you for your love and support….

and the winner is….

 Jamie said…

WOW!! That is some giveaway!! I love your blog and your creations are amazing. Happy New Year!!

Congratulations Jamie. I already send you an email…

I really enjoyed my two weeks off from videos, but I missed it too. So let’s get back in the groove…..
Today we’ll be making a card using the Simply Charmed Cricut Cartridge and one of my favorite paper companies with I want something bright…Echo Park.

Supplies: Cricut Expression, Georgia Pacific White Cardstock, Bazzil Brown Cardstock, Echo Park “Walk in the Park”, Satin Ribbon: Stampin’ Up!, Fillable Frames #5 Stamp Set (Paper Trey Ink), Versa Mark, white embossing powder, Ranger Heat It tool, EK Success Bumpy Road punch, ATG gun, Stamin’ Up Dimensionals. 

Have a great day and Congrats again Jamie…

Happy Monday

Hi Everyone,
I hope you all had a great weekend.

Last night I felt like working on some cards, turned out I only really wanted to make one….

Supplies:
October Afternoon: Thrift Shop
Paper Trey Ink: Fine Linen, Harvest Gold, Ripe Avocado, 
Twine, PTI Fillable Frames # 1, Simply Chartreuse Ink, Scarlet Jewel Ink
Martha Stewart Punch: Daisy Fan
Tim Holtz Distress Ink: Old Paper

Have a great day….