My new Cricut Expression 2

I just bought a new cricut expression 2, I'm in love already.I will be learning how to use this & hopefully posting new images of things I'm learning to create along the way.So Excited.

Birthday Wishes Card

Here is another card I made using scraps, the flower is from graduation announcements where I only used outside of die cut.The card base I put through the cuttlebug emboss plate polka dots, used distress ink, black soot across all of the polka dots.The rhinestone on flower & birthday wishes die cut were from $1 bin at Michael's.Ribbon die cut is spellbinders.Thanks for looking.

Emboss Distress Birthday card

I tried this emboss distress technique that I learned from: http://stamptv.ning.com/ I stamped my butterfly with emboss stamp pad on a white card stock base all over in different directions, then used clear embossing powder, melted with my heat gun, I then used Tim Holtz distress inks(scattered straw) & (broken china) randomly over the whole card front after I used a paper towel to wipe the distress ink off of the embossed butterflies.I then stamped happy birthday onto white card stock, & used my SU oval punch to cut the happy birthday out, then slid Broken china distress ink around the edges.The yellow flower is a revolution die cut, I cut 2 of them out of bright yellow card stock & distressed them with CTMH ink (sunflower)glued them together & also to left top of card.I then pop dotted the Happy birthday to the top of the flower.Hope you enjoy my card, I had fun making this one.

Class of 2011; Kashmir

Here is the graduation announcement I made for my niece Kashmir, congratulations I'm so proud of you.
I used Quickutz letters & numbers & also Revolution dies for flower, leaf & flourish.For the white dots I used  Ranger Inks, enamel accents in white.I just love how this came out.Hope you all enjoy looking.

Easy Peasy Pinwheel card

I made this super easy card from a youtube video.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fWYQGUYfx0k

On scrapbook.com we are doing a weekly thread on Card of the week, our host Michelle is awesome, every week she comes up with new styles to make.It keeps my creative mojo going strong. For this card I again used all of my scraps to make it.Hope you enjoy my card.

Happy birthday card

Once again I have pulled out my scraps to make yet another Birthday card.Recently I have been buying Martha Stewart punches from Michaels. I use my 40% off coupon to purchase one every month.I LOVE them, so easy to use & yet so elegant a look they give to my cards.The stamp is Stampin Up from some years back, I colored the birds, branches & leaves with my Copic Markers not sure which colors I used as this stamped & colored image was in my scraps.I also used my color box chalk chestnut roan to ink around the edges of card.

My new Gratitude Journal

Right now at our church we're doing a a time to Regenerate. One of the things they are asking of us is to start something new, so I have decided to start a Gratitude Journal.It is an Old Quaker tradition, daily you are to write down one thing you are grateful for. I picked blues & greens, flowers & butterflies.These are some of my favorite things in life. 
All of my papers came from DCWV "The Green Tea stack". I used my quickutz die cuts of 2 different butterflies and also mini dragonfly & butterfly die cuts.The green & white polka dot ribbon is from my stash, I never can remember where I get my ribbon from because I can never seem to pass any up.The black epoxy stickers that spell out Gratitude Journal are from creative imaginations.Along the top & bottom of the banner I used my new MS border punch, I think it gives it an elegant touch.
Hope you enjoy my Gratitude Journal!

Simple box birthday card!

I made this card from a tutorial on you tube. Here is the link; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2jCZPyLT9s
This card is for my brother in law Miguel's 40th bday.We are having a surprise party for him on Saturday & I wanted to make something different for him.Hope you like it.I used all my scraps again on this card.It's been lots of fun trying to find exactly the right card stock & designer paper to match up with just scraps, but my scrap drawers are finally going down somewhat.Have a wonderfully blessed weekend.

When you open the card it's a lil box inside.I think I might make some confetti with a quickutz birthday candle die cut to go inside.

I made this card that was found here;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfrLi4RE1WI&feature=related

Pop-up Gift Card Holder

Over on www.scrapbook.com we have a weekly thread where our host posts a new card each Saturday.It was hard getting the  score lines in the correct spot,but once you have that down it works wonderfully.It  holds a gift card & looks incredible.Thanks for taking the time to look.Have a blessed weekend.

Happy Valentines Card

I made this card using my cricut.I don't use my Cricut very often, because I'm kinda intimidated by all the cartridges you need & I only have 2 so far.I'm going to try to use it more often this year along with my resolution to use my scraps up I have decided to make using my Cricut another resolution too.Well I hope you enjoy this  card & hope my hubby does too.It's for him for Valentine's Day.