September Cards

It's that time again, a preview of the cards for the September Cricut classes at Craft Fancy.

We will begin with Thanksgiving/Fall cards. This cute turkey is from the Create a Critter Cartridge. I like the burlap background, a nice change from patterned paper.

Next up an acorn and some leaves. This card was inspired by a wall hanging in the latest Scrapbooks, Etc magazine. The acorn is from Create a Critter and the leaves are from DoodleCharms. I love all the different colors of the BoBunny dot paper. I also stamped the card with the Hero Arts Design Block Flourish stamp and a VersaMark watermark stamp pad.

Looks like we are going to be using Create a Critter a lot this month. The pumpkin and leaves on this card are from that cartridge too. More BoBunny dot paper and some pretty silk ribbon 

Next we will move on to Christmas. This pretty ornament is from the Celebrate with Flourish cartridge. More BoBunny dot paper accents this card. You might have noticed that most of the cards have some distress ink on them. I used the Tim Holtz Distress Inks - this card has Vintage Photo Distress ink on it and the acorn card has the Wild Honey Distress Ink on it. I'll show you an easy way to apply the ink to the cards.

The last card is a snowy evergreen tree. You can't tell from the picture, but I brushed on some starburst Stickles (also from Ranger Ink) to give the snow a subtle shimmer. 

Hope to see you in class!

Happy Halloween!?

That's right and Merry Christmas too! Holidays are the theme for the August Cricut class at Craft Fancy.

First up, we have a scary witch flying through the air. This is from the Celebrate with Flourish Cricit Light cartridge.

For all you vampire lovers out there, here is a cute one from the Paper Doll Dress Up cartridge.

This cute little pumpkin is from the Create a Critter cartridge.

Next we move on to Christmas! The cute little reindeer is also from the Create a Critter cartridge.

Finally we have some pretty poinsettias from the Celebrate with Flourish cartridge. I may add a little something to this card, maybe a sentiment on the bottom left corner. It looks like it needs something more.

Classes begin soon. The first classes are next week: Wednesday, (please note the day change) August 4 at 5:30 pm and Friday, August 6, at 10:30 am.

The remaining classes are: Cricut Basics (beginner class) Wednesday, August 10 at 11:00  am, Tuesday, August 24 at 5:30 pm and Friday, August 27 at 10:30 am.

Hope to see you at one of the classes!

My Craft Space

One of the ladies in my Cricut class wanted to see what my crafting space looks like. So Sherri here it is (click on the pictures to make them bigger).  

It looks a little messy, but actually it is pretty clean. Usually I just have a little corner on the left side of the table to work on, the rest is covered in clutter. The big white box with drawers is from The Container store and is home to my alphabets (the top 4 rows), brads, gems, tags, ribbon and other small metal embellishments. The brown boxes from Ikea hold adhesives, ribbon, left over die cuts and stamps. Don't even ask about what is under the table. It is a mess and a place for the cat to hide.

My Cricut lives on this cabinet. There are boxes of pictures and some tools hiding behind the doors.

The white cubes are from Michael's and they hold embellishments, stamps and stamp pads, punches, paper and lots of little stuff. The brown drawers are from Ikea. The 9 drawer box  is full of flowers sorted by color and the long box on the bottom holds sewing supplies.

This shelf is new. I needed more space for my growing collection of Cricut cartridges! It also holds my 8 1/2 x 11 paper and knitting books on the bottom shelf. The glass penny candy jars are full of ribbon sorted by color. The little ceramic bowls are from Portugal by way of Anthropology.

The left side of these cubes are full of scrap paper sorted by color. You never know when you are going to need a scrap of paper for a project! The right side is full of yarn on the top, a drawer of pattern paper scraps, a drawer of alphabet stickers and the bottom drawer is full of jewelry making supplies. If you look real closely, you can see my collection of tiny Disney figurines on the window sill. 

The only thing I didn't take a picture of is the computer table which is on the right side of this picture.

Thanks for checking out my space. Hope the clutter didn't scare you too much. Who was it who said a creative mind is never neat?

Now I must get to work on cards for the August Cricut classes. The theme this month is Halloween and Christmas. I hope to have pictures to post tomorrow.

Time for More Cards

Hey everyone - its that time again, new cards for the July Cricut Classes at Craft Fancy. I decided to use some different colors this time and picked a nice orange/coral paper. 


The first card is from the Walk in My Garden cartridge.

The next card is from the Simply Sweet Cartridge.

Next is a sweet summer treat from the Stretch Your Imagination Cartridge.

A flower and lady bug from Plantin Schoolbook and Walk In My Garden.

And last a flowery fence/gate from the new Bloom Cartridge.

Thanks for looking, leave a comment if you like.

Changed Card

I wasn't really happy with the 4th of July card that I designed for this month's classes, so I created another one today. This one uses the Accent Essentials and Plantin Schoolbook cartridges. I like this one much better, hope you do too.

It's June Already!!

That means its time to show off the cards for the June Cricut Classes.

Up first is a cute butterfly using the Create a Critter and Just Because Cards cartridges.

Next is a Thank You card using the Simply Sweet cartridge.

The wedding card is from the Wild Card cartridge.

A 4th of July card using the Stand and Salute cartridge.

And the final card is from the Just Because Cards cartridge.

May Cards

Wow where did April go? It is time for the May Cricut classes already. This month there are four classes to choose from: Wednesday, May 5 at 5:30 pm; Friday, May 7 at 10:30 am; Tuesday, May 18 at 5:30 and Friday, May 21 at 10:30 am. So here are the things that we will be making.

First up a cute little box using the Plantin Schoolbook cartridge. The box is big enough for a small gift for a friend.

Next up is a Thank you card using George and Basic Shapes and Plantin Schoolbook cartridges. 

For the graduate we have a cute card using the Wild Card cartridge.

Next up is a card for that special guy - could be a Father's Day card or a Birthday card. I used the Wild Card Accent Essentials cartridge for this one (Wild Card has a Fleur di Lis on it too).

And last, but not least, is my favorite card. This cute little monkey comes from the new Create a Critter cartridge. All of the animals on this cartridge are so cute, you will be seeing more cards with them in the future.

Hope to see you in one of the classes.

For those that are wondering, there is some knitting and traveling going on too. More on those in another post.