Day 6 - elephant!

Look how cute!!!  I drew on the eyes because they were cut a bit too large, so I took a sharpie and drew them instead!  I inked the edge of the tail just to give it some distinction from the back end!  Thanks for checking in today!

Day 5 - lion!

I love this little guy too!!  My Scrap Chick does such great work!  Despite the look of it in the back view picture, there are no lines in it.  I think it is a reflection from the plastic on the cricut mat under it!  Thanks for visiting again today!

Day 4 - tiger!!!

Well, I've made it no secret that I love tigers, soooo....I think so far he might be my favorite.  What does everyone else think???

Day 3 - Hippo

I think this little one is pretty cute!!  I used pink gems on the cheeks instead of plain cardstock, and everything else applies as with all other animal books.  Therefore, to keep from being too redundant, I will just post the pics each day now.  Thanks for checking in on day 3!!

Day 2 - monkey!

OK, Stacy, this one is for you!  After I saw your comment on the giraffe, I had to make this guy day 2!!!  Same specs as all of the animal books - My Scrap Chick files, pop dots on the feet and tail, cut at 6"x5.5".  A little ink for the cheeks and sharpie for the eyes, and he was done!  Hope you like him!

Round 2 - Animal Book Week

Well, I think it's time for another animal book week.  This time, it's the collection from My Scrap Chick called Zoo Animal Books, and I cut them all with Make the Cut.  These seem to be even easier than the Sweet Animal Books I featured a couple of months ago, because she made use of negative space for the eyes, spots, etc.  I love them!  All links are included above, so just click away!

OK, without further ado, here is day 1, animal 1 - giraffe!!  I think he is so cute!  I cut him at 6"x5.5", and put a little ink on for his cheeks.  Everything else was cut to proportion with the base.  I also pop dotted the tail and hooves for some dimension.  Very easy.  As before, there are seven, so it works out perfectly for this entire week, while I put most of my craft time into the rest of the beach shape books I'm making!  I can't believe we leave for vacation in less than a week!!!

More Bday cards....and another Animal Book!!

Almost done now!  Tomorrow is the birthday party for my nephew Kyle, 16, and my niece Sammy, 13.  The iPod cards in the previous post were also for them, but my brother is giving those to them.  So here are a couple from my mom and I are giving them.  After this, I have one left to do for Sammy, from my mom, for which I am using Create a Critter.  Stay tuned!! 

For these, I used MTC to create the Philadelphia Flyers logo and guitar card for Kyle.  For the inside of the guitar card, I found a journaling tag that worked well for the inside writing!  The paper is from Michael's, and the stickers are from the same pack as the journaling tag.  On each, I stamped "On your birthday", which is an SU stamp, if you can see it!

For my card to Sammy, I used a familiar pattern - animal books!!  She loves her cat, and he happens to be a gray and black tabby, so I made it too look like her "Feather".  Again, this is a file from My Scrap Chick, so head on over to her site if you like what you see!

Well, I guess that is all for tonight.  I will post the Create a Critter card for Sammy tomorrow, after I finish it.  Thanks for visiting today!

Final animal book - MOUSE!

So this is it, the last in the series.  I want to thank everyone for all of your comments and taking the time to visit my blog this week!  This little guy did not turn out as well as I had wanted, nor did the pictures, due to the fact that I again had to use my cell phone.  I still can't believe I broke my camera, but I have a funny feeling my boyfriend will be getting me a new one for my birthday in a couple of weeks!  Just a feeling, but I will keep you posted!  : )

Anyway, the mouse.  That smudge on his face next to his whiskers is not an oops, it was something on my cell camera that I didn't notice until now.  Oh well.  For some reason, this little guy just looks off to me, but it's ok, he's still kind of cute.  Again, you can get all of these files over at http://www.myscrapchick.com/, and this week I will be busy with several birthday cards, so stay tuned!  Thanks for visiting, as always!

Day 6 - LAMB!!

OK, well, I know I missed yesterday.  Unfortunately, I broke my camera on Thursday night, and could not get a good enough picture with my cell phone yesterday, so I gave up.  The lighting at work is pretty good, so I used my cell to take this picture today while I am sitting here bored.  I'm still very unhappy that I broke my camera (I dropped it when a gust of wind took a bunch of items out of my hand, including the camera), but what's done is done.

For the lamb, I decided there was a lot of white here, so I needed to give him a little extra.  Because of that, I decided to use the Bazzill Basics Swiss dot paper that I got from HSN a while back.  I think it's better than palin white cardstock, what about you?  All extra pieces were again pop dotted, and the pieces were all inked in black for dimension.  Thanks for visiting, and I will get the last animal book up later today to close out the week!

Day 5 - PUPPY!!!

Animal book week continues with the puppy cut.  I am acutally giving this to my niece for her birthday next month, because her dog is brown with beige spots and ears!  So this little guy was custom made for her.

Anyway, he is a bit smaller than the others, although I doubt you can tell!  I cut him at 5" x 4.5", and inked, pop dotted....well, you knwo the drill by now.  I apologize for the blurry backside picture, but for some reason my camera did not want to take a clear shot of it! 

On a side note, I am very unhappy with what is going on with PC and the lawsuit against the software that allows me to create some of my projects.  PC needs to realize that they do NOT have on offer everything and every image that consumers want, so we look for programs that allow up more options and freedom.  MTC has not replaced my cartridge purchasing habits - on the contrary, I just bought 4 new carts last week with the cricutmachine.com BOGO offer.  Since I bought MTC, I have gone through more mats and blades than I care to think about, because I am using my machine SOO much more frequently.  Anyway, that's just my two cents and venting on that topic!

Thank you for visiting today!

Day 4 - BEAR!!

Ok so I actually got this put together just now, since we are waiting to take my mom to the doctor.  This is the bear, obviously, and he was inked, pop dotted, anddrawn on as with the others.  Again, you can get all of these files at http://www.myscrapchick.com/ in the mini patterns section.

If you look closely in the background of the open card picture, you can see my mom icing her splinted wrist!!  At least she is in relatively good spirits about it all.  The good news is her hip not only survivied the fall, but is actually doing better than expected, so it wasn't all bad!!  Thank you all for your comments and prayers, and enjoy the bear!  My boss told me to take the rest of the day off, so I should be able to do some cuts and finish my animal book series as planned!  Thanks for visiting!

Day 3 - KITTY!!

One of my favorite cats I ever had was an orange male tabby, so I made this guy orange and white!  I am making a gray and black one for my niece for her birthday, because this turned out so cute!  I cut him at 5x5, and inked and pop dotted, as before.  Again, the cut pattern is available at http://www.myscrapchick.com/ under mini patterns.  Thanks for visiting!

Animal Book Series day 2 - DUCK!

I love this little guy!!  Once again, these files are available in a pattern at http://www.myscrapchick.com/ called Animal Books.  This duck was cut a little larger, at about 6" x 6.5".  Inking, drawing, and pop dotting all pretty much the same as the bunny.  Thanks for visiting today, and I hope to see you again tomorrow for the Kitty!

Animal book week, day 1

This week, I will be featuring projects cut from files I bought at http://www.myscrapchick.com/ called "Animal Books".  I decided to make cards out of them instead of books, and since there are seven, it works out well to have an "Animal Book Week" on my blog, so I hope you enjoy!

Since today is Easter, I decided that animal book week would start with the bunny!   These patterns could not be simpler to cut and piece, so I highly recommend you check out this site if you have SCAL or MTC.  The bunny was cut at 5" x 5.5", and all four paws and the tail were pop dotted for the 3-D effect, along with the edge inking for dimension.  The face was easy to draw on with a black marker, and a little pink inking at the cheeks to make him extra cute was just the right last touch.  Stay tuned for another animal card/book tomorrow!!!  Thanks for visiting.