Don't Blink!

This week's Exploring Cricut (and More) Design Team Inspiration: 

This is the second in a series of Doctor Who themed cards. Doctor Who is a science fiction British television show - lately it's lost some of it's science for some fairytale flair, but I don't care. To me, anything Doctor Who is OK.

This card was created entirely based on the episode, Blink, from season 3. Fans of the show, will pick out the carefully planned elements. For example, the background fence to represent the Wester Drumlins, a expanse of land with a large Victorian home and a wrought iron fence around it where the episode takes place. It is here that we first meet the Weeping Angels (the very scary monster from the episode). The familiar Doctor Who police box - his disguised time machine (TARDIS) cut from a .jpg in blue vinyl stands behind the lonely Weeping Angel cut from a .svg file (from Pretty Papers, Pretty Ribbons), finally, I added the TARDIS key and an Easter Egg - both crucial in the episode.

The background paper is from The Paper Studio: Blanco.

Challenges Entered:
The Male Room: Science Fiction
Scrapping 4 Fun: Anything Goes
Jo's Scrap Shack: Anything Goes
Alphabet Challenge: D is for Die cut
Crafty Calendar: Things with Wings

Happy Birthday, Mom

My mom loves everything and anything heritage, vintage, and Victorian. Her birthday is coming up, so I decided to work on her card.

I started with kraft paper for the base, and layered it with black and a reddish floral pattern (from my stash). Next, I used my Heritage Cricut cartridge to cut the fence. I actually bought this cartridge just for her, and I have wanted to use this fence cut for a long time. The fence is cut from gemstone pearlescent paper by core'dinations to add some texture and shine.

I also thought about her childhood, and I imagined her riding a bike, so I used the bike image on the same cartridge. To add some brightness and flowers (I always think of the flower basket on a bike), I used this sweet lavender floral patterned paper from BasicGrey's Wisteria pad. Since I had the thought of a flower basket in mind, I added a few flowers from my stash.


Challenges Entered:
Through the Craft Room Door: Anything Goes. (W, T)
Crafting From the Heart: Anything Goes + Flowers. (2W, M)
Make it Monday w/ Kraft Outlet: Kraft Paper + Die Cut (W, M)
Catered Crop: Birthdays (2W, Sun)