XOXO Goddess Cat

The current challenge on Just Buggin is to create a 3-D object. I decided to use the new Lovestruck cartridge and create one of the cute little mailboxes on it. I used a variety of

cartridges on this one. The mailbox itself is cut from Lovestruck. I used Bazzil swiss dots cardstock to cut the base. Then I added pattern paper to the sides. The goddess cat on the front

is cut from Paisley. I think all cats want to wear a crown and sit on a pink glittery pillow! On one side I cut XoXo also from the Paisley cartridge. The other side features the phrase love mew

which I cut from Lyrical letters and welded it together with my gypsy. The mailbox cuts at a great size to fill with candy when you cut it at fit to page with the 12 x 12 mat.

Valentine's Gift Box

For my Stamping Scrapping project this week, I have decided to make a Valentine's gift box. This box was cut from the cricut mini cartridge Lovestruck. The box cuts a really good size when you use the fit to page feature on the cricut expression, the finished product is a little over 4 x 6 1/2. This size is perfect for Valentine's goodies or as a box for cards. The box does cut a little heart out of the front. I put a small sheet of acetate inside the box behind the heart. If you have design studio or a gypsy, I bet you could change the heart to another shape and use the box for more holidays.

Now onto the materials I used to make my little goody box. I decorated it with Magnolia stamps from the new Raising the Ceiling/Right through my Heart collection that is available now for pre-order on Stamping Scrapping.com. On the top is Dangling Tilda, I have colored her with copic markers. She is hanging from the new stamp Elegant Heart Ribbon. I had to cheat on this one a little bit, to make it look like her hand is going around the ribbon, I cut the top part of her hand off and then glued it back on top of the ribbon. The other sweet little Tilda I used is called Love Sealing Tilda. She is also colored with copics. The shades of pink I used on both of them are a combination of RV10, RV13, and RV14. To finish the box off, I added some lace, a little heart embellishment (this is actually an ornament for mini Valentine's tree and I cut the string off the top), and a petaloo flower. Cindy has great deal on the petaloos, they are on clearance, so get them before they are gone. The final element to my gift box is the sentiment which comes from my favorite sentiment set, Label Accents, this set has a sentiment for nearly every occasion and is made to fit perfectly inside the nestabilities.

Scrappy Frogs Mini Mailbox Challenge.

I love making these mini mailboxes for Valentine's gifts. I usually make them for my daughter's teachers and fill them with candy. So, we decided to have a mini mailbox challenge on Scrappy Frogs to see how everyone else decorates their mailboxes. I made this one for my daughter, she loves Pigs.

I started with this cute little sentiment I found- hogs and kisses. I welded the letters together with my gypsy and used a pig head from Animal Kingdom as the O in hogs. I cut 2 more of the pig heads to cover the flag of the mailbox. I added googly eyes of course to give them a little more character.
One end of the mailbox has conversation hearts cut from the new valentine's mini cartridge- Lovestruck, the other end has another clever pig sentiment- Happy Valenswine's Day. I cut it out with a label nestabilitie and added some glitter hearts.

Now the other side has my favorite creation- Cupig!!!! Isn't he cute? I used the pig from My Community and added wings to him (the wings are from Lovestruck) and gave him an arrow from gypsy wanderings. I had a little bow for him too, but it was too wide to all fit on the mailbox. I am going to fill this up with some Valentine's goodies and give it to my little Piggy for Valentine's Day!

Just Buggin- Love Ya

For this week's Just Buggin challenge, I decided to try a new type of card that I hadn't made before. It's called a wiper card. You can find a tutorial for this type of card here. So, the theme of this challenge is Love Ya- to create a Valentine's themed project. I used the adorable zebra

driving a card cut from the Paisley cartridge. The background is a new Cuttlebug folder that looks like mini conversation hearts. I sanded it to bring out the embossing. I placed this sassy little zebra on a pink a black road. Wouldn't it be fabulous if the lines on the middle of the road were pink? This is what the card looks like closed. I added the cute little conversation hearts that are on the love struck cartridge on the front of the

card and also on the little wiper that pops up when you open the card. I also stamped a sentiment and added some zebra striped ribbon. We would love to see your Valentine's Projects, so show us what you've made and join us at Just Buggin.

Just Buggin- Monochromatic

Our Just Buggin challenge this week was the create a monochromatic card. This was extremely difficult for me. I love using color and lots of it, sticking to just one was like torture. I used the new Lovestruck cartridge to create this card. The hear kind of reminds me of zebra stripes a little bit I used a lighter shade of red on top of the darker red base. The word flirt also comes from Lovestruck. I dotted the I with a little red rhinestone and added some

glitter. The background is a cuttlebug folder sanded to show the lighter red core of the cardstock (coredinations was great for this project). I finished it off with a little red rose. We would love to see what monochromatic creation you can come up with, so come on over and join us. The challenge runs through Wednesday.