Showing posts with label Cartridge: Create-A-Critter 2. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Cartridge: Create-A-Critter 2. Show all posts

Saturday, 8 March 2014

Gold Coin Cache

Greetings. Today I came across a great boon whilst questing in the Whispering Woods. I decided to do some grinding for XP to level up a bit before our quest to Icy Land when my direwolf suddenly darted off in the opposite direction. Silently cursing, I took off after the beast. My anger at him was short lived when I spotted what he had been leading me to.

This card was created for the reminder about the Just Some Lines March challenge which is happening now. Our theme this month is Good Luck/St. Patrick’s Day. Come play along using a JSL image for your chance to win!


I started by colouring the Just Some Lines “Em Joy” image using Prismacolor pencils. Next I cut the pot of gold out using the Create-a-Critter 2 cartridge. I then used Art Philosophy to cut a bunch of tiny circles for the coins. Deep in my paper stash I found two patterned papers I’ve had forever and used those for the background. Last I dug out some sticker letters I got about two years ago and have yet to open the package and created the sentiment.

This card will be entered into the following challenges:
Top Tip Tuesday: 3, 5 or 7 (five letter stickers)

I don’t know how my direwolf knew to lead me to this spot, but I was thrilled with the chest of gold coins that looked as though it had been hastily hidden beneath the brush. By the looks of the rusted lock, it appeared to have been left quite awhile ago. I smashed the brittle lock with the hilt of my sword to access the small fortune inside. These coins would go a long way in fixing up the Guild Hall and replenishing our dwindling supplies after the harsh winter. I suppose I could buy a nice treat for my direwolf as well.
 

~ Guild Master Crystal ~

Saturday, 1 March 2014

Increasing Our Luck Stats

In preparation for our quest to Icy Land, the Guardian of Glitter decided it prudent to call upon a luck fairy to bless our quest. I was skeptical as to the actual effects a luck fairy would have, but didn’t think it could hurt to have some extra luck on our side as we made the long and difficult journey to the frozen isle.

This card was created for the Just Some Lines March challenge which started today. Our theme this month is Good Luck/St. Patrick’s Day. Come play along using a JSL image for your chance to win!

I started this card by colouring the Just Some Lines “Fairy - 4 Leaf Clover” image using Prismacolor pencils and cutting her out. I then cut out some shamrocks using the Create-a-Critter 2 cartridge. I chose some ultra mega sparkly background paper that I’ve had sitting in my stash for over three years and die cut the sentiment using the Lawn Fawn “Quinn’s ABCs” dies. I used the negative cut and mounted the green paper onto some textured white paper, earning an extra +66 textile XP points.

The inside of this card is blank so I didn’t photograph it (obviously, cuz who wants to view a white rectangle?). The envelope I simply stamped using the Dylusions “Further Around the Edge” set.  
 
This fairy will spread some luck across the following challenges:

Turns out the luck fairy not only shared a love of all things sparkly with the Guardian of Glitter, but she was also an avid gamer. After performing her luck increasing spell on us, we all sat down and played some Mage Knight. It was a fairy fun time <--lol puns.

~ Guild Master Crystal ~

Sunday, 16 February 2014

Puns of Love

With the help of my fellow Guildys, we were able to flush out the traitor in the Guild Hall - a new house gnome named Krunkle. It appears I will have to vet new additions to the Guild Hall more thoroughly. Once he had been removed and was no longer sending messages to the evil wizard, Black Soot-Ture, we were able to get in touch with the ragdoll clan who had sent us the hidden message in the stitchy pig, and fell the nefarious fiend effectively saving the Festival of Love. With the holiday no longer in peril, everyone was able to enjoy the day of love, exchanging Valentines and mushy sentiments. 

I created this set of card to distribute to the girls in my office, cutting the base for them out using the Art Philosophy cartridge. I made a little envelope for each one using the hearts from the Unity “Loads of Love” set and left them on the girls’ desks along with a little chocolate :)

The sheep was cut using the Create-a-Critter cartridge and embossed with a swirly embossing folder and my Cuttlebug. I stamped the banner using the Lawn Fawn “Bannerific” set. The sentiment is from the Unity “Love Ewe” itty bitty. (Hooray for puns).
On the inside I stamped the sentiment and the adorable sheep using the There She Goes “Poultry in Motion” set. The Happy Valentine’s is from the Lawn Fawn “My Silly Valentine” set. It is actually the only stamp I have that says Happy Valentine’s Day, so you will see it inside all these cards.
This sheep card will be herded into the following challenges:
Craft Your Passions Challenge #200 (challenge #158: Adorable Animals)

Next I cut this cute owl out using Create-a-Critter 2. The banner is again stamped with “Bannerific”. The sentiment is from the Unity “You Always” itty bitty. 
On the inside I stamped an owl using the Lawn Fawn “Critters in the Forest” set. The top sentiment is from the Lawn Fawn mini “You’re a Hoot” set.
This owl will fly into the following challenges:

The bunny for this card was cut using Create-a-Critter 2 again. Another banner stamped and cut out using “Bannerific” and a sentiment from the Lawn Fawn “My Silly Valentine” set finished off this punny front.
The inside sentiment was stamped using the There She Goes “Poultry in Motion” set. The little bunny on the bottom was from the “My Silly Valentine” set.
This rabbit will hop into the following challenges:


The snake on this card was cut using Create-a-Critter. He actually has a birthday hat on, but I trimmed that part off, since it really wasn’t applicable to this card. Another banner again from “Bannerific” was stamped with a couple sentiments from the There She Goes “Zoo-Pendous” set. 
On the inside I stamped the snake from the “Zoo-Pendous” set and “hi” using a Unity stamp.
This reptile will slither into the following challenge:

Next up was this tree that I cut using Create-a-Critter 2. It’s actually supposed to have snow on it, but I just left that layer off and instead cut some hearts to make it more Valentines-y, earning myself +88 transmogrification XP points. The sentiment was stamped on a banner from “Bannerific” using the Lawn Fawn “Critters in the Forest” set.
On the inside I stamped the sentiment using a Unity stamp and added the pine tree on the side with the “Critters in the Forest” set.
This tree will lose its needles in the following challenges:


This giant apple was cut using Create-a-Critter and embossed with the swiss dots folder and my Cuttlebug. The sentiment was stamped using “My Silly Valentine”.
The sentiment on the inside is from the Unity “Nicest Place to Be” itty bitty. The apples on the bottom are also from the Lawn Fawn “My Silly Valentine” set.
This apple will roll into the following challenge:


On the last card I cut the banana using the Create-a-Critter cartridge and embossed him with the swiss dots folder. The sentiment was stamped using the “My Silly Valentine” set and it baaaaaarely fit on that banner, which is the largest one in the “Bannerific” set. 
On the inside I stamped the sentiment using the Lawn Fawn “Love ‘n Breakfast” and “Smitty’s ABCs” sets. The banana on the bottom was also from “My Silly Valentine”.
This banana will apeel to the following challenge:

I am glad we were able to save the Festival of Love and rid the Guild Hall of its traitor. [QUEST COMPLETE]. Hopefully we will be able to have a few days rest until the realm once again needed saving….but I doubt it.

~ Guild Master Crystal ~

Saturday, 11 January 2014

A Lovely Investigation

As the Lady Commander of Copics is absent, having flown by hippogriff to the sandy beaches of Floundering Reef, I was left on my own to investigate the ominous warning I received last week about the Festival of Hearts. In the relative safety of my crafting chambers, I summoned a lyubov fairy. She appeared on the edge of my desk, swinging her little legs back and forth as she gazed up at me curiously.

This card was created for the Just Some Lines January Challenge that is happening now. Our theme this month is Favourite Colour Combo. I chose to use pink and brown as I love how these two colours look together.

I started off by colouring the Just Some Lines image using Distress Markers and my fabled Hydrabrush of +20 wetness. The background was made using this weird textured, fibrey paper I purchased at Michaels and rubbing it in Worn Lipstick and Vintage Photo DI...soooooo...turns out when you spray water on those two colours, it sorta turns a tad orangey. Ooopsies. The Vintage Photo ended up looking a little more like the Tea Dye colour. I definitely would’ve liked it a little more browner in the background, but I liked the pattern of the ink, so decided to keep it. The word was cut out using the Create-a-Critter 2 cartridge and the hearts in the background were stamped using the Unity “Loads of Love” set. 

On the inside I stamped more Unity hearts and a Unity sentiment. The bottom sentiment came from the Lawn Fawn “My Silly Valentine” set.

I stamped the envelope using the same hearts to tie everything together, earning me +90 knotted exp points....from the tying....knots....ya.....nevermind...

This inky card will run into the following challenges:

I asked the lyubov fairy if she knew anything of the warning the love sprites had uttered, bribing her with stale candy hearts I had found in the back of the pantry, clearly left over from last year. She was unable to resist the sugary heart shaped messages and was soon spilling the beans on a plot hatched by the infamous wizard, Black Soot-Ture, to ruin the Festival of Hearts once and for all. Now that I knew who was behind it all, I simply had to concoct a plan to defeat him.

~ Guild Master Crystal ~ 

Monday, 11 November 2013

Perils of Frost Point

Today the Guardian of Glitter and I spent the afternoon hunting down and battling the evil dragon, Black Fang, who was terrorizing the poor snowpeople of Blizzarton. We were lucky enough to have the help of two wandering adventurers - a halfling bard named Lem and a seasoned fighter called Valeros. As we worked our way through each quest across the snow covered region of Frost Point, we finally found ourselves deep within Black Fang’s lair. It was a lengthy battle, and we surely would have lost without the assistance of our new friends, but Nikki and I managed to prevail, saving the village of snowfolk.

I started this card (which I would later use a multiplying spell on to turn it into a set) by cutting the snowman using the Create-a-Critter 2 cartridge. I embossed his body using a snowflake folder and my Cuttlebug of +70 texturization. I added some googley eyes...because...well...why not, right? The sentiment I stamped using the Lawn Fawn “Cozy Christmas” set and the “Harold’s ABCs” set. I decided it also needed a little bling, so I added a sparkly snowflake embellishment which was a spoil from this year’s Autumn Guild Raid.

Ta-Da!! A set of snowman cards. To mix ‘em up a little, I swapped the patterned paper on two of them and used a different snowflake embossing folder. The envelopes I stamped using the Lawn Fawn “Yeti-Set-Go!” set.

I stamped different sentiments on each of the insides so they weren’t too samey and boring. I used Unity stamps, the Bug Bites “Mistletoe” set and Echo Park’s “Holly Jolly Christmas” set.


This set of snowmen will keep warm in the following challenges:
Pile it On Challenge #45: Show Us Your Tools (Used my Cricut machine and Cuttlebug)

The snowpeople were so grateful for our assistance, they bestowed upon us their legendary weapon, Frostbite - a powerful sword, which I was sure to put to good use. It feels good to help a people in need...even better to be rewarded so handsomely. Glorious, glorious loot...


~ Guild Master Crystal ~