My Cricut Craft Room 100 Cartridge Blog Hop

Welcome to Day Two of  Erica's Craft Room 100 Cartridge Blog Hop. You should have come from the very talented Lezlye .

Today I have two projects that I'm very excited to share. One is my first attempt of a tri-fold card. Everyone should know by now I'm not a card maker but I came across this Christmas card by Crafting with Katie on Everyday Cricut, so I challenged myself.  Believe me it would not have been possible without Katie's instructional video see HERE Thank you Katie!

Carts I used~

Tis the Season

Wild Card

George and Basic Shapes

The base was made with a 12x24 mat.  It is an A-2 card 12'' wide, folded 4" wide.

The instructions on how to make the base is best shown in a video of which I will refer you to Katie's.

She makes it very easy to follow.  I chose different words and cut, which is what is so great about creating with your Gypsy.  I have saved the base file and can go back to this and add different words and design for different occasions.

With the Tis the Season cart I used <tree3> pg. 17 #55

The decoration on the tree is the Layer Feature Key #55. After cutting it out I added Deco Art Glistening Snow Writer and let it dry 2-3 hours before applying it to tree.

The red Christmas balls are Recollections Glitter Shapes.

The paper is DCWV, The Merry Christmas Stack

After seeing it posted here I might add some presents under the tree.

What do you think?

My second project was also inspired during my web surfing.  I found these adorable lollipop holders that were made with a die designed by Emma of  My Creative Time. I knew I wouldn't be able to order and get them in time to make for the hop and as it turns out they are so popular they are sold out but will be available again on December 7th.  You can find them (Stiched Lollipop Holder Die) in her store and you can bet I'll be purchasing them along with some of her All Around Stamps. Check them out, they are so cute!

Well then on to plan B!

I decided to try to make them using my Cricut carts and Gypsy.  Have I told you how much I love my Gypsy?

Ok, this took a bit of searching but I found the cuts I needed in Billionare, George and Basic Shapes and Art Philosophy.

This is the lollipop holder or anything else that you that you might want to use as a super creative gift.

The possibilities are endless!

I used the <tie-s> in Cricut Cartridge Billionare and used the hide/contour on the Gypsy to hide the suspenders. I then made a duplicate, flipping one and putting them end to end. The center square is from George and Basic Shapes and the scalloped circles  are from the Art Philosophy Cart. <Circle 3> Pg. 41 #21

The outline in red is showing what will be cut out after welding.

This is a sample of the cut and how I scored the bottom.

The cardstock is from the Martha Stewart 12x12 Frosty Gingerbread paper pad. I punched two holes in the center of both circles, placed the lollipop in the center, laced the ribbon through and tied the bow. I topped off the bow with a candy cane brad from my stash.

Next you should go to

Erica's Craft Room

Here is the entire lineup in case you get lost.

http://mycricutcraftroom.blogspot.com

http://samanthascricutcreations.blogspot.com

http://lezlyes.blogspot.com

http://conniescraftycloset.blogspot.com   You are here

http://ericascraftroom.blogspot.com
http://simplysweetbysharon.blogspot.com
http://kleymanr.blogspot.com
http://scrappininthewoods.blogspot.com
http://mississippihippycrafts.blogspot.com
http://scrappyemt.blogspot.com

http://gscraptime.blogspot.com

http://katscrapfever.blogspot.com

http://micraftygal.blogspot.com

http://ericasblogcandy.blogspot.com

Thank you for stopping by

Happy Holidays and Happy Crafting!

Create A Critter

Welcome everyone, today we are using the Create A Critter Cricut cartridge.  If you didn't come from Erica's Blog  please go back to check out the projects made by some of the other design team members.

I get a lot of my inspiration just browsing through ladies magazines that I pick up at the grocery store and I saw a cute little Thanksgiving decoration and decided to adapt it using my Cricut.

This inspiration came just in time for me try out the Cricut Craft Room Exclusive cartridge 3D Pinwheels.  It's a digital download to the Cricut Craft Room software that just became available to everyone. This was my first time using CCR and when I saw the digital images, I purchased the 3D Pinwheels, selected my project and cut it out, all while in my pj's!  How's that for convenience?

I cut the scalloped pinwheel at 6.25 using a double sided patterned paper 'Picadilly' from Basic Grey.

I found the cute little turkey on Create A Critter cart that I won from Erica awhile back, cut at 3" using Provo Craft Cardstock. I hand cut and added a buckle to the hat and gave him some google eyes.

Using a straight pin I inserted it above the turkey's nose and through the pinwheel then into the eraser end of a pencil.

I hope everyone had a wonderfully blessed Thanksgiving!

Happy Crafting!

     

Welcome to My Cricut Craft Room's Recipe Blog Hop

You should have come from Erica's Craft Room, if not please start at the beginning so you won't miss any of the great projects.

My Cricut Craft Room

Today I made a project for Erica's Recipe Blog Hop.  I'm not a great baker so I'm always looking for easy and delicious!  I found this recipe by Paula Dean, I love her!  It's all about the butter!

Apple Fried Pies

I used Sweet Tooth Boxes and Ribbon and Rosettes to make a cute little box to hold the recipe.

I thought it would be a great gift to include this in a basket with the indgredients, who wouldn't love that?

It's actually a cake box from Sweet Tooth Boxes cartridge.

# 1 pg 10 <cake>  cut~ 11.48-11.00

For the topper I used the newly released cartridge Ribbon and Rosettes

I've been waiting on this one!

Bottom layer are leaves.  #46 pg 66 cut ~ 2.50

I cut eight leaves , scored in the center , shaped and inked. I then punched a hole in one end a connected them with a brad and fanned them out forming a base for my rosette.

The bottom rosette is # 41 pg 61 <Scallop8> cut ~ 1.5 times 6  Score and fold and adhere together to form rosette.

The middle rosette is # 11 pg 31 <petal>  cut 1'' x 6

The top rosette I made from the strip that you tear off of 12x12 patterned paper by American Crafts 'Autumn Harvest'  On one side it had a row of apples. I just scored and folded to make rosette for the top. I then added the orange glitter brad from We R Memory Keepers

 I hand cut the recipe tag to fit inside the box after printing it out on my computer. I inked, layered and attached them together in one corner with a brad .

I cut out the cute little harvest, apples, fall fun tags from the 12x12 patterned paper 'NightFall' (fall fun) from American Crafts and pop dotted them to the box and recipe card.

Hope you got some ideas for a great gift and yummy treat!

Up next is ... Tammy

If you get lost along the way here is the entire line up...remember to visit and COMMENT on them all to win.

My Cricut Craft Room-
http://mycricutcraftroom.blogspot.com

Melissa
http://pinkpolkadotscrapping.blogspot.com
Amanda
http://craftsbyamanda.blogspot.com
Tracy
http://scrappininthewoods.blogspot.com
Beckie
http://justbcreativecrazy.blogspot.com
Erica-
http://ericascraftroom.blogspot.com
Connie
http://conniescraftycloset.blogspot.com
Tammy
http://thepurplemuse.blogspot.com
Wendy
http://gilbyscraftster.blogspot.com
Sheila
http://2pawprints.blogspot.com
Laurie
http://lauriecandoit.blogspot.com
Carol
http://huffandpuffscrap.blogspot.com
Blog Candy -
http://ericasblogcandy.blogspot.com

Thank you for stopping by

and

Happy Crafting!





Welcome to the Giving Back Blog Hop

You should have come from Amanda's Blog, if not please start at the beginning with Kat so you won't miss any of the great layouts.

After hopping you'll want to go to Erica's Facebook page and leave a comment.  We will be randomly selecting someone from those comments to win blog candy.

This blog hop is about giving back and saying thanks to our leader and hostess to My Cricut Craft Room, Erica 

         For my contribution to the album that was the idea and thoughtfulness of Laurie, one of our design team sisters, I made a layout using a picture of Erica's alter ego 'Secret Santa'.

         Christmas happens to be Erica's favorite holiday and if you follow her on Facebook or her blog you will quickly find out all about Secret Santa.  You never know when she will pop up with a game and or prize giveaway, but more than prizes Secret Santa has given more than she will probably ever know. She has lead us in her passion to give to others and I'm so grateful to have been included in her endeavers to contribute to our soldiers and to the children of St Judes.  She has given so many a place to come and share a love for the one thing we all have in common...crafting.

          We are from all over the world and even though everyone has a different story, lifestyle, young and old we have bonded as friends. Meeting Erica and this group has opened up my world to a whole new experience of crafting for me, not to mention the best support from some wonderful friends. 

           This is what 'Secret Santa' has given to me and I am eternally grateful.

Thank you Erica!

You inspire us all!

Next on the hop is Tina

Here is the entire line up~

·         http://katscrapfever.blogspot.com  kat schriber

http://papercrafteranonymous.com  heather flaherty

http://pinkpolkadotscrapping.blogspot.com  melissa pinter

http://grammiejudys.blogspot.com  judith ashmore

www.lezlyes.blogspot.com  lezlye lauterbach

http://gscraptime.blogspot.com/  gayle schrader

http://suzyssimplecrafts.blogspot.com  sue-ann lovell

http://kleymanr.blogspot.com/  rosa kleyman

http://cema1cema.blogspot.com  christina bartels capps

http://www.funkycards.blogspot.com/  madison

http://micraftygal.blogspot.com  patricia holloway

http://samanthascricutcreations.blogspot.com/  samantha sickles

http://manicexpressionsdesigns.blogspot.com/  ricki sholler

http://sweetpsscrapbooks.blogspot.com/  pattie mcginnis

http://craftsbyamanda.blogspot.com  amanda haynes

http://conniescraftycloset.blogspot.com  connie benford layman

http://craftyandgreen.blogspot.com  tina ondrus keller

http://allmadebylisa.blogspot.com  lisa

http://mississippihippycrafts.blogspot.com  enjoli collums

http://kccroppers.blogspot.com  shelly lynn

http://www.creativecraftcorner.com  karey

http://www.lauriecandoit.blogspot.com  laurie

Thank you for sharing in our tribute to Erica, I hope you are enjoying the hop

and

Happy Crafting!

Erica's Craft Room 100 Cricut Cartridge Blog Hop

Welcome to Erica's Craft Room 100 Cricut Cartridge Blog Hop

You should have started at Erica's Craft Room, if not please start at the beginning.

This is day two of the 100 Cartridge blog hop with a whole new line up and new projects.  I hope everyone had a chance to check out day one of Erica's talented design team! If you just came from Lucinda's Blog you are in the right place.

My project this weekend is a two page layout ( I hope you can stand one more Halloween!)  I really love this holiday and I'm not ready for it to be over!

I used the following carts on this 'very busy' two page layout. With so many awesome cuts on these carts, I tried to utilize as many as I could!  It was that or you were going to be seeing Halloween until New Years!

Carts~

Happy Hauntings

Autumn Celebrations

Holiday Cakes

Blackletter

Happy Hauntings

<Tree-s> pg 67 #40  Cut 6.27-7.21  ~    CTMH/ Black cardstock

<Tree> Cut 6.83-7.21  ~  Bo Bunny /Orange

The tree was too large to run through the

Cuttlebug so I folded a couple of the branches in to make it fit. I used the Forest Branches folder.

<Gate> pg 62  #45  Cut 7.08-4.06

I heat embossed the gate using black embossing powder , then sprayed it lightly with Chattered Angels Glimmer Mist. See below~

                   I love how it gives it an old rusted appearance.  The gravestones are heat embossed with silver embossing powder.

<Grvyrd-s> (grass with headstones)    Cut 6.07-4.06 ~ Black cardstock

Grass is Layer 1  ~  Green Cardstock

Beware on sign is Layer 1-shift Cut 2.10-4.06 ~ Orange

Autumn Celebrations

Trick or Treaters are pg 59  #48  Layer 2   Cut 7.57-3.21 ~ Black cardstock

Aren't they sooo cute?!

Holiday Cakes

Don't forget to look at these carts for your seasonal graphics, there are some amazing ones!

I went through mine and made a cheat sheet for each season so I wouldn't forget about them.

They are NOT just for the cake machine!

Haunted House <Spooky1-s>  pg 35 #8 Cut 5.54-7.24~ Black Cardstock

<Spooky1> 7.24  ~ Orange/ Bo Bunny

Border <Fall4> pg 63 #46 Cut .029 ~ Black cardstock

Blackletter used for font.

Happy Hauntings

There are 10 very intricate, beautiful frames on this catridge and I used four different ones.

The first size you see listed with each is the size of my picture.  I then used George and Basic Shapes and chose the shape of my frame ( oval, square, ect.), made it the size of my picture then used it in layers on my Gypsy to get the correct size of the frame I wanted. After fitting the two together, I would then delete the George shape and cut the frame.  All my pictures fit perfectly.

Raggity Ann ~ <Frame 8>   pg 45    2.50-2.00 (picture)   Cut  3.08-2.94 (frame)

Cow ~ <Frame 9>   pg 46     2.50-2.00   Cut 3.83-3.79

Jeannie ~ <Frame 7>   pg 44      2.50-3.50  Cut 3.24-4.76

Mermaid ~ <Frame 1>   pg 38      1.50-2.50  Cut 3.24-3.79

Pumpkin ~ <Frame 8>    pg 45

I cut these on lowest speed, medium pressure and blade depth 5 using Close To My Heart Black cardstock. I then heat embossed with black embossing powder.

Green and white dotted paper is Too Cute To Spook by Bella Blvd.

This is my finished project~

This is my granddaughter and some of the costumes I made for her through the years...

WONDERFUL MEMORIES!

Next you should go to Jen's Blog

If you get lost along the way here is the entire line up.

Lisa -  http://allmadebylisa.blogspot.com  

2. Lezlye http://lezlyes.blogspot.com/ -

3. Karey http://www.creativecraftcorner.com/ -

4. Amanda http://craftsbyamanda.blogspot.com/ -

5. Gayle http://gscraptime.blogspot.com/ -

6. Patricia http://micraftygal.blogspot.com/ -

7. Lucinda http://thegrowinggibson.blogspot.com/ -

8. Connie http://conniescraftycloset.blogspot.com/ - You are here 

9. Jen L http://mybusycraftylife.blogspot.com/ -

10. Tammy A. http://crazycardcreator.blogspot.com/ -

11. Jen R. http://memorieswithjen.blogspot.com/ -

12. Kat http://katscrapfever.blogspot.com/ -

13. Rosa http://kleymanr.blogspot.com/ -

14. Tina http://craftyandgreen.blogspot.com/ - -

15. Erica’s Project- http://ericascraftroom.blogspot.com/

16. Blog Candy- http://ericasblogcandy.blogspot.com/

Hoping everyone had a great Halloween!

Thanks for stopping by

and

Happy Crafting!

                    

Card Creating Sunday

Welcome to Card Creating Sunday

It's Card Creating Sunday in My Cricut Craft Room so please be sure to visit Erica's Blog to check out all of the creations made by her design team.

Today I'm sharing my first project using my new Expression 2! So far I'm really enjoying this new machine. 

Wobble Card

I loved the image of the boot that is on the E2's preinstalled cartridge Cricut Alphabet and it was perfect for the card I wanted to make for my granddaughter.  She is going to be in a rodeo the end of this month and I wanted to show my support.

Boot ~ Cricut Alphabet - Cut @ 4"

I ran the top layer through the Cuttlebug using the Swiss Dots folder to look like Ostrich.

This was my first attempt to make a wobble card and was pleased to find out how easy it is to do.

I just wrapped some wire around my zig glue a couple of times and cut it off with wire clippers and attatched to boot and card with tape. I wish you could see it wobble or in this case 'kick'!

I used kraft paper for the card using the Art Philosophy Cartridge #25. The shape of this card was perfect for my wobbling boot.

<Star3> pg. 45 ~ Art Philosophy - Cut 1.08-1.47

Label~ Art Philsophy - Cut 3.30-1.35

I used Pink By Design's stamp from the  Rock On Stamp Set for 'Kick up your heels!'

This is the inside.

I used A Child's Year cartridge for the font cut at 0.65-1.00

I'm hoping my card of encouragement brings a good outcome for Jayde and Honey!

Best of Luck to a Great Team!

Thanks for stopping by

and

Happy Crafting!



October 15th & 16th Fall Favorites Blog Hop

Welcome to My Cricut Craft Room's Fall Favorites Blog Hop

You should have started at Erica's My Cricut Craft Room, if not please start at the beginning.

I love all of the holidays but Halloween is just plain FUN!  Today I'm going to share a layout I just made about the Halloween party we had last year for my grandsons and their friends. We had a haunted barn that I helped decorate but I let the older kids dress up in spooky costumes to lie in waiting for the unsuspecting visitors. I got a big kick watching them pop out and surprise everyone

until my son surprised ME when he started up the chainsaw! (No one was injured in this production!)LOL!

We also had an old fashioned apple bobbing and a hay ride to the cemetary.

Oh, and lots of TREATS!

There were so many pictures I decided to put together a collage of a few of them.

Click to enlarge

Carts I used~

Happy Hauntings~ 

Bone (get it?) Appetit - cut .79-1.60

Indie Art~

Scull and crossbones #12 - cut 1.84-2.18

Sophisticated~

Chandelier - cut 3.43-3.49

Frame -  #56 pg. 67 Base cut 3.99-4.18  Frame cut 4.34-4.18

  The chandelier in Sophisticated didn't have candles so I used the candles from Best of 2006 cart.

I wanted to hang the chandelier from the top of the page so I used this border for a chain from the Elegant Cakes cartridge. cut 2.75-0.29

Art Philosophy~

Border pg. 66 Font layer cut 5.50-0.91

Flowers  pg. 69 Font layer/shift cut 3"

Background paper is My Mind's Eye~Mischievous

Orange and cream floral patterned paper is Recollections Midnight Magic Paper Pad

The stamp Eat drink and be Scary is Studio G

The Treats~

For the mummified cupcakes pipe white frosting into random strips across a cupcake. Dots of red and black frostings make up the eyes.

The bloodshot eyeballs are peanut butter balls dipped in white chocolate. I then painted veins with a small paintbrush using red food coloring. Pipe small dots of black icing for the pupils.

Next you should go to Lori's

I've included the blog list in case you get lost.

Erica http://mycricutcraftroom.blogspot.com Yvette http://gammascreativecorner.blogspot.com Samantha http://samanthascricutcreations.blogspot.com
Shelly http://kccroppers.blogspot.com/
Gayle http://gscraptime.blogspot.com
Erica’s project http://ericascraftroom.blogspot.com/2011/10/my-creation-for-this-weekend.html Connie http://conniescraftycloset.blogspot.com/   you are here
Lori~ www.scrappinmystressaway.blogspot.com
Christina Capps      http://cema1cema.blogspot.com  Amy http://scrapthissavethat.blogspot.com Erica’s Blog Candy  http://ericasblogcandy.blogspot.com/

Thank you for stopping by

and

Happy Hauntings!

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