Valentine Blog Hop with Exploring Cricut

Welcome to our Valentine blog hop  and challenge at Exploring Cricut. If you have come from Rosa's blog you have come to the last place in the hop .  If you missed any along the way, go back to Exploring Cricut and start or you will find the list here under my project.  I created a Valentine banner using the Art Philosophy, Country Life, Create a Critter, and Sweethearts cartridges.  Below are my pictures and directions.  Be sure to leave me a comment and follow me for a chance to win a prize package full of goodies!  I will post the winner on my blog on Sunday.  Be sure to join our challenge this week, an easy one just create a Valentine project and add at least one gem or jewel!  This must be a Cricut project only. When you leave here, go back to the main blog at Exploring Cricut and leave a comment and follow for a chance to win a Cricut apron.

 

 

Art Philosophy-banner cut at 4 inches , all shapes on the cartridge

Country Life-letters cut at 2 inches

Create a Critter-hearts cut at 2.00 and 2.5 inches

Sweethearts-cupid cut at 2.5 inches

Pearls and jewels from Kaiser Crafts

Pattern Paper-CTMH

Ink for edges CTM

Ribbon

Be sure to leave me a comment and follow my blog for a chance to win this box full of goodies. Now if you missed any of the hop check out the list. Be sure to enter our challenge by Saturday close of link.

Sharon http://meemeescreations.blogspot.com

Donna  http://wwwkindredkreations.blogspot.com

Faith   http://scrapbookerphd.blogspot.com

Rae Ann   http://joyinart.blogspot.com

Emily  http://emilyqueenofallthingscrafty.blogspot.com

Annette  http://mymindsdustbunnies.blogspot.com

Michelle N  http://justanutterpapercrafter.blogspot.com

Jen   http://javajencreations.blogspot.com

Julie      http://mylittlecorner-julie518.blogspot.com

Michelle S  http://cricutcrazyscrapper.blogspot.com

Liz  http://unikbyyes.blogspot.com

Rosa  http://enjoyingthebug.blogspot.com

Diane  http://happyscrapperdiane.blogspot.com  you are here

Exploring Cricut  http://exploringcricut.blogspot.com

Time For Another Challenge At Exploring Cricut

Welcome to another challenge over at Exploring Cricut. This challenge is Cricut Choice!  You are to create a card, layout, or paper craft with any cricut cartridge you want, but include at least 2 cuts.    I decide to make a match game for my little granddaughter.  I used the Create a Critter cartridge.  I decided on that one because the layers were not complicated to do on a smaller scale.  I cut all the animals at 2.5 inches each and used the frog, bunny, bear, pig, tiger, duck, raccoon, dog, mouse, cat, penquin, and hippo.  I made 2 of each.  The box and 3 x 3 chipboard pieces were from Close to My Heart and the paper and card stock from Michaels.  For the label on the front, I just made a computer typed Animal Match Game and used a punch for the label.  I can't believe I only used one cartridge for this lol.  This is a challenge that everyone can enter so please link by Saturday.  I am giving a Mystery Prize along with our Top 3 Crafter Button.  Hope to see your creation!!!

Exploring Cricut Daily and Die Cuttin' Diva Guest Diva

Welcome. Today I am doing a double project because I have the daily project at Exploring Cricut and I was asked to be a Die Cuttin' Divas Guest Designer. I want to thank Georgiana for the opportunity and very honored to join you. You can click on the name and go to the blog for a challenge.  The challenge will be to created a project using the sketch.  I created a card and a layout page.  I used the cartridges Artiste,New Arrival, Ribbon and Rosettes,Frame of Mind , Create a Critter and Kate's ABC's for these two projects.  Below the pictures are my materials and instructions.  Head over to Die Cuttin' Diva's and join in!

Card was made with the New Arrival cartridge

Baby was cut at 3.5 inches

Duck was cut at 1.25 inches

Ribbon and Rosettes

border was cut at 1.x 6 inches

Artiste

Tag was cut at 3.5 inches

Paper was some scraps in my stash, a stamp I had forever, ribbon and Jolees gems

Layout was created using Frame of Mind

stripe frame cut at custom in Gypsy 5.5 x 5.5 inches

Create a Critter

Flowers cut at 2.5 and 3.5 inches

Kate's ABC's

Sweet on page 28 cut at 2.25 inches

Pattern Paper-Sweet Girl Echo Park

Cardstock -Michaels

Stickles

Pearls and gems -Jolees

ribbon in stash

All were created with Cricut Expressions 2 and Gypsy

New challenge at Exploring Cricut

Welcome to the new challenge at Exploring Cricut.  This is a "love your pet" challenge.  You are to create a card, layout, or papercraft using your pet and if you are like me, no pets any animal of your choice.  I decided to use my little granddaughter and her best friend Tres.  I did a layout using the cartridges Create a Critter, Animal Kingdom, Elmo and Friends, and Elegant Edges.  Below are the details and be sure to join us this week for the challenge.

Pattern Paper-Echo Park
 cardstock-Michaels
Create a Critter-dog bone for border cut at 1 inch
Animal Kingdom-dog cut at 4 inches
Sesame St. Elmo and Friends-best friends title cut at 2.5 inches
Elegant Edges-heart frame oblong cut at 4.5 inches
                       dots oblong cut at 5 inches

Exploring Cricut Challenge

Welcome to another challenge at Exploring Cricut. The challenge today is a fun one. I have been a little out of the loop this week with a death in the family and being out of town and seems like the week got away. So glad to be back to crafting and blogging. Now lets talk about the challenge! You can create a card, layout or papercraft of any theme or color, but must include a person (man, woman, boy, girl) Many of the cartridges have characters so you can have fun exploring! Link your project by Saturday, Sept. 15 9 pm eastern time. Have fun and join us this week! I have created a two page layout using the cartridges Martha Stewart Seasonal Cake Art, October 31, Create a Critter, Paper Doll Dress Up and Cricut Font and Basic Shapes. Below the picture are my cut measurements and materials.
Martha Stewart Seasonal Cake Art- Leaf border shadow cut at 1.25 inches 3 of them and welded together in gypsy.
Cut 3 of the top borders in different papers and just cut the leaves off and glued on the shadow border.
October 31-Pumpkin patch sign cut at 4 inches
Create a Critter-grass cut at 1.25 2 pieces and welded together in gypsy did two of them
Paper Doll Dress Up-pumpkins cut at 4.5 inches
Girl cut at 5.5 inches
leaves cut at 2.5 inches
Cricut Font and Basic Shapes-2012 cut at 1.25 inches
We R Memory Fall stack for pattern papers
cardstock Bazzill and Recollections

Sharing some birthday pages

I haven't had a lot of time to craft and it took a couple days for me to finish this layout, but been really busy. I have put off painting my bathroom so many times that I was really tired of looking at it so I have dug into it and today it should be finished! Finally!!! I hate painting and I realize I am getting to old to be getting up and down because I can hardly move the next day! I created this two page layout for some birthday pictures of my little one. I used the cartridges Fancy Frames, Create a Critter, Simply Charmed and Sweet Treats. I love using lots of cartridges, I feel like I get my moneys worth! Below the picture are the measurements and cuts. I am making another layout just like this but with a number 9 for my oldest angel girl. I plan on doing some crafting this weekend since my husband has volleyball tournaments to referee.
Fancy Frames-frame cut at 6 inches
Create a Critter-balloons cuts at 3.75 inches
Simply Charmed-Party hat cut at 3.5 inches
Sweet Treats-cupcake cut at 3.5 inches
#3 cut at 5.5 inches
Packages cut at 3.5 inches
Paper is from Forever in Time and cardstock Recollections
Stickles and pop dots

A Saturday Share

I have really enjoyed sharing a new project with you everyday this week! As much as I would like to keep this up, I am afraid that I have to paint my downstairs bathroom instead of craft this weekend! I have had it ready to paint for over a month, but have put it off so long that my 3 year old granddaughter called me out the other day and said she would paint it because it needs painted!!lol Well today I am sharing another layout of that granddaughter and getting close to finishing her 2010 album. I have 2 already filled for this year, but now I am in October and it looks like it will take 3 albums for one year!!! These pages are of her playing. I used the cartridges Elegant Edges, Zoo Day, Going Places, and Create a Critter. Below the picture is the details. I used CTMH paper and cardstock.

Elegant Edges-diamond border cut at 3.5 inches

Zoo Day-Playtime title cut at 3.5 inches

Going Places-Phone cut at 3 inches

Create a Critter-purses cut at 3 inches

Zoo Day pages

I am really working on my scrapbooks lately and did some pages over the NSD weekend. I finished this page today and really like how it turned out. The lighting is not too great, but I still have to get the right bulbs for the lightbox my husband made for me. I used the cartridges Create a Critter, Life's a Beach, George, and Zoo Day. The animals were some cute chipboard ones from K & Co that I had in my stash and I added google eyes to them. Below the pictures are my cuts and sizes. I used my Janome Mini Sewing machine to sew the zigzag stitches around the paper. Palm Leaves cut at 3.25 and 4.75 inches-Create a Critter
Palm Leaves cut at 1.75 inches-Life's a Beach
Grass cut at 3.75 inches-Life's a Beach
Flowers page 36 cut at 2.5 inches -Life's a Beach
Circles cut at 4.5 and 4.75 inches-George
Title cut at 3.5 inches -Zoo Day

New challenge at Exploring Cricut

Today we are starting a new challenge at Exploring Cricut. It is called "Food Frenzy" Create a card, layout, or papercraft using an item of food cut with the cricut. You can do any theme or colors, just let your imagination go wild. This week my granddaughter Peyton who is 2 1/2 years old came to stay with me one day and we had some bananas that need to be made into muffins. She loves banana muffins and she loves to help. She peeled the bananas, smashed them, (her terms) put them in the batter, taste the batter when nana went to get the pans, put in pan and bake. This is how she described to her Dad on how she baked muffins complete with hand gestures, but he was on the phone lol. Her favorite part was eating them when they were finished. For this project I used the cartridges Everyday Paper Dolls, Create a Critter, Preserves, and From My Kitchen. Below the picture are the measurements.

Banana cut at 3.5 inches-Create a Critter

Muffin cut at 4.5 inches-Paper Dolls for Everyday

Word Muffins and Banana cut at 2 inches-Preserves

Pot Holders cut at 5.50 inches-From My Kitchen

Paper and cardstock from Recollections

Something to share

This is a layout I created for the magazine "The Bug " which is no longer printed. I loved how it turned out and even though they did print it in the last digital issue, I wanted to share. This is a layout of my granddaughter Peyton's first time in the snow. Below the picture are the details and the many cartridges I used to make this fun page. It is hard to see but I used Close to My Heart Liquid Applique on the hat and mittens which made them appear to have fur.

Pattern Paper-Holiday from 3 Bugs on a Rug
Cardstock-Bazzill
Liquid Applique-Close to My Heart
Stickles
Colorbox chalk
Snowflake embellishments in stash
Cricut Cuts
Title cut at 3.25 from cartridge-Winter Frolic
Snow flakes cut at 2 inches-Home Accents
cut at 2 inches-A Childs Year
cut at 2 inches-Christmas
cut at 2 inches-Graphically Speaking
Circles cut at 2.5 inches-Create a Critter

Altered Project for Saturday

I love going to garage sales and thrift stores because you never know what you will find. On the way home from visiting the grandchildren last weekend, my husband ask me if I wanted to stop..well duh yea! I found this wood box and an idea popped into my head after I found out the size was correct. When my olderest granddaughter was little, we bought her at a craft fair a box to keep her coloring books and crayons in and I thought this might make a nice one for my youngest granddaughter. In this picture you see it is still dirty, but it turned out great with a little cleaning and paint! I paid $1.50 for it. As I was looking around the store, here comes my husband with his arms loaded with stuff, you will see those in later projects, he is hooked!
This is how the box looked before the cleaning and painting , lots of dust and dirt!

I painted it with brown paint, which took a couple coats, I used some vinyl that I got from Expressions Vinyl in two colors of pink and green. I cut flowers from the Create a Critter cartridge and her name from the Hello Kitty Font cartridge. I got to digging in my craft stuff and found an unfinished pencil box from Kaiser Crafts and I gave it a coat of the same brown paint. On this I used cardstock for the letters and modge podge it because I figured it would get handled more with crayons in it.

Now this can go on her table so she can color and keep all her supplies handy! I hope she likes it.

You never know what you might find at the flea markets, yard sales, or thrift stores. I went again yesterday and came home with a bunch of cool stuff to alter for just $7.00....more projects in mind! Be sure to sign up to receive email when I do new projects!