Guest post today at Cricut Fanatics

Welcome ! Today I have the post over at Cricut Fanatics and I am  sharing this one page layout with you.  This is my baby granddaughter Peyton and she had this picture done for Easter and I love the colors.  I created this layout using the cartridges Elegant Edges, Art Philosophy, and Indie Art.  Below are the materials and directions for this page. 

Supplies and Materials.
Created by:  Diane Kielman
Cartridges used: Elegant Edges-leaves tag on page 29 cut at 3 inches
                         Art Philosophy-flower page 21 cut at 2 inches
                                                 flower page 29 cut at 3 inches
                                                 flower page 39 cut at 2.25 and 2.5 inches
                                                 flower page 50 cut at 1.5 and 2 inches
                                                 Date and title cut at1.25 inches(3 was cut at same height, but looks bigger)
                          Indie Art-butterfly cut at 1.75 inches
Machines used:  Cricut Expressions 2 and Gypsy
Pattern paper: Bo Bunny Jazmyne
Cardstock:  Recollections
Pearls: Recollections
ribbon in stash and stickles

Card for my Mother in Law

Hi everyone, hope you are enjoying some nice weather where you live. Today I am sharing a card that I made my Mother in law for her birthday this weekend.  She  loves when I make her cards so I wanted to make her something special.  I did not write down measurements, but I used the Elegant Edges and Art Philosophy cartridges.  I also used my cuttlebug quite a bit on this card which I love how it looks.  I even embossed some of the flowers before I rolled them.  I sprayed them with vanilla smooch for a glimmer effect.  For the leaves I used a old Martha Stewart punch, some pearls from Kaiser Craft.  The background paper is the last piece of something in my stash which I loved and not sure the brand. 

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

New Challenge at Exploring Cricut

Today at Exploring Cricut we are having a challenge called "Cricut Choice". You are to make a card, layout, or papercraft using any theme or colors you like as long as you used at least 2 cricut cuts and 1 monogram. I created a journal book to keep cricut projects in. I used the cartridges Elegant Edges, Fontopia Crest and Cards, Hannah Montana, and Cricut Store Front. Below the picture are the measurements and materials. Please join us this week for our challenge.

Frame eyelet 2 cut at 6 inches-Elegant Edges
crest cut at 4.5 inches-Fontopia Crest and Cards
letter K cut at 2 inches-Hannah Montana
Cricut head cut at 3.5 inches-Cricut Store Front
Cardstock and Pattern paper Michaels
trim from stash

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