Special Sunday Post at Exploring Cricut

Today I am doing a Sunday post at Exploring Cricut  I made this cute little treat container by recycling an old Prima flower tin. I keep anything that I think I might be able to use in my crafting and this came in handy. I had some scrap Halloween papers in my stash and used it.  I used the cartridges Celebrate with Flourish , Martha Stewart Seasonal Cake Art, and Mini Monograms.  I used some pieces of ribbon that I keep in a jar.  Small pieces are great for this project.  Below are the measurement and cuts. Be sure to stop by the blog and meet our new design team members.  New challenge starts on Monday!

Celebrate with Flourish-witch cut at 3.5 inches
Martha Stewart Seasonal Cake Art-trick or treat cut at 1.5 inches
Mini Monograms-scallop circle cut at 3.75 inches

Challenge at Exploring Cricut this week

Today we have a new challenge over at Exploring Cricut. You are to make a card, layout, or papercraft using at least one farm animal. Lots of fun with this challenge and you need to link your project by Saturday, August 3. Stop by for the details on the blog. I used the cartridges Pop Up Neighborhood, Country Life, and Martha Stewart Seasonal Cake Art. I have pictures that I took when I went on a field trip with my granddaughter. Details are below picture.

Pop Up Neighborhood-sun and clouds cut at 2.5 inches
                                    tractor cut at 3 inches
                                    hay wagon cut at 2.5 inches

Country Life-barn cut at 6.5 inches
                    pigs cut at 2.5 inches
                   sheep cut at 2 inches
                    chicken cut at 1.5 inches
                   title cut at 1.5 and 1.75 inches welded

Martha Stewart Seasonal Cake Art-grass cut at 1.25 inches

New challenge at Exploring Cricut

Welcome to another challenge today over at Exploring Cricut.  The challenge is called "The Luck of the Irish".  Make a card, layout, or papercraft celebrating St. Patrick's Day and be sure to add a shamrock somewhere if possible.  I decided to do a one page layout and used the cartridges St. Patrick's Day digital and Martha Stewart Seasonal Cake Art.  Fun and simple project.  Be sure to join us this week for all the fun.  Link your project by Saturday, March 16 at 10 pm eastern time.  Check out the link above for all the details.  Below are my directions.

Materials used:  Pattern paper and cardstock Michaels Recollections
                        Stickles
                        Ribbon
Cartridges:        St. Patrick's Day Digital-pot of gold cut at 4.5 inches
                                                              rainbow cut at 3.25 inces
                         Martha Stewart Season Cake Art- title cut at 3.5 inches

Tuesday Daily Project at Exploring Cricut

Happy New Year to all my blog friends!  May the new year bring you joy and happiness along with lots of crafty time!  I am hoping to get more in myself.  Today, I have the daily project at Exploring Cricut.  I made a two page layout using the cartridges Martha Stewart Seasonal Cake Art, Winter Frolic, and Quarter Note.  I will have a ton of pictures from my little granddaughters Christmas concert so I thought I would start making some pages.  Below the picture are my cuts and materials.  Be sure to join in our New Year's challenge this week too!

Cartridges- Martha Stewart Seasonal Cake Art-time for tea font title Christmas Program cut at 1.25 inches
                  Winter Frolic-carolers cut at 5 inches
                                       musical border cut 2 inches
                  Quarter Note-music notes cut at 1.75 inches
Pattern Paper-Simple Stories December 25
Cardstock-American Crafts
Black Stickles

New Challenge at Exploring Cricut today!

Today we have a new challenge starting at Exploring Cricut.  It is called "Count Your Blessings" and you are to create a card, layout, or papercraft celebrating Thanksgiving.  You can make any colors but it must include cuts from your Cricut.  Enter your project on the blog by Saturday, Nov. 24.  For my project, I took a charger plate and decorated it using the cartridges Thanksgiving, Martha Stewart Seasonal Cake Art and Quarter Note.  Below the picture is my directions and supplies for the project.  We can't wait to see what you create, so get busy and enter!!!!

Project by:  Diane Kielman
Machine:     Cricut Expressions 2 and Gypsy
Cartridges:  Thanksgiving-corn cut at 5 inches
                                       wheat cut at 4.5 inches
                                        turkey cut at 5.5 inches
                   Martha Stewart Seasonal Cake Art-leaf border shadow and top cut at 1.75 inches and cut the
                                           leaves off and reversed one section
                   Quarter Note-Font 1 Harvest Blessings cut at 1.75 inches
Paper:        Cardstock Bazzill
Charger:     Michael's

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

Sunday card to share

Been working on a few simple Valentines for the grandchildren and here is one using the digital cartridge Valentine Sweets and Martha Stewart Seasonal Cake Art. The little bear is so cute and was cut at 4.5 inches for all layers and the scallop heart was cut from the Martha Stewart at 5 inches. My cardstock was Bazzill and the card was cut 6 x 6. I used a little stickles and some pop dots and came out with a fun card.