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

Exploring Cricut Daily Project

Welcome! Today I have the daily project at Exploring Cricut and I am so behind in my scrapping. I have both of the granddaughters 2010 albums completed, but not quite on my grandson Cameron's. You might be seeing some of his pages on the blog while I am finishing. This is when we took him and his sister to the Balloon Race we had in our town and they took a balloon ride, of course not up to high! I used the cartridges Pop Up Neighborhood for the two balloons cut at 3.5 and 4.5 inches. I used Everyday Pop Up Cards for the other balloon with the flag on it cut at 2.5 inches. I added stickles to it. The paper is from Echo Park and cardstock Michaels and American Crafts.  Thanks for stopping by today.  This week I will be posting some new pictures of my craft room.  I have added some more storage and a new work station.  My husband said there is no more walls and no more space so unless this room grows somehow, this is it!  Be sure to enter our Father's Day Challenge over at Exploring Cricut this week too!

New challenge at Exploring Cricut today!

Today at Exploring Cricut we are starting a new challenge. You are to create a card, layout, or paper craft for Spring using at least 1 button, 2 Cricut cuts, and 3 colors of pattern  paper or cardstock.  What a fun challenge to get ready for those Spring pictures.  With being sick last week, I am totally looking forward to Spring except my allergies will probably disagree!  Here is the page I am sharing for this challenge.  I used the cartridges Quarter Note, Easter 2010, Walk in my Garden, and Pop Up Neighborhood.  Below are the directions and materials.  Please join us and enter your project by Saturday, April 13.

Cartridges: Quarter Note-title cut at 2 inches and welded in gypsy
                  Easter 2010-grast cut at 1.75 (5) and welded
                  Walk in my Garden- tulip cut at 2.75
                                                  hycinth  cut at 2.75
                                                  daffodil cut at 2.75
                                                  bee cut at 1 inch
                  Pop Up Neighborhood-tire swing tree cut at 4.5 inches
Paper was from my stash
Cardstock was from Michaels
Buttons-butterfly and flower from Doodlebug I had for a long time
Stickles
rickrack in stash

Tuesday Daily Project at Exploring Cricut

Welcome to another daily project at Exploring Cricut!  Today I created a two page layout using the cartridges Cricut Craft Room Basics, Pop Up Neighborhood, Paper Dolls for Everyday, A Child's Year, Handy Man, and Simply Charmed.  Hope you enjoy!

Machines-Cricut Expression 2 and Gypsy
Cartridges and Cuts-Cricut Craft Room Basics-title cut at 1.75 inches
                                  Pop Up Neighborhood-tree with swing cut at 5.5 inches
                                 Paper Dolls for Everyday-leaves cut at 1.5 and 3 inches grass cut 1.25 inch
                                 A Child's Year-bike cut 2 inch
                                Handy Man-wheel barrel cut at 2.25 inches
                                Simply Charmed-pumpkins cut at 1.25 inches
Supplies- Pattern Paper- Simple Stories (email me if interested)
                Cardstock-Recollections
                Uniball white pen
                Colorbox chalks

                                                                       

Exploring Cricut Challenge

The challenge at Exploring Cricut this week is to use a cartridge that you bought and said why did I buy this or one that you purchased and neglected to use. We all are guilty of this. Well in my case, I am using the defense that I got it because it was only $10 on ebay! I will always get them if I can buy them for that price. Well old Spongebob Squarepants is one of those cartridges. Now I have grandchildren but none are into Spongebob. My grandson was when he was little, but he is 14 and the girls ages 9 and almost 3 are total Princess girls. But once I made myself use this for the challenge, I am loving it and will make birthday cards and other pages with it. I think the characters are so adorable and I do have some old pictures of my grandson I might have to rescrap!! Join us this week for this challenge and be sure to go to our Facebook page too, we are giving a gift there for just leaving us a comment this week. Below the picture are my cuts.
Paper- Karen Foster water and the dots are from Best Creations.
Cardstock-Bazzill
Spongebob9 cut at 4.75 inches-Spongebob Squarepants
Patrick 1 cut at 4.5 inches-Spongebob Squarepants
Title icon button cut at 2.5 inches-Spongebob Squarepants
slide cut at 9 inches accessory and accessory layer-Pop Up Neighborhood

Finally something to post

I haven't posted in a few days, but I have been working on some projects for the upcoming challenges at Exploring Cricut. I have been battling a bad sinus headache for a few days and my allergies are driving me crazy so I am only doing a little bit at a time. I can't take anything because it all knocks me out! Now for my project today. We stopped at Bath and Body over the weekend because my husband likes some mens body products they carry and the little bag was just too cute to throw out! I am the queen of saving stuff to recycle so I decided this could be turned into a cute gift bag and card with just a little paper scraps and my trusty Cricut. I used the cartridges Pop Up Neighborhood, Walk in my Garden, Fancy Frames, Stamping, Wedding, and Stretch Your Imagination. Below the pictures are the cuts.

Pop Up Neighborhood

Fence cut at 2.25 inches-

Grass cut at 4.75 inches

Walk in my Garden
Sunflowers cut at 3 inches

Fancy Frames

frame cut at 5 inches

Stamping

Happy Birthday words cut at 2.5 inches

Stretch Your Imagination

Sunflower for card shadow and base cut at 5 inches

Wedding

banner 1.25 inches

Cardstock from Bazzill