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

Wednesday's Exploring Cricut Post

Today I am helping out one of our Exploring Cricut design team members who is not feeling so well . I created a scrapbook page using the cartridges Holiday Cakes , Stretch Your Imagination, and George Basic Shapes. I have recently purchased the cake machine and tried it out once, but love the cake cartridges for all the wonderful designs it has. Below the picture is the directions for this project. Be sure to stop by Exploring Cricut tomorrow for another daily project and be sure to enter our challenge this week too!
Holiday Cakes
Wreaths cut @ 5.50 inches
Title cut @ 3.50 inches

Stretch Your Imagination
Holly cut @ 1.5 inches and 2.00 inches

George Basic Shapes
circles cut @ 5.50 inches

paper was from paper pack of Martha Stewart (last year, not sure name)
Bazzill cardstock
Chestnut roan ink
white uniball pen

Paper Cutz Challenge

This weeks challenge is called Jingle all the Way! You are to make a card, layout or craft project using a stamped, digital, or Cricut cut of a image of Jingle Bells. I decided on a card using the Joys of the Season Cartridge of the Bell on page57 cut at 2.5 inches. I made the card using the ornament card cut at 5 inches. The holly was cut at 1.25 inches and was from the cartridge Stretch Your Imagination and Joy was cut at 1 inch and was from Winter Woodland. Let us see what you can create with this challenge. Post your project at the PaperCutz blog.