Time for a Challenge!

It's time for a challenge over at Exploring Cricut. Some of us have been experiencing some terrible frigid temperatures and heavy snows which only means its winter! Today the challenge is called "Winter Wonderland". You are to create a card, layout, or paper craft celebrating winter and snow. Any colors and any Cricut cartridges can be used. We can't wait to see what you create. Link your project by Saturday, January 18 close of link. For this challenge I created this two page layout using the cartridges Snow Friends, Winter Frolic, When It's Cold Outside, Formal Occasion and Holiday Cakes.  Details are below the picture.  Please join us this week for the challenge and stop by and see what the design team created for your inspiration.

Snow Friends-snowman cut at 5.25 inches
Winter Frolic-title cut at 4.75 inches
Holiday Cakes-mittens cut at 3 inches
When It's cold outside-snowflakes at 1.5 and 2 inches
Formal Occasion-snow cut at 3 and hid some of the features
Pattern Paper-Winter Wonder Chatterbox (some old in stash)
Cardstocks-Bazzill
Misc Supplies-stickles and jewels, pearls and beads

Tuesday Daily Project over at Exploring Cricut

Welcome to our Tuesday daily project over at Exploring Cricut.  I turned this thrift store find into a really cute winter scene picture.  The inside of the frame measures 5.50 x 5.50 so it was not that big and I knew my items would have to be small.  The picture does not do it justice, very beautiful, but lots of rain and cloudy when I took the pictures.  I used the cartridges Winter Frolic, Christmas, and Christmas Cards. Below the pictures are my details.  Be sure to enter the challenge over at Exploring Cricut too!

Shadow box frame from Goodwill store for 1.50
Gave it a fresh coat of white paint.
Cartridges:  Winter Frolic-Winter Wonderland title cut at 1.5 inches
                   Christmas-house cut at 3.25 inches
                                    trees cut at 2.5 inches
                   Christmas Cards-horse and sleigh cut at 4.5 inches
Cardstock Bazzill and Pattern Paper some old Chatterbox in my stash
Eucalyptus and crystal stickles

New challenge at Exploring Cricut today

Today we have a new challenge starting at Exploring Cricut.   The challenge is called "Baby It's Cold Outside".You are to create a card, layout, or papercraft of anything for winter or snow.  It can be something that reminds you of winter.  The only requirement is to use your cricut and cartridges.  Please join us this week for this fun challenge.  I have created a 2 page layout for this challenge.  I used the cartridges Winter Woodland and Winter Frolic.  I had a great time with this because my little granddaughter just got her wish for snow right after Christmas so she could make a snow angel.  Below the picture is the directions and supplies.

Cartridges:  Winter Woodland-snow day title cut at 3.5 inches
                                                brrr cut at 2.25 inches
                  Winter Frolic-snow angel cut at 3.75 inches
                                       sledding kid cut at 4.25 inches
Supplies:      Pattern Paper from Bo Bunny
                   Cardstock from Michaels
                   Snowflakes from Martha Stewart Punches
                   Jewels from Kaiser Crafts
                   Stickles from Ranger

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

Tuesday Daily Project Exploring Cricut

Hope you all have been enjoying our blog hop this week at Exploring Cricut! If you missed it, go to the sidebar on the blog and click where it says new challenge and it will take you to the post. Most of our DT will be giving something away this week too! Now for the Tuesday daily project. I am going along with the theme of Christmas in July and created ornaments using old cds. I always save those that come in the mail or any bad ones to use for craft projects. I am showing pictures of how I did this. I used the cartridges Very Merry Tags, Winter Frolic, Winter Woodland and Paper Doll Dressup for my cuts. Below the pictures are the measurements. Be sure to enter our "Christmas in July" challenge this week.

Just start with some old cds, using you get some in the mail or have some old ones.

I covered mine with scor tape because it holds so well and works great to hold the paper.

Smooth out paper and trim around the edges with scissors or a craft knife.

I just punched a hole with my crop-a-dial.....that is one awesome tool for sure! Now you are ready to decorate however you like! I have added pictures before too. Now for my sizes

Very Merry Tags-shadow snowflake cut at 4.5 inces

Very Merry Tags- top snowflake cut at 4 inches

Winter Frolic-snowman cut at 4 inches

Winter Woodland-Poinsettia cut at 4 inches. I cut 2 of the flower part.

Paper Doll Dress Up-Tree cut at 4.25 inches

I also used scrap papers, jewels, stickles, and liquid pearls

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

Wednesday Daily Project

Today I am filling in for one of the design team members at Exploring Cricut and it is also my birthday today so I am happy to share my project with you! I created a two page layout using the cartridges Winter Frolic, Accent Essentials, Christmas, Graphically Speaking, and George. Below the picture are the directions and measurements of my page. Paper-Bo Bunny and Bazzill cardstock
Title-Winter Frolic cut @3.5 inches
Snowflakes-Christmas cut @ 1.5 inches, 3 inches, and 4.5 inches
Accents Essential cut @1.75 inches
Graphically Speaking cut @ 1.5 inches
Circles-George cut @ 1.75 inches and 2.5 inches
Used Martha Stewart punches
Colorbox chalk
Stickles
Kaiser Crafts Pearls
Making Memories snowflake brads

Tuesday Project at Exploring Cricut

Hello and welcome to another daily project that I am lucky enough to display at Exploring Cricut blog. I decided to make my own tags again this year and used a few different cartridges to create them. I used Christmas Cheer, Simply Charmed, Jubilee, and Winter Frolic. Below the picture is the directions for these tags. Be sure to join the challenge this week at Exploring Cricut too!
Directions
Christmas Cheer-stocking cut at 5.5 inches

Simply Charmed-mitten and snowflake cut at 5 inches

Jubilee-holly cut at 1.5 inches

Winter Frolic-ornament and snowman cut at 5 inches

I just used ribbon and scraps from my stash. I also stamped snowflakes with faces from PeachyKeen stamps