Exploring Cricut Halloween Challenge

I have been a little MIA lately, but I have been working on several project some of which you will see this week and I am also working on some things for my husbands office for the holidays. The Exploring Cricut  challenge is "Happy Halloween" and you are to created any card, layout or papercraft celebrating this fun Halloween season.  Today, I have created a cute gift bag using the cartridges Sesame St. Elmo's Party, October 31, and HappyHauntings.  I used Recollections Halloween Paper and cardstock.   Below are my measurements.

Elmo's Party-title cut at 1.25 and 1.50 inches
October 31- Haunted House cut at 5.5 inches and I also cut another one and hid the inside so it would show lights
Happy Hauntings-ghost cut at 1.25 inches
Stickles

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

Challenge #113 At PaperCutz this week

This weeks challenge at Papercutz is to use the shapes circles, diamonds, and stars in a Halloween theme card, layout or papercraft using any colors. I decided on a layout that will be perfect for one of the granddaughters Halloween this year. Please join us this week for our challenge and details of how I made this layout is under the picture. Be sure to stop by my other blog Exploring Cricut too!
Materials:
Paper -Pink Paislee-Twilight collection
Bazzill cardstock
Recollections cardstock
green, orange, yellow, and purple stickles
ribbon from Walmart
Cartridges and Cuts:
Happy Hauntings-Haunted house cut at 7 inches
Witch cut at 3.5 inches
Title cut at 3 inches
Ghost (2) cut at 1.5 inches
Frame9 cut at 11.25 inches and cut in pieces

October 31- Moon cut at 1.5 inches

George Circles cut at 1.5 inches
Diamonds cut at 1.5 inches
Stars cut at 1.25 inches