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

Exploring Cricut Saturday Daily Project

Welcome to my post for Exploring Cricut. I am filling in with the Saturday daily project with a quick and easy project.  My daughter in law gave me this plate hanger, but I just couldn't find any plates I liked for it and we just finished remodeling our kitchen and dining room so I found some plates at Big Lots and made my own.  I used the cartridge Quarter Note and cut the words and welded in Gypsy at 2.5 inches.  I used a beige vinyl and the plates are black.  Isn't it great how projects can come together fast!  Try and see what home decor you can make!

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

Today we have a great challenge at Exploring Cricut.  You are to create a card, layout, or papercraft making a Breast Challenge Awareness project.  This is a terrible disease and it is wonderful for the fighters to have the support from family and friends.  I hope everyone will join this challenge and send your card or project to a friend or a special group. I used the cartridges Stand and Salute, Quarter Note, and Art Philosophy.  Below is the details of my card

Quarter Note-Title cut at 2 inches Font 1
Stand and Salute-ribbon cut at 2 inches and 2.25 inches
Art Philosophy-tag cut at 3 inches

Pattern paper-Chatterbox
Cardstock-Recollections
Pearls-Recollections
Flowers-Recollections

New challenge at Exploring Cricut

Welcome to a new challenge at Exploring Cricut this week. It is called "It's a Spring Thing". You are to create a card, layout or papercraft with anything Spring related using the some or all of the colors pink, purple, yellow, green, blue and white and of course, a Cricut cut. For my project I did a layout and will do a second page, but this one is using my new cartridge Spring Cottage along with a few others. I am so happy to have my E2 back! Below the picture is the cuts and supplies. I can't wait to see what you create for this challenge.

Spring Cottage-gazebo cut at 5 inches

flowers cut at 1.12 and 1.24 inches in Gypsy

Art Philosophy-scallop square cut 8.5 inches

Ribbon and Rosettes-border cut at 11.75 inches

Paper Dolls for Everyday-grass cut at 1.50 inches (2)

Quarter Note-Title cut at 1.75 inches

Pattern paper and cardstock from Recollections

New Challenge at Exploring Cricut

Today we have a new challenge at Exploring Cricut. It is called "No Business Like Show Business". You can make a card, layout, or papercraft for any movie, recital, concert, play, or any type of theater . It can be based on a particular song or movie. Your creativity is all you need along with your cricut!! Please enter your challenge on Exploring Cricut blog. I made a two page layout of my granddaughters piano recital from last year. I used the cartridges Quarter Note and Hannah Montana. Below the pictures are the cut measurements.

Hannah Montana-music notes and scale cut at 2.5 inches

Quarter Note-Keys cut at 3.5 inches

Title cut at 3 inches
Date cut at 2 inches

Pattern Paper and cardstock from Recollections
Stickles

The fastest project I ever made!

My granddaughter Katie age 8 years old went to see Taylor Swift in concert Saturday night and they took some pictures. I got them late on Sunday so spent Monday putting her a little book together to take to her on Tuesday. I used the cartridges Quarter Note and Hannah Montana. I did the book from Bind It All and I modge podge the cover since it would be handled quite a bit with her enjoying the pictures from her concert evening. She really liked this book even though her Nana put it together quickly!!