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

Sharing post today Exploring Cricut & Cricut Fanatics

Welcome to another Exploring Cricut Challenge and Cricut Fanatics project. For our challenge at Exploring Cricut , it is a 1, 2, 3, challenge.  You are to make any project you would like using your cricut and cricut cartridges but must include at least 1 embellishment, 2 pattern papers, and 3 cricut cuts. I am sharing a easy Winter tissue box cover. I also have the post today at Cricut Fanatics so I thought I would do this as a joint project. I got this pattern a few years ago from Splitcoast Stampers.  It is easy and fun to change out for seasons and holidays.  I will give you step by step directions with pictures. I am also entering this in the Pumpkinspiceblog.blogspot.com challenge this week.

I use the Walmart brand tissues which is the same size as Kleenex.  You will need to cut (2)  5 1/8 x 9 1/2 pieces of cardstock for you base.

Cut one 9 9/16 square piece of cardstock for the lid.  You will also need (4 ) 4 1/4 x 4 inch pieces of cardstock or pattern papers for the sides.  You will also need one 4 1/4 square piece for the top.

Score your long pieces at 1/2 and 5 inches

I used scor tape, but something that will hold securely to put the pieces together to form base.

You score the lid piece at one inch on all four sides and cut as shown in the picture to fold for the lid.

To form the opening in the top I used Spellbinder dies and used the 3rd one in the set of large ovals.

Put your lid together with scor tape and it will fit on the base.  I go ahead and tape the insides of the lid to secure it to the base so that it does not move or come apart.

I added the side panels and started to decorate.  With the second piece for the top, I added another Spellbinder die labels one middle size for my top.  I embossed the top piece with the snowflake Cuttlebug folder.  Here are the rest of the materials I used.

Winter Tissue Box created by Diane Kielman with pattern from Splitcoast Stampers
Machines used-Expressions 2 machine, Cuttlebug, and Gypsy
Pattern paper-Bo Bunny
Cardstock-Recollections
Other-jewels, ribbons and stickles
Cuttlebug folder-Snowflake embossing

Cricut Cartridges-Art Philosophy- snowflake1 page 22 shift cut at 3.25 and 5 inches  Layer shift cut at 3.25        inches.         

                                                      Snowflake2 page 27 shift cut at 2 inches, layer cut at 1 1/2 and 2 inches

                                                      Letter K cut at 1.5 inches in two colors and just off set from each other

                           Snow Friends-snowman cut at 4.5 inches face stamped with Peachy Keen stamp

                           Sesame St. Seasons-hot cocoa cut at 3.5 inches and removed word hot