Happy Halloween challenge at EC

Happy Monday,

Today is a new challenge at Exploring Cricut. This challenge is called "Happy Halloween".  You are to make a card, layout, or papercraft celebrating this fun holiday. 

I made a pretty simple card.  But I used one of my new favorite cartridges.  ;)

How I did it:
CAC2 for both cuts
stickles for pumpkin hat and spider
doodeling

Exploring Cricut - Daily

Happy Wednesday!

Today it is y turn for the daily post at Exploring cricut

I used my new favorite cartridge.  I absolutely love Teddy Bear Parade!

Teddy Bear Parade
face stamp - PK
Sentiment stamp and tag - Emma 
stickles, twine, doodling

Monster Mash Blog Hop

 

Welcome to the Monster Mash Blog Hop, brought to you by the design teams of Made Especially For You and Exploring Cricut!

Today the design teams of Made Especially For You and Exploring Cricut have teamed up to share with you all sorts of spooktacular monster-themed projects to help get your crafty gears turning for all those upcoming Halloween projects!

If you've come from Kristy's blog, you're in the right place! If you just came across the hop and would like to start at the beginning, please visit Ashley at Made Especially For You.

For my project, I created a banner.  I have been wanting to make a holiday banner for a while and figured this was as good a time as any.

I got out my two new and most favorite cartridges, Create a Critter 2 and Teddy Bear Parade.  I was so happy with the way this came out and hope to make a few more for the fall season

How I did it:
Cartridges:  Create a Critter 2 and Teddy Bear Parade
Paper:  Coredinations and DP paper from stack I got at Joann's from a few years ago
Stamps:  All Peachy Keen
Doodeling, ribbbon twine

We also have some wonderful sponsors giving away prizes to those who comment on every stop of the hop!

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Your next stop is Eileen's blog. . Here's the complete lineup in case you get lost along the way:

Ashley - http://especiallymade.blogspot.com

Diane - http://happyscrapperdiane.blogspot.com

Jessica - http://craftinandstampin.blogspot.com
Ian - http://anewbiecrafter.blogspot.com

Laura - http://scrappinaroundtheclock.blogspot.ca

Sharon - http://meemeescreations.blogspot.com

Pam - http://scrappinfabpam.blogspot.com

Lori - http://scrappinsaints.blogspot.com

Robin - http://www.thecricutscrapper.blogspot.com
Georgiana - http://carsonscricutcreations.blogspot.com

Cyndy - http://arcyscraps.blogspot.com

Emily - http://emilyqueenofallthingscrafty.blogspot.com

Kristy - http://scraptasticalkreations.blogspot.com

Diana - http://craftypeepdb.blogspot.com

Eileen - http://scrappingactuary.blogspot.com
Kim - http://littleredshood.blogspot.com
Annette - http://mymindsdustbunnies.blogspot.com
Michelle - http://mumoftwoblog.blogspot.com

Happy Hopping!

Breast Cancer Awareness Month - EC

Happy Monday


Today is another challenge for Exploring Cricut.  This week our Challenge "Breast Cancer Awareness Month"  Create card, layout or papercraft symbolizing hope against the fight of this terrible disease with pink and a sentiment. 

I went pretty simple, just so I could showcase the pink and the ribbon.   

Items used:
Cart:  Stand and Salute 
Paper: MME, Stash and SU
Sentiment:  Emma
doodling

Teddy Bear Thanks

Happy Monday! 

Today's card was made for a guy at work whose girlfriend just had a baby.  He wanted me to make thank you cards.  Woo Hoo, my first paying job for my cards.  ;)   It took a few weeks to get these done for him because I needed to use the new Teddy Bear Parade.  Since it took a while to get this cartridge sinced on the Gypsy, I was lost!!  I just can't use my Expression without my gypsy, I love that little girl!  ;)  So now that the update came out I was able to finally make the card.  I have already made three cuts from this cartridge (one card will be posted on Wednesday and I made the bride for my daughter to play with).  I just adore this cartridge and so glad I got it.  

Cart:  Teddy Bear Parade and Elegant Edges
Paper:  Noah's Ark pad and Recollections
Eyes:  PK Critter Medium
Sentiment stamp:  Emma 
Inking

Exploring Cricut - Planes, Traines and Automobiles

Happy Monday.

This week our challenge at Exploring Cricut is called "Planes,Trains, and Automobiles"  You are to created a layout, card, or papercraft using any colors and any theme as long as it includes a means of transportation!

I know my daughter is going to have lots of birthdays to go to this year being in first grade.  She went to 8 in kindergarten!  So I figured I would get a jump on birthday cards.  I have seen this cut used a lot and figured it was time for me to finally use it.  :)  I think she came out pretty cute. 

Cart:  Hello Kitty and Elegant Edges (for base)
Paper:  Recollections and DCWV
Sentiment:  My Creative Time

Exploring Cricut Daily Challenge

Happy Wednesday!

Sorry I am so late on posting today!  I am here now though!  ;)

Today's card was made for the mother of the little boy who was killed in an awful accident back in April.   It was her 40th birthday recently and I wanted to make her a special card.  The night of Jeffrey's memorial service for the town there was an awful rainstorm and out of it came the most beautifully stunning double rainbow!  I can never remember seeing any other rainbow so brilliantly bright.  Everything now associated with him deals with Rainbows.  So of course I needed to make her a rainbow card with her angel looking down on her for her birthday.

I used Hello Kitty for the cut.  I pop dotted an extra layer of all the cuts to give it more dimension.
Sentiment: Emma
Face Stamp:  Boy faces from PK 

A - U - N - T

Happy Monday! I hope everyone was crafty this weekend, because I wasn't! ;) It was too nice here this weekend and I spend some time outside with my kids, cleaned my store room, and went to two festivals. ;)

I made this for my aunt a few weeks ago. The idea came from Pinterest, another project checked off the Pinterest list! I bought the cardboard letters at Joanns. All the pictures were printed on computer paper at work so they are easier to mold, especially around corners. A few of the pictures are duplicated but I don't think my aunt really minded! I glued them all down with modge podge (I now love that stuff, never used it before) and then brushed another coat to seal it all in. Took some time, but it was totally worth it!

Exploring Cricut - New Challenge - Use a person

Happy Monday

This weeks challenge at Exploring Cricut we were to use any cut with a person on it. I hope scarecrows count! Close enough, right? ;) I have wanted to try a Spinner card for a while now. Seemed much harder to do than it actually turned out to be, but I think that how it is with most things with crafts! ;) Thanks to Glora for her wonderful tutorial which you can find here

Cartridge: Simply Charmed and Wild Card
Face Stamps: In Stitches - PKS
Paper - SU, Coredinations and stash
Inking, brads
Sentiment Stamp: Bug Bytes

Exploring Cricut Daily - See you soon Raccoon

Happy Wednesday Crafters,

Today card is for another person leaving our department at work. He is going to another department for 6 - 8 month project, but the way my company works it could be closer to a year. ;) He helped me pick out the preschool saying on the buffalo card I did a while ago, so I figured he needed one of those preschool sayings too, since he is supposed to be coming back to our dept.

Carts: Raccoon and cuts behind him from Create a Critter
Paper: SU and DCWV Guy Stack
Loopy Punch, inking, doodeling and wobble
Sentiment: Computer generated
Tag for sentiment: Emma

Exploring Cricut - Back to School Challenge

Happy Monday!

Today for Exploring Cricut we are doing a Back to School challenge, create any project in Primary colors.

Today's 'project' is not a project per se as just cuts. Since I am on the PTO board for my daughter's school, we needed to decorate the bulletin boards. So glad I bought that Recess cart a few months ago. I knew I would get my use out of it eventually. All of these cuts, plus a few others, are all going up on the bulletin boards to greet the children tomorrow for their first day of school. I also added in a few rolo pencils that I will be giving out to the teachers. They were so fun to make and know I will be making more of those!

Materials:
carts: Recess, Hello Kitty, Locker Talk
Paper: Recollections
Stamp Faces: All Peachy Keen

ETA: Here is the link for the tutorial for the rolo pencils that I used:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QAaUPeGBM3E

Exploring Cricut - Happy First Day of School

Happy Wednesday.

Today's project is again for the Welcome Back breakfast raffle the PTO is hosting for teachers at my daughter's school.

As my design sister has said, another project from Pinterest checked off! I have seen a bunch of these teacher survival kits and knew these would be perfect for the teacher's raffle. I think they are going to love it, especially the chocolate! ;)

supplies:
Container from Joann
Paper: DCWV and SU
Face Stamps: Peachy Keen
Sentiment Stamp: Gift Card Sentiments from Emma
Worm: Create a Critter
Apple: Doodlecharms
doodeling and chalking