Celebrate mom

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Challenge #210 Celebrate Mom

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Celebrate Mom

Create a project that celebrates mom.

To qualify for the prize, be sure to use at least 1 Cricut cut on your project and if it's not obvious, let us know what cartridge you used.

My card for the week is very simple. I just got my Explore last weekend and haven't had much time to play with it so I'm still in learning mode with all of this SVG stuff.

My card base is from Cricut Design Space. It is one of their "make it now" projects. I used the monarch butterfly from the Edisto Island Cards kit from SVGCuts. I embossed the butterfly with the Darice "Henna" embossing folder. I put some Lindy's Stamp Gang Magicals paint on the top layer of the butterfly. There is a little glimmer to it but it doesn't show in the picture.

Come join the challenge this week, $50.00 is a lot of great SVG's!! Good luck everyone!

Recipe:

Mom Fancy Edge Card - Cricut Design Space

Butterfly - SVGCuts Edisto Card Kit

Paper - Recollections Sugar Candy

Lindy's Stamp Gang Magicals - Hottie Patottie

Inkssentials white gel pen

Darice Henna embossing folder

New things...

I finally "bit the bullet" and ordered the new Cricut Explore. It came today in its gargantuan box from Amazon. Two small children could fit in the box they sent it in...seriously! My daughter is taking it to school for her second graders to play in. Anyway, here it is...

It's very pretty and shiny, but also very intimidating. 

It took a while to get it connected to a computer. Didn't have the right operating system on one so I had to switch to another. Good thing I had another!!

Here is the first project they walk you through. It was very simple and VERY quiet. I'm excited to try more, but how much time is it going to take to really get good at? I just moved my Expression over a few feet just in case I get too frustrated. Good old Expression, love that machine. Hopefully I'll fell the same way about this one soon.

Umbrellas...they're not just for rain

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Challenge #208 April Showers

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April Showers

Create a project using an umbrella

To qualify for the prize, be sure to use at least 1 Cricut cut on your project and if it's not obvious, let us know what cartridge you used.

Here is my project for the week:

As you can see I went with a different type of umbrella for my project. I live in Florida and it's the beginning of beach season in April, not the rainy season. I actually found this cute umbrella on the Dude cartridge. I think I've only used this cartridge once so I decided to go for it and see what happened. I like the cut!

The clouds were cut from watercolor paper. I watered down some blue ink and put it around the edges to make them less stark. I actually used the back of one because I liked the way it bled through. The "sand" was scrunched and then rubbed with Distress ink. I sprayed a little shimmer spray on it to give it a little more depth (that really doesn't show in the picture).

I hope everyone enjoys this week's challenge and has a great week!

Recipe:

Dude Cricut cartridge

Recollections solid color cardstock

Studio Calico patterned paper

Fiskars cloud punch

Shells from my stash

Ranger Distress Ink - Vintage photo

Memento ink - blue

Shimmer spray

Hot glue

Pink ATG gun

Scotch quick dry glue

Foam tape

KAndrew designs stamps (no longer in production)

Bunny Challenge

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Challenge #207 Easter or use a Bunny

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Easter

Create a project using a bunny or an Easter project

To qualify for the prize, be sure to use at least 1 Cricut cut on your project and if it's not obvious, let us know what cartridge you used.

I made a mixed media project this week. I need to practice this a LOT more, but they are a lot of fun.

I used this cute little digi from Aurora Wings called the Sleepy Bunny Elf. They have some really great digi's in the Etsy store, check them out! I love using digital stamps because you can make them almost any size you want. This canvas is 5" x 7" and I could have made the digi fill the whole thing if I wanted. I colored it with Spectrum Noir markers for the skin and Promarkers for the rest. The Cricut cartridge I used was Pooh and Friends. The moon was cut at 1 3/4", the stars at 1 1/4". The grass pieces were cut at 1 1/4" and 1 1/2". 

I put modeling paste on the canvas through a stencil and let it dry. When it dried I dry brushed the purple and blue over the paste. I used some satin Mod Podge to put on some white tissue with glitter. There is glossy accents on the moon. One of the grass pieces is on a double layer of foam tape. The digi is on a single layer of tape. I used my Dymo label maker for the sentiment. It didn't want to stay down, even with glue.

Have a great week everyone!

FCCB Sketch challenge

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Challenge #206 Sketch Challenge

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Sketch Challenge

Create a project inspired by the following sketch:

Sketch is from Card Positioning Systems

To qualify for the prize, be sure to use at least 1 Cricut cut on your project and if it's not obvious, let us know what cartridge you used.

This was a fun sketch! Have I mentioned I love sketch challenges? Here is my card:

I picked up the theme from last week (use a cut or a cartridge you've never used) and incorporated it into my challenge this week. I've never used this cut before, and I'm not sure I've ever used the cartridge. This image is from the Freshly Picked cartridge. There are some really great cuts on there, especially for spring/summer. I cut the image at 3". All of the solid paper is from the packs that Michael's and Joann's have had on sale for the last few weeks. I'm not completely happy with the look of this card, I think it could have used some embossing one the background and maybe under the ribbon. Any thoughts on that? I really would like some input.

Have a great week everybody and please come join the challenge!

Supplies:

Cricut cartridge - Freshly Picked

Paper: solid packs from somewhere

Patterned: Studio Calico Sundrifter

Martha Stewart punch

Ribbon - Recollections

Stamp - KAndrew Designs

Ink - Distress ink Festive Berries

Mr. Duck

A friend of mine had a birthday last week and this is the card I made for him. He told one of his students he liked Donald Duck, so that's what I put on his card. There is a running joke in his class about him getting angry when a certain word is used (flip) in regard to math, so I used that as my inspiration. This is the front and Donald is cut at 5" from the Mickey and Friends cartridge.

This is the bottom of the inside. I put something about not "flipping out" and enjoying the day as the sentiment and put a more calm looking Donald, cut at 3", under it.

 I'm not sure he completely appreciated the attempt at humor, but he did like Donald!

I hope everyone has a relaxing weekend.

Supplies:
Cardstock - Recollections
Cartridge - Mickey and Friends

Sketch challenge

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Challenge #204 Sketch Challenge

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Create a project inspired by the sketch below:

To qualify for the prize, be sure to use at least 1 Cricut cut on your project and if it's not obvious, let us know what cartridge you used.

Here is my card:

I used the cartridge Love You a Latte and cut the cupcake at 2 1/2". The top looks a little Christmas-ish in the photo, but it's not as bad IRL (the red background probably didn't help with that). I really enjoy using sketches, especially when I'm having a hard time getting started. I used 2 different embossing folders on the white and lots of white gel pen. This is a belated birthday card for a friend whose actual birthday was over spring break and I didn't see her. Have a great week everyone and please play along with us, this is a fun sketch!