Fall Card for My Cricut Craft Room

This is my first DT post for  My Cricut Craft Room!! The theme today is Fall, which is a little hard to think about when it's 93 and feels like 103 outside.

I made 2 cards using Cricut Design Space. Everything is Cricut so I will share the link to the project at the end of the post should you care to make one for yourself.

This is an A2 card with a little window in the front. I cut a banner piece to fit inside and attached it with a narrow piece of washi tape. If anyone is still on the fence about purchasing an Explore just look at the detail of those leaves!! That piece is only a little bigger than a quarter and it is so detailed. 

All of the solid paper is Recollections. I bought some Tombow mono multi a couple of weeks ago and I'm finding myself going back to it regularly. I still love my Scotch quick dry, but the tip on the Tombow is a bit smaller so I've been using it on all of my tiny pieces. The bling is from my stash.

There isn't quite as much going on with this card, which was kind of the point. I used the same color scheme and basic supplies from the other card. I was able to use the sync function on Design Space and cut a bunch of the pieces together. I used Fired Brick Distress ink on the leaves in this card to change them from solid yellow/gold to a more fall color. There is also Vintage Photo ink around the edges of the card.

If you have an Explore and would like the file, here is the link:  Fall Cards 

There are a few extra pieces in case you want to change the look of either of them a bit. 

Be sure to visit My Cricut Craft Room to see more projects like this.

Happy Crafting!!

FCCB Camp Out Challenge

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Challenge #24 Camp Out

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Camp Out

Create a project inspired by the outdoors

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.

For my project this week I used Design Space and searched for "camping" and "tents". There are so many things to choose from it was hard to decide! I chose the bear from the Teddy Bears on Parade cartridge, and the tent. I need to pay attention what cartridge things are on when I do that because I don't remember which one it was on. The tree is a Tim Holtz Die that I cut using cork paper from DCWV. I had to cut it down a bit to use on the card but it worked. The bear is cut at 2.7 inches and the tent at 2.5. I'm finding it easier to use measurements just to the tenths place since that's the way the mats are laid out in Design Space. 

I hope you all have a great week and come play along with us. 

Bug out

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Challenge #222 Bug Out

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Bug Out

Create a project that uses a bug


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.


For my project this week I used the caterpillar from Alice in Wonderland. It's on the Disney Classics cartridge or you can search for "caterpillar" or "bug" on Design space and it will come up.

There is a bit of a steampunk feel to the card. The background printed paper has that blueprint look and the beige piece behind was embossed with a gear embossing folder. The piece directly behind the caterpillar is gauze paper from DCWV. It added some nice texture to the card. The sentiment was stamped with Vintage Photo distress ink which was the ink I used all around the card. The inside says "amazing". 

I hope everyone has a great week and finds some time to play along. This is a great challenge to make a boy card, they love bugs!

Birthday cards

I thought I would post a couple of birthday cards I've made lately with the Explore. This one is a file from Paper Crafting World. She has some really great files, go check it out! This has tags on the outside of the card but I elected to use them on the inside instead. This actually has quite a bit of dimension that doesn't show that much in the picture. There are several layers on the flower and the pearl in the center is about 1/4" high. 

This one turned out pretty (it's better in person). I love that the Explore can write on projects!! I used an American Crafts marker and wrote on vellum. I created the cut in Design Space from a picture I liked on the internet. The sentiment is actually a cut file from Miss Kate's Cuttables that you can find here. I kept this one really flat so it could be mailed.

Wet and Wild

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Challenge #220 Wet and Wild

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Wet and Wild

Create a project related to water

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.

For my card this week I used Cricut Design Space and an image from the Fun in the Sun cartridge.

I cut the image at 4 1/4" wide (almost too wide). The water is sprayed with a glimmer spritz in plain silvery color. I sprayed the suit with Lindy's Stamp Gang Buccaneer Brown spray for a little extra color and shine. The clouds were embossed with a Darice embossing folder. I decided, after much testing of inks, to emboss the sentiment. It doesn't show very well in the picture but I don't want it to stand out too much.

I did a little experiment this week and cut images for 6 different cards all at the same time using the same papers. It will be interesting to see how they all turn out. It is fun to do some new and different things in Design Space. I don't own the cartridge I used but can use the image since I have the subscription for now. Here is one of the others.

This one is embossed with a different folder. I sprayed the umbrella piece with gold spray this time and stamped the sentiment in blue. 

I will be posting more this week so stay tuned!!

Recipe of items used:

Fun in the Sun Cricut cartridge

Recollections card stock

Darice cloud embossing folder

Lindy's Stamp Gang Buccaneer Brown spray

Stephanie Barnard (Colorbox) white ink

Recollections embossing powder

Versamark ink

KAndrew Designs sentiment (no longer in production)

Summer treat

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Challenge #218  Summer Treats

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Summer Treats

Create a project that represents the tastes of summer

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 used Cricut Design space to create this card and let the background paper from Martha Stewart dictate the colors for my ice cream, or maybe in this case, sherbet. The solid paper is from Recollections.

Sorry the picture is so dark but it seems like every time I remember to take pictures it's cloudy outside. I really need to find a better place to take pictures. There are several ice cream cones on different cartridges, this one is from Once Upon a Princess. I embossed the cone with a Darice embossing folder and used some Stickles for some texture on the sherbet. The buttons, ric rac and cording are from my stash.

Southern "Lady"

Ok, I'm going on record and saying I really love my Cricut Explore. I've had so much fun creating things in Design Space that I sometimes forget to actually make them. Anyone else have that problem? Here is something I did right after I got the machine and I finally put it together. I have the subscription (and will keep it for at least the summer) which is giving me the chance to play with some cartridges I don't have like Teddy Bears on Parade. They are so cute!

This lovely southern belle is cut at 3.5" The doily is from Edge to Edge and is cut at 4". The whole card is a 5" square. I haven't added a sentiment since I'm not sure who is getting is. I think I need to make some more bears before my subscription is up, or just buy the cartridge. Hope everyone has a great day!

Recipe:
Cardstock: Recollections
Flowers: Wild Orchid Crafts
Patterned paper: not sure, I just grabbed