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Challenge #228 Tag You're It

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Tag you're It

Create a project that uses a tag

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 Design Space for my project this week. I really need to start writing things down when I use it because I'm not sure what cartridge (image set) the rosette came from:/ The tag is from Sentimentals and the flower is from Flower Shoppe. I cut the tag at 6" so it's a good size tag. 

The tag itself is a lightweight tag chipboard. I used the deep cut blade for the Explore and it worked great! The patterned paper is from Ki Memories Vintage Charm 6x6 paper pad. The solid paper is Recollections. I used Lindy's Stamp Gang sprays on almost everything. I will list the colors below.

When I used the heat gun on the flower to dry the petals it curled up like it is now. I liked the way it looked so I didn't try to put flatten it out. There is a sentiment on the upper right that says "for you". It's a Penny Black polymer stamp from the Mimi in Paris set.

Have a great week and be sure to join us for the Tag challenge at FCCB.

Lindy's Colors: Sweet Violet Purple Teal, Phantom Fuchsia, Lindy's Shamrock Green

MCCR - Use Red Only

Welcome to my second design team day at My Cricut Craft Room. The theme today was to use only use red. Ok, I'm going to let you in on a little secret... I had no intention of doing a Christmas card for this project but life had other ideas. It was a long week at school and I didn't get my project done when I had planned so I decided to use a "make it now" project in Design Space for my original project. I edited it and made it look like I wanted, went to cut and got the message that it "is not yet available for purchase". Why is it there if you can't make it?? I was running way behind schedule so along came Santa. 

This is a picture of Design Space as it is in the cutting phase (in case you don't have an Explore).

I used Recollections solid color card stock for the papers. I find it cuts really well in the Explore. Santa is from the A Quilted Christmas cartridge and the ovals are from My Quiet Book. I don't own either of the carts, but I still have the subscription so I am able to access them. I used the Darice embossing folder below on the white oval and embossed some snowflakes on the background paper using a Hampton Arts snowflake stamp, VersaMark ink and some glitter embossing powder.

This is the inside of the card. I used Fired Brick Distress Ink and another Hampton Arts (I think) stamp for the sentiment. The strip is the two colors of red from the front of the card. This card opens at the top.

Fantabulous Cricut - Kids Theme

 Happy Monday and welcome to another Monday challenge!

Just a quick run down of the rules:

You may add up to 3 unique projects that meet the challenge criteria

You must use at least 1 Cricut cut, after that anything goes, stamps, svg's, etc.

Challenge #226 Kids Theme

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Kids Theme

Create a project for kids

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:

I made my project in Design Space using the Wrap It Up cartridge. I added text to the base project to make the pillow box say "Happy Birthday". I found some metallic American Crafts markers at Tuesday Morning and they worked great in the Explore.

The box is sized to hold a gift card. I know lots of tween/teens who are into video gaming and thought this would be a great way to hold a gift card they could put toward a new game, or even a new system. The holographic paper is from my stash and the black is from a pack I picked up at Tuesday Morning (think I might have a problem??)

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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 Happy Monday and welcome to another Monday challenge!

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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 Happy Monday and welcome to another Monday challenge!

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.