JOY

I seen this from Alysabeth blog, she  made a holiday Joy sign. Check out her blog for her tutorial:)

Here is my version:

 

Recipe:

3 5x7 frames

scrapbook paper of your choice (wrapping paper can be used)

plastic candy cane from dollar store (comes 6/pkg)

Santa Village cartridge- image on pg.3

bell garland from dollar store

Scraplift of the Stampin Up ornament

Here is my try at making this ornament. I made a mistake and had to cut more out to get it to look right. See if you can tell what I did wrong:)  I still think it turned out nice.
I plan on making these for Christmas this year.


Recipe for this:
Follow Stampin Up you tube video I have posted
Cricut Imagine for the large ornament cut 20 @ 3.2
for smaller ornament cut @ 2.6 printed paper used
5 pcs of glittter tulle at 5 inches
any other embellishments you want to add (I added a few rhinestones)
Glimmer mist all of ornament ( I used suede)
I used a handmade paper flower from a swap I received
Holiday greetings stamp to stamp on back from Stampin Up-Sincere Salutations set
small hole punch to put hole in ornament and ribbon to make hanger
color choice of ink to ink edges of cardstock on large ornaments
Snow Angel cartridge-ornament on page 4 bottom one

Challenges I am entering this in:

Link Up Tuesday at Pink Cricut
Cooking with the Cricut #104 Texture

Altered journal

I made this altered journal a while back. I had forgotten about it and just happened to find this pic.

I used my Imagine and Lori's Garden for this. The butterfly is from a swap item I had received and the pearls are from ? I will have to look that one up.

TFL~

I have been featured on PINK CRICUT!!!

My patriotic wreath has been chosen by Pink Cricut!!!

 I am very proud of my wreath. I hope it represents the love I have for my country and the freedom to live it each day and a THANK YOU to all the veterans past, present and future for believing in our rights to live a life.

So please join Sarah's link up party because....

Sarah wants to see what YOU are UP TO!? It can be paper crafts, sewing, home decor, jewelry–whatever it is– she wants you to share!!       

Wow, does that sound like a Uncle Sam wants you poster:) LOL.

All you have to do is link up your blog post or picture below, and be sure to say you are LINKING UP with us on your blog post- you can also grab our gray and pink linkup button to the right. Be sure to stop by a couple other blogs to say hi and give some bloggy love!

Weekly Challenge #61: Stars & Stripes Challenge!

The Challenge: Create a Cricut project of your choice incorporating at least 3 stars and stripes somewhere on your project.

Rules and Guidelines: Circle Blog Challenges are open to Cricut Circle Members only. Your project must be newly created for this challenge and include atleast 2 Cricut Image Cuts. You must submit a project to be entered into the Challenge Prize Drawing. One entry per person, please.

How to Enter: Submit your entry using the InLinkz tool found at the bottom of this post. Please post your full name along with your entry. Entries are due by 9:00 pm MST on Thursday, July 5th, 2012.

Prize: We will select one winner to receive $25 in credit added to their Cricut.com account. Please allow 4 to 6 weeks for delivery from winner announcement.

Winner: The winners will be selected randomly from qualifying entries using www.random.org and will be announced on the Cricut Circle Blog on Friday, July 6th, 2012.


I made this wreath for this challenge.
My two cricut cuts are the rosettes and the flags w/ banner. My stars are the foam stars and the ribbon is the wreath hanger.

Recipe for wreath:

Cartridges: Ribbons and Rosettes cut at 1"x11" and 2"x11" - Crown and grass

Imagine Cartridges: Enjoy the Seasons-flags/4th of July ribbon

Bucaneer-small blue rosettes

Greeting Cards ISO- large rosettes

flattened bottle caps

red buttons

red and blue foam stars

stars spray

Patriotic ribbon

fireworks/sparklers-pearl and blue grass

hot glue

TFL~

Other challenges this is entered in:

BBTB2- Patriotic challenge

My Sheri CRAFTS -Red, White and Blue challenge

Scrappymoms stamps -Patriotic Pride

Exploring Cricut- Show your Red, White and Blue

Fantabulous Cricut Challenge - Firework, sparkler or other "boom"

Pink Cricut Link Up Party

Cooking with the Cricut- Happy Birthday, USA!

Steampunk flower centerpiece- my first try at it

Monthly Challenge!

Each month we will announce a new Monthly Challenge. The challenges are designed to inspire you to stretch your creative wings. Have fun with it! You will have the entire month to create a project for the challenge. The project must meet the challenge requirements in order for your name to be entered into the prize drawing.

APRIL MONTHLY CHALLENGE: Center of Attention Challenge!

Every good tablescape, whether it’s on a dining table, coffee table, side table, desk or elsewhere, can benefit from a beautiful centerpiece. Have you tried creating one with your Cricut machines? For the April Monthly Challenge that is exactly what we would like you to try! Create any type of centerpiece using your Cricut machines. We can’t wait to see what you make!
The WINNER of this challenge will receive a $150 Credit to Cricut.com!

The Challenge: Create a centerpiece using your Cricut machines.
Rules and Guidelines: Circle Blog Challenges are open to Cricut Circle Members only. Your project must be newly created for this challenge and include atleast 2 Cricut Image Cuts. You must submit a project to be entered into the Challenge Prize Drawing.
How to Enter: Submit your entry using the InLinkz tool found at the bottom of this post. Please post your full name along with your entry. Entries are due by 9:00 pm MST on Monday, April 30th, 2012.
Prize: This month the winner will receive $150.00 in credit to Cricut.com.
Winner: The winner will be selected randomly from qualifying entries using www.random.org and will be announced on the Cricut Circle Blog on Tuesday, May 1st, 2012.
Note: We want to be sure that everyone knows that you DO NOT need to have a blog to participate in the challenges here on the Cricut Circle blog. When the InLinkz tool at the bottom of the Challenge Post asks you for the URL of your blog, you can also type in the URL of a gallery you have uploaded your project to, a direct URL to the image (Photobucket, TinyPic, etc.) or even a message board entry where you have inserted your photo. If you receive an error while submitting your entry, look at the top of the screen and there will be three tabs to choose from. One of them will give you the option to upload your image directly from your computer. We are really enjoying your submissions! Keep them coming!


My centerpiece is a steampunk theme.  Hope you like it. The flowers I made are Kusudama. My cricut cuts are from the Indie cart. I used the gear and the barb wire. I cut them out using my Imagine and the Industrial glow cart for them and the flowers. I hope you like them. Can you see the clcks and the gears in the second picture. Sorry I forgot to put my white backdrop up for this.

            Recipe:
container wraped in aluminum foil
moss and styrofoam block
Kusudama flowers
2 cricut cuts- Indie art barb wire and gear
Tim Holtz clockspieces and sprocket gears
Tim Holtz alcohol inks for stainig foil
wire to attach barb wire
stickers for center of gears-Jolee'sAll That Bling studs with pearls
Cricut Imagine machine
Cricut Imagine cart Industrial Glow

Other challenges and link up partys:


Pink Cricut
My Sheri Crafts-challenge #84-april showers bring may flowers to mom

Changing my Imagine to Pink

I bought the pink end caps to put on my Imagine. Since my Cricut is pink, along with most of my craft tools, I felt it was only fiting for my I to be pink also.

My New Craft Toys!

I recently got me a Gypsy and an Imagine. I am slowly learning what I can about them. So far I do love the Imagine. Just got to get my designing down, so hopefully the CCR and my gypsy will help with that, once I get them learned!


I bought the Cherry blossom cover for the gypsy to keep it from getting scratched.

My first test print and cut

This is from the Imagine More cart. I printed this on a generic sticker paper. Not sure where I bought it from.