09/15 September CTMH Cricut Challenge Blog Hop

If you have been hopping with everyone, then you have arrived from Chris's blog Wow.. we are on a roll.... one hop after another - can you keep up?!!! Today's challenge is to use the new Cricut Art Philosophy cartridge and I have a new design for everyone! Here is my design that I created in the Cricut Craft Room - I love this software - it is soo easy to create a welded design and I have created a fall open box for my project using this online software.


Notice how easily I welded the designs together and changed the colors to match our RGB number codes to depict the colors of CTMH Brown bag and Goldrush. All of these designs are using the Cricut Art Philosophy cartridge - what a plethora of ideas from ONE cartridge!

Here is the actual design after I cut it out with my Cricut Expression. I also used my Cuttlebug embossing folders and ink to add dimension to the design.


I hope you enjoy this design - this is a huge learning curve and I am slowly getting ahead of the curve! So please ENJOY!! Now it is time to hop on over to Tamytha's blog and check out her fantastic artwork for this blog hop!

Thanks for stopping by!

Cricut Cartridges for Sale

Changing direction as far as my cutting needs...

I decided to learn how to create my own cut files!

So the list begins..... $15.00 each plus S & H L= Linked to my Gypsy - you will be unable to link them to yours, if you own one...

Accent Essentials - L
All Mixed Up - L - SOLD
Animal Kingdom - L SOLD
Base Camp - L SOLD
Basketball - L
Christmas Cards - L SOLD
Christmas Cheer - L SOLD
Cutting' Up - L SOLD
Doodlecharms - L
Doodletype - L
Joys of the Season - L SOLD
Learning Curve -L SOLD
Locker Talk - L SOLD
Lyrical Letters -L
Makin' the Grade - L
Mini Monograms - L SOLD
New Arrival - L
Paper Doll Dress Up- L
Paper Pups - L SOLD
Plantin School Book - L
Speaking of Fall - L
Speaking of School - L SOLD
Sports Mania - L
Stamped - L
Stretch Your Imagination - L SOLD
Tear Drop - L SOLD
Walk in My Garden - L SOLD
Love Struck 2010

The money I have spent.....

10/17 Halloween Gift Cards

For my 'little' kids... BOO-hoo................... - not so little anymore but they still get their Halloween Goodie Bag (it's actually a box) from their "mummy" and dad, too!





This is an easy gift card to make! Cut a 5 1/2 " x 8 1/2 " card and score one end at 2" and the other end at 2 1/2". Fold and cut out the half circle with our 1 1/4" circle punch (Z1311). Add eyelets, brads or colored staples to secure the bottom half of the card. Decorate it and add the gift card. Viola!


Supplies:
Z1311 CTMH 1 1/4" circle punch
Basic Black cardstock
"Retired" eyelets from CTMH ( I never get rid of anything!)
Rub - on and paper (Target Dollar Spot)
Mummy from Paper Dolls Dress Up Cricut cartridge
#3174 Blending pen and #3505 Watercolor pencils

Enjoy!

10/16 Quick and Easy Frame Idea

I told you I am sucker for anything Halloween! So I bought this frame at my favorite store...... TARGET! - but this was at the "Dollar Spot' in Target - O.K. - it was $2.50! But a few quick cut outs from the Cricut and viola! - a festive Halloween picture frame.

Supplies:
Dollar Spot Picture Frame
Cricut cartridge - Paper Doll Dress Up

Enjoy!

Spring is in the Air!

The last few weeks have seemed cold and dreary to me - not Buffalo, NY weather but Tampa, FL weather! I decided to boost my spirits and participate in a Spring swap with a Cricut group. I designed the title for the page using the Cricut Design Studio Software using a great tutorial from "Susan Robot". You can view the link here

The flowers are from our spring garden from last year and the layout is "Creative Rhythm" from the Cherish book. I used the Discovery papers - perfect for the colors in the photos. Enjoy!