Industrial Glow

Well, I guess nice people finish last. I had several orders for carts and did not ask for the money up front, so I got STUCK after I ordered them and the ladies backed out on paying for them. Makes me sad:( So...I'm gonna try to trade or sell them on the cricut message boards. Hopefully I have some luck!

Easter 2010

Wow, what luck, I stumbled upon 4 of these the other day and I see they're selling for huge dollars on ebay. I'm listing them on the cricut message boards and taking offers, so we'll see what I get for them!

Bubblegum Stripes Imagine Paper

Just trying to sell a couple of these on the cricut message boards for $37.50 to help support my cricut habit!

New Cricut Carts Paper Lace 2 & Baby Boutique

I just listed these 2 for pre-order on the message boards for $60. I'm told they are releasing the end of May.

National Scrapbooking Day Circle Giveaway

Flower Pot Card

So here goes the flower pot card idea again. This time I did not use my gypsy at all. I used my new bubble gum stripes imagine cartridge and chose the flower off the forever young cart. I cut it at 3.5" and then came back and did the shadow in 4". I used stickles as an accent on the white parts. I've found that using it on the image printed paper seems to bleed a bit. I suppose because it's ink jet. I but the flower pot 3.5" x 8.5" and then folded at 1.5" and then in half and folder it and cut about 1/4" or so on an angle. If you google flower pot cards, there are a bunch of tutorials online if it sounds too confusing. I used my cuttlebug folder on the flower pot rim and then inked it with silver to make it stand out. I used the butterfly off the paper lace cart and cut it at .8". The big bow was an afterthought and at first I thought it was too big, but it kinda grew on me. Ok, that's it. Oh...the flower comes out and my sentiment is inside and I cut that out with a label nestability and then added black rhinestones around that too just for another touch of bling. Thanks for looking ane wish me luck on the circle challenge again. Hopefully I can win one:)

Circle Weekly Challenge

Ok, so with Mother's Day coming up, I was trying to come up with an idea that work for that and for the challenge. The challenge this week was to make a gift card holder that incorporated at least two cricut cuts. I just love how this turned out and I'm going to try one more in my favorite colors, black and white (and a little hot pink). I was thinking how fun this idea would be to make for father's day with a bucket of soap, bucket of golf balls, etc. I think a basket of eggs for easter would be super cute too. I just love how this pulls out and you can put the gift card inside or a sentiment if you like. Off to get this submitted and keep my fingers crossed that my idea gets picked this week!

Birthday Goodie Bags

So we filled these with tons of gumballs and the kids were thrilled with them. They had a blast making hamburgers, milkshakes and rice krispie bars and Evan said it was the best birthday EVER! Can't beat that!

Nifties Fifties Cartridge Project

Our son was having a 10th b-day party and we decided to do a cooking party for him. I thought how fun would it be to do a "quick" invitation with a cooking utensil and tags. Well, thank goodness my hubby was willing to help glue the hamburgers together and the shakes while I went shopping for the utensils. I wanted to use little metal wisks, but couldn't find those at the dollar store, so I ended using measuring spoons instead. I just love how these turned out and had a hard time parting with these invites!

Everyday Pop-up Cartridge Cards 3

Here's another pop-up card I made for a dog loving friend for her b-day. I ended up using the gypsy to make the second dog for the inside, then flipped and glued one on the other side. I'm not quite sure why I had to make it to fit and why there wasn't already layers on the cartridge for the inside pop-up part, but I was able to make one. I love this card and as usual, used the DCWV paper for the patterned part on the front.

Everyday Pop-up Cartridge Cards 2

Ok, so another card made with the ever intriguing cartridge. I keep thinking I have to figure these cuts out, how hard can they be??? Well, several folds, rips, and tear's later, I think I've got these things down pat. I used the gypsy to put the words inside the label to save on paper and layers. I always think they need something more and I do love the added piece of ribbon inside to look as if it were really sewing something. I originally wanted to say "you're SEW old!", but I changed my mine there. I mean she is 70, but I didn't want to offend!!! Just in case you're really looking closely, yes her name is Fonz. Her real name is Lavonne and somehow about 12 years ago, my hubby decided to nickname her Fonzy, which then got shortened to Fonz. Anyway, she's a hard working farm gal, so her grand kids think her nickname is hilarious!

Everyday Pop-up Cartridge Cards

I'm super glad I found the cheat sheet on the circle blog for the pop-up cartridge, but before I did, I made a couple of cards. I cut slits in the card to hide the tabs instead of glueing or taping them like you can do. I think the extra work with the exacto knife paid off with a seamless looking appearance. I did have to add a solid piece of cardstock on the back to cover the tabs, but it was the perfect place to then add my stamp (this card handmade by ME!). I just love this cartridge and I can see using it a ton in the future. Sometimes I'm so glad to be a provocraft dealer:)

Birthday Card

So...my six year old has a birthday party today for her little friend Brittney. I whipped this card up and let her decide where we should put the stickles. She's quite the crafter and I think she did great finishing up the card. I used the imagine and blast off for the patterns and my gypsy to put it all together. I love the gypsy to look up thinks like the cupcake, then pick which one I like for the application. I did, however, notice that there are far more options on the new cricut craft room and it's super easy to look at the larger image on the computer than on the gypsy screen. I can hardly wait for the CCR to go live so we can use it to cut! Off to get kids ready for baseball camp and get Emery ready for her party...

Cricut Circle Weekly Challenge

Ok, so here's my number 2 project for the challenge. It was a "mom & me" challenge this time. I used the gypsy and my imagine machine. Several cuts are from different cartridges and I made the frame wider and longer to fit my picture. I used DCWV Mariposa paper stack for the background paper and the picture is from a studio sitting at Helmbrechts Photography here in Havre, MT. I still think it needs a little something more, but with 3 sick kiddos today with the flu, I ran out of time.

My First Circle Monthly Challenge!

Ok, so I just joined the cricut circle a week or two ago, but I figured what the heck, I'll try one of the challenges. So, having six kiddos and tons of leftover Easter stuff sitting around ready for the trash can, I decided to use the stuff that normally would have been thrown out. The Challenge was to recycle, reuse or repurpose three items in your creation. I ended up using believe it or not, the inside of the stuffing bag for the words. I know they're hard to see on the photo, but that's because they're very reflective! I originally wanted to use the tin foil off the turkey, but I knew that would tear more easily. The stuffing bag was very sturdy, easy to cut and I must say, looked great when done, but did not photograph well! I reused the easter basket that I normally would have let the kids play with until destroyed, then thrown away and also the bow and material. I guess you could even figure in the cards if you wanted to. I love to display them for inspiration, thus the three cricut cut quotes of "inspire", "imagine", and "dream". I also used a label cut which I squished down to size with the gypsy. The glitter of course was stickles that I just bought and was dying to try out. Now I need to buy the other bigillion colors! Ok, so I know my project is a bit underwhelming, but just wait there will be more and they'll get better I promise!!!