Baby Easel Mini

This easy to make baby onsie mini was made with only one Cricut cartridge, Baby Steps and a package of K and Co baby stickers.  It was really fun to decorate the baby clothes.  The clothes are attached to binder rings on a covered chipboard base.  I was thinking this would make a nice display album on a desk or coffee table.  The back of each onsie has a place for a wallet or a little large photo of baby.  I made this for the baby gift challenge at the Cricut Circle and plan to give this to my sister who is anxiously awaiting the birth of her second granddaughter.

The back of the Onsie has a place for a photo.

Peachy Keen Face Stamps:
Tooth PK-754, Bunny & Bear PK-757, Flower PK-112

Album can fold flat for storage

Wall Art Challenge

The Cricut Circle's Monthly Challenge for this month is to create a piece of wall art.  I found this tray at Hobby Lobby and thought it would be fun to make display of my side of the family for our home.  I love vintage photos and selected Cricut cuts that match the photos.. a house from Heritage that looks like my Grandma's big Victorian, gears from Robots for my genius engineer dad, a 3D purse from Forever Young that looks like the purses that my Aunts are sporting.  I cut the word "family" from the Heritage cart too.  I just love to make the perfect embellishments with my Cricut. 

When I got hired at my new job, I treated myself to a subscription of Peachy Pics offered at Peachy Keen Stamps... and I have not been sorry.  I feel like I have my own personal shopper, LOL.  I used the March kit for supplies (card stock, pattern paper, shaped clover, fabric banner, buttons, twine, ribbon) AND I still have a lot left for more projects. 

The little girl is ME :)

St. Pat's Gift Holder

Here is a pillow box for a St. Pat's Day Gift and I will be entering this project at the Cricut Circle's Monthly Challenge too. (shh... I have some green socks inside for my daughter.)  This pillow box is a Cricut cut from Something to Celebrate and the leprechaun is from Simply Charmed.  His face and sentiment stamps are from the Peachy Keen's February Stamp of the Month collection.  The leprechaun can actually "dance a little jig" because he is on an action wobble (It is a spring with adhesive on both sides so you can apply to your project).  So cute in person!

Count Your Blessings

The Cricut Circle's January Challenge is to create a scrapbook page or mini album reviewing the year 2011.  I will have say 2011 is a year that I am glad is behind me.  Not wanting to make a project with the major events of 2011 for me, I decided to "Count My Blessings".  I am very blessed with a loving husband, children that are very dear to  me, a best friend I met in pre-school, and my sweet dachshund who always is there to listen to me.

This mini book base is from Elegant Edges and title is from Country Life.  Flower cuts are from Paisley. The book is embellished with journal tags from K & Company Amy Butler Lotus Tea Box die cuts, and Imagine More Cartridge. 

Flowers Centers are handmade covered brads stamped
with PK-570 Basic Paper Doll Face Assortment.

This die cut reminded me of me and my buddy Kay. 
 Friends Forever sentiment stamp from PK-277 Vivienne and friends

Journal spots cut with Imagine more
and another sentiment from PK-277 Vivienne and friends collection.

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Take Out Gift Box

Looking for a clever way to wrap a pair of earrings for a friend's birthday, I found this take out box cut on the Sweet Tooth Boxes Cricut Cartridge.  I just love how it turned out and even made a paper fortune cookie for a "card".  For the cookie, I just cut a circle with my Cricut and folded it like you would a fortune cookie.  This in my entry in the Cricut Circle's December Monthly Challenge, a gift wrap challenge.

Fall Centerpiece

The Cricut Circle's November Challenge: Signs of Fall with Texture Challenge!
The Challenge: Create a project of any kind using your “sign/sybmol” of fall (remember, this can be any fall item that brings that fall feeling to you). You also must include some way of adding texture to your project. Whether you use a cuttlebug, distress the edges, ink, stickles, etc. Your project must include at least 2 different Cricut cuts

Here is a centerpiece that will be on the kid's table this Thanksgiving.  (I have a large family and STILL sit at the kid's table... I am at ease eating with black olives on my fingers and sitting on chairs that are made for children under five. ha, ha, ) 

The crow's face looks similar to mine after cooking the Thanksgiving dinner.

Cricut Cuts:

Crow-  Imagine More

Sign- Home Accents

Hay Bale- sweet tooth boxes, wrapped with raffia

Stamp- My Pink Stamper, Happiest Moments set

Wicked Wishes

I have been busy decorating my home for Halloween.  I just finished this wall hanging I made to enter in the Cricut Circle Monthly Challenge.  All the cuts are from Mini Monsters' Cricut cartridge except the moon which came from the Don Juan cartridge.  The base plaque is metal and was found at my local Micheal's. 
The Challenge: Create a Halloween Home Decor project! Your project must include at least 2 different Cricut Image Cuts.

Miss Spider was ready for her close up :)

Halloween Countdown Callendar

Here is my entry for the Cricut Circle's Monthly Challenge: Window Dressing Challenge. (Create a project of your choice and include a WINDOW element of some kind! Your project must include at least 2 different Cricut Image Cuts.)  I thought about making a Halloween scene that you might see in a shop window and this is what I came up with.  I just love it!  It reminds me of trick-or-treating with my "super hero" brother and my imagination running wild at the scary old house on the block.  The countdown pieces have magnets on the back that stick to the painted cookie sheet. 

close up of trick or treaters- my mom would have made the princess wear a sweater ;)

The Sun Banner

I wanted to create a summer theme banner for my dinning room and decided to combine that idea with a challenge at the Cricut Circle's August Monthly Challenge: Create a Scene Challenge.  I made these "summer scenes" at the ends of the banner with my new imagine and Best Friends cartridge.  The font is Alphalicious.  Extras on the backgrounds are from Pop-Up Neighborhood, Life is a Beach, and Smiley Cards.

BBQ Party Invite

For the month of July, The Cricut Circle is having challenge to create something with a BBQ, Picnic, or Patio theme, AND a gingham or check pattern.  My entry is this cute apron invitation, the details of the party are in the the apron's pocket.  I hand stitched around the pocket and apron with embroidery floss.  I used my Gypsy and E2 and lots of cartridges to cut this project (Jar- Doodlecharms, Apron and condiments- Paper Dolls for Everyday, Spatula- From My Kitchen, George- Apron additional welding at top and pocket, "BBQ"-Old West, "You're Invited"- Sentimentals).

Pull out of Pocket

My little Birdhouse

I made this little birdhouse to sit on a shelf in my room.  My poor husband has to live with all the "cute things" that I make.  He is such a sport!  This was made for the monthly challenge over at the Cricut Circle Blog.  Their challenge was to select items from a "tic-tac-toe" square.  I picked the horizontal middle row: ric rac, ruffles, and a bird.  The ruffle "shingles" were made with crepe paper gathered through my sewing machine.  The cricut cuts (bird, house trim, orange flower on the house) are from Give A Hoot.  The birdhouse was purchased in the dollar bin at a craft store and covered with paper.

Fresh as a Daisy Purse

Can you believe this purse was made with 3 recycled items?  Yep, grab your used dryer sheets, gift basket filler, kids craft package (the purse was a key chain kit from the 99 cent store), and you can make this purse.  If you don't have a purse to recycle, you could cut a purse from the Forever Young cricut cartridge.  This is my entry for the April Monthly Challenge at the Cricut Circle.  The challenge: Repurpose 3 items and include at least 2 cricut cuts on your project.  This purse would be ideal for a gift card or note cards.

The Before



Daisy die cut with Cuttlebug using paper and dryer sheets
Scallop, tag, cut  from Forever Young Cartridge
Leaves cut from Give a Hoot



Cricut Circle December Monthly Challenge: Holiday Gifts

The theme for this month’s challenge is geared towards helping you cross off one of the names on your holiday gift list by creating a Holiday Gift Item. Project must be newly created for this challenge and should include the following elements to qualify: use a tag made with a cartridge (there are so many great tags on so many cartridges), use the color red somewhere, use ribbon, and use the Phrase Feature from one of the cartridges.

My Entry is a chocolate chip cookie mix.  The glass jar was decorated with glitter stickers, fabric, and red ribbon.  My tag is from Winter Frolic (penguin key and penguin shift key) and I hid the candy with my Gypsy on the inner tag.  The inner tag was embossed with my Cuttlebug with the Flurries folder.  "Sweet Holiday Wishes" phrase is from Winter Frolic (penguin phrase).  The tag is decorated with chocolate chip cookies from Sesame Street  Friends.  If that cookie is OK with cookie monster, it is OK with me!  I crumbled up the top layer of the cookie to give the cookie some texture and glued it on the dark chocolate base with some hot glue.

Cricut Circle November 2010 Challenge

Remember Sunny Days is my entry.  The challenge was to make a Home Dec project, at least one cut, use your cuttlebug, felt, and the color green.  Ok, I need a little cheering up lately, as I feel that the world is picking on me.  I made the cheerful elephant to remind me of the happy days and the hope that they will return!  The font is Don Juan, the "sunny" is from Create A Critter,  "days" is from Just Because Cards, all welded to the cute elephant from Everyday Cakes.  The grass is a boarder from Everyday cakes too.

Seasonal Candy Jar Topper I, Cricut Circle Monthy Challenge Entry

Here is my entry for the Cricut Circle Blog's Monthly Challenge.  Their challenge was to design a scrapbook page or home decoration project with the theme "Celebrating Creativity".  I didn't know what to make.  I wasn't going to enter the challenge because I could not think of anything to make.  Then I had some inspiration while shopping.  I thought this candy jar needed to be decorated  with a seasonal topper.  And don't stop there, I plan to make one for every season.  I can just picture switching the color on the sunflower to reds and it can be a poinsettia for Christmas.  So, look forward to more candy jar toppers because I am on a creative roll with this idea. 

Cricut Cuts Used:
oak leaf- Mickey and Friends, icon feature, (chip), 3 cuts at 3 in.

oak leaf shadow- Mickey and Friends, shadow feature, (chip), 3 cuts at 3 in.

Mums- petals, Paisley, button feature, (shoes2), 3 cuts at 2.75 in.
            center, Paisley, button feature, (owl2), cut at 1.5 in.

Sunflower- petals, H20, sunflower, cute 3 at the following sizes: 4, 4.3, and 4.5 inches.
                  center, 50 states, (Ma-s), flower feature, 4 cuts at 4.5 in.

Green Leaf- Wild Card, Icon feature, (leaf-s), cut 3.5 in.

Maple Leaf- Designer's Calendar, shadow feature, (September-s), cut 2 at 3.5 inches.

"Give Thanks" - Designer's Calendar, (R-s), events icon, cut at  1.35 in.

Other Materials:
3 brads
forest branches cuttlebug folder
LOTS of ink pads
Stylus