I - Challenge

Imaginisce is having some challenges this weekend... I was interested in playing along so hit my local scrapbook store after work on Friday to pick up some of the cute papers from Imaginisce.  No luck.  But, my little gal and I found some paper at Michael's of all places!  Check out the details of the Challenges HERE. Entries are due by November 21, 2012.

Challenge #1 Sketch Challenge:

Pattern Paper- Imaginisce Cottage Christmas,
 Gingerbread Village, Winter Woods
Deer- Cricut, Create a Citter 2

Challenge #3 Color Challenge, use teal, orange, purple, green, black.
The paper from the Dig Dino's Collection had most of these colors. I even made a custom button with my I-top tool.

The dino on the button looks like he is looking at his fate...
aww, not so Dino-riffic
Fossil cut- Cricut Dinosaur tracks
Stamp- My Pink Stamper, Boy Crazy

Challenge #4- Use Stitching.  For my "stitching", I used a marker and I think it adds to the country feel of the Imaginisce Cottage Christmas paper line.

Stamps are from Peachy Keen- PK-149
Tag Cut- Cricut Sentimentals


Thanks for stopping by, hope you are having a great weekend :)

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.

Day 10, MPS 12 Days of Christmas Challenge

For day ten, make a treat to give as a gift.  My girls and I have been baking for Christmas and thought I would bag up some peanut brittle to share with neighbors.  For my tag, I cut the phrase from Simply Charmed and then stamped the bottom with My Pink Stamper's Spook-alicious set.  (I just masked off the top of the stamp because it said "Spooktacular", leaving "treats for you!")

Day 8, MPS 12 Days of Christmas Challenge

Day 8's  challenge is to try something NEW.  I wanted to try a rosette cut on my cricut machine.  There is a cartridge dedicated to rosettes but I found some on Something to Celebrate.  I am not a fan on the "score lines" and often hide them on my Gypsy.  But I cut this with score lines at 2 in.  It folded like a dream and I could just fold in my hand... no score board necessary.  My daughter has her eye on this fabulous ribbon.  I think we will make some together today.  (Because I will wear this to make me feel special while I clean the house, he, he.)

Fabulous! sentiment from Family and Friends set by My Pink Stamper

Day 7, MPS 12 Days of Christmas Challenge

My Pink Stamper's Challenge for day seven is to make a gift box or bag.  This is an altered lunchbox for your "treasure".  The snowman cut is from Doodlecharms and is cut at 3 in, with a scarf from Everyday Paperdolls cut at 3.25 inches.  The joyful Snowman face is from PK-485 Snowmany Faces.  Mr. Snowman looks like he is enjoying the winter chill-  I am entering this project in Peachy Keen's Challenge too.  Check out all the other Peachy Projects here.

Treasure sentiment from MPS- Family and Friends

Day 6, MPS 12 days of Christmas Challenge

I don't know if I can keep up.. but here is my Trash to Treasure Challenge entry.  This "trash" is an empty Crystal Lite container.  It is so sturdy and nice and I have to admit I hold on to these longer than normal while I toss them in the recycle bin.  After making this project, I think they would be great to hold a gift card, candy, or even some craft supplies.  The "store brand" case is a little longer and to my delight are the perfect length for copic markers.  So, I say, "Drink the punch!" and keep the containers :)

My Pink Stamper's Happiest Moments Sentiment Stamp

Copic Storage container.... a happy find

Day 5, MPS 12 Days of Christmas Challenge

Day five's challenge is to make a gift card holder.  It happends to be my brother in law's brithday so I made a Super Gift Card holder for him and a card.  I picked up some gift card holder boxes thinking I would be able to "doctor" them up for a special occasion.  My stamp is from My Pink Stamper's Family and Friends. Happy birthday Super Steve!

Day 4, MPS 12 days of Christmas Challenge

My Pink Stamper's Challenge for Day 4 is to create a treat bag with the color combination of Pink and Green.  I thought the colors would look cute on a Christmas Tree shaped box for my daughter's Christmas Stockings.  Tags, Bags, Boxes and More was used for the "tree" shape.  The tree is balance on a mini wooden spool that it covered with brown paper.  The sentiments are from MPS Simply Sweet Occasions. 

Day 3, MPS 12 days of Christmas Challenge

Day 3's Challenge at My Pink Stamper is to create a Holiday Card.  I thought I would take this opportunity to play with Cricut Craft Room and my Imagine.  This little hedge hog is from Enjoy the Season and the Sentiment Stamp is from More Faithful Sayings.

Day 1, MPS 12 days of Christmas

My Pink Stamper is hosting a 12 days of Christmas, Videos, Challenges, and Prizes.  Check it out here.  This Challenge is to create winter or holiday project with everyday cricut cartridge.  I used Sesame Street Font for this Big Bird cut.  He has a scarf  made of ribbon and a sentiment from My Pink Stamper's Happiest Moments set.  My girls and I will be making goodie bags for their classmates tonight.  Our neighbor's daughter is in Kindergarten and I think she will enjoy this one.

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

Oh Boy! Mini Album

My Pink Stamper's November blog hop is ON!  After the hop, you can make a project for the November 2011 Pinkalicious Challenge.  For the Challenge, make a scrapbook page or mini album by SUNDAY night.  I wanted to challenge myself to see if I could get a mini done Saturday afternoon (and evening).  Here is what I came up with using my My Pink Stamper "Boy Crazy" stamp set and "B is for Boy" Cricut cartridge.

Oh Boy!- from Mickey Font

Pictures can slide under embellishments.

This is my favorite page- Love the Peachy Keen face and "Vroom Vroom" Cozy Coupe.

Sweet Bee

I am Bee-hind on my challenges that I like to participate in... Here is my entry for Peachy Keen's Lets Face It Friday's Creepy Cute Challenge.  I just got a photo of my niece in her Halloween costume this year.  She is such a Cute Bee! My paper bees are cuts from Pooh and Friends Cricut Cartridge with faces from PK-754 Critter Faces. 

MPS Challenge

Challenge: Make a goodie bag or 3-D item that is for a Holiday. Any Holiday or Occasion will be perfect.

I added an extra experiment.  How is build 66 Cricut Craft Room and Imagine compatibility?  The short answer: No.  I was able to flood fill.  If I used a pattern paper, it put black lines around the image.  WHY? Just from color palate, no ugly black lines.  Imagine did print but during the cutting process... the blade just stayed in one place and bounced up and down like it was possessed.  I quickly turned it off.  The result below was HAND cut.  *sigh*

The Spider and the Fly...

The Cricut Circle's Last Anniversary Blog Challenge is to follow a sketch.  My house is a disaster keeping up with all the challenges but cleaning the house is not as fun as playing with paper... I thought I would make a Halloween card for my niece.  The spider can swing around and she can move around the card as she is anchored by her web. 
The Challenge: Create a project of your choice using the sketch below. Your project must include at least 2 different Cricut Image Cuts

Sometimes I look at my fly...

Sometimes I attack the fly!

Think Pink Card

The Cricut Circle is celebrating the first year of their blog with challenges for members.  The Challenge: Create a project of your choice using a monochromatic color scheme. Your project must include at least 2 different Cricut Image Cuts.  I used my Imagine to cut the scene and separated the layers and flooded the original colors with pink tones. The only detail that I could not get pink was the leaves on the flowers but I was able to shade those with a pink Copic marker.

Christmas Card Challenge....sigh

I about fainted when My Pink Stamper suggested a Christmas Card Challenge.  But, I guess if you think about it... Christmas crafty things should be made now for holiday craft fairs and gifts.  "Believe" stamps is from My Pink Stamper's Family and Friends stamp collection.  I should get busy and make a set  of these...

"Fangful" Card

I was playing with my new stamp set, MPS Spook-alicious, and thought I would make a card for the Cricut Blog's Card Making Day challenge.  Apparently October 1, is World Card Making Day... who knew?  Fang the dog is from Cricut Decals and the base shape is from Cricut Essentials cartridge.  Both of these cartridges are pre-loaded on the E2 Anniversary edition. 

What's Up?

I think my giraffe would know the answer.  He is a cut from Animal Kingdom with eyes from my Peachy Keen Face Assortment, PK-640.  They eyes on this stamp set are far apart but if you mask the stamp you can bring them closer together.  The sentiment is from MPS's Punny-licious stamp set.  The card was designed using a sketch at Peachy Keen Challenge #61.

Mini Album, BOO!

Here is an easy to put together mini album I made for my sister.  The album base is 3 black envelopes and each page has a pull out tag.  Each letter is only glued at the edge at the side so it will slide over the page.  Add some stamps (I used My Pink Stamper's Sook-alicious.), punches, and Cricut cuts, and you are ready for pictures. 

Spider charm is made from stamp set and a Tim Holt's fragment

Close up of Hat

Album with tags removed from envelope pockets