Jaded Blossom March Sneak Peeks Day One

Hi! Today starts the sneak peeks of Jaded Blossom's March Release. We have TWO die sets and a new stamp set today. The flower dies are so fun to mix and match. I picked one of the sentiments from the Peacock stamp set to create this manicure set. The kit did not come with nail polish so I attached a nail polish in a Jaded Blossom clear bag for extra fabulous.

Here is a closer look at the topper. The girl is from Cricut's Forever Young.  To make the topper fit the manicure set, I layered a Scallop Rectangle Die on Jaded Blossom's Ric Rack Die. This gave me a little more room to decorate the topper too. 

 Jaded Blossom

Ric Rac Topper,  

Stitched Oval Dies,  

Scallop Rectangles 1,  

Rectangle Dies 1, 

Mini Tag Dies 2, 

2.25x8 Bags

Here are the goodies the design team is creating with today! 

FLOWER DIES - $24.99

TROPICAL FLOWER DIES - $24.99 

PEACOCK - $15.99

Visit Jaded Blossom today to see more projects created with the new dies and Peacock stamps. The peacock looks so pretty colored up. 😍

See you tomorrow with another sneak peek. 

I-Challenge, Imaginisce

I just finished the last Challenges that Imaginisce is hosting.  Their design team has some beautiful projects to share so check out the challenges and find out how you can play along  Here.  (I will try to make this short and sweet... OR my family will be eating cereal for Thanksgiving, LOL)

Challenge #2: Use your Snag 'em Stamps to create a background.

Floral Paper- Twitterpated - Critter Chatter
Brown- Cottage Christmas -Winter Woods
Die Cut- Cricut, Forever Young
 

Challenge #5: Black and White Photo.

Girl Back ground paper- Imaginisce 003429
Floral- Imaginisce Twitterpated- Critter Chatter
Yellow Swiss dot- Imaginisce 003424
Princess Die Cut- Cricut Princess Party
Title Die Cut- Cricut 3 Birds on Parade

Challenge #6, Recipe Challenge.
1- Recycled Object- I used a 6 by 6 canvas that had a cupcake on it for the base
2- Stickers- I used two crayon stickers from my stash
3- Flowers- punches flowers on the apple, I-Rock gems
4-Number- stamped the date with Peachy Keen Stamps, PKSC-08
5- Pattern Papers- Imaginisce: apple boarder 00338, green 00338, brown stripes 00346, yellow 003424, multi color stripes 003426

This is a frame for my Niece, she just started teaching elementary school
The frame has a pocket so she can switch out the year or add other notes
Apple Die Cut- Cricut Create A Critter
Font- Cricut, Baby Steps

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 :)

FCCB Challenge Me Monday #85

This week, Fantabulous Cricut Challenge Blog's challenge is all about books! Create a project that has something to do with a book. You can make a book, include a book on your project, create a bookmark, etc. There are lots of possibilities! This is a free advertisement calendar my dad got in the  mail.  I thought I would cover it and use it to keep track of my challenge projects.  The cut is from Forever Young and the Imagine Best Friends Cartridge was used for the pattern papers.   I like how the Imagine will scale the pattern paper down for smaller cuts.  A Hampton Art stamp set was stamped on the background paper.

Fabulous Mini Album

The pattern base was started from Paper Phenomenon's Confessions of a Shopaholic pattern.  I had to add my own twist to it.  The pattern had flaps on main pages but with my Cricut I switched the flaps to purses.  I have to laugh because Kathy has produced over a dozen tutorials in the time that I have taken to get this done!  LOL 

Tags from the girls back to school shopping

The flap above open, this is the connector piece for the paper bags

Purse Shape from Forever Young

Purse Shaped flap open

Heather's Shadow Box

My girl has been requesting a shadow box be made for her room for a while.  Thanks to the heads up from by crafting friend Bea, I was able to pick up this wooden box at the Dollar Tree.  I filled the shadow box with goodies that my girl enjoys.  This is my entry for the Fantabulous Cricut's Wall Decor  and More Challenge.

Close up of our Sweet Dog

Hanger was made with Prima flowers and a plastic straw.

Cricut Cuts:

Girls Rule Sign- Imagine, Best Friends

Dachshund (Mr. Ranger) - Animal Kingdom

"Barbie" - Forever Young

Skates - Nifty Fifties

Elephant (her favorite stuffed animal) - Birthday Bash

You're Tweet Bird - Imagine, Best Friends

Sponge Bob- Sponge Bob

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



Paper Flower Pomander

I made this flower pomander as an entry for the Cricut Circle January Monthly Challenge:  Scraplift a circle blog project!  A perk of the Cricut Circle is access to their Cricut Circle blog, which in my humble opinion is worth the membership fee alone.  Such inspiration!  So when asked to make one of their projects for a challenge is was more like, "Which one?" 

For the challenge, they require you to use at least 2 or more cricut cuts.  This project has 176 separate flower cuts.  I chose the October 15 entry, Nancy Damiano's paper flower pomander as my project to scraplift.  Nancy had used a cuttlebug daisy and chrysanthemum quiling kits to create her flowers.  I just used my cricut and the Forever Young cartridge to make my flowers.  Each flower is actually 4 flower cuts and pinned on a five inch Styrofoam ball with a floral pin.  In addition, to qualify you must use at least two products from the sponsors of the Cricut Circle.  I used Bazzill Basics for my card stock of choice on this project.  The ribbon was attached to the top with some stick pins from the Your Family History Scrapbook kit by Creating Keepsakes.  

Cricut Circle Weekly Challenge # 8

This weeks challenge was to follow their sketch provided with a vintage theme using 3 vintage elements and at least 2 cuts.  I love vintage and shabby chic and made this design to hang in my sewing room.  Now I need to find a frame AND a sewing room!  (Aww, someday.)  My Mom taught me to sew and I used buttons from her button stash for this project.  It was a great treat as a kid to sort through mom's button box. 

Cut Summary:  dress form- French Manor, sewing machine- Country Life, thread- Happily Every After, phrase- Nursery Rhyme,  tags- Sweet Treats, layers for flowers- Forever Young, lace circle- Holiday Cakes.