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.

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.

Sizzix Haul

I had the chance to drive to the Sizzix Warehouse sale.  I know, why sizzix dies when you have a cricut?  Well, the large dies can cut fabric and chipboard very easily.  My main goal was to get a sidekick ($12) because I have sizzlet dies that I prefer to crank through the sidekick.  My old sidekick bit the dust.  I picked up all the sizzlet dies for 25 cents each.  The alpha strips were $3, I like the small letters and it comes with upper and lower case. The stamps were $1.  I got Tim Holtz embossing folders for $3 a set (bricks and wood grain).  The bag was $2, and the Tim Holtz die was 8.  It is a mover and shaker style that you can add magnet dies into the center.  They had tons of goodies.  It was a good time.  I should have taken pictures of the women there stocking up!  Wow! 

Smiley Cards

Here is a quick thank you card I put together using the new cart Smiley Cards.  The flower cut is supposed to have sad face but I put a smile on the flower.  A Child's Year cut was used for the sentiment scalloped oval and I just wrote "thank you" with a marker. 

Cricut Circle Weekly Challenge #4, Birthday Sketch

The Cricut Circle, or as I call it Cricut Club to people that are not into Cricut, asked us to follow a sketch.  I have never used a sketch and found it to be rather nice.  I helps you to get right down to creating because you have a map to follow.  You  must use 2 cuts and incorporate buttons.  My buttons are the "sprinkles" on the cupcake.  I was thrilled to find the mini buttons is my cropper hopper embellishment box.  I have no idea when I got them...  which is kinda scary.  Anyway, here is the layout I created.  It is of my sweet gals and puppy at the puppy's birthday party. 

Winter Frolic Christmas Ornament

This is my entry for October's Cricut Circle Magazine Challenge.  Entries must have 4 cricut cuts and use some other Provo Craft product, which I chose my Cuttlebug.  I used the birthday candle Cuttlebug embossing folder to put "slats" on my sled.  (I am not sure if that is the name of the folder.)  I also wanted to use my snowflake folder on the scallop circle but go so excited about putting the ornament together I forgot about my snowflake folder. 
Large snowflake- Winter Woodland
Scallop circle- Mini Monograms
Circle- Mini Monograms
That cute kid on the sled- Winter Frolic
Let it Snow phrase- Winter Frolic
Snowflakes on Acetate- Me and My Big Ideas
Glitter- Martha Stewart
mini pom pom and ribbon

Throwback Thursday Challenge, Celebrations Cartridge

I have always enjoyed the Celebrations Cartridge, so when Emma (at http://www.creativetimeforme.com/) suggested this was the cartridge for ThrowbackThursday I had a smile on my face.  Then she said the challenge was to make a Christmas project, the smile left my face.  Like most things, it was not as awful as I thought.  I was toying with the idea of stretching a party hat into stylish Christmas tree. With this idea, I went digging for paper and changed my mind. I thought I could make a tag that would "match" my paper.  The Martha Stewart Button punch was used to hold the tag string.  You can always use a tag, so here is my entry-