Princess Pixie

     Good morning to you all! I hope you are enjoying the remainder of the summer. Boy has it been humid!!! Today I am going to share another Copic project with you. The adorable digi stamp was a freebie bee from Pixie Dust Studios and I finally got a chance to color her. I have also included all the markers I used to color her. Are you ready???? Here she is:

     Isn't she just the cutest little fairy with that pixie face? I started with the scraps of paper that were hanging around on my craft table and used my Copic chart to match my marker colors. Boy that really made the coloring go fast!!!

     This close up will give your a better idea. Here are the colors I used and the order in which I colored the image:

Face: E000,E00,E01,BV00, R20

Eyes: BG0000,BG02,BG05,BG07,W1,W3,W7

Hair: E25,E29,E31

Dress: YG17,YG21,YG25

Wings: V12,V15,V19,BV25

Mouth: R20,R22,R24

Mushroom-cap: E50,E53,E57

   -underneath and stem: E13,E15,E18

   -dots- YR01, YR02,YR07

Bird body: B21,B24,B26,Y15,Y17

Crown: Y00,Y04,Y06

     I used the image from the Storybook cartridge by Provo Craft for the shaped pieces in the background. This can be found on page 67 of the hand book. A little doodling around the edge, some sparkly ribbon and of course some bling on the crown and she is done. I haven't decided on a sentiment yet but had so much fun coloring her.

     I hope you enjoy my creation and have a wonderful day.

Batman Door Hanger

     Welcome to My Cricut Craft Room  aka: WYEGW. Members of the Design Team were asked to use a phrase for our challenge this week but the catch is we could not use a main image but had to use the feature keys. This is such a great way to really explore your carts. For my project I am using Batman: The Brave and the Bold.
     Since we no longer have any children at home (yup believe it or not all 5 are out on their own! Once they graduated college they flew the coop and all are married except for the youngest.) Anyways I digress. I do watch 3 of the grand children 2 days a week and the oldest being 8 years old needed a space of his own. He took over one of the bedrooms but needed a sign to let his young sisters know he needed quiet time. Therefore I decided to make a door hanger for him. Here we go with the details:

     The door hanger is on page 73 and I cut it @ 7". I cut 3 layers in order to make it stronger.The phrase is on the same page using the feature key Layers:outfit. I cut this @ 5.50" and the shadow in black. I am going to show you how I deal with gluing on the individual letters when they are not welded together.

     I weed out the card stock that I am not going to use then, before I remove them from the mat, I use transfer tape and burnish well to make sure the letters are intact. You don't have to worry about it ripping the card stock because it is not really that sticky just supportive enough so the letters don't move.

     This is before I weeded out the card stock.

It also helps to trim the extra card stock down to size making it easier to line up on the shadow piece for placement purposes.

     As you can see I am able to nicely see where to place this on the shadow piece. While I had it on the transfer tape I used my Zig pen to glue it up and then just positioned on the bottom layer.

     Here is where I got into trouble, lol!!! I thought I would use my Xyron double sided laminate to keep it clean. No problem just load it in and crank it through. Trouble is I didn't make sure the laminate was under the bar like it was suppose to be. Here is what I ended up with:

     Will you just look at those creases !@#$%. I was going to start over but thought there must be a way to salvage this. Erica to the rescue. She always sends us extra goodies in our orders and guess what? I found these cute arrow eyelets in my stash. Look how I used them:

     Not only did I find the perfect phrase for WYEGW but I found the perfect way to salvage a project. If I didn't show you my boo boo WYEG  that there was a major mistake hidden in the project, lol.

     You can find this cart as well as all the supplies I used in this door hanger over at Erica's Store. She always has the best prices. Now please stop back @ My Cricut Craft Room and see what my fellow team members have to inspire you.

     As always I love hearing your thoughts on my project so please feel free to leave a comment.

Erica's 100 Cart Blog Hop

August 100 Cartridge Hop Line up

Welcome to Erica's Craft Room

100 Cricut Cartridge Blog Hop Day TWO

You should have started at http://mycricutcraftroom.blogspot.com/ if not please start at the

 beginning

Welcome to My Cricut Craft Room's August 100 Cartridge Blog Hop

Collectively the design team uses over 100 different Cricut Cartridges in their projects during 

the two days of this hop. Sunday the new members of the design team will be announced 

and some have even made a project to share with you!! What an exciting weekend!!

As special treat enjoy 10% off of your total purchase with Erica's Craft Room Store.

Use the code AUGUST to see 10% off of your total purchase (No exclusions)

     Welcome to My Cricut Craft Room and our monthly hop. If you just came from Janet's 

 http://janetscreativeworld.blogspot.com/   then you are in the right place 

Each month the  Design Team make projects using at least 3 Cricut cartridges.

This is a fabulous way for you to view all kinds of paper crafting using great dies cuts

from these cartridges. I used 3 different Imagine carts:

Lori's Garden, Greeting Cards Inside And Out and finally, Santa's Village. 

     Since we have been watching the Olympics I thought I would make some prize

 bags for 2 of my grandchildren who complete swim lessons this week.

     This actually started as a card from Greeting Cards Inside And Out. 

The trophy card  is on page 19 of the handbook and cut it @ 4.2".

I used the images on page 21 with the layers separate. 

The finger was cut @ 5" and the labels @ 3.5".  I also added some glossy accents

to the trophy to add a little shine. The no. 1 was also  raised up with a pop dot.

Okay, so I am not giving them a medal but I am giving them googles and 

diving sticks to practice their skills.I'm not sure we have Olympic swimmers 

but their baby sister is showing great promise as a gymnast!

     My next project is a card I made using Lori's garden. Can I just say

how much I love this cart?  It has to be the greatest Imagine cart there is. 

I used the birdcage on page 3 using the cut and print feature @ 2" on off white 

or cream card stock.I also cut the branch from page 31 @ 1.3".

 I inked the edges of my card stock with frayed burlap and faded jeans distress inks.  

Of course I needed to do some embossing so I used a cuttlebug border. I decided to use the recessed

part rather than the raised edge. Just call it creative licence, lol.

     Now for the fun part. I used some white and opaque Liquid Pearls to the birdcage 

as well as frosted Aqua and green Smooch.

     I used some Cinnamon Stickles for the flower centers and finally the sentiment from

 PBD Stamps. This sentiment is from their "Grandparents" set.

     My finally project is from the Imagine cart Santa's Village. Every year on Christmas Eve 

we gather the youngsters to go outside and sprinkle reindeer food so Santa's sleigh won't miss us! 

I thought I'd get a head  start and make some cute "boxes" to put the food in. 

     I started with the pillow box from Girl's Make-Up Party. The image I used was  

which I sized  @ 3.5". This striped printed background paper is from Santa's Village 

on page 36. Print, cut=done! I then used the reindeer tag on page 32 @ 2". I wanted a vintage look

so I inked the edges with tea Dye distress ink.

Before I adhered the tag, I used some red satin ribbon to tie it closed and added a bell so

the reindeer will hear us.

     I'll wait until we get close to the holidays and then mix up some reindeer food: oats, sugar and (of course)

glitter so it sparkles!!!

         I hope you have enjoyed my projects for this Hop. Be sure to stop over at Erica's Store to get in 

on the deals. Next you want to head over to the lovely Lisa:

                                 http://lisacustomscrapbooking.blogspot.com 

to see her amazing projects. Here's the line up in case you get lost along the way:

SUNDAY

1. MCCR http://mycricutcraftroom.blogspot.com/
2. Nanne http://nannes-creations.blogspot.com/
3. tess www.sassycricutcrafting.com
4. Jamie M http://craftygirl21.blogspot.com
5. Janet http://janetscreativeworld.blogspot.com
6. Mary http://Mary-fortheloveofart.blogspot.com
7. Lisa Ch http://lisacustomscrapbooking.blogspot.com
8. Ashley http://especiallymade.blogspot.com
9. Jamie http://babyjaydensmommy.blogspot.com/
10. Melissa http://papershenaniganz.blogspot.com
11. Erica's Projects http://ericasprojects.blogspot.com/
12. Nicole H.  http://www.scrappyoldlady.blogspot.com/
13. Marji www.fstampaholic.blogspot.com
14. Nadja http://nadjarobbins.blogspot.com/
15. Andrea http://creativedesignsbyandrea.blogspot.com
16. Robin http://create-a-latte.blogspot.com/
17. Christina http://cema1cema.blogspot.com
18. Jodie http://jodiesscraplab.blogspot.com/
19. Mona http://scrapbookingforjoy.blogspot.com
20. Ava http://scrapbookdesign4u.blogspot.com
21. Jessica W http://www.craftinandstampin.blogspot.com
22. Blog Candy http://ericasblogcandy.blogspot.com/

     

    

     

Pixie Get Well Soon

   
     I have been practicing with my Copics and just had to share this adorable digital stamp from Pixie Dust Stamps. Isn't she just adorable? This was a freebie Pixie gave to her Face Book Fans last week and I have been itching to work with her. I thought this would make a great Get Well card for a little girl.

     I still have some work to do to get my facial tones correct but I love how the hair came out. Since I have hazel eyes I just had to try them on this cute little Pixie. I also used some smooch for the cute little nose! Here are the colors I used:

Hair: E000,E00,E01,E13
Cheeks:  R20
Hair: E31, E35, E37
Eyes: G20, G21, G24, G28
Slippers: Ears R20, R22, R24 Slippers: C0, CO1,C3
Blanket: same as bunny ears
Nightie: V12, V15, V17
Teddy Bear: E11, E13, E17, E18
     The stamp sentiment is from Inkadinkado "Just Saying". I usually use papers from my stash ( which I did here) however I just had to get this chevron paper from Recollections @ Michaels the other day. I love how cheery this card came out.
     You can find some awesome Digital stamps @ http://www.pixieduststudio.net/. These stamps are so reasonable and great to use with your Copics.
     I encourage you to become a fan on her page Here. She has just created a wonderful Pixie in honor of the Olympics. Sorry if I sound like a cheerleader for Pixie but I have searched a long time to find images to suit my style and I am in love with these digis! Just wait 'til you see what else I have been coloring!
     Please leave me a comment if you love these stamps as much as I do.

Welcome Home!

     Whoot Whoot it's another card creating day @ My Cricut craft Room! We don't have a sketch for this week so the Design Team could make anything we wanted. I chose to go with a Patriotic card. I know, I know the 4th of July has long past but let me tell you why I went with this. My daughter and her husband spent the last 3 years in Hawaii and have now been stationed state side in California. Yeah to having all my children in the 48 contiguous states! Since they are on base I thought I'd make them a Welcome Home card.

     Anyone care to guess which cart this is from? Give up??? How about Provo Craft's Seasonal Cake Art! That's right it's from one of their cake cartridges. Whether you own the Cricut Cake machine or not, these cake cartridges fit in all the Cricut machines and have fabulous cuts for all occasions.

     This Laurel banner can be found on page 59. I used a gold card stock which I cut @ 3.5". I also used the stars on page 60 and cut them @ .50" also out of the gold card stock.

     Just a tip for shiny card stock: in the fine arts department of Michael's you will find poster size card stock. I believe it is 24" x 36". I cut these into 12" x 12' sheets so I have more than enough for all my projects and it is so economical! The rest of the card stock (the red and blue colors) are left overs from my stash.

     The stamp "Welcome Home" is from the Patriotic set from Pink By Design. In order for it to fit the banner I positioned it by curving it on my mounting block. Easy Peasy!!Now are ready for my boo boo?

     I wanted to add a little sparkle so I pulled out these rhinestone stars. They have a sparkling sticker around the outside of the rhinestone. That's the problem. They are so sticky that when I wanted to reposition it a little different I slightly ripped the paper! I was able to wiggle it a bit so it isn't too noticeable. I think I'll be a little more careful next time!

     That's it for today. Be sure to head back over to Erica's Room and see what the rest of the Design Team has to show you.