Gift Tags

     Hello Hump Day! Boy is this year just whizzing by! Today Erica gave us the choice to use rosettes or make 3 tags using the feature key. I made 3 tags using 4 different cartridges: Winter Frolic, Sweethearts and Enjoy The Seasons and Snapshot Everyday Imagine cartridges. If you follow me regularly then you know I like to go over the top sometimes however, there are times when I like to tone it down a bit. I also love to use up my scraps and tags are a perfect way to do this. So let's get started.

     A while back I made a cute card with this same monkey image. I loved it so much (and had some of the printed paper left, that I decided to make some tags.You can find this image on the Sweetheart carton page 43 using the tag feature.I believe I cut it @ 2.5". What I really wanted to show you was what you can do if you don't feel like cutting layers whether for a card or a tag and how just a few minor embellishments can make a world of difference.

     First I cut the top layer and taped some twine to the back for the vine the monkey is swinging from. I also added some Liquid pearls for the mouth and black enamel for the eyes. I wanted a warm brown for the bottom layer so this is what I did:

     I laid the shadow tag right beside my top layer with the monkey and made a small pencil mark for where the monkey is. Then I traced the small heart onto the bottom layer. I just smudged some distress ink in the area of the monkey and filled the heart with stickles and outlined it with a gel pen. Now all I had to do was adhere them together. I also used a white gel pen to add faux stitching around the edges. I REALLY love this gel pen that Erica sent me!

    You should really check out Erica's Store. She carries all of the supplies I used here and so much more with great prices too!

     My next tag is from Winter Frolic and Snapshot:Everyday an Imagine cartridge. I recently signed on to sell  a wonderful chocolate fondue at home parties (I'll share more about this in an upcoming post). I wanted to do something special for those who order from me so I thought I'd create a special Thank You tag to package their orders with.

     This tag is on page 46 and I used the tag and tabs. The red base is from my scraps but, since I am in the business of chocolate I thought I'd fill my tag with chocolates!!!!I cut these @ 2.2" which gives you a 3.2" x 2" tag. The companies' logo is in brown and red so these look great to attach to the bags. I needed to add some dimension so I used satin ribbon to make a bow. Incidentally, I love making bows with a fork. You heard that right, a fork!!! Just Google how to make a bow with a fork. There are several U tube videos out there.

     My last tag is made using Winter Frolic and Enjoy The Season. The tree tag is on pg. 48 of the Frolic cart and the background paper is is on the Imagine cart on pg. 41. I didn't do anything special to this tag because I don't want to take away from the gift it is on top of. You don't have to always "dress" it up. Here's why:

     It is for a Christmas ornament! I am doing these for a local store for them to market so I didn't want to take away from the gift but wanted to give it a professional look.

     That's it for today guys. Hope you enjoyed my projects now, get going and use up those scraps! I'd love it if you would tell me what you think. Be sure to head back over to http:.mycricutcraftroom.blogspot.com

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/

     

    

     

Kimono Birthday Card

     Happy Monday morning! I hope you all had a wonderful Mothers' Day. Mine was quiet and subdued which is wonderful. I am a floral designer and next to Valentines' Day, Mothers' Day is our next busiest holiday so I am always glad to sleep in and have a lazy day.
     If you are familiar with My Cricut Craft Room, then you know we get to strut our stuff with either a Letter of the week, our Imagine or the online FREE CCR by Provo Craft. Today I am going to show you one of the CCR digital carts that are for purchase @ cricut.com. I used the Chinese Letters.

       The thumbnail  highlights the Chinese Letter that symbolizes "Friend". The fan is from Ashlyn's Alphabet on page 54 and was cut @ 1.5", I highlighted it with gold stickles and added some red pearls on the holes on the fan. The "friend" was cut both shadow and symbol @ 1.25".
     Are you ready to see what I did with the fan and Letter? 

     I made a card of course, lol! I used a 5"x7" card for the base. The Kimono is from Pagoda and was cut @ 2.83 x 3.50 with both image and shift keys. You can find this on page 73. I love texture so I used the cuttlebug folder of chinese lanterns to kind of tie this card's theme together.I also used a stamp of a lantern that I had. The Happy Birthday is another rub on that I had. A few rhinestones and this card is all blinged up!!
     If you are looking for any of the products that I used here, you can find them over @ Erica's Shop. She has all sorts of goodies over there and best of all they are on SALE. Thank you Erica!!! Her sale runs the whole month of May so you won't want to miss out.

Please use the code 33 for 33% off your orderworks on everything not already marked down except Cricut and Cuttlebug products.

     Please pop back over to Erica's Blog and see what the rest of the team has to share. I am always amazed at what my fellow DT members create.
     

   






 
     

 

It's May!

Erica's Craft Room 100 Cricut Cartridge Blog Hop Day ONE

Welcome to Erica's Craft Room

100 Cricut Cartridge Blog Hop

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

     Wow, it's May already. Can you believe it? May means flowers, Mothers' day and, of course, since it is the first week of May that means it's time for Erica's Craft Room Blog Hop! Just wait 'til I show you what I made for this Hop! If you came from  Sarah's  then you are in the right place. If not you will want to start @ the beginning with the lovely Erica. 

     This Hop was so much fun to create for. I used the following cartridges for my projects: Luau, Art Nouveau and Damask Decor. First I'll show you what I used the Luau cart for.

     A few weeks ago I showed you my "Hang Ten" layout using this same cart. I made several of these Hibiscus flowers to play around with. These leftovers were the right size for a card. I cut these at 2.0" and 1.75". I sprayed these with Candy Apple Red Glimmer Mist. I wanted the centers to really sparkle so I pulled out my Xyron sticker maker and ran the shadow layer through it with the right side facing down on my machine. This made a perfect base for my glitter.

     I put the 2 layers together (flower and Blackout) and I then sprinkled some Martha Stewart glitter on the sticky side and pressed it down with my finger to make sure all the glitter was adhered. This is a super easy way to apply your glitter. I added some Liquid Pearls in Gold Pearl to the stamen of the flower and a few dots around the center. I cut the leaves @ .75" and inked with Rangers Peeled Paint. All that was left was to add some pop dots to the flowers for some dimension. BTW the card base was from a pack of ready made cards by DCWV. If you are looking for any of the products I used here you can find them in Erica's Store. This is a great time to stock up since she is having a great sale for the whole month of May. You can get 33% off everything except for Provocraft items. Happy Mothers' Day to all of us!!

     I wanted to make this card interactive so I added a hidden tag. I cut the tag at 2.5". I can't remember which cart I used but you could use any cart with a tag feature. The Greeting is a rub on and, with a little ribbon and a brad, you are done. I even added a rhinestone to one of the flowers on the background paper.

     This next card is one of my favorites. Erica has Swaps over on her blog and this die cut was one of the Swaps I participated in. We had to make a die that was 4" and use the colors: blue, purple and green. I cut the tulips from the Art Nouveau cartridge on page 30. + shift @ 4". I also used Layer 1 for the Tulip heads.

     The center petal was cut out of glitter paper however I used some Stickles on the outer petals. The leaves were misted with white Glimmer Mist and, once dry, I embossed them with my Cuttlebug and a folder from the Oriental Bundle. I was so fortunate to find this wonderful background paper in DCWV Tres Chic. It was perfect for the braid I used on the outer edge of this card. If you would like to take part in one of Erica's challenges,  you can find them here Swaps.  She also has challenges with sketches that are provided on a regular basis. I can't wait to see what die cuts I get in return from this swap but I thought you might like to see what I created with mine.

     My last project is this beautiful tag from Damask Decor. I used the image on page 51 and cut it @ 4". The top layer is from the Luxury Stack by DCWV. This has a wonderful pearlized print and went so beautiful with  this particular cut. I used a pearl ivory cardstock for the blackout piece and added a little silver ink to the edge. I had this silver leaf and baubles hanging around on my craft table so, with a little tulle, this became a great way to finish off this tag. I have already stamped the "to" and "from" on the back so I just have to find the perfect gift to attach this too, lol.
     Well I hope you have enjoyed my projects and that you feel inspired to try some of them. Now it's time to head over to the amazing  Heather E and she what surprises she has in store for you.
     In order to have a chance to win some prizes, you must comment on on the blogs. Should you get lost along the way, here is the line up:

Line up

Saturday

Host- http://mycricutcraftroom.blogspot.com/

Liz - http://tryin2craft.blogspot.com/

Jenny R - http://myimagitivity.blogspot.com/

Kathy- http://3spoileddogs.blogspot.com/

Dana- http://danascraftycorner.blogspot.com/

Doris - http://mybugandmecreate.blogspot.com/

Janet - http://janetscreativeworld.blogspot.com/

Patti- http://sweetpsscrapbooks.blogspot.com/

Erica- http://ericasprojects.blogspot.com/

Miranda - http://www.nanasscrapspot.com/

Tonya - http://ittybittyladybugs.blogspot.com/ -

Sarah W. - http://www.craftingwithsarah.blogspot.com/<---- You came from here

Mary - http://mary-fortheloveofart.blogspot.com/ < You are here

Heather E. - http://pinkpunkcosmo.blogspot.com/   <----Next stop

Tracy - http://scrappininthewoods.blogspot.com/

Marji - http://fstampaholic.blogspot.com/

Blog Candy http://ericasblogcandy.blogspot.com/

A Super Hero, An Army And A Cupcake!

                                                Welcome to My Cricut Craft Room's

100 Cricut Cartridge Blog Hop

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

Welcome to My Cricut Craft Room March Blog Hop.  If you came from:  http://ericasprojects.blogspot.com/  then you are in the right place. If you just happened upon my blog you will want to start at : http://www.mycricutcraftroom.blogspot.com/ and join in on all the creativity!
     Each month Erica's Design Team shows you features and projects using 100 different carts. Each member is required to use 3 different carts either as separate projects or all three carts on the same project. I am going to show you 3 individual projects using: Batman, Toy Story and Slumber Party (gotta throw something in there for the girls!)
     First up Batman!

     I love how easy this was to make. I chose the container on page 71 fit to page and used DCWV brights cardstock. I cut the "Party" @ 4". I used both the shadow in blue, and the regular letters in gold card stock.

The character was cut @ 3.5 and I used a shimmery card stock from Recollections. I decided to use a white pen to add the eyes and mouth because these pieces were way too small to fool with. The other pieces I just popped into the Xyron 250 and used a pair of tweezers to put the pieces where I wanted them to go.

                   After adding some distress ink to the "flash" behind Batman, this box is good to go!

                                                     Next up the army guys from Toy Story.

     I love this image and the sentiment might be appropriate for a serviceman's family that is relocating or someone who got a promotion. I'm still trying to figure out who I would send this to, can you think of one?
     You can find this Icon on page 65 and all layers are cut @ 3.5". I must confess, I lost 2 of the dots on the ! points and really did not want to cut another image for 2 dots and I could have done them in CCR or used my Gyspy and the Hide Contour feature, but....I just pulled out my cropadile and punched out 2 small circles. That problem solved! One of the greatest little tools is the Quickie Glue pen by Sakura. It has just the right size tip for those hard to glue pieces. Everything else went through my Xyron. I love that I have all different sizes of these machines. These are my go to tools for gluing, lol.
     What do think about the background metal paper? I used a silver card stock, ran it through the cuttlebug with an embossing folder. Then used Ranger Sanding Grip to rough it up a bit before adding some inks.. I used so many alcohol inks I can't even begin to tell you, lol. I think it took around 7 colors including  Rust, Meadow, Black Soot , Caramel just to name a few. If you have the Imagine and the cartridge Textures you can achieve a similar effect with one of the papers that is included in this cart. I just love working with the alcohol inks even if it is more work!
     Last but not least, I used Slumber Party to create this fun cupcake card.

     I cut the card this using the card option and flooded the colors on the Imagine using the Berries and Cream cart. I love to then add my personal touch with the use of Diamond Glaze and Pixie Dust by Donna Salassar and some stickles for the Jimmies.  I ran the cupcake wrapper through the "Branches" cuttlebug folder and
inked the edges with Antique Linen Distress Ink. I also added some Smooch Spritz in white to the cupcake icing.
     The best part was adding some dimension to the frosting edge with a Snow Marker by Marvy. Erica included some as a little something extra with my last order and I just had to try it out, lol. This is the coolest stuff! You "write" it on the area, let it dry and then heat it with a heat tool to get it to puff up. This is just so neat, lol. You can purchase it in Ericas Shop :http://www.shop.ericascraftroom.com/

If you get a chance please visit Erica's Webstore and enjoy 15% your total purchase this weekend.

Enter the code MARCH during the third step of check out to see the discount.

She has everything crafty.... Cricut cartridges, adhesive, papers, stamps and so much more.....

 www.Shop.EricasCraftRoom.com 

     I hope you have enjoyed my projects. Next up , you'll want to see what Claire has created to inspire you over @ http://www.ThreeWatersCreations.com . If you get lost you can always start back @ http://www.mycricutcraftroom.blogspot.com/

SUNDAY

1.   My Cricut Craft Room http://mycricutcraftroom.blogspot.com

2.   jenn lorist - http://jennspapercrafts.blogspot.com 

3.   marji http://fstampaholic.blogspot.com 

4.   laurie http://mincedpaper.blogspot.com

5.   Christina http://cema1cema.blogspot.com 

6.   Dana http://danascraftycorner.blogspot.com 

7.    Sabrina  http://sabrinabellabeautiful.blogspot.com

8.   Tonya http://ittybittyladybugs.blogspot.com 

9.   Tamara http://sospoileditscute.blogspot.com 

10.  Jessica s http://www.inspiremepink.com 

11.  Jess K http://myimagitivity.blogspot.com

12.  Erica http://ericasprojects.blogspot.com < you came from

13.  Mary http://mary-fortheloveofart.blogspot.com ....you are here!

14.  Claire http://www.ThreeWatersCreations.com >go here next!

15.  Tiffany http://angel4ever-thecraftyteacher.blogspot.com 

16. Teresa http://createenjoyshare.blogspot.com 

17. Vicki m http://stayathomemomof2inohio.blogspot.com 

18. Heather E  http://pinkpunkcosmo.blogspot.com

19. Gloria C  http://craftnthings.blogspot.com

20. Marinda http://www.nanasscrapspot.com

21. Heather M http://digipage-blog.everything-digital-scrapbooking.com

22. Blog Candy http://ericasblogcandy.blogspot.com