Ericas January Blog Hop 2013

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 Happy New Year and welcome to the first Hop of the New Year over @ My Cricut Craft Room. I hope you all made through the holidays and are ready to do some crafting. If you just came from Lisa's then you are in the right place. If not then you want to start at the beginning so you don't miss any of these fabulous projects.
     Each month the Design Team shows you 100 carts and many of the projects you can create with them. This month Erica asked us to use 5 different carts. I made mostly cards and a cute little box from the following carts: Victorian Romance, Paper Dolls teen Scene, Sweet Tooth Boxes, Hello kitty Greetings and Superman.
     Since I have 8 grandchildren I decided to use this month's hop and get a head start on some Valentines' Day projects.I hope this will give you some incentive to get going as well. So, let's get started:

 

     I plan to make some shaped cards this year to challenge myself  and I found the perfect one to start with on Hello Kitty Greetings. This image was found on page 51 using the card feature @ 3.25". I love the glittered card stock for the wings, however the heart had a few spaces I wasn't happy with so I decided to add some liquid pearls to the outline. The stamps are Pink By Design "Laughy Taffy". One of my grand daughters is going to love this!

 

     I was so excited to finally use this cart. This image is from Paper Dolls Teen Scene . The image is on page 27 and all the layers were cut @ 5". The image s-rain, s-rain s for the body was cut in black + shift body in cream. I used wardrobe layer 2 and wardrobe 2 for the clothing. I just love the skates and, since one of my grand daughters takes ice skating, I'm sure she will love this card.

    

I added some waterfall stickles to the edge of the skirt and some chalk from Pebbles, Inc for the cheeks. (It's pretty cold in those arenas, lol). She looks like she is holding a heart from the background paper. (Yes I planned it that way!).

I used some scrap pieces to make the background, added some faux stitching around the edge and I tag I had left over from last year.

     I love to make boxes for place settings as well as gifts so I had to make one for V-Day. Although I  have both the TBBM carts, I also love the ones on Sweet Tooth Boxes. You can find this one on page 21 + . I used the left over scraps from the above card to cut small squares to add to my box. The double heart cut out on the front of the box is from a punch.

     The insert of clear acrylic is from the blister pack my carts come from. I always cut them up to use for projects just like this! I decided to dress it up a little by adding ribbon to the inside and out of my lid.

     I thought it looked a little plain so I used a Martha Stewart Branch punch for the leaves and some Prima flowers with silver heart brads to add to the top of the box.
     Enough of the girlie stuff. Since I have 5 grandsons, I used Superman for an out of this world card.

 

     I LOVE how this came out. I haven't decided whether this will be for V-Day or a birthday but, either way it will work. This cut can be found on page 28 and I cut it @ 3.50". 

     The "POW" is under fonts and I cut it with the shadow @ 1" high. It was a silhouette cut yet I liked the bold inside cut so I went with that. The background paper I have had in my stash and acts like a mulberry paper. It adds so much with the embossed silver stars. Ready for some action?

     You guessed it. It is on an action wobble. These things are just so fabulous to work with. Now for my last project. I made both a boy and a girl version using Victorian Romance.

     I was going to make another V-Day card but this image really caught my eye. It's the clown image and only has 2 cuts. What a sweet die cut this is with the silhouette as well. I think this would make a great baby card. I left the bottom right corner with enough space to add a round tag, maybe a congrats message. Here's the girl version:

     This could be for a birthday, congrats baby card and yes, even a Valentines' Day card, lol.

 

     Both clown cards were raised with pop dots for some dimension.

     I hope I have given you a little inspiration today. I would love if you would tell me what crafting goals you have for the New Year. Mine is to challenge myself to use the carts I have purchased but never used (Shocker!!!) and to make some different style and shaped cards this year.

     Now be sure to hop on over to Robin's and see what crafting goodness she has created to share with you today.

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Vinyl Friends And Family Glass Block

   
  Welcome to WYEGW @ My Cricut Craft Room. In case you didn't know what the letters stand for let me enlighten you. It is Would You Ever Guess Wednesday. This day we get to follow a theme and show you what you can do with certain features on your cartridges. Today Erica asked us to use various fonts on our projects. For my project I created a glass block with fonts from three different carts and a fourth cart for my "border".

     I only have the one picture today since I wanted to really focus on the fonts and to give the measurements I used. Here are the sizes I used and the carts for the fonts:
 Label: Paper Lace 5.19 x 4.76 for the background
 "Enter as" Winter Wonderland @ 1.25"
 "friends" Calligraphy Collection" @ .98" high
 "leave as" Winter Wonderland @ 1.25" and finally
 "family" from Home Accents @ 3.23" x 1"
     You want to make sure your glass is clean before you adhere the vinyl to the glass block. I used rubbing alcohol to clean the outside of it with just a piece of paper towel and the alcohol. The vinyl I used was from Provo Craft which is wonderful to work with and comes in so many colors.You need to set your blade @ 6 and your pressure @ 2. This gives you a kiss cut which means it cuts the vinyl yet leaves the backing intact. I made several of these for Christmas gifts some were out of vinyl yet I also made some with etching cream using the vinyl as my stencil.
     I hope you will try using these fonts on other projects since they are so much fun to create whether they are on a glass block, piece of canvas, wood and even fabric.
     Thank you so much for stopping by today and be sure to head back over to MCCR and see what the rest of the Design Team has to share with you.

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Our Christmas Celebrations 2012

     Welcome to Festive Friday @ Erica's Cricut Craft Room. I hope you had as much fun as we did at Christmas this year. We were asked by Erica to post pictures of Christmas morning and for once it did not include any crafting. I ask you, who had time to craft really, lol. We are so blessed that my daughter and her husband were able to fly in from California and our son and his wife were able to bring our 2 grand children from Florida home for Christmas as well. I am so lucky to have all our children and grand children around to help us celebrate this year. The following are some pictures to give you a peek into our ongoing festivities starting with Christmas Eve and culminating with our tradition of brunch December 26 (this is the day we actually open gifts, the other days are for food, family and pure love!) Ready? Set, here we go....

 

     We always make reindeer food and set out to sprinkle in the yard. Notice there is no snow, yet! If you don't know what reindeer food is the recipe is quite simple: oatmeal, sugar and lots of glitter. The glitter sparkles in the moonlight and helps the reindeer find your house.

     Once the children come in, I don't know how, but, our door bell always rings and we find bags that the Elves leave for each of the children. In the bags there are new PJ's and a book.

     The adults love to watch the children but also enjoy the Yankee Swap for adults only. At least some of us enjoy it, lol.

     Only 2 out of the 8 grand children were at our house Christmas morning and guess what? We had a touch of snow. So exciting for these Floridians. They opened some gifts from Santa.

Alexis was so excited to get her McKenna American girl doll and Nicholas got a lot of Legos.

     We spent the afternoon with the rest of our family at my daughter Amy's house where we always have plenty of food and laughter. The cousins really love hanging out together. Oh my what wonderful food including a coffee bar for the adults and a hot chocolate bar for the kids. Here's a peek:

     We always have the most wonderful decor for the tables as well.

     I will leave you with our craziness the day after Christmas with our brunch and gift opening. Everyone helps with the cooking as you will see:

     From our house to yours Merry Christmas!!!!!

     Be sure to head back over to My Cricut Craft Room and see how the rest of my DT Sisters have celebrated.

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Jingle Bells Card

     Breath in, Breathe out. It's true, there are only 7 more crafting days left 'til Christmas.Here @ My Cricut Craft Room we are still showing you our holiday projects to help inspire you along. Today erica asked that we make a card with Jingle bells. Have you sent out cards or, like me are you still making them,lol. Anyways I thought I'd share my card that I plan to use for Thank You cards as well as a Birthday card. Yup, we are only half way through our Birthday celebrations for December! Ready to see my card?

     This is so sparkly in person! Let's get right to the details. First I used Tis The Season with the image from page 67. I cut it at 3 1/4" , and all the layers. I used a silver matte cardstock for the shadow layer and a beautiful pink glitter card stock for the top layer.

     I love to add embossing to my cards so this Cuttlebug ornament folder seemed so perfect. It is a maroon colored card stock that I also misted with some Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist. I then layered this on a piece of left over Polka Dot card stock. I also added some silver ribbon to the top of the bell. Of course I needed some extra shine so I used some silver Candi Brads to add to the corners.

     Would you just look at the Glimmer Mist on the background? It's so pretty in person. Lastly I adhered my jingle bell with some pop dots for some dimension. Notice there is no sentiment, yet. That's because if I need a quick Thank You card I have one ready to go!!!
     I hope you are all getting your projects done. I am in super over drive since my Daughter and Son-In Law arrive Wednesday from California and Saturday my Son, Daughter In Law and  two of the grand children arrive from Florida. Let the festivities begin!!!
     Please be sure to stop back over to My Cricut Craft Room and leave some love there as well.

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A Perky Little Penguin Card

     Welcome to another Post for My Cricut Craft Room. This week Erica asked the Design Team to use a "perky penguin" on our cards. If you have been following my blog, then you know that Decemeber is a HUGE birthday month for us. Last week my grandson Nicholas in Florida turned 6. This week my grandson Benjamin also turns 6. Yup, we are a very close family, lol. Would you like to see the card I made for Ben?

     Since Ben can be a character, I thought he would love this penguin. I used the penguin from Winter frolic. The image is on page 57 and I cut all the layers @ 3 1/4". The beak is still rather small so I used a Quickie glue pen which is perfect for small areas. I also used a white gel pen for the eyes.

     I cut the layer for the hat and pop twice, once in red and once in yellow. The top of the hat has some Fun Flock to add some dimension (and because I couldn't find any small pom poms in my stash!). The background pattern is from DCWV Winter card stack with glitter.

     In order to make sure I had a perky penguin, I placed him on an action wobble. The trees are left over from some tags I had made and thought they went perfect with this project. I even added a few to the inside of the card. The foremost tree is raised with some pop dots.

     The "silly sixes" sentiment is from Pink By Designs "age is only a #.

     Well that's it for today. I hope you are all enjoying the upcoming festivities. Happy Hanukkah to all my Jewish friends. Now please be sure to head back over to My Cricut Craft Room and see what my design team sisters have to share with you. 

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