My Day At Exploring Cricut!

Hi All!!

Today is my design day over at Exploring Cricut!!!

For today's project, I am sharing an order that I had from one of my blog readers! She had emailed me and asked her if I could help her make some decorations for her daughters 1st birthday! It is a Minnie Mouse themed birthday!!! Of COARSE I said yes!!!

I used Mickey and Friends and Mickey Font for all her goodies!!!

I made a Happy Birthday Banner and some icons for centerpieces that she is making!

I haven't played too much with these cartridges, so it was A LOT of fun!!!

Here is what I made:

 

This is the banner. I made the Minnie Ears at 4.5 inches and I cut her bow at 1.75 inches. The letters were cut from Mickey Font at 1.5 inches,

 

Here are the Minnie icons for the centerpieces that she is making. I didn't have any pink with white polka dot paper that she requested, so I improvised with a white gel pen! They were cut from Mickey and Friends all at 5 inches.

 

Some more icons. Minnie Mouse Hearts both cut at 5.5 inches!

 

 

So, that's my project! I hope you all like it!! Make sure you check out the Exploring Cricut challenge this week!

 

OK all, hope to catch you Craftin' and Stampin'! 

Day 2 of my Paper Bag Mini-Video showing off book

Hey All!

Just a quick follow up post for yesterdays post with my Paper Bag Mini Album!

Here is the video I made so you can see what it looks like and how it works! I hope you like it and I REALLY hope you attempt it! They make a wonderful gift! I already teased my sister in law with what it will look like and she LOVED it!

Here is the video:




Thanks so much for watching!!!

Hope to catch you Craftin' and Stampin'!

Paper Bag Mini Album-Baby's First Year theme!

***PICTURE HEAVY POST***

Hey All!!

I feel like it has been FOREVER since I have been able to get on here to post! I have been so utterly busy and of coarse I just have to take on more responsibilities since apparently I'm just not happy unless I am beyond stressed out! I need to learn just how to say NO! And guess what, I told myself NO and put EVERYTHING that needed to be done (aside from clothes and house cleaning) and I got my nephews mini album kicked out!

So, if you remember from my post from Exploring Cricut last week, I made the little baby boy and First Tooth saying. Well, those items went into my project that I am going to show you today!!!

I am  part of a group on Face book called PLAY ALONG. In the group, we got a video on how to make a Paper Bag Mini Album. From the album itself, to the binding, to the fold out pages, we made it ALL ourselves!! Ginger (My Sister's Scrapper) had 6 videos on how to make this album, so I followed the videos, and I now have one album done for my nephew Jason!

Here are my pics:

 

Cover

Inside cover page and 1st page

 

Halloween Page

 

Thanksgiving and Christmas

(PS- I recycled one of my fav cards I received this past Christmas for my Christmas icons!)

 

January and Valentine's Day

 

St. Patty's Day and Easter

 

First Tooth

 

Inside of First Tooth Section

 

Bath Time Section

 

First Food section

 

Inside space for pics of first feeding!

 

Waterfall pic spot on back cover

 

 

SUPPLIES:

Cricut Imagine

Cricut Expression

Cricut EXPRESSION Cartridge: BABY STEPS(First Tooth, First Foods, and Bath)

Cricut EXPRESSION Cartridge: A FRIGHTFUL AFFAIR (Ghost and Pumpkin)

Cricut IMAGINE Cartridge: ENJOY THE SEASONS (Snowflakes)

Silhouette Cameo Files: Surfboard Page-Surfboards from The Cutting Cafe

 Thanksgiving page-Pumpkin, FALL IN LOVE, and leaf- Silhouette Online Store

Easter page-Bunny and Basket-Silhouette Online Store; Stamps are BUNNY POOP (Jaded Blossom)

St Patricks Day Page-Silhouette Online Store; Stamps are LUCK OF THE IRISH (Jaded Blossom)

Valentine's Day-Heart & LOVE Bottle caps from CraftinandStampin ETSY store

Tabs at top of book-Silhouette Online Store

Paper: Kraft Card stock and Solid colors-RECOLLECTIONS (Michaels)

Paper: ALL patterned paper (with baby theme)-"Jung-A-Low, Bung-A-Low" THE PAPER STUDIO (Hobby Lobby)

Paper Bag Sacks in Brown color (4 5/8 x 2 7/8 x 8 5/8)-Michaels

Paper Trimmer & Score Board-Stampin' Up

Pop Dots

Bone Folder

Martha Stewart Edge Punch

Tim Holtz Distress Ink Vintage Photo

Tim Holtz Distress Tool

Double Sided Tape

Scotch Tape Gun

 

 

I hope you all enjoyed my Paper Bag mini!!! Give yourself some craft room time and see what you can come up with!!!

 

Hope to catch you all Craftin' and Stampin'! 

My Day at Exploring Cricut

Hey All!!

Its my design day over at Exploring Cricut!!!

Quick stop in here after my SUPER busy week to show you some items I am working on for my Nephew's Mini Album!

He will be turning 1 in June so I need to get started now!!! I have a few cartridges linked to my Gyspy so I pulled it out to check and see what I wanted to work on first!

The milestone I decided to do first was: FIRST TOOTH!

Here is what the icons look like. I found them on the Baby Steps cartridge!

Didnt they turn out super cute??? I inked everything up and used pop dots for dimensions! I also took a white gel pen and do some faux stitching to the words first tooth!

Well, I am off to be now all!!! Hope to catch you Craftin' and Stampin'!