Exploring Cricut- Veterans Day!

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Hey All!!

WOW! What a LOOOOOOONNNNNGGGGGG weekend! Had SO very much going on this weekend, plus had a lot of things brought to my attention! Lets just say that there is a BUNCH of good stuff coming over the next few weeks! Please be sure to stay tuned!!!

So, back to my project! Today, over at Exploring Cricut, our theme is to create a scrapbook layout, card, or 3D item about our Veterans!

For my project, I decided to create a card! I had another idea in mind, however, my Imagine wasn't on the same page as me today! Lol!

Here is the card I created! I used Autumn Celebrations, Medal was cut at 4.0 inches.

 

I used Verve Stamps for my sentiment, my Big Shot and Top Note Die.

I plan on making a bit more to send to some Veterans that I know :) They are MY heros!!


Please check out my fellow DT members blogs, and then post your own project at Exploring Cricut!!

Ok all! Hope to catch you all Craftin' and Stampin'!

Breast Cancer Awareness Challenge at Exploring Cricut

Hey All!

Its time for another challenge over at Exploring Cricut!

The theme for today is Breast Cancer. Here are the details fort the challenge:

Create a Card, Layout, or Papercraft symbolizing hope against the fight of this terrible disease with pink and a sentiment.

This hit especially close to home for me this year because I now have someone close to me that I know that has this horrible disease...My Babci (Polish for grandmother, my mom's mother).

She found out 3 days prior to Christmas last year, and because my Babci is like a typical caring, wonderful woman, she decided not to tell anyone at Christmas what was going on. This INFURATIED me! How horrible must it have been to have this on your mind and not tell anyone or have anyone be there for you! She told me that she didnt want to ruin our Christmas or our vacation....WHAT???? BABCI!!! We are family, we NEED to know so we can  be there for you! Well, needless to say once I DID find out, I have been there for her! She had a masatamy back in January, and has been on Chemo since. So far, all looks good! YEA!!!

So, today, this project is dedicated to her!!! LOVE YOU BABCI!!!

 

Supplies:

Cricut Expression

Cricut Autumn Celebrations

Pink By Design Breast Wishes

DCWV Pattern paper

Recollection solid paper

Real Red Stampin Up ink

 

Please be sure to check out the rest of the super talented Design Team and then enter your challenge to win! 

OK All!! Hope to catch you all Craftin' and Stampin'!

My Cricut Craft Room October 100 Cartridge Blog Hop!

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

Collectively the design team uses over 100 different

Cricut Cartridges in their projects during the two days

of this hop. Please hop along as the second half of the

Design Team shares their projects for todays hop.

Erica is giving away 3 different prizes to 3 separate

winners this month! The first prize is TPC Girlfriends

pink papers, the second prize is the Pink Journey Cricut

cart and last is one Pink little Cricut bug toy. Good

luck and have a great time hopping.

 

Hi All!!!

 

You should of arrived here from the talented CHRISTINA, if you did not, please start HERE!!!

 

Between yesterday and today, each of my Design Team sisters and I all had to each pick 4 cartridges to work with to create either a project(s) to showcase each of the cartridges artwork!

The cartridges I chose today are:

A Frightful Affair

Autumn Celebrations

George and Basic Shapes

Moveable Monsters

Can I tell you just HOW excited I was to challenge myself with creating an AWESOME project utilizing these cartridges??? Well, I can tell you I had a BLAST doing it!!!!

 

Here is my project:

 

 

2 page layout featuring 2 4x4 picture mats and a 4x6 picture mat.

 

 Witch from Autumn Celebrations

 

Zombie Man from Movable Monsters, but shadow background from A Frightful Affair

 

Pumpkins from A Frightful Affair

 

Ghost Tree from A Frightful Affair

 

Boo from A Frightful Affair and Moon from George and Basic Shapes. The picture mats were also from George and Basic Shapes

 

 

Tombstone with zombie hands is also from A Frightful Affair

 

 

 

Can I just tell you that this was the FIRST scrapbook layout I have made since World Scrapbooking Day??? How terrible is that??? But, I will say, I have enjoyed it SO MUCH, that I created 3 new scrapbook pages that I will save to show at a later day! And I also decided that I much more enjoy making blank layouts, THEN going in to put a picture in..MUCH EASIER to decide! I also decided that I really enjoy doing whole scenes, creating something around my pictures. Wait til you see what I have in store for you over the next few weeks!!!

 

So, I hope you enjoyed my project! If you did, I have the file saved on my Gypsy and CCR. I would be more than happy to send it to you!

Also, please make sure that you comment on each blogs along the way to be entered to win today's prizes.

If I have convienced you just how much I adore A Frightful Affair, you can scoop it up in Erica's store! Just hit www.ericascraftroom.com and purchase it!! 

 

Now, its time to head back for some blog candy! Click HERE to get there!!!  

 

Once again, here is the line up if you want to head back and check out all the talent once again!!!

 

SUNDAY

1. MCCR http://mycricutcraftroom.blogspot.com/
2. Jamie L http://babyjaydensmommy.blogspot.com/
3. Ashley http://especiallymade.blogspot.com/
4. Marji www.fstampaholic.blogspot.com
5. Miranda http://www.nanasscrapspot.com/
6. Sarah http://www.craftingwithsarah.blogspot.com/
7. Melissa http://papershenaniganz.blogspot.com/
8. Sharon http://simplysweetbysharon.blogspot.com/
9. Erica's Projects http://ericasprojects.blogspot.com/
10. Jamie M http://craftygirl21.blogspot.com/
11. Amy http://clayfulimagination.blogspot.com/
12. Jodi http://jodiesscraplab.blogspot.com/
13. Tess www.sassycricutcrafting.com
14. Christina http://cema1cema.blogspot.com/ SHOULD OF ARRIVE FROM HERE
15. Jessica W www.craftinandstampin.blogspot.com  YOU ARE HERE
16. Blog Candy http://ericasblogcandy.blogspot.com  GO HERE NEXT

Ok all, thanks for joining me! Hope to find you all Craftin' and Stampin'!

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Hey All!!

WOW!! Sorry for the lack of posts this past week! I have been utterly exhausted after my trip to Florida! We had a wonderful time! Other than being in the hurricane for 3 days, it was AWESOME! We made the best of it!!!
Then, this week at work has been quite busy and we have been doing some entertaining with some of our family! Again, it was a WONDERFUL time!!!

So, I usually dont do this, but since I have been so behind on posting, I am combining my two posts for today!

I have my project over at Made Especially For You first. Here are the details of this project:

Week of September 10th - September 16th
Challenge: Create a card inspired by the provided sketch

Sponsor: Bugaboo Stamps - http://www.bugaboostamps.com/
Prize: 7 images of the winner's choice
Sponsor Button:


And, here is my project:

Please make sure you check out the rest of the DT to see their awesome projects!!!


Next, here is the info for my project over at Exploring Cricut!

Monday, Sept.  10- Sept. 16    Challenge-Cricut choice make any card, layout of papercraft in any theme or color, but must include one person cut (man, woman, boy, girl) from any cartridge that have those images.

As for my project this week, I wanted to make something "sporty" to give my hubby as a present. I thought about it, and thought about it, and I finally found what I wanted to make him. I will say, I am not happy with the colors so much because I did not have the team's CORRECT green, but he got the point and said he would put it out on Sunday as a good luck charm for his team! They were loosing all the way until I brought down his gift, then they won by 1 point!!! Woo Hoo!! So, here is my project:

 

I used the Cricut Cartridge Autumn Celebrations for this project! I cut the orginal image at 8 inches and all of the relative parts at 8. I used Craft Room Basics for the letters!

 

Make sure you get over to look at the rest of the wonderful design team's projects! And remember you have a week to enter your project for a chance to win!!

OK all! Hope to catch you all Craftin' and Stampin'!