My day at Exploring Cricut!

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Hey All!

Today is my day to post over at Exploring Cricut!!!

If you saw our challenge (which you can STILL enter by clicking HERE) on Monday, you saw that I made more Wall Decor for my walls in my entryway! For today, I wanted to show you the other two that I created!!!

Here are the ones from Monday:

And here are the ones I created for today:

I used the exact same cartridges/files as I did for Monday's projects, but I still needed to finish them as of Monday's post!

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

My future's so bright....

This post brought to you by Astrobrights Papers by Neenah Paper. All opinions are 100% mine.
"Give a Brighter Year" sweepstakesHey All!

I know what your thinking "I gotta wear shades", right?

WRONG!

The answer is: use Astrobrights paper to document it then!!!



What IS AstroBrights paper you ask? Well, AstroBrights paper is nice and bright, and SURE to get the attention you are craving and that you deserve! It's PERFECT for tons of projects! From flyers to invites, to your next crafty BRIGHT IDEA, Astorbrights is BOUND to get your creativity flowing and make your next project stand out in the crowd!

And speaking of standing out, how about you stand out NICE AND BRIGHT for the school of your choice?? AstroBrights is hosting the "GIVE A BRIGHTER YEAR" sweepstakes where you have the chance to win not only school supplies for your school, but $30,000 as well! Now, thats something that should STAND OUT to you!!! Win for your school!!! Oh...and one more cool little notion to go with that...a $500 gift card for your hard work!!!
And lastly, why not do some family friendly designing with the kiddos???  "Make Something AstroBright" is a family-friend spot where you can find design challenges! Check out Astrobrights on Facebook   page https://www.facebook.com/Astrobrights for more info!

I hope I was able to help you think of your next bright idea and what you could do with AstroBrights paper to make your creativity stand out!!!

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

Exploring Cricut-Cricut Choice 2 Cricuts!

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Hey All!!


It's time for another challenge over at Exploring Cricut!!!

Today, its CRICUT CHOICE!! Woo Hoo!!! BUT you must have 2 different Cricut Cartridges or Files used for it!!! AND you must also have a monogram! SHAME ON ME...I DID NOT SEE that I had to have a monogram on my project!! :( YOU MUST HAVE IT IF YOU ENTER!! I do not want to see anyone get disqualified if you don't put it on because of my project!!

Well, staying with my Home Decor and decoration theme since my Housewarming Party was this weekend, I did a few home decor pieces to create a wall of inspiration! I am going to be showing you 2 pictures today, and then you have to come back on Wednesday when its MY DAY at Exploring Cricut to see the other ones!!!

Here are the first two I created:

Supplies:

Cricut Expression & Cricut Craft Room (to weld letters together)

Cartridges- Gypsy Font & Craft Room Basics

Frames-Dollar Tress

Paper-Me & My Big Ideas-Bebe Wedding (for  background stripe paper) & Recollections for solid

Adhesive-Scotch Quick Dry

OK, so now, you have to check out the rest of my VERY CREATIVE DT back at Exploring Cricut and see what they created for you!!! Once you have their inspiration, you NEED to enter your project HERE!!!

Hope to catch you all Craftin' and Stampin'!

HIMCR Super Scraps Saturday

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Hey All!!!

It's time for another HIMCR challenge!!!

Today, the theme is SUPER SCRAPS SATURDAY! Dig out those scraps guys! You ALL know you have some!!!

For my project today, I wanted to give my mom a gift, and I wanted to use the gable box from the ARTISTE cartridge thatI showed you all how to make last week. Here is what the plain box looked like:

I wanted to use the green box, so I went to work in my scrap box! I have a HUGE box of scraps that I recently tried to organize! It wasnt easy, lol! I also have a box of leftover Cricut Cuts, and a box for Paper Punch left over pieces!

I found a Rosette leftover from when I made a rosette wreath for Gingers design team tryout, and I also found some pennents!

I used a piece of my scrap paper to spell out MOM and I cut it on my Cricut.

Here is the final result:

Took me 15 minutes!!!! Whoop Whoop!!!!


Ok all! Please go check out my awesome DT sisters projects back at HIMCR! Then enter your scrap project for a chance to win some blog candy!!

Hope to catch you all Craftin' and Stampin'!

Do You Speak Cricut at Made Especially For You!

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Hey All!!



It 's time for another post for Do You Speak Cricut at Made Especially For You!!


In today's Cricut snipit, I wanted to take another quick minute to talk to you about the BRAND NEW Close To My Heart Cricut Artiste cartridge!!! It is a WONDERFUL cartridge and I am SO glad that I got it!!!

This cartridge is ONLY AVAILABLE through a Close To My Heart representative, SUCH AS MYSELF! It comes with 3 stamps sets and 3 pieces of matching chipboard pieces to match your Cricut cuts!!

Here is a closer picture of just the cartridge:

Here is the overlay:

Unlike other cartridges, this cartridge comes with not only a handbook to see what images you have on it, but you ALSO get a handbook that teaches you how to put the 3D images together!

The Cricut^® Artiste cartridge includes 700 images that help you create themed projects, interactive cards,  party ensembles and more! Sold only in a Close To My Heart collection, the cartridge comes with three exclusive stamp sets and three Dimensional Elements chipboard sheets designed to coordinate with cartridge images. I mean, there are SO MANY images on this cartrige, its just crazy!

The images on here are even sorted by holiday and they each have a 3D image to go with them!!!

If you are ready to see, I created a few things from the Artiste cartridge already, and I want to make TONS more! For now, here are some pictures:

So, hopefully this very quick review of the Artiste Cartriges shows you that you just cannot live without this cartrige!!!

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

Back to School Blog Hop featuring ME4U DT & Go Fish DT!

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Welcome to the Back to School Blog Hop, brought to you by the fabulous design teams of Made Especially For You and the GoFish Challenge Blog!

These two design teams have joined together to bring you some fun and crafty inspiration to help you get started on those back to school projects! If you've just come across the hop and would like to start at the beginning, please visit Made Especially For You.

Here is my project:

This project was made ENTIRELY of scraps!!! I still had a frame leftover from the frames I was making the frames for my craft room! The frame was made from the Cricut Imagine Cartridge, Word of Mouth. The letters were made on the Cricut Craft Room using Cricut Font and Basic Shapes. The heart and the banner were also leftovers from an older projects! I used DCWV paper to layer down before I did the letters! This made me feel like I should give it to a teacher, since they inspire us DAILY to learn new things!!!

We have some wonderful sponsors giving away prizes to those who comment on EVERY stop of the hop! Let's see what they have to offer...

Paper Piecings by Nikki

$15 Gift Certificate

Scraptastical Kreations

$20 Gift Certificate

The Stamping Boutique

3 images of the winner's choice

You must comment on every stop of the hop to be eligible to win a prize. Hoppers have through Sunday August 12th to comment. Winners will be randomly chosen and announced on Made Especially For You on Tuesday August 14th. 

Your next stop is AMY'S blog!

Here's the entire lineup in case you get lost along the way:

Ashley - http://especiallymade.blogspot.com

C - http://www.tradefishdesigns.com

Laura - http://scrappinaroundtheclock.blogspot.ca/

Kate - http://scrapperscreativecorner.blogspot.com

Jessica - http://craftinandstampin.blogspot.com/

Amy - http://amyscraftingspace.blogspot.com/

Kathy - http://letsgetscrappytogether.blogspot.com/

Pam - http://scrappinfabpam.blogspot.com/

Nancy - http://thetrinketcollector.blogspot.com/

Cyndy - http://arcyscraps.blogspot.com/

Sarah - http://www.mypaperpie.blogspot.com/

Robin - http://www.thecricutscrapper.blogspot.com/

Eileen - http://www.scrappingactuary.blogspot.com/

Karen - http://simplyfrenzied-karen.blogspot.com/

Thanks so much for hopping along with us!

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

Creative Cutter Room Last post-Friendship

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Hi All!

It is both a sad day and a happy day over at the Creative Cutter Room!

I want my WHOLE team to know that I TRULY enjoyed working with you all and have learned so much from you all!

To Cathie, thank you SO MUCH for giving me my FIRST blog Design Team chance! I will NEVER forget that :)

It is time to say good-bye to some of our Design Team 1 members and Hello to our Design Team 2!

A HUGE thank you to my friends:

Georgiana

Elaine

Tonya

Jessica

Diana

And a Welcome Design Team 2:

Tracy

Georgiana (from DT1)
Diana ( from DT 1)

Carri (DT Coordinator)

And we have a fun challenge to kick things off!

Thank you for joining us for our new challenge! We enjoyed looking at your Summer projects! We appreciate you joining us and hope you will join us for this next challenge!

Challenge and Theme: Friendship!

Here is my project:

SUPPLIES:

Cricut Imagine

Paper from Crate Paper 

Imagine Better Together cartridge for ALL images

Pop Dots

ATG

Today we have a special sponsor! Emma from My Creative Time has donated a Mom You Rock Stamp set to the winner of this challenge!

Thank You Emma!!

We hope you will join us and Submit your new project for a chance to win a prize!

Your my Best Buddy Stamps!!

Challenge Starts today August 9 and runs until August 22, 2012.

Follow the rules then submit your new project over at the

Creative Cutter Room!

Looking forward to seeing your creations!

Only entries that fit the challenge guidelines will be entered to win the prize!

Some Rules to keep in mind while playing along:

Be a Follower of the CCR
Project submissions must be new, no back linking

CCR must be mentioned in the description with a link back to here

Entry must fit theme to be qualified for the prize

Prize must be claimed within 2 weeks

Please link your project posting not just your blog

Please comment after linking

 

You have until August 22, 2012 to enter your project.

Here is the Line Up You for some great inspiration:

Carri

Georgiana
Diana
Elaine

Tonya

Jessica THATS ME!!!

Tracy

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