New Challenge at Exploring Cricut! Thanksgiving!

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Hey All!!

Its time for another challenge over at Exploring Cricut!

 

Here is the info for our new challenge!

 

Challenge "Count Your Blessings":

Create a card, layout, or paragraphed celebrating Thanksgiving.

 

 

For my project, I wanted to decorate my branch at work again for Thanksgiving. We are doing a food drive in my branch for our fellow co-workers who have been effected by the devastation of Hurricane Sandy. That just hit way to close to home for all of us, and we couldn't bear to see our teammates, friends, and frankly because we are such a small bank, we are like family! We are gathering for Thanksgiving and for Christmas for them!

 

So, I brought in my friendly Cricut and my Gypsy and went to town! Here are the pictures of my branch:

 

My teller whole teller line

 

 

The teller station. I put falling leaves in 4 different colors on top, and their names on the bottom. Don't mind me in the background, lol! It's a marble teller line, so you see my reflection in it!

 

A closer shot of another Turkey. This is Ulana's station.

The circles in the Food Drive picture above are for customers to write their names on. We are still debating on wither or not we want to do an "I'm Thankful Wall". But, I just got this kicked out on Saturday evening, so no names were on when I left!

I think the girls will like their new name plates better then the RIP name plates I made them for Halloween. They all HATED seeing their names that way! Next, time, I'll ask! LOL!!!

For this project, I used: Create A Critter, Nate's ABC's, George and Basic Shapes, and my Gypsy to weld the letters of my tellers names!

OK, so this is what I have for Thanksgiving, what do you have to be thankful for? Time to create and enter for your chance to win a SWEET prize!!

Make sure you check out the rest of the Design Teams projects first!!

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'!

It's A Box Challenge-Exploring Cricut

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Hey All!!!


It's time for another Exploring Cricut Challenge!! This week's challenge is called IT'S A BOX!


Here is the details for this challenge:

"It's a Box"-Make a project of a box, container, or something with a box on it.  With all the cartridges having things for parties, it is unlimited the ideas!

I could NOT agree more! We have TONS of cartridges with super fun boxes!! I wanted to use my Art Philosophy Cartridge, but the idea of a box that I had could not be created with that cartridge...at least not at THIS point! I'll figure it out yet!!!

But, the idea...? What is the IDEA??? Well, here is the idea I had!!!

So...do you know what it is???? It's an APPLE!!! It's a box I made with a teacher in mind!!! How cool huh??? Don't you just LOVE that little worm with the Peachy Keen Face??? And how about that Faux Stitching???

SUPPLIES:

Machine: Cricut Expression, Gypsy

Cartridges: Sweet Tooth Boxes, Create A Critter, George and Basic Shapes

Stamps: Peachy Keen Critter Faces Medium, My Creative Time Tiny Tags and Dies

Ink-Close To My Heart Olive, Black Staz On

Embellishments-White Gel Pen, Red and White Stampin' Up Baker's Twine

Tools: Tombow Adhesive, Scotch Quick Dry Glue, Bone Folder

Paper: The Paper Studio Red, Yellow, Greens and Black

Now, its time to check out what the rest of the super talented ladies made for their IT'S A BOX project!!! 

Once you are done checking out the Design Teams inspiration, submit YOUR challenge!!!

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

Flying By To Say Happy Valentines Day-Angry Birds Style!

Hi All!!

How was everyone's Valentine's Day??? Mine was FANTASTIC!!! I made an awesome dinner for my hubby (baked chicken, sweet potatoes, corn, and home made garlic bread... YUMMMMYYY!) and I made my little dudes FAVORITE dinner, Mac and Cheese... Phineas and Ferb Mac and Cheese to be exact!!! Everyone REALLY enjoyed dinner! Then hubby broke our no buying for each other rule and pulled out a gift for me. Guess what it was??? Give up?? Well, it was the pair of Uggs that I wanted for about a year now!!!

I was SOOOO excited!!! I did feel really bad that I didn't get him one now :( That's ok though... His birthday is the 28th and I decided that his present is gonna be an I Phone!!! He does not see that coming at all!!!


Now, its time for a project!!!

This card is the card I made for my Little Guy for Valentine's Day! He is SUCH a huge Angry Birds fan, I just KNEW I had to make an Angry Bird card for him!! So, it was time to pull out the Gypsy! And of coarse my trusty George and Basic Shapes! I did also use B is for Boy!

 I kind of manipulated the shapes to my liking! I did save this cut file, and once again, if anyone knows how to share a cut file, let me know and I'll GLADLY share my file for your use! So, without further ado, here is my Angry Bird card:

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Hope you all like my Little Dude's card!! And I also hope everyone had a great Valentine's Day!!

Hope to find you all Craftin' and Stampin'!

Love Ya!

Hey All!!

Gotta say I'm a little sad that Valentines Day is almost here! I have been crafting away making tons of decorations and cards, and I'm REALLY into Love day mode! I've had a BLAST making tons of different projects! I actually have a slew that I will be making next year, starting in the summer! Can never be too prepared!!

Well, my little dude is sick tonight so this will be a quick post.

I wanted to show you the beginning of an idea, and then how it finished out! Let me know what you think!

Here's the beginning of it:

Here's what it turned into:

I made this on my Gypsy using George and Basic Shapes and PATIENCE! Lol! I have the cut file saved so if anyone can tell me how to share it, I GLADLY will!! (I wanted to make a 3D Heart to put out as a decoration in my living room. Something little that said "Happy Valentines Day" without actually saying it!)

I hope you enjoyed my quick project tonight! Gotta go cuddle my sick lite dude now.

Hope to catch you all Craftin' and Stampin'!

Another Wall/Door Hanging-NOEL

Hello my dear friends!

Since yesterdays post was the one highlighted in the Chirp, I thought I would do another wall/door hanging:

For this decoration, I used the following:

-Cricut Font and Basic Shapes
-Cricut Winter Woodland
-Cricut George and Basic Shapes
-Ribbon of your Choice
-Cricut Imagine
-Cricut Mr. Frosty
-Adhesive
-Hot Glue Gun

I used my George cartridge and flood filled the 4 scalloped squares (which were cut at 4) with Mr. Frosty patterned paper. I then used the red that came with the colors on Mr. Frosty and flood filled 4 squares that were all cut at 3. I cut out the word NOEL from Font and Basic Shapes, which I cut the letters out at 2.5 I moved onto the Winter Woodland Cartridge and cut out 4 ornaments (3 inches) and their layers. I adhered them all together and pieced together my squares. After that, I used my glue gun to glue the ribbon into place!

Easy peazy!!!

These make excellent decorations, as well as gifts for family members!!!