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'!

Would You Ever Guess Wednesday at My Cricut Craft Room

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Hi All!!!

I have a really great project for you guys today! Well, today is Would You Ever Guess Wednesday over at My Cricut Craft Room, and the theme today is Phrases! I will tell you that as soon as I read Erica's post the other day about making cards that took 10 minutes,  I knew I wanted to take up that same thought process in my post for today! So, 10 minutes to work with a phrase...I GOT THIS!!!

So, I ran to my cartridges, and if I was going with our theme of Phrases, what better cartridge to work with than Pharses???  I set the clock, and I was off!!

I decided I wanted to make a card for my friend at work. She has been going through a real rough patch and I wanted her to know that she was a strong girl, and that she ROCKED for getting through this tough time!

I quickly found the phrase that I wanted to use! I also knew that I wanted a shape card! So, I went to work!!

Here are the screen shots of Cricut Craft Room of my project as I was creating it:



Here is the shaped base. It is a word bubble! From Cricut Font and Basic Shapes

Here is another shape from Cricut Font and Basic Shapes and the start of my greeting!

Here is the rest of my greeting

Are you ready to see how the finished card looked? Well here it is!



I used all scraps to create this! And guess what...? It took me 9 minutes and 37 seconds to make this!!! Thanks Erica for pushing me to try!!!

OK, nows the time to check out the rest of the talented ladies from MCCR and what they created!!! Click HERE to check them out!!!


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

I'm BACK at ME4U!!!

Click HERE for my Close To My Heart online store where you can purchase ARTISTE for your Cricut!

Hey All!!

It's time for another post over at Made Especially For You!

Here is the info for our new challenge:

Week of August 6th - August 12

Challenge: Create a Back to School card using vellum

Sponsor: The Stamping Boutique - http://thestampingboutique.com/

Prize: 3 images of the winner's choice

Sponsor Button:


I forgot how much fun I had with the projects that Ashley gives us at ME4U! I was a little worried about this one, seeing as it was my first one to come back into the group, but overall, I think it turned out pretty cute!!

Supplies:

Paper: DCWV Grade school with Glitter Stack, Recollections Vellum

Stamps: My Creative Time Teeny Tag Greetings

Makers: Stampin' Up

Punch: Misc tack and paperclip punch (got in bargin bin at Tuesday Morning!)

Twine: Stampin' Up

So, now its YOUR turn to give this challenge a whirl! Make sure you enter HERE! 

August 100 Cartridge Blog Hop Day 2!

Click HERE to go to my Close To My Heart Webstore where you can purchase the brand new ARTISTE Cricut Cartridge!!!

Hey All!


You should have gotten here from AVA'S blog. If you did not, start at the beginning by clicking HERE!!

Welcome to My Cricut Craft Room's August 100 Cartridge Blog Hop

Collectively the design team uses over 100 different Cricut Cartridges in their projects during the two days of this hop. Sunday the new members of the design team will be announced and some have even made a project to share with you!! What an exciting weekend!!

As special treat enjoy 10% off of your total purchase with Erica's Craft Room Store.

Use the code AUGUST to see 10% off of your total purchase (No exclusions)

Here is my project!!

I decided that since I have been getting myself ready for my Housewarming Party, and I created my invites, and decorations, that I would continue that theme!!

So, here is my project:

And I started putting it together! Wait til you scroll down to see what it looks like!!!

 Another picture of it coming together!!!

ALL COMPLETE!!!

 Can't have a picnic basket with out your utensils!

Notice the Stickles on the food! I tried to go for the greasy look on the chicken, LOL!

 The mustard Stickles have to be my favorite part! It looks SO REAL!!! I hope you can see this from the picture!

 I think the big I'M HUNGRY will let everyone know that this is where all the food will be!

I went for a Picnic Basket EXPLOSION of food!!!

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 For my project today, here are the cartridges I used:

Life's A Party

Party Picks and Pennants

Fast Food Lite

I also used my gypsy to help with all the pieces!

~I used my Close To My Heart Stamp set to create LET'S EAT which I stamped in Red (which as you can tell was my theme color)

~Stickles for all the details! You REALLY want your details to shine!!! No pun intended!!

~Floral Styrofoam for the inside of the "basket" to hold the pieces in place! This Basket is actually of the Life's a Beach cartridge! And guess what it was...? The Treasure chest! I cut it as big as my Cricut would allow me to, which I believe was 9.25.

~I used bamboo skuers to HOT GLUE the images to!Then, I poked them through the foam in the basket! I also hot glued more of the images to the skuer and then to the top of the I'M HUNGRY sign!

~I alternated the food images (all cut from the Fast Food Lite cartridge) in different sizes. I ranged from 3.0-5.0 in the different items! I arranged them into no particular order, just in the order I liked best!

~I used the Party Picks and Pennants craft room file to create the sign that said "LETS EAT"! I thought we needed something else to say HEY FOOD HERE!!! LOL!

So, now you are on to grab some blog candy back HERE!!!

I hope you had a TON of fun!

If you get lost along the way here is the entire line up:

SATURDAY

1. MCCR http://mycricutcraftroom.blogspot.com/ START RIGHT HERE!!!
2. jenn lorist http://www.jennspapercrafts.blogspot.com
3. Teresa http://www.createenjoyshare.blogspot.com
4. Kathy http://3spoileddogs.blogspot.com
5. shelley http://shelley-scrapbookingforfun.blogspot.com
6. heather http://heathernovinger.blogspot.com
7. Jessica S http://jessicascraftshaque.blogspot.com
8. Tammy - http://www.Cuttinandstampin.blogspot.com
9. Jen L http://www.mybusycraftylife.blogspot.com
10. Erica's Projects http://ericasprojects.blogspot.com/
11. Samantha http://www.samanthascricutcreations.blogspot.com
12. robin http://create-a-latte.blogspot.com/
13. amy http://clayfulimagination.blogspot.com
14. Miranda http://www.nanasscrapspot.com
15. Angie http://crazyscraplady-angelpie.blogspot.com
16. LB http://www.coolbeansbylb.blogspot.com
17. Cathy http://cathyplus5.blogspot.com
18. Claire http://threewaterscreations.blogspot.com
19. Lisa Carrier http://ourcraftingcorner.blogspot.com
20. Blog Candy http://ericasblogcandy.blogspot.com/ END HERE ON SATURDAY!

SUNDAY

1. MCCR http://mycricutcraftroom.blogspot.com/   START HERE SUNDAY!!!
2. Nanne http://nannes-creations.blogspot.com/
3. tess www.sassycricutcrafting.com
4. Jamie M http://craftygirl21.blogspot.com
5. Janet http://janetscreativeworld.blogspot.com
6. Mary http://Mary-fortheloveofart.blogspot.com
7. Lisa Ch http://lisacustomscrapbooking.blogspot.com
8. Ashley http://especiallymade.blogspot.com
9. Jamie http://babyjaydensmommy.blogspot.com/
10. Melissa http://papershenaniganz.blogspot.com
11. Erica's Projects http://ericasprojects.blogspot.com/
12. Marji www.fstampaholic.blogspot.com
13. Nadja http://nadjarobbins.blogspot.com/
14. Andrea http://creativedesignsbyandrea.blogspot.com
15. Robin http://create-a-latte.blogspot.com/
16. Christina http://cema1cema.blogspot.com
17. Jodie http://jodiesscraplab.blogspot.com/
18. Mona http://scrapbookingforjoy.blogspot.com
19. Ava http://scrapbookdesign4u.blogspot.com
20. Jessica W http://www.craftinandstampin.blogspot.com   YOU ARE HERE NOW!!!
21. Blog Candy http://ericasblogcandy.blogspot.com/ END HERE ON SUNDAY!!!

OK all! Thanks for playing along in our hop!

Hope to catch you all Craftin' and Stampin'!

HIMCR Challenge # 57-Color Challenge!

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Hey All!
I am BACK for another challenge with the creative girls at HIMCR!!!

Today, we have a fun color challenge for you!!!

What's the colors you ask?????? How does these colors grab you:

SUNSET (Tangerine)
CRYSTAL BLUE (Turquise)
OLIVE (Olive Green)

I picked these colors out to try to give poor Laurie a break! She has SO MUCH on her plate with her move!!!! I can feel her pain, REALLY!!!

So, for this challenge, I decided I wanted to make something that I felt to be TOTALLY useful for our upcoming Housewarming Party! I already created a food table centerpiece (hint hint...check back tomorrow) and I needed some other decorations! I figured something for outside, that can be place along my umbrellas, or on my tables! So, after some thought, I decided to make lanterns!!! Here are some pictures!!!

I know, its picture heavy! And can you tell I am in LOVE with Instagram?? I love the aged look of my photos!

Supplies:

Cricut Craft Room

3D Lanters File

Cricut Font and Basic Shapes File

Paper-Close To My Heart and Stampin Up Patterned Paper

Pop Dots & Scotch Quick Dry

Ribbon Scraps

Clear cartridge from Cricut Cartridge (for windows)

OK all, I hope you go and enter YOUR creation as well as check out the other fantastic projects that my DT sisters created!!! Enter your project over at HIMCR!!!!

Hope to catch you all Craftin' and Stampin'!