Down on the Farm challenge

Hi everyone and thanks for stopping by for another fantastic challenge at Exploring Cricut.  The challenge for today was to create a card, layout, or other paper craft with a farm theme.  I thought this one would be very difficult since I don't have kids to take to the farm.  Here's my take on this challenge.

 I used the new cartridge from Close to My Heart "Artbooking" to create a farm book.  This is my first project with this cartridge and I must say I love it.  The cuts made were

<1> using Photo Mat 1 feature at 8" I cut 2
<1-s> Photo Mat 1 feature at 8"
<1> Photo Mat 2 feature at 8"
<1-s> Photo Mat 2 feature at 8" I cut 2
<2> Photo Mat 2 feature at 8"
<2-s> Photo Mat 2 feature at 8"
Overlay feature at 7.5"
The letters for this page were cut at 1" from the Doodletype cartridge.

The lettering for this page was cut at 1" using Sans Serif.

The lettering for each of the animal cards was cut from Sans Serif at 1"
Each animal was cut from the Animal Kingdom cartridge at 2.53".

For the goat, cat, and sheep I used fun flock to make it look fluffy.  I used pink stickles for several animals noses and black sparkles for some of their eyes.

To assemble the book, each inner page is a little over half the size of the big page.  I alternated one on top then one on the bottom.  Then used ribbon to tie the book together.

Thanks for taking the time to view my project.  Don't forget to play along and link your project back at Exploring Cricut.

Cricut Choice Challenge

For this challenge we were to use a cartridge that we haven't used or haven't used very much to create a card, layout, or other paper craft.  Since I was trying to work ahead at this point this was kind of easy for me because I had just gotten a couple of new cartridges that I couldn't wait to try out.  One of our little fellas that I work with in Children Worship & Wonder was having surgery earlier this month so I wanted to make him a special get well card.  Here is my challenge project for this week.

I started with a Moxy paper from my stash that I cut 5x7. I then cut out my puppy using Create-a-Critter.  I used the dalmation from page 35 and I cut the base at 3.71 in chocolate and then using the layer 1 feature I cut the top layer in colonial white at the same size (using gypsy).

The "title" of the card "Bow wow" is from Four-legged Friend.  I cut this at 1" using the normal key, shift key and normal and layer feature.  Woof is from Animal Kingdom and is also cut at 1".

I had to include an explanation on the inside so his parents didn't think I had totally cracked.  And of course the paw print also comes from Four-Legged Friend (minus the nails).  To represent my Ella's signature.  We got word around lunch time that our little guy had come through the surgery and was doing well!  God is Great!!!!

Thanks for viewing my project!  I hope you have fun playing along.  Diane has issued me a "special" challenge...no more Art Philosophy until I've used all of my other cartridges at least once.  I hope I can do it (I may have to cheat just a little).

Till next time!!!

Daily Project: Go Panthers

It's time again for my daily project. This one is one that's been done for a week. I teach at a very small school system, and we've got an awesome group of boys playing basketball this year. We were runners-up in our District Tournament this year and we were asked to decorate our door. Me, I didn't want to decorate my entire door becuase of the amount of time it would take, and I don't have a full class of students willing to do it like other people. Sorry my little dig, but it couldn't be helped. On to being positive and my project. (just a quick note, there is not a panther on any cartridge!!! what an outrage!!!)

For my project this week I started with a small poster. I know you are out there cheering that it isn't a card! I used the cartridge Makin' the Grade for the "Go" and "Beat". They were welded using the gypsy (except for the "at", they wouldn't weld for some reason). These were cut out in black (one of our school colors) at 4.52x2.43.
I then searched frantically for a panther (nada) and then I thought about using an ant, but I didn't have that either. So I did the next best thing and improvised. I used the tiger from the Animal Kingdom cartridge cut out at 4.79x6.65 using the gypsy. Also using the gypsy, it has a hide feature so I was able to go through and hide all of the cuts for the stripes (since panthers don't have stripes!) I added a pink nose and used a Honey marker for the eyes. To make him show up a little better I used a glitter pen on the detail cuts.

I then added a cardinal from the cartridge 50 States. (Our next game was against the Clark Co. Cardinals of course). This was a little easier since I could actually find this bird. I cut the bird out on 3.18x4.53 in black, then used a red for the layer. to get the legs and beak I cut another full image in Honey and cut what I needed. The large "A"s were very simple, cut from Alphalicious at 3.13x5.0.
The fun part was the cheerleaders. The cheerleaders were cut from Everyday paper dolls at 5". Each layer was also cut at the same size. Since it has gotten close to impossible to find a good match for skin color the cheerleaders were cut out using a white paper that comes from StampTV and then colored using copic markers. The colors that were used were:

Skin color: E00, E11, E13, R20

Hair: 1. E25, E31, E50; 2. E35, E31, YR20

Uniform: C7, C6, YR14, YR15, YR16

the same colors used for the uniforms were also used for the pon poms and shoes. I outlined her lips using E04 (natural lipstick) and just grabed a blue and blue/green to do their eyes. .
As a final touch I used bitty sparkles to set off their ponytails. Since the cheerleaders didn't really show up very well (because of the light colors) I decided to take a black marker and trace around the edges. This really helped them to pop off the page.

Thanks for taking the time to look at my daily project for this round. I hope everyone has an awesome day and Happy Scrappin'

Emily

Exploring Cricut Challenge: Winter Scene

Happy New Year everyone! I'm not usually one for making resolutions because I ultimately break them, but this year I am going to resolve to try to use cartridges that are collecting dust on my shelf. I feel, afterall, at one point there was something about each and every cartridge that made it a must have. So to start the year off right I used this thinking for this project. I won't say I've never used these cartridges, but it's been awhile and even then I only used one or two images. So, as the song says...." Let's get this party started!"


The challenge for this week is to create a page, card, or paper craft that depicts a winter scene or sport. For my project this week I decided to use the cartridges Animal Kingdom, Very Merry Tags, and Winter Frolic.

I started out with a picture frame that was purchased at our local Wal-Mart store (not an endorsment by any means). The frame was 8x10 so I cut my snowflake pattern paper to that size. I thought the blue and snowflakes made a perfectly peaceful evening sky. I then took a piece of White Daisy cardstock and cut a gentle wave using a CM trimmer. I layered these three pieces so that they resembled rolling hills or snow drifts. I only adhered the bottom edge so that I could slide my images that I cut between the layers. I then cut the Christmas trees using the Very Merry Tag cartridge at 4.65" (width according to the Gypsy). I cut 3 based using White Daisy (shadow) and the image using Topiary. I then cut 2 deer using the Animal Kingdom cartridge at 3" and 2.88" (width according to the Gypsy). The "female" deer is actually from a layer button so it didn't have the hooves and antlers. Once you layer it in the "snow drifts" you can't tell that the "female" doesn't have hooves. I used markers to color in the antlers, eyes, nose, and other shading. For the finishing touches on the deer, a little fun flock in white was added to their tails. The title came from the Winter Frolic cartridge. Silent Night was cut at 1.82" (width according to Gypsy) using White Daisy cardstock, then layered onto black cardstock and trimmed.
Thanks for viewing my project, and may you have a Happy New Year!!!

Materials used:
frame (Wal-mart), cardtock: White Daisy, topiary, Desert sand, black (CTMH), patterned paper: Woodland blue with snowflakes (CTMH), Markers: blush, chocolate, black (CTMH), Fun Flock: white (Stampendous), CM trimmer