July 14 Challenge

Welcome to another challenge.  This week's challenge is a crafters' choice.  You must have at least 2 cuts.

For my project I decided to make a birthday card.  You can never have too many birthday cards.

All cuts were made from Paper Doll Dress Up at 3.5" using the mermaid key.  The face was made using a stamp from Peachy Keen stamps.

Thanks for visiting!

June 30 Challenge

I don't know about you but this summer is flying by.  Before you know it we'll be starting back to school and all the hustle that goes with that.  Today's challenge was to create a card, layout, or other paper craft celebrating summer and using at least 1 sign.  This was a challenge and I didn't decide what to do until basically the last minute.

 I was actually very pleased with how this turned out, especially since I was trying a couple "new" technique.

I started by tearing the tan card stock and inking the edges.  Then using the same color ink that I used to ink the edges I used a stippling brush to dab a little color on the "sand" to give it a little texture.

I then added the sign.  I did the same technique for the sky; I used 2 colors for the sky to give a little added depth.

Once finished with the sky I added the water.  I used the image then welded 2 of the same image together to ensure that the pieces would be long enough.  When I glued the "water" together I alternated the waves going left and right to attempt to give it some movement.

I'm definitely pleased with the results, especially since I was stumped on what to do for this project.  Thanks for visiting!

Cartridges used:

3 Birds on Parade: chick @ 3", inner tube @ 3"

H2O: sign @ 2.29"

Paper Doll Dress Up:  water @ 1.0 (2 cuts welded together)

Accent Essentials:  sun @  2.76"

St. Patrick's Day Challenge

Welcome everyone!  With any luck spring is right around the corner.  I absolutely love snow, but even I'm done for the year.  Along with spring St. Patty's day is also right around the corner so today's challenge is to create a card, layout, or other paper craft for St. Patty's day.

I decided to create a very simple card for the occasion.

I used pear cardstock, green gingham ribbon, and green stickles.

Cartridge used is Paper Doll Dress-Up at 1.5

daily project

Welcome all to my little blog world.  I have the project for today at Exploring Cricut.

For today I chose to create a canvas picture for a friend's son.

I cut freehand the mountain.
Cartridges and cuts:
Paper Doll Dress Up
     , Acc 3, cut at 1.5"
      cut at 2.5"
      cut at 2.5"
     , Acc 2, cut at 3.0"
     , Headwear, cut at 2.5"
     , blackout, cut at 2.5"

I used a stamp set from Peachy Keen to stamp the face and used copic markers to color the face and hands.