Would You Ever Guess Wednesday- Tags

Summer keeps me busy, and so far this summer, all I have had time for is the projects for My Cricut Craft Room.  I'm having a blast doing them, but don't worry, I'll have more projects for you all as summer ends and Fall begins. This week, my project for Would You Ever Guess Wednesday is a tag. I've never made a tag before, so this was a challange. But I kinda like how it turned out.

  I made a little owl Tag to put into my youngest daughters snack bag on her first day of kindergarten. (I'm having a hard time with her starting school)

Cartridges:
 Tag shape- Gypsy Wanderings cut @ 4.5 and the layer @ 4
  Owl- Gypsy Wanderings- cut @3
  Owl always Love you- Phrases cut @ 2

  I cut the 2 sizes of tags because the Gypsy Wanderings doesn't have a layer feature. I used my Atg to stick the smaller cut onto the larger cut. I then welded the stick and the owl together using the gypsy because I wanted it in 1 piece and not the 2 it was supposes to be. I pop doted him to the tag for a bit of demension. I added some bling for the eyes. I cut the sentiment at 2, but it too a couple of cuts. I tried at 1 and it really was too small. So 2 worked.

I  added some bling, and there you have it:) I hope my little monkey likes it.

 If you want to see some more wonderful projects head on over to My Cricut Craft Room

Brought to You Today, by the Letter G

 Thats right, today is the day we bring you a project either made with a cartridge that starts with a letter, or a cut with that letter. I choose a cut, and I picked a guitar. My first instinct was a gecko, but I didn't really know how to use that cut, so on to plan B I went.

  I have to say, as time goes on, I am getting more comfortable being on this team. Its a lot of work to come up with a project everyweek, and sometimes the themes make it a real brain teaser, but I truely am having a great time. I pshed myself out of my creative comfort zone and made a card today. If you go back through my blog, you will see that I don't make any cards. They're just not my forte. But I gave it a whirl:

Cartridges:

 Card shape- Art Philosophy- cut @ 5.5
 Star- Art Philosophy-Cut @ 3 (basic /layer- shift)

Guitar- American Alphabet (Expression 2 built in cart)-cut @ 3
You Rock- American Alphabet-cut @ 4

All paper was scraps I had in my stash.
Ribbon-Stash
Twine

 I wish I had more pictures to show you how I made this, haha, but sadly after using my gypsy for a year now, I had forgotten how to use my E2 without it. I also can't sync the built in carts to my gypsy because MY laptop died and I;m stuck using the DH's netbook. It was a challange trying to rememeber how to choose cuts, and size them and cut just using the cricut. This card took me about 5 hours to figure out, so this is what I have:) I kinda like it. I don't have a sentiment on the inside yet, because I'm not to sure who I will give it too and for what occassion, so I'm just leaving it blank til then:)

 If you wanna see more "G" projects, or some cool Imagine projects, head over to Erica's blog at My Cricut Craft Room, and show my DT sister's some love:)



Theme Day Thursday

 Happy Theme Day Thursday everyone. Today's theme was BEDTIME. I thought this one was going to be a pretty simple layout for me. I knew what I wanted to do and everything...somehow, its not what I had imagined though.

 Both my girls have about 16 stuffed animals with them when they go to bed. Somedays I have trouble finding my oldest in the mornings because she's buried under all of the them. I left the large flag for journaling. I didn't have time to print my pictures for this last out either.

Cuts:
Puppy- Cut @ 3- EveryDay Paper Dolls
Bear- Cut@ 3 Slumber Party Lite
Pillow-Cut @ 3 Everyday Paper Dolls
Font- Cut @ 1 A Child's Year

Cuts-
Monkey-Cut @ 3- Everyday Paper Dolls
Bear- See above
Font- Cut @3 Hannah Montana

Paper-
Cardstock-Recollections
                -scraps
Pattern- CTMH
Ribbon- my stash


  We've had some HOT days here, so I'm sure today will be no different. Although, the mornings have a fall like feel to them lately. Its kinda nice and sad at the same time, I love fall, but my last baby starts kindergarten in September:( Hope everyone has a wonderful day, and if you're in the part of the US still under the huge heatwave, stay cool!
  
To check out more amazing Theme Day projects check out http://mycricutcraftroom.blogspot.ca/ to see what the rest of my DT sister made!

100 Cricut Cartridge Hop- Day 1

Welcome to Erica's "My Cricut Craft Room" 100 Cricut Cartridge blog hop day 1.

 You should have started at My Cricut Craft Room, if not, please start at the beginning.

You should have come here from Miranda http://www.nanasscrapspot.com/.

 We bring you this hop the first full weekend of every month, and we showcase projects using over 100 different Cartridges!!

As a 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!).

This month I choose to showcase:

H2O

Mickey's Font and
Life's a Beach

  Here is my first project: Life's a Beach

   In order to get all the layer for everything, I used my trust Gypsy and just hid the elements I didn't want on the same image. HOW did I ever scrapbook without the gypsy!!!?!

  I wanted it all to match so I laid it out on the gypsy so that everything that was supposed to be red was in one corner, and orange in another, and no forth.

Then I laid the paper down, and made my cuts.

Cut sizes:
Palm trees- 4
Chair-3
Umbrella-3
Pineapple drink-3
"Retreat/Seahorse" 4

  For my next project the plan was to only use H2O, but once I got going on it, I thought, hey I could use both H2O and Mickeys Font, so here it is:

  Laying out my idea. I'm a visual person and need to see all my supplies.

  "All Wet" from the H2O cart. Cut at 4

 Finished layout. I was in Jamaica, but love that it was a cloudy day, so that this all kinda went together.

 I used Mickey' s Font to cut out Dunn's. This cart is truly one of my favorite goto carts. I use this font ALL the time.

 So there you have my 3 cartridges. Hope you enjoyed my projects.

 Your next stop is LB http://www.coolbeansbylb.blogspot.com/


Here is the line up in case you get lost along the way:
MCCR http://mycricutcraftroom.blogspot.com/
jenn lorist http://www.jennspapercrafts.blogspot.com/
Teresa http://www.createenjoyshare.blogspot.com/
Kathy http://3spoileddogs.blogspot.com/
shelley http://shelley-scrapbookingforfun.blogspot.com/
heather http://heathernovinger.blogspot.com/
Jessica S http://jessicascraftshaque.blogspot.com/
Tammy - http://www.Cuttinandstampin.blogspot.com/
Jen L http://www.mybusycraftylife.blogspot.com/
Erica's Projects http://ericasprojects.blogspot.com/
Samantha http://www.samanthascricutcreations.blogspot.com/
robin http://create-a-latte.blogspot.com/
amy http://clayfulimagination.blogspot.com/
Miranda http://www.nanasscrapspot.com/
Angie http://crazyscraplady-angelpie.blogspot.com/
LB http://www.coolbeansbylb.blogspot.com/
Cathy http://cathyplus5.blogspot.com/
Claire http://threewaterscreations.blogspot.com/
Lisa Carrier http://ourcraftingcorner.blogspot.com/
Blog Candy http://ericasblogcandy.blogspot.com/

Happy Friday My dear Friends. Today is Scrapbook Friday over at My Cricut Craft Room. Its all about Layouts! The theme I choose today was Movie Night!

  We usually have 1 night a month were me and my girls just watch a movie together, pop some popcorn and just veg. I don't usually take pictures of it, because its a "No Technology Allow" kinda night. I put the phone away, the laptop too, so I never really think to grab my camera lol. But now I have a layout to add pics too, so I will have to take atleast 2:)

 CARTRIDGE: Nifty Fifties
                              -Tv @ 4'
                              -"Flicks" @ 3'
                              -"Tube" @ 2'

Recipe:
Blue Cardstock- Bazzill
Kraft Cardstock
All Pattern Paper- Authentique
Liquid Pearl- Silver 

  Make sure you head on over to My Cricut Craft Room to see some more amazing layouts!!