My Imagine-ation Monday August 20, 2012 CCR Carts

Good morning fellow crafters! I hope you had a great weekend!  I did, but it is the end of my vacation.  Back to work for me!

Today's project was definitely a labor of love.  Both my kids have learning disabilities, so I know what kind of year their teachers are in for already!!  LOL! I know the miracles they will work with my kidlets and this is the least I can do for them.

Using the Cricut Craftroom Exclusive cartridges K-12 and Bookmark Classics, I created this school supply cake for my daughter's teacher.

 She is in a third/fourth grade combination class so I made both a third grade flag and a fourth grade flag. They are cut from the K-12 CCR cart!  Awesome cartrdge, by the way!

The School house is cut from My World Cricut cartridge.

And the Back To School sign is from Cricut Office Help cartridge.

Finally, I cut and laminated 36 5 inch bookmarks from CCR exclusive cart Bookmark Classics.

Well, there you have it.  Please go back over to My Cricut Craftroom to see what amazing projects my sister design team members have in store for you!

Have a great day!

Hugs!

Jodie

My Cricut Craft Room Theme Thursday--Back To School!!

Good morning, friends!!  As you are reading this, we are busy running all over the house looking for lost shoes, backpacks, sweaters, etc.  It is back to school day in our household!  Hubby and I are overjoyed!  I wish the kids were as excited. 

Today's project is going to help us stay more organized this year.  With a 17 year old and and 8 year old in two very different schools, it gets kind of confusing as to who is doing what when.  My son is famous for saying things like, "but I told you we have an all day competion!"  an hour before the competition!!  Grrr!!!

 Well, I went to the Dollar Tree and found these two magnetic whiteboards.  So excited!  They were only a $1.00 each!  Then I took some vinyl.  Red is for Vince and purple is for Alyssa.  Their favorite colors or did you figure that one out already? LOL!!

Using A Child's Year, I cut out their names at 1.5 inches and the the read image and the child reading at 2.25 inches.

I used contact paper to take them off the vinyl backing and laid them on the white boards, placing them where I wanted them to be.

Viola!!  We can write little reminders about where we need to be at what time and we are ready for the next school year!!

I hope you enjoyed my simple project today.  Please go back over to My Cricut Craftroom to see what amazing projects my sister design team members have in store for you!

It's Scrapbook Friday Dance Edition!!

Good Morning!  Hot enough for you?!?!  LOL!  Today, my project for My Cricut Craft Room is a layout using a dance theme.  My little princess isn't into dance in any organized way, but when she was little, she loved to dance, especially when someone was holding her.  I had a couple pictures of her with the babysitter's daughter, and thought they would be perfect for this layout. 

I used the new Circle cart Something To Remember for the cuts. 

I love the font.  It is not too skinny and not to fat.  It is just right!

Of course what is a layout without a little bling, right?

Finally, I made this little bead spray to look like a bouquet of flowers.  So easy to make and so much fun!  You do get sore fingers after a while though.  So much twisting and turning.

Well, there you have it.  That is my project for the week.  Please head back over to  hope you enjoyed it!  Don't forget to go back to My Cricut Craft room and give my sister design team members some love too!

Have a great weekend and stay cool!!

Hugs,

Jodie

Erica's Craft Room 100 Cricut Cartridge Blog Hop Day TWO

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

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. What an exciting weekend!!

As special treat enjoy 10% off of your total purchase with Erica's Craft Room Store.
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I have made this great project to share with you today.  It's an explosion box for my sweet step daughter, Jenny.  I used Ole, Florals Embellished and Teresa Collins Black and white Imagine Cartridges, plus a few cuts from other carts.  

I printed a 12 x 12 zebra print page from Teresa Collins on white cardstock and I cut a lid from Sweet Tooth Boxes at 7.25 inches on real size.  It fit the Explosion box perfectly.  

For the lid, I cut the donkey Pinata from Ole cut at 2.5 inches. I put the layers together and backed it with some  red ruffled ribbon.

For the inside, I cut a butterfly and a dove from Florals Embellished at 2.75 inches.  the phrase Feliz Cumpleanos from Ole cut at 3 inches.

The cake was a little different. I cut a 2 inch circle and a 3 inch circle and 3 1 inch by 11 inch strips of paper.  It was a lot of trial and error, but I created a pretty fun cake with a small storage compartment in the top layer to hold some little earrings. I will refine the directions and do another how to post later.

So, there is my finished project.  I hope you enjoy it.

Mona's project is next. 

 http://scrapbookingforjoy.blogspot.com/ 

And here is the complete line up if you get lost along the way!

MCCR http://mycricutcraftroom.blogspot.com/
Nanne http://nannes-creations.blogspot.com/
tess www.sassycricutcrafting.com
Jamie M http://craftygirl21.blogspot.com/
Janet http://janetscreativeworld.blogspot.com/
Mary http://Mary-fortheloveofart.blogspot.com/
Lisa Ch http://lisacustomscrapbooking.blogspot.com/
Ashley http://especiallymade.blogspot.com/
Jamie http://babyjaydensmommy.blogspot.com/
Melissa http://papershenaniganz.blogspot.com/
Erica's Projects http://ericasprojects.blogspot.com/
Marji www.fstampaholic.blogspot.com
Nadja http://nadjarobbins.blogspot.com/
Andrea http://creativedesignsbyandrea.blogspot.com/
Robin http://create-a-latte.blogspot.com/
Christina http://cema1cema.blogspot.com/
Jodie http://jodiesscraplab.blogspot.com/
Mona http://scrapbookingforjoy.blogspot.com/
Ava http://scrapbookdesign4u.blogspot.com/
Jessica W http://www.craftinandstampin.blogspot.com/
Blog Candy http://ericasblogcandy.blogspot.com/

Imagine Monday

Good morning my fellow paper crafters! I hope everyone had a great weekend!  Can't believe it went so fast!

My project today is made using my Imagine and Lori's Garden!  I love that cart so much.  It reminds me of my sister, whose name is also Lorie!  The picture in my LO is of my dad, little sister, Angie, and brother, Jake.  It was taken at Lori's wedding!  

The birdcage and flower sprays are cut 9 inches and in layers.  The background paper is also from Lori's Garden, as is the banner at the top of the page.  The bead spray on top of the bird cage is my creation also.  So fun and easy to make!! 

Well, That is my project.  I hope you enjoyed it!  Don't forget to go back to My Cricut Craft room and give my sister design team members some love too!  Also, don't forget to meet me at My Cricut Craft Room this weekend for an awesome blog hop!  I can't wait to show you my project for that! Sooo excited!!

Hugs,

Jodie

My Cricut Craft Room Sketch Challenge

Hello my fellow Cricut lovers!

Today I did a simple little card following a sketch Erica posted on her blog.

Isn't it cute?!?!

Well, this was my take on it!

I'm not much of a card maker, but this was really fun.  I cut the card base and the mat from Art Philosophy.  That cart is so versatile!! Then I cut the banner and the phrase "Thank You" from Just a Note!  What an adorable cart that is!  The original banner on Just a Note had really cute second layers, but I was afraid that my banner would be too small to cut out the detailed cuts so I cut several banners out of different colors and glued them on a base banner.  The original layers are so cute though.  Next time I do a LO, I will just have to add this banner with those cuts. 

For the phrase ""Thank You" I again only did the first two layers.  I wanted it to be simple so it wouldn't overwhelm the whole card.  I just had to bling it up though!  Couldn't resist!

Don't forget to go back to My Cricut Craft Room to enter Erica's HUGE giveaway.  It is awesome!

Well, thank you for stopping by!  If you like my card or think I could do something a little better, I am open to comments and suggestions.  Last week everyone was so nice and I really appreciated every comment!  Thank you for all the love you gave me!!  It meant so much!!

Have a great day!

Jodie

My First Design Team post for My Cricut Craft Room!

Hi and welcome to my very first blog post as a designer for My Cricut Craft Room.  Sooo excited!!

I am always looking for ways to use my Cricut diecuts in ways that are different and unique.  Today, I have one of those projects. My daughter's birthday is coming up in August, so I decided to make her a piece of art for her new house.

At first glance, you don't really see the diecuts.  Actually, I used the cuts as stencils to create my piece!

I started with a 8 x 10 canvas board.  For this project you really have to use the canvas board and not a stretched canvas because you need the support that the board gives the canvas.  I covered it in Tim Holtz distress ink, (Tattered Rose.) Then I cut several shapes out of thin chipboard using the Art Philosophy cartridge.  You want to choose images that are all solid piece.  Make sure all the swirls and florishes are attached to the main shape.

Next, decide where you want the images to be on your board. Then, while holding my shape in place I  follow these directions from Liquetex: "To use the product, just take a small amount with a little spoon or knife, spread it over your stencil and then lightly scrape with a plastic or metal edge so that the paste remains in the design. It's like spackling a wall, but on a much smaller scale. Pull up your stencil carefully, and you're done. The paste dries permanently, although slowly, to a subtle sandy texture."

Finally, I poured glitter over the entire area before it dried to give it a little bit of glimmer and set it in the sun to dry.  Once it was dry, I shook off the excess glitter.  The neatest thing happened.  The ink I used to cover the canvas faded everywhere there was no paste.  It was so cool.

I finished it up with the rolled roses and some floral stamps and gold ink. For the roses, I cut out one of the flowers, again from Art Philosphy, and used it as a pattern to cut these shapes.  Only the Cricut Mini will cut felt and I don't have one of those (YET!) LOL!!

This is one I did earlier for my friend for Mother's day.

 I wish you could see it in person.  It came out so well. I also used some crackel medium in the corner to give it an aged, distress look.  The result was awesome and the project was messy and fun.