Cricut Circle Weekly Challenge #37: Technique Challenge!

The Challenge: All week long the Cricut Circle Design Team has been showing new and different techniques to use with Cricut Cuts . . . Create a project of your choice including one of the techniques showcased this week. Choose one of these techniques and then apply it to your own project!

Rules and Guidelines: Circle Blog Challenges are open to Cricut Circle Members only. Your project must be newly created for this challenge and include at least 2 Cricut Image Cuts.

For this challenge, I choose to do the beads and glitter technique to dress up my Cricut cuts on this adorable ballet dancer card.

Indie Art:
  Roses 2 @ 1"
Twinkle Toes
  Stage Curtains 3"
  Ballet Girl 2.5"
Stickles - Yellow and Turquoise
Microbeads (on the center of the roses)
Pop Dots

 

Christmas in July - Challenge 3 & 4

Here's my entry for the Christmas in July Online Swarm Challenge 4 - Fiber Challenge.

The card was inspired by Cindy Royal's Hope You Dance Card in the July Cricut Circle Mag.
Pattern Paper is Hot off the Press
Glitter paper is DCWV
Card base is made from Popup Neighborhood - two 4.4" tags welded together on the gypsy and one lay at 4.2"
Figure skater is from Winter Woodland at 3.5"

Used pop dots on the skater, diamond stickles on the skater's white trim and silver liquid pearls on the skate blades.  Fiber is from Adornaments

Some day, I will add a sentiment to the card front and maybe some faux stitching with black marker.

Below is my entry for Challenge #3 - Step Out of Your Comfort Zone

We'll I definitely did that and ATTEMPTED to make a 3-D house from Winter Woodland. Needless to say, I won't be trying that again any time soon. I think I cut it too small as I had many issues with the parts and just got frustrated in the end. In my mind I had all of these great plans to add embellishments, but I was exhausted from the effort.

DCWV Cardstock
Winter Woodland Cartridge - house cut at 5"High and 11.5" width
Martha Stewart Tinsel Glitter and cotton balls.

Christmas in July - Challenge #2

Here's my design for the Cricut Circle MB Challenge #2 - Theme Challenge

Paper - DCWV Winter Combo and holograpic paper from my scraps
Doodlecharms - 2.5" snowman
Everyday Paper Dolls - scarf (used my Gypsy to get the correct sizing)Disney Pooh & Friends - top hat(used my Gypsy to get the correct sizing)Graphically Speaking - 1" & 1.5" snowflakes

Martha Stewart Tinsel Glitter, distressed ink and pop dots

Christmas in July - Take 2

Here's my second project for the Cricut Circle MB Challenge!  This was also based on a sketch, which I will try to post once I figure all of that out.  LOL.

Here's my recipe:

Paper:
DCWV Holiday Collection and The Christmas/Winter Combo

Cuts:
Accent Essentials - Top Note shape 5.5"
Celebrate w/ Flourish - Trees at 3" & 3.5"
Celebrate w/ Flourish - Ornament at 2.5"
Simply Sweet - 2010 at 1"

Also used pop dots and red i-Rock gems

Christmas In July

Hi All!

A few members on the Cricut Circle Message Board started a Christmas in July Challenge thread.  I thought this would be a good time to re-start my creativity.  This is my card to go with the sketch provided.  I'm struggling a little to get into the Christmas/Winter mindset with temps in the 80s/90s, but I think it turned out really cute.

Cardstock:  The Paper Company
Pattern Paper:  Paper Pizzaz and ColorBok
Cricut Cartridge:  Jolly Holidays Lite
Cuts:  2.5" Elf, 1.4" Noel Banner
Stickles

Summerfest 2011

Well, Summerfest has come to an end, but it was another great 11 days with fantastic weather, food, drinks and music.

Here's some pics from this year's festivities.

Harley Davidson Roadhouse Stage

Face painting - the lady that painted this did it freehand.  She did such an amazing job.  You can't really see the glitter in the picture, but there is glitter on top of the unicorn.

View from the sky glider.

The Main gate

Playing in the kid's splash pad.

Cricut Circle July Monthly Challenge - Let's Eat Challenge

On the first day of each month a new Monthly Challenge is announced on the Cricut Circle blog. The challenges are designed to inspire us to stretch your creative wings.

JULY MONTHLY CHALLENGE: Let’s Eat Challenge!
 One of the best things about the summertime is the opportunity to have meals and family gatherings outside! This month, we want you to create something with a BBQ, Picnic, or Patio theme, AND a gingham or check pattern.

Below is my entry for the challenge.  I used a sketch from Susan Stringfellow at Sketch Savvy.  BBQ and the grill were cut from Block Party, the star in the circle is from Gypsy Wanderings and the outline star is from Sesame Street Font.  The year is from Plantin Schoolbook and the small stars are from 2 different punches.

Here's the sketch:

Here's my layout:

Here's a close-up of the star detail since it's difficult to see in the full layout picture.

 

Summerfest!

Well I haven't been getting much scrapbooking or card making done these days.  I did make 20 thank you cards for my daughter to send out for the gifts she received on her b'day - but other than that I haven't been very motivated.  Maybe a long weekend will provide me with much need time to focus on my passion and some motivation.

Summerfest officially started (the World's Largest Music Festival) and we're going with some friends tomorrow.  Not looking forward to temps in the 90s (100-110 with the heat index), but hoping there will be a breeze off of Lake Michigan.

Here's some pics from last year.

My daughter with her favorite racing sausage (Chiorizo)

My daughter and I . . .

The Harley-Davidson Roadhouse Stage

And, always a favorite, the sky glider - my husband and daughter are in the red one

Crazy Driver

Enjoying her new birthday present!  Of course she wanted a pink one, but the Barbie Escalade didn't come with all of her requirements - must have cup holders, seat belts, a working radio and room to carry her "babies."  She loves that she can carry stuff around in the back of the vehicle too.

Salto Gymnastics

On the horse and balance beam at Salto.  Happy Birthday Princess!

Sponge Lover

Here's another page I did recently.  The pics are from last year, but I finally decided to tackle putting together SpongeBob.  He's cut out at 5" and I couldn't believe how many tiny parts there were especially on his socks.

Sophia just loves the SpongeBob ice cream - the part she likes the most is his gumball eyes!  I thought the Sponge Lover title, which comes from the cricut cart, was appropriate.

One more try. . .

It's been about a year since I first attempted the blog thing. So, I'm going to take another stab at it. . .just not sure I'll have the time to keep up with it.

Anyway, I'm attaching some pictures of recent scrapbook pages I've made. I've been trying to do the Cricut Circle Challenges as motivation to keep up with completing my pages quicker.

This first one is inspired from a layout in the Cricut Circle Magazine. The houses are from the Cricut Popup Neighborhood Cartridge and the font is Jubilee. I though this layout was perfect for a picture of our house when we first moved in. My favorite touch is our kittens outside of the blue house cut.














This second page is of pictures taken on Sophia's last day of school with her fancy shoes. She is such a fashionista - she put the whole outfit together herself and it looks fabulous. This page was for the Imaginisce Cricut Circle Challenge. It uses 2 different Imaginise papers, I-Rock crystals and I-Rock Pearl and 4 Cricut Image Cuts all from Once Upon a Princess.

Summerfest 2010

We had a fabulous time at Summerfest today. For those that don't know about Summerfest, it is the World's Largest Music festival that takes place for 11 days and has 11 stages with over 800 bands every summer in Milwaukee, WI. There is also lots of different food to enjoy.

My daughter quickly got into the swing of things and was even dancing on the benches to Mt. Olive - like a true Summerfest pro.

The weather was a bit chilly for the end of June (low 70s), but it was still a gorgeous day.

New Blog

Hi!

This is my first attempt at a blog! I'm sure it will take me a little while to figure out everything. Wish me luck!

Lisa