Cricut FEBRUARY MONTHLY CHALLENGE: Share the Love Challenge!

February, the month for love! Especially since my son was born on Valentine's Day!!

The Cricut monthly challenge is "What better way to share your love with someone else than to take the time to create a handmade gift for them?! We challenge you to do just that!"  And include at least 2 Cricut Image Cuts.

Valentine's day is full of flowers and candy.  What better way to show someone you love with handmade flowers that will last a LONG time.

The majority of the flowers are cut from the Florals Embellished cartridge.(Layer 2 shift)  I picked these flowers cause they have a heart shaped petal.  Additionally, two different flowers were cut from the Flower Bloom cartridge.  I added crystal brads to the middle of each flower.  The heart was cut from the Four Legged Friends cartridge. 
I added a red ribbon and a Love charm to the valantine heart.
I hope you enjoy my bouquet as much as I enjoyed making it for a very special person.

Cricut DECEMBER MONTHLY CHALLENGE: Holiday Gift Wrapping Challenge

For the Cricut Circle blog the challenge is:  How do you use your Cricut to add details or personalization to your gift-wrapping for those special people in your life? Show us! We can’t wait to see your ideas!  AND include at least 2 Cricut Image Cuts.

I love presents wrapped in boxes with pretty ribbons bows.  I took an old tin and covered it with white paper.  Added some glitter and then cut out Christmas ornament shapes from the "Christmas Cheer" cartridge.  I topped my box off with a bow made with my new Cricut mini and the 2 cuts in two different sizes of the shadow of the round 3D ornament.  Added some roses for a nice detail.  Additionally, I put a pin on the back so the bow can be worn on clothing.  I hope you enjoy my Holiday Gift wrap!  Have a Merry Christmas holiday.

Cricut NOVEMBER EXCLUSIVE SOPHIE CARTRIDGE CONTEST!

This month for the Cricut magazine challenge, the guidelines are:
Use your Sophie cartridge for at least 3 cuts to create your project.
I love th Sophie cartridge.  Hope you enjoy my creation.

Using the Sophie cartridge, I cut out 3 of the birdcage and made the birdcage 3D. 

Additionally, I cut out the birds in two sizes and a butterfly.

I cut the flower stems hanging down from Accent Essential cartridge and the flowers are from Mother's Day Bouquet (I just LOVE flowers.)

I hope you enjoy.





Greetings

I love this time of year.  All the beautiful decorations and goodies to eat.
Thankful to the Lord to bless us with the birth of Jesus.
Hope you enjoy my Christmas themed Christmas projects.

Cricut OCTOBER MONTHLY CHALLENGE: Halloween Home Decor Challenge!

The guidelines for this project are:  Create a Halloween Home Decor project! Your project must include at least 2 different Cricut Image Cuts!
A Halloween wreath would perfect for welcoming my guest at the front door, so this was inspiration for my creation.

This would have been a perfect "repurpose" project.  I wrapped the wreath in a knitted scarf that when washed, ended up a tight mess, but the perfect texture of wrapping around the wreath alternating with orange ribbon.

The cartridges I used:

Celebrate with Flourish for:  Happy Halloween, Treat or Treat, and witch on broom with moon behind her,

Pumpkin Carvings for: cat, bats, spider, ghosts, tomb with RIP, and round spider web.

October 31st:  Spiders, bats, long spider webs, pumpkin, skelton, and witch's hat.

Hope you enjoy it as much fun as I did making the spooky wreath for my front door.

Cricut BLOGIVERSARY: Imagine Layer and Print Challenge!

The criteria for this challenge is as follows:
Use your Imagine Machine to print a background . . and use it on your project as well as cutting an image of your choice in layers- that’s right, choose the layers option on your image and print out one or all of the layers offered, piece them together on your project!
All of the images in the card created are from the Imagine cartridge "Snow Angel."

CricutBLOGIVERSARY: Circle Cartridge Challenge

In celebration of Cricut's one year anniversary of their blog, there are many challenges to win some great prizes. The rules for this challenge are:
Create a project of your choice with one or more of the Cricut Circle Exclusive cartridges! (French Manor, Shall We Dance, Cricut Everyday, Pop-Up Neighborhood, or Sophie) Your project must include atleast 2 different Cricut Image Cuts. And YES! You can mix in other cartridges with your Circle Exclusive cartridges.
This is a great challenge.  I love the new Sophie cartridge.

The card was cut from the "Sophie" cartridge.

The flowers are from the cartridge "Mother's Day Bouquet."

The saying, "you make my heart sing" is from the Imagine "Better Together."

I really enjoyed making this card and I hope you enjoy.