My Pink Stamper Giveaway!

Robyn is giving away a new Cricut Expression! Go to her blog and check it out!

Big Daisy accent!

I love Primas. And, I really really really would like to make my own. So, a little while ago I saw a daisy made with DS on the cricut MB. So, here's my recreation, using a neat little font called Saru's Flower Ding. You can find it on dafont.com This flower is four paired layers. When you go to make it, I inked, chalked or sprayed before assembly; especially the innermost layer! Also, bigger is better with this file. I think you could make little ones if you left off the smallest layers. This one was made at 4.5" for the biggest flower, in yellow. The 4 bigger petals go scored down the middle of each petal, like a real Gerbera Daisy. I chalked with inner layers, and used Tattered Angels Glimmer mist in Sunflower:



Here's the file:



Finally, here's the layout it was for! My DD is a city girl, and got to go to a county fair in Montana last summer. Boy, did she love it! A little girl was there exhibiting her cow, Daisy, and very graciously allowed Hannah to help her. Font is Gypsy Font; cows are from My World; daisy is from me!



Thanks for visiting. Hope you can leave a comment if you choose to download the file.

Wow, this one took forever to get here!

For the Cricut MB Cropping with the stars contest I entered a neat little "word book" that's really a lift the flap book. I loved making it! It was created on my Gypsy, and I had thought about sharing it here, but it was created on an older build and is a complete mess! If you'd like it anyhow, please leave me a comment and I'll email it to you! Each little page has an EDPD or PDDU created in the image of the person, and when you lift the flap the child can see a picture of themselves with their loved one. My DD is 2 and loves lift-the-flap books, so I'll have to make more of these!

Creative punch uses!

I love punches. That's a new thing for me, but I find them so satisfying. What I don't like is their price tag! So, I got a few after Christmas when they were cheap cheap. The Pine Needles edge punch is my current favorite. I used it to make a ribbon-like band of needles for this page:





To make the ribbon like strip, it's a bit of trial and error. You'll need a slim strip, cut to length. For Pine Needles, I found 1 1/8" was a good width, leaving me with a strip connecting in the middle. It was pretty just like that, but I added ribbon to the final LO, just for added dimension.







http://frommycraftroom.blogspot.com/2010/02/bordering-circles-and-oval-with-your.html has other great ideas for using your border punches in creative ways, including making circles/ovals. They look awesome, check her blog out!


Finally, I got to use another new cartridge, Destinations. Love it! I used cricut markers to draw, then I cut and layered like a frame on my photo. Love the effect!

New cartridge for me: Heritage!

I lately just got the new cricut cartridge, Heritage. It's soooo pretty, and quite versatile: I'm using a lot of the little tags. In this LO I've cut my pictures into the tag. I always take photos of the names of where we go, particularly because I just can't seem to remember anything these days (mommy brain!). They make great tags! Just run a bit of scrap through your cricut before cutting your actual photo to check alignment!

Yellow Perch Catastrophe!

Again, from Camping last summer. Hannah caught a tiny little yellow perch, and was just devastated! She had desperately wanted to go fish, but the reality was not expected! Font for "Yellow Perch" is Segoe Script; "Catastrophe" is MisterEarl BT (a favorite!). Thanks for visiting!

Long Car Ride?

One of my favorite LOs in a long time! Wiggles was 1 and a half, and we were going camping. Car rides are only fun when your big sister sits next to you colouring, and you can grab her markers! Sadly, puppy got dragged into the action too! Font for "colour" is Morning Limerick BTN, cut with 3 layers: regular, shadow 3 and shadow 5; Font for "Long car ride... no problem" is MisterEarl BT.