Just Chillin' Layout

Hello there and welcome to my blog! Today I've got a fun layout to share with you. Sadly we recently put our beloved dog, Kobe to sleep so I decided that scrapping a few photos of her with my daughter would make me feel better. These photos were taken about 4 years ago when my daughter was about 4. She was sitting on our back stoop eating a Push Pop when Kobe decided to check out what she was eating.... 

Needless to say, Penny gladly shared her ice cream with Kobe and made Kobe's day! I used some of my FAVORITE paper for this one, Echo Park Paper's Country Drive. I love the colors in this whole collection! I also used my Cricut and cut the "Just Chillin'" title from the Create a Critter.

Make sure you stop back again soon! I've got some more great creations to share with you!

Sparkly Cat Card

Today I just have a super quick post. This is a new card I created with Glimmer Mist, American Crafts Glitter Paper, my Cricut Create a Critter cartridge and my i-rock.


Want more details? Check out the Cutters Creek Design Team blog for the new Tutorial Tuesday!

Happy New Year!

Wow! I can't believe how fast Christmas and New Year's flew by! I have been trying to craft like crazy but actually got more cleaning of my scraproom done than anything else! It's far from clean but.... at least I can see part of my desk top!

I was lucky enough to get a few samples of the new Action Wobbles that will be released to stores soon. I haven't figured out how to download videos from my phone to my computer yet but as soon as I do I will post a video of this card in action! For now, here's a photo:


I cut this adorable lamb from the Create a Critter Cricut Cartridge. Then I used some fabulous Imaginisce papers, my i-rock, a Martha Stewart border punch and my Pink By Design Country Life stamp set to put together this card! I embossed the white layer with my D'Vine Swirl Cuttlebug folder. Instead of adding Pop Dots to my lamb like I normally would I decided to add the wobble feature. It's like a little spring and the lamp jiggles around! I will seriously try to figure out the video stuff ASAP! I can't wait until I can get a bigger pack of the Action Wobbles!!!!

I'm about 2 years behind in my scrapbooking and photo printing right now, I'm sure others are in the same boat! But the magic of Christmas morning can surely be seen in the photos so I wanted to create a layout to reflect that. The patterned papers I chose are by Echo Park from the Merry Christmas line.


I used my Tim Holtz Walnut Stain Distress Ink around the edges of all of my paper pieces and photo mats. Then I used my Create A Critter Cricut cartridge to cut the strands of Christmas Lights at 1". I was initially going to use my American Crafts Glitter Cardstock for the light bulbs but after the silver cut very nicely for me, I decided to use my Gypsy to remove the "shine" from the light bulbs. For some reason, even on Multi Cut 3 it didn't want to cut all the way through my paper. My Cricut doesn't seem to press as hard with the Gypsy connected but I will be experimenting more in the future with some larger cuts. So I opted for plan B! I cut the remaining bulbs from plain white card stock and after gluing them down I used my Christmas Red, Holly and Gold Stickles to color the remaining bulbs.



Next I created the "Christmas Morning" title with my Gypsy and the Nursery Rhymes Cricut Cartridge. Basically I just nudged and welded the letters together so you could easily recreate this title without a Gypsy. Then I used a little more Tim Holtz Walnut Stain Distress Ink to distress the letters a bit. Next I cut the present from the Christmas Cheer Cricut cartridge at 1 3/4". I used more Gold Stickles on my bow. To hide my journaling I made a little pocket from my scraps. I just rounded the corners with my Corner Chomper and scored it with my Scor Pal for the fold. I wrote my journaling and then accordion folded it to fit in my folder. Then I used a red photo turn to keep it closed. So remember to take lots of photos during the excitement tomorrow morning!

Cutters Creek Shopping List
Tim Holtz Walnut Stain Distress Ink
Create A Critter Cricut cartridge
Nursery Rhymes Cricut Cartridge
Christmas Cheer Cricut cartridge
American Crafts Glitter Cardstock
Stickles:
Christmas Red
Holly
Gold
Corner Chomper
Scor Pal

Cricut Circle Weekly Challenge #7: Thank You Color Challenge

This weeks Cricut Circle Challenge is all about saying "Thank You" Cultivating an attitude of gratitude is a great way to enrich our daily lives. This week's challenge is to create a THANK YOU card using a minimum of 2 different Cricut Cuts and the color inspiration provided below.

Magenta, Apricot, Deep Olive, and Golden Yellow. The color inspiration came from this photo, an aerial view of tulip fields.


Isn't this beautiful? Makes me want to hop a plane for Holland! So feeling inspired and motivated to try out my new Gypsy I decided to create a card from my Create a Critter Cricut Cartridge.


I am so thrilled with how my little owl turned out! I cut him at 5" tall. I liked the pink I chose but once I assembled him I decided that it could use a little shimmer... so I added some Scarlet Glimmer Mist! The yellow doesn't show up great in the photo but I wanted to capture the shimmer on the owl. To finish him off I added some gold i-rock studs to his wings. I just LOVE my i-rock!!! I used my Gypsy to weld two of the owl shadows together to create the card base.


Since the challenge is for a "Thank You" card that's what I turned this into but you could really use this for anything! I grabbed my Wild Card cartridge for the "Heartfelt Thanks" sentiment. I cut it at 2" from the Orange and the Pink and then cut it apart to layer it. I had fun with this challenge and I really want to make more fun animal cards with this cartridge!

Thanksgiving Layout

Halloween is over and it's November so I was in the mood to finally scrap these photos from Thanksgiving 2008. I actually have another Turkey Day layout because we had 2 feasts that year! I found these adorable papers from Reminisce in an awesome scrapbook store this summer when we visited Woodstock, IL. I only wish now that I had bought 4 of each sheet instead of only 2, LOL!


The sketch came from one of the awesome Sketch Books that I won from the Scrapbooking Ali Blog. I can't wait to own all of her amazing books! I used the Lyrical Letters Cricut Cartridge to cut the title. This cartridge has some really cool fonts on it.


You may have also noticed this GORGEOUS flower on my layout as well. It can be purchased in the Precocious Paper Etsy Store. There are so many beautiful flowers in this store it's hard to pic my favorites! This one is one of the Orange Glitter Flowers and you can buy a PAIR of these for only $2.25! You may notice I added to this flower a tad buy making a turkey brad with my awesome i-top tool. It's so simple to make custom embellishments, so I do!


This adorable turkey cut is from the Create a Critter Cricut Cartridge. I serious LOVE this cartridge and all of the adorable characters on it! I blinged up his feathers with some copper colored i-rock gems. I find myself looking for places to add these fun touches to! Imaginisce makes some of the best tools!

Weekly Challenge #3: AUTUMN SPLENDOR! Color Challenge

Normally I don't do back to back blog post but I have two great challenges I'm entering! If you haven't checked out my Imaginisce project scroll down one post and check it out!

This weeks Cricut Circle Challenge is the Autumn Spendor Color challenge. The only requirements were to use the above color palate (gray, orange, tan and burgundy) and at least two cuts. So here's what I created:


I used my Create a Critter Cartridge to cut this adorable squirrel. I embossed the layers with my Cuttlebug D'Vine Swirl and Dotted Swiss folders to add some texture to my cuts. The squirrel is cut at 4" and the little acorn he is holding is cut at 3/4". I had this strip of patterned paper in my scrap bin and I thought it was perfect for this project!


Here is a look at the inside of the card. The phrase "Nuts About U" on the Create a Critter Cartridge too! There are lots of fun phrases on this one! The acorns were cut at 1-1/2" and 1" and I used a circle punch to create the leaves. I added the other half of my paper strip to the inside just to finish it off!


The finished size of my card is 5-1/2" x 5-1/2". I also want to mention that I used some Tattered Leather Glimmer Mist on the front of the card for that little extra sparkle. I think I need to send this one to a certain squirrel loving aunt. Sssssh, don't tell her!