Kids Travel Tickets with the Imagine

Good evening , hope your weekend is going swell.  We have been outside much of the day playing in the great weather.  So the project I have for you today is an idea I got off the web.  In about a week I will be putting my kids and the dog in the car to make the 14 hour trek to my parents house.  That is 14 without stopping, did I mention it will be only me???  I am a bit nervous about the drive.  I have been scouring the web for ideas on how to keep the kids entertained without the mindless DVD player.  I came across the idea to give the kids tickets that signify how much time has passed, that way they have a way of quantifying how much time is left in the trip.  Being the crafty person that I am I couldn't just go and by raffle tickets, I wanted to make it a little more festive and fun.  So here is what I came up with:

So the jist is that I will give each of my daughters 16 tickets (I am being wishful) and every hour I will ask them to give me a ticket.  Then they can count how many are left to see how much longer we have to go.  On the set for my older daughter I put the numbers 1 - 16 on the back so that she can practice her number recognition.  Hopefully this will keep them entertained a little???

Ticket Recipe:

• Ticket base cut from stamp on Elegant Edges at 2.2"h x 2.8"w
• Top ticket cut from stamp on Elegant Edges at 1.8"h x 2.2"w
• Font from Kate's ABCs cut at 1" and welded in CCR

I used the Imagine to get the colors which are from I came I saw I created weekly color challenge.  Love how bright they came out.  So I will have a few more travel related projects coming up next week.  Hope you have enjoyed and thanks for stopping by.

Father's Day Tie Card with Cricut

Good morning, hope your day has been starting well.  Today I have a super simple Father's Day card I made for my Dad.  Simple is always better when it comes to my father.  It doesn't take much to make him happy.  So here it is. 

Card Recipe:

• Used the Cricut Imagine to create the charcoal grey colored card
• Ties cut from Wrap it Up at 2"
• Font is from Kate's ABCs cut at 0.6"

So that is that.  Super simple, I think the hardest thing was lugging my Cricut Imagine onto the table to get the color I wanted for the card.  I am entering this card into the Father's Day Challenge over at My Craft Spot.  Hope you enjoy and thanks for stopping by.

Baby Shoes Card using the Cricut

Hi

How is everyone's week going?  We are doing great, enjoying the warm weather and lounging at the pool.  So for today's project I have another congrats baby card.  My cousin had a new arrival a couple weeks ago and I wanted to make him and his wife a card to congratulate them.  Here it is:

Card Recipe:

• Card stock from DCWV textured stack
• Card base cut from Elegant Edges, Lace at 5" and then two welded together to make a card
• Light pink frame from Elegant Edges, Lace at 4.3"
• Shoes from Kate's ABCs  at 2"
• Sentiment from My Pink Stamper Sweet Baby
• Ribbon from Michaels

Thanks for visiting and hope you all have a fantastic week.

Teacher Appreciation Gifts with the Cricut

Hi all, I am back as promised with some Teacher Appreciation gifts I did last week.  These came together pretty fast and the teachers loved them.  I will not list a recipe for each, just a list of cartridges that I used to create them.

So I used these great gable gift boxes I found a Target in their dollar section.  Them came 3 to a pack for a dollar.  You can't beat that!!  I used a variety of patterned papers to decorate the sides of the boxes and some ribbon from my stash.  The tags I printed and cut with my Imagine.  It took a while to figure out how to get it to just print and them cut.  It involved putting the text on one layer in the Craft room and the square on another layer.  Then you just print on the paper first and then go back and cut the second layer afterwards.  I used the font from the Once Upon a Princess cartridge for all the tags.  The cartridges I used for the images are below.

• Butterflies are from Kate's ABC's and Ultimate Creative Sampler
• Birds are from Create a Critter
• Flowers are from Kate's ABC's
• Cupcake from Once Upon a Princess

So there you have it.  I filled the boxes with candy and a Target gift card.   I had a bunch of fun doing these boxes.  Thanks for visiting and hope you have a wonderful week. 

Scrapbooking with the Cricut

Hi all, hope you have had a good weekend.  I had a pretty good one, spent the evenings getting some much needed scrapbooking done.  I love scrapping but always have a hard time getting started.  Well this weekend I decided I was going to get started on our 2011 family album.  I have done first year albums for my girls but never a family album.  I though the first couple layouts came out pretty good.  I am not going to list recipes for the pages only the Cricut cartridges I used.  So here we go.

Cricut Cartridges Used:

• Plantin Schoolbook
• Kate's ABCs
• Stretch Your Imagination
• Cricut Craft Room Basics
• Gypsy Font

 So there they are.  I think I got a pretty good start and am going to try and dedicate one night a week to scrapping until I get the album done.  I am now going to start working on some projects for Teachers Gifts.  Not sure what I am going to do yet.  If you have any ideas for Teacher Appreciation week I would love to hear about them.  Have a great week.

Easter Cards - Part 1

Hi all, I hope that the week has been going well.  I finally got to some crafting last night and made my first of several Easter cards that I will be making this year.  I love this time of year because it means that everything is in bloom and there are new beginnings.  This first card that I made really has all the bright colors that I love.

I base the color design around the ribbon.  I don't have any Easter stamps so I let the ribbon do the work for me.  Also all the paper used on this card was from my scrap bin.  I get excited anytime I don't have to use a brand-new piece of paper.

Card Recipe:

• Card base is 5" x 5" white card stock
• Scalloped matting is cut from the Elegant Edges cartridge at 4.75" 
• I used the Cuttlebug polka-dot folder to emboss the mat
• Bunny scene is from Kate's ABC's cut at 3"

I will be posting many more Easter/Spring cards as I get them finished.  I am entering this card in the weekly challenge over at My Craft Spot.  Thanks for stopping by, I am now off to get my hair done, yeah!!!!

My Craft Planner

Good Evening all, as promised I am back today to post a project that I have been working on for about a week now.  It is a craft planner.  Now, I know that it is already March but I still wanted to put together a planner for my crafts.  I feel like it will help me better manage my crafting time so that I can get the projects done that I really want without having to rush through them at the last minute.  This project took me about a week of 2 hour crafting sessions to complete but I think it came out really great.  This will be a picture heavy post, so if you just want the planner recipe just skip to the end!!!

The chipboard is cut to 11.5" x 9".  The cover paper is from this really cool stack that I found in the clearance section of Jo-ann's for $0.99.   It is a stack from Colorbok called English Moss.  It is unique because it is an overlay with coordinating card stock.  The picture below shows it much better.

Oh an the paper is not dirty, it is made to look distressed which is really neat.  Now the rosette on the front is also made from unique paper.  It is the new fabric paper from DCWV.  I really love it and can't wait to use more of it.  The paper is fabric with an adhesive backing.  So to make the rosette I just cut a strip of the paper and removed the backing and then started bunching it around.  The adhesive on the back of the paper made it stick together.  I then used a button and some twine from The Twinery.

The inner pages of the planner are from a website I came across on Pinterest.  They are a free printable that is unique to blogs/crafts planning.  Here is the link to the website. 

I loved the colors on these printables, which was really the basis for the planner design.  The artwork on the inside cover on the picture above is from the Cricut Imagine More cartridge.  I wanted to have a place to jot down notes.  The dividers between the months also have the notebook paper design on them as well.

The month titles were made using the Cricut Craft Room and Kate's ABC's cartridge.  I made the first letter bigger than the rest of the letters and then welded them together to create one cut.  I also used the Imagine, so that I could match the colors.  The scalloped circles for the divider tabs were done using the free Craft Room Basics digital cart.  I used the Bind-it-all to bind the book.  An interesting tidbit is that I used We R Memory Keepers Cinch O-wire.  So you can use both in the Bind-it-all.


Planner Recipe:

• Planner Pages - http://www.infarrantlycreative.net/2012/02/free-printable-blogplanner.html
• Chipboard for covers cut to 11.5" x 9"
• Cover paper from Colorbok English Moss overlay stack
• Inner-cover art from Cricut Imagine More cartridge cut at 10"
• Divider art from Cricut Imagine More cartridge cut at 10"
• Scalloped tab circles from Craft Room Basics cut at 1"
• Title text from Kate's ABC's cut at 1.8" and 1.25"
• Month text from Kate's ABC's cut at 1.5" and 1"
• Rosette from DCWV Fabric paper line
• Twine from The Twinery

So that is that.  I hope I have inspired you to create your own planners for whatever purpose because I love looking at my personalized planner that didn't come off a store shelf.  Have a wonderful evening.

A Bunny Birthday

Good evening all.  I hope your week has gotten off to a good start.  Ours has been really good.  I started the week by making a couple meals including enough breakfast burritos to last two weeks.  This week should be really easy with all this prep!!

So today I have a craft done for a good friend.  Her son's 2nd birthday was last week and she asked me to make a banner with the words " Some Bunny is Two".  I think the banner came out really great, one of the best ones that I have done.  I also wanted to do a card for the birthday boy in the same theme.  Below is what I came up with.

Banner Recipe:

• Card stock from DCWV stack
• Font from Kate's ABC's cut at 2.5"
• Bunny from Kate's ABC's cut at 3.75"
• Circle banner from Birthday Bash cut at 6.25"
• Triangle banner from Birthday Bash cut at 6.35"
• Ribbon from Michaels

Card Recipe:

• Rabbit from Create-a-Critter cut at 6"
• Used the Craft Room to create two rabbits, one flipped horizontally and then both welded together
• Sentiment written with a brown calligraphy pen
• Card stock from DCWV stack

Hope you all have enjoyed the crafts.  I am entering the bunny card in a challenge over at My Craft Spot.  Thanks for joining me.  Until next time