I got an Imagine!

I finally jumped on the bandwagon and got myself a Cricut Imagine! I can't say that I love it...(YET!)...I've got to get the calibration perfected first. But...I am loving all that I think I will be able to do with it in the future!

The first thing I had to get for it was the Teresa Collins Black & White pattern cartridge. And...just as I suspected........TC Black & White + Kraft Paper = LOVE!!!!

I'm having so much fun creating my own border strips! This is going to be a great new toy!

Circle Monthly Contest Entry...

This is my entry for the June monthly contest on the Cricut Circle blog. The theme was to make something for a road trip. I love having books along with me on road trips so I decided to make a bookmark. The palm trees and waves are from ZooBalloo, the sun is from Going Places and the bookmark is a tag from George.

Thanks for looking!

Christmas Layout!

I know it's June and sweltering hot outside...but, look what I'm working on...Christmas!

I used the following cartridges: Home Accents (for the large damask shape), Christmas (for the word Christmas), and George (for the rectangle labels behind the photo).

Materials Used: Cardstock - Bazzill Kraft, Core'dinations Glitter. Patterned Paper - Scrapworks for the black and cream damask and My Mind's Eye Life Stories for the Kraft/Red damask. Tim Holtz - Tickets. Prima - Flowers, leaves and bling brad.





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My Circle Calling Card!

Here's my calling card I made for the California Circle Meet-Up...held in Rocklin on June 3rd. I used the following cartridges: George and Basic Shapes (3"x3" rounded square), Cricut Everyday (circle logo) and the sun is from the Creative Memories cart Cheerful Season. The clouds were made with a Fiskars punch.

Magazine Challenge Entry!

The cricut magazine challenge was to be inspired by one of the items in the magazine. I chose the Welcome sign (with the gate and flowers) as my inspiration. I thought I would make a Welcome sign for my nephew for his new house. But then I got to thinking about my nephew. He's an artist (painting and tattoo) and he uses a lot of tiki's and skulls in his designs. So, I thought I'd turn him and his family into tiki's! I also included the woody car...because he's in process of refurbishing one in his garage...complete with surf board!

I used 7 different cricut cartridges for this: Life is a Beach, Luau, Dude (Lite), Zooballoo, H2O, Gypsy Wanderings and Rock Princess. To make the people I used the bodies from H2O and welded the tiki's from LAB to them. And then the kids (girl and boy twins) are from Luau. The mountains, car and sign are from Dude. The palm tree background is from Zooballoo. The jungle leaves and large tiki are from LAB. The coconut, round part, is from LAB and the skulls are from Rock Princess. The sun and flowers are from Luau.

So...what started as a Welcome sign, has turned into a 10"x 20" framed project! I'm giving it to him this afternoon for his birthday...I hope he likes it!

Here's a closer look at some of the details. I used a lot of dimensional adhesive to make it really pop. I also used a stamp and brown ink on their arms to look like tattoos.

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Remembering Diana...

This was the hardest project I've ever had to do...because I was making the programs for my beautiful sister's memorial service.

I made 150 of these programs using the Peony from the Picturesque cartridge. Pink peonies were her favorite flowers.


I love you and miss you Diana.

My E2 Contest Entry...

For my layout, I used the following cartridges: Birthday Bash for the elephants, banner, birthday hats and balloons, Stamping for the words, Doodlecharms for the sun, and then Gypsy Wanderings for the scalloped photo mats.

Here's my birthday layout...(click on to see larger)


Below...shows the dimension


Closeup of the banner and sun.


Close up of the elephants. I welded the bases of the elephants together with my gypsy along with the balloons and string. And then I welded the birthday hats to the top layer of the two larger elephants. The white dot on the balloons are extras from the top of the birthday hats.

Thanks for looking!