Exploring Cricut and More -Whooo Loves Fall?

Hello! Hope everyone is having an awesome week!! I am sharing today over at Exploring Cricut and More today. Diane has chosen a fall challenge this week for you to participate in. She has done some wonderful projects showcasing svg cuts with her Cricut Explore. They are so cute!

I decided to share a fall layout with you all. I created a 2 page 12 x 12 using my Cameo.  I really like how this page came together using some cute images from MissKateCuttables. 

The owl was actually an Easter owl that I ungrouped so I could take the Easter ears off. I chose this one because I really liked the eyes:)  The branch came from another MissKateCuttables. I really like to be able to mix and match my images for maximum use don't you?

Recipe:

12 x 12 pages 

Papers - American Craft and Scraps

Sentiment - Ravie font 1.5"

Owl - MissKateCuttables Easter Owl 3" 

Branch -Bird Love 2.45"

Half Circle - Silhouette software 9"

Thanks for stopping by and good luck on winning the challenge!

Annette

Exploring Cricut and More- Seek the Heights

Hello! Hope your day is off to a great start! I am sharing at Exploring Cricut and More today and have a fun project that my oldest wanted to make for her sorority little. 

This was super easy to make and the reason was contact paper. Now you can use vinyl too, but let's face it contact paper is more reasonable when you are just using it for a mask to paint.

I created this balloon using an svgcuts.com image and AR Cena font from my computer. I wanted the sentiment to curve around the balloon and wasn't sure how to do this. I found this video on youtube.com and it was perfect.

I separated the image pieces for the balloon so that I would have masks for each part. Acrylic paint was used on the canvas and dried very quickly. The contact paper worked great. It didn't pull the paint up between colors and it definitely gave nice crisp lines. Just make sure you get all the bubbles out and it lays down flat before beginning to paint over it.

This was a 12 x 12 canvas and the image was almost 9.5" tall with the letters measuring a little over 1" tall. I did add a little more space between the letters. Under Text Style, at the bottom, is a slider bar that says character spacing. You can choose how close or far apart you would like your letters.

Remember to join in our challenge this week! 

Thanks for stopping by!

Annette

Exploring Cricut and More - Little Lady!

Hello!  I have another layout to share of my sweet puppy, Olivia. I am really trying to get my pictures cleaned up, but boy does time not always permit that.  She will be 2 in December and if feels like we just got her. These pics were ages 1-3 months.

I used both my Expression and Cameo to create these cute pages. It is so nice to be able to do that. I really feel like I'm getting the best of both worlds. 

Recipe:
2 page 12 x 12 layout
Title - Fonts from computer
scallop Border - Silhouette Online Store #17064
Pennants - Silhouette Online Store #29292
Top Note - Storybook

Thanks for stopping by!

Annette

Exploring Cricut and More Back to School Challenge

Hi! Ready for a challenge! At Exploring Cricut and More the challenge is "Back To School". Any card, layout or project with a school theme. 

I cut everything by hand except for my title and dates. The Silhouette makes it so easy to choose any font and create a title from your computer. There are also a lot of freebie fonts to check out if you can't find one you like on your computer already. I use dafont.com, kevinandamanda.com or fontspace.com.

My oldest was sweet and sent me a pic from her 1st day of classes at college last year and I'm hoping she does the same for me this year too. 

Hope to see many of you enter the challenge! We can all use great inspiration and my DT sisters have some awesome ideas to share as well.

Thanks for stopping by!

Annette

Exploring Cricut and More - Birthday Girl Layout

Hello! I'm sharing today at Exploring Cricut and More and so glad you popped in:) I have a  layout to show you today using the fun papers from Echo Park Summer Bliss. I really like this paper pack. Oh geez, who am I kidding?? I really like all Lori Whitlock and Echo Park papers. My pup turned 1 in December and I created this layout to showcase that event. 

The papers are double sided making it super simple to coordinate, but sometimes hard to use if you have only 1 sheet in that pattern.The pink flower was cut from the floral 12 x 12 sheet. I just covered right over the hole. I cut the banner and flags from the pink paper as well adhering the green chevron right over that too. The labels are similar to Jillibean Soup in the Silhouette Store. I can't remember where I got these. In any event, I used a font on my computer that looked like an old typewriter for my journaling, printed first and then cut out with my Cameo.

I used Stickles on the corner of the banner along with twine. The love sentiment was a Silhouette freebie when I bought my machine. I printed on my computer first and then cut the circle out with the Cameo.

Birthday Girl was a font on my computer and I, again, printed first and then cut a circle with the Cameo. The heart was from the banner cut out. The pink flags were the same cut as the banner. I just resized them to make them longer and a little narrower.

Recipe
12x12 layout
Echo Park Summer Bliss, AC Papers
Doily, Flowers, Banners, Heart, Labels Silhouette Online Store
Stickles, Prima Flowers, Twine

There's still time to enter the Christmas Challenge at Exploring Cricut and More and we sure hope you join in the fun! There's great blog candy too:)

Thanks for stopping by!

Annette

Christmas in July Exploring Cricut and More Blog Hop

Happy Monday and welcome to Exploring Cricut and More Christmas Blog Hop. The holiday season will be here before you know it and what better way to beat the heat than to start some of your Christmas projects. You can make a card, layout or project with the Christmas theme and enter our challenge at Exploring Cricut and More.  I had an opportunity to get some scrapping done with friends and created this 2 page Christmas layout to share with you today.

I used my Cricut and Silhouette Cameo to create this 2 page layout. I really like how the Silhouette creates a shadow for any font you have loaded on your computer. It's super simple. Just select the words you want to shadow and hit the Offset key and your shadow is made. I used a white pen to highlight the berries and a black pen to draw the lines on the leaves and bow.  The wave was created by using a wave ruler from Creative Memories.

The list is below if you get lost along the way!  Our Design Team has some awesome projects for inspiration and at the end you will be able to enter the challenge to show us a Christmas project. Some of us have blog candy to give away so be sure to check that out as well.  You have until Saturday to enter our challenge:)

Here is the line up for the hop. 

Annette   www.mymindsdustbunnies.blogspot.com you are here

Sharon    www.meemeescreations.blogspot.com go here next

Faith        www.thecraftingprofessor.blogspot.com

Donna     www.wwwkindredkreations.blogspot.com

Rae Ann   www.joyinart.blogspot.com

Emily       www.emilyqueenofallthingscrafty.blogspot.com

Michelle N  www.justanutterpapercrafter.blogspot.com

Christi      www.tidbitsoftexas.com

Liz             www.unikbyyes.blogspot.com

Tina          www.thescrappinrabbit.blogspot.com

Katrina    www.scrappyhorses.blogspot.com

Michelle S www.cricutcrazyscrapper.blogspot.com

Diane      www.happyscrapperdiane.blogspot.com
Exploring Cricut and More exploringcricut.blogspot.com

Recipe:

2 x 12 2 page layout
Bo Bunny, AC papers
Title - Silhouette Cameo font from computer
Holly, bow and berries - Christmas Solutions Cartridge 10.67", 10.67", 3.41"
Wreath - Joys of the Season Cartridge 10.19"
black micro pen, white pen

Head on over to Sharon at meemeescreations.blogspot.com for your next wonderful creation!!

Thanks for stopping by!

Annette

Exploring Cricut and More - Father's Day Challenge

Hello! Glad you came over. It's a fun challenge at Exploring Cricut and More this week. You are to create a card, layout or craft for Father's Day. It will be here before we know it. I created a card using my Silhouette Cameo.

This is a fun card that came together in minutes. The base of the card was cut with white cardstock; so great to be able to write inside!

The top of the card opens just like a tool box. When adhering the black handle I left the red open a little at the top so the handle could slip inside. It makes for a nice finish at the back of the card. All the pieces for this card were cut to size for me making it super simple to assemble. 

Recipe:

A2 card base

Papers - Scraps

Tool Box Silhouette Online Store #43936

Thanks for stopping by! Check out my DT sisters great projects and have an awesome week:) You have until Saturday to enter the challenge.

Annette

Exploring Cricut and More - Gift Card Purse

Hello and Happy Thursday! I'm sharing today at Exploring Cricut and More.  End of the school year is upon us with many graduations, including my youngest this morning, and teacher gifts.

 This cute little gift card really fits the bill. I created this using my Silhouette with a file from Pretty Paper Pretty Ribbons. 

I used one of my favorite stacks from DCWV and added a Starbucks gift card. The file did have cuts to hold the card, but I chose to use glue dots instead. 

As you can see, the card fits very nicely inside. I used a glue dot, adhered to the flap, to close the purse together. This is also small enough to fit inside an A2 envelope if you wanted to send in the mail.

Thanks for stopping by and hope you enjoy your day!

Annette

Exploring Cricut and More - Birthday Box Card

Hello Everyone! I'm sharing today over at Exploring Cricut and More. I created another of Lori Whitlock's cute 3d box cards. I think they are super fun to create and really the hardest is picking the papers you would like to choose. The design is all done for you!

This was a birthday card for my nephew so my colors were chosen based on a teenage boy. There was one candle on the cake that I decided to snip off. I think there is still so much detail on the cake that it is not needed. Another fun idea I thought of, after I was done, was welding the number of the birthday or anniversary to the cake. 

I used gold Stickles for the banner instead of real brads. Either works great! I inked up the stars and the yellow banner pieces so they would stand out a little more.

Recipe:

Lori Whitlock Silhouette Online Store #56156

Doublesided Scrap Papers

Gold Stickles, Pumpkin Tim Holtz ink

Thanks for stopping by!

Annette

Exploring Cricut and More - Easter Surprises

Happy Thursday and welcome! It's my turn to share at Exploring Cricut and More and I decided to show you some more Easter goodies that might help inspire you as you get prepared. I can't believe that it is next week and I'm not ready!!  If you're like me, this might help you get inspired. I am in love with Lori Whitlock's 3d box cards. There was a sale recently for 1/2 off everything at the Silhouette store and I stocked up. Needless to say you will be seeing more of these cute cards.

I really like that they will fit in an A2 or 5x7 envelope, so no extra postage! All the guess work is already done for you. It's just a matter of picking the papers that you want to use.

I also added paper to the back of the card. I just duplicated the images and resized them. This is a great spot to write a note, but I think will look a little dressier with the matted finish.

I did add some more elements to the card just to make it more my own. The extra bow and extra scallop were added. Stickles was also added to the pink bow.

Recipe:

 Silhouette Online Store Lori Whitlock #56147 A2 box card Easter Basket

Fruit Punch Stickles

Scrap Papers

Sentiment - My Pink Stamper

Thanks for stopping by!

Annette

Exploring Cricut and More - Easter

Good Morning! Are you ready for a challenge? This is a fun one and will hopefully get you ready for the upcoming holiday - Easter. Create a card, layout or papercraft including at least one frame and one embellishment (button, brad, jewel, etc). 

I chose this 3d stand up Christian Cross by Lori Whitlock #57242. 

I chose a Kraft paper for the base and used papers from My Mind's Eye. Each flower had the edges inked in green and gold brads were added to the middle.The card also came with an envelope since this is a smaller size card, so that is awesome too. I like that it can stand up on its own for display.

Thanks for stopping by and don't forget to check out my DT sisters as they always have great inspiration for us all!!

Annette

Exploring Cricut - Spring!

Hello! I'm glad you stopped by today as it is my turn to share at  Exploring Cricut and More. We just got done with Spring Break and I always feel like once that comes and goes I'm ready for summer. But, we still have a few more weeks of school left and it is definitely not warm enough around here. So, to keep me thinking warm thoughts, I decided to create a spring inspired card.

The wreath could be cut as is or you could cut with your own colored papers. I decided to do both for this card. I enlarged the colored flowers to fit the size I needed and then print and cut them. For the wreath itself, I used papers that I had in my stash. To do this I traced each piece and then cut out with my Cameo.  I added Stickles to the flowers and wreath.  There was also a base to the wreath that I did not to use. 

The tag with sentiment was an SVG of Vintage labels and I apologize but I can't remember where I got them. I did see at the Silhouette store that there are some cute ones from Jillibean Soup that look very similar.  I changed the verbage on the tag by ungrouping the image. Once that's done I could add any sentiment I chose. It is nice to do this, especially if you don't have a stamp in your collection with just the right words to use:)

Recipe:

A2 cardbase Stampin' Up

Pattern Paper - My Mind's Eye

Wreath - Silhouette Store #56497

Twine, Fruit Punch, Yellow, Diamond Stickles, Black Ink

Thanks for stopping by and you still have time to enter our challenge until Saturday!

Annette

Sending Warm Fuzzies!

Good Morning!! Day 2 of lots of cold and snow. No school again today, and who knows about tomorrow. I love snow days; to be able to stay inside and go nowhere. I created a cute card to send to my oldest who is in even colder weather than we are. I got these cuties last year and haven't played with them much, but they are so quick and happy. When I purchased this set it was just the girl and now it comes with a cute little boy too called Weather Kids.

To create this card I did a print and cut with my Cameo. The images were all ready to go. I did add some Stickles to her cheeks and the snowflakes. I popped the middle snowflake up with a pop dot.  I was in a hurry to get the package in the mail and love how fast I created this.

Hope you stay warm and dry where you are!!

Recipe:
A2 cardbase
Weather Girl - Lettering Delights
Sentiment - Hero Arts

Thanks for stopping by!

Annette

100 Years Young

Hello! I don't know about you all, but I am feeling like it is crunch time to get everything done before the holiday. Nutcracker began last week and until that is finished it is all consuming. I haven't had time to enter challenges but I am trying to keep up with visiting my bloggy friends. 

My parents have a friend who is turning 100 and I was able to squeeze some time in to create. I made this card for her using Lori Whitlock's cuts from the Silhouette store. It was so easy and as a newbie to the Cameo I definitely like that.

The card is the green paper and slips into the envelope, which is the pot. There is plenty of room for them to write a note to their friend on the green paper.

I really liked being able to use the software and my fonts to create the sentiment on the banner. The banner came with my software and I cut it twice so that I could use pop dots.

 I added some finishing touches like the buttons, twine and Stickles.

The "100" was cut with my Cricut using the Gypsy Font.

Hope you enjoy and thanks for stopping by!

Annette