My Cricut Craft Room - My Imagine-ation Monday

Happy Monday!

Today is My Imagine-ation Monday at My Cricut Craft Room.  On Monday's the Design Team does projects using the Imagine, E2, Cricut Mini, and/or Cricut Craft Room. 

For today's A2 (5.5 x 4.25) sized card I used my Imagine.

I made this for Best Friend for Valentine's Day. :)

It's a pretty simple card today using Best Friends Imagine Cartridge.  I used the image from page 15, cut at 3.8...I used the layers function and deleted the little girl that normally prints with this image.  I then used the heart on the stock images that come on the imagine and flood filled it with the pattern from page 41, cut at 1.  The off white image is also from the stock images and flood filled with a color I made on my own using the RGB color wheel. (I don't remember the size)

I added stickles to the word You, but it seems like it just made it harder to read.

I can't wait to give this card to Bestie...she is so great!

Please visit My Cricut Craft Room to see what other great projects were made today.

Thanks for stopping by,

Jen

My Cricut Craft Room 100 Cricut Cartridge Blog Hop - Day One

Happy Saturday Crafters,
Thank you for joining us today on the first 100 Cricut Cartridge Blog Hop of 2012.  You should have come from Karey's crafty goodness.  If you came across this post as one of my followers please start at the begining of the blog hop Here.

For my project this month I made a calendar using Chipboard Hanging Calendar that I got from Erica from My Cricut Craft Room.  I used Create A Critter for my images and patterns from the following Cricut Imagine Cartridges:  Best Friends, Better Together, Imagine More, Imagine More Cards, Kate's Kitchen, & Nursery Tails.  For the calendar part I used My Creative Time Stamps (Whimsical Calendar Days & XL Label Borders)  I also used the XL Label Die that coordinates with these stamp sets.  I am going to use this as my Birthday Calendar in my craft room since it is not year specific.  I didn't want every month to show so instead of hanging it as intended I am going to have them sit on the pictured easel three months at a time.

 

Below each picture is the Imagine Cartridge used and the size of the Critter.

Better Together (Pages 38, 39, 44)
Penguin (Page 39 Cut at 3")
True Blue Stickles

Best Friends (Pages 39, 42, 43)
Ladybug (Page 66 Cut at 3")
Xmas Red Stickles

Nursery Tails (Pages 36 38, 40)
Rabbit (Page 26 Cut at 3")
Frosted Lace Stickles

Nursery Tails (Pages 36, 39, 44)
Zebra (Page 47 Cut at 3")

Best Friends (Pages 37, 42,44)
Hippo (Page 44 Cut at 3")
Star Dust Stickles

Imagine More Cards (Pages 34, 37, 40, 41)
Crab & Sandcastle (Page 40 Cut at 2.3" & 3")

Imagine More Cards (Pages 34, 37, 39, 43)
Turtle (Page 64 Cut at 2")
Waterfall Stickles

Best Friends (Pages 40, 41, 43)
Owl (Page 25 Cut at 3")
Star Dust Stickles

Kate's Kitchen (Pages 41, 43, 44)
Apple (Page 24 Cut at 3")

Imagine More (Pages 39 & 42)
Octopus (Page 42 Cut a 3")
Frosted Lace Stickles

Better Togeether (Pages 37, 40, 42)
Turkey (Page 70 Cut at 3")

Imagine More Cards (Page 40)
Reindeer (Page 73 Cut at 3")
Star Dust Stickles

On the back of each month I created a pocket and used the My Creative Time's die so I can write the name of who's birthday's are on that specific month or any other notes I might want to add for that month.  I like to include the year the person was born...I have a lot of kiddos in my life and it's getting harder to remember their ages, so this helps me a lot. :)

I had such a blast with these Critter's and the Imagine patterns.

Your next stop on the hop is Erica's Project http://ericasprojects.blogspot.com

Below is the entire line up if you get lost along the way:

Erica - http://MyCricutcraftroom.blogspot.com

Heather F - http://www.papercrafteranonymous.com/

Tammy S - http://thepurplemuse.blogspot.com/

Suzy’s Crafts - http://suzyscrafts.blogspot.com/
Yvette - http://gammascreativecorner.blogspot.com/
Jen Lundy - http://mybusycraftylife.blogspot.com/
Karey - http://www.creativecraftcorner.com/
Jenny R- http://myimagitivity.blogspot.com/ <---You are Here
Erica’s Project---- http://ericasprojects.blogspot.com/  ---NEXT STOP---
Rosa - http://kleymanr.blogspot.com/
Samantha- http://samanthascricutcreations.blogspot.com/
Enjoli http://mississippihippycrafts.blogspot.com/
Pattie- http://sweetpsscrapbooks.blogspot.com/
Dana- http://danascraftycorner.blogspot.com/
Amber - http://pixichickpapercrafts.blogspot.com/
Tonya - http://ittybittyladybugs.blogspot.com/
Blog Candy http://ericasblogcandy.blogspot.com/

My Cricut Craft Room's October 100 Cartridge Blog Hop

Happy Sunday Crafters,

Thank you for joining us today for Day Two of My Cricut Craft Room's October 100 Cartridge Blog Hop.  You should have hopped to me from Karey Jeans bloggy goodness...if you just came across my blog and would like to start at the beginning of the hop please go to My Cricut Craft Room.  This month I chose to use three cartridges (Elegant Edges, Straight from the Nest, Best Friends - Imagine)  Can you believe it's already October?  In honor of October I created a couple fall projects.  My first project is an A2 size card and I used both Elegant Edges and Straight from the Nest for this project.

Cricut Cuts using Gypsy:

Elegant Edges - Using Feature Button Oblong Frames <Shift>, button 41 on overlay

Straight From the Nest - Button 13, welded on to the frame sized at 3.75

Button 13 <Shift>, cut at 3.5", Layer Feature cut at 3.5"

The Leaves are button 29 cut at 2.5" three times

For my card I used 12x12 paper and had enough left over for a 12x12 Layout, which is my next project. 

I used the same cartridges (Elegant Edges & Straight from the Nest)

Cricut Cuts using Gypsy:

Elegant Edges - Feature Frame <Shift>, button 4 on the overlay, 1 cut at 4.88" & 2 cut at 3.81"

Straight from the Nest - The tree is button 12 on the overlay, cut at 4.5

Same button and size <Shift>

Feature Phrase, Button 49 on overlay, cut at 2.5"

My last project for today's hop is an A2 sized Birthday Card using an Imagine Cartridge - Best Friends. 
I'm  new to card making and am still trying to build up my collection of cards I have on hand.

Cricut Cuts:

Frame from page 20 flood filled with pattern from page 40 cut at 4"

Balloons are from page 27 using Layer feature the Clouds are cut at 3.5 Rel and Ballons at 2.5 Rel

I also used the Cuttlebug - Swiss Dots

My Pink Stamper - Fabulous Phrases

Well there you have it.

 I hope you have enjoyed my projects for this hop.

Your next stop is the fabulous Gayle please go to her blog HERE.

If you get lost along the way here is the Line Up:

Erica – http://mycricutcraftroom.blogspot.com 

 Connie -  http://conniescraftycloset.blogspot.com

Lucinda Gibson - http://thegrowinggibson.blogspot.com 

Tanya Adams -   http://nonnascraftcorner.blogspot.com

  Karey Jeans -  http://www.creativecraftcorner.com

Jenny R  http://myimagitivity.blogspot.com <---You are Here

Gayle Schrader-  http://gscraptime.blogspot.com  <--- Next Stop

Laura  -  http://laurascraftsandmore.blogspot.com

Heather S -  http://operationcricutdesign.blogspot.com

Lezlye    http://lezlyes.blogspot.com

Rosa    http://kleymanr.blogspot.com/

Autumn Willis -   http://autumnsbuggycreations.blogspot.com

Lisa Newton-Orensky -  www.allmadebylisa.blogspot.com

Sharon http://simplysweetbysharon.blogspot.com

Kat http://katscrapfever.blogspot.com/

Laurie   http://lauriecandoit.blogspot.com/

Blog Candy  http://ericasblogcandy.blogspot.com/

My Cricut Craft Room - My Imagine-ation Monday

Happy Monday...today is My Imagine-ation Monday at My Cricut Craft Room.  For today's creation I made an A2 size card (4.25 x 5.5).  I made this card for my sister as she has decided to go to Massage Therapy School and I wanted to send her an encouraging card.  I know she is going to do great.
The pink and turqoise background papers are from my stash...I ran the pink paper through my Cuttlebug using the Stylized Flowers embossing folder.  For my first cut I used Hannah Montana using feature button Daddy's Girl/Shift and selecting button 50 on the overlay, then flood filled with the pattern on page 43 from the Best Friends cartridge.  This is cut at 3.5".  For the Sparrow I used the same feature button which is button 59 flood filled with patterns from pages 37 & 44.  Cut at 3".  My last cut is from Straight From the Nest using the Phrase feature button.  It is button number 7 flood filled with one of the coordinating colors on the Best Friends cartridge.  This is cut at 1.6".  To finish off my card I added some ribbon and stickles.

Thank you for stopping by today...now please head over to http://mycricutcraftroom.blogspot.com/ to see what other great Imagine projects have been created by the very talented Design Team.

Have a blessed day,
Jen

My Cricut Craft Room - My Imagine-ation Monday

I hope everyone had an excellent weekend and is having a fine Monday.  Today I have a A2 size card (4.25 x 5.5) using my Imagine, which is what Monday is about over at My Cricut Craft Room.  For my card I used the Best Friends Imagine Cartridge.   For the first cut I used the square with the rounded corner from the stock images that come with the Imagine machine.  This is sized at 5" and flood filled with the pattern from page 43. I love this Tweet bird cut found on page13.  I used the layer feature so I can add dimension.  I embossed the base layer with the Cuttlebug using the flower folder that came with the Cuttlebug.  Then I used foam adhesive to pop up the bird and You're Tweet sign.  I finished up my card with stickles and some doodled stitching.

Supplies:

Paper:  Recollections Kraft Cardstock, Bazzill Cardstock (White)

Ribbon:  Celebrate It (Brown)

Stickles - Cotton Candy

Pen: Sakura Gelly Roll (White)

Thank you for taking the time to stop by and please go Here to see what the other Design Team members created for this Imagine-ation Monday.

Have a blessed day,

Jen

Cricut Cardz Challenge #84

It's been some time since I've posted anything on my blog.  I would like to post more often so I have decided to try some challenges.  We'll see how that goes. :)  I found this challenge on Ready Set Stamp.  Thank you Julie for the inspiration.  The challenge is as follows:

The challenge for this week is to make a card using a monogram (initial) and any colors or cartridges you'd like.

Supplies:
Cricut Imagine:  Best Friends Cartridge
Bazzil Cardstock: White
Textured Value Pack from Joann's: Ice Cream Social
Celebrate It Ribbon: Brown
Colorbok Chipboard Alphas
My Pink Stamper: Fabulous Phrases
Close to My Heart: Desert Sand
Stickles: Frosted Lace

I created an A2 size card
My Cricut cut is from Best Friends Cartridge page 19.  I layered my cut and changed the patterns.  The background pattern is from page 41 and the pattern on the shape is on page 37.  I love how everything coordinates perfectly when I use my Imagine carts.  I hope you enjoy my card.  Thank you for taking the time to check out my creation. :)
Jen