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 25 days of Christmas - Elf Theme

Welcome to Erica's Craft Room

25 Days of Christmas,

with 25 Cricut projects a day.

Don't forget to stop by Erica's blog to see 24 more projects today....

and every day in December.

http://mycricutcraftroom.blogspot.com

I hope everyone is almost ready for Christmas...Can you believe it is only 7 days away?!

I got one of my presents early from my hubby.  He made me a light box so I can take better pictures of my projects for my blog.  He's so wonderful and supportive of my crafting...I just love him to pieces! :)

Anywho, on to today's project.  I got this candle from Michael's for $.75...I think they are normally $1.00, but I got it on sale.  I decided to get these for the girls in my office and to use my Imagine to dress them up a bit.  The cartridges I used are Jolly Holiday's and Kate's Kitchen (Imagine Cartridge). 

I chose the circle from the stock images that come on the Imagine, cut at 2.8 and flood filled it with a pattern from Kate's Kitchen, which can be found on page 37 in the handbook. 

Our cute little Elf can is button 6 on the Jolly Holiday's overlay.  I cut him and all of his layers at 2.2.  His little elf uniform is flood filled with a pattern from page 41. 

You can't tell in the picture, but I added some Stickles to his hat and Glossy Accents to the Christmas lights and his buttons.

Lastly I took a piece of thin cardstock that matched the paper I printed in the circle and stamped my Sentiment that says Jolly Holly Day.  The stamps I used is from Pink By Design - Christmas Wishes.

I hope you enjoyed my project and I can't wait to pass these out to the ladies at work.

Thanks for stopping by,

Jen

My Cricut Craft Room's 25 days of Christmas - Snow Theme

Welcome to Erica's Craft Room

25 Days of Christmas,

with 25 Cricut projects a day.

Don't forget to stop by Erica's blog to see 24 more projects today....

and every day in December.

http://mycricutcraftroom.blogspot.com

Today's theme is Snow.  I love the snow capped houses on the Jolly Holidays Cricut Cartridge and knew that it would be perfect for today. The cut I used from Jolly Holidays can be found on button 43 on the overlay, cut at 4.  Using my Imagine I flood filled the house with patterns from Kate's Kitchen.  The background cut can be found in the stock images that come with the Imagine and is also cut at 4 and flood filled with a pattern from Kate's Kitchen.  I am loving the patterns on this cartridge for my Holiday creations.  

For the snow covered areas I used flocking to give some added texture.  I love to flock anything snow related.  I just used my Zig 2 way glue pen and poured the flock on top.  I think next time I will try my Xyron since it gives an even layer of adhesive...I didn't have any refills on hand to try it on this project.  To finish up my card I added some ribbon and added my sentiment which is from Pink By Design - Christmas Wishes.

I hope you enjoyed my creation today and don't forget to see all of the other wonderful Cricut projects created with snow in mind at http://mycricutcraftroom.blogspot.com.

Here's a side view.

Happy Crafting,
Jen

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

Happy Saturday Crafters!

Thank you for joining us for My Cricut Craft Room's 100 Cartridge Blog Hop. During this Hop you will see at least 100 Cricut Cartridges used. You should have come here from Jen L at My Busy Crafty Life, if you are one of my followers and started here please start at the begining Here so you don't miss any of the wonderful creations.

The three cartridges I chose for this month were Art Philosophy, Hello Kitty Greetings,

 and Kate's Kitchen (Imagine Cartridge).

Cricut Cuts:

Art Philosophy - Button 27 on overlay, cut at 4.25

Hello Kitty Greetings - Button 48 on overlay, cut at 3.5 

Kate's Kitchen - Flood filled Hello Kitty's layers with Patterns from pages 42 & 43

Supplies:

Paper - from stash, glitter paper, Bazzill White 

Instead of buttons I added mini jingle bells...too cute! :)

Ribbon - Celebrate It

Stamps - Pink By Design

Ink - Close to My Heart: Black

Gel Pen:  White

Here's a close up of Hello Kitty

before I put her on the card.

I hope you enjoyed my creation for this month's hop.

Next in the line up is Heather http://operationcricutdesign.blogspot.com

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

My Cricut Craft Room http://mycricutcraftroom.blogspot.com/

                                       Melissa http://pinkpolkadotscrapping.blogspot.com/

Jen L http://mybusycraftylife.blogspot.com/
Jenny R http://myimagitivity.blogspot.com/
Heather S http://operationcricutdesign.blogspot.com/

Laura http://laurascraftsandmore.blogspot.com/
Lisa www.allmadebylisa.blogspot.com
Karey http://www.creativecraftcorner.com/
Suzy's Crafts http://suzyssimplecrafts.blogspot.com/

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

My Cricut Craft Room 100 Cricut Cartridge Blog Hop

Happy Saturday!

Thank you for joining us today for Day One of My Cricut Craft Room's November 100 Cartridge Blog Hop. You should have hopped to me from the super sweet and talented Madison ...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. I have two projects for you today using the three cartridges I chose to use this month...Kate's Kitchen (Imagine), Hannah Montana, and Sweethearts (I also ended up using a Font cartridge Jasmine). 

Now on to my first project. 

I created this card for my nephew who is turning 9.  I used Patterns/Colors from Kate's Kitchen and believe it or not Hannah Montana. (I have to tell you I was not interested in the Hannah Montana cartridge until I really looked at it. There are a total of five different fonts and two shadow fonts on this one cartridge and some really great images)  I also wanted to show that this cartridge is not just for girls since it is Hannah Montana. :)

Supplies:

Paper: Bazzill Basics (White), Recollections (Silver), The Paper Co (Ice Cream Social)

A2 Embossing Folder: QuicKutz (Rings)

Stamps: My Creative Time's (Many Greetings)

Pen: Zig Memory Makers (Pure Black)

For my second project I did a double page 12x12 scrapbook layout. 

On these Layouts I used Sweethearts and Jasmine Cricut Cartridges.

I have been wanting to get my wedding album completed so I have been signing up for Scrapbook Saturday's on My Cricut Craft Room. This has really helped me stay motivated. :) Since the Blog Hop is on Saturday I wanted to post my LO's today as well. If you would like to see my other wedding album LO's I have completed please go to my Labels and look under Scrapbook Saturday's.

Supplies:

Paper: Paper Boutique, Coredinations Foundations (Hot Pink & Coffee)
Queen & Co: Irridescent Rhinestones

Stickles: Frosted Lace

Thank you for stopping by on this Hop...I hope you have found tons of inspiration today and a few extra Cricut Cartridges to add to that Christmas Wish List. ;) 

The Next Stop is Blog Candy http://ericasblogcandy.blogspot.com

The complete blog hop list is below in case you get lost along the way.

My Cricut CraftRoom http://mycricutcraftroom.blogspot.com
Sharon http://simplysweetbysharon.blogspot.com/
Melissa http://pinkpolkadotscrapping.blogspot.com
Holly http://hollys-hobbie.blogspot.com/
Yvette http://gammascreativecorner.blogspot.com/
Samantha http://samanthascricutcreations.blogspot.com/ 
Heather F http://www.papercrafteranonymous.com/ 
Suzy's Crafts http://suzyssimplecrafts.blogspot.com/
Tracy http://www.scrappininthewoods.blogspot.com 
Heather S http://operationcricutdesign.blogspot.com/
Shelly http://kccroppers.blogspot.com 
Laura http://laurascraftsandmore.blogspot.com/ 
Ricki http://manicexpressionsdesigns.blogspot.com/ 
Madison http://funkycards.blogspot.com/ 
Jenny R http://myimagitivity.blogspot.com -----You are here----- 
Blog candy- http://ericasblogcandy.blogspot.com/ <<----Next Stop---->> 

Hope you have a crafty weekend!

Jen

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My Creative Time's FIRST Design Team Call!

Happy Saturday Crafters,

Today I am posting my entry to be a part of the My Creative Time design team. Miss Emma from My Creative Time has a fabulous line of Stamps/Dies that she releases every month. Click Here to check out the amazing stamps she has currently. I have two set's of the My Creative Time stamp line which are Many Greetings & Gift Card Sentiments (this goes perfectly with the Embossed Gift Card Holder Die). I chose to work with the Gift Card Holder Die and the Gift Card Sentiments stamps today. Since Christmas is right around the corner (can you believe it) I decided to make an M&M Cookie Mix in a Jar to get started on some gifts. I have to give a disclaimer and say I was a bit out of my comfort zone with this type of project. :) The original recipe I had didn't fit in the jar so I cut the recipe in half. I don't bake very often and think I may keep this first one and make the cookies to make sure the recipe is correct. HA! Okay so onto the details of the part of my project that I am comfortable with (the paper part LOL). :) 

Blogger keeps changing this picture to the side. :(

I wanted to show another way to use the Gift Card Die, so I used this to hold the list of additional ingredients/baking directions needed.  I stamped the Sentiment from the Gift Card Sentiments stamp set (fit's perfectly!)  I am sooo happy with how my project turned out.

Recipe:

From Top to Bottom:

Circle cut from Art Philosphy flood filled with pattern from Imagine More (pg 41)

Santa's Sleigh and all layers from Jolly Holidays cut at 1.8 rel.

Stamped ribbon around rim with Gift Card Sentiments added some stickles.

My Creative Time Die (Embossed Gift Card Holder)

Sentiment from Gift Card Sentiments.

The adorable house is cut from Jolly Holidays at 3.2 rel...these cut's were flood filled with patterns/colors from Kate's Kitchen.  (pg 43 & 46)

I used White Flocking Powder for the snow cuts on the house. 

The last cut is the inside of the Gift Card Holder, which was flood filled with the same pattern of the circle with Santa's Sleigh.  I was going to type the directions, but decided to handwrite them for a more home made feel.

Supplies:

Cricut Cartridges:  Art Philosophy, Jolly Holiday, Imagine More, Kate's Kitchen

Cuttlebug Embossing Folder - D'vine Swirls

Ball Smooth Jar

Celebrate It Ribbon & Tulle

Recollections Flocking Powder

Xmas Red Stickles

Adhesive - ATG & Zig 2 way glue, Recollections Foam Adhesive Squares

I hope you have enjoyed my entry and keep your fingers crossed for me. :)

Good luck to all of the amazing talent out there.  Emma has her work cut out for her. LOL

Have a fabulous day!

Jenny R

My Cricut Craft Room - My Imagine-ation Monday

Happy Monday Crafters,

I hope everyone had a great weekend and a chance to craft.  Today is My Imagine-ation Monday at My Cricut Craft Room and this is the card I created using Kate's Kitchen.  **Enabler Alert - I just bought this cartridge from Erica at My Cricut Craft Room.  She recently opened a new webstore and I bought Kate's Kitchen for $19 which is an amazing deal.  This cartridge is now on Erica's webstore for $12...Can you believe it?  Here is the link to the webstore http://www.shop.ericascraftroom.com/ . 

You should definitely check it out.

Today I created an A2 size card (5.5 x 4.25).  The red mat was cut at 4 x 5.25 and ran through the cuddlebug.  The Cricut Cuts from Kate's Kitchen are as follows:  I love these little cherries from page 20.  I chose the combined image and cut at 4".  Then I chose the layer feature and selected the cherries on the stem (cut at Rel 4") to pop dot on the combined image.  I also selected the two cherries twice for a total of 4 cherry faces (cut at Rel 2.7").  My last cut on the front of the card is a border from Elegant Edges (Border feature, button 11 on overlay, cut at 1.2") and I flood filled with the Cherry pattern on page 40.  My last cut can be found on page 26 (cut at Rel 5") and is on the inside of my card.

Supplies:

Paper:  Bazzill Cardstock (White), The Paper Company Ice Cream Social 

Stamp:  Close To My Heart (Pair a Phrase), Desert Sand Ink

Cuddlebug: QuicKutz Embossing Folder (Rings)

Recollections: Foam Adhesive

I hope you enjoyed my creation today.  To see more Imagine projects head on over to My Cricut Craft Room to see what the other wonderful Design Team members created.

Thanks for stopping by,

Jen