Cardabilities Sketch #64

Sketch #64 is up at cardabilities! Mustaches are very popular, so I wanted to put at Santa one on this card. The cut is from the Mustaches & Glasses Cricut cartridge. The Santa wording is from the Teresa Collins - December 25th Cartridge.

Cardabilities Sketch #63

A new sketch is up at cardabilities! This is such a versatile sketch. I chose to do a winter card, bright and cheery. I have been playing with the Cricut Craft Room on my computer, and purchased the Teresa Collins December 25th cartridge. Oh, how I love it! I plan on making some Christmas tags with it soon.

Birthday Cards and Tags

We have a ton of winter birthdays coming up, trying to get some cards and tags done!

School Themed Cards

The finale of school cards! I think we have enough to cover the teachers for this school year. I just started a mini album, it is going to be quite an undertaking (in a fun way!)

The Summer Wind Down

I got in the Olympic spirit with this card! It has been so exciting watching the games.

A suitcase, dug out some washi tape for this one.

This summer I have pretty much been living off of watermelon and blueberries. I have been on this super restrictive diet, where anything highly acidic is out. That leaves about four fruits  I can chow down on! The title is very fitting for this card:) 

School started for us this past Wednesday, which has really put the week of kilter, but hey Friday is right around the corner!

Summer Stripey Cards

Rounding out the end of my summer cards. I am hoping if I start to make some fall themed cards, it will force the weather to cool down :)

I have a little  4 year old scrapping buddy now! She loves to make thank you cards...They are all over the house, it is fun finding them hidden.

Yellow and Blue For You

Two more summer cards on this Monday!                    

Sailboat Card

Hello friends, I have a new card to share today! The boat is from Cricut Just Because Cards cartridge, and it worked perfectly with the boat paper. I found a stash of SRM stickers in a folder, so I decided to make good use of them:)

Summer Foods Cards

 

I kinda waited to long for 4th of July cards, so here are some summer foods cards. When my mom found the Carousel Cricut cartridge at Wal Mart for half off, I was all for it! It has a cool font, and quite a few really cute images. Think I will be moving on to some beach themed cards next, I have lots of Echo Park summer stickers waiting to be used.

Dance Tag

 

Just a little tag for today! I hung this on a potted plant for Audrey's dance teacher on Valentine's day. I used the Twinkle Toes Cricut Cartridge, (one of my most favorite underused carts!)

Bee Card

Cricut Cardz Challenge 102 is to use some type of stitching on your card. Once I got this honeycomb paper, I knew I wanted to make a bee card. So, a little bit of blue stitching was added for fun:) The bee was from the Just Because Cards Cricut cartridge. It did have another layer to it, but decided not to add it, I like the blue hearts all by themselves!

We (I mean my husband;) ripped out our carpet on the stairs, and is in process of painting them. This makes me really happy. We have had the carpet for over ten years, and it was time to go. Eventually we are gonna get this house carpet free!

Cardz TV - Cricut Cardz Challenge #101

For Cricut Cardz Challenge 101, you have to make a Valentine card using any cartridge with any colors that you want. I used the Cindy Loo cartridge for this heart card. 

Cricut Cardz Challenge #100

 

There is a summer theme over at Cricut Cardz Challenge 100! I am trying to get out of my comfort zone with the Cricut, and upping the amount of layering. I even cut the circle card and scallops:) If you make odd sized cards, do you make your own envelopes, or just find a big enough sized envelope? Just curious!

Valentines Cards-Cricut Style

It is Valentine cards time! I used the Teresa Collins Sophisticated Cricut cartridge on all of these cards. Let me just say, this cartridge rocks! 

I would really like to use my Cricut more...but here is my problem. My machine sits in a loft area right besides both kids rooms. And I kinda feel like I have to wait super late to not wake them up. Maybe move the machine over to my bedroom for all cutting?! I love it when my craft supplies start taking over the house;)

More Songbird Layouts

A few more layouts using the Songbird cartridge. It is easy to add bird elements to just about any page!

Fly

There are some Cricut cartridges that I haven't really even ventured into trying. Songbird definitely is one of the least used ones. Not anymore! I made about four or five layouts and pushed myself to use something from that cartridge. Here is the first one, the fly wording worked perfectly with the Tinkerbell costume.

Camping Mini Album

The entire album was cut with the Cricut, I think it was the Gypsy Wanderings cartridge. It has 3 different sheets- one with a plain edge, scallop edge, and a curved edge. I cut the book with  double sided patterned papers so I wouldn't have to cover the backs of pages. The holes were already cut with the Cricut, so it was quick to pull together. I took my scrap drawers out and just started trimming away.

The pictures are all 2x3, so this album is fairly small, but a great way to document a weekend trip.

Birthday Beach Style

My in-laws graciously hosted the whole family for Audrey's birthday, it was wonderful! Talk about stress free for me:)

Cupcake toppers and custom tag graphics are from Pluff Mudd Studio. She did such a great job in helping me craft for the party.

I took a few beach buckets from Micheal's (they were spring ones on clearance for a dollar) and played around with cutting vinyl. Not too hard to master, you just never know what you are getting yourself into when trying something new!

Father's Day Cards

I cut the golf ball and tee from the Everyday Paper Dolls Cartridge. Then embossed, and added lots of grass! The other card is one of those use up some scraps card, and emboss a little more.

And, I will be adding my chocolate golf balls from the last post to the new challenge blog Decorate To Celebrate! Thanks Rhonda for showing me the site, it is awesome:)

Cricut Storage

I just have this thing for having all my booklets and overlays together...But honestly do not have the room to have mountains of Cricut boxes stacked up everywhere. I invested in the Scrap Caddy system, and have been really pleased with it. I can easily pull out books, plus I like the idea of cartridges being visible so I can find them easily. I still kept the Cricut boxes, but they are headed for the attic!