December Daily 2013

Christmas Layouts

 

I used my Silhouette Cameo to create these 2nd two Christmas layouts.

The pointsettia is a flourished poinsettia corner by Snapdragon Snippets  Design ID #36528

The Santa is a santa reading list by Jamie Koay Design ID #36371

The printed Santa is a santa by Lettering Delights Design ID #23146

Jolly Fun word phrase by Samantha Walker Design ID #13454

Merry & Bright  by Sarah Hurley Design ID #36002

The poinsetta was made from a Stampin Up flower punch

Look Who Showed Up At My House!!!!

This sneaky little girl showed up at my house today.
It's an girl Elf On The Shelf!!  I'm going to do this with my Granddaughter this year.
It should be lots of fun. Now for a name.....hmmmmm
I'm not good at giving names. Anyone have any ideas on what to name her?

 

 

~Mary

Halloween Placemats

My 5 yr. old  granddaughter and I made some Halloween placemats. Here are the results.
She had the idea of the haunted house center and I had the idea of the pumpkin center.
I got all the pieces cut out and she helped me adhere them onto the paper.
We made 8 placemats. My granddaughter wanted green and purple placemats.
I wanted Orange and purple placemats. It really was fun working together with her.
I really enjoyed helping her bring her ideas with the haunted house to life.

 

 



The doilies were made with the Martha Stewart Spider circle punch.

The center is a 12" circle and the corners were an 8" circle divided into 4 corner pieces.

The Large bat is an eksuccess bat punch (shown by the pumpkin).

The bats by the haunted house are from the Martha Stewart bat and EEK punch.

The witch on the broom is the Martha stewart witch punch.

The black cat is also a Martha Stewart Punch.

The pumpkins in the corner are from a Martha Stewart large border punch.

I cut the pumpkins out from that punch.

The Ghosts are from Paper Dolls Cricut cartridge (cut at 3").

The pumpkin is from Create a Critter 2 Cricut cartridge(cut at 5").

The haunted house is from the Monster Bash Cricut cartridge (cut at 5").

I used my Xyron Creatopia to laminate the placemats.

 

~Mary



It's A Birthday Party Layout

It's A Birthday Party Layout

Supplies:

October Afternoon Cakewalk Collection.
Martha Stewart Balloon punch

Zoo Layouts

Zoo Layouts

I made some layouts of our trip to a zoo. There are too many layouts to share all the directions too. I made the path going through the park so when you line up all 16 layouts that the path continues on from page to page. It looks really neat once you lay them out to see the full spread.

Supplies:

Cricut Cartridge - Animal Kingdom - goat, turtle, Dog

Cricut Cartridge - Easter 2010 - Bunny Cricut Digital Download - Monkey that I print and cut with the Imagine. Jolee's stickers - Peacock
Silhouette Cameo - ram and mountain goat
Cricut Cartridge - Create a Critter - grass and trees
Cricut Cartridge - Designer Calendar to weld a Calendar grid for the fencing.
Squares from the walking path are from the center of the fencing.



5" x 7" Embossing Folder Storage with matching Border

I recently got some of the Anna Griffin embossing folders and cricut embossing folders.
Some of these have matching borders to go with the 5"x7" folder.

I purchase several Really Useful Boxes 3L capacity. They work perfectly for storing these embossing folders. I created folder files in Cricut Craftroom design software. I used From my kitchen cartridge.

 

 

 

 

For the cuttlebug companions I numbered each file folder to coordinate with the companion embossing folder sets.

 

 

 

 



 

For the Anna Griffin embossing folders I put the name of the folder on the file tab.

These folders have the names of the embossing folder right on the folder.

Then in the file folder divider I made a pocket in back to hold the coresponding border folder.

I store other Cricut embossing folders with matching borders this same way.

 

I absolutely love these Really Useful Boxes!!

 

Happy Crafting!

 

Mary

 

 

Monkey's and Puppies Layout

My Granddaughter went through a phase where she just loves Monkey's and Puppies.
She still does love them. But, when she was 2 she had such a fascination with them.
She would say ahhh Monkey's and Puppies all the time. So I made up a layout of her with her Monkey and puppies.
I love the cute monkey face she made. It is just so cute!!

Cartridges used: Create A Critter - Monkey 1.833" x 2.5" - Vine (welded)
                           Create A Critter 2 - Dog 3.125" x 1.653


Happy Crafting!!

Mary

New Cricut Circle Cartridge Charmed - Making Shrinky Dinks

I recently rejoined the Cricut Circle Group. This year's newest cartridge is called Charmed.
It is used with the new universal overlay. The handbook is a new 3-1/2"x3-1/2" size.(Sold Seperately)
The new box size is 3-3/4"x4" box.

This cartridge images are designed to make charms. I received my cartridge yesterday and couldn't wait to get started making Shrinky Dink Charms.  I love Halloween images so I made these 3 charms for Halloween to test everything out. I am so happy with the results!!

 

 

These charms were cut at 4".

I used Frosted Shrinky Dink Material

I colored the Spinder and Pumpkin with Sharpie Markers

I colored the Ghost with a white colored pencil.

 

They were all cut on the Imagine machine at 4" real dial size multi cut 3.

When I cut the shrinky dink material I put the side you color face down on the mat.

 

I heated the oven to 350 degrees. I placed them on a cookie sheet with parchment paper.

I didn't time it. I just waited for them to shrink and then flatten out again.

Then removed from oven. It probably took a minute or two.

They finished out at:

Pumpkin - 2" wide - 1-1/2 Long

Spider - 2-1/8" Wide - 1-3/4" Long
Ghost - 1-1/2" Long - 3/4" wide (hand to hand)

 

I can't wait to make more charms with my Granddaughter!! I had to test it out first though.

Everything went perfectly!!

 

 

This is the packaging from the Shrinky Dink Material.

 

 

 

 

Happy Crafting!!

 

Mary





Great Outdoor Adventure Layout

 Great Outdoors Adventure Layout

  Supplies:

Close To My Heart Cricut Artbooking Cartridge Handbook Page 66
I cut the backgrounds on fit to page feature.
I cut the Pine trees at 7".
I also cut the titles at 7"
The photo mats were cut to a 4"x6" size.
The mat paper was cut to 5-1/4" X 3-1/2"
The photo's I trimmed down to 3-1/4" x 4-3/4"
The sun image can be found on page 53.
I cut that at 3-1/2"
I added wood veneer birds to the embellish the layout