More Minions

The minions are all the rage right now.  I found a great link via Operation Write Home with directions on making a minion for a card.

• Minion Directions Link:  Scrap Happens
• Designer Paper:  My Minds Eye "Cowboy"
• Cricut Cartridges:  Paper Doll Dress Up. Pretty Pennants.  Storybook.
• Googly Eyes

A2 sized card = 5.5" x 4.25"
Cricut Paper Doll Dress Up
Cricut Pretty Pennants
Cricut Storybook

Card Recipe:

• Mat 1 (black) = 5 1/4" x 4". 
• Mat 2 (pattern) = 5" x 3 3/4"
• Pennants = cut at 1 1/2" from Cricut Pretty Pennants cartridge.  White gel pen used for faux stitching.  Pole was hand cut from brown shimmer paper.
• "A" "P" = cut at 1/2" from Cricut  Storybook cartridge.

Minion =

• Body (yellow) = cut at 1 1/2" x 3".  Round all corners at 1/2".
• Arms (yellow) = cut two at 1/4" x 1 1/4".
• Overalls (blue) = cut at 1 1/2" x 1 1/2".  Round bottom corners at 1/2".  Hand trim notches for overall top.
• Top of Overalls (blue) = cut two at 1/4" x 1 1/4".  Black gems were added for buttons.
• Legs (blue) = cut two at 5/8" x 3/4".
• Goggles Strap (black) = cut at 1/4" x 2 1/2".
• Eyes (gray) = circle punch two at 1/2".  Googly Eyes are glued on top.
• Hands (black) = cut at 3/4" using real dial size from Cricut Paper Doll Dress Up cartridge; [Suprgl][Accessories 2] found on page 57 of the folder.
• Feet (black) = cut at 3/4"  using real dial size from Cricut Paper Doll Dress Up cartridge; [Suprgl][Accessories 1] found on page 57 of the folder.
• Hair = hand cut from black card stock.
• Mouth = hand drawn with black pen.

Hope you enjoyed the cards.  As always, your comments are welcomed and appreciated!

~ Marilyn

September 2013 Cricut Cart Hop

Welcome to the

September Cricut Cart Hop.

 

We are so happy you could join us.  You should have come from Cindy.  If you happened by my blog or are joining me from your dashboard, head over to Luisa's blog to start at the beginning.  We don't want you to miss any of the fun!

The design team each selected different Cricut cartridges that they would like to showcase for you today.  This is a one day blog hop, and we appreciate you leaving a comment letting us know what you think and telling us what is your most favorite cartridge to create with. 

The cartridges I used for the hop are: 

• Kate's Kitchen Imagine
• Live Simply Lite
• Mustaches and Glasses
• Pretty Pennants
• Simply Sweet
• Storybook 

Following are my four projects with links to give you more images and directions for creation.

1.  A Tisket a Tasket

• Cartridge:  Cricut Storybook
• Flowers and Butterflies:  Martha Stewart punches
• Accent:  Stickles

A Tisket A Tasket
Cricut Storybook cartridge

 

 

2.  Eye Chart Card (with a hidden message):

• Cartridges:  Simply Sweet and Mustaches and Glasses.
• Designer Paper: Recollections.
• Embossing:  Cuttlebug "Script" folder.

Eye Chart Card
Cricut Simply Sweet cartridge
Mustaches and Glasses Cricut Craft Room Exclusive

3.  Chef - Enjoy the Simple Pleasures:

• Cartridges:  Cricut Imagine Kate's Kitchen and Cricut Pretty Pennants
• Designer Paper:  from Cricut Imagine Kate's Kitchen
• Sentiment:  My Favorite Things "Flopsey Goes Camping" stamp set.

Chef - Enjoy the Simple Pleasures
Kate's Kitchen Imagine cartridge
Cricut Pretty Pennants

4.  Mushroom Love:

• Cartridges:  Cricut Live Simply Lite and Pretty Pennants.
• Designer paper:  My Mind's Eye "Up and Away" 6" x 6" pack.
• Punch:  from Martha Stewart
• Sentiment:  My Favorite Things "Clearly Sentimental About Gardens."
• Accent:  Liquid Pearls.  Gem from Michaels.
• Other:  Tim Holtz Tea Dye Distress Ink.

Mushroom Love
Cricut Live Simply Lite
Cricut Pretty Pennants

Thanks for stopping by for this month's hop.  We hope that you enjoyed hopping along with us as much as we enjoyed putting our projects together for you.  Next up is Kathy . . . until next month! 

Here is the full line up:

1- Luisa - http://lepaperstudio.blogspot.com
2- Sandy- http://scrapbookblessings.blogspot.com
3- Cindy - http://inlovewithpaper.blogspot.com
4 -Marilyn - http://marilyncricutcards.blogspot.com/ 
5- Kathy U - http://kathy213-kathyscorner.blogspot.com/
6- Vivi J- http://vivijdesigns.blogspot.com/2013/08/september-100-cricut-blog-hop.html



A Tisket A Tasket

This nursery rhyme came to mine while doing this project.  

•  A Tisket a Tasket, a green and yellow basket.  I wrote a letter to my love, and on the way I dropped it.  

I'm giving my future DIL this bicycle for her birthday.  Of course, I had to decorate the basket first!

Cartridge:  Cricut Storybook
Flowers and Butterflies:  Martha Stewart punches
Accent:  Stickles

• Letter "J" = cut at 4.5" from Cricut Storybook cartridge.  Letter accented with Stickles and attached with foam tape.
• Flowers and Butterflies = from Martha Stewart punches.
• Inside the Basket = just some tissue paper to fluff it up.

Fabulous 29th Birthday

My daughter-in-law-to-be will be turning 29 on Tuesday.  The card I created uses left-over CS scraps from projects of her upcoming wedding. 

A2 sized card = 5.5" x 4.25"
Cricut Forever Young cartridge
Cricut StoryBook cartridge

Card Recipe:

• Mat 1 (orange and white polka dots) = 5 3/8" x 4 1/8".
• Mat 2 (orange) = 4 3/4" x 3 1/2".  Mat embossed with Cuttlebug "Divine Swirls" folder.
• Mat 2 (brown border) = 1 1/2" x 3 5/8".  Mat embossed with Cuttlebug "Swiss Dots" folder.
• Sheer Ribbon = from wedding stash.  I believe it was purchased at Hobby Lobby.

• "fabulous" = cut image and shadow at 1" [cut using relative size, actual size is a little more than 1/2"]  from Cricut Forever Young cartridge; [Flower7][word feature] found on page 70 of the folder.
• Shoes = cut at 1 3/4" from Cricut Forever Young cartridge; [Heels1] found on page 54 of the folder.  Half pearls added are from Michaels.  Image cut 3 times to make a chipboard effect.
• Gift with Flower = cut at 1 3/4" from Cricut Forever Young cartridge; [Box] found on page 53 of the folder.  To make the green leaf behind the flower, I cut a second lid in green and trimmed to the leaf portion.  Center of flower accented with Stickles.  Image cut 3 times for make a chipboard effect.
• "2" "9" = cut at 1" from Cricut StoryBook cartridge.  Images cut 3 times each to make a chipboard effect.

Inside of Card

Inside of Card:

• Mat 1 (orange) = 5" x 3 3/4".
• Mat 2 (beige) = 4 3/4" x 3 1/2".
• Sentiment "May all your Wishes come true!" = from Scrappy Mom "Hooray for Birthdays" stamp set.
• Sentiment "Happy 29th" = from Scrappy Mom "Hooray for Birthdays" stamp set.

MCCR - Baby Cards

Our challenge today is to create Baby Cards.  I used Storybook and Sugar and Spice cartridges to create my card.  Designer Paper is from My Mind's Eye "Madison Avenue" 6x6 pack.

A2 sized card = 5.5" x 4.25"

Card Recipe:

• Mat 1 (pink) = 5 3/8" x 4 1/8".  White gel pen used to create white lines.
• Mat 2 (brown pattern) = 4.75" x 3.5".    Edges inked with Tim Holtz Tea Dye Distress ink.  Both mats were embossed with Cuttlebug "Daisy" folder.

Letters from Cricut Storybook cartridge
Feature Shorty/Holes used for letter "B"

• Letter "B" = cut at 3.25" from Storybook cartridge; found on page 29 of folder.  I cut one with the designer paper then four more in pink paper and glued them one on top of each other creating the chipboard effect.
• Letters "A, B, Y" = cut at .75" from Storybook cartridge.  No feature keys were used.  Each letter is cut four times in total to make the chipboard effect.

Bear from Cricut Sugar and Spice Lite cartridge
Face is from Peachy Keen Stamps "PK-757"

• Bear = cut at 2" from Sugar and Spice cartridge; found on folder.  Image cut twice to make a thicker image.  Edges inked with Tim Holtz Tea Dye Distress Ink.  White gel pen used on bow to create stitching.
• Face on Bear = from Peachy Keen Stamps "PK-757 Wide Eyed and Busy Tailed Face Assortment."  I used the 3/4" size.  White gel pen used to color in eyes, nose and mouth.

Inside of card

Inside of Card:

• Mat 1 (pink) = 5" x 3.75".
• Mat 2 (white) = 4.75" x 3.5".

Diaper Pins from Cricut Sugar and Spice Lite cartridge

• Diaper Pins = cut at 1.5" from Sugar and Spice cartridge; found on the cartridge.  I only used the first two cuts and omitted the last two layers.  Edges around pins are inked with Tim Holtz Tea Dye Distress Ink.

MCCR - All Time Favorite Projects

Welcome to May's My Cricut Craft Room's All Time Favorite Projects Blog Hop!

Thanks for visiting my blog today.  Below are some of my favorite projects. 


#1 - Diaper cake - Under the Big Top. Uses Cricut cartridges Create a Critter and Sugar and Spice. Elephants on top are made using baby wash cloths.




Under the Big Top Diaper Cake
Create a Critter
Sugar and Spice

# 2 - Dinosaur Diaper Cake.  Uses Cricut cartridges Create a Critter, Paper Doll Dress Up and Dinosaur Tracks.



Dinosaur Diaper Cake
Create a Critter
Paper Doll Dress Up
Dinosaur Tracks


# 3 - Owl Time Out Stool - Uses Create a Critter and Imagine Best Friends cartridges.



Owl Time Out Stool
Create a Critter
Imagine Best Friends


# 4 - Baby Decor Shadow Boxes.   Uses Create a Critter and Sugar and Spice Lite cartridges.



Baby Decor Shadow Boxes
Create a Critter
Sugar and Spice


# 5 - Monogram Hairbrushes with Shrinky Dinks Charms.  Uses Storybook and Imagine Best Friends cartridges.




Monogram Hairbrushes
Storybook
Imagine Best Friends

# 6 -  Lost Sock - wall art for laundry room. Created using Cricut Meow Lite cartridge. Colors from Imagine Best Friends cartridge.



Lost Sock Wall Art
Meow Lite
Imagine Best Friends



# 7 - Super Hero Shelf - A Place to Hang My Cape.  Published in Cricut Home Decor Idea Book.  Uses Create a Critter, Paper Doll Dress Up and Plantin Schoolbook.





Super Hero Shelf
Create a Critter
Paper Doll Dress Up
Plantin Schoolbook

# 8 - Beware! - Uses Mini Monsters and Imagine Better Together.



Beware!
Mini Monsters
Imagine Better Together



 

# 9 - Birthday Card - Uses Create a Critter 2.




Birthday Card
Create a Critter 2

#10 - Happy Mother's Day! - Uses Bloom Lite cartridge.




Happy Mother's Day
Bloom Lite


Next go to Julie's Blog at the Cricut Chirp!

Blog Line Up:

• MCCR Favorite Project's Blog Hop - My Cricut Craft Room
• Sandy - Scrapbook Blessings
• Marilyn - ~ Marilyn's Cricut Cards ~
• Julie - Cricut Chirp
• Cindy - In Love with Paper!
• Faith - Faith Abigail Designs
• Luisa - L.E. Paper Studio
• Viviana - Crafting Designs by Viviana
• Erica - Erica's Projects




Joy

A2 sized card.  Pattern paper from The Paper Studio "I Believe in Santa."

Pattern mat 1 = 4" x 5.25"
White Mat 2 = 3.625" x 4.875"   (3 5/8 inches by 4 7/8 inches)
Red Mat 3 = 3.5" x 4.75"   Red mat embossed using Cuttlebug "Holly Ribbons" folder.

Text font "J" "O" "Y" = cut from Storybook Cricut cartridge at 1".  Use Shorty/Holes feature.   Letters highlighted using Stickles "Diamond".

Mats under "JOY" = cut from Storybook Cricut cartridge at 1.5".   Use Accent/Frame feature, page 77 of Cricut folder.  <From><Accent/Frame><shift>

Green ribbons made using Bow Easy.   All ribbons from Michaels.

Corners of all mats and card rounded using Crop-A-Dile Corner Chomper from We R Memory Keepers - rounded at 1/2".

Inside of card.  

Pattern Mat 1 = 3.75" x 5"
White Mat 2 = 3.5" x 4.75"

Border = layered red, white and pattern papers.  Border punched and accented using Viva Decor Pens (red).   White gel pen used to create the white sticking.

Happy Birthday, Nancy

Special order birthday card

A2 sized birthday card.

Paper colors all from Cricut Imagine Yummy cartridge.
Cupcakes on stand - Yummy cartridge, 2.5 inches
Banner - Yummy cartridge, 1.5 inches
Font - "NANCY" - Storybook Cricut cartridge, .5 inches

Inside of card.

Birthday Hat - Birthday Bash Cricut cartridge, 1.75 inches
Balloon - Martha Stewart punch
Sentiment - My Pink Stamper stamp set

Accents - Glossy Accents, Viva Decor Pens, Liquid Pearls
Ribbon - Michaels' dollar bin
Twine - from Walmart
Pearl on balloon - from Michaels