Altered Marker Tube

Hi everyone! Here is a project I created for the Throwback Thursday Challenge at My Creative Time.  The challenge was to create an altered item using an older Cricut cartridge.

I have this marker tube, that came with my Tim Holtz Distress marker set.  I put the pens in another container so I started throwing odds and ends into this empty container.

This is what I came up with:

I used the Sentimentals cartridge and cut the hand and layers at 3.5". The background shape was cut at 5", and the swirl was cut at 2.5". "Odds & Ends" was cut at 0.5" using the Plantin' Schoolbook cartridge. Hvae you ever cut a font that small? Before I got my Cricut Mini, this was impossible for me with my other Cricut machines. I continue to me impressed by how well this little machine performs! All of the paper layers were attached with Glue n' Seal. I also put a layer over top of everything to seal it.

Products used: Patterned Paper - Tim Holtz (crowded attic)
Cardstock - Core-Dinations (Tim Holtz), Bazzill
Embossing Folder - Tim Holtz
Paper Flowers - I Am Roses
Sprays - Lindy's Stamp Gang
Ribbon - Stampin' Up!
Lace - Unknown
Liquid Pearls
Marker - Staedtler Lumocolor

Hope you like it!

The Mess on Your Desk - hello card!

Hi everyone! Here is a card I created for a National Scrapbooking Day challenge on the Cricut Circle Blog. The challenge was to use stuff that is on your desk left over from the projects from the weekend.

#87 Sentimentals - Welcome Sign

Hi everyone! I am still not making many posts on my blog but I have been doing some crafting in between soccer games, school functions, swimming lessons and piano with the kids! This is a Welcome sign I created for one of the Cricut Circle Magazine challenges this month. For this challenge we were asked to use one of the May Magazine projects for inspiration to create our own project. I chose to use Aphra Bolyer's welcome sign for inspiration for my project. Her sign was shaped like a gate and had flowers and the word "welcome" on the front of it. My plan originally was to create something very similar to her project, I was just going to use the fence instead of the gate, but the ideas started flowing and I came up with this instead!

The base for the fence was cut twice from a cereal box to create two layers, giving it added support. The plaque was cut from heavier chipboard. I found a large piece the the back of one of my child's floor colouring pads. The fence was painted with Picket Fence Tim Holtz Distress crackle paint. The plaque was covered in flocked patterned paper. The swirls are fuzzy!

Here are the cartridges, cuts and measurements I used on my sign:

Sentimentals - plaque shape (cut at 14"), scalloped circle to create large flowers (cut at 2" real dial size)

My World - fence (two welded together cut at 5.5")

Nursery Rhyme - "WELCOME" (cut at 2")

Kate's ABCs - wagon (cut at 4"), watering can (cut at 3.5"), cat (cut at 3")

Elegant Cakes - vine border (cut at 1")

The three shapes along the bottom were attached to the fence using 3D foam squares. I added some I-Rock bling here and there for a little something extra.

I had so much fun creating all of the flowers on my project! Each larger flower was made using 8 - 2" scalloped circles. I inked all of the edges and spritzed with water to make the cardstock easier to manipulate. The circles were stacked then attached together through the center with a brad. One circle at a time was the scrunched up towards the center to create the petals.

Each rolled flower was created from circles that I cut by hand at around 3". I cut the circle into a spiral, rolled it tightly and glued the end to the bottom - this one's addicting! :-)

Here's a close up of the crackle paint on the fence - cool, right?

Well, I think that's it. Hope you like it! If you have any questions on my project, please let me know in a comment and I will get back to you! Thanks for coming by!

Think Pink! Weekly Circle Challenge

This week, in honour of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, the Cricut Circle Blog wanted us to create an ultra-girly project. We had to use three of the following elements: Pink, ruffles, scallops, flourishes, glitter and jewels. Also, we needed to use at least 2 Cricut cuts.

The cartridges used in my layout are Hoot 'n' Holler (owl and title), Picturesque (corner flourishes) Sentimentals (scalloped circle) and Slumber Party (scalloped square page frame).

Hope you like it! Don't forget I have a giveaway going on - click here to enter!