Welcome Little One ~ Baby Girl

Here is a baby wreath I made for a friend awaiting the birth of her baby girl.



Materials Used:

• Cricut cartridge Everyday Pop-Up Cards
• Imagine cartridges Nursery Tails and Blossom
• Making Memories Finished Large Baby Girl Bravissimo
• 12" plastifoam wreath
• Kirkland pastel ribbon
• Hug Snug seam binding
• White toile
• Pink linen thread
• Half Pearls
• Clear buttons
• Pearl corsage pins

It's super simple to create.  First, cover your wreath by wrapping your selected ribbon until completely covered.  I also added a wrapping of white tulle to match my selected Bravissimo ribbon.  Once I finished wrapping the wreath, I left a loop before tying the end so that I could hang it.  Next, I added my Welcome Little One Bravissimo ribbon (how easy is that?).  Lastly, I added my final complimenting cuts and embellishments and voila...your done! 



Baby's First Solids 2 pg LO

Here is a layout to capture baby's first solids:

I created this LO using the Imagine cartridge Nursery Tails and Cricut cartridge Sesame Street Font.  For added texture and interest, I sewed s zigzag stich on the borders of the picture frames and stickled the bib.

You Are My Sunshine Layout.

Here is the next Cricut Circle Blogiversary Challenge:

The Challenge: Use your Imagine Machine to print a background (it can be a solid color or a patterned paper from your Imagine cartridge) and use it on your project as well as cutting an image of your choice in layers- that’s right, choose the layers option on your image and print out one or all of the layers offered, piece them together on your project!

Now this project was super easy due to the Imagine!  The first thing I  did was to create my edged background on a piece of 12x12 cardstcok.  I did this utilizing a Martha Stewart punch set.  Next, I printed my background paper (pg. 29) at fit to page using the Imagine cart Nursery Tails and adhered it to the edged 12x12 once I trimmed it.  The layer I chose is from the same cartridge (pg. 23).  Like the challenge requested, I printed all the layers and pop dotted them together (cut at 3.0" relative size).  I used the Imagine Shape library and flood filled 2 square shapes for my pics using the pattern on pg. 39, one @ 3.5" and one at 4.0".  I added some lime twine to the two squares before I adhered them to the layout.  Lastly, I used stickles, a white Signo gel pen,  and Crystal Effects (glossy accents) to highlight different images on the layout.  That's it!  A complete layout created in very little time. 

Cricut Circle Blog Weekly Challenge #37: Technique

Weekly Challenge #37: Technique Challenge!

The Challenge: All week long the Cricut Circle Design Team has been showing you new and different techniques to use with your Cricut Cuts (check back tomorrow, there is still one more!). . . now it’s your turn! Create a project of your choice (Scrapbook page, mini album, card, home decor . . . it’s up to you!) including one of the techniques we have showcased this week. Let me recap for you! Monday, Kristen used letter stickers to create her own textured patterned paper of sorts to cut shapes from. Tuesday, Suzanne cut her shapes from vellum and used her Cuttlebug machine to emboss them. On Thursday, Jennifer used beads and glitter to dress up her Cricut cuts to create a Keepsake Photo Thank You card. Today, Deanna shows you a crayon resist technique with spray mists. Finally, tomorrow Michele Kovack will be back to show you how to add shading and dimension to your Cricut cuts using Copic markers! Choose one of these techniques and then apply it to your own project! We can’t wait to see what you do!

This cute tag was made using the Imagine.  I  selected the boy tag image from the Imagine cartridge Nursery Tails (pg.23).  You can print it as a combined image or print and cut the layers separately. 

One of the layers makes a terrific journaling box if you just want to print and cut that image (great for those baby albums).

To complete the look, I combined the image and selected cut only to cut the same tag shape in vellum.  I then embossed the vellum with the Swiss Dots Cuttlebug folder and layered them together held by a matching ribbon (Stampin Up Bashful Blue 1" grossgrain double stitched ribbon).

Super easy, but super designer looking!

Other great uses for this tag:

• Laminate several of the tags for your baby's luggage, bags, car seats and stroller for use when traveling (how cute...they would all match...great gift idea!). 
• Journaling boxes
• A mini-brag book...just cut the tag out several times with the layers separated so that there is room for a picture on some pages and journaling on the others.

NOTE:  Cricut.com  has a FANTASTIC deal this week on their Imagine ink cartridges - Bundle includes:

Cricut Imagine™ Tri-Color Print Cartridge
Cricut Imagine™ Black Print Cartridge
FREE! American Craft White Cardstock Pack - 60 sheets            

All this for $33.99!!!  Hurry up and stock up now before they are all gone!  =)

Cricut Circle Blog Challenge #25: Use Your Imagine-ation

Weekly Challenge #25: Use Your Imagine-ation Challenge!
The Challenge: Strut your stuff using your Cricut Imagine Machine. Don’t own one yet? No problem! Include some sort of clip art on your project in it’s place.

I needed to get my birth announcements and thank you cards ready for the upcoming birth of our daughter and knew this was the perfect opportunity to get these done. I had already bought a kit that came with both the announcements and thank you cards, but I did not think they were cute or decorative enough. No problem...my Imagine came to the rescue!

I used the Nursery Tails cartridge for all of my cuts. I used the image of the lamb on page 27 and the butterfly layer from page 20 for the announcements. I cut an extra scallop in a different pattern and at .2 bigger then the combined lamb cut so I could give it some dimension without gluing all the tiny pieces. I also used a pop dot on the butterfly and curled the wings before adding it to the announcement. I sponged the edges of the card with SU craft ink in Pretty in Pink and added a gingham ribbon bow in SU Light Pink. ***Note: the picture is not of my baby nor is the info correct, it's just the prototype of what the final will look like once all the correct information is entered. I cut enough for 50 announcements, so all I will need to do is adhere the pieces once she is here. =)

To the thank you cards, I used the same butterfly (edges curled) from page 20 in addition to the lamb (pop dot added for dimension) and grass layers from page 4. I sponged the edges in the same SU craft ink, used a cuttlebug folder to emboss the front of the card, used the same gingham ribbon to wrap the card and make a bow and finally, used pink Stickles to highlight a few of the raised dots. I also added the bib from page 13 to the inside of the card in the center of the negative embossment from the front of the card (no pic added).

I love the way I was able to easily use my Imagine to add such a decorative touch to the announcements and thank you cards. The cuts really added an expensive and designer look to them that they otherwise would not have had!

Cricut Cirlce Blog Weekly Challenge #2 - Think Pink

THINK PINK! This week we were challenged to think/use pink, glitter, gems, scallops, ruffles...basically anything girly. I created a scrapbook layout of me and my honey: