Fantabulous Cricut Challenge # 302 - Graduation

 Happy Monday and welcome to another Monday challenge!

Challenge #302-Graduation
Make a project about any kind of Graduation!

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To qualify for the prize, be sure to use at least 1 Cricut cut on your project and if it's not obvious, let us know what cartridge you used. If you use a Cricut Explore machine, at least one cut must be from the Cricut catalog of images.

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Here is my Project!

My oldest daughter's boyfriends' sister graduated from high school last week and this is the card I made for her.

 

 

 

 

I used these items to make my Graduation Trifold Shutter card:

• Paper Dolls Teen Scene Cricut cartridge - the graduate
• Beyond Birthdays Cricut cartridge - you did it
• Plantin SchoolBook Cricut cartridge - 2017

 

I am entering my Graduation Trifold Shutter card in the following challenges:

• Die Cuttin Divas Challenge #318 - Graduation
• Cut It Up Challenge #122 - Fun Folds
• CardzTV - Anything Goes

 

Thank you so much for stopping by and checking out my Graduation Trifold Shutter card. Please stop by Fantabulous Cricut Challenge and enter your own Graduation project.

Matthew - New Arrival via Airplane card

Today I bring to you a very special card for the arrival of Matthew to a very special couple.  In just a couple more weeks the arrival of Matthew is planned via a scheduled C-section.  Matthew's parents have been friends with my mom for many many years and I have become close friends with Matthew's mom over the last couple of years. 

I chose to use the airplane from the New Arrival Cricut cartridge because I know that Matthew's room is decorated in planes, trains, and automobiles.  I also tried to best match the color scheme as well.

I used these items to create this card:

• Design Studio
• New Arrival Cricut cartridge - plane, banner and clouds
• Plantin Schoolbook - Matthew on banner
• foam squares - on plane, banner and clouds
• Glossy Accents - on the windows of the plane
• Brad - on the propeller
• floss - between the plane and banner
• brown ink - on the edge of the banner
• My Craft Spot - clear stamps - Inside and Out Set #2 - sentiment inside card, "A baby is a gift from Heaven above...bringing joy down to earth filling hearts full of love."

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

• Fantabulous Cricut - Challenge Me Monday #128 -Trains, Planes, & Automobiles  - open til 9/15
• Use it Tuesday - Challenge #39 - Anything Goes - all of the products I used are part of my stash (nothing new) especially the cloud paper I've had for years - open til 9/21
• Hooked on Craft Challenges - Challenge #24 - create a card for a male or a males birthday - open til 9/29
• DL ART - Thankful Thursday - 1000 Post Linky Party - open til 9/30

Thank you so much for stopping by and checking out my Matthew - New Arrival via Airplane card.

Altered Clipboard for Teacher Appreciation

I can't believe I haven't done one of these sooner...it was so easy and very inexpensive!  My daughter's 4th grade teacher is a very nice man and has really done any amazing job with her this year.  Kaitlyn is a very good student but tends to get distracted from time-to-time (which is normal for 10).  Her teacher was always encouraging and positive.  Plus, this year Kaitlyn finally tested into the Gifted Program at ther school!

I got the clipboard and note pad from the Dollar Store.  I painted the entire clipboard with black craft paint.  I covered most of the front with a piece of cardstock from DCWV Grade School printed cardstock.  Then I added some stickers from Me and My Big Idea.  Lastly I attached some red ribbon to the top and clipped on the note pad.

I know most of the altered clipboards I have seen had tons of ribbon tied to the top...I didn't want to do that since I think ribbon is girly and her teacher is a man.

Here's a look at the back:

I attached a green piece of cardstock to the back.  I cut all the letters out from Plantin SchoolBook with the except of the "A+" which I cut from Locker Talk and the "thank you" came from Beyond Birthdays.  Once I attached them to the board I applied Glossy Accent to them.

I am entering this Altered Clipboard in the following challenges:

• Cooking with Cricut Challenge #84 - Teacher Appreciation Day -   open til 5/8
• Little Scrap Pieces - Fun Friday Challenge - create a Thank You project and it must include something school related such as an apple, glue, books etc! - open til 5/10

Thank you so much for stopping by and checking out my Altered Clipboard for Teacher Appreciation!

Class of 2012 High School Graduation layout

 

Today I share with you a layout I made as part of a gift for my neice who is graduating high school this May.  Her school colors are Red and Grey.  The only bit of grey I have is apart of the photo mats, everything else I went with the red. 

For the top part of the title I used my Design Studio to weld on the cap to the "C."  The scroll/diploma is acutally just a small peice of cardstock, rolled and tied up with floss.  I also used glitter and glossy accent to the title and stars.

I used a black fine point marker to highlight the cap and gown image then added glossy accent.  The same goes for the caps at the bottom of the layout as well..

I used these to create this layout:

• Design Studio
• PlantinSchool Cricut Cartridge - the font
• Everyday Paper Dolls Cricut Cartridge - the cap and gown
• Wild Card Cricut Cartridge - the stars
• Martha Stewart glitter - the letters and stars
• Glossy Accents - the letters, stars, cap and gown
• ribbon - 2012 and Graduation
• 2012 bling
• foam squares - for all Cricut cuts except the title
• floss - for around the "diploma"

I am entering this layout in the following challenges:

• Cooking with Cricut #83 - Bling, Bling and More Bling - open til 5/1

Thank you so much for stopping by and checking out my Class of 2012 High School Graduation layout.

My 1st 2 pg. Layout *** White Lightning Soccer layout ***

I am so excited to share with you my very 1st 2 page layout!!!  I was always so intimidated by the 2 page layout...not really sure why.  Now I can finally say, "I can do it!" 

I used these items to create this 2 page layout:

• Design Studio
• Plantin SchoolBook Cricut cartridge - for the font and the #9
• Indie Art Cricut cartridge - for the lightning bolts
• Sports Mania Cricut cartridge - for the soccer player, ball, and I "heart" Soccer
• ribbon

Here are the pages individually:

Here are some of the images up close...I really love the soccer player!

I am entering this 2 page layout in the following challenge:

• Throwback Thursday Challenge - Episode 295 - SPORTS CHALLENGE! Use any sports cartridge you have & if you don't own any sports theme carts, just use anything you have & just make sure it has something to do w/sports!:) ***Make a card, layout or anything you want!!!
•  BBTB2 - Numbers Challenge - just use any number from any cartridge

Thank you so much for allowing me to share with you my very 1st 2 page layout!!!  I hope you liked it...I know I had a blast creating it!

Rudolph Treat Bag/Ornament/Gift Card Holder

Today I share with you some little treat bags that I made for my daughter's 4th grade class for the last day before Winter break.  What I also discovered after making just one of these cute little bags was that it can double as an ornament for the Christmas tree or gift card holder.  The entire bag stands about 4 1/2 inches high, 3 inches wide and not quite 1 inch deep.  I made 28 of these for my daughter's class!!!

I used these items to create these treat bags/ornaments/gift card holders:

• Design Studio
• Plantin SchoolBook Cricut cartridge - for the bag
• Create-a-Critter Cricut cartridge - for Rudolph
• Martha Stewart punch - for the snowflakes
• Red stickles - for Rudolph's nose
• Misc. Christmas ribbon from Michael's

Here they are as ornaments on the tree:

I am entering this project in the following challenges:

• Fantabulous Cricut Challenge Me Monday #89 - Present Time
• My Craft Spot - Monday Challenge #36 - Christmas Treat and Gift Packaging
• Robins Creative Cottage #2 - Ribbons and Bows
• Cardz TV #2 - Crafty Christmas
• Craft Your Passion Challenge #87 - Anything Goes + Glitter
• Terrific Tuesday Challenge - Any Christmas Project
• Decorate To Celebrate #13 - Christmas Party
• Cooking With Cricut Challenge #63 - Sounds of the Season - Create a project featuring your favorite sounds or songs of the holiday season
• More Than Favors - Wacky Wednesday #61 - Christmas theme project
• Cricut Creative Cutter Room - Animal Theme

I had so much fun making these and the versatility of this project was a HUGE BONUS!!!  I can't wait to get them to the kids!

Thanks for looking and I hope you enjoyed my Rudolph treat bag/ornament/gift card holder!

Have a Merry Christmas!

Here Lies the Bride - HDH104-I Was Framed

It's been a while since I created an altered frame but I was inspired by the lastest Macabre Monday Challenge - HDH104 I Was Framed  over at Haunted Design House.  The challenge was to create a dark, Gothic, or Halloween-based art piece that uses or includes a frame somewhere in the creation.  Well, I decided to do an altered frame.  During Halloween time I display past pictures of my family all dressed up in their costumes and I hadn't done one yet for this picture so this was the perfect time for me to do it.  The picture is of my Mom dressed as Frankenstein's Bride.  This picture was taken during a Halloween party my brother threw in 2004. 

I created the altered frame using these items:

•  $1.00 wooden frame from Michael's
• 2 different colors of gray cardstock
• craft paint
• Halloween moss
• plastic spiders

I used these Cricut cartridges:

• Life's a Party for the gravestone
• Beyond Birthdays for the opening of the frame
• Plantin SchoolBook for the lettering
• Storybook for the swirls on the gravestone

I created the gravestone cuts in the Design Studio.  I cut the letters at 1/2 and the swirls at 3/4.   I adhered everything onto the frame and then applied the paint.  Lastly, I used a hot glue gun to attach the moss and spiders.

Of course another fun and exciting project, and I can't wait for more!!!

Kaitlyn - Kindergarten Layout

I did it again, I missed another challenge just by minutes this time.  Jaidyn (my 21 month old) wouldn't go down tonight like she normally does so I had to sit in her room for almost 15 minutes before she would go to sleep.  Who cares though, I'm just happy that I was able to finish my 1st school scrapbook page for Kaitlyn (who is now in 4th grade).  I kept this page very clean and simple.  I used the Design Studio to create the title using only the Plantin SchoolBook Cricut cartridge.  I matted the picture and the title in red cardstock and I used a Martha Stewart punch to give it a lace effect (to represent the lace on Kaitlyn's outfit).  I also adhered the actual barrettes that Kaitlyn wore in the picture.  I know someday this page will mean so much to her as it does to me already.

Monster High inspired card and gift bag

My 9 year old daughter Kaitlyn has also caught the "bug" the cricut bug!  She created this card and gift bag for her friend's birthday who wanted a Monster High doll as a gift.  We did get her friend a Monster High doll.  My daughter created this card with these Cricut cartridges:

Rock Princess - for the sculls cut @ 3 and 5 and she stickled the bows

Plantin SchoolBook - for the You are the best (inside the card) cut @ 1

Thanks for looking, I hope you enjoyed my daughter's card and gift bag!

We Walk 4Them

On Mother's Day me and my family participated in an event for the The MISS Foundation  It is an organization that supports families when a child dies.  The event was called Empty Strollers, Empty Shoes: We Walk for Them.  We walked for our nephew Chad who was taken from us when he was only 4 months old in 1993 and his death was attributed to SIDS.  We also walked for our babies Aiden and Kiran.  My son Aiden was stillborn at 29 weeks and 6 days gestation due a complete placental abruption and Kiran was misscarried at 8 weeks and 6 days, both in 2005.  I don't know what I would've done without The MISS Foundation.  Their support, especially in those early months during our grief, was essential for our healing.  Not a day goes by that we don't think about and MISS our babies.  Participating in this event is our way of never letting their memory die!

I used these Cricut cartridges:

Indie Art for the wings that I welded in the Design Studio to the names
Calligraphy Collection for the names
Graphically Speaking for the stoller
New Arrival for the feet
Plantin SchoolBook for the title

I don't know the sizes for any it because I did everything in the Design Studio. 

Thanks for looking!