Summer Bucket List

It is officially the first day of summer on Friday.  I wanted to make a Summer Bucket List for my youngest son so he can make sure to do everything he (realistically) wants to do before summer is over.

I used Square 1 Masterpiece repositionable adhesive back fabric and my Cricut and Gypsy to cut out the letters.

For more information on this product, you can click HERE.

I started out with my Gypsy:

My Square 1 Masterpiece adhesive back fabric sheets are 8.5 x 11.  I wanted to use the entire sheet so I opened a square on Layer 2 of my Gypsy sized to 8.5 x 11.  This way I can cut multiple cuts all at once - stay tuned to my blog for the other projects!!!

For this project, I used Cherry Limeade and sized my letters to 1.06 inches.

I used the same settings for Square 1 as I do vinyl:  Blade Depth 3, Pressure 3 and Speed 3.

Because the letters are thin, I used transfer tape to keep them lined up perfectly.  Larger pieces of Square 1 do not need transfer tape.

Square 1 is thicker than regular vinyl and holds its shape better off the paper backing.  If you look at the word List, you can see the transfer tape does not go all the way to the bottom of the letters.  If this were vinyl, I would have a disaster on my hands here!!!

I burnished the letters on the bucket.

I found this free printable list on Pinterest HERE.  I printed it off and stuck it inside the bucket.

You can add supplies related to your Bucket List inside the bucket - tickets, money, sidewalk chalk, zoo pass, bubbles, pictures of a bike with NO training wheels - you get the idea!!

I hope you enjoy your summer!!!

Summer Fun Mini Album

Today is my day to design at CricutDIVA!!!

I found these 45 records at the thrift shop and thought they would make fun mini album covers!!  

I re-created the record on my Gypsy using two circles sized 7 inches and 3 inches.

I used vinyl for SUMMER FUN using the font Cherry Limeade sized to .75 inches.

I sized my letters by leaving the layer with the "record" on it open.  That way I knew my title would fit.

I cut out 3D flowers from Atriste sized from 3 - 5 inches out of sheet music and cardstock.

I inked the sheet music to match the cardstock.  I used my tweezers to roll up the flowers and liquid glue to adhere them.  I attached them to the cover with glue dots.

I traced and cut out chipboard circle pages and covered them with sheet music.  I painted the edges of the pages with a bright blue acrylic paint.

I made some photo mats and cut out some flip flops and beach tags to attach to the corners.

I cut out a wave and some fish and tied the tops with twine.

I like to make a pocket for my mini albums and include tags or coordinating paper scraps.

I cut out layered flowers from Mother's Day Bouquet sized from .88 - 2.53 inches.  I cut them out of sheet music.  Cutting did not go well as the paper is on the thin side, but I got enough to make my flowers.

I cut out some images from Life is A Beach.  The flip flops are 1.82 inches.  The tags are 1.75 inches.  The gecko is 3 inches.  I cut the images out in cardstock.

I tied a little twine on the  tags.

I attached the gecko to the back cover.

I hope you like my unique mini album.  I had a lot of fun making it!!

Halloween Witch Layout (Cricut Design Contest)

I created a layout using A Frightful Affair and entered it in Cricut's Design Contest!

You can find the details about this contest HERE.

I used George to create a frame of 4 rectangles sized to .50 width x 12.00 height (real size) placed around the edges of the mat.  I created a rectangle .30 width x 11.60 height (real size) and .30 width x 4.25 height (real size rotated 90 degrees) to create my photo cut outs.

I used the shadow feature from Cherry Limeade for the word Halloween sized to 2.23 inches.

I used the witch's feet from A Frightful Affair sized to 7.57 width x 16.72 height (real size 7.07 width x 4.75 height).

I welded the images together.

I cut the design out with black cardstock.

I opened Layer 2 and copied the witch's feet on it so I could create stockings.

I added the word Halloween from the Cherry Limeade font sized to 2.23 inches.

I cut out the word Halloween in bright yellow cardstock.

I cut out the witch's feet in lime green cardstock and trimmed off the shoe that I sketched.

I used stickles to put sparkly orange stripes on my socks!

While the stickles were drying, I attached purple crinkle ribbon strips to the top of the page to create a raggedy dress.

I added some purple gems to the shoes.  

I attached the frame to a piece of Martha Stewart Halloween paper.

Thank you so much for stopping by today!!!

Smash It Summer Fun!

I found some inspiration and decided to enter a Smash Challenge.  Smash books have been so ~ well scary to me!  I am great at collecting things but not great at Smashing....yet!

Karin from Smash Addicts posted a 2-page Summer challenge and I wanted to give it a try! 

I use my Gypsy most of the time so naturally I grabbed her and got designing.  Most of you know I broke my right wrist and I am right handed.  I can not easily sketch my layouts right now, but I can size up the pieces on my Gypsy!!

I used the font from Cherry Limeade and sized the letters to 1.5".

The pool is from H2O sized to 3.3"

The sun is from H2O sized to 1.5"

Home plate is from Baseball sized to 2.53"

The ball players, also from Baseball, are sized to 1.82"

I cut everything out from cardstock scraps.

I used Paper trimmimgs to cut out this 12" border of daisies.

Journaling is difficult for me right now, so I typed:

Soccer Mom

Baseball, Baseball, Baseball

In the pool

Vacation Fun

Flower Lust

I Love Summer

6-15-12, 22nd day in my cast

Everything else is from my stash.

Thanks for the inspiration!!

Bowling Raffle Items

 It's that time of year again ~ my son's team is hosting a Bowling Tournament for High School Bowling.  I usually make an item or two for the raffle.   This year, I made these bowling projects.  The bowling mini album is paired up with the scrapbook page (in a 12x12 frame).  I used a rectangle chipboard mini album found at Michaels in the dollar bin.

I used George for the rectangles and circles, Varsity Letter for the font, and Paper Doll for the juggling pin (aka bowling pin).  I save a file on my gypsy with the rectangles so I can easily add a title and some images.  This is set for two horizontal 4x6 photos.

I also created this tile with images from:
Base Camp ~ Strike at 2.06 inches rotated at 90 degrees
Sports Mania ~ Discipline Strength Honor at 2.88 inches.  I hid the inner cuts on the "o" and added three circles to mimic the bowling ball
Hello Kitty Greetings ~ suitcase (aka bowling bag) at 4.06 inches
Nifty Fifties ~ Bowling pin and ball at 7.24 inches and "bowl" at 3 inches and welded together
Create A Critter ~ turkey shadow layer at 2.18 inches (I hid the beak)
Cherry Limeaid ~ gutter ball at 1 inch welded together
Cuttin' Up ~ spare at 1.47 inches and welded together
Nifty Fifties ~ Split at 2.18 inches
George ~ bowling ball (4 circles grouped)
Lyrical Letters ~ it's all about the shoes .76 and 1.38 inches
Graphically Speaking ~ Trophy 2.25 inches

I cut it out of black vinyl and put it on a 12x12 tile.
You can see a link to one of my vinyl tutorials HERE!

Mix It Up ~ BBQ Layout

Lori here from ScrappinMyStressAway with this week's Mix-It-Up project for SweetSassyDiva.  Our theme was to use several cartridges (check) BBQ theme (check) and a Bold Color (check).  I do not have either of the BBQ themed cricut cartridges, so my Gypsy and I got to work!

The tree is from Just Because Cards sized to 6.23w x 14.93h (real size is 5.78 x 6.92).  The sun is from H20 sized at 2.56w x 2.54h.  The grill shape is from Creative Memories Cheerful Seasons ~ it is the watermelon at 3.79w x 1.59h (minus the slice) and the oval is from George 0.99w x 2.68h rotated 90 degrees.

For the legs of the grill, I used 2 "A"s from Cherry Limeade at 1.52w x 1.94h.  I put another oval on my mat for the grill top.  Again I used George and sized the oval to 0.99w x 2.68h, rotated 90 degrees.  I cut these out in black.

On the 3rd Layer, I put some grass from Everyday Paper Dolls at 12.0w x 2.73h.  I copied a second grass on the mat.  I put the banner from Birthday Bash on the mat at 6.01w x 4.06h.  I put BBQ from Cherry Limeade at .80 inches and the watermelon from Creative Memories at .73 inches.  I copied the watermelon and layer and then hid the watermelon half from each as I only needed the slice. 

I put four skinny balloons (aka hotdogs) on my mat from George and Basic Shapes sized at 0.21w x 0.57h.  I put four circles (hamburgers) on my mat from George at 0.36w x 0.33h.  I put three clouds from Create A Critter on my mat at 2.49w x 2.06, 1.92w x 1.59h and 2.63w x 2.18h.  I hid the inner cut on all three.

Here are the pieces all cut out.

Here is my grill all assembled.

Some hamburgers complete with grill marks! 

Some hot dogs with grill marks!

 

I used some stickles to create the grill top and the smoke.

I put orange stickles on the bottom layer of the sun (under the swirl) and some waterfall stickles on the cloud.

I added some journaling and twine to my layout.

I cut the bird off my banner and added BBQ and the watermelon slice.  I did change my paper for the banner to match the photo mats.

I put some gold stickles on the swing rope.

Here are a couple of photos from our 4th of July BBQ.  I can almost smell the grill!!