Cricut Imagine Blog Hop Day 1 ~ Spring/Summer

 Welcome to the Spring Summer Imagine Blog hop! Our sponsor for the hop is Erica's Craft Room, you can find Erica's Craft Room shop here: http://shop.ericascraftroom.com/

Erica is offering a $25.00 gift certificate grand prize for the hop! To be entered in the drawing, please leave a comment on all the blogs with your name and a way to contact you. To help prevent spam, please leave your email address in a safe manner, ie. ssmith at hotmail dot com is best. The winner will be drawn on May 20, 2012. Please check back at any of the blogs on that day. You do NOT need to follow the blogs to be entered, just leave a comment please. Some of the blogs are also offering blog candy and you can check out the details as you hop.

You should have arrived here from My Bug and Me Create's blog. And if you are just dropping by and want to start the hop from the begining please start at Robin's blog here:  http://custom-comforts.blogspot.com/

  

Here is a complete list of blogs in this hop:

custom-comforts at http://custom-comforts.blogspot.com/ 

LauraLeesDream at www.lauraleesdream.blogspot.com

Cricut Crafty Clare at http://www.cricutcraftyclare.blogspot.com/

Scrappin Nanapuddin at http://scrappin-nanapuddin.blogspot.com/ 

Janet's Creative World at http://janetscreativeworld.blogspot.com/ 

LadyLuvBug at http://www.ladyluvbug.blogspot.com/

My Bug and Me Create - http://mybugandmecreate.blogspot.com  

ScrappinMyStressAway - http://scrappinmystressaway.blogspot.com/ ***HERE

Nana's Scrap Spot - http://www.nanasscrapspot.com/ ***NEXT

Scrappin' With Chriss and Lou - http://chrissandlou.blogspot.com/ 

 We have three birthdays in our family plus Mother's Day in the month of May, so I used my Imagine to create cards for everyone!!  Well not everyone, as my birthday is in there too!  

Here are the rest of the cards I made:

I used Enjoy the Seasons for the first three cards:

I used the basket of flowers and the bunch of flowers for Mother's Day cards for my sisters-in-law.  My brother's birthday is the day before mine and he loves to grill, so I used the grill.  Bonus it is a charcoal grill which is what he uses!  I printed and cut out all three images.

For the basket of flowers, I used some 1" flowers from Art Philosophy and my Martha Steward Branches Punch.

I rolled my flowers with my brand new McGill tweezer and stylus set from my friend Jenny!!!  It was an early birthday present as she was afraid I would go buy it myself!!!

I glued the branches down first and then the flowers on top.  I tied a purple ribbon around the basket and assembled the card.  Amie likes a little sparkle, so I added some purple gems to the card.

My brother Kurt is pretty low maintenance but he loves to grill!  I thought this image was perfect for him!

I inked the edges and layered it on the red mat.  I tied a piece of jute around the red mat and inked that too. I used some Glossy Accents on the smoke for some dimension.  BAM - great birthday card for Kurt (my brother who loves to grill on a charcoal grill)!

My other sister-in-law is not girlie at all.  I thought the green background was too much so I decided to add a little pink....

I used my Martha Steward lace punch on one edge and ran some twine across the pink paper.  I turned the card horizontal and pop-dotted the image over the top of the pink paper.  I left off the bling and glitter because I was afraid I would over do it and that is not Windy's style.

 

Windy also has a birthday this week.  I used Imagine More Cards for the Happy Birthday cake image.

I printed and cut out the cake.  I found some pink shimmer cardstock from my stash.

I inked the edges with vintage ink and added a blue bow as blue is her favorite color.  I did add some glitter frosting on the cake.  I used stickles on the candle and flame also.

I do have a Mother's Day card that I made from my Imagine for my step-mom HERE if you want to see yet another card!!

Be sure to come back tomorrow to see a fun note pad I embellished with my Imagine!!

Thanks so much for stopping by!!  Your next stop is Nana's Scrap Spot!

Frosted Designs Winter Wonderland Blog Hop

Welcome to the Frosted Designs Winter Wonderland Blog Hop!!!  You should have arrived from Marina.  Here is a complete list of blog hop participants in case you found me first, or get lost along the way!

Diana   http://itsmylifeandimscrappingit.blogspot.com/     

Andrea  http://www.scrapality.com/     

Amanda  http://www.whiteruffles.blogspot.com/   

Jenny  http://jennygevans-mylittlescrapcorner.blogspot.com/  

Ashley   http://ashleyspaperdoll.blogspot.com/    

Marina M. http://sunnysbasteloase.blogspot.com/    

Lori   http://www.scrappinmystressaway.blogspot.com/  ***HERE  

Joni  http://www.joniparkerstuff.blogspot.com/  ***NEXT    

Martina  http://stampinggoddess-stampalicious.blogspot.com/    

Fern http://www.texasstampinmamaw.blogspot.com/    

Debbie B http://debbiebakk.blogspot.com/   

Eli  http://scrap-colors.blogspot.com/   

Ali  - http://missybossy65.blogspot.com/  

Two ways to win the big prize at Frosted Designs

1. Have the phrase emailed to me at danica4us@yahoo.com by midnright Sunday. (Subject Line should say "Blog Hop")

2. Link your LO to the Frosted Design Blog by Midnight Sunday.

The word you need from my blog is "STAYING".  Now on to my project:


I created a Winter Wonderland layout for my project today.

Our challenge this week at Frosted Designs is to use Vellum or Acetate in your project.  I used vellum because I had some on hand.

I wanted to print on my vellum with my Imagine.  In order to print on the entire 8 1/2 x 11 piece of vellum, I had to get creative.  You can print on certain shapes, but you can only size the height.  

After using my Gypsy to size and place the item where I want on my mat, I had to work around my limitations.   I opted to Print Page (which prints the entire 12x12 area) and filled in the rest of the mat with white cardstock.  I cut out a 8 1/2 x 11 section of the cardstock. I switched the overspray option to OFF. 

I used Enjoy the Seasons for my snowflake paper image.

Here is the printed paper and vellum.

I grabbed some snowflakes from When It's Cold Outside.  I sized them at 3.96, 4.20 and 5.25.  I moved them into an 8 1/2 x 11 rectangle of my mat.

Luckily I noticed the arrow was pointed the wrong way on my mat before I cut!! I rotated the snowflakes so they cut where the vellum is placed on the mat.  I opened another layer in my Gypsy and put some snowflakes from 1.75 - 2.05 inches across the top of the mat.

First I cut out the vellum.  I consulted my friend's site Above Rubie's Studio to check the Complete Cricut Cutting Guide.  In order to cut vellum, you need to set your Cricut to Regular Blade 4 (blade depth)-3(speed)-3(pressure).

When the vellum was cut, I selected Return to Design, switched my settings back to cardstock (5-4-4), switched Layers on my Gypsy and cut out the smaller snowflakes.

I cut out Winter Wonderland and the shadow from Winter Frolic at 3.47 inches for my title.  I layered the vellum snowflakes in the bottom right corner overlapping the picture.  I pop dotted the title on top of the smaller snowflakes, also overlapping the photo.  I put some gems on the snowflakes.

I had two of these crystal snowflakes and stuck them hanging off two corners of the page.

Here is a close up of the vellum snowflakes.

I don't use vellum very often, but I am glad I did!  I challenge you to use vellum or acetate and link up at Frosted Designs!!

Thank you for stopping by, your next stop in the hop is JONI

A Day of Thanks Card ~ Sweet Sassy Diva

Hi ~ Lori here from ScrappinMyStressAway.  Today is my day at SweetSassyDiva's and I made a simple Autumn card.  I say simple, but I am not a card maker and I tend to make them harder than they seem!!! 

I uncovered my Imagine and took out my Enjoy the Seasons cartridge.  In order to prevent waste, I try to print and cut several pieces at once.  I used the haunted houses for another project.  I put the pumpkins and gourd in my que as one image.  I then broke a second image into layers (the same size as the first image) and printed and cut them both out.

Here is the paper after I printed and cut.

I used the stamp "a day of Thanks" from Close to My Heart sentiments stamps.  I practiced on the layer piece of the banner first.

I used pop dots to layer the small pumpkin and gourd onto the base.   I used 2 pop dots together on the left side of the gourd to even out the layer.

Here they are all layered up!

I cut out a 4x8 piece of brown kraft cardstock for my card base.  I trimmed some green paper from my scrap stash to 3.75x3.75 and inked the edges with Tim Holtz Vintage ink.  I tied a bit of brown twine on the right side.

I took the remaining pumpkin and adhered it to the bottom corner of the card.

I trimmed it and inked it a bit.

I added a little bow with green twine to the stem of the gourd.  I hope you have a wonderful Autumn!!

Picnic Silverware Holders {Frosted Designs}

This week's challenge at Frosted Designs is the theme BBQ, Picnic or Outdoor Games.  For my project, I made silverware holders for a BBQ or Picnic.  I started with empty and clean fruit cans.

I used the bigger can and my 4 8/20" x 12" paper was just a bit short.  I cut smaller sections (4" x 4 8/20") to overlap both ends.

I used my ATG gun to adhere the paper to the can.

I printed and cut out three Grills on my Imagine from the Enjoy The Seasons cartridge at 3.8".

I backed the grills on a piece of red cardstock cut at 4"x4 8/20" and used my corner rounders to soften the corners.

I cut out the words from Cherry Limeade at 1".  I tied red and white Baker's Twine around the top and bottom of each can.

This is an inexpensive and easy project that will help keep your tableware organized at your next picnic.  Be sure to join us at Frosted Designs and enter your own layout, card or project for a chance to win some great prizes!!