Simplest card ever!

I almost feel guilty posting this!  My husband's birthday was this past November.  This is the card I "made" for him.  I printed and cut this using my Imagine.  The whole front image is a standard image from the Best Friends cart.

For the inside, I removed everything from the image except the main background circle.  I put a brad in the top and wrote in my message!  SO simple!  I was done in about 10 minutes.  I'm not sure this counts as crafting even!  

Christmas Card with Jolly Holidays

The morning of Black Friday, I wasn't able to get Jolly Holidays... I was a little bummed but not too upset.  When I got back to my hometown I thought maybe, just maybe, I should check my rinky dink Walmart.  Guess what?!!!  They had just one copy left, just for me.  Aww.... :)

I am participating in a stocking swap within the Cricut Circle for Christmas and I needed to make a card to go with the stuffed stocking I was sending so here it is!

 

I used pop dots to make sure he stood out a little from the card.  I just love the shiny gold background paper too! 

And no... I will not tell you who I sent this to, as we are not opening until the 15th!  Nice try though! :)

Four Legged Friends baby card

One of the big draws for me at Walmart on Black Friday were the new Cricut Lite cartridges!  I went to a Walmart at about 2:45am and got 3 of the new Lites: Four Legged Friends, Twinkle Toes, and Zoo Day.  I was pretty excited!

I had a baby shower at work today and the woman is having a boy.  I thought this cute little kitty was perfect!  I love creating things for boys because I only have girls!  :)

He is cut at 4".  I used my Imagine to print the colors and cut the shapes of the cat.

A close up:

The top background paper is from a K&Co. stack.  The blue paper is printed on the Imagine to match the blue of the cat and then I used my Cuttlebug to emboss the hearts.  The stamp is a December set from Big Lots (I can't think of the company).

I think this cart is sooo cute!

A Big Thank You!

Thank you to Summer and Jennifer at Cricut Diaries for giving my blog the Stylish Blogger Award!  Thank you!!

This is a pay-it-forward style award.  Here are the rules:
1. Thank and link back to the person who awarded you this
2. Share 8 things about yourself
3. Pay it forward to 8 bloggers that you have recently discovered
4. Contact those bloggers and tell them about their awards.

So here are 8 things about myself:
1. I have been working in public education for 5 years.
2.  I have been crafting with the Cricut for about 3 years.
3. I have 2 daughters.
4. I coach an all-star hip hop team for girls ages 5-9.
5. I probably talk about crafting more than I actually do it!
6. My favorite holiday is Thanksgiving.
7.  My favorite season is winter.
8. My favorite food is mashed potatoes.

Here are the 6 bloggers (I only picked 6 instead of 8) I would like to share this award with:
This was tough to pick but the award is for blogs I recently discovered so that helped! 
1. LibrarianAnna @ http://www.starbarmonkey.com/librariananna/
2. Yolonda @ http://craftyscentiments.blogspot.com/
3. Christel @ http://www.onescrappinsista.blogspot.com/
4. Karla @ http://kreativekarla.blogspot.com/
5. Mandy @ http://mandys-scrap.blogspot.com/
6. Kate @ http://www.sassyandscrappykate.blogspot.com/


Thanks again Cricut Diaries!!

Shall We Dance Layout

This is my second project with Shall We Dance.  I am still getting used to this new Cricut Circle cart but I want to use it as much as I can!

This layout is from one of my daughter's dance competitions last year.  Here is the full layout:

The right side:

The left side:

All of the dancers are cut using the silhouette feature.  They range in size from 3" to 5".  Some detail of the dancers:

The words are from the Phrase feature and are cut at 3.25.  I used my Gypsy to make sure they lined up but you wouldn't have to do that if you don't have a Gypsy.

Shall We Dance Card

My daughter is into cheer and dance.  She recently celebrated her eighth birthday and this is card I made for her, using the new Shall We Dance Cricut cartridge, exclusive to the Cricut Circle.  Many people were disappointed with this cartridge as they do not have any family members involved in dance but I was super excited when it was announced!  This is my first project with it.

I used a Peechy Keen stamp for her face instead of the face the cart offers.  I used stickles to re-create what her current year's dance costume looks like.  It's pretty cool that it's so close!

For the inside, I used the Medallion key on the last key of the overlay, the bunch of roses.  I cut two of the same size, one in silver and one in white, then printed my sentiment on the white piece with my printer.

I added a pink line of stickles around the edge to pretty it up.

Thanks for looking!

Blog Hop winner!

We have a winner from this weekend's blog hop! 

 

I will be emailing you, Amanda, shortly!  Congrats!

Thank you to everyone who visited during the hop and I hope you come back again soon!