February Calendar - Designer's Calendar Cricut Cartridge

This February 2011 calendar is made using the Designer's Calendar Cricut cartridge. The calendar is 8"x8 1/2".

Recipe:

Background Colors of Cardstock: Teal 8"x8 1/2", Brown 7 3/4"x8 1/4"

Background Printed Paper: The Paper Studio - Affinity - cut at 7 1/2"x8"

Calendar outline from cartridge - Teal cardstock - cut at 7 1/2"x6"

Heart - red cardstock - cut at 3/4" (pg 29)

Cake - cardstock layered with print paper - cut at 1" (pg 59)

February -teal cardstock - cut script shadow 4.007w and 1.63h

February - mustard color cardstock -cut script 3.918w and 1.553h

Days of the month - forest green cardstock - cut at .781h

Stickles Gold - I like glitter and added it to my, days of the week letters

Glue the above together and you have a nice calendar.

I will be making the rest of the calendar's for the year and will bind them together. I will post the finished project when I have completed it.

You can make your calendar's larger or smaller, depending on where you will be placing your calendar. I have my calendar's on my desk and it is the perfect size for me.  This cartridge has a lot of embellishments you can use for other projects and to make a calendar is really easy. There is a lot of gluing little pieces together, so I use  my Zig 2-way glue with the chisel tip. I also discovered that I like the background paper showing through the calendar versus a plain colored sheet of cardstock.

Have fun making your own calendar's with your own creativity!

Warmest Wishes Card Challenge - Wild Card Cricut Cartridge

This card was made for Karlee's challenge at http://www.karleekrafts.com/ for Robyn's, My Pink Stampers challenge on Friday, September 24, 2010.  Robyn is giving eight of her stamp sets to the winner.  Check out the challenge at Karlee's blog or at http://www.mypinkstamper.com/.

This card was made with the Cricut Expression using the Wild Card cartridge. The envelope is lined and accented with blue ribbon and the card is accented with a blue ribbon running through eyelets.  The inside of the card is a branch with warmest wishes lettering.  I love the pretty pink paper and the pink accented layering on the card

Thanks Card - Home Accent Cricut Cartridge

The "Bird - Thanks" card is made for a challenge for Robyn's, My Pink Stamper blog on 9/23/10. The challenge is to make a card with a bird.  Visit her blog at http://www.mypinkstamper.com/.  She is featuring lots of great giveaways and has great tutorials on the Cricut.

Glass Etching - Stretch Your Imagination, Joys of the Season and Wild Card Cricut Cartridges

These four glasses were etched using the following Cricut Cartridges (Left to Right):

Hearts - Wild Card

Wedding Glasses - Stretch Your Imagination

Flower - Joys of the Season

Pine Cone - Joys of the Season

Each template was cut at 3" using vinyl as a template.  Armour Etch Cream was put on with a small brush, generously.  After 10 minutes rinse the glasses with warm running water from the sink. Remove the vinyl and dry the glasses.  You have beautiful glasses in just minutes. .





Glass Etching - Blackletter Cricut Cartridge

I etched these glasses by using my Cricut Expression and scraps of vinyl to make the template.  I used the Blackletter Cricut Cartridge.  The lettering is 1 1/2" tall.  I used a small paint brush and generously applied the Armour Etch cream and let it set for 10 minutes.  Then I washed the glass under warm running water and pulled the vinyl template off.  It's easy to etch glasses.

Spider - Halloween Card - Stretch Your Imagination

  Robyn at MyPinkStamper posted a challenge 9/30/10 to "Just make a project that is Halloween or Fall themed and you will have the chance to win a Spooky Puns stamp set" from http://www.mypinkstamper.com/. Above is my challenge card.  Visit Robyn's site and enter the challenge for a chance to win her Spooky Puns Stamp Set. 

This card was made with the Cricut Expression using the Stretch Your Imagination cartridge.  I used: the Silhouette (orange) and Blackout (black) and the spider (black) paper.  Glitter was used on the feet and webs.  An orange ribbon was used. Happy Halloween was cut from the Wild Card cartridge.  I used a brad and strung 24 gauge wire going through the top of the card and the top of the spider so the spider is free floating.  I used orange, white and a spider web print paper for the card.  I used red stickles for the eyes and nose.  This was a fun card to make.

Butterfly Card - Cricut Home Accents Cartridge

This card was made with my Cricut Expression using the Home Accents cartridge. The card was cut at 5 1/2" x 11".  I used a yellow ribbon and Crystal Stickles. The butterfly is cut using layer and shadow features.

Chicken Card - Animal Kingdom Cartridge

My card was made using the Animal Kingdom Cricut Cartridge. I used flocking on the body of the chicken and Crystal Stickles on the wording.

Fisherman Card - Everyday Paper Dolls Cartridge

This card was made with my Cricut Expression machine using the Cricut Everyday Paper Dolls cartridge.  I used the Robert Stanley Collection ribbon.  This is one of my favorite cards.

Raccoon Card - Animal Kingdom Cartridge

This is a quick and easy card made by using my Cricut Expression Machine.  I used the Animal Kingdom Cricut cartridge.  The STOP sign is a metal accent from Marcella by K.  I used Crystal Stickles for the eyes. I love the raccoon - he's a Wild Thing.

Card for MyPinkStamper entry regarding 9-11 memory

I made this card with my Cricut Expression machine.

 

I used my Everyday Paper Dolls cartridge for the military man, Cursive 101 cartridge for the USA and Wild Card cartridge for the Thank You.  I used Crystal Stickles on the USA and Paper Studio self-adhesive ribbon. I used pop ups on the man and Thank you. Finally, I used the Oriental Weave and my Cuttlebug on the paper.

This project was made for the My Pink Stamper, September 11, 2010, challenge.