Wild Baby Shower

Today, I was able to spend a wonderful afternoon with 2 very special friends of mine. My friends Kendra and Shelby are throwing me a baby shower. Since we don't know if we are having a boy or girl, we are going to have a jungle themed shower. Of course, I couldn't just have them purchase invites, so I designed them instead. Today we spent the afternoon putting them together. Hope you enjoy them. We definately enjoyed creating them together!

 

Cricut Cartridges: George and Basic Shapes, Create-a-Critter

Cardstock: Dark Brown, Green, Tan, Orange, Yellow, Black, Dark Grey, Light Grey, Light Pink, Medium Brown

Patterned Paper: Zebra, Giraffe, and Cheetah prints

 

All 3 designs have the following instructions:

Cut the dark brown at 5 inches by 7 inches with my Fiskars paper trimmer. Cut the green at 4.75 inches by 6.75 inches. Print on the information on the tan and cut at 4.5 inches by 6.5 inches. Cut a strip of patterned paper at 1 inch by 5 inches. Using my Cricut and George & Basic Shapes cartridge, I cut a circle in dark brown at 2 inches, and a circle in green at 1.75 inches. Using my ATG, I assembled the invitations. Lastly, I attached the elephant, monkey, and giraffes. See below for the directions for each of the animals.



 

  

For the giraffe, I used my Cricut Expression and Create-a-Critter cartridge. Cut the giraffe at 1.5 inches using dark brown, orange, and yellow cardstock. I used a black marker to emphasize the eyes and mouth.

 

 



 

For the monkey, I used my Cricut Expression and Create-a-Critter cartridge. Cut the monkey at 1.5 inches using dark brown, medium brown, and tan. I used a black marker to emphasize the eyes.

 

For the elephant, I used my Cricut Expression and Create-a-Critter cartridge. Cut the elephant at 1 inch using black, dark grey, light grey, and light pink cardstock. I used a black marker to emphasize the eyes.




Dorothy

100 Cartridges Blog Hop

Happy Sunday everyone, and welcome to the My Cricut Craft Room 100 Cricut Cartridge Blog Hop! I hope that everyone is doing well out there today. I know I am doing better than the rest of this week. Today I am involved in my very first hop. I'm very excited about it.

 

 

You should have come from Cicily. If you just hopped in to my blog, and would like to start at the beginning, please click HERE.

 

For my projects today I am using the following carts:

Art Philosophy

Artiste

Create-A-Critter

Outdoor Man

Teddy Bear Parade

 

William's 1st Camping Trip 2-Page Layout using Outdoor Man



 

 

 

Cricut Cartridges: Outdoor Man

Patterned Paper: Imaginisce

Cardstock: Coredinations Foundations in Hunter, Green Bean, Coffee, Gold, and Orange; The Paper Company in Primary Yellow; Worldwin Papers in Dark Outdoorsy Olive

American Crafts Precision Pen in Black

 

Images cut from Outdoor Man:

Tent (page 44, detailed) - Cut at 2.5 inches using Coffee, Hunter, and Dark Outdoorsy Olive cardstock

Campfire (page 39, detailed) - Cut at 3 inches using Gold, Coffee, Orange, and Primary Yellow cardstock

Happy Campers (page 24, phrase & shadow) - Cut at 3.25 inches using Hunter, Dark Outdoorsy Olive, and Green Bean cardstock

Boys Trip (page 20, phrase - first layer only & shadow) - Cut at 2.5 inches using Dark Outdoorsy Olive and Green Bean cardstock

 

All mats behind the pictures are Hunter cardstock cut with a paper trimmer.

 

 

Simple Easter Card using Art Philosophy and Teddy Bear Parade

 

 

Cricut Cartridges: Art Philosophy, Teddy Bear Parade

Patterned Paper: MME Moments

Cardstock: Coredinations Foundations in Coffee, Gold, Pastel Pink, Nutmeg, and Snowcap; Unknown in Black and Grey

Sentiment Stamp: Studio G "Easter Blessings" wood stamp

Ink: Close To My Heart in Cocoa

 

Images cut from Art Philosophy:

Oval3 (page 42, card) - Cut at 6 inches using Snowcap cardstock

Oval4 (page 52) - Cut at 3.75 inches using MME Moments patterned paper

 

Images cut from Teddy Bear Parade:

Bear - Cut at 3 inches using Black, Coffee, and Nutmeg cardstock

Easter Bunny - Cut at 3 inches using Grey, Pastel Pink, Nutmeg, and Coffee cardstock

 

Diaper Card using Artiste and Create-A-Critter

 

 

Cricut Cartridges: Artiste, Create-A-Critter

Cardstock: Coredinations Foundations - Pastel Pink, Snowcap, and Green Bean; Worldwin - Medium Luscious Lime; Unknown: Black and Hot Pink

Ink for Sponging: Close to My Heart in Olive

Sentiment: American Traditional Designs Lil' Mesages Vellum Stickers "Welcome Baby"

Yellow/White Ribbon

 

Images from Artiste:

V (page 64, card shift) - Cut at 4.75 inches using Medium Luscious Lime card stock

V (page 64, card) - Cut at 4.75 inches using Snowcap cardstock

V (page 64, accent1) - Cut at 1.25 inches using Pastel Pink cardstock

 

Images from Create-A-Critter:

Flower2 (page 47) - Cut at 1.25 using Black, Hot Pink, Pastel Pink, and Green Bean cardstock

 

Thanks for taking the time to stop by. I just love sharing my projects and hope that it gives you a little inspiration today.

 

I am also offering a little blog candy for you in addition to the blog candy being offered by Erica. :) All you have to do is become a follower of my blog and leave a comment on this post! That is it. I will randomly pick a winner and announce on March 16th. Good luck!

Your next stop in this hop is Erica's Projects. Below is a list of the entire lineup.

1. Start http://mycricutcraftroom.blogspot.com
2. Julie- http://www.thecricutchirp.com
3. Crystal - http://www.rusticdaisy.blogspot.com
4. Miranda - http://www.nanasscrapspot.com/
5. Suzanne - http://www.zannieberry.blogspot.com
6. Cicily http://pinkdalmationscrapper.blogspot.com/
7. Dorothy http://scraphappyinohio.blogspot.com
8. Erica's Projects http://EricasProjects.blogspot.com
9. Sarah - http://itswhatkeepsmesane.blogspot.com
10. Viviana - http://vivijdesigns.blogspot.com
11. Owl About Kids http://OwlAboutKids.blogspot.com
12. Deborah http://skygirlcardsandmore.blogspot.com
13. Blog Candy http://EricasBlogCandy.blogspot.com

Dorothy

Nursery

I was able to get in my room today, and I was able to finish the pictures for the nursery. We now have the elephant and frog from my previous post, as well as the turtle, duck, and giraffe shown below. Unfortunately, I still only have the two shadowboxes, so I had to borrow one to be able to take the pictures. I have to visit a few more Target stores to find 3 more. I am so excited to have these pictures to hang on the walls. There is nothing like a little homemade love to pull a room together. :) I hope you all enjoy these as well!

 

Cricut Cartridges: Create-a-Critter, Storybook
Cardstock: Black, Dark Brown, Green, Light Blue, Dark Green, White
Pattern Paper
White 12x12 Shadowbox

Cricut Cartridges: Create-a-Critter, Storybook
Cardstock: Black, Dark Brown, Orange, Yellow, White
Patterned Paper
12x12 White Shadowbox

Cricut Cartridges: Create-a-Critter, Storybook
Cardstock: Black, Dark Brown, Yellow, Light Orange, Orange, White
Patterned Paper
12x12 White Shadowbox

Dorothy

Nesting

Hello again friends! So, I don't know who knows this about me, but I am 28 weeks pregnant as of TODAY. Exciting, I know. lol Let me get it out of the now by saying that no, we do not, and will not, know the sex of the baby until s/he joins us in May. I know, there are some of you out there screaming at your computer because you can't stand the idea of not knowing. Trust me, I was one of you. The only reason I didn't find out was because my darling husband didn't want to know. However, now, I am really excited for that moment when I get to hear my baby cry for the first time and have the doctor announce "Congratulations, you have a baby boy/girl!" I just know that is going to make that moment even more special than it already will be.

 

Ok, now that we have all (hopefully) moved past the issue of not knowing the sex, we can get to the fact that I am officially nesting. I have been spending all of my free time shopping, planning, organizing, creating for the baby. The nursery is going to be neutral. The bedding is called Little Pond. It has ducks, turtles, frogs, giraffes, and elephants in it. It is all light hues of blue, yellow, green, pink, and purple. I decided on Sunday that it was time to create a few projects for the nursery decor. So I made 2 of 5 pictures to hang on the walls. I hope you enjoy these as much as I enjoyed making them!

 



 

 

Cricut Cartridges: Create-A-Critter, Storybook

Pattern Paper

Cardstock: Black, Dark Brown, Dark Purple, Medium Purple, Light Purple, White, Light Blue

White 12x12 Shadowbox

Cricut Cartidges: Create-A-Critter, Storybook
Patterned Paper
Cardstock: Black, Dark Brown, Green, Light Green, Light Pink, White
White 12x12 Shadowbox

Dorothy

Valentine's Part 2

Ok friends, I know Valentine's is over. However, things have been CRAZY in my house! First, my whole family ended up with the flu. That meant a week of each of us having a high fever, stomach issues, vomiting, coughs, and nasal issues. It was terrible, and I wouldn't wish it on ANYONE. I'm so thankful that we are all back to be healthy. So, although Valentine's Day has now came and went, I still wanted to show all of you the last of my son's cards. We used Art Philosophy and Create-A-Critter cartridges for them. I hope you like them. He loved them, and was so excited to hand them out (even if it was a few days late). :)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dorothy

Valentine's #1

For the past few days my son and I have been working on his Valentine's. He made a list of 35 people he wants to give Valentine's to. I hope we can make it through all 35 by next week! lol So far we have 8 finished. I have really enjoyed being able to share something I love, something that I enjoy so much, with my son. I hope that you enjoy them as much as we have, and there will be more to come!



 

All of the cards are made with the Cricut CTMH Art Philosophy cartridge. I cut oval5 at 4 inches on a dark pink cardstock. I then layered oval5 cut at 3.75 inches in a tan cardstock.

Cricut Create-A-Critter frog cut at 2.75 inches. My Pink Stamper sentiment from Punnylicious stamped with CTMH Olive ink.

Cricut Create-A-Critter Poodle cut at 2.75 inches. My Pink Stamper sentiment from More Punnylicious stamped with CTMH Tulip ink.

Cricut Create-A-Critter Turtle cut at 1.75 inches. My Pink Stamper sentiment from Even More Punnylicious stamped with CTMH Moonstruck ink.

Cricut Create-A-Critter Bear cut at 2.75 inches. My Pink Stamper sentiment from More Punnylicious stamped with CTMH Cocoa ink.

Cricut Create-A-Critter Owl cut at 2.75 inches. My Pink Stamper sentiment from Even More Punnylicious stamp with CTMH Dutch Blue ink.

Cricut Create-A-Critter Deer cut at  3 inches. My Pink Stamper sentiment from More Punnylicious stamped with CTMH Cocoa ink.

Cricut Create-A-Critter Cat cut at 2.75 inches. My Pink Stamper sentiment from More Punnylicious stamped with CTMH Tulip ink.

The back of all cards have the following:

Studio G "Happy Valentine's Day" sentiment
CTMH "To" and "From" from the Celebration stamp set
K&Company "Handmade with Love" sentiment
CTMH Vineyard Berry ink

Dorothy

Dino-Mite

I sat down last night needing some "mommy time." My four-year-old son had a temper tantrum, and my husband was out of town. Once I got my son calmed down, I was more than ready to make something. So, I sat down at my desk and thought I should make my son his Valentine's Day card.

I searched my library of Cricut cartridges, and I decided to use one of my favorites.... Create-A-Critter. I cut the dinosaur and words I wanted, and after glueing them on decided it just didn't look like a Valentine's Day card. Well, thanks to the help of some wonderful, crafty ladies I know, I now have a birthday card to have on hand. Hope you enjoy!

5x7 white cardstock card
Cricut Cartridges - Create-A-Critter, Alphalicious, Celebrations, Mickey & Friends
Homemade Paper
Pop Dots
Stickles
Cardstock - black, bright green, orange, light green, white, yellow, lime green

I used my Cricut Expression to cut the dinosaur from Create-A-Critter. I cut a black shadow and all the pieces for Dino2 at 3 inches. I cut my homemade paper at 4.75x6.75. The Dino Mite saying was cut from Create-A-Critter at 3 inches. The word you're was cut from Alphalicious (you're invited) at 2 inches. The grass was cut at 1 inch from Mickey & Friends. The party hat was cut from Celebrations (hat 4) at 1.5 inches. I used the pop dots to make the dinosaur stand out, and the stickles on the Dino Mite saying.

I just want to say a BIG thank you to my facebook friends for their ideas to help me make this card what it is. :)

Dorothy

WHOO Loves You Baby?

My friend Julia is about to pop out her first baby girl. I was SO excited for her when I found out. Even more excited when I found out I got to be pregnant for a few months with her! She is going to have what I know is going to be an ADORABLE princess. For her baby shower, I made her a picture to hang in the nursery as well as a simple, matching card. Enjoy!

Ok, first up is the card. I used the following supplies:

Cardstock - Hot Pink, Light Pink, Dark Pink, Metallic Pink, and Orange
Orange Ribbon
Cricut Cartridges - Create-a-Critter and Celebrations
CTMH Stamp -
Black Ink

I cut the card and enevelope using the Celebrations cartridge with my Expression at 10 inches, and the Owl from the Create-a-Critter cartridge at 3 inches.

Here is the picture I made to hang in her nursery. I used the following supplies:

2 12x12 pattern cordinated papers
Cardstock - White, Green, Black, Dark Pink, Light Pink, Orange
Cricut Cartridges - Storybook and Create-a-Critter
Shadow Box

I cut the white cardstock with my paper cutter so that I had a 12x2.25 strip. I cut one of the cordinated papers so that I had a 12x2 strip. I cut the owl from Create-a-Critter with my Expression at 9 inches. I cut the letters (1 set of regular and 1 set of black) from Storybook with my Expression at 1.5 inches.