Cricut Circle Blog Challenge A Sketch and A Sweet Baby Boy

Sweet Baby Boy Dusty

The ring was cut at 2 from B is for Boy

The Plane was cut from B is for Boy at 2 1/2, note the stamping in the trail behind plane.

The Sketch is Jana Eubank





Hi everyone it feels like forever since I was up here, but not really. I have been helping my son on his school
project what seems like forever now. I have learned just as much and really feel like
WOW! They sure didn't teach all that when I was in school.
So hopefully I will be back in the studio creating some magic
in a jiffy!! He has to turn in his project Friday.
My dear friend Bev came out Monday since she had off from work,
I was gonna just keep wprking on the project but she made me wanna
scrap, so I did! It felt sweet!
I decided to do the weekly challenge on the Cricut Circle Blog.
Weekly Challenge #16 which reads as follows:

Weekly Challenge #16: Cute As a Button Sketch Challenge!

Babies are definitely “cute as a button” with their sweet little faces and tiny features. In honor of our Baby Theme, this week we challenge you to create a SCRAPBOOK PAGE or CARD using the sketch below. Your project doesn’t need to follow the sketch exactly, but it should be apparent that you used it as inspiration. Feel free to turn it on it’s side or move elements to fit what you are doing. In addition to using the sketch, we also want you to incorporate STAMPING and BUTTONS (of course!).
Project must be newly created for this challenge and must include atleast 2 different cuts from any Cricut cartridge to qualify. This challenge is open to Cricut Circle Members only. Submit your entry using the InLinkz tool found at the bottom of this post. Please post your full name along with your entry. You must submit a project to be entered into the drawing. Entries are due by 11:59 pm MST on Thursday, January 20th, 2011. This week the winner will receive $25 added to their Cricut.com account OR their choice of ONE of the following cartridges: Freshly Picked, Give a Hoot, Rock Princess, or Wrap It Up. Prize will be shipped within 4 to 6 weeks of Winner announcement.

See sketch above by Jana Eubank


I had some trouble getting my pics printed but of course Amanda came to the rescue.
The cuts are from Straight From the Nest border at 3/4
B is for Boy the plane and toy, plane at 2 1/2, and the ring at 2
The title is from Nursery Rhymes cut at 2 1/4
The tag is from Straight From the Nest at 2
The pp's are Little Yellow Bicycle,
Helmar glues,
Tim Holtz distress inks,
and RP buttons.
Bev even brought out Preserves Cart. for me!!
SWEET!!!
Thank YOU Beverly!!
Take Care All and Cyber Hugs,
Dawn Gallop

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Vampiress Amanda ~Creative Imaginations Paper~ Blood and Roses Challenge

Vampiress For the Blood and Roses Challenge
The pp is Creative Imaginations
The gate is from October 31st Cricut Cart

Petaloo Flowers and Prima

Stickles added to the Flowers and Title
The flower with the spider I handmade

The Title was cut with the Cricut and the Gypsy (welded) from the Happy Hauntings Cart.
I added paint to drip down
The roses were sprayed with Tattered Angels Raven



Hello again,
Last night I couldn't sleep, so I decided I would scrap a page. Checked out Scrapbook.com for a challenge,
I had checked this one out when she posted it and thought, this is a awesome one.
I started with a pic of Amanda, and edited it to look scary.
The challenge states,
So therein lays the challenge: Create layouts that are out of your comfort zones. Come on over to the dark side!

This month’s challenge topic will be Blood and Roses. There was an old vampire movie called this and I thought it sounded like it could be an interesting theme. Feel free to interpret the title any way you wish to.

Let your imagination and your dark side loose! Have fun! I can’t wait to see what you all will come up with!

Perfect! Amanda's favorite colors are black and red and her room is solid red and she has zebra sheets.
This page is perfect for her.
Within minutes I found the perfect paper from Creative Imaginations.
They came from past Swirlydoos kits.
I created the title using the Gypsy and Happy Hauntings Cart. from Cricut

The lollipop flower I made, the flowers are Petaloo, and Prima.
The paint is red and black acrylic paint watered up and dripped from the top.
The gate is cut from the October 31st Cricut Cart.
I didn't feel so peppy this morning but hey I got a scrapbook page done.
Have a wonderful week!!
Cyber Hugs,
Dawn Gallop

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Say It With Letters Heart and Wings ~Je t'aime~



Say It With Letters Heart and Wing



What an adorable shape, and oh so many ideas to do with this!!

The papers are IOD Creative Imaginations

Prima Pearls

The Je t'aime was cut from the Silhouette SD and the Eiffel tower from the Cricut

I love how it turned out perfect for the I love you!!


Hello everyone, I have been on a roll this week. I was able to meet some deadlines for calls, and start on a major school
project with my son Cody. History Day Project 2011.
We have been four times already with so many different topics.
Fun but very challenging.
So if I go mia for a few days you will know why..LOL!

The heart and wing  are from Say It With Letters Etsy Store.
They are so wonderful to alter and super great gifts for birthdays,
anniversaries, and baby showers.
You can view the Say It With Letters Blog HERE.
There are many tutorials, and awesome ideas to inspire you.

I used the Creative Imaginations IOD line pp to cover the heart and wings.
The Je t'aime was cut from the Silhouette SD.
The Eiffel tower was cut from a Summer In Paris Cricut Cart at 3.
The pearl swirls are Prima.
I inked the sides with Tim Holtz Ranger Distress inks, old paper.
The paint on the side is the Old Paper Crackle paints by Ranger.
The glue I used is Helmar Scrap Dots.
Tulle.
I hope you like it.

Have a Beautiful Inspired Day!!
Cyber Hugs,
Dawn Gallop

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Imaginisce and Cricut Challenges An Altered Project ~Princess~

Altered Tic Tac Toe Board from Thrift Store (paid .98 cents)

Full View made into a wall hanging

Close Ups Love those Imaginisce Stamps

Adorable Cricut Cuts

Imaginisce Carriage Stamp and Cricut Unicorn
Used the I-Rock on the carriage wheels and the unicorn horn (NOTE I cut the Imaginisce Glam Rocks)

I used the wiggle eyes and colored over them with the Copic markers, the Imaginisce castle stamp was colored in with the Copics also, the frog was cut from Once Upon a Princess Cart. too cute!! I also cut the I-Glam Rocks for the princess jewel in her crown into a diamond. The star wand is Fancy Pants pins cut the needle with snips.

I just love the dragon and the unicorn, the unicorn reminds me of the My Little Ponies

The rose also sprayed with Tattered Angels Bubble Gum

The original piece I had bought this at the thrift store for .98 cents I painted it with Golden White Gesso then Sprayed with Tattered Angels Bubble Gum spray and wiped off

 The pieces that belong to the Tic Tac Toe board only came with four game pieces  

          Well Hello!! I know it seems like forever even though it has only been week, but a  tough one at that. Dusty stayed sick until Thursday and now everyone is well!! YEAH!!!! I got all the laundry finished up here yesterday and was able to work on this yesterday. As soon as I saw the challenges I started the whole idea...I colored everything in with the Copic markers, the stamps are all Imaginisce. The stamps are the princess, dragon, the carriage, the flowers, and the castle.  The papers are Imaginisce and some Bazzill for cardstock.  The papers are from the Enchanted Collection from Imaginisce.
            The challenges for this projects are based on two challenges for this month one  from the Imaginisce Blog where the fabulous Pinky altered the Christmas clock she had, I was so Inspired that I thought why not use the tic tac toe board I bought at the thrift store a few months back for .98 cents it only came with four oxox pieces. Whenever I do go to the thrift store I am always looking for things to alter, I tell my husband "yes I can do something with it but in my next life" LOL!!! It seems sometimes I have too much to alter, but you never know what might be EXACTLY what you are needing!!! Here are the details from Pinky

"Found" Altered Challenge!!!!!!! Fun right?
Just think, "out with the old, in with the new" for this challenge!

Here are the Challenge Details:

"Find" an old item, or something that can be re-purposed and re-used

Using at a minimum of 75% Imaginisce product, alter your found item

then post it on the Imaginisce Blog  before January 25th.
At the end of January a WINNER will be chosen.

You could win a $75.00 package

full of Imaginisce goodness!

Sounds Awesome right!! and you still have time too, I actually made it before the last possible second, haha!! Go me!! LOL! Maybe a new years resolution wink wink! One can only hope.

I also did this piece for the Cricut Circle Blog Challenge   It is the Monthly Magazine Challenge to

Find something from the thrift store to repurpose with your imagination and your Cricut Machine. Please use at least four Cricut cuts in your design. Upload before and after shots of your project to the blog under the Magazine Challenge Tab. Only one entry per person. Entry deadline is Friday, January 14th, 2011. Winner will receive a new April Showers cartridge!!  Prize will be shipped within 4 to 6 weeks after the announcement.

I have the frog (prince) from Once Upon a Princess cut at 1,

the crown was cut at 1 1/4

the Unicorn was cut at 1

the princess word and the tag behind it the word cut at 3/4

all these cuts are from the Once Upon a Princess cart.

The grass was cut at 3/4 from Give a Hoot cart.

I used the Cuttlebug to emboss (really deboss) the paper using the Tim Holtz embossing plate.

The gems are all from Imaginisce using the I-Rock.

The inks used are Tim Holtz Ranger Distress inks

Copics Sketch markers and Copic Spica colors used to color in stamps.

I used Helmar Scrap dots and Helmar glues

Golden Gesso medium

Tattered Angels Bubblegum

Ranger Stickles

Fibers and Tulle

Thanks for stopping by, I will be bringing back some recipes asap, this week I had planned it but you know how that goes.  Thanks for all the emails and comments. Have a Wonderful fun Inspired week. Cyber Hugs, Dawn Gallop

I have this for sale on ETSY at http://www.etsy.com/listing/66771694/upcycled-princess-wall-hanging-pink
check it out!!!

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A Layout Using the Cricut Imagine ~The Simple Joys of Home (Made)





Cricut Imagine and Cricut Expressions

  

Close Up

Journaling Reads: Dusty loves to Bake and taste the Yummies 11/2010

love the Cricut Imagine colors in the prints

Note the two layers for added dimension using the FABULOUS Helmar scrap dots.....LOVE that adhesive!!

Cooper in the Dec. 25-26 Snow Storm 2010

Dusty in the Snow Look how deep

Alexis (home for Christmas at the time)
All her pictures were awesome in the snow

Colten just amazed at the snow

Daddy, Dusty, and Coop in the snow
But of course Daddy pulling Dusty in the sled
Love it!!

             Hello and HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! 2011 Oh MY!! This year I will have two graduations Alexis will graduate from College and Amanda will graduate from High School.  Amanda will then be leaving for the US Navy.  She has been going to DEP meetings since this summer...so she has been thinking ahead!! Just a on look into the future here....lol!!  I guess you were wondering who won the blog candy.....well drum roll please.........Sherry!! Congratulations Sherry please email your addy and your book and spatulas will be on the way. Happy Baking!!
              Now onto the layout on Friday dear friends Beverly and Kat came to scrap with me and we all started on projects, I was working on this lo....my printer has been acting up and Beverly came to the rescue with her printer, thanks Bev!!! Her and Kat brought out little gifts for me, you guys spoiled me...lol.....thanks again!! We cooked pizzas in the wood fired oven, just had a fabulous good ole' time...I can't wait until the next time. I used the Cricut Imagine and the Imagine More Cart. to print the papers, then Lacy Labels to cut Home at 5, the parenthesis were cut from Don Juan at 2, the house from kraft paper using the Heritage Cart. cut at 2 3/4, the word the cut from Basecamp at 3/4, the fence was cut at 2 from Heritage Cart. I just had a wonderful Cricut filled day!! The Cricut Imagine is wonderful!!
                While I was a making a post I wanted to try to include some of the snow pictures from the snow storm of December 2010.  We had approx. 18 inches and for here that is AMAZING!! We had a blast in it, it just finally melted yesterday from the warmer rains we had. Everyone went back to school today also, so back to the usual...Hope you have a wonderful day!! Cyber Hugs, Dawn Gallop

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