Love Your Pet at Exploring Cricut

Hello Crafty Friends,

 

Today there is a new challenge at Exploring Cricut.

Theme: Love Your Pet

(February 20th)

According to the recent survey done by the American Pet Products Association, 62% of households in the United States (or 72.9 million homes) have at least one pet. Most pet guardians consider their pets to be part of the family and often refer to them as their “children”. This is a special day that we have purposefully set aside to show our beloved animal companions how important they are to us. This distinctive pet holiday was actually created by humans to remind pet pawrents just how lucky we are to have those amazing furry, finned or feathered family members in our lives.

In honor of my pet...

My Molly

I used the following sketch from Sketch Saturday.

Materials:

Recollections Pet pad

golden yellow, black, kraft and white card stock

Animal Kingdom Cricut cartridge

Paper Pups Cricut cartridge

wiggly eye

yellow buttons

black craft thread

Can't wait to see what you make (and hopefully you will attach a picture of your pet too). Be sure to stop by Exploring Cricut to see the other design team projects.

Stay Creative,

Georgiana

Exploring Cricut Design Team Day

Good Morning Cricut Enthusiast,

Today is my Exploring Cricut Design Team day. I made this cute birthday card using the  Paper Pups cartridge. The person receiving this card loves dogs and her favorite color is brown. No, this card is not for me...I didn't make it for myself, but I was happy to hear someone else was just like me. : )

My Exploring Cricut project...

Materials:
kraft papers

Paper Pups Cricut cartridge ~ pup (p.95) cut at 2" and balloons
Plantin School Cricut cartridge ~ font cut at 1/2"

brown buttons

blue thread
paw print ribbon

Be sure to come back on Monday to see the new Exploring Cricut challenge. You will be thankful you did.

Stay Creative,
Georgiana

Who is Your Best Friend?

Many people know that I am a dog lover, especially after the picture cube I made of my Molly. When I saw this next challenge I knew it was perfect.

Scrapbookaholic By Abby Challenge #3: Use an animal and the color orange!

Paper Pups was one of those first cartridges that I just had to have. The images are absolutely precious. Every time I use this cartridge it puts a smile on my face.

Here is the sketch I used from Sketch and Stash.

 I embossed the image oval with my new flower folder that I purchased at the Scrapbook Expo and I inked the surface. I have never done that, but I found an easy and clean way. I did not roll the folder with ink, but rather took a small square ink pad and lightly touched the surface of the paper. The ink is only on the raised surface of the paper. Like I said...super easy!

I also found a few other challenges that my card qualifies for:

Die Cuttin' Diva's ~ 2 different cuts ~ "Just Because" Cards oval and Paper Pups

Tuesday Throwdown ~ Sparkle and Bling ~ silver gems

Creative Craft Challenges ~ Embossing

My Time to Craft ~ Spots

I have reached 500 followers, so I will be doing a giveaway soon. Thank you for your continual support. I appreicate everyone visiting and leaving wonderful comments.

My package from Scrapbuck is supposed to arrive tomorrow, so  I will share the contents  once it arrives. I also won Serenade on eBay last night and that package is supposed to arrive in a few days. 

Have a great night,

Georgiana

Faces, Faces, and More Faces

Today is my first time posting as a Paper Playtime Queen and the challenge is "Faces". My first thought was how cute those little facial expressions would look on a mushroom, then I remembered I do not have any of those cool stamps. They are on my wish list!

Then I came up with a different idea...I could use Smiley Cards on my Gypsy. Well...I am still exploring those extra features and it is more difficult not having the booklet to see.

So...I came up with this project after stopping at Target the other day. It is a cube. Each side of a cube is called a face. (Okay, that is the teacher in me coming out again! Use every teachable moment you can!) The photo cubes were in the dollar section and they were 50% off. I love it! You can use it for any theme.

This puppy was cut from Four Legged Friends. Such a cute face.

This is my lazy puppy, Molly. The top says "Doggy Days".

Another side of the cube. The front cut is from Paper Pups and the top one is from Four Legged Friends.

Be sure to check out the other projects from the Design Team and then submit yours before next Sunday. I am looking forward to visiting everyone.

Explore, Be Creative, and Enjoy!

Georgiana

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Christmas in July Challenge # 1

Cardz TV with Mary posted a challenge on July 1st: Christmas in July. Crafters need to make a Christmas card using pink, green, red, white, and black only and post it by July 7th. The winner will be announced next Thursday and that person will win a Cricut "Snow Friends" cartridge.

Immediately I thought of a cartridge that I do not see many projects for, but it has the cutest images...Paper Pups. The design was easy and this was a fun card to create. Now I am ready to create the next card which will have the July 4th theme. There are two challenges that are currently accepting entries. One at Cricut Cardz and the other is Paper Cutz. Time to get busy!