Shape card - Fantabulous Cricut

Of course I had to enter the shape card challenge at Fantabulous Cricut. I love making shape cards! I am very busy these days with DS's hockey playoffs.



Yesterday, I made a banner for their dressing room, then I made a sign to cheer the team on and then today, I used the team's logo to make a shape card for the coaches.

For this card, I used my Gypsy to design the team logo using 8 triangles, 1 square and 1 rectangle. (Geometry at work!) I welded the shapes together and then made a shadow of the logo and welded it with another to create a shape card.

My cheering projects must have worked because they won their game and now advance to the next round.

Snow much fun at the toboggan run

Our family loves to sled/toboggan! I think we prefer toboggan runs to just sledding down a hill. You can go very fast and very far.








Of course there isn't a toboggan run on a Cricut cartridge so I made my own using the George cartridge.




This layout just needs one more thing, other than the photos. A friend just bought the Winter Frolic cartridge and I can't wait to cut out the cute little sledding girl and add her sliding down.

"Gypsied" Gypsy shape card

What else could I make for a fellow scrappy friend? Happy Birthday!

You rock - You rule

This layout is inspired by my son's favourite shirt.



I am entering this layout at Paper Playtime. This is my first crack at this challenge site.

I used my Gypsy to make a rock by welding ovals, circles and a triangle. I added arms by welding the letter "I" from George to the shapes and the feet are from PDDU. The thumbs up is actually Mickey's glove from Mickey and friends. The faces are from Create A Critter.

The font is Printing Press. This was my first cut with this cartridge and I had trouble getting the letters straight so I guess I will need to practice with that one.

Fantabulous Cricut Challenge

This week I decided to try a challenge set by Fantabulous Cricut. The challenge was to make a project having to do with rain or water. This is my entry. The pictures are from a wonderful trip that included a visit to an aquarium.



I tried to make the effect of underwater by adding bubbles. The make the bubbles, I cut circles out on my Cricut and then placed them under a sheet of blue Core'dinations paper. I then lightly sanded the paper until a "bubble" appeared. I made the ocean floor by tearing beige cardstock and then inking it.


All the cuts are from the Life is a Beach cartridge except for the circles which are from George.

Olympic Torch Relay

I wanted to post this layout today because the 2010 Olympics open in a few hours. My children and I went on a super cold morning to watch the olympic torch pass through our town. As we stood there, trying to keep warm, we were all amazed with the spirit of the torch relay. I am so glad we ventured out to see this. I am so thankful, I could share this moment with my kids!





For this layout, I used my Cricut to cut out the die cuts. The inukshuk is cut from the George cartridge and I trimmed the shapes to look more like the actual logo. The word Vancouver is cut from the Don Juan cartridge with the real dial size on. (I am convinced the Don Juan is the actual font used by the 2010 olympics.) I used the From My Kitchen cartridge for the very first time to cut out the word degrees.

Sorry for blurred faces.