I was feeling in a Fall-kind-of mood, so that is the direction I went in. I created a set of monogram cards in a Autumn color scheme. I used the Formal Occasions cartridge to create the scalloped frame, the Doodletype cartridge for the letter and the heart shape, and the Doodlecharms cartridge for the leaf shapes.

Even though I kept the design the same on all of the cards, I used different patterned papers to give each card a unique feel. But since the patterns are coordinating, the cards still feel like they are part of a set.

To give the set to a friend as a gift, you can tie them together with some ribbon and add a small tag with a sentiment or personal note.

Thanks so much for letting me share my project with you all today. Enjoy!

Cricut Machines Used: Cricut Expression
Cricut Cartridges Used: Formal Occasion, Doodletype, Doodlecharms
Other Supplies: Cardstock (Bazzill Basics), Patterned papers (We R Memory Keepers), Brads (We R Memory Keepers), Chipboard tag (We R Memory Keepers), Ribbon (American Crafts), Cards & Envelopes (Canvas Corp), File, Sewing machine and brown thread

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I am showing you this “gourd-eous” centerpiece. Wouldn’t you love to show this off at your holiday table? This pumpkin cake is super yummy and perfectly accented with fondant leaves cut using your Cricut Cake Machine. Placed around the pumpkin are some apples and fruits, so you can please those with less of a sweet tooth and those who like to end their meal with a sweet treat.

And the kids will LOVE it too, in fact, mine were clamoring over the cake before I had it finished!!

You can create these varigated leaves using several colors of fondant. First, I colored several pieces of fondant with Autumn colors. Next, I grouped several different colors next to each other on my Cricut Cake mat.

After this, I rolled the dough out, creating a single piece.

Now you are ready to place the piece in the machine for cutting.

Continue using the same dough, picking it up after cutting, then adding more bits of the solid colored fondant to it, and then re-rolling and cutting again.

This is what the leaves will look like, using the blended fondant.

To create the cake, I baked two cakes in a bundt pan, turned the bottom cake upside down, and then placed the second cake on top.

I tinted icing a light orange, and then covered my cake, creating the pumpkin shape.

Cricut Machines Used: Cricut Cake, Gypsy (use Gypsy to hide center cut in oak leaf)
Cricut Cartridges Used: Create a Critter (Maple leaf cut at 3.0 and 3.59 inches), Doodlecharms (Oak leaf cut at 3.69 inches)
Other Supplies: Fondant

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Cricut Cindy Loo cartridge

Cricut Lite B is for Boy cartridge

Cricut Keystone cartridge

Cricut Art Philosophy cartridge

Cricut Projects Flower Shoppe cartridge

Cricut Cake Seasonal Sampler cartridge

Cricut Give a Hoot cartridge

Cricut Noah’s ABC Animals cartridge

Cricut Everyday Pop-Up Cards cartridge

Cardstock

Ribbon

Button

Wood

Rivets for snaps

Scissors

Glue

How to Make It

Select two 12″ x 12″ sheets of cardstock to be the base of the layout. Cut out hills by hand and glue to bottom of layout.

Cut the tree form the Cindy Loo cartridge at 11.25″ tall. Glue layers together and put on the right page.

Cut the onesie from the Everday Pop-Up Cards cartridge. Layer the pieces together. Create a clothesline from ribbon and wood. Glue the onesie and clothesline to the left page. Glue the rivets, button, and ribbon (tied into a bow) to the onesie.

Cut circles at 4.35″, 4.1″ and 4″ from the Art Philosophy cartridge. Glue them together and then to the onesie.

Cut 0.5″ letters to spell BABY SHOWER from the Keystone cartridge. Glue letters around the inside of the smallest circle

Cut a 1″ airplane from the B is for Boy cartridge. Glue it inside the smallest circle.

Cut several 1″ leaves from the Flower Shoppe cartridge. Glue them across the layouts as desired.

Cut a 1″ rattle from the Cake Seasonal Sampler cartridge. Glue it to the layout near the onesie.

Cut a 3.5″ fox from the Give a Hoot cartridge. Layer the pieces together. Glue the fox to the page with the tree.

Cut a 5.5″ deer and a 5.5″ mirror image bunny from the Noah’s ABC Animals cartridge. Layer the pieces together.

Glue the deer to the page with the onesie and the bunny to the page with the tree.

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I created these really fun treats and straws to share with you. I used the Cricut Craft Room Exclusive St. Patrick’s Day Cartridge.

For the straws, I cut and then assembled the “Kiss me I’m Irish” image at 2 ¼ inches and then just taped them to the front of these fun green and white party straws.

These treat bags were really easy to make. I used some sucker bags that can be found at most craft stores and filled them with some chocolate coins. I used the Elegant Edges cartridge to cut out the bag topper in green and then folded it in half. I then added some white cardstock and the rainbow image from the St. Patrick’s Day digital cartridge cut at 1 ½ inches. I finished it off with a little glitter, bakers twine and some pen stitching.

The popcorn boxes are cut from the Tags, Bags, Boxes and More digital cartridge at 6 inches. It is really easy to get two of these onto one cardstock piece by arranging them in the Cricut Craft Room. I added some glitter to the scallop edges and then assembled the box. The fun little pot of gold image is from the St. Patrick’s Day cartridge cut at 1 ¾ inches. I love the look that the glitter adds to the “gold” in the pot. I finished it off by tying the box with some bakers twine.

I hope that this can help you get some ideas and inspiration on how to celebrate this fun holiday with your family.

Cricut Machines Used: Cricut Expression 2 Electronic Cutting Machine, Cricut Craft Room
Cricut Cartridges Used: St. Patrick’s Day (Cricut Craft Room Exclusive), Tags Bags Boxes & More – Digital, Elegant Edges
Other Supplies: Cardstock, Glitter glue, Bakers twine, Sucker bags, Party straws, Pen, Adhesive

CRICUT CUTS:

Craft Room Exclusive St. Patrick’s Day

and layers 2.25 inches
and layers 1.5 inches
and layers 1.75 inches
Elegant Edges Cartridge

3.75 inches
Tags Bags Boxes and More – Digital Cartridge

6 inches

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Do you know anyone who was born on Leap Year? Or maybe someone in your life who is making a “Leap of Faith” with a big change in their life right now?

Why not send them a Leap Year card to celebrate. Or maybe you like to celebrate the “Wearin’ O’ the Green” and are looking for a St. Patrick’s Day card idea Check out this cute card design by Cindy Royal below where she shows us how one card design can be used for two different occasions!

With a few quick changes, this Leap Day card design serves double-duty by becoming a St. Patrick’s Day card!

Cindy changed the heart to a shamrock on the tummies of the frogs and also switched out the the lily pad the frogs are sitting on to a shamrock lily pad. By using the editing features in Cricut Craft Room, Cindy was able to stretch and “flatten” a shamrock shape for the frogs to sit on. So clever!

Cricut Machines Used: Cricut Expression 2 Electronic Cutting Machine, Cricut Craft Room, Cuttlebug

Cricut Cartridges Used: St. Patrick’s Day (Cricut Craft Room Exclusive), Paisley, Give a Hoot

Other Supplies: Cuttlebug Retro Kitchen Embossing Folder, Cardstock, Patterned Paper (Pink Paislee), Glitter, Googley eyes, Paper dots, Adhesives

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A dear friend of mine allowed me to use this photo of her son and she shared that one of his favorite things to do when they go camping is to go fishing.

This photo of her son fishing inspired every bit of this layout. From the patterned papers I used, to the Cricut images I decorated it with. And what better cartridges to use than the two camping cartridges: Campin’ Critters and Camp Out – Digital?!

The border of fish felt like a perfect fit for the topic. I also found the “Gone Fishin” sign on the Campin’ Critters Cartridge to use as the title. I replaced the fish that was originally part of the sign with a fish from the Camp Out Digital Cartridge so that the title and borders would coordinate better.

I created the large frame by altering the Frame image from the Camp Out Digital Cartridge. I used the Cricut Craft Room to hide the outside of the frame image and I only used the inside piece.

I copied this same image and then re-sized it to make one slightly larger to create a double mat effect.

To spread the forest image across the layout, I cut the image and placed part of it on one side of the photo and the other part on the other side of the photo. I also cut these two trees apart to allow me to put the title behind the trees.

So when is your next camping trip? I hope you have a great time and do something to rest and relax!

Cricut Machines Used: Cricut Mini Personal Electronic Cutter, Cricut Craft Room
Cricut Cartridges Used: Campin’ Critters, Camp Out – Digital
Other Supplies: Patterned Paper, Cardstock and Stickers (Bo Bunny); Buttons, Jute, Adhesives

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My cousin and I are a lot like Lucy and Ethel when we get together, so I am sure there will be plenty of “memorable” moments to fill this album!

I just love the shape of this trailer, and a pink camping trailer as the cover of the album is so much fun for a girls camping trip! I know they will love the colors, and sense of whimsy!

Each page has its own color combo, and embellishments. Some pages have been left a little more open for the addition of journaling and multiple photos.

Other pages were filled up with adorable outdoorsy images and sentiments leaving room for smaller photos and memorabilia, to make it easy for a novice scrapper to complete.

The front and back cover have a piece of chipboard sandwiched between the papers for strength and stability, the inner pages have an extra layer of cardstock to support photos and years of “flipping” through memory lane!

A mini album is a great gift for outdoors adventurers, and campers! Take a closer look at your Cricut cuts to see if there is a fun or interesting shape that could be used as a mini album.

Or scraplift this idea and create your own trailer album, the cut files are below for you to use and enjoy!!!

Happy camping! And happy creating…oh…and wish me luck! *wink*

Cricut Machines Used: Cricut Expression 2 Electronic Cutting Machine, Cricut Craft Room

Cricut Cartridges Used: Campin’ Critters

Other Supplies: Terrifically Tacky Tape, Cardstock (pink, black, white, blue, yellow, orange, brown), Patterned Papers (blue floral, pink floral, yellow floral), Chipboard, Ribbon, Twine, Buttons, Brads, SRM Stickers, Hole punch, Foam tape, Binder ring, Brown ink, Sponge, Rhinestones, Black & white gel pens, Adhesives

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This kit includes everything I need for a few S’mores with the kids and no mosquitos, bears, or sudden rain involved, but it would be just as handy at camp.

I started with a chipboard box and painted it to look like a S’more – I tried anyway. I decorated the top with the phrase “Campers have S’more fun” and a camper. The little porcupine is embossed with a ‘puff’ embossing powder. That’s why it has that really textured appearance.

Inside are cello bags with contents for one S’more in each and there’s Sterno (my campfire in a can) and skewers to cook the marshmallows with. You don’t have to go camping to enjoy a great camp snack.

So, whether you are going camping or just going to visit family or friends, take a long a S’mores kit. Would make a nice hostess gift, too.

Cricut Machines Used: Cricut Mini Personal Electronic Cutter, Cricut Craft Room
Cricut Cartridges Used: Campin’ Critters, Cricut Craft Room Basics, Base Camp, Camp Out-Digital
Other: Cardstock, Acrylic Paints, Inks, Chipboard Box, Embossing Powder, Black 3D Paint, Googly Eyes, Adhesives

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Using a plain album, I decided that using spray mist would help me add background color, without the difficulty of trimming off paper at the edges of the cover.

I used a lime and a jack frost color, then added in a spray and larger drops of turquoise across the front and back of the album. There is a touch of glitz as well. Then I cut some bright colorful letters for the title, adding in a bright sun as well, and I used brown for the rest of the title, so it would stand out, but not be the strongest color on the front.

I created the inside album pages by cutting 8.5 x 11 paper to fit, punching holes where I would thread the album together later. Next, I thought about which photos I wanted to use, printed them out and searched in Cricut Craft Room for images to go along with my page.

Details on each page include banner pieces. These are easily cut from strips of paper that with a triangle shape notched out from the ends with scissors. Add bright coordinating buttons tied with twine bows. I kept my journaling simple, handwriting it with a journaling pen.

Simple, easy, and colorful. I hope you have enjoyed my summer album. I have left space to add more pages as we continue our summer activities.

Take care!

Cricut Machines Used: Cricut Expression Electronic Cutting Machine, Gypsy Handheld Design Device, Cricut Craft Room
Cricut Cartridges Used: Campin’ Critters, Carousel (Digital), Life is a Beach, Lite Crocs Rule, Art Deco, Something to Celebrate, Gypsy Font
Other Supplies Used: Cardstock (American Crafts), Buttons, Twine, Wiggle Eyes, Album (Creative Imaginations), Pen, Glitter, Spray Mist (Tattered Angels & Maya Road), Adhesives

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Here is the empty container before I decorated it. I want to say thanks to my Dad for drinking so much coffee and being willing to part with a few of his empty containers. He uses these to store all kinds of things, but was happy to share a few with me for my crafting projects.

I selected images from Create A Critter and Animal Kingdom and then laid out my design in the Cricut Craft Room using the fill mode to select colors. This always helps me decide what colors to use because I can see it before I cut it! I love that!!!

I pre-cut small pieces of the vinyl, just larger than the image to be cut and placed them on my mat in the same place as they are on the Cricut Craft Room cutting mat.

One way to apply small vinyl cuts is to peel back part of the lining to help you place the vinyl on the surface. It worked equally well to peel off all of the lining and put it on just like any sticker. It was very easy to remove the vinyl and replace it on the coffee can surface.

However, once you start sticking vinyl on top of vinyl it is not so easy to remove because it sticks more and the vinyl tends to stretch if you are not very careful.

Now that the yellow panels are in place we will begin to decorate the container.

Add your wording first. I wanted the dog images to slightly overlap the words so it is important to put the words on first because it is hard to lift up the dog to get the words underneath without stretching the vinyl as I mentioned above.

Add your dog silhouette.

A great tip I found in adding the top layer for the dog was to peel off the image and then use the scrap lining from the yellow pieces. I placed the dog image just off the edge and then I was able to place it just how I wanted on the black silhouette. I wanted to slightly offset the top layer so this worked perfectly!

Here are some up close images of the Dalmatian

…and the poodle!

Maybe you don’t have pets either, but this same idea could be used for so many things. These containers are huge and would work well to hold all kinds of crafty, scrappy goodness too! Think how cute these would be decorated to match your scrappy room!!!

Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you enjoyed this little workshop!

Cricut Machines Used: Cricut Expression Electronic Cutting Machine, Cricut Craft Room
Cricut Cartridges Used: Create A Critter, Animal Kingdom
Other Supplies Used: Cricut Vinyl in Yellow, Peacock Blue, Cotton, Raven, Chocolate, and Latte; Ribbon, Buttons, Twine

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