June Blog Hop at My Cricut Craftroom!

Hello and Happy June!  

Happy Summer!

It seems the month of May just flew by - - hard to believe it is time for this month's 100 Cricut Cartridge Blog Hop over at My Cricut Craftroom.  You should have arrived here from Erica's Project .

 If you just happened to stop by my blog, you may want to hop on over to the beginning at My Cricut Craftroom so that you can see every one of the projects from my fellow design team members!  They do amazing work!

I used three cartridges for this blog hop:   Sweet Treats,  Spring Cottage and the Cricut Lite Cartridge called Meow.

Let's start with my project I made with the Meow Cartridge.  Having three cats at home, as soon as I saw the Cricut Lite Cartridge called Meow, I knew it was a "must have"!   I decided to make a wall hanging for my laundry room , right above my laundry sink - next to my washer and dryer.  I found I was always trying to figure out what those little washing symbols on clothing meant and would find myself having to search on line every time I had an article of clothing with those symbols listed instead directions written the "old fashioned" way.  (Remember, clothing USED to say either hand wash, line dry, or wash in cold water, etc??).  Now most of the clothing has these symbols that are not always easy to figure out!  This is a reference chart for me - - didn't need it to be fancy, but once I saw the Clothes line with the kitty on this cartridge, I decided that would be perfect for this project!  

I cut the Cat hanging on the line along with all the various layers offered. 

I glued it onto kraft cardstock, but had to join two pieces of cardstock together in order for the chart that I printed off the internet to fit.

I believe I got my information from this site:

http://www.textileaffairs.com/lguide.htm

I simply used a hole punch to punch a hole for hanging. I did not laminate this, but since it is hanging above my laundry sink and used around wet clothing, it would be a great idea!

Here it is, hanging up, all ready for use!  

My second project is a birthday card I made using the Sweet Treats Cricut Cartridge.

I thought it would be fun to make an easel card  using an Action Wobble that 

I received from Erica's Store.   

 Closed front of the card.

Card opened in the "Easel" position.

I used the Ice Cream Cone on page 31 of the Sweet Treats Cartridge handbook.  I cut the base image from a piece of kraft card stock, the "vanilla" ice cream using the "shift" button on the main image, and then using the "layer" button, I cut the "chocolate topping" layer.  I used Glossy Accents on the "chocolate" layer to make it shiny and slick like a hard chocolate coating and embossed the ice cream cone portion using the Cuttlebug.  I also embossed the white "vanilla" ice cream to look as though it was "swirled" on the cone!

I created several layers for the ice cream cone to rest on - and on each layer I used a corner rounder on the edges and embossed one of the layers.  I used a stamp from Fiskars called Happy Birthday to stamp the word  "Celebrate" on the front, with a ribbon attached above it, and the words "Wish Big"  on the inside of the easel base.  I added two layers of foam squares to make the "wish big" sentiment pop up enough to hold the easel card in the open position.

I added the ice cream cone to the front of the card using an Action Wobble.

Thank you, Erica for "playing it forward" and sharing the Action Wobbles with those of us on the design team!

 

  Side view - showing the Action Wobble Spring!

Here, you can see both the sentiment from the Front of the card as well as the base of the card, when opened and displayed!

I saved my FAVORITE project for last!  

I recently received the Spring Cottage Cartridge that I purchased from

Erica's Store!   She has amazing prices on her cartridges and carries such a wide variety of

scrapbook/paper craft items!

 I could not wait to try out the adorable Berry Basket and the 3-D strawberries!  

HOW CUTE IS THIS????

The strawberry boxes open up if you simply untie the twine...making them the perfect hiding place for a little surprise!  Depending on the size you make them, you could put some little candies in them or if you made it large enough, another special gift (maybe jewelry or a gift card???).

I do suggest a wrapped candy, such as Toostie Roll Midgets, Starburts, Peppermint Hard Candy,

or if they will not be in a hot area or in the sun, Hershey Miniatures or other small wrapped chocolates!

As you can see, I cut a variety of sizes of strawberries for my berry basket.  After all, when you buy a basket of strawberries or go pick them at a local fruit farm, you do not always have every berry the same size!

I embossed the base cut of the strawberries using the Cuttlebug Embossing folder called "Swiss Dots". It is just perfect for giving the look of those little seeds in strawberries!

I cut the green leaves for the tops of the strawberries and also embossed them with a couple of different embossing folders.  I tied the strawberry with green and white Doodlebug Twine to close the box, then added the leaf to the top of the berry.  I threaded yellow buttons with the same twine and added those to the very top of the leaves to give more interest.  

A special "thank you" to my hand model, my beautiful daughter Kim, for holding the strawberries and helping me get a better shot!

After they were all finished, I piled them into the Berry Basket and they are ready for decoration or a special little gift for someone!

I cut the Berry Basket from Brown Cardstock at 9 1/4 inches.  I embossed the handle to give it a little something extra!

I am just so happy with how this project turned out!  What do you think??
It is now time to head over to visit  my friend and fellow design team member

Sarah, to see her amazing creations for today!
Please go to:  www.craftingwithsarah.blogspot.com.

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Have a great weekend!

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