Tuesday November 4, 2014 with My Cricut Craft Room and Design Team- Everyday Theme

Tuesday November 4, 2014 with My Cricut Craft Room and Design Team- Everyday Theme

Lynn made this card using a flower from the Don Juan cartridge in Design Space. 

To see more please visit her blog here.

Jen Goode shares how to make your own custom designed embossing plates. 

All you need is your Cricut Cutting Machine and your creativity. Read the full tutorial here.

Festive Friday April 19, 2013 Anything Spring with My Cricut Craft Room

Melissa made this scrapbook page.  She used Walk in My Garden and Don Juan. To see how she made this project please visit her blog http://iamapapermaniac.blogspot.com/2013/04/mccr-design-team-anything-spring.html

 

Rosa used C.T.M.H. Artiste for today's project. To know more about it go to http://kleymanr.blogspot.com/2013/04/i-c.html

Friday, Noveber 16th - Festive Friday - Thanksgiving Recipes

So as you have seen we have changed Fridays from a scrapbook day to Festive Fridays
There may be scrapbook items any day of the week. 
We are also throwing in some special postings..... 

Like this Sunday we will be celebrating National Mickey Mouse Day!  
We will be posting a TON of Disney Projects. 
Some old, some new, some borrowed and some blue.... no it's not a wedding.... just 
Mickey Mouse Day!!! 

Now on to today's 
AMAZING Design Team projects featuring 
Thanksgiving  Recipes!!! 


Jamie used Create a Critter to decorate this yummy recipe.
Check it out on her blog her http://craftygirl21.blogspot.com/

Tami used Artiste, From my Kitchen, and Simply Scarecrow cricut cartridges to create this festive mini album. To see how she made this click here: http://scrappinrabbitdesigns.blogspot.com/

Tammy has used Baseball and Close To My Heart's Art Philosophy cartridges to create a page for a recipe book.  To learn more about how it was made check out her blog at http://cuttinandstampin.blogspot.com

Miranda used From My Kitchen, Autumn Celebrations and Don Juan to create her recipe card today.  For details head over to her blog at Nana's Scrap Spot.

FRIDAY CHALLENGES

• 3 Girl JAM 
• Alphabet Challenge Blog 
• CAS-ual Fridays 
• Chocolate, Coffee & Cards Challenges 
• Color My Heart 
• Craft Ann's Challenge Blog 
• Delicious Doodles Challenges 
• Dilly Beans 
• Forever Night 
• Frosted Designs 
• Fussy and Fancy Challenge 
• Joyful Stamper 
• Pause Dream Enjoy 
• The Octopode Factory Friday Challenge 
• The Outlawz 
• Unity Friends With Flair Fridays 
• Wags 'n Whiskers 

SATURDAY CHALLENGES

• Allsorts challenge blog 
• Just Some Lines 
• Less is More 
• The Outlawz 

SUNDAY CHALLENGES

• Come and Get It Challenges 
• Creative Inspirations Paint 
• Cupcake Inspirations 
• Lasting Memories 
• Little Scrap Pieces 
• Magnolia Down Under Challenges 
• Red Carpet Studio 
• Sentimental Sundays 
• Sentimental Sundays 
• Stamptacular Sunday 
• Sunday Sketch and Stamp Challenge 
• The CD Sunday Challenge Blog 
• The Outlawz 
• The Paper Players 
• The Sweetest Thing...(Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge) 
• Whoopsi Daisy 

Scrapbook Friday May 4, 2012 and a Tutorial from Erica

So much planned for this weekend!!!

Tomorrow's 100 Cricut cartridge blog hop! GREAT projects and we cannot wait to share them with you.

Today's projects were all about indulgence. Chocolate and Cocktails!

KathyJo used Don Juan and Lyrical Letters to create this coffee layout. Please visit her blog at http://skrappindiva.blogspot.com for details

Heather E. used Life is a Beach and Luau cartridges to created this intoxicated layout. To see her entire project please visit http://pinkpunkcosmo.blogspot.com

I answered a question that I saw on facebook today and decided to share it with you all.....

Someone asked about creating a shadow for an item. They wanted to know if they are cutting at 4" for they need to make the shadow larger. I would love to quickly explain this.... I will also tell you what real dial size is, in the process.

First real dial size, what is it and when to use it.

The Cricut is automatically set with real dial size OFF. What this means is that your Cricut will AUTOMATICALLY make your items proportional to your finished size image.

So if you are making Mickey Mouse, I always cut my characters at 4" otherwise the eyes and everything is WAY TOO SMALL. I cut them all at 4" because I will cut a full sheet of each piece. I then keep them in a baggie labeled. So the next time I want one of them, I already have many of the pieces needed. Instead of putting each color of paper each time, and cutting only one from it, then I end up with paper with missing pieces and then they get caught on each other in my scrap drawers.... so I just cut a full sheet of it and then throw the little bit of scraps away.

I used crazy colors for the tutorial I will refer to each layer by the color.

Here is the finished die cut....

Here are all of the individual colors. I have the size set to 4"

The cricut knows to make each item proportional to the finished 4" size. You dont have to do anything, it does it on it's own.

Now this is Real Dial Size ON.... instead of proportionally. The cuts each item at the REAL size.

This is helpful if you want a title or image to be large. In this example if I wanted the star at 4" it would do it. But if I wanted the words at 4" to use for a title or something, I would have to turn REAL DIAL SIZE ON. Then it will cut in the REAL size that I want. Each item here is 4" so you can see how different it is

Here is how i would cut the images out and use a full sheet of card stock and have some of the die cut ready for the next time I need it.

Do you have trouble with adhesive on the tiny little pieces that the cricut cuts??

Here is what I do.... I FLIP the image (s) cut it and while it is still on the cutting mat, I apply my adhesive with a tape runner. Then I remove the excess paper around the words then I just use my tweezers and pick up the small pieces already with adhesive on them.

Here is the images flipped

Here are the words with the shadow feature on the cartridge. But what if your cartridge does not have a shadow?

If it does not have a shadow feature...... here is what most people do.... They cut the words at 4" and then again at 4 1/4" but as you see below it doesn't work very well....

If it does not have a shadow and you don't want it to look weird.... Cut 2 of the image out at the SAME SIZE. Then the bottom of the two images, move slightly left or right and then slightly up or down. Depending on which direction you want the shadow to show.

I hope this helped someone. Have a wonderful weekend!

I hope you will hop with us tomorrow on our 100 Cricut cartridge blog hop!

Yesterday's winner is

Kathy SalidoMay 3, 2012 03:33 PM

Love all the projects today, and some of the ladies had some really inspiring messages in their posts. Kathy

FB Name: Kathy Salido

Blog: http://3spoileddogs.blogspot.com/

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Card Creating Tuesday November 29, 2011

Here are today's cards!

Laura used "9 Months" to create this card....

You can see more details by visiting her blog http://www.laurascraftsandmore.com/

Lezlye used Ribbons and Rosettes & Holiday Cakes. Her blog is http://www.lezlyes.blogspot.com/

Karey used the Forever Young Cricut Cartridge.

To see how she made this visit her blog at http://www.creativecraftcorner.com/

Lucinda used Don Juan. Her blog can be found at http://www.thegrowinggibson.blogspot.com/

 

 

 

 

Melissa used No cartridges but she did use the cuttlebug..... it must be nice to be my sister-in-law..... Family gets to break the rules.... although she called me out a month ago when I posted a project that I posted over the summer..... that's what we are here for to keep each other on our toes. I gave the design team papers from the BOX of DOOM when they missed a date that they signed up for.... well one day I missed one of the emails from on of the ladies and her post didn't make it up here.... she asked if I get a paper from the BOX of DOOM.... Yes you will see my creation with it next week! .... Melissa might be my sister-in-law but my design team is all a part of my crafty family. Love ya Mel and the rest of the design team. Here is Melissa's blog to see how she made this ;) http://pinkpolkadotscrapping.blogspot.com/ 

Hey Mel, is that the nail polish that was on my desk on your hand????

 

 

 

Kat made this card....  Her blog is http://katscrapfever.blogspot.com/ 

I know it is upside down... it is on her blog too... ;)