Little One Cricut 1 Page Layout

Good morning All,

I just wanted to share my first project as a Design Team member for the Fantabulous Cricut Challenge blog (FCCB). Our project this week was to use the Cricut in some way and to have a critter and the color orange on our projects. So this is my take on that challenge. 

Please join the fun this week at FCCB as Page-Kits.com is the sponsor and you could win a $20 gift certificate!

Closeup of the Little Lamb

The Recipe

I created the Little Lamb Paper Piecing.

The Title Little One, The Flowers and The Butterflies all came from the New Arrival Cartridge.

The photo corners are an EK Success punch!

Thanks for stopping by and allowing me to share! Have a wonderfully crafty day!

Friendship Card Rolled Rose CF

Good morning Crafters!

In honor of my new Fantabulous Cricut Challenge Blog Design Team Appointment, I am giving away this flower cut file :-) Whoo Hoo! I was so super excited to be among the group of VERY talented ladies chosen for this Design Team! I will be making projects based on their weekly challenges. For all you Cricut and craft lovers, please hop over to their blog HERE and join the fun!

Here is the card I made for a friend. 

On one of the yahoo groups I belong to, there was a post a couple of days ago about these super cute little flowers. The last thing I remember reading was that someone wanted the cut file for one. So I headed over to my "Drawing board" and whipped it up!

UPDATE: Free Files no longer available.
Please visit PCW for these and other reasonably priced cut files.

The Friendship sentiment was a FREE digi stamp file from none other than the awesome Ms. Penny Duncan! 

Many blessings,

Melin

Rose One Page Layout

Good evening all,

I wanted to share this layout yet today :-) This project is for all of you who use your Cricut and your computer to cut with. This is also for those who have other electronic cutters.

Here is a closeup of the roses I designed. Please sign up for my newsletter AND blog. I will be sending out the weekly update Saturday evening and the link to download these FREE files will be there and only there :-)

This is a closeup shot of the scalloped frame I designed. I used the NEGATIVE or outer edge instead of the scallop itself. I used pop dots to raise the frame to give it a "true" frame like appearance. The butterflies are an MS punch with Distress Stickles.

UPDATE FREE FILES  NO LONGER AVAILABLE.

Please visit PCW for current files.

So to recap: I will be sending out my newsletter Saturday evening with a link for the following 

FREE cutting files:

The Rose

The Scalloped Frame

The Scalloped border strip

The files will be available in the following formats:

SVG for those who use the Cricut and SCAL or MTC

WPC for those who use the Pazzles Inspiration, Gazelle, CraftRobo

GSD for those that use the Silhouette, CraftRobo or Wishblade

KNK for those that use the Klic N' Kut

Thanks for stopping by! I am looking forward to a wonderfully "Crafty" 4th of July weekend with all of you!

Baking Bear Cricut Layout

Good morning all,

Hope you're having a wonderful morning so far! I am sharing a layout I created in honor of my new Cutting Cafe' DT appointment. I was so super excited to hear that I was chosen to be on this team! Whew, these gals are TALENTED :-)So let me describe my FIRST project using their "SCHTUFFFF"

1. I used their From My Kitchen Digi Stamp Set for the Cupcake sayings, the cupcakes and the little Kiss the cook emblem on the bear's apron. Check it out HERE
2. I used the CC's apron shaped card cutting file for my bear. Check it out HERE
3. I used my "E" and Accent Essentials for the blue medallion behind the circular digi stamp.
4. Paisley Cartridge for all the flowers. Which I cut all of them in white and colored with my Copics. I didn't have just the right shade of red or blue cardstock to go with this layout.
5. I used my Gypsy and Picturesque cartridge for the swirls and photo corners.
6. Lastly, the bear and her dress are my own cutting file designs :-)

I created this layout for the Pink Elephant Scrap Challenge #13. Our assignment was to create a layout with some element for extra photos or journaling. That is where her little apron comes in. It is an apron shaped card cutting file that I sized to fit on the bear. It still flips up like a card. That is where my hidden journaling block and extra photo spot are :-)

Closeup of the bear. Even the little sentiment on her apron is a cutting cafe digi stamp. I embossed her apron at the bottom and detailed it with faux stitching. I added a cute little button in the middle of the sentiment.

Here is a view of the apron opened to reveal the hidden journaling and the extra photo spot.

Here is a view of the Digi Cupcakes from the Cutting Cafe. I cut them out and colored them with my copics. I used various colored stickles to add the sparkly "Frosting"

I hope you all enjoyed it and were inspired to start incorporating some digi elements on your layouts! They are truly a fun addition to your pages!

Please be sure to come back tomorrow for a FREE cutting file and some more great "Paperlicious" Inspiration :-) Have a wonderfully blessed day!

Jeremiah Cricut Card

Good afternoon all,
Here is my project for this week's challenge over at PIO (Pile It On)
Our assignment this week was to fold it, bake it, do something with it :-)

1. So I Folded it! I cut 8 2" circles out of patterned paper using my Expression and George & Basic Shapes. I used a Tea bag fold to create the Dahlia in the center of the card.
2. I created the digi sentiment in the center. 
3. I embossed the pink cardstock with a "striped" Fiskars embossing plate.
4. I then cut the white flowers out of my Paisley cartridge and created these super cute and "X"tra dimensional flowers!
5. Lastly, I used a QK die for the flourishes and an EK punch for the photo corners.

Side view to see the dimension.

So here are the challenges this applies to:

PIO - Fold it bake it do something with it (paper)

Allsorts - Embossing(pink cardstock was embossed)

Bee Crafty - Pink & Girly & Digi Stamp

Create 4 Fun - Baby Card

Caardvarks - Embossing

Ooh La La - Flourishes and Pearls

Pink Elephant - Pink and Black

Kah Wink E Dink - Free For All

Speedy the Cat - Flowers

Crafty Ann - Embossing

La La Land - Embossing

Sew Many Challenges - Anything Goes

Practical Scrappers - Flowers

Corrosive Challenge - Flowers

ABC Challenge - "X" tra dimension

Stampin' Sisters In Christ - Use Stripes (My embossing was striped)

Whew, I think that covers it :-)

Thank you so much for stopping by!

Penguin Cricut Two Page Layout

Good afternoon all,

Here is a layout I made for the a challenge. The challenge was to make something with a beach theme. So here it is. 

I used Life's A Beach for most of the elements. BUT The Penguins.

The Penguins are from the From My Kitchen Cartridge

THEY ARE A STRAIGHT CRICUT CUTS :-) I used my E and only the cartridges.

Here is a closeup of one of the penguins. Sipping his drink, CHILLAXIN'

Here are the other two. One getting ready to surf and one splashin' around!

Here is a closeup of the sun. He came from Life's A Beach too :-)

I just gave him a different face.

Have a wonderfully "Crafty" day!