#11 Sesame Street Seasons - Winter layout

Hi everyone! Here is a layout that I created for some sledding pictures of my kids that I have not developed yet! This was my first time using the Sesame Street Seasons cartridge - there are some really great images on there if you or your kids are Sesame Street fans! I created this layout for the challenge at Fantabulous Cricut this week which was to create a project featuring winter clothing. Elmo and Big Bird are decked out in their hats and mittens for some snow fun!

The cartridges I used are:

Sesame Street Seasons - Elmo. Big Bird, snowflakes, "winter" and scalloped frame.

Winter Frolic - "Snow Much Fun"

Hope you like it!

Imagine Note Pad

Hi everyone! Tonight I have been playing with my Imagine and having so much fun! It was the first time I have tried using an original Cricut cartridge with the Imagine cartridges! I am in total awe of this machine - really.

At My Creative time, in addition to her Throwback Thursday challenges, Emma also has started doing "Imagine-Nation Monday" where her and Sarah "Pink Cricut" host a challenge every other week using the Imagine machine. The challenge this time was to create a gift for someone using your Imagine. This is the first time I will be entering!

For this note pad I used the Winter Frolic Cricut cartridge and the Mr. Frosty Imagine cartridge.

I was able to use the Mr. Frosty cartridge to create a full 12X12" patterned paper which I cut for the chipboard cover.

The mouse and border were both cut from the Winter Frolic Cartridge using the Mr. Frosty Imagine cartridge to fill in the layers.

I cut a bunch of lined paper for the inside pages and bound everything together with my Bind-It-All.

Normally, I stay away from mouse cuts since I can't stand the things, but I actually thought this one turned out cute!

Hope you like it!

3-D Church Ornament

Hi everyone! This afternoon I have been working on this 3-D church ornament - well pretty much ALL afternoon. I created it for a contest posted in the November issue of the Cricut Circle Magazine. We were to create a tree ornament featuring at least 4 Cricut cuts and the use of a Cuttlebug or Yudu.

The church was cut from Winter Woodland at 3.5" . I embossed the white layer with a Fomal Square embossing folder, then inked over the raised image. I cut the background from transparency and used alcohol ink to achieve a stained glass effect. The roof pieces were put through my Cuttlebug using the Tiny Mosaic folder. I punched the holes in the roof prior to assembly to thread the ribbon through for hanging.

The flourish along the sides of the church was cut from Winter Frolic.

The snowflake attached to the ribbon is from Christmas.

The "H" which is my last initial, is from Elegant Cakes.

The cute little bird atop the church is from Serenade.

I LOVE how this turned out! I can't wait to hang it on my tree in December! Hope you like it too!

Winter Frolic Card

Hi everyone! I have another card for you tonight made with the Winter Frolic cartridge. This card was made for a challenge Robyn has put on at My Pink Stamper this weekend. The theme of the challenge was winter. This cartridge is so fun to use and I can't wait to use it for more Christmas and winter projects! Hope you like it!