17 Jan Using a Crop-A-Dile dt

I love my Crop-A-Dile! In which is today's THEME.  It would be awesome if you'd head back over to Erica's at  mycricutcraftroom.blogspot.com to see my amazing DT sisters awesome projects when you are done browsing and hopefully oohing.. and aaahhing..   :))(big cheesy grin)

There are so many things you can do with this awesome tool... I have used it to punch holes in the lil tin buckets to holes for ribbon in composition notebooks, just to name a few..  Do you know you can cut a hole in a cookie sheet to hang it up!!
  I am going to show you a couple of older LO's I have done using the crop-a-dile.  mind you they were yeeeaaaars ago that they were created...

My daughter Kristal who will be 27 soon.  She was 4 then :)

using the crop-a-dile to hold down this journaling.

my oldest granddaughter Kiana who will be 10 next month and her 1st pr of shoes I got her at 6mo old.   This is page 2 of 2.

  It is a 2 pg LO. and so darn plain!!    lol

NOW for today's newest project:

Not sure if you know, but the colorful puzzle piece is the symbol (icon) for Autism..    I have a 7 yr old son, Jayden with Autism and a 10yr old niece, Katie with Asperger's Autism.  This will be given to my sister in law, Marti as my niece is in a group home right now with such issues relating to the Asperger's Autism and trying to get it all in control.  Bless my niece's lil heart.  This will cheer her up.

Don Juan Cricut cartridge is used to cut out the large puzzle piece at 5 inches and the smaller puzzle pieces at         Colors were random on the Imagine  built in colors.   Snapshot Every Day Imagine Cartridge was used for the Crayon look for the "Autism; you color my world" Letters were designed and cut out from the CCR & Imagine.  at 3.028 inches down to 2.486in.  Ribbon has multi colors & is some scrap ribbon left from a pile.  ctmh twine is green, blue and yellow.  Crop-A- Dile  used to punch holes and then set the eyelet in which it is red hearts.

all done. 

this lil sign is one I found on-line somewhere...  the smile faces are eyelets set by the crop-a-dile too.

cardboard used for the large hearts that are hanging down. 

49 puzzle pieces at 1.5 in were on this mat and all used on my project today. selected colors from the Imagine color built in.

here is the red puzzle piece cardboard printed with RED.  I punched a hole using the crop a dile and set it with this cute eyelet heart.  I then hung the ribbon and the twine through  it.

16 Jan Letter C brings today the cartridges...

How are you today?? I hope awesome.
I hope you have arrived from http://mycricutcraftroom.blogspot.com  but if not, please head on over there and check out all the awesome projects that my fellow DT friends have created!

LETTER C today is featured using the cartridges Cricut decals and Cricut Imagine Country Carnival
 
Cricut Decals and using the Imagine Vinyl.  colors are from within the Imagine machine pre-set.

This is cut from my Imagine at the FULL PAGE .  I wanted it to be BIG BUT to fit on one page.  here it is!  Cricut Decals is the cutest cartridge ever!!  These are actually 3 cuts from the cartridge!  They eventually will be on my car window!

                          IN MY CRAFT ROOM IS WHERE THESE AWESOME SAYINGS ARE!

                                 I have this awesome saying over my Cricut area! 
I know my wall is plain right now but my room is a MESS and I am in the midst of cleaning it for the blog hop I am in on the 20th Jan.  So I see that the cricut is kinda crooked.. off to fix it.. sorry.

My 2nd project is from the Imagine cartridge Country Carnival. A beautiful cartridge - paper, tag and butterfly all come from this awesome cartridge
** I used CTMH inks  Sorbet, chocolate and cranberry. ** chocolate ctmh paper for the outside
  ** frosted lace stickles for the roses.
** CTMH stamp saying (inside and outside on tag) D1197 My One & Only

*** Can you see the tag in the middle  - cut at 2.8in and then embossed using the rose embossing folder from Once Upon A Princess.. I inked the middle of the roses with sorbet and lightly dabbed with chocolate ink after I lightly sandpapered it. I used the stamp set saying  "I have learned from you, leaned on you and Loved having you in my life and stamped several times on the tag. The same saying is inside as well.   ctmh gold twine is wrapped around it and the pretty butterfly sits among the tag.

** inked around the edge of the pretty paper with sorbet ink.
*** Butterfly cut at 1.5in. ~  Paper (top layer) cut at 6.3 then trimmed to the size desired. ~ tag in middle cut at 2.8

Please head back to http://cricutcraftroom.blogspot.com and see what my Design Team sisters have created!

100 cartridge blog hop this weekend!!

HERE is the TOTAL line-up for the 7 & 8th Jan 100 Cartridge Blog Hop.  Please come visit and see what cartridges re-inspire you to see something different!   I personally will be on the Blog Hop Line-up on Sunday. So please come back as well :)

SATURDAY 7th JAN. 2012

LEADER OF THE DESIGN TEAM ERICA - Http://MyCricutcraftroom.blogspot.com
Heather F http://www.papercrafteranonymous.com/
Tammy S http://thepurplemuse.blogspot.com
Suzy’s Crafts http://suzyscrafts.blogspot.com
Yvette  http://gammascreativecorner.blogspot.com/
Jen Lundy- http://mybusycraftylife.blogspot.com/ 

Karey http://www.creativecraftcorner.com
Jenny R- http://myimagitivity.blogspot.com/. 
Erica’s Project---- http://ericasprojects.blogspot.com
Rosa http://kleymanr.blogspot.com
Samantha- http://samanthascricutcreations.blogspot.com/
Enjoli http://mississippihippycrafts.blogspot.com/
Pattie- http://sweetpsscrapbooks.blogspot.com/
Dana- http://danascraftycorner.blogspot.com/ 
Jenn Lorist  http://www.jennspapercrafts.blogspot.com/  

Amber - http://pixichickpapercrafts.blogspot.com  -
Christina: http://cema1cema.blogspot.com
Tonya   http://ittybittyladybugs.blogspot.com
Blog Candy http://ericasblogcandy.blogspot.com

 SUNDAY 8th JAN. BLOG HOP LINE-UP

SunHttp://MyCricutcraftroom.blogspot.com
Laura- http://www.laurascraftsandmore.com/
Tracy- http://scrappininthewoods.blogspot.com/
Lisa http://www.allmadebylisa.blogspot.com/
Susan http://craftingandbeyond.blogspot.com/
Ashley http://theglamoroussideofscrapping.blogspot.com/  
Doris  http://mybugandmecreate.blogspot.com/   ME
Janet  http://janetscreativeworld.blogspot.com/
Liz  http://tryin2craft.blogspot.com/
Erica- http://ericasprojects.blogspot.com
Sheila- http://2pawprints.blogspot.com/
Jamie- http://jamiek711designs.blogspot.com/
Laurie- http://mincedpaper.blogspot.com/
Kathy http://3spoileddogs.blogspot.com/
Kym  http://kimmyskards.blogspot.com.
Marji  www.fstampaholic.blogspot.com :
Sherri  http://squeakyscrapper.blogspot.com 
Blog Candy http://ericasblogcandy.blogspot.com


PLEASE COME BACK AND MAKE SURE TO HOP WITH US!!
DORIS 

CREATING WITH THE LETTER A

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!  I am SO SO EXCITED to be a part of this fabulous Design Team of Erica's cricut Craft Room at  http://mycricutcraftroom.blogspot.com   as this is my very first posting!

Every Monday I will be featuring a cartridge that starts with that letter.. so make sure to come back next Monday and see the cartridge starting with B!  As well as many other projects throughout the month...

Today, I am creating with the LETTER A..  I chose A Child's Year and Imagine Ancestry.

I chose the girl and man which here will be my granddaughter and her papa.   Cutting out at 5in this is such a cute silhouette.  The words Me & Papa is cut out 1.2in  and the background paper is created using the imagine Ancestry paper.  I love it!  it was cut out at 6.5inches to cover the base of the pre-made plain card.
I added a lil rhinestone butterfly as my granddaughter loves to wear things in her hair.

SORRY there are no other pics as I went along - I was so involved back and forth with so many things that I forgot to take pics.

The "&"is white chipboard from MM (I believe.  I inked it with black ink and then wiped a lot off of it..  Not the total look I was going for but it looks pretty cool.  (I hope)

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