A-2 Wide Shape Cards

I made these shape cards following Shelia's blog http://shesasassylady.blogspot.com.  The Latte card is for my Mom for Mother's Day.   The ballet cards will be for my 2 daughters and the girls in my scout troop.  All four girls dance at the same dance school.  They have their annual dance recital next month.

The latte card base was cut using Cricut Craft Room Basics 11" wide 4.25" high (real dial size).  The latte is from Love You A Latte.  It is cut at 4.47 (real dial OFF).  The papers are from my stash.  I used white Bazzil glitter paper for the whipped topping.  I cut 2 topping pieces and used foam squares to give some dimension.  I used a brown marker (Stampin Up) to accent the topping. I filled the metal heart in "love" with seed beads.  The sentiment and the shadow were cut at 3".

The ballet cards were made using paper from my stash and glitter paper from Bazill.  The card base is from Cricut Essentials 11" wide and 4.25" high real dial size.  The Ballet dresses are from Shall We Dance.  The dresses are 3.91 (real dial size on).  I cut two dresses of each color then trimmed the top off of one of the dresses and embossed the skirt using my cuttlebug and the swirls folder.  I attached the top skirt with foam squares. 

Easel Card with a Drawered Box

Check out this card!  I got the directions from Sassy Lady's blog.  Thanks Shelia for another great idea and fantastic directions.  Since I don't have George or Ornamental Iron I made some changes to your file.  I'll try to upload my gypsy file later.  I used Gypsy Wanderings, SchoolBook and Sophie.

Showing Off Some Cards I Made

If you haven't seen Shelia's (She's A Sassy Lady) blog you really need to check it out.  She has a weekly Gypsy lesson.  These cards are from her weekly challenges this month.  The papers are from my stash and the acetate is endpieces from laminating things for my classroom.

Cut	Height (inches)	Cart
Rabbit	2.65	Easter 2010
Owl	3.38	Hoot n Holler button 3
Swan	2.04	Splish Splash
Round card	5.05	Sophie button 17
Round card mat	5.26	Fancy Frames button 39
Oval card	4.80	Fancy Frames button 23
Oval card mat	4.63	Fancy Frames button 23
Silhouette card	7.04	Happy Hauntings button 14
Rectangle for card back	7.00	Plantin SchoolBook
Mat	7.01	Happy Hauntings button 14
Oval acetate	5.00	Plantin SchoolBook
Silhouette	3.75	Forever Young button 11

Easter window cards.  The cuts are in windows on the top 2 cards.  The bottom 2 cards have paper backing the cuts.

This card has an acetate window from laminating film.  It gives the appearnce of looking into a mirror.

Letter Envy Contest

This is my entry for the Letter Envy Cricut Circle Magazine contest.  It is the cover of my daughter's 8th grade English project.  She had to design, write and edit a magazine related to something she enjoys.  Her topic was Christian Rock.  We used Letter Envy for the title, Easter2011 for the cross and 3 Bird's - Life's a Party for the guitars.  The letters were cut at 2.37, the cross was cut at 6.53 and the guitars were 5.85.  I used 3 shades of blue for the letters and the guitars and gray and cream for the cross.  And yes the teacher was impressed; she got a 100 on the project.

Some Inspirational Words for "Test Season"

I created this bulletin board to cover posters during our state testing.  I used Varsity Letter and Sports Mania.  The letters and the shadows were cut at 5 inches.  The sports balls were cut at 5.15 inches. I used papers from my stash.  I used the thin inside parts to make a smaller bulletin board.  On the little board I added some pencils cut from Platin Schoolbook and bird from 3 Birds on Parade.  The pencils are 4 inches real dial and the birds are about 10 inches.

Cricut Magazine Entry

Here's a quick page I made for the Cricut Magazine.  The challenge was to take a sketch and create your own project  .  I used Paper Trimmings and Letter Envy.  The letters were cut at 2.75".  the hearts were cut at 2.5".  I used Simply Swirls and the Cuttlebug to emboss the black panel.  The paper was from my stash.  I am very impressed with my effort to create an entire project in about 2 hours start.. finish... and looking for the perfect paper.

Cricuting School Projects

I love how easy it is to create super school projects using my Expression 2.  DD2 stated she needs a box diorama for steamboats, or is a steam engine.....  I knew I could do both. 

Carts used:
My World -- steamboat and steamboat shadow @ 10 inches
My World -- steam engine and steam engine shadow @ 10 inches
Everyday Paper Dolls -- waves @ 3 inches (real dial)
Blackletter -- S and P 2.75 inches e, a, m, o, w, e, r @ 2.5 inches

Paper:
White, blue and black are Provo craft 12" x 24"
Patterned paper is from my stash

I used the cricut markers to draw the steamboat and engine then used the shadow feature to make the actual cuts.  I used pieces from the box flaps to create bracing so the pieces will stand.  I used a pieces of the box to make the bridge for the steam engine.  We printed facts about steam engines and steamboats then attached them to box sides.

Needless to say the teacher was impressed!