Happy Friday!! It's Sarah from Pink Cricut and I am SO excited to be guest designing for Monique and Wendy today!

Materials Used:

1. (2) 12 x 12 kraft cardstock (Recollections Brand - Michaels)
2. (2) Scalloped Squares sized at 11.50" from Accent Essentials
3. Photo Mats: Finished mats will fit - (1) 4 x 6 and (3) 4 x 4 photos
4. 4 1/2 x 6 1/2 (white), 4 3/8 x 6 3/8 (brown) 4 1/4 x 6 1/4 (pink stripe)
5. (3) 4 1/2 x 4 1/2 (white), 4 3/8" x 4 3/8" (brown) 4 1/4 x 4 1/4 (pink stripe)
6. "Banner" sized at 3.02" (or 10.50" fit to length) from Twinkle Toes
7. "Race for the Cure" sized at 1.5" using "Real Dial Size" from Cherry Limeade (shadows welded using my Gypsy)
8. (2) "Runners" sized at 6.00" from Pink Journey
9. (10)"Butterflies" sized at 1.50" using "blackout" feature from Pink Journey 
10. (5) "Butterflies" sized at 1.50" using "shadow" feature from Pink Journey
11. "live," "love," and "fight" sized at 1.50" from Kate's ABCs (shadows welded using my Gypsy)
12. "Pink Ribbon Flourish" sized at 2.65" from Pink Journey
13. Journaling Space - "Scalloped Card" sized at 3.92" from Pink Journey, I added "Ribbon" sized at 1.07" and also used the "hide contour" feature to hide the score marks for the card.
14. Tim Holtz Distress Ink - Walnut Stain
15. Sakura Gelly Roll Pen - White
16. Pink Gems - Michael's
17. 3/8" Grosgrain Saddle Stitch Ribbon - Michael's
18. Baker's Twine - Scrappy Moms Stamps
19. (2) Toothpicks - you could also use lollipop sticks or wooden skewers 
20. Pop Dots

Just a quick post tonight to let you all know that Provo Craft has launched an official Cricut blog!  It looks pretty awesome, and sounds like they're going to keep it active with tons of great stuff going on.  There was even a video of Jinger Adams showing her gorgeous craft room.  Be sure to go check it out here:  http://cricutblog.org/ and become a follower for chances to win shopping credit on cricut.com.

Hello!  I hope you are having a good week.  I wanted to share my first E2 project.  I only played with it a day and was having a little trouble with my title so I used the same words but with a different cart.  Promise that I will get it mastered...

The paper used was from Echo Park "Little Girl".  

The grass and lettering are from Plantin School Book

The bears are from "Just A Note"

The hearts are just embellishments that came with paper pack. 

Make it a great day...

Wendy-Bling Queen

The Princess layout kit will be ready to ship out by May 31st. To order, just visit our Cricut Kits page, and you can use our new shopping cart. It'll be ready the same time the Disney Autograph album will be ready, so take advantage of combined shipping!






The complete kit with directions is $25, and you can order it from our Cricut Kits page. If you'd like to purchase just the directions for $10, you can check back by May 31st, and then purchase and download the directions automatically at that time.

This complete kit is $30, and will be ready to ship out May 31st.  You can pre-order it now on our Cricut Kits page.  Or you can purchase the directions only for $10.  To purchase directions only, just check back on our Cricut Kits page by May 31st, and you'll be able to pay for the directions and download them automatically at the same time.  If you have any questions at all, you can always reach me at moniquegriffith@yahoo.com.

It's a beautiful, rainy Sunday afternoon here, and I hope you're all doing well.  It's time to announce the winner of the custom-embroidered Gypsy Tote bag.  Are ya ready?  Here's our winner...

coolnana72 said...

    What a cute layout! You are so talented

Please email me at moniquegriffith@yahoo.com to claim your fabulous prize, and let me know what you'd like it to say. A huge thanks to Myrel France for sponsoring this giveaway! And for the rest of you who are now sad that you didn't win, you can order your own!! Just email Myrel at myrelf@aol.com. She does incredible work!!



By the way, I have not yet heard from either of the 2 winners of the quarter Circle membership. You have until May 17th to contact me, and then I must pass them on to somebody else. So I sure hope you see this. Those 2 winners of the Circle membership are...

katieo said...

Inspiring photos. Your team look so happy and enthusiastic. I am glad it wasn't too hot. Thanks for the opportunity to win.


Nhi P. Tran said...

I would totally love to join the cricut circle. Those flowers were very lovely.

Be sure to come back tomorrow.  We'll have new blog candy AND a wonderful new Disney-themed project kit by Wendy.  Oooooh, trust me - it's CUTE and useful too!!  And it's limited in numbers, so based on how our other Disney kits have sold, I don't think this will last long at all.  (I'm gonna buy one myself, so y'all will have to get in line.)

Can you believe it's Saturday already?  Where did this week go???  Well, it's my Saturday as Guest Designer on Everyday Cricut, so if you're coming from there, thanks for stopping by, and feel free to look around the blog here.  You can also leave a comment on today's post for a chance to win a custom-embroidered Gypsy tote bag.  If you haven't been to Everyday Cricut yet, be sure to pop on over there!  Also, I want to give a huge thank you to Emma for being our Guest Designer here yesterday.  Didn't she do an amazing job?  Thanks, Emma!!

Alrighty, who has gotten the new Cricut Expression 2 yet???  I just got mine 2 days ago, and finally took it for a spin today.  Well, I must confess that first I got my super smart hubby to do the update for me, and THEN I dove in.  I actually read through the entire user manual, while trying out each function.  Yes, I'm a nerd.  But I feel pretty comfortable with it now, and really love it.  So today I decided that I'd like to make a project using only the E2 and the carts that are pre-loaded into it.  Here it is.  See below for sizing details...


This single page 12x12 layout was made using mostly papers from Echo Park's "Playground" line (plus a couple of solids from Stampin' Up). I am a HUGE Echo Park fan - their papers are wonderful to design with!  I used the Cricut Essentials cartridge to cut the navy blue "merry-go-round" wheel at 9 1/2".  The orange circle behind it is 10", and the white circle behind that is 10 1/4".  The cut isn't really meant to be a merry-go-round, but I thought it kinda looked like one and went with the paper and theme.  I also cut the arrows from Cricut Essentials, all at 3", including the white shadows.


The "Play Time" title is cut at 3 1/4" from the Just a Note cartridge, and this is the cartridge I was most excited to start playing with.  I think it's just adorable - and it also has THE cutest tri-fold cards on it - can't wait to try those out!!  I like that the "Play Time" title has so many layers and a nice shadow - that really helped me tie in a lot of the colors from the layout.  And of course I added a few buttons for a little extra cuteness.


This bear and slide are also from Just a Note, and it's cut at 4 1/2".  Again, lots of great layers (I'm all about the details!!), and a nice shadow as well.  Since there's so much color going on in this layout, the white shadows really help separate them visually.  I added faux stitching in both white and black, and some little polka dots as well.


I don't use arrows too often (don't know why that is - they're so cool!!), but in this case, I really think they helped give the scene a sense of motion and fun.  Oh, and I used a double layer of pop dots to pop up the navy blue merry-go-round cut to give it extra depth.


The photo mat sizes are as follows: Merry-go-round pattern is 4 1/4" x 6 1/4". Red solid mat is 4 1/2" x 6 1/2". Light blue mat is 5" x 7". All layers are inked with dark blue chalk ink (as are the other Cricut cuts in this project). I tucked the photo mat into the navy merry-go-round wheel, again to just add more depth and to help tie everything together.  Thanks for coming over to play today, and don't forget to leave a comment for a chance at this week's blog candy!!!  Enjoy your weekend!

Summer Blast Layout:  Doodlecharms shapes within the squares are all cut at 2".  The flower behind the title is 4 1/2".  Colored squares are 3x3, and are textured with the Cuttlebug. I used the Divine Swirls and Swiss Dots embossing folders. White frames behind squares are 3 ¼ x 3 ¼. Assemble squares, then punch a hole through the top and bottom for those on page 1, and through the sides for those on page 2. Then weave ribbon through the holes. Layers of photo mat on Page 1 – sizes are as follows: Outer white mat is 6 ½ x 7 ¼, Bright Green mat is 6 ¼ x 7, Fruity mat is 5 ¾ x 6, Gold mat is 4 x 4, intended to hold picture that is 3 ½ x 3 ½. Page 2 mat sizes are as follows: Outer white mat is 6 ¾ x 11 ¼, Bright Green mat is 6 ½ x 11, Fruity mat is 6 x 10, Gold mat is 4 ¼ x 6 ¼, intended to hold picture that is 3 ¾ x 5 ¾. You may also opt to add a journal box to the portion of the Fruity mat on this Page 2. A tag journal box is always adorable. You'll also use (4) Green patterned border strips, which measure 1 ½ x 12, and (4) Pink border strips behind those, which meausre 2 x 12. Summer Blast title was created with the Design Studio Software, using the Cuttin' Up font.


Dragonfly card:  Dragonfly and tag are from Doodlecharms. The dragonfly was cut at 2", and the circle tag layers were cut at 4". White card base is 5x7. Pink Bling background is 4 ¾ x 6 ¾. Green Floral Glitter background is 4 ½ x 6 ½. After you cut all of the pieces for the dragonfly, glue the Pink Bling body on top of the Green Floral dragonfly, and then glue this Green Floral dragonfly onto the Peachy Bling shadow, but only use one strip of adhesive under the body – don't glue down those wings! Now adhere the yellow circle tag onto the white circle tag, lining up the tops with the holes in them. Attach dragonfly at an angle, and then lift his little green wings up to give him some dimension. Put green and pink ribbon together, fold it, and loop it through from back to front. The word “shine” was cut using the Cricut Design Studio Software, with the Cursive 101 cartridge. If you lose the dot for the “i”, you can always use a fun rhinestone for even more bling.

Thanks for stopping by today.  And be sure to check in tomorrow, as we will have another very talented Guest Designer sharing a project with you.

Ok-Sorry I am a little late on the post today.

But I decided to show you one of my favorite projects. This altered book was precute so I just had to hand cut the pages.  (Really was no big deal)

I used New Arrival for all the cut's. I inked all the edges with pink.  Enjoy




Hope you have a great day.

Wendy-Bling Queen

Here are the 2 winners.  Please email me at moniquegriffith@yahoo.com by May 17th to claim your prize.  Congrats!!

katieo said...

    Inspiring photos. Your team look so happy and enthusiastic. I am glad it wasn't too hot. Thanks for the opportunity to win.


 Nhi P. Tran said...

    I would totally love to join the cricut circle. Those flowers were very lovely. :]

Happy Tuesday, everyone!!  First off, I want to show you this week's new blog candy.  The winner this week will receive a custom-embroidered Gypsy tote bag!  These fabulous bags are embroidered by my friend Myrel France, who does such fantastic work.  Isn't that font too cute?  And check out that Cricut green!!  To enter, just leave a comment on today's post, and then come back each day during the week to leave a comment on each day's post. If you'd like to order your own Gypsy tote bag, you can just email Myrel directly at myrelf@aol.com.  Thanks, Myrel for sponsoring this week's giveaway!! 

This Gypsy bag is has a double handle, and is plenty spacious.

Check that out - I've got my Gypsy in there, along with my wallet and sunglasses case, and there's still room.

And for today's project, I want to share a card that Nana Susan made.  She used the Stamping cartridge to cut "Hello" at 1 inch in pink and green.  Btw, I think that the Stamping cartridge is one of the very BEST cartridges for card makers - it is incredibly useful with some great images and a perfect variety of sentiments.

The paper is from Stampin' Up, and the flowers were hand-cut from the paper and then punched with a Martha Stewart  Starburst punch.  Susan distressed the flowers by rolling the edges in water and bending up randomly.  The ribbon is also from Stampin' Up.

Soft colors with a distressed finish.  So beautiful and feminine.

The punched out middle and threaded buttons add a unique touch.

The inside of the card is simple, yet perfectly coordinating.

Check back later today as I will be announcing the two winners of the 3 month Cricut Circle membership!!

Team Monique had about 72 members, including 5 survivors!  We raised about $7625 and counting.

Monique and Team Captain Stephanie

My favorite pic of the day.  Emily predicts a huge victory.  Uncle Matt seems to agree.

Kicking off the Race at about 8am.

What it's all about.

Check out those cool team shirts!

This 100 year old Survivor was crossing the finish line at the same time as our team.  Amazing!

Crossing the finish line.  We did it!!!

Survivors' Ceremony.  This was my group.  We were the 0-1 year survivors. We had the shortest hair and the best dance moves.

A very happy day.  It's great to be alive!!!