More random demo projects

This bag is sooooooo cute, and so easy. The bag is from the Once upon a princess cart. I cut it twice, once in red and once in the green patterned, using fit to page. I cut about 1/2 inch off the top of the bag so the red would show. The adorable bee is from the Sentimentals cart , ( I would buy that cart just for the bee!!!) and the sentiment Bee Happy is from Just because cards. We use this bag to store little cuts to give away to the kids that stop by.
This layout is madeentirely from the heritage cart. I love, love, love the tree, and knew I wanted to showcase that. The words family, mother, father, grandma, and grandpa are all included on the heritage cart. The black words are cut from vinyl, because I find that when you make a cut that small, it works beautifully when cut from vinyl. The scalloped circle tags are a shadow feature on the heritage cart. I love the colors on this layout.

I started with 2 $0.99 clearance tealight holders, and cut the monogram out of vinyl from Tie the knot cartridge. The word Campbell was welded and cut from gypsy font. Happily ever after, welded on the gypsy and placed inside the tag. I cut and created a stencil with the vinyl then etched.
This is one of my favorite easy gypsy pieces, and very similar to one of the class projects I teach in my gypsy classes. I welded 2 postage stamp shapes from the gypsy wandering cart, added a rounded square to the center of one square, then welded a flower shape to the center of the square. This creates a one-of-a-kind window card. I cut the additional layers for the flower, and layered them. The white flower was cut from sticky back felt using the deep cut blade. The brad is an I-top make it your self brad. I used a cut from Accent essentials to use for the brad so it would squish together the right way. The word smile is from Wild card cut on real dial size. The matching envelope is from Sentimentals. I hope you likey..... I sure do!


So if you haven't had the chance to see these carts in action, come see me at one of my Costco demos. I will be at the West Valley, Utah store starting this Friday.

Oh I forgot to add that the winner of the pill bottle contest was....................................Amberly and the twitterpatted bottle. Mine was the super cute and functional hogs and kisses. We will be doing more challenges in the future, so stay tuned.

Pill bottle challenge

#1 - The tag says.... Twitterpated (front) 'cause Nuts for you (back), and filled with Sweedish fish.
#1
#2 - The tag says - Hogs and Kisses and Get better wishes. Bottle filled with Hershey kisses.
#2
Many of you know that I have been working as a Cricut demonstrator for quite a while now. Our Sundays in Utah have been notoriously s-l-o-w, and today was no exception. To help the day go by faster, I had a brilliant idea to have the first ever Cricut-off challenge. (As many of you know, I love a good challenge). Amberly, who I am so lucky to work with, is extremely talented, so I knew it would be a good match. I got 2 identical pill bottles from the pharmacy and challenged her to make something "amazing". The rules were that we could only use cuts from the cartridges we were demoing, and we had to use the gypsy. This is the two very different projects that we came up with, and now have open for voting at the store (mainly for bragging rights and maybe an ice cream), but mostly to show people that you can take something as ordinary as an empty pill bottle and turn it into an amazing one of a kind piece of art work. I will not reveal which one is mine for a few days as not to bias your opinion, but I would love to hear what you all think, and which one is your favorite. Note, that due to the roundness of the bottle it was difficult to get shots that show the entire bottles. They are, for sure, much cuter in person. Having said that let me know what you think, or better yet, come see me at the Ogden, Utah costco to see the actual projects, pick up some cartridges, and be inspired.

Lori

Older projects from the Demo Shows

I have the best (paying) job in the world, (next to being a Mom, of course).
Love card... L &V cut from Tie the knot scalloped cirlce font, E and envelope cut from Plantin' Schoolbook, hearts from Simply sweet font. I outlined all with the Cricut marker first then went back and cut out the shapes. Ribbon.....I dug it out of the bottom of my purse.
UR Tweet, bird and branch cut from songbird font, bag cut from Plantin schoolbook, Heart cut from Simply sweet using the center point feature, celophane recycled from package of mats, and conversation hearts from the bottom of my purse.
Paris cut from the Destinations cart.