Little red wagon

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I have always loved a little red wagon.  I had one when I was a child and we played with it until the wheels fell off.  I remember how we would load it up with all kinds of things and haul them here and there.  One of the Cricut carts I have been demoing for the Best Buy program is Just Because Cards, and it has the cutest wagon cut on there.  Remembering back to my childhood days, I loaded up the cute red wagon with essentials any child might need for a "lazy day".  I cut the card and envelope at 5 inches using the personal cricut machine.  I used a file folder for the card and made a matching envelope to go with it.  Inside I hand wrote "Enjoy a" and cut the words "lazy day" from the cartridge as well.  I love the way it turned out and shows that you can make decent sized cards and envelopes with the Baby bug.  I hope you like and get to enjoy a lazy day soon.

Jacob.....Edward....who can choose?

My oldest daughter will be starting Jr. High tomorrow, and she wanted me to make her a special bag to use to carry all her books in.  She is a huge Twilight fan and wanted a bag that would convey that, but she couldn't pick a side Jacob or Edward.  To solve that problem we did wolf theme on one side and vampire theme on the other.  We looked for some of Jessies favorite quotes from the books to screen on her bag.  For the wolf side, I screened the wolf tattoo in silver first, then screened the words "Who's afraid of the Big Bad WOLF?" in white over top of that.  I added some amethesist jewels to help the words stand out a bit more.  It is hard to see in the pictures, but I promise that it looks better in person.

 On the Vampire side I screened the Cullen family crest in white first, then the quote "It's all fun and games until someone gets a paper cut", in red.  I accented it with aridecent and red jems.  She is so excited to start a new school year with a custom bag that will make for some great conversation.

CTR, choose the right.

This is one of those times when I say "The pictures don't do it justice, it looks so much better in person". 

To make this project I used a screen that I made for girls camp earlier this summer.  The nice thing about screen printing is that you can reuse the same screen over and over and make it a little different each time.  For girls camp we screened this image with white on orange backpacks, but I wanted a little more sophisticated look.  I got the black bag at Hobby Lobby for $5.00 using a 40% off coupon.  I screened the artwork, (drawn by my talented husband, Shane) in silver, then I embellished using red and silver rhinestones using the Darice rhinestone setter.  This is quickly becoming a favorite tool of mine.  Of course, I finished it off by adding some ribbon polka dot, with silver edges and WAH-LA, perfection. I will be using this bag to carry all my stuff to and from church, in STYLE.

Lantern Cricut-Gypsy combo....50 years

On Saturday August 7th, we celebrated my parents 50th wedding anniversary.  I made some decorations for the tables.  We had different pictures from the wedding reception on the tables, and I made these lanterns using my gypsy and cricut.  Inside were a silouette of a bride and groom on one side and the Salt Lake temple on the other side.  I had battery operated tealights inside that highlighted the shadows.  It was so windy that the lids would not stay on, so all pictures were taken with the lids off.  To help tie everything together I made the flowers to accent the pictures and the lanterns.  I was really happy with the way they all turned out.  I would love to know what you all think.

Lori

This little piggy.........

Here is a simple pig I made using only shapes from the George and Basic shapes cartridge.  It is easy to make and can illustrate how easy it is to create some amazing and adorable art simply from shapes:

To make the pig cut:
Body - 4 1/2 in. oval
Head - 3 in. oval
Nose - 1 in. oval
Ears - 1 in. rounded triangle, cut 2
Eyes - using the sign feature key cut the circle @ 1 in (that way the circles are tiny inside the sign)
Nostrils - using the sign feature cut the elongated oval @ 1 in.
Tail - cut the letter S @ 1 inch
Legs - cut 4 rounded rectangles @ 1 in.
Hoofs - using the sign feature cut the tall heart 4 times @ 1 in.

I used pop dots and ink to jazz that piggy up.

My first attempt with the criut "cup" cake.

Before meeting the cricut cake machine......

After meeting the cricut "cup" cake.

Today I was very lucky to demo the cricut cake machine at a JoAnn's location.  Previously I had only tried it for about 3 minutes at the Las Vegas training several months ago.  This past weekend I observed another demonstrator for about 1/2 hour and then today, it was my turn today to play for, 4 HOURS.  It was so much fun!!!   All of the cuts were made from cricut frosting sheets so the entire cupcake is edible.  I know they are cheesy and not very professional, but it was one delicious demo.  I love that I had the chance to play today. 
FYI, Ladybug and flowers from Create-a-critter, Dinosaur from Birthday cakes.

Thanks for looking.

Dream - Nursery Rhyme

I love a deal, and dollar deals are SO hard to pass up.  The dollar spot at Michael's does not disappoint.  I can always find some thing I can't live without when ever I visit Michael's.  On Saturday, July 10th, I was able to demo at a grand opening for a new Michael's up in Park City, Utah.  I had picked up a few of these cute Laura Ashley journals last month for a quick gift for some of the girls at camp.  For their journals I cut a simple monagram out of vinyl and put it on the front.  CUTE!!!  While I was demoing I decided to do up another journal to display.  I cut the ladybug fairys from the Nursery Rhyme cartridge at 3 1/2 inches out of black vinyl.  The word Dream was cut from the font on that cartridge as well, and welded together with my gypsy.  Of course I tied some ribbon to the spine and there you have it, and adorable custom journal/notebook.  Thought I would share since there are so many ways you could gussy up these adorable books.  Run to your Michael's today, they tell me these particular books sell out fast.