Time for A Challenge and Design Team Updates!

Ready for another super fun challenge here at the Creative Cutter Room?

We have a Fun challenge for you today!

The Challenge: Create A new project with the theme Family Round Up! (Family Reunion Challenge)

This challenge is open to your own interpretation but must be a new project related to the theme!

For my Project I created some T-Shirts my family will be wearing at our Family Reunion in Zions National Park.  My husband's parents are Celebrating their 50th Wedding Anniversary. 

                                             All 6 of their children and their families will be gathering together to enjoy 

some swimming, hiking, cooking, games, and plain old FUN!

I started out cutting or printing out the images I would need for our shirts.  I used Celebrate with Flourish for the Sun and Old West for the Horses & Rope Frame.  I also used it for the Lettering.

I then taped everything onto my YuDu to prepare to burn the images onto the Emulsion Screen(make sure you have already prepared the emulsion screen for images)

This is a finished screen ready for paint.  TIP if using different colors then separate each image onto different screens or parts of the same screen.

This is the finished back side of our shirts.....

and this is the front side of our shirts.

We are really looking forward to seeing your projects! So be sure to:

Link your project  here at the Creative Cutter Room to be entered to win a prize! 

And the prize is..

 Cool Cricut Markers!

You have until July 13, 2011 to enter your project.

Be sure to stop by the Design Team for inspiration:

Carri

Melin

Mollie

(click on the names)

The Challenge: Create A new project with the theme Family Round Up! (Family Reunion Challenge)

This challenge is open to your own interpretation but must be a new project related to the theme!

And some Design Team updates...

It is amazing how fast the time went! This is the last posting for  Design Team # 1! Melin, Carri, Gaby and Jenny Thank you for sharing your amazing Talent & more importantly your time with us.  I have been loved watching you create and looked forward to seeing what was new each posting.  I know everyone will continue to visit your amazing sites and I am so glad that you have agreed to visit us again from time to time as guest designers.

I hope you will give a warm welcome to Design Team # 2!

Mollie

Orlena

Wendy  

Christel

And also welcome back to Carri who will be continuing on with the Creative Cutter Room as The Design Team Coordinator!

Carri will I know continue to inspire all of us to Create!  Thank you for keeping us all so much more organized!!!!

Thank you to everyone  what has joined us in this amazing crafting journey!

Quick Tip Tuesday! Create A 3D Star!

Gaby here with a Quick tip on...

How to create a 3D Star-
	How to create a 3D star from a plain star.
Score at each and every point.	This is what it looks like (minus one)
Fold downward at the peaks.	Fold inward at the valleys.
Play with it by applying pressure The more you play, the better it works.	Here you see a finished star and a plain star.
Extra Tip: If you are like me and 90% of the time you want things inked, but the parts/pieces are too small, use a marker instead of ink.  Here I am using a brown marker.	For very small intricate cuts, you can just tap the marker on the opening/cut.

Hope this helps at least one of you to create some starts for your 4th of July projects!!

New Layout: Winnie the Pooh

I started this two page layout at the last Retreat and finally finished it this Retreat .  I am a huge Winnie the Pooh fan and love the Pooh & Friends Cricut Cartridge.  The paper I used is DCWV Seasons stack.

Retreat Fun

Want a great way to spend the weekend?  

Then grab the girlfriends, throw some pictures and paper in your scrapbook tote collecting dust and don't worry about make-up or a blow dryer.  

This is a bra optional kind of Getaway!  

I have a Crazy Fun Group of croppers this weekend that have made me laugh so hard I almost needed an inhaler!

Marsha, Kari, Lynda & Betty know how to have a good time and get some scrapbooking done also.

I wanted to share some Day 1 pictures and will post some more tomorrow.

Our theme was Friends and the ladies received a goodie bag with scrapbook treats and a Purse because.....

Friends are like purses, you can never have too many!

New Cartridges

HSo sorry I have not been posting lately----yes it is book stuff.  I have some deadlines I need to meet and I am afraid it has been all consuming.  I hope to get back to a normal posting schedule next week--I do have some new projects to share with you.  Thank you so much for all of your patience and sticking with my site.  For now check out some more new Cartridge fun from Provo Craft.

Girls Makeup Party Cartridge Cricut® Girl's Makeup Party Cartridge Make the perfect invitations, decorations, and party favors for your girly girls with the Girl's Makeup Party cartridge! From cosmetics to curling irons to eye masks, this cartridge has the perfect assortment of images for your girl's party. With Cricut® Events cartridges, you will have everything you need to create the perfect event for someone special! Use the latest Cricut® cartridges to create unique and engaging designs for every occasion.

Princess Party Cartridge Cricut® Princess Party Cartridge Make the perfect invitations, decorations, and party favors for your little princess with the Princess Party cartridge! You will absolutely adore the crowns, castles, and other princess-themed images on this cartridge. With Cricut® Events cartridges, you will have everything you need to create the perfect event for someone special!

Robot Party Cartridge Cricut® Robot Party Cartridge Make the perfect invitations, decorations, and party favors for your robot buddies with the Robot Party cartridge! This cartridge features a variety of robots that can be easily incorporated into your party decor. With Cricut® Events cartridges, you will have everything you need to create the perfect event for someone special! Use the latest Cricut® cartridge to create unique and engaging designs for every occasion.

Space Party Cartridge Cricut® Space Party Cartridge Make the perfect invitations, decorations, and party favors for your space adventure with the Space Party cartridge! The spaceships, aliens, and other images are perfect for throwing a space-themed party. With Cricut® Events cartridges, you will have everything you need to create the perfect event for someone special! Use the latest Cricut® cartridges to create unique anad engaging designs for every occasion. The versatility of the cartridge will surprise even the most imaginative crafters.

Word Collage Cartridge Cricut® Word Collage Cartridge Create exceptional decor and other projects with the Word Collage cartridge! This cartridge is filled with an assortment of coordinating words and phrases in unique styles that are designed to appeal to audiences of all ages, occasions, and celebrations. With Cricut® Project cartridges, you can create unique and customized projects for your home, family, and friends.

Fancy Frames Cartridge Cricut® Fancy Frames Cartridge Create elegant frames to display your favorite photo, art project, or inspirational quote with the Fancy Frames cartridge! This cartridge features an assortment of classic, elegant, and eye-catching frames.

Flower Shoppe Cartridge Cricut® Flower Shoppe Cartridge Reveal a bouquet of possibilities with the Flower Shoppe cartridge! Use these beautiful flowers for your crafting, gift giving, and home decor projects.

Sweet Tooth Boxes Cartridge Cricut® Sweet Tooth Cartridge Make creative and unique gift boxes as sweet as the gift inside with the Sweet Tooth Boxes cartridge! This cartridge is filled with adorable boxes you can use as party favors of gifts. With Cricut® Project cartridges, you can create unique and customized projects for your home, family, and friends. Use the latest Cricut® cartridges to create unique and engaging designs for every occasion. The versatility of the cartridges will surpise even the most imaginative crafters. WOW-so many cartridges ........so little time!!!!

Creative Memories Cartridges

I have a friend that sent me a link to purchase some Creative Memories Cricut cartridges on sale.  If you are interested in this sale it ends June so check it out below:

http://www.creativememories.com/Content/Promos/CriCutSale.aspx

her name is:

Maureen Hager
Creative Memories Consultant
CM ID #94332873
775-753-7934
bludogsoup@frontiernet.net

Design Time Thursday: God Bless America!

Ready for another super fun challenge here at the Creative Cutter Room?

Today's challenge theme is: God Bless America

The Challenge: Create a new project that includes a flag

Link your project in the Linky below to be entered to win a prize!

And the prize is..

A Stamp Set!!

You have until June 29, 2011 to enter your Flag Project.

And we have a special guest this week, Mollie from Design Team 2 is joining us!

Be sure to swing by the Creative Cutter Room Design Team members for some inspiration!

Carri

Jenny

Melin

 Mollie

 

Can't wait to see what you create!

Welcome Wednesday

Well ladies my babies are home!!!  They arrived last week just before all kinds of craziness struck. 

If you have stopped by at all last week you may have noticed that my posts have been few and far between.

Even though my babies are back, my gypsy and then my computer decided it was time to check out.  So I learned how to fight a virus on my computer and I bid a fond farewell to my gypsy #3.  

The computer seems to be on the mend and my Gypsy will be replaced by a younger model-(I guess not everything is better with age-my poor gypsy).

So today I want to share some pictures of my last Scrapbook Retreat Getaway which I desperately needed and was made even better by the fact that I would get to hang out with some friends.

Happy Birthday Mollie!!!

Mollie a member of my Design Team had her 30th Birthday on Friday and chose to spend it with some of her Scrappy Friends and me at the Tintic Goldminer's Bed & Breakfast.  Check out her blog for a fun Birthday Challenge.

Her sweet mom made a wonderful handmade Carrot Cake for her and she shared this delicious treat with all of us!

I was also able to create some new layouts that I can't wait to share with you.  First I need to get a card reader that works.

I did want to share one of my newer layouts created awhile back and rejected-- :(----from my upcoming book.  So even though it is a reject I hope you like it.  I used an older cartridge for part of it-do you recognize the George images?

Also

I do have openings in my Snowberry Retreat in Eden this September and I also have some more spots open next week and in August.  Be sure and check out the Retreat Dates-and try to join us soon.

Before I go I also wanted to let you know that there will be some NEW Cricut Cartridges being released:

9 Months

Country Fair

Love You Latte

Recess and my personal favorite

Sweet Shop (the images in this one remind me of my Sweet Shop mini album)

Be sure and update soon and stay tuned for an E2 video this weekend-yes it arrived on Friday and I am playing, playing, playing and hope to bring you a video soon.

Happy Hump Day everyone!

Quick Tip Tuesday! Time to get Organized!

Hi! This is Carri!  I would like to share this quick tip with you!

I don't have a lot of time to craft between work, family and household chores, so to make my crafting time more productive I first spent my time getting organized!

I decided it would be easier to sort my supplies by theme and holiday!

Here are some examples of how I sorted:

These three drawers hold:

baby, school and travel

This larger bin holds Halloween and Fall

This 12X12 Sleeve holds Memorial Day and the 4th of July

Now when I craft I can easily pull out the bin I need and have all the supplies right on hand! This has been saving me so much time! Instead of looking for the stickers, and stamps I know I have some where I can get right to creating!

I also decided to tackle my dreaded ribbon! It took about 2 hours but it is done and now the ribbon is usable! and all this ribbon...

Fit into this!

 

Check out my super quick tip video!

I hope you enjoyed my quick tips!