September's 100 Cartridge Blog Hop ~ Part 1

Wow I can’t believe that it’s September already! I hope that you have been enjoying the blog hop so far! I love the 100 Cartridge Blog Hop because I get to see so many different creations with a lot of different cartridges.

You should have come from Tracey’s blog, Scrappin In The Woods With A Bug. Didn’t Tracey create such a wonderful layout? I am going to start scrapbooking again today! I am really excited because I had stopped scrapbooking as I became addicted to card making.

I used 6 cartridges to create different cards for Project Sunshine and Smiles. This is your last week to make them and Erica (My Cricut Craft Room) is hoping to receive 5,000 cards.

I created a few Spinner Cards and if you want to learn how to make one, check out this post for a tutorial.

Materials Used
Cartridges: Toy Story and Plantin SchoolBook
Paper: Party Time by My Mind's Eye
Stamp: Our Kids by Pink by Design

Materials Used

Cartridges: Best of Pixar, Cherry Limeade, and Create a Critter

Stamp: Animated Greetings by Pink By Design

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***GIVEAWAY***

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I just realized that I started my blog almost a year ago, so I am giving away a cartridge! Happy Hauntings is one of my favorite cartridges. It's time to start getting ready for Halloween!

  How can you win?

*Leave your name and email address in a comment in order for me to be able to contact you.

*Comment on both posts to have a higher chance of winning.

*You do not have to be a follower, but I would love it if you were :)

**Check back on Tuesday, September 6 to see if you are the winner**

I will use Random.org to select a winner.

Check out Part 2 of the 100 Cartridge Blog Hop for more cards. I decided to make 2 posts because I like having all the labels on my post and I am only allowed to have 200 charcters, so they all didn't fit on just one.

Thanks for stopping by! Your next stop is Amanda's blog, Crafts by Amanda.

Squish Spinner Card

I had so much fun making a Spinner Card and I am going to show you how fast and easy it was to make one.

This is how I made the card...

*I used the Create a Critter cartridge and cut the water that is used for the fish bowl at 6 1/2 inches

*Then I used my Gypsy to add the cut where my "spinner" is going to go using a tag from Tags, Bags, Boxes & More (You don't have to use the Gypsy, but I did because I was having trouble centering the tag where I wanted it with the Cricut)

*Since the water is in a shape of a bowl, I flipped the water over and traced using a pencil on the card, so that I can cut the water the size that I needed

*Here you can see the pencil marks. Then I used my paper cutter to cut out the extra.

*I then used the same sand from the fish bowl and cut the image at 7 inches. I also had to cut out the extra sand that wasn't needed. I used the Polka Dots embossing folder to add texture.

*Flip the cut to the back and add dimensionals. You have to add the dimensionals because if you tape it/ glue it down, the spinner won't spin. (If you don't have any dimensionals, I usually find them in the dollar store in the home goods section. They are called Foam Mounting Squares or Circles. I really like them because they are really thick and sticky and plus you get 200 squares for $1!)

*Now for the fun part~making the spinner. All you need is 2 pennies and 2 circle dimensionals. Stick 1 dimensional to 1 penny.

*Now place the other penny on top of the one with the dimensional. (Doesn't it look like an Oreo cookie? :P )

*Place the spinner between your cuts.

*Add your second dimensional to the top of the penny.

*Add your image/cut on top of the dimensional and you are done!

Here are the 4 cards that I made for Project Sunshine and Smiles. If you have any questions or need some more help, feel free to email me or leave a comment asking me your question.  

Have a wonderful Tuesday! Today is my 3rd day of Student Teaching :)

Materials used:

Cartridges: Create a Critter (water cut at 6 ½ inches, sand cut at 7 inches, octopus cut at 2¾ inches, and the plants cut at 2 and 3 inches)

Tags, Bags, Boxes & More (tag)

Stamp: Buggy Punnies by My Pink Stamper

Other: Polka Dots Cuttlebug embossing folder

Cards made so far for Project Sunshine and Smiles: 108