Craft Place: January 2011

Friday, January 28, 2011

Cleaned up Craft Place

Here is my crafting space. Table in the center still needs cleaned off but better than it was before.

My computer desk is L shaped with my two computers, the cricut, and Imagine all having a space.

My dear hubby made the peg boards for my and bought the cupboards and counter top for my last craft room. He moved these to this wall without complaining, I probably should not move this room around again. Hope you all enjoy the pictures it has been a long week of moving and cleaning but I think the end result is great.

Monday, January 17, 2011

Imagine Gypsy testing

I was one of the testing team for the new download. Well when I tried it the first time I got through the first turn back on your gypsy and then it went to a screen that said "do not turn off". I waited for it to finish for over 4 hours and it was still on that screen. Decided after reading some other posts that I was froze. Went to bed and tried again in the morning. Again waited for 4 hours and nothing, ( had turned off my firewall). Well decided to give it another try and this time I just picked the last two download and left off the gypsy content one. Well that loaded quick and just fine. Had to go to help menu and go through that to get the last to load. My Imagine loaded just fine the first time. Everything is cutting and printing as it should and I am happy to get it loaded. Would of liked to see more options to work with the images like being able to move them around, but I will wait, I know good things will come.

Monthly January

On the first day of each month we will announce a new Monthly Challenge. The challenges are designed to inspire you to stretch your creative wings. Have fun with it! You will have the entire month to create a project for the challenge. The project must meet the challenge requirements in order for your name to be entered into the prize drawing.

We’re going to start the New Year off with a BANG! Take a look at what you can play for during the month of January 2011! One Circle Member will win the following prize. WOOT! WOOT!

This Cricut Cake Bundle includes:

Cricut Cake Machine
Cricut Cake Chef Hat
Cricut Cake Apron
Creative Memories Cheerful Seasons Cartridge
Creative Memories Reminisce Accents Cartridge

JANUARY MONTHLY CHALLENGE: SCRAPLIFT A CIRCLE BLOG PROJECT!

It’s been three months since we first began the Cricut Circle Blog. We LOVE bringing you new projects and hope that you enjoy reading the blog each day. It is also our hope that we have inspired you to try something new in your crafting. For this month’s challenge we would like to see you scraplift one of the projects you have seen us present here on the blog. It can be anything! And feel free to add your own creative twist to the project. Project must be newly created for this challenge and should include the following elements to qualify.

Use 2 or more Cricut Cuts on the project.
Use a project you have seen on the Cricut Circle Blog as inspiration for your project.
Use products from atleast two of our Sponsors (click on the “Sponsors” along the top of the page to see a list of manufacturers).

This challenge is open to Cricut Circle Members only. Your entry must meet the requirements above in order for your name to be entered into a random drawing for the PRIZE. You must submit a project to be entered into the drawing. Submit your entry using the InLinkz tool found at the bottom of this post and include your first and last name in the title. If linking to your blog, please tell us who/what project you scraplifted. Entries are due by 11:59 pm MST on Sunday, January 30th, 2011. Winner will be announced on February 1st, 2011. Prize will be delivered to winner within 4 to 6 weeks of announcment.

Note: We want to be sure that everyone knows that you DO NOT need to have a blog to participate in the challenges here on the Cricut Circle blog. When the InLinkz tool at the bottom of the Challenge Post asks you for the URL of your blog, you can also type in the URL of a gallery you have uploaded your project to, a direct URL to the image (Photobucket, TinyPic, etc.) or even a message board entry where you have inserted your photo. If you receive an error while submitting your entry, look at the top of the screen and there will be three tabs to choose from. One of them will give you the option to upload your image directly from your computer. We are really enjoying your submissions! Keep them coming!

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I choose a LO of Jan's from Dec. 15. I used Bazzill Paper, I made the buttons on the ruler with my i-top, and I sprayed my embellishments with Glimmer Mist.

Weekly Challenge16

Weekly Challenge #16: Cute As a Button Sketch Challenge!

Babies are definitely “cute as a button” with their sweet little faces and tiny features. In honor of our Baby Theme, this week we challenge you to create a SCRAPBOOK PAGE or CARD using the sketch below. Your project doesn’t need to follow the sketch exactly, but it should be apparent that you used it as inspiration. Feel free to turn it on it’s side or move elements to fit what you are doing. In addition to using the sketch, we also want you to incorporate STAMPING and BUTTONS (of course!).

Project must be newly created for this challenge and must include atleast 2 different cuts from any Cricut cartridge to qualify. This challenge is open to Cricut Circle Members only. Submit your entry using the InLinkz tool found at the bottom of this post. Please post yourfull name along with your entry. You must submit a project to be entered into the drawing. Entries are due by 11:59 pm MST on Thursday, January 20th, 2011. This week the winner will receive $25 added to their Cricut.com account OR their choice of ONE of the following cartridges: Freshly Picked, Give a Hoot, Rock Princess, or Wrap It Up. Prize will be shipped within 4 to 6 weeks of Winner announcement.

I have buttons and stamped the little hands. This is my newest grand daughter.

Wednesday, January 12, 2011

Weekly Challenge 15

The challenge was to use white paint, metal and a snow flake cut. I painted the background paper with white paint, the snow flakes were cut from the Holiday Cake cart and the snowflake brads in the middle of the snow flakes are metal. Hope you like the layout.

Sunday, January 9, 2011

Card for Provo Craft card making contest!

I really had fun making this card. I didn't come up with the style of this card, I got the out of a book, but I did figure out how to cut it on my Cricut. I really love how this came out. I had fun deciding what I would silhouette and deciding what went where.