Stamp Set-Hot Diggity C1407,Ambiance C1349
Cardstock-Colonial White
B & T Paper-Splendor X7124B
Liquid Applique
Liquid Glass Z679
Cuttlebug Embossing Folder-Bird Call
Flower cut from Cricut Design Studio & George

If you can think it…you can Cri-cut!

Each day Pam puts up a new challenge, and to enter you have to create a card based on whatever the challenge is. It could be a sketch, a color scheme, or a technique, it’s new every day. What’s amazing is how everyone can look at the same challenge and come up with something totally different from everyone else.

I’ve decided to try it and share my results here with you. I can’t promise I’ll do it everyday, but I’ll definitely try. And I encourage you to check out her blog and if you feel up to it, you should try it yourself.

You can read more about it here.

These are the cards I’ve made for the last few days since she started the year on March 1. If you go to the blog, you can see the last few challenges.

Check back often to see more challenges, and remember if you can think it… you can Cri-cut!

She made 4 sizes of the flower shape, 6 sizes of the leaves, and welded the letters together to make “To” and “From” and cut out the tag. It is larger than normal as she used it for a large gift. She used pop dots to layer the flowers for the 3D effect and placed the leaves inside the layers to give it a more realistic effect. She also bent the ends a little. She then used stickles on the ends of the flowers to simulate snow.

She used Holographic paper for the Tag and Glitter paper for the Flower petals and leaves.

The tag uses Plantin Schoolbooks. She sent the file as well, so if you’d like to have it for next year (or it could even work for a non-Christmas gift) please contact me and I’ll be happy to send it to you!

Cassandra also sent this photo of the door she decorated for her husband’s office, in which she took first place! Congratulations!

To see more of Cassandra’s work check out her blog http://cassandrascrafts.blogspot.com/

If you have something you’d like to share, I’d love to see it and possibly put it up! Thanks Cassandra for the tag.

Pretty good job huh?

He used Plantin Schoolbooks, the only cart he owns! He used colored pencils to color his cheeks, drew the eyes on with a marker and ran the face, beard, mustache, and hat trim through the Cuddlebug.

He included the file as well.

Thanks Joe for your entry, and remember if you can think it… you can Cri-cut!

Anabel also sent the file which was made from the Plantin Schoolbooks cartridge.

Thanks Anabel!

Don’t forget, there is still time to enter your tag for lots of prizes! For more information on how you can
enter click here.
If you can think it… you can Cri-cut!

Every year at Christmas, you’ll find me making gift tags, and greeting cards and Paper Dolls (well, only this year so far!), so I thought it would be fun to let you share what you make for the holidays, and then I’ll share it with everyone else on here! We’re going to do gift tags to start.

The picture above are the tags we made at my Winter Cricut Workshop in Flushing, Ohio. I’ll post more about that soon!

The rules:

• You must design a gift tag file on Design Studio using either the George and Basic Shapes or Plantin Schoolbooks cartridge.
• You need to cut the tag and create a finished product, then send a picture of the finished tag, along with the cut file to: contests@createyourheartout.com. You also must include a name so you can get credit for your work!
• You can also include any other info you’d like to share about yourself, (where your from, how long you’ve been scrapping, anything you’d like to share) including a blog if you have one, and I’ll happily include that with your tag.
• I will post each picture along with the cut file and the name of the person who made it. The files will be available to anyone who wants them, so please don’t submit something you’d like to keep for yourself. Every submission will be posted, unless you don’t follow the rules above.

Every Friday from now until Dec 31, I will choose a winner, who will receive a gift basket filled with all kinds of goodies. On Dec 31, one winner will receive a Green Totes bag filled with all kinds of goodies. The winners will be chosen at random, but don’t let that stop you from letting your creativity shine!

Thanks to Keira for sharing, and remember, if you can think it… you can Cri-cut!

Lindsey, a full time Admit Clerk at a Bariatric Hospital was so excited to win our first contest. She said it felt like her birthday. When she’s not working, Lindsey is a wife and mommy to her five year old little boy. She says when she has spare time she enjoys scrapbooking, card making, crafting and hanging out on the Cricut messageboards. She says she gets all her inspiration from all of the talented ladies out there and has met many wonderful people.

To see some of the cute projects she has done, check out her blog msmerrymak.blogspot.com.

Many thanks to Lindsey for letting me feature you, and I love your green Cricut!!!

If you can think it… you can Cri-cut!!

Felllow Cricut-er Charlotte painted hers yellow. But that’s not all. She painted her jukebox to match! Talk about creative! Check out her blog and her new yellow machinery here.

Thanks Charlotte!

Also, keep an eye out for one more painted Cricut…this one is Cricut green! It seems the winner of our Simply Sweet Contest also painted her Cricut, and she chose green! She’ll be featured later this week, so be sure to check back for that!

If you can think it…. you can Cric-cut!

Check out her video below and you’ll see for yourself what you can accomplish with a little bit of imagination and the desire to take your crafting to a new level!

After I saw the video, I just had to have more information. LaShaun was nice enough to call and talk to me, and I learned a lot about her.

LaShaun got her first Cricut in 2006 and loved it so much she got the Expressions in 2007. She’s thought a lot about selling her smaller machine, but just can’t part with it, so her three children use it to make their own creations. She uses her machine for everything imaginable, even making t-shirts. She said she got the idea of painting her Cricut from
Scrapping Melissa, a fellow crafter who also painted her Cricut machine, who saw someone else do it, but whose husband took it apart for her. While hers turned out great, LaShaun didn’t feel too well about taking her machine apart so she just improvised and did it her way.

For this project you’ll need:

• Your Cricut machine
• Spray Paint. A couple to try are Krylon Pink Fusion, or Valspar Premium Enamel. I’ve also used this Krylon Pumpkin Orange Fusion and had great results on another project, and of course I am partial to Fluorescent Green, but you can use any color or finish you want, as long as it can be used on plastic.
• Painter’s Tape
• Craft Knife

Now while I would have chosen green if I was going to paint my Cricut, she did an excellent job. Best of all, she was kind enough to make an instructional video for anyone who wants to try it. She used only three products (besides her Cricut of course). Painter’s tape, pink spray paint, and a craft knife. She used Valspar Interior/Exterior Glossy Multipurpose spray paint in pink. There was a note in the beginning of the video to make sure to use paint that was made for plastic, otherwise it might peel off. Other than that I imagine you can use any color of finish you want. Also, you’ll notice that she made an excellent point not to paint the inside of your machine. You don’t want to clog your buttons or otherwise make your Cricut unusable. Afterall, what good is it if it only looks pretty? We’re striving for beauty and function here people!

While I would choose to paint my machine green instead of pink, you do have to admit that it looks fabulous, as if it came that way straight out of the box.

I want to say thanks to LaShaun for letting me feature her and taking the time to make this awesome video for us, and for taking the time to talk to me on the phone. One of the things I’ve found is that when I’ve stumbled upon a great project idea, there’s nothing better than being able to share it with the world. I am sending LaShaun a gift basket to thank her for her time. After LaShaun’s pink Cricut, I’m sure soon there will be multicolored Cricuts everywhere!

If you or anyone you know has a unique craft idea and would like to be featured on my blog, let me know. I’m always on the lookout for fresh and fun things that you don’t see everyday, and would like to do a feature or two every month. So keep it in mind!

Happy Cricuting!

Update:

This was posted on the cricut messageboard by LaShaun, so I thought I would share. I know it’s fun to tackle projects like this, but it helps to remember that there are risks to everything, and that you should consider all aspects before starting this project.

I called CS and was told that if the paint is the cause of your cricut problem then it WILL void your warranty.

I will repeat this again “wait until your waaranty is up” (1 year). IF you can’t wait, do what Jackie did and paint just the silver part. If you paint the whole thing and it seeps in, causes the door not to open, messes up the computer ect. then your warranty is voided.

You can always just use removeable vinyl or rub-ons. I saw someone paint the wall pops and then place it on her cricut (i know who i’m talking about I just can’t remember her name) it’s easy to remove if you mess up or if you change your colors!

Thanks LaShaun!