BBTB2: Cricut - Military Salute to my Son-in-Law

It's a Memorial Day salute to all military personnel over at Bitten by the Bug2 for our two week challenge.  There are some pretty cool creations by the design team that we are sharing today.  You can link up your Cricut made 'military' themed card or project HERE.  We choose a winner at the end of the two week challenge.

My son-in-law was a Marine for 4 years with two tours of duty to the middle east.  He is still in contact after 10+ years with his Marine buddies and has gone to visit many of them in the last few years.  I sometimes give him military related cards for his birthday which falls around Memorial Day or for Father's Day.  This one will be for his birthday this year.

The soldier is cut twice, once as a background shadow in a darker color.  I duplicated the tank, flipped it upside down and horizontal, and welded it at the top.  Cut the single tank again in white for the back inside of the card.

Image Sets:
Soldier and tank:  Military Silhouettes
Flag:  Summer Celebrations
Ink pens - hand-drawn

Cricut: Graduation Card

I made another graduation card for a cousin who is graduating high school.  I won't get to see him since he lives in Alaska, but I did see some great senior pictures on his announcement.

This card was made with Oxide Inks on white paper.  I've had it in my scrap bin for a while.  I then used the Cricut to cut the card face.  Inside I used the cut hat as a decoration.

The image set is Cricut's 'Graduation Quick Cut Cards'.  It comes with a properly sized envelope to cut too.  It was quick and easy.

BBTB2: Cricut: For the Pre-School Graduate

It's time for the next challenge at Bitten by the Bug2.  The challenge is "graduation". Link up your graduation project to the Bitten by the Bug2 Blog HERE. 

My grandson would have graduated from pre-school at the end of May, however, his school year was cut short by three months.  My daughter has been home-schooling, which I think now involves a lot of PE and arts and crafts.  The kids are just really done with the stay at home order.

This card looks so simple, but looks deceive.  There are at least 8 layers to the owl, that doesn't include a few that I didn't even use!  This design is so cute, but the layers on the card could have been designed better for Cricut cutting and layering.  For Example, the yellow on the beak and toes, would normally be little cuts to adhere on top of the base.  In this case, the yellow is a full silhouette of the entire owl, adding an additional layer to the entire cut.  It did turn out pretty cute, and I do like the images on that image set.  The preschool and grad cuts were images from two different sets that I added to a rectangular background.  Isn't that abacus background paper just perfect?

Image Sets:

Pre-school: Back to School

Grad: Glad to be a Grad

Owl: DJ Inkers - Congrats Grad

BBTB2: Cricut - Beautiful Dancer

There are a few ladies I follow on Facebook that create layouts almost daily.  I sometimes save them off to Design Space thinking I'll use them for my own layouts.  With COVID-19 keeping me indoors, I've had more time to craft and actually made some of those lovely designs.  Here is a layout by Anthadene Endemann, who posts in the 'Scrappytodoit with my cricut' FB page.  Her original layout design is below.

I could have used any number of pictures for the layout, but choose to use one of my granddaughter's dance recital pictures.  I changed up the original layout a bit to add space for another picture or in this case, journaling.  The 'beautiful' title was a welded image and I don't know the font.  The flowers are from Quarter Note, and hexigons are from Basic Shapes.  I added Stickles and Washi tape.

Join us at Bitten by the Bug2 for our two week challenge, "Flowers".  I think there are millions of flowers in Design Space to choose from.  Use your blog, Instagram, Pinterest or Flicker account to link up your design HERE.

Here is the original design before I changed it up a bit.

BBTB2: Cricut - A Day at the Park Layout

This project was a gift for a very special little boy.  I have been sitting for his family for the past 3 years.  He and his brother love to go to the park and play, so for his birthday I made this layout in a frame for him.  The pictures turned out really nice, as the lighting was casting great half shadows, and I actually got him to look and smile at the camera.  I am, of course, going to make this layout again for my grandkids.

I am hosting the challenge for the next two weeks at Bitten by the Bug2.  Our theme is "Let's Get Outdoors".  I picked the theme long before we knew of the COVID-19 Pandemic, but we can dream of the not to distant future when we can get out again.  My inspiration was to showcase how we scrap or create outdoor activities!  Your entry to our challenge can be anything related to outdoors, i.e., camping, gardening, flowers, hiking, spring skiing, or washing the car!  Use your Pinterest, Instagram, or blog to link up to the challenge HERE.

Playground:  Fast Food
Boy on Slide:  Recess
Free Circle
Grass: Paper Doll Dress Up
A Day at the Park:  Family Album
Sun: Create a Critter
Font:  Jacoby Black
Inked most edges

Cricut: Facebook Swaps - Here are my die cuts March 2020

Participating in a Cricut swap of die cuts is something I used to do years ago when we used cartridges.  I found a group on FB that does a monthly swap and I have joined several times when I have the time.  I make a certain amount of the same die cut based on a theme, send it into the hostess, and she sorts them and mails them back to me.  So, if I send in 10 (based on how many participate) die cuts of a flower, I get back 10 different flower die cuts.  Some of the ladies are very talented, and not all die cuts are from Cricut, some use another machine brand.  One of the groups is themed "mystery" so I can make any image I want, and expect anything back in return.

Here are 3 die cuts I made with my Cricut.  Can't remember where I got the Charlie Brown, the flower is from Design Space, and the baseball is a few Design Space images that I combined.

Here are two pictures of swapped die cuts that I received back.  There were mystery swaps, so the subject can be anything of the senders choosing.  Wee had just been to Disneyland, so I'm in love with those images.

There were 6 participants for the softball swap, here is the images I received.

BBTB2: Cricut - It's an Easter Celebration

I love Easter and all that goes with it.  Attending church, the dinner, and the kids hunting Easter eggs.  Crafting during this time is also fun as Cricut Design Space has added so many Easter and Spring images to scrapbook.  Today, I am presenting a box card (a 3D card that folds up and fits in a regular envelope) full of little critters ready for Easter Day.

My creation is for the Bitten by the Bug2 challenge blog, where our theme is "Easter Treat Boxes, and Bags, etc."  Let me see your creations by linking them up to our Bitten by the Bug2 blog HERE.  You have until April 12 to enter.   Happy Easter.

All images are Miss Kate Cuttables in Design Space.  Box is Anna's Window Box Cards, all images available on Design Space subscription.  I added Stickles for bling.

BBTB2: Cricut - My Sprintime Love is You

My daffodils are done blooming early because we went the whole month of February without rain.  Boo-hoo. Usually, I have daffodils in my St. Patrick's Day vases.  However, we are fully in to spring around here.  The buds are on the hydrangeas, my hibiscus survived the winter, and I just got a new 7 ft. Majesty Palm at Costco for $29 that needs to be replanted.  Not to mention the weeds and prep for my veggie garden.  Lots to do, I need an extra pair of hands.

I love this picture of my granddaughter from over a year ago, I've showcased it as a 12x12 picture in a frame on BBTB2 before.  However, I couldn't resist making it into a scrapbook page to give her for her scrapbook as well.  I found a nice background paper to match the purple flower I had created for a swap (15 of them, saving a few for me).

The theme for the next two weeks at Bitten by the Bug2 is "Spring Equinox".  We have hooked up with the Double Trouble Blog for our challenge, that means twice the fun and inspiration.  You can link up your Spring themed project using any die cut machine HERE.  See the Bitten by the Bug2 blog for more details.

Heart:  Heart to Heart
Springtime:  Create A Critter 2
Love:  Paper Pups
Flower:  Anna's Soiree Lettering
Stickles

Here is a closeup of the flower.  I used two colors of Stickles on the petals to add dimension.  So pretty in real life.

Superbowl 49er Shirts

Even though the outcome of the SuperBowl was not what we wanted, we are still proud of our San Francisco 49ers and the great comeback year that they had.  We have been 49er fans forever (since I started dating my husband back in the late 70's).  We had a big SuperBowl party of course, and I decided to make SuperBowl shirts to show our spirit.  

I purchased an svg from Etsy for my design and imported it into Design Space.  I worked the colors around a bit due to the color of the shirts.  I think they are the best shirts I have made so far.  I took the "weed" of the gold 49ers image and used it to make shirts for my grandsons.  Score!!!

BBTB2: Cricut - Boys Will Be Boys Framed Gift

All of my crafts for the past few months seem to be masculine related.  And today, here is another.  My daughter has a good friend having a baby in a month, so I decided to make a framed layout so she can display a photo of the little guy on the wall.   Since I like it so much, and it's already designed, I'll probably make another as a layout for my grandson's book.

I used the Boys will be Boys cartridge for the majority of the layout.  Did the tab by modifying a frame, and had my Cricut pen do the writing of the name.  I inked most of the pieces to add dimension, and it was done in a snap.

I'm showcasing this framed art today as my designer post for the Bitten By the Bug2 Challenge Blog.  Our theme for the next two weeks is "Anything Goes, Except a Card".  You can link up your entry on our Bitten by the Bug2 Blog HERE.