Halloween Banner - Cricut Contest 2011

Here is the banner that I made for the Cricut Banner contest in September. Thanks for all of the sweet compliments on Facebook :) The instructions are below:

Instructions:

1. Cut 6 Pennants - 6" (Art Philosophy Cartridge)
2. Cut 1 of each of the following - 6" from Pumpkin Carvings Cartridge (You'll use the negative - i.e. the stuff you usually throw away):
1. Square Dracula (for witch eyes and nose)
2. Square Skeleton (for skeleton)
3. Square Happy Pumpkin (for candy corn)
4. Circle Mummy (for mummy) - cut to size
5. Circle Frankenstein (for Frankenstein) - instead of 6" use 7 3/4" for this one
6. Circle Dracula (use the eye brow for the witches mouth)
3. For Frankenstein's bolts - cut 1 Frankenstein layer 1 Italive-s at 6" real dial size from Mini Monsters Cartridge
4. From Happy Hauntings Cartridge cut:
1. For Pumpkin - cut 1 Pumpkin 2 -s at 3" for top of pumpkin and layer1 pumpkin 1-s for eyes and mouth  
2. For Witches Hat - cut 1 4" witch hat (you may want to play with the size here)
3. For Dangling Spiders - cut 6 at 1 1/2" real dial size Witchhat-s For letters - cut 1 1/2" from
5. Use Red stickles for cricut letters
6. Use Yellow, orange, and frost stickles for candy corn - I just put some random dots all over
7. Use green stickles to accent the eyes of the witch, pumpkin stem, and Frankenstein eyes
8. Use orange stickles to accent the pumpkin's eyes
9. Use black stickles to accent the dangling spider on the witches hat
10. Use black ink to distress the skeleton 
11. Thread the ribbon through the pennant holes

On a side note the Happy Haunting Cart has some really great faces on page 100 - the 3d pumpkin faces. I probably would have used these faces had I seen them in time. I could have omitted the Mini Monsters cut just by using the Frakenstein pumpkin located on this page. Oh well - live and learn.

I hope I got the measurements right - I did an awful lot of cuts and tried to inventory as I was cutting - have fun!

Here are some close ups so you can see the detail:

Hot Dog - It's Your Birthday! Birthday Card

I was lucky enough to have a month to explore the County Fair cartridge while my mom was away on a trip. Unfortunately when she came home, I had to give it back. Iwas in the middle of making these cute cards when she came over. I thought I had enough cuts...but I was wrong (read on to find out how I fixed the error of my ways).

Corn dogs from County Fair cartridge are cut at 3"

Hot Dog Sentiment from Paper Pups cartridge is cut at 2"

I used stickles to add a little extra to the card.

The sentiment inside is from a stamp I found at the Dollar Tree.

Well, like I said...I ran out of corn dogs in the middle of my project. I was in a pickle. So I grabbed the Paper Pups cartridge and started to look for some dogs that looked like they were hot and mad.  Here's one holding a rifle - he looks pretty darn mad!  I absolutely love how this card turned out!



Fall Leaves Easel Card - Art Philosophy

I love the CTMH Cricut Art Philosophy cartridge. Almost every card in the cartridge can be made into an easel card easily. Here's one that I made for fall. All of the stamps are from CTMH.

Here's a 2nd card - very similar to the first one.

Halloween Boquet of Monsters

I love how this boquet of monsters turned out.  I used Pumpking Carvings and Mini Monsters cartridge to make all of the cuts. Then I stuck them in a glass vase filled with candy corn. Yum!  I'm sure it would be a hit at any party or office.

The Baker in Me

Spent my Sunday crafting and baking after church. You see when I see that my banannas or veggies are exiting this world, I chop them up and freeze them before the they leave. That way I can use them in recipes when I get around to it. I am a very busy lady so baking is a treat. In fact, my hubby said that he's willing to take a second job just so I can quit mine and stay home and bake.  He was so happy with the treats I made:

2 - Bananna Nut Bread Loafs

2- Zuchinni Bread Loafs

12 - Bananna Nut Muffins

11 - Pumpkin Spice Muffins

They all came out very yummy! Gotta love the Betty Crocker cookbook.

And yes...those are my favorite salt and pepper shakers...Twiddle Dee and Twiddle Dum.

You shake the salt and pepper out of their butts!