Freezer Tee Shirt

Every year my Uncle takes his boys on a camping trip. This year most of the Miller family decided to tag along. We usually get together every few years anyway so it was about time for another family reunion. And what a better spot than Yosemite National Forest? I've made freezer t-shirts before and had been looking for an excuse to make another one. I'm one of those people who takes a billion pictures every trip. (After all, you need pictures for scrapbook pages!) I was originally just going to put a camera on the front of the shirt and call it a day, but I came across this sign on the way to a hiking trail. I thought it'd be funny on the back of my camera shirt. :) The camera is from Going Places, the font is from Ashlynd's Alphabet and the heart is from Create a Critter. I used my Gypsy to space out the words the way I liked it and cut out the flipped image on freezer paper. It is very important to cut the flipped image as you need to iron the shinny side face down but you have to cut the shinny side face up on the Cricut (it wont stick face down.) So if you don't flip the image then when you go to iron it down it'll be backwards. I usually iron down the negative of the image and use it as a stencil. I thought it'd be fun to do the "Warning" opposite by ironing down the positive image and painting all around it. I bought the shirt and paint at Joann's. You can get the freezer paper at any grocery store.

From the Pets

My best friend is house-sitting for us while we go on a family trip to Yosemite. It's quite the task as she'll be watching a crazy dog and a bunch of needy cats along with a bunny and a lizard. I made her this card to show our appreciation. The cat and dog image (isn't it the cutest??) is from Paper Pups. The ribbon is from Michaels dollar bins and the paw print border is an EK boarder punch. The stamp is the same dollar stamp that I used on the bird house card. I used the same Sticko bubble/tile sticker to make the paw print embellishment. This paw print was actually cut from ribbon that I also found in the dollar bin at Michaels. My circle punch wouldn't cut out the ribbon all of the way, but it left an indent so I was able to cut it out by hand.

Birdhouse Card

This card is for my Aunt and Uncle who live in Park City, Utah. My aunt loves bird houses, so I thought up this card for her. The bird house is from Stretch Your Imagination. It doesn't have any layers, but I used the hide condor feature on the gypsy and created my own. The flowers on the bird house were welded together and layered (from Create a Critter.) I used pearl stickles for the center. Similarly, the bird didn't have any layers but I used my gypsy to create some. The bird is from Home Decor. I used Inkssentials Glossy Accents from Ranger Ink on the bird's wing. It created a bubble affect and I just love how it turned out. The ribbon is from Joann's and the stamp is a stamp found in Michaels dollar bins.

Piggy Card

This card is for my "Auntie" and her family. It is her "fault" that I am into scrapbooking and card making. (I'm sure that she'll gladly accept the blame.) She makes the most gorgeous scrapbooks and fun cards and inspired me to take up the craft. I love looking through her creations and getting ideas. I recently received the Peachy Keen stamp set that is used to coordinate with the Animal Kingdom cartridge for my Birthday. The first two things that I made were penguins (for my sister) and this pig for my aunt. The stamps have set sizes listed to cut the Cricut images out. But I also cut some smaller images and larger images and found that the stamps look nice on those also. Make sure you cut the image in Blackout so that the eyes and other facial features don't cut out. I chose to use the new hide condor feature on the gypsy instead so I could keep the other cuts by the legs and ears. I then inked the pig and used pop ups. The red mat was embossed using the Swiss Dots folder. The patterned paper is from a DCWV pack that I found on clearance at Joann's.

Another TY Card

So I liked the last card so much that I wanted to make another one for my grandmother. I changed the colors and used a EK border punch to make the cards different and to suit the receiver's different styles. For the center of the flower I used a half inch circle punch and punched out a flower from some patterned paper that I bought at Joann's. I then placed a Sticko tile sticker over the paper. It gives it a bubbled appearance. I thought that the sticker and the punch were the same size, but they're not! Luckily it was easily fixable using my gypsy. I simply layered two circles (from Walk in my Garden, but any circle would do) creating a circle border. It took a couple of cuts to get the sizing exactly as I wanted, but I cut out a bunch and saved the file so it wont be hard to create more of these.

Thank You Card

I couple of friends bought me the Opposites Attract cartridge and other goodies. Therefore I had to make them a card using that cartridge! This cartridge has been on my want list for a long time and I'm excited to finally have the chance to use it. I love how the different fonts can over lap to make this look. They both also have a shadow, so I can use them individually. (I seldom use fonts without their shadow.) The flower was cut twice using Walk in my Garden and offset to create a layer. I made the center of the flower myself and I'll post a closer picture in the next post.

Cars Birthday Card

Tomorrow is my Uncle's Birthday. He loves Nascar so I thought I'd make him a card with a car on it. I immediately thought of the Cars cartridge. I've cut many images from the "extras" on this cartridge, but I hadn't tried a character yet. These are hard to cut! There are a lot of tiny layers. I ended up omitting some because I couldn't figure out where they were suppose to be on the image. I think it turned out alright despite the difficulties. Lightning McQueen was cut around 3 inches. The background was cuttlebugged using the Happy Birthday folder. I also cut out the racing flags that are included in the cartridge and put one set on the envelope and one on the inside of the card.

Life is A Beach

These pictures are from a family snorkeling trip. All of the images are from Life is a Beach. As you can tell, I went a little over board with the Stickles. There have been a few different versions of this layout on the Cricut Message Board and I thought I'd try my own twist. :-)