Giveaway WINNER! & a Couple of Layouts

The winner of the Creative Spaces Volume 2 Giveaway is …

ANGELA

CONGRATULATIONS! I will send you a message to the email address you left with your comment to collect your shipping address. Enjoy! And THANK YOU to all of you for leaving such kind comment and to Creating Keepsakes for letting me giveaway this great issue.

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So how about I share a couple of BasicGrey pages with you today? This first one uses the BasicGrey Clippings collection. I love the paper that looks like a quilt and thought it would go great with these photos of my kids in the mountains. I use the “ransom-style” letter stickers to add the initial of each kids name next to their picture and as the first letter of my title. I still need to add some journaling to it before putting it in our family album. It was fun to create a fall page with primary colors.

SUPPLIES: Basic Grey Clippings Collection: Cotton Dress Paper, Herald Paper, Gazette Paper, Handmade Quilt Paper, Element Stickers, Alphabet Stickers. Other: String

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On this next one, I used the BasicGrey Serenade collection. I love when my three girls will pose together. After having three girls I thought there would be lots of catfights happening in our household … and who knows, maybe there still will be during the teen years. But so far, so good (knock on wood). These three are actually pretty good friends … and I hope they will stay that way throughout their lives. I hope they call each other for cooking advice, and go to the park together with their kids, or cry on each other’s shoulders when they are sad about something. I hope they will cherish their sisterhood and look back on photos like this one with fondness.

SUPPLIES: BasicGrey Serenade Collection: Chemise Paper, Bowler Hat Paper, Shillings Paper, Avalon Paper, Element Stickers, Alphabet Stickers. Other: String

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Thanks for stopping by to see me today. What kind of projects are you going to work on this week? I’m thinking I might start working on my kids’ Valentines.

See you again soon!

Craft Room Exclusives Projects

Cricut has released their first set of Craft Room Exclusives . . . digital cartridges available on Cricut Craft Room (free online design tool). To see the all of the cartridges released this past week, be sure to check out THIS POST on the Cricut Blog.

I created several projects to showcase a few of the cartridges and wanted to share them with you today. Warning! Long post ahead!

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GIRLS ROCK (using CRE Arrows, CRE Labels, and Cricut Rock Princess Cartridge)

Cricut Machines Used: Cricut Expression 2 Electronic Cutting Machine, Cricut Craft Room (FREE Online Design Tool), Cricut Imagine Machine, Cuttlebug Machine
Cricut Cartridges Used: Cricut Craft Room Arrows, Cricut Craft Room Labels, Cricut Rock Princess, Cricut Imagine Berries & Cream Colors & Patterns
Other Supplies: Cardstock (white, cream, gray) Solid Paper from Imagine Berries & Cream (hot pink, lilac, purple), Patterned Paper (Cricut Imagine Berries & Cream cartridge, Die Cuts with a View), Cuttlebug Musical Flourish Embossing Folder, Gem Stickers (Darice), Glitter Button (American Crafts), Adhesives

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MAKE A FACE ACTIVITY KIT (using CRE Funny Faces)

Cricut Machines Used: Cricut Expression 2 Electronic Cutting Machine, Cricut Craft Room (FREE Online Design Tool), YourStory Book Binding & Laminating Machine
Cricut Cartridges Used: Cricut Craft Room Funny Faces, Cricut Craft Room Basics
Other Supplies: Cardstock (white, black, brown, tan, kraft, blue, light pink, dark pink), Plastic Box with Handle (Michael’s), Scotch Reusable Tabs for Lightweight Mounting

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SUMMER (using CRE Gnomes & Mushrooms)

Cricut Machines Used: Cricut Expression 2 Electronic Cutting Machine, Cricut Craft Room (FREE Online Design Tool)
Cricut Cartridges Used: Cricut Craft Room Gnomes and Mushrooms, Cricut Craft Room Arrows
Other Supplies: Cardstock (black, kraft, yellow), Patterned Paper/Stickers/Journal Block (Echo Park Paper Summer Days collection, Die Cuts with a View), Pearl Stickers (KaiserCraft), Black Gems (Imaginisce iRock), Adhesives

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THINKING OF YOU CARD (using CRE Human Body)

Cricut Machines Used: Cricut Expression 2 Electronic Cutting Machine, Cricut Craft Room (FREE Online Design Tool), Cuttlebug Machine
Cricut Cartridges Used: Cricut Craft Room Human Body
Other Supplies: Cardstock (black, tan, pink, blue, white), Patterned Paper (American Crafts, Die Cuts with a View, My Mind’s Eye), Nifty Fifties Cuttlebug Companion Embossing Folder Set, Pinking Shears, Button (American Crafts) Twine (The Twinery), Kraft photo corners, Adhesives, Brown & black distressing inks, Computer & printer

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HAPPY HANUKKAH (using CRE Jewish Icons)

Cricut Machines Used: Cricut Expression 2 Electronic Cutting Machine, Cricut Craft Room (FREE Online Design Tool)
Cricut Cartridges Used: Cricut Craft Room Jewish Icons, Cricut Craft Room Basics
Other Supplies: Cardstock (cream, gray), Patterned Paper/Navy Ribbon (My Mind’s Eye Stella & Rose collection), Vellum, Yellow Stickles, Gem Stickers (Darice), Brown distressing ink, Adhesives, Eyelet, String, Cellophane bag & candy

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EE-YAH! CARD (using CRE Karate)

Cricut Machines Used: Cricut Expression 2 Electronic Cutting Machine, Cricut Craft Room (FREE Online Design Tool), Cuttlebug Machine
Cricut Cartridges Used: Cricut Craft Room Karate, Cricut Craft Room Basics
Other Supplies: Cardstock (white, black, gray, kraft, brown, dark brown, tan), Cuttlebug Oh My Crafts Exclusive Brickyard embossing folder, Pinking shears, Black distressing ink, Twine (The Twinery), Button, Adhesives

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GLASSES (using CRE Mustaches & Glasses and CRE Labels)

Cricut Machines Used: Cricut Expression 2 Electronic Cutting Machine, Cricut Craft Room (FREE Online Design Tool), Cricut Imagine Machine, Cuttlebug Machine
Cricut Cartridges Used: Cricut Craft Room Mustaches & Glasses, Cricut Craft Room Labels, Cricut Craft Room Basics, Imagine Enjoy the Seasons (all patterned paper)
Other Supplies: Cardstock (black, white, red, yellow, teal), Patterned Paper (Cricut Imagine Enjoy the Seasons cartridge), Cuttlebug Argyle Embossing Folder, Gems (My Mind’s Eye, Darice), Twine (The Twinery), Pinking shears, Black distressing ink, Adhesives

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MARDI GRAS TREATS (using CRE New Orleans Party)

Cricut Machines Used: Cricut Expression 2 Electronic Cutting Machine, Cricut Craft Room (FREE Online Design Tool)
Cricut Cartridges Used: Cricut Craft Room New Orleans Party
Other Supplies: Cardstock (black, yellow, dark purple), Patterned Paper (American Crafts, Die Cuts with a View), Gems (Adornit), Pinking shears, Terrifically Tacky Tape, Adhesives, Black distressing ink, Plastic bag and  treats

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THANKSGIVING TABLE DECOR (Using CRE Thanksgiving Table Decor)

Cricut Machines Used: Cricut Expression 2 Electronic Cutting Machine, Cricut Craft Room (FREE Online Design Tool), Cricut Imagine Machine, Cuttlebug Machine
Cricut Cartridges Used: Cricut Craft Room Thanksgiving Table Decor, Imagine Ancestry (green paper for leaves), Imagine Country Carnival (yellow patterned paper), Imagine Mystical Garden (rust patterned paper)
Other Supplies: Cardstock (brown, cream, orange), Patterned Paper (Imagine Cartridges: Ancestry, Country Carnival, Mystical Garden), Cuttlebug Musical Flourish Embossing Folder, Inka-Gold Cream Paint by Viva Decor, Scoring Tool (Martha Stewart Crafts), Gems (Darice), Votive Candles (Michael’s)

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3D Ornaments (CRE 3D Ornaments – at this time available only through HSN Purchase of Cricut Mini Machine)

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If you are interested in knowing the Cricut Cut Information for any of these projects, check the Cricut Blog HERE.

Thanks for looking!

Jana