Feature Key Fun!

Todays' theme At My Cricut Craft Room is using the Shift Key with the Feature Buttons! HUH?! Basically what that means is on the pad overlay (for those of us with a regular Expression or baby bug!) the gray buttons on the left are the "Feature" keys. Some might be a font some might be a saying, just depends on the cartridge! However the twist is, use the feature key THEN press shift! Those are sometimes the most interesting images!

I'm going to show you a few little projects I've done using these guidelines!

First up is Nifty Fifties!

This cute little name signs was made for a friend at school! His daughter Molly joined the family and every girl needs a name plate!

I used my Gypsy to weld the letters together. The background paper is by DCWV, it's sparkly in the flower centers.

Here's her brother's sign! Don Juan for the font! DCWV is the background paper too!

These next pictures are the six pillars of character that our school district has adopted. I used vinyl to make these words a permanent part of the school.

These next two pictures are signs that are in the school. The school store sign is laminated and the pocket to the right shows the different options that can be hung from the sign. There is Velcro to hang each label. I used Plantin Schoolbook for the font and stars.

Hospitality Sign in Teacher's Mail room! Cuttin' Up! of course (my fave!)

The feature keys not only help build layers to the main image, they also have opitons that make them stand out on their own! Explore your cartridges and think outside of the box!

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Card Creating Sundays!

Well, Thanksgiving has come and gone, shopping and decorating have begun for most!  I'm being very "frugal" this year.  This economy is just brutal so I am shopping locally, and trying to make lots of my gifts! 

This week for Card Creating Sunday, I am showing you the cutest Christmas card! I saw the directions online at Splitcoaststampers.com (Pyramid Card by Kirsteen Gill). I just thought it was adorable and easy to make. I tweaked a few things to make it my own so to speak. I used Twinkle Toes for the tree skirt and the squares were cut at 3.75" from Plantin Schoolbook. I added lots of holes with my Crop-O-Dile and then added bling! The gathered ribbon around the based of the tree skirt is actually paper I accordion folded and glued down. I do recommend using Terrifically Tacky Tape to hold down the completed tree skirt. Have fun and enjoy!

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Card Creating Tuesday!

Well, it's card day! I have been using my Cricut so much that I have ignored my other love, stamping.  So this week I wanted to combine the two.  I have a few cards to share and some are stamped with Cricut embellishments added. 

The first on is from Pagoda. Just a simple flower to set off my Christmas Rose card.   The stamp set is from Stmapin' Up!, I used watercolors to color the image and a yellow skittle for the flowers center.

Next up is From My Kitchen.  Just a little card to send to a friend!  The background paper is from DCVW.

Last but not least, is a pop card that I used Plantin School Book on.  I think sometimes I try to over embellish, and often, simplicity is best.  I used the rectangle and the circle cuts from Plantin to give me the mats and base for my card.  Each chef is water colored and glitter pens were used as well.  The stamps and the papers are from Stampin' Up!

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Another Would You Believe It Wednesday?!

I know most of my fellow design team members love Card Creating Tuesday, and so do I, but Wednesday is a challenge! This week, I am again sharing some of the creations I made at my daughters' school. As you can imagine, with the economy in the toilet, school districts have cut budgets beyond recognition. All the little "extras" are gone. Teachers sometimes spends $1000's of their own money to make sure kids have a stimulating, enticing learning environment. I wanted to do my part! Here's just a few things I've made. More to follow in the coming weeks!

First up is the Van Sciver for Vision Eyeglass Donation box!  Everyday Paper Dolls provided the eyeglasses, Don Juan the words!  The scalloped border was from Plantin Schoolbook.  Yes, I made the nose!  Just folded up some paper, and voila a schnoz-o-la!

Our school has an after school program and they asked me to make them a sign to show off their art work!  Printing Press is such a fun font!  It does kinda remind me of a ransom note, but I still like it! 

Lunch Rules!  Okay, sometimes we all need to follow the rules!  This sign is over 7 feet tall!  Plantin Schoolbook and Locker Talk, PERFECT for schools! 

These next two pictures are our Writer's Wall.  The quote "Today is a great day to learn something new" is in vinyl and is permanently on the wall.  Each month a new class displays their latest work!  This was from our Resource Class who learned all about the Iditarod.  An actual dog from the race came to visit the kids!  It was amazing!  To help create this wall I used, 50 States, Everyday Paper Dolls, Zooballoo for the mountains, Graphically Speaking for Fearless, & My Community for the dogs. 

We also follow the Character Counts Program.  There are 6 pillars of Character that the children strive to live by and each month 4-6 kids from each grade are recognized and their picture goes up on the bulletin board. 

Last but not least, is the Glass Case Projects,  Here we display writing and artwork to share.  It changes each month and on this month it was the book Where the Wild Things Are!  Home Decor for the crown! 

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Lisa