March 100 Cricut Cartridge Blog Hop - Day 1

Welcome to My Cricut Craft Room's

100 Cricut Cartridge Blog Hop

You should have started at http://mycricutcraftroom.blogspot.com/  if not please start at the beginning

Be sure to visit Erica's Blog http://mycricutcraftroom.blogspot.com tomorrow for over 50 NEW projects that you did not see today....

Also make sure to follow Erica's blog so you will know when she has contests, prizes, challenges, swaps & special online coupons.

Currently she is running a Scrapbook & Card challenge over on her challenge blog and you can win a gift certificate to her webstore!  http://ericascraftroomchallenges.blogspot.com/

This Friday she will announce February's Scrapbook swap.... She has a swap each week and you have two weeks to make your project each month. There will be a card, scrapbook, tag, die cut and embellishment swap each month! http://ericascraftroomswaps.blogspot.com/

Don't forget to comment along the way on all of the blogs today and tomorrow to be entered to win the Cricut cartridge that Erica is giving away today.

Winners will be announced on her blog on Tuesday!

If you get a chance please visit Erica's Webstore and enjoy 15% your total purchase this weekend.

Enter the code MARCH during the third step of check out to see the discount.

She has everything crafty.... Cricut cartridges, adhesive, papers, stamps and so much more.....

 www.Shop.EricasCraftRoom.com 

For my projects today I have made 3 things! 

 

My first project I used Everyday pop-up cards to cut out this really cute flower pot. To add some sparkle, I used a drop of liquid pearls on the very center of the flower.

My Second project is from Chore Chart. I cut the chart at "fit to page" on a 12 x 12 mat. 

My last project is a card. I cut "Spring" from Cheerful Seasons. 

I hope you enjoyed my projects today! The next stop on the hop is Yvette http://gammascreativecorner.blogspot.com

The hop line up for you in case you get lost along the way! 

1.   My Cricut Craft Room http://mycricutcraftroom.blogspot.com

2.   Liz http://tryin2craft.blogspot.com

3.   Jenny r http://myimagitivity.blogspot.com

4.   Doris http://mybugandmecreate.blogspot.com 

5.   Janet http://janetscreativeworld.blogspot.com

6.   Tracy http://scrappininthewoods.blogspot.com 

7.   pattie http://sweetpsscrapbooks.blogspot.com

8.   karey http://www.creativecraftcorner.com 

9.   jen l  http://mybusycraftylife.blogspot.com 

10.                     Samantha http://samanthascricutcreations.blogspot.com

11.                     Yvette http://gammascreativecorner.blogspot.com 

12.                     Erica http://ericasprojects.blogspot.com

13.                     Enjoli http://mississippihippycrafts.blogspot.com 

14.                     heather f http://www.papercrafteranonymous.com

15.                     sue-ann http://suzyssimplecrafts.blogspot.com 

16.                     lisa - http://allmadebylisa.blogspot.com

17.             sheila http://2pawprints.blogspot.com 

18.             kathy http://3spoileddogs.blogspot.com 

19.                     kym http://kimmyskards.blogspot.com

20.                     amber http://pixiperfectcreations.blogspot.com 

21.                     connie http://conniecancrop.blogspot.com 

22.                     Blog Candy http://ericasblogcandy.blogspot.com

Mommy to be

Hi everyone, and welcome to Card Creating Tuesday! If you would like to see other cards today, head on over to My Cricut Craft Room and check out what some of the other design team members have made today!

My card today is for a good friend who is expecting her first baby! I just happened to receive my Everyday pop-up card cartridge and wanted to put it to good use!

Items used:

• Everyday pop-up cards cartridge 
• Purple, peach, cream, brown, light green, yellow cardstock
• stickles
• ribbon
• adhesive
• 3d Foam adhesive 
• PBD stamps
• Memento Ink 

How to:

• I started by cutting the card base at 6 inches, and then creased on the fold line with the help of my bond folder
• I then cut the pregnant lady and her layers at 4.5 inches and attached them together using Zig glue.
• I then cut the pop-up sentiment for the inside of the card. This was cut at 6 inches (with the pop-up features, the cricut includes the tabs as part of the measurement) Because the cricut measures including the tabs, it makes cutting the layers a little harder. I had to cut them multiple times in order to get some that would match up. I can't remember if it was the ones cut at 3 or 3.5 inches that ended up working. I do know that if you have a gipsy, you can put the layers over the cutout and size then that way. I however don't have a gipsy, so I couldn't do this. 
• After all my pieces were cut out and layered, I added some stickles to the letters that were green to make them sparkle!
• Once the stickles had dried, I folded the pop-up tabs and added some adhesive. I then stuck the bottom tabs first. When attaching the top tabs.I folded the card to see how far up the top middle tab needed to be in order to not fold the pop-up in a weird area.
• I then added the sentiment stamps to the front and inside of the card, as well as adding the ribbon, I made a slit in the fold of the card to run the ribbon through. To cover up where the ribbon came together, I added the knot.