August 100 Cartridge Blog Hop

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100 Cricut Cartridge Blog Hop Day ONE

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Welcome to My Cricut Craft Room's August 100 Cartridge Blog Hop

Collectively the design team uses over 100 different Cricut Cartridges in their projects during the two days of this hop. Sunday the new members of the design team will be announced and some have even made a project to share with you!! What an exciting weekend!!

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Today I have made 3 projects for you using Mickey and Friends, Create a Critter and Birthday Bash! 

My first project is a really cute Donald Duck invitation. I used Mickey and Friends to cut out all the cuts for this invitation. 

• Donald is cut at 4 inches and all layers were run through my sticker maker.
• I used a black gel pen to trace the detailed line cuts to make them stick out (hands, eyes, mouth outline etc) 
• The bomb is cut at 5 inches 
• The hats are cut at 1 inch
• The stamp set used is from 
• The invite base is 5 x 5 and was cut using a paper cutter. The black strip at the top is 1 x 5 and was also cut using my paper cutter. 

 My next project is from Birthday Bash and is a very cute bee that is placed on a birthday banner! 

• The bee is cut at 3 inches
• He is attached to the banner with pop-dots 
• All his layers were attached by running them through my sticker maker 

My final project is another cute bee, cut from Create a Critter. This was made for a friend that attached them to a paper lantern, making it look like a bee hive for her daughters 1st birthday! 

• This bee us cut at 2.5 inches
• All layers are attached by running them through my sticker maker. 

Your next stop on the hop is Robin!

The entire line up for today is:

1. MCCR http://mycricutcraftroom.blogspot.com/
2. jenn lorist http://www.jennspapercrafts.blogspot.com
3. Teresa http://www.createenjoyshare.blogspot.com
4. Kathy http://3spoileddogs.blogspot.com
5. shelley http://shelley-scrapbookingforfun.blogspot.com
6. heather http://heathernovinger.blogspot.com
7. Jessica S http://jessicascraftshaque.blogspot.com
8. Tammy - http://www.Cuttinandstampin.blogspot.com
9. Jen L http://www.mybusycraftylife.blogspot.com
10. Erica's Projects http://ericasprojects.blogspot.com/
11. Samantha http://www.samanthascricutcreations.blogspot.com
12. robin http://create-a-latte.blogspot.com/
13. amy http://clayfulimagination.blogspot.com
14. Miranda http://www.nanasscrapspot.com
15. Angie http://crazyscraplady-angelpie.blogspot.com
16. LB http://www.coolbeansbylb.blogspot.com
17. Cathy http://cathyplus5.blogspot.com
18. Claire http://threewaterscreations.blogspot.com
19. Lisa Carrier http://ourcraftingcorner.blogspot.com
20. Blog Candy http://ericasblogcandy.blogspot.com/

Minnie Mouse invitation

Hi Everyone! My project today is a idea that I have been thinking about for awhile, and I finally sat down and made it! This project falls into one of today's design team themes to use either Pink, red, or brown within the project. If you would like to see other projects by the design team, please head on over to My Cricut Craft Room and check out what all the other designers have made for today!

How to:

• Cut white card stock to 5 x 5 
• Cut the pink polka dot paper to 4 x 5
• Cut a 1/2 x 5 inch strip of black card stock 
• Cut mickey ribbon to 5 inches (I cut it slightly longer and then trim it down once attached)
• Cut a circle with Creative memories 1.5 inch circle maker using the medium blade 
• Attach the pink polka dot paper to white card stock, then attach black card stock and finally the ribbon to the top. 
• Cut Minnie mouse bow from Mickey and Friends at 1 inch
• Add Invitation stamp information to white card stock circle, and use ATG to attach to the top of pink paper. 
• Use pop dots to attach Minnie Mouse bow to the bottom of the invitation. 

I also had the idea that this invitation could also be made into a really cute valentine card, birthday card, anniversary card....the possibilities are endless!

Some of the items I used in this project:

Dump Truck party!

My son will be turning 2 next month so I have been racking my brain on what "theme" to use. I received a birthday party catalog in the mail and started getting lots of ideas. Then the idea hit me to plan the party for this coming weekend as my mother-in-law would be here visiting us and she would enjoy being able to be at his party. So last week I started making the invitations followed by a birthday banner! I am really pleased with how everything turned out, and can't wait to have his party this weekend!

Front of invite

 Back of invite

 "Jacob" part of banner

 Close-up of dump-truck with letter attached

 "Happy" portion of banner

 "Birthday" portion of banner (please excuse the missing tires on the first truck, I missed that one, and still need to cut some more out)

Items used:

• White cards cut at score mark
• Mickey and Friends, and Mini Monograms cricut cartridges
• Yellow, Black, red card stock as well as red patterned paper 
• black, white and silver gel pens
• adhesive
• twine

1. I started by printing the "Jacob is turning 2, and you are invited" and the information on the back of the card using my computer and printer. 
2. I then cut the cards in half at the score mark so I could have 2 invites per card base
3. I then cut the dump-truck from the Mickey and Friends cartridge at 3 inches using yellow textured card stock, I also cut the black part of the dump-truck and wheels using black card stock also at 3 inchs.
4. I then assembled the dump-trucks and used the gel pens to add the stitching. I used the silver pen to write "Party Time" on the truck. 
5. Before adhering the dump-trucks to the card stock, I cut the red patterned paper to fit across the bottom of the cards, and used my ATG gun to adhere them together. I also tied the twine around the card and made the bow be on the side with the party information.
6. I then used foam 3-D blocks to adhere the dump-trucks to the card to give them some pop!

For the banner:

1. I cut the dump-truck at 3 inches and the tires. 
2. I cut the letters from Mini Monograms at 3 inches. I really liked the letters with the cutouts, so that is what I went with. 
3. I adhered the letters using the 3-d foam squares. 
4. I then tied the trucks together using twine.

Well I hope you enjoyed this project, and I can't wait to see it all up at the party on Saturday.