Summer's Over... Back to School

It's challenge time at Exploring Cricut and More. This time we are headed back to school. 

I often talk about my nephews and making projects for them. That's because I don't have children. So when I want to make some cute and fun cards, I keep my four nephews in mind (and now a little niece). My two eldest nephews are finally in school, and they are still young enough to love school and be excited about it, so fun cards in their lunch bags is definitely a great addition to their day.

I used my Cricut cartridge Recess, to create this fun "title" School. I love the variety of colors, and the small apple in the middle of the "o". I layered it on a muted patchwork style patterned paper and then added a red frame with cut out arrows. Isn't that pencil great - it's actually a brad. The stamp is from Cardz TV from the Garden Greetings set, and the Skittles (my favorite embellishment) are in the color Terra Glitter. 

Art

 Happy Monday and welcome to another Monday challenge!

Challenge #215 Sketch Challenge

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Sketch Challenge

Create a project inspired by the sketch below:

To qualify for the prize, be sure to use at least 1 Cricut cut on your project and if it's not obvious, let us know what cartridge you used.

For my project, I started with a frame from Creative Memories: Holidays, Frames, and Tags. Since the side of the black layer had notebook holes in it, I threaded blue and white twine through the holes.  As I was thinking about a notebook, I wondered what would be in this one. I didn't want it to be just a writing journal or a photo book, so I decided it was an art book. The art palette and brushes are from the Cricut cartridge, Recess. The pain splatter is a paper punch from EK Success. All of the products came from my stash.

Challenges Entered

Crafting From the Heart: Anything Goes

Amusing Challenge: 4 or more colors

Crafty Catz: Two different dies

Artistic Impressions: Anything Goes
Docerela Creations: Anything Goes

Crafting When We Can: Scraps

You Did it! Happy Graduation

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Challenge #212 Class of 2014

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Class of 2014

For my project this week, I decided to make a more traditional graduation card. My last graduation project was an apple box for my nephew's Kindergarten Graduation. The patterned paper background is from my stash and is actually notebook cardstock. Using my Recess Cricut cartridge, I cut both the diploma and the graduation cap. For the stamp, I used one of CardzTV sets, Happy Days. The Celebrate stamp is from an unknown source. Finally I added a little bit of my stash such as the star brads and the circle embellishment.

I love the way the diploma came out. I cut three layers all in white, and it truly looks like rolled paper. 

Challenges Entered:
Kitty Bee Designs: Graduation
Sister Act Card Challenge: Anything Goes
Crafty Girls Challenge: Anything Goes