Penguin box

Here's a cute little penguin box I made for a few challenges.  First, I made a box using "fit to page" on my Expression.  I cut it from the Life's a Party cartridge in purple cardstock, then put some polka dotted Doodlebug Designs paper around the outside of the box.

Next, I cut the three trees from Winter Woodland at 1.75 inches.  I adhered them onto the three front panels on the box.  Next, I cut the three penguins from Zooballoo. Because of the way they are situated in the image, I had to cut at 3 inches to get them to be about 1 inch tall each.  I put their eyes and beaks on with gel pen and then put each of them with a tree.  I had a leftover snowflake in my "extra die cuts" bin from the tag I made last week, so I put that on the top as a little extra decoration.

This project will be entered into the following challenges:
Exploring Cricut- Baby It’s Cold Outside 

Die Cuttin Divas- Penguins                                                                          

Scrappy Moms Stamps- Out of the Box  

Second Birthday

There aren't too many family birthdays coming up, so I'm just now starting to think about building up for next winter/spring's family birthday slam, since I don't know when we'll be moving.  In January, my nephew will be turning 2, so I thought I would use Life's a Party to make him a card.

I cut the monkey at 3 inches and the number two at 2 inches.  They aren't from the same page of the handbook- the number is part of the font.  Then I added two little green star brads at the bottom.  I had considered buttons, but the two little brads were just too cute. 

I'm entering this into the following challenge:
Celebrate the Occasion- Child's birthday

Surprise!

This card is out of this world!  For this A2 card, I cut the card on black cardstock.  The moon on the bottom was hand cut by me and then I ran it through my Cuttlebug with the Lifestyle Crafts Polka Dots folder.  This is the debossed side.  I cut both the alien and the spaceman at 3 inches.  The spaceman is from Life's a Party and the alien is from B is for Boy.  

The sentiment is stamped in white Brilliance ink using the Hobby Lobby "Everyday Expressions" stamp set.  

Just a note: the entire time I was making this card, I was singing "I don't want to live on the moon," and old Sesame Street song that Ernie used to sing.  Sweet memories.

I'm entering this card in the following challenge:
Pause, Dream, Enjoy: UFOs and Monsters in the closet

Back to school backpack

It's back to school time!  For this project, I thought I'd make the backpack treat bag from Life's a Party.  I cut it on my Expression at Fit to Page, which ended up being 8.5 inches.  I don't do a lot of the Cricut 3D images, so I was proud of myself for figuring out how to put it together.  I added a few shoulder straps to the back with glossy accents and leftover cardstock.  

For the sentiment, I cut at 1.5 inches from my Celebrate with Flourish cartridge.  I didn't want to go with the usual red/blue/yellow back to school colors, so I picked oranges and purple and did the shadow in grey.  I finished it up by tying it closed with some homemade orange bakers twine.

I'll be entering this card into the following challenges:

Scrappy Moms Stamps- Back to School

Die Cuttin Divas- Color Challenge

Sports

I have to admit that I barely watched the Olympics at all.  The only part I watched was the last match of the women's singles tennis.  I played tennis in high school so I still like to watch it from time to time.

This card is made completely from cuts from Life's a Party.  The card is cut at 3.5 inches (from the page that the onsie is the main image).  I made the tennis ball at 3 inches.  You might be thinking "Self, I don't remember seeing a tennis ball on Life's a Party."  You'd be right!  I used the basketball cut (that is the shifted image on the Soccer ball page) and cut off the extra lines in the layer.  Voila!  Tennis ball.  I cut the capital F from the font on Life's a Party at 1.5 inches.  The font on that cartridge is really wide, and I didn't want it so wide, so I cut off part of the left side to make it a cleaner "F."  

All of my sister-in-laws play tennis, and one is joining her High School tennis team this year, so I figured I'll have plenty of chances to give this card. 

I'm entering this in the following challenges:
Fantabulous Cricut- Olympics
Exploring Cricut - Cricut Choice, with 2 Cricut cuts and a monogram