25 DAYS OF CHISTMAS! THEME: ANIMALS

Welcome to Erica's Craft Room 25 Days of Christmas, with 25 Cricut projects a day.

Don't forget to stop by Erica's blog to see 24 more projects today and EVERY day in December.

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I'll be sharing two projects with you.  Our theme today was "Animals".  I have a really cute page from a scrapbook album I wanted to share with you.  I'm sure that you'll be seeing a lot of Create a Critter today, but I wanted to highlight these two pups along side a tree from Heritage.  The idea is that the tree will include names of the family and the dogs will also be represented as members of the family too.  The paper is DCWV.

Above view, without leaves, on my messy table....

The Family name leaves.

A Close Up of the Pups..

 My second project to show you today is one I have been wanting to try for a while... Long before my three year old mastered the game, I developed a slight addiction to the game Angry Birds.  I'm the type of "gamer" though, that once I beat all of the levels I'm done with the game.  My sone, however, plays it constantly.  He loves "Ang-y Birds".  His Haloween pumpkin was an "Ang-y" Bird, and I searched like mad to find toddler sized Angry Bird apparel (they don't make it...  I had to have one custom done..!)  Anyway, as I began to make ornaments using my Cricut this year an awesome idea popped in my head.  Their design is simple, and I'd bet I can make it out of George.  Well (forgive me for this one....)  BY GEORGE I CAN!

Here is a screen shot of what the cuts look like on CCR:

In order: White, Black, Yellow

 The larger circle was supposed to be his underbelly.  I was using scraps.  Up until now, I had been using glossy outdoor vinyl.  This was the first WHITE Cricut brand indoor vinyl I had used on an ornament.  It did not work well.  The contour of an ornament needs plyability which you get with the ourdoor glossy stuff.  Not so much so with the matte indoor.

Anyway....  the final product:

He he he!  I can't wait to get more ornaments at the store and try to make the pig tomorrow!  I'll be sure to share if I do!

Thanks, as always for stopping by!  Have a happy crafty day!!

25 DAYS OF CHISTMAS! THEME: SPORTS

Welcome to the 25 days of Christmas from Erica's Craft Room and Design Team!  As many as 25 projects everyday in December!!!!  Once you are done here, make sure that you head back to check out all of the fabulousness happening back at her blog!

I wanted to share pictures of a room design I put together using the Soccer Cartridge and Sophisticated Cartridge.  I was asked by a friend to design something for her daughter's bedroom - she had looked everywhere for a girly soccer design and couldn't find anything, let alone something with the name "Julianna".  Pictures below are what we put together.  Simplu cut from large pieces of vinyl - no alterations here.  Thanks for stopping by today!!!

 The transfer tape allows you to stick the images up on the wall to try them out without committing them to their spot until you are ready - you can see we tried a few different things before we decided on a final version.

The soccer ball was cut twice, once from white, once in black and layered.  It comes from Life's a Party.

 

And I can't beleive I didn't take a picture of it, but I cut a matching "J" from t-shirt vinyl and adhered it to a pillow case to tie in her bed with a personalized touch.

As always - thank you for stopping by!

Sophisticated Cartridge Feature with Erica's Craft Room!

Hello!  I am excited to share a new feature as part of Erica's Design Team projects we are now posting themed projects, daily cartridge explorations, and in December TWENTY FIVE projects a DAY!  Whew!  I am exited to say that I will have approximatly TWENTY posts between now and Christmas!  So I hope that I don't overwhelm you!

Once you are done checking out this post, make sure you stop back at Erica's My Cricut Craft Room to see what my DT sisters are up to today and if you haven't picked up yourself something special yet - check out the awesome deals she has going on at her store! 

So here is my project!  I was askked to create some custom work for a friend's daughter's bedroom, as her name is impossible to find - there is more to share with this project that I will be posting later in December - a full out Soccer Wall for a girl!  These pictures show the process of the placement of the vinyl after it was cut, and then once it was adhered.

I love the feminine look of the font in this cart!  Thank you so much for looking!  If you have any questions, please let me know, I'll be glad to answer them.  Have a great day!