I won!!

May Monthly Challenge WINNER!


Posted by: Jana Eubank





The WINNER of the May Monthly Challenge: Milestones & Memories Challenge and $150.0o of credit to Cricut.com is . . .





CONGRATULATIONS, Elizabeth! We will be adding your winning credit to your Cricut.com account within the next few weeks. Please contact me at ccjana@provocraft.com if you have any questions. Enjoy your Cricut Cash!

4th of July

This week's color challenge at I came I saw I created is red, white and blue! What better way to showcase those colors than a 4th of July layout! We take the boys to see fireworks every year for the 4th and try to take pictures (we've had some freakouts due to the loud booms, and sometimes pictures go by the wayside) but I do have some.

Paper: DCWV and American Crafts.Stickles: Ranger. Cartridges: Phrases and Stand and Salute. Gypsy and E2.

Thanks for looking!

A Duel!

The magazine challenge on the Cricut Circle Blog is to:
Please use at least 3 Cricut Cuts in “dressing up” your collectible from any cartridges you choose. You have seen the fun things we have done with the collectibles since last fall and now it’s your turn! You can take a picture of your “dressed” collectible out and about or create a little oasis for it. Please upload a working link or picture of your project to the blog under the Magazine Challenge tab. Entry deadline is June 16th, 2012. You are welcome to submit as many entries as you would like. If you use Cricut Craft Room design tool, save your file so if you win, we can share it with the Circle members! The winner of this challenge will receive $150.00 credit to Cricut.com and your project picture will be featured in the magazine!
My original plan was to create a camping scene, but when I looked yesterday or the day before, someone else had the same idea - same tent, same background and roasting marshmellows. I might try to change up my idea a bit and make a second one, but for now I created a duel in front of the saloon.

Paper: Bazzill and CTMH. Marker: American Crafts. Cartridges: Old West and Campin' Critters. Gypsy and E2. 

Thanks for looking!

Weekly Challenge #59: Birthday Challenge

This week's challenge on the Cricut Circle Blog coincided perfectly for two birthdays this week. My mom turned 60 on Tuesday and my oldest son is going to a birthday party for a friend from school today. The first card is my mom's. This was also my first attempt at a cascading card and I really like the look but need to find more time to embellish them.

Paper: American Crafts and scraps. Twine/String: Divine Twine in Cherry and CTMH. Stamps: CTMH. Ink: VersaMark. Emossing Powder and Zap! Gun: American Crafts.Tooth picks. Cartridges: Create a Critter and Celebrations. CCR and E2.

The second card is for my son's friend. Paper: Fancy Pants, Bazzill and scraps. Twine/String: CTMH and Doodlebug. Cartridges: Create a Critter and Country Fair. CCR and E2.

The challenge rules Using a bouquet of birthday balloons as your inspiration, create a project of your choice using string in a creative way on your project somewhere . . . you could use it to create your own bouquet of balloons, dangle a set of chinese lanterns across the top of your page, hang a series of Cricut cut charms from a tag or journaling spot, use it to anchor a banner strung across your page, or swirl it on a lollipop shape. Whatever it is, show us how to use string in a fun way on your project.

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No Training Wheels!

May has been a big month of accomplishments for 2 of my boys. Alex kicked it off mid-May by learning how to ride his bicycle without training wheels! Aiden mastered coming back down the stairs (he'd been flying up them for two months, and then yelling until someone went to get him) and started walking unassisted last week! 

We had been talking to Alex since the end of April about learning how to ride his bike without the training wheels and we knew he was ready because of the way he flew on his scooter, but he's our cautious one and wasn't ready. We took off the training wheels and my husband attempted to get him on, but Alex wasn't having any of it. We just kept talking it up and told him to let us know when he was ready to try, and on a Tuesday mid-morning, out of the blue, he came tearing into the house, shouting and cheering! He had picked up his bike, got on, and started riding it all by himself. I grabbed the baby and the camera and we went out to record him and take some pictures. Then, of course, we had to call dad and grandma and grandpa to let them know! He was grinning from ear to ear and was so proud of himself!

Alex's amazing accomplishments is perfect for the Cricut Circle Monthly Challenge, which was: Milestones & Memories. 

The Challenge: Create a layout about a recent milestone in your family. Whether it is graduation, a birthday, moving into a new house, losing a tooth, or whatever it may be. Be sure to include at least 2 Cricut cuts and use 2 Cricut fonts in your page title.

Rules and Guidelines: Circle Blog Challenges are open to Cricut Circle Members only. Your project must be newly created for this challenge and include atleast 2 Cricut Image Cuts. You must submit a project to be entered into the Challenge Prize Drawing.

Paper: Fancy Pants, American Crafts, and scraps. Brads and Twine: Doodlebug. Buttons: Craft supply. Ink: CTMH. Cartridges: Everyday Paper Dolls, Create a Critter, Baby Steps and Art Philosophy. Cuttlebug and Distressed Stripes folder. CCR and E2.

Thank you for looking!

Wedding Coin

What a week! I had been playing around with the Cricut Circle Weekly Challenge in my mind all week, but we've been so busy that just got the chance to work on it today. The challenge was:

Weekly Challenge #58: Family Mementos Challenge!

The Challenge: Scrapbook a page with a photograph of a special family memento. In your journaling, tell the story behind your special object.

Here is my take: my mother's family has a tradition of putting an old coin in the bride's shoe before she walks down the aisle. My father is putting the coin in my shoe. The coin is from Europe and was passed down from my Great-Grandmother to my Grandmother to my Mother and then to me. I only hope that I will have a girl someday to pass this onto.

Paper: Bazzill and scraps. Doily flowers: CTMH. Brad: Doodlebug. Cartridges: Hey Diddle Diddle, Imagine More, Jasmine and Mother's Day Bouquet. CCR, Imagine and E2.
I am also entering this in the Creative Color Challenge at I Came, I Saw, I Created.

Very Vanilla RGB: 255, 250, 226

More Mustard RGB:  212, 161, 80

Basic Grey:  118, 122, 121

Thanks for looking!

Flowers for Teachers

My middle son's last day of school was on Friday and I didn't know what to do for the teacher, aide and parent educator. I gave the teachers crayon wreaths for Christmas, and that, at least right now, was too hard for me to top. It doesn't help that I was in a funk this week - or burned out from NSD and all of the challenges.

Anyway, I was planting my flowers and decided to get each of the teachers a plant: the boys picked out Dahlia's. I also let them each pick out the three pots they both needed (the oldest is done June 7th, so we need to get more plants, but we got the pots.)

After I got the vinyl on and took a picture of the pots themselves, we put the dahlia's in and brought outside to the bench for another picture. The flowers looked much happier before the boys got a hold of them with the hose. They were all asking questions about how I did it and surprised that the vinyl was so versatile.

Pots: Menards. Dahlia's: Home Depot. Vinyl: Oh My Crafts!. Cartridges: Letter Envy and Cuttin' Up. CCR and E2.