Scrapbooking with the Cricut 9 comments  

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Have you been bitten by the Cricut bug? I know that so many people including myself have! With the release of the new Cindy Loo Cartridge, Provo Craft has managed to add another cartridge to my list of favorites! For this reveal, I've created several layouts and cards all using this fabulous new cartridge! 

When I use the Cricut, I have two goals in mind. First, I want to create something unique and fun. Second, I want to be efficient and not waste paper. One of tips I always suggest: when you create a really fun embellishment, you should make more than one so that you can use it on another project. In the following group of projects, I created the same flower four times, but in several different sizes to use on different projects. This flower can be found on the Cindy Loo cartridge on page 49 of the manual. I cut one flower at 9", two flowers at 6.5" and one flower at 5". (speed - medium, pressure - high, blade dial #6) Since you can only cut one piece of paper at a time and if you don't want a lot of scraps, this is the most efficient way to use your paper! 

"Silly Girls"

This layout uses a favorite photo of my daughter, Lauren, and her friend, Emma being silly. They act like crazy seven year olds and they definitely provide me with some great camera moments! 

For the layout, I used the large 9" flower as the focus. The additional pink and red leaf border surrounding the photo used the Branch border on page 48 of the Cindy Loo Cartridge. I cut two of the borders and I used one on the right side of the photo. For the 2nd branch border, I cut it in half and used the pieces around the left side of the photo. 

"Family Getaway"

On this layout, I've used one of my favorite family photos taken while we were in Disney World getting ready to see the Hoop Dee Doo Review at Fort Wilderness! I decide I didn't want to take a Wild West approach to this layout and instead opted for flowers so that I could hang this up in our living room.

I started with a basic black background and cut the Little Yellow Bicycle Orange Basket paper to 11.5" x 11.5" to leave a border around the edges. I used a straight stitch to sew around the outside edges of the orange paper to add a little interest. For the circular scallop shape, I used the Basic Grey Glossary paper and cut the shadow pattern on page 71 of the Cindy Loo cartridge at 10.5". Next, I cut the Lustre black diamond Kaisercraft paper into a circle at 10.25" using the Graphically Speaking cartridge. This can be found on page 56 of the cartridge. Lastly, I cut the frame around the photo at 6.5" with the frame found on page 48 of the Cindy Loo Cartridge. Then, I cut a second frame at 6.75" using black card stock to add a shadow. As you can see, I used two of my flowers on this layout. One is 5" and the other is slightly larger at 6.5". I cut off the stem of the 5" flower and attached it to the left stem of the 6.5" flower. I completed the layout using 2 small die-cuts to enhance the title of the page.

"Make A Wish"

To create this card, I used the flower cut at 6.5" for the center of the layout. The base paper of the layout is the Lush pink damask floral paper. Next, I used the My Mind's Eye Daring Dot paper and cut out a frame from page 32 of the manual at 4.5"

"Tree Huggers" 

Just like most kids, my kids have so much fun playing outdoors and they LOVE to climb trees. This layout highlights a few photos that I took of them climbing last year! 

For this layout, I've used the doily4 from page 71 of the Cindy Loo Cricut Cartridge as the base of the layout. To create a fun, woodsy background, I've used the Creative Imaginations Real Wood 12"x12" thin paper in cherry. Even though the paper sounds like it may be to thick to use in a Cricut, you can absolutely die-cut the paper without a problem! I used maximum pressure and had the blade setting to #6. I used Glitter Ice Stickles in Cherry Ice and Distress Stickles in Peeled Paint to add a bit of sparkle to the Real Wood. I let this dry overnight. I added two 2.5"x3" photos matted in black and other embellishments to complete the layout! 

"Congrats"

To create this card, I used the Red Tonal paper from Little Yellow Bicycle and cut the frame found on page 48 of the Cindy Loo cartridge cut at 4.5" The brown branch was cut using the branch border found on page 48.  I added small pink jewels to the tips of the branch to add some sparkle. The Congrats title is found on page 67 of the Cindy Loo Cartridge an was cut out at 1.25" on a low speed setting. 

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