Fun in the Sun

 Happy Monday and welcome to another Monday challenge!

Challenge #204 Sketch Challenge

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Stamp set of Winner's Choice

~Design Team Inspiration~

~This Weeks 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 this week, I decided to look toward the coming summer and sitting by the pool, feeling the grass on my feet, and wearing my new sunglasses. Literally, this card came from me and my summer experiences. I image sending this card to a friend from out of town to come and stay with us for a long weekend.

I love this image and phrase from the Cricut cartridge, Summer Celebrations. I used bright colors on the circle and the umbrella. I thought about adding glitter, but the bright colors felt real to me without the glitter. I cut the grass from the Holiday Frames & Tags Cricut cartridge. The sunglasses were also from the Summer Celebrations cartridge. The patterned paper background is from the Recollections, Bold Basics stack. The white cardstock is embossed with a small floral folder from Cuttlebug. I used a gem from my stash for the center of the sunglasses.

Challenges Entered:

Allsorts Challenges: Use those Die Cuts

My Creative Moments - Wordplay: Anything

Alphabet Challenge: D for Die Cuts

Cut it Up: Anything Goes + Die Cuts

C.R.A.F.T Challenge: What Season are You? 

Holiday Tag

Exploring Cricut is hosting their second challenge of the month. The theme is "bag, box, or tag with ribbon." I never miss an opportunity to start my holiday tags early. So I'm proud to present this DT sample of the challenge.

I started with the Cricut cartridge Holiday Frames and Tags, and cut the tag on page 66. The actual tag has journaling lines down the right hand side, so I used my CRR to eliminate those cuts. I chose this tag in particular because I thought the small inside tag would be perfect for a sentiment. I really wanted a few pops of color on this tag to go beyond the traditional blue, white, and silver for Hanukkah, so I chose the orange patterned paper from Basicgrey, Hey Girl stack, and the yellow gift bag from my stash (there is a Jewish star on the bag). Across the lower part of the tag is a piece of ribbon that is printed with words such as: love, laugh, life, family, together, and more. I thought that was quite appropriate for a family Hanukkah party.

Challenges Entered:
Addicted to Stamps and More: Holidays (W, W)
Little Red Wagon: Anything but a Card (W, W)
Mark's Finest Papers: Anything but a Card (W, Saturday)