Dress up - Cricut Fair... Photo heavy!!!

 
 
 
 
 
 

So this has to be one of my favorite Cricut Circle magazine challenge thus far. While I love a good challenge this was no different. This challenge was to "dress up " and/or make a scene for  your little cricut vinyl guy/gals. Growing up I loved going to the local county fair. I was even lucky enough to join 4H for a season and won for my snicker doodle cookies.  

I thought it would be so fun creating this and once I started I couldn't stop. I probably put in over 20+ hours (shhhh don't tell my hubby). I had tons of ideas and even had to start writing everything down.  To me a fair isn't complete without: Animals, Exhibits, Food, and the "Midway".

I will say dressing up a 3" cricut vinyl w/ a 1 x1 body was a CHALLENGE. I had to give up on making some of the paper outfits and went to vinyl to make it easier. 

I won't bore you w/ all the details of each cut but I will say the cuts range from 1/4" to over 6" (w/ the barns, building, food trailer, Ferris wheel, tea cup ride, and fun house being 5 - 6").

I made a tractor complete with a moving "sled" to do a Cricut tractor pull.

I think the little farm animals from County Fair are so adorable. I loved making them. They all won 1st place for their animal class and some even took home a Best in show ribbon.

I remember at the county fair having a Ferris wheel, a tea cup style ride, a cool fun house, and the best bumper cars. These cars actually move on this display.

My cricut dress up includes:
A Cowboy (blue) - w/ chaps, and a cow boy hat, a hat ornament, and a Cricut buckle... (teehee)
A Cowgirl (red) with a  flowing skirt, and cowgirl hat
A Judge (White)   - A top hat, a ribbon, glasses, mustache, and tie  *** He's my favorite****
Fair goers - Green - eating a hot dog, and cotton candy
Fair goer - Purple - drinking a lemon aide shake up and eating a corn dog.
And lets not forget the Fair Queen - Pink - w/ a sash and eating pop corn.

I used some of the cuttle bug  and bug heads cuts from Cricut Everyday.

I used several different cartridges.

Hope you enjoy and
Happy Scrappin'

Birthday Frog/Castle Center piece

So a couple of days ago a friend ask me to "help" make her daugthers birthday treats/display. She is only having 6 little ones over so I agreed to "help" (ummm she meant me do all the work - hahaha). So she came over and browsed my cricut library and asked what I could make. I told her anything on the cartridge. She wanted a castle and frogs, but she didn't want a princess theme. What? NO princess theme?  She also told me she wanted green and purple. OK I can do that. Right? I had no green and purple paper (as I've been really using only what's in my stash). So off to the imagine I went. I printed off several sheets of paper using the cartridge Imagine more cards. PERFECT colors. I then cut all the images either w/ the imagine or the expression. Let's just say a chirping they were going.

Since, this will be for her centerpiece and putting cupcakes under the castle it would work for the Monthly Cricut challenge.

Princess Party - Castle cut at fit to page w/ layers. I think it did 11 1/2"
Princess Party - Castle treat boxes - 6" w/ the pink heart cut - and embossed
Princess Party - Scepter - 6" (she asked for them I provided) 
Create a critter - Frogs - cut at 2" w/ shadow.
I took the hearts cut from the treat boxes and added them to the peaks of the castle and added purple stickles.

I also made little frog - cup cake picks. I think those are so cute.

As you can see the 1st photo - no cupcakes. Why?  because I didn't have any. So I ran to the store and bought some yummy cup cakes. I added them to the castle and looks so cute when you look at it from all angles - these little sweet frogs looking at you.

Can I just say this is one of my favorite projects I think I've done and will probably do again for my daughter's birthday - maybe I'll change the colors.

Hope you enjoy and
Happy Scrappin'