Friday, June 3, 2011

100+ Cricut Cartridge Blog Hop!

Happy Aloha Friday everyone! Hope you all had a great week and are ready to start the weekend! I know I sure am! Well, it's finally here - My Cricut Craft Room's June 100+ Cricut Cartridge Blog Hop! Whew - that was a mouthful! This is the second blog hop I've been in, and it's so much fun! WARNING - this is gonna be a longer post than usual, so I hope you'll stick around. Enjoy the music while you're reading. Heehee!

Before I get to my projects, I'd like to give a HUGE shout out to the gals I've met on FB in Erica's "My Cricut Craft Room". You all have totally inspired me to use my Cricut more and more and I look forward to doing exactly that! Anyhoo, back to the "Hop"! If you're on track, you should've just come from Lezlye Hardwick Lauterbach's blog. If not, please start at the beginning here, at Erica's blog. On to my projects. If you follow me, you know I'm more of a card and tag maker, and occasionally do 3-D projects. However, for this Hop, I decided to do an 8x8 scrapbook page and a keepsake page for my parents. I put this 8x10 page in an acrylic frame which I'm giving to them tomorrow, as a gift for their 60th wedding anniversary. Actually, their anniversary isn't until August, but I'm one of those people who just can't wait to give people their presents! Here's what I used on my page: Cricut Cartridge Pagoda, paper from DCWV (Cardstock for Cardmaking - Heritage Pack, and Far East Stack), scraps from my stash, and the Martha Stewart Cherry Blossom Punch Around the Page.


The words, symbols, and flowers were all cut from the Pagoda cartridge.


This next page is of our cat Maui. My son volunteers at an animal hospital/shelter and Maui adopted him last year. You read that right - the cat adopted my son! For this page, I used: Cricut Lite Cartridge Meow, paper from DCWV (Cardstock for Cardmaking - Heritage Pack), Stampin' Up! Designer Series Paper Petal Patch (maybe retired?), bling from stash, and a mini flower punch.


As soon as I saw this image on the cartridge, I knew I had to use it ... it reminds me so much of Maui!


This tag and the little kitty were also cut from the Meow cartridge. So cute!


Be sure to leave a comment on this post as Erica will be giving away blog candy to some special people who are hopping! After you leave your comment, please hop on over to Lucinda Gibson's blog, here. Thanks for sticking with me and I hope you'll come back to see more of my creations! Until next time, take care and be safe.

32 comments:

  1. Hi sister! Such a nice layouts! Great job. Have an excellent weekend. Hugs :)

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  2. Great layouts!!! new follower!

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  3. Hi Linda such great project and LO! Pagoda is one of my fav cartridge, need to start playing with my cricut again. Thanks for sharing and enjoy your weekend.

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  4. I love the Maui layout, he's adorable!

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  5. Aww your cat is gorgeous!! :) Love your projects!

    ♥ Laura ♥
    tweetyb@satx.rr.com
    http://laurascraftsandmore.blogspot.com/

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  6. I love that you used the Pagoda Cartridge!!!
    I have been trying to get Ideas!!

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  7. Great layouts. Need to try using my Pagoda cartridge.

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  8. Very cute layouts and Maui is adorable! You are getting to be DA MASTA with the Cricut, I better WATCH MY BACK!! LOL! Great job Linda, keep up the inspiring work!

    Luv,
    Joy

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  9. nice projects. and your 'eye candy' is unsurmountable! i'm trying to follow you but keep getting disconnected.

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  10. Aloha Linda. You not only live in my favorite place to visit, you have made a page with my favorite cartridge. What a beautiful gift! Mahalo and have a wonderful day.

    Happy Scrappin'

    Sue B
    Suenj99 at yahoo dot com
    http://susanascorner.blogspot.com/

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  11. Very nice creations. Thanks for sharing. patnbobcuddy at gmail dot com

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  12. Fantastic layouts... TFS
    ronnieandcorinne@sbcglobal.net
    wishuponascrap.blogspot.com
    craftychickdesgins.blogspot.com

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  13. Love the layout for your parents, it's beautiful! Also, like the napping cat, too cute. lflinesatcomcastdotnet

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  14. Thanks for all your kind words ladies! It's what keeps me crafting!!!

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  15. Beautiful layouts! I love the color combos!! I'm a new follower!

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  16. Lovely projects! and love the eye candy over on the left side of your blog! Thx!! lol. TFS
    Tammie_K

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  17. Wonderful projects Linda!! You have been a busy bee!! Gr8 layouts and fun elements. Thanks for sharing!! Hope ur having a wonderful day! Hugs,

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  18. Such sweet projects! I'm sure your parent's loved their present, always better when made with love! Cute story about your son being adopted by your kitty! lol Great projects and thanks for sharing! :)

    lovelyinspiredcreations.blogspot.com
    majelica at comcast dot net

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  19. Hey Linda these are toooo cute for words. Great job.

    terry @ crictucraftinterry.blogspot.com

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  20. The first card is beautiful, and the second -fun!

    Thanks for sharing.

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  21. TOTALLY have to check out that Pagoda cart now!!! Such awesome layouts!!! Love the one of Maui, too!! He's a pretty kitty!! (I LOVE cats.....from a distance LOL Don't want any of my own, though we have 4 yard cats here - Mom let my son keep 3 out of 5 kittens and the momma a while back.) Also, I'm a follower now since your stuff is right up my alley, you're my new FB Hawaii friend AND, so I see, a TOTAL Twilight nut like me!! :) (See, I knew there HAD to be more than the love of Hawaii...lol)

    Can't wait to see more of your creations!!! Aloha! and Mahalo!

    autumnwillis925 at gmail dot com

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  22. Wonderful work! I love the anniversay layout!!

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  23. What a sweet and thoughtful gift to celebrate your parents' anniversary. What a wonderful celebration. Great work, Linda! :)

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  24. Great ideas for my new Cricut.

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  25. Love Pagoda cartridge. I especially like the tag function
    katieoscreations@gmail.com

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  26. What a great use of Pagoda, just beautiful!
    Happy anniversary to your parents!

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  27. First, Happy 60th Anniversary to your parents! WOW, what a wonderful milestone! I hope they have MANY MANY MORE!

    Maui is adorable! oh how I <3 cats! I need to meow cart so that I can properly scrap all my kitty cat photos...that tag is just ADORABLE! One of these months I'm gonna have to do just layouts of the cats...LOL

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  28. GREAT layouts Linda! Wow! You're surely making wonderful projects with your Cricut! I'd better think about upgrading! Your parents will love the LO you did for their upcoming 60th anniversary! Keep them projects coming!!!
    Hugs, Cami

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