Napier - Cricut Expression and E2 Teaching Weekend. June 2013

Cricut Expression and Cricut Expression 2 Teaching Weekend in Naper - 8th 9th June 2013

busy working on a 'backpack'

Learning with Flo

some of the creations-in-progress

learning new ideas

group pic

test time - all passed with flying colours

Wedding Cake

I saw this on a youtube and had to try it. It is a bit of a fiddle and if I did it again I would put it together in a different order. We live and learn!! I quite like the finished effect but would be nice to have some access into one of the boxes so a gift could be added. Could always add a gift card to the decoration. Also thought that I might try folding $5 notes in half longways and rolling them into a flower - not sure if that would work. If anyone has tried it could you let me know. I think the flowers being money would make a wonderful gift.

mushroom log

thought I would make this as I wanted to use the little peachy keen face stamps. First time I have used them and they are soooo cute.
ran the brown card through the woodgrain cuttlebug folder, cut the mushrooms from create a critter (pg32). love it!! would like to put something other than choc's in it - maybe a small face cloth and lip gloss?????

April Showers Bring May Flowers

April Showers bring May Flowers. I made this canvas using the Cricut cartridges 'walk in my garden, Spring cottage, 3 birds on parade, and imagine more cards.
hope you like it.

Thomas Tank Engine

This is my first attempt at a 'canvas' and I am quite pleased. I have a darling wee boy in my life who just LOVES Thomas the Tank Engine.
The canvas is a 10x10 size and I used SU inks to do the sky and grass as a base. Thomas and Percy are cut on my Cricut E2 from George Basic Shapes, and the letters are also cut from here. The railway lines I cut by hand. the tree is from the Cindy Loo cartridge and the aeroplane is from a box of wood embelishments. I used Ice Stickles - crystal ice on the very edge of the plane wings and the nose of the plane. I used a SU marker to dot some green grass around the base of the tree. I am actually quite pleased with the end result - hope my 'little man' is pleased with it too.

bird cage card

I made this card from the 'creative cards' cricut cartridge. I like cards that 'move' and the bird cage swings nicely in this one. I have added some leaves and berries up the side and a bird and butterfly on the inside. I like the 'hang in there' sentiment. I am going to enter it in the 'bitten by the bug 2' weekly challenge.

Irish Card

this is my effort at doing an Irish card. I used Art Philosophy, Destinations and Cricut Alphabet cartridges