Gypsy Jumped Over the Moon Challenge

This past week we were to explore stretching and flattening images using the aspect ratio link feature of the gypsy. When this link is disabled, you can change the height without changing the width (this is a stretch) or change the width without changing the height (this is a flatten), or you can do both to an object. Our creative theme for the week was nursery rhymes – to celebrate the new Nursery Rhymes cartridge that will soon be available.
OK, so here’s what I did! I took the easy way out and borrowed the theme of this week’s challenge to choose a nursery rhyme for my project. Carts I used are A Child’s Year, Paper Doll Dress Up, Paper Pups, Walk in My Garden, From My Kitchen, Don Juan, When my DH saw my project, he said, “Do you think people will get it?” “Well, of course, they will, I replied. And you do, don’t you? You know, the cow thinks we can’t be really serious about him jumping over the moon!

I both stretched and flattened the cow, the cat, and the word “what”. I flattened the word “me”, the dish, and the grass. And, so I could really see the effects of what I was doing, I made this project in size large. It is 12 inches x 12 inches!
Have a nice day, and thanks for visiting!

Gypsy Forum Challenges

There are weekly challenges over on the Cricut Board Gypsy Forum. Nothing competitive, just an incentive to learn more about using the gypsy and all those fantastic cartridges we're eager to buy.
I'll start with the current challenge called 3 + 1 = Success.  That is to say, 3 cuts, 1 weld, and you're home free!  I chose to make an aperture card. I used George to make the base, welding four rectangles together with the already welded “thanks” phrase from Don Juan. Then I cut the individual letters to say “thanks” and “for all you do!” also from Don Juan. The flower is from Forever Young. The envelope is a cut from Sentimentals. It’s hard to tell in the photo, but the card base is a lovely purple. The paper for the card front mat and envie liner is from The Stack 6 by DCWV.

Kind of cute, don't you think?

The first challenge was to use circles in some way in a project.  Here's mine -- a timely reminder about daylight savings time.

I used my silouhette sketch pens to write the numbers on the clock on the front of the card, rather than cut them, because I wanted the clockface to be REALLY in the background. The clock is from My Community. I used George to make the base clock circles, and Pooh for everything else. I'm quite pleased with this card, and here we are in Daylight Savings time! A fun project for me!

Playing Catch Up

It's been a while since I posted my creations, so today I though I'd play catch up.  It was in February that I worked on the project I'm showcasing here. Creations on my Pazzles.  I love making purses with card sets to match, and although this project took a couple of weeks -- working almost every day, it was fun. 

These purses hold the standard A2 size cards and envelopes. The body is a one piece construction that folds around the box that holds the goodies, and the outsides are embellished so each to has its own personality.

Considering that there are several purse designs on the new Cricut cartridge "Forever Young", I think I'll be making more purse sets in the future.