Cricut Cartridge Storage

I have been wanting to organise my Cricut Cartridges for some time now so they are easy to access without having to go through piles of boxes looking for the one I wanted. After searching the web & U-Tube I finally found a way to store them.
Previously they were stored one on top of each other in 2 piles in a very narrow place. I would have to pull out the front pile to access the back pile or to even read the side of the case.
So I have gone from this:


To this, a neat & compact way to store and carry:

I will arrange the books in alphabetical order with a small tag attached to the spine for ease of identification. The overlays are stored in the book.

The cartridges are held in place by velcro dots applied ot the back of the cartridge & the lid of the box.



The box measures approximately 13 1/2" x 9" x 6 1/2". There is room for more books and an extra layer of cartridges could easily be added.

September Cyber Crop

All things floral.....Oh no!! not a flower themed CC. I just don't do flowers very well on LO's.

The revenge of the DT - Buy an A4 folder (the one with the plastic on the front/back and side where you can insert a decorative cover) OR make a mini.

Each of the DT has tutotials or instructions for 2 flowers. By the time we had completed this challenge we would have a book of tutorials on flowers. We had to make each of the flowers and then use one on a LO.

I chose to make a mini folder to store the tutorials:






These were my completed flowers:


I used one of the flowers by Kym on my blog hop challenge.
Criteria - inking, chipboard, handmade flower, a postage stamp, a bird, a birdcage, sanding, sparkle, a handmade tag for journaling or title and buttons.
And the finished product -



The window frame around the photo is from ScrapGirls Garden View collection.

Challenge #3 - Istanbul, Turkey

The third leg of our journey is to Istanbul, Turkey
http://www.artisticdocument.com/index.php?topic=3526.0
The inspiration for this challenge is the beautiful tiles of Turkey and all the beautiful repeat patterns in them.
Technique: Embossing of the stamped variety. I have painted the tiles in bright colours then stamped the ferris wheel on top. I heat embossed this with black embossing powder.
Criteria:
1.. In this LO we had to use a chipboard shape { circle,square diamond etc } in a repeat pattern to form a type of tile effect. I chose a rectangle.
2.. Flourishes. I have stamped these at the top & bottom of the LO.
3.. at least 5 different colours in your PPS and embellies, PLUS whatever amounts of black and white you need to use.

We also had to use our chosen stamp. Mine is under the photo in the top left of the LO. I have used the banners to create the effect of a Turkish Bazaar.
This is my take on the challenge:

Challenge #2 Paris - France

The trip around the world continues at Artistic Document http://www.artisticdocument.com/index.php?topic=3473.0
Well we are one round and one mini down so lets hop a steamer to Paris a city rich in culture and the home of many many famous painters ..........................................
So in this challenge we had to choose our favourite Impressionist Painter and our favourite painting done by him/her..

I chose Springtime by Monet:

Technique:Sewing/Frivolity either machine of hand but NO faux sewing and it can be on a the page or on an embellishment .. I have done this on the butterfly
Don't forget to use your chosen stamp ! ! ! ! ! - along the bottom of the frame

Criteria :
* String - the body of the butterfly
* Paint,Ink or Mist - inked edges of page, misted frame around photo
* Canvas - butterfly
*Must have a visible hot air balloon - stamped

This is my take on the challenge:

I have used the colours as my inspiration.

Artistic Document Cyber Crop Blog Hop

My criteria for the

Artistic Document Blog Hop challenge

is to use

chipboard

Mini Challenge #1

For our first mini challenge in the comp we had to make an embellishment. http://www.artisticdocument.com/index.php?topic=3467.0 Easy you say - hmmm!
* you can ONLY make it from chippie
* you must decorate it in steampunk style
* you must use ONLY metal on it -- watch parts, brads, chain, jewellery, beads, charms etc -- but they MUST be metal
* you must use your stamp somewhere
* you can't use ANYTHING else on it apart from ink, paint etc on the background.

So here is my chippie embellishment. I cut it on the Cricut using the Street Sign cartridge. I used Vintage Photo Distress Powder & ink to give it a rusty look then pulled apart an old watch to get all the workings to stick on it.



I decide I would make this as part of the title on the cover of my mini album. For the comp we could choose to do 12 x 12 LOs or an 8 x 8 mini album. I chose the latter.

Father's Day Mini Album

As part of our Cyber Crop Kym's challenge to us was to create a mini album for our dad, hubby or man in our life. This is what I made for my dad.

Around the World in 80 Days - Challenge 1 London England

Over at Artistic Document we are just beginning our journey around the world in 80 days. Who knows what surprises are in store for us (except the DT of course). Throughout this competition we will be doing a challenge every 8 days over 10 weeks. http://www.artisticdocument.com/index.php?topic=3376.0 There will also be mini challenges thrown in as well.

This is the first: The connection to London England is the photo of my grandfather who came to Australia from England as a young boy of 7.


Inspiration : Vintage - dawn of the Mechanical Age
Technique : Steampunk
1. Pick a stamp and use on every project through the comp.
2. Grunge
3. metal
4. distress
5. clockface or timepiece

My stamp is one of Tim Holtz birds on a wire.(Just above the title)
I have distressed and inked the edges of the photo & the paper.
The cogs were done using Tim Holtz distress ink & distress powder (Vintage Photo) to give a rusty look.
The clock/timepiece was cut from Bo Bunny Timepiece paper. The background PP is also from the same Bo Bunny range.