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Thanks for coming to day's My Cricut Craft Room  and today's theme is Traditions.

When I was young, I remember my parents and thier siblings getting together to purchase a family tree for my grandparents. It was so pretty and I am sure amy mom has it now since my grandparents passed on. It was a gold leaf tree set on velvet with everyone (at the time) birth stones. I remember for years that it hung in a special place at both Grandmother's house. My brother and I would point to it and say look at everyone in the family.

Sadly it became dated after another cousin was added on one side and than on the other side, about 10 more were added after it.

I really wanted to make one for my parents and it will grow with them (I suspect one more grandkid will be added so I made an extra scallop circle that is on the back).




I used the  Heritage cartridge for the tree as well as the birds and some font that I have imported into CDS for the family name.

I used a punch for the scallop tags and circles. I had cut out some funky tags but really didn't like it so I went with this instead. I just printed up everyone's name on white card stock and punched those out as well. This is a blend of so many ideas!

It is December 1 and that means Christmas will be here soon. In our house, the start of the Christmas seasons starts with the arrival of the Elf (elves) on the Shelf. Our elves aren't actually Elf not he Shelf ones but better as my kids say because they can be touched. 

So today on My Cricut Craft Room, we are featuring that beloved Elf.

Our Elves arrived in style the Friday after Thanksgiving which kicks off the holidays for my kiddos. Last year, I planned every day and created fun digital scrapbook of all the Elves comings and doings. You can check it out here if you like!

SO again this year, I have planned it all out so that when 9 pm hits, the elves are prepared to be placed in their naughty or nice positions. 

This year we kicked off thier arrival with a breakfast on Friday morning which included all sorts of goodies and treats for them.

I used the Jolly Holidays cartridge and the elves on there are so stinking cute.

First I made a banner using basic banner shapes and than using the  Print than Cut feature, did the banner. I wanted something cute that could stay up for the holiday season. 

The goal this year is to make sure Eddie (Mr. L's) Elf makes it with out losing any major body parts but in case he does, a replacement elf has been purchased. 

Thanks for stopping by!

Thanks for joining me today from My Cricut Craft Room and today's theme is Modern!


Today I am showcasing my modern style Give Thanks!

I used some different colors for my Thanksgiving banner with some teals, blacks and orange to give it a different look. these have become so popular for Fall colors. Use traditional colors and add that pop of modern.

Thanks for joining me at My Cricut Craft Room and today's theme is Clouds!!!

I was unsure how I would do clouds for this theme but I came up with this fun scrapbook page for my daughter and my mother in law.

I used my own file for Hello specifically I imported into CDS SU's hello from one of thier digital sets made for ecutters.

Sunshine was from the April Showers Cart and I used the write feature for the Explore.

The rectangles are your basic freebie from CDS and I sized to fit the picture and layered!

Thank you so much for joining us on the MCCR Blog Hop featuring our favorite mouses.

I was really excited to do this hop because I had the PERFECT project for it. I have been on occasion helping out friends and well friends of friends in doing thier Mickey shirts for when they go on vacation. 

So I had the opportunity to make these three adorable Minnie head shirts using the Mickey and Friends Cartridge. 

The pink bow is so cute but I also really like the purple bow. 

These were super easy to make. Using my cutter, I sized the mickey head in Design studio for each shirt and than added the bow. I did the same for the back of the shirts as well. I love the templates they offer so I get good sizing for my projects. 

I cut out per the settings for iron on vinyl and of course mirrored my imagine. I ironed them on using a trick I learned by placing a piece of cardboard covered in foil to help heat transfer. 

Start

1. Start- http://mycricutcraftroom.blogspot.com 

2.  Rebecca- http://queenmommiedom.blogspot.com

3.  Pam http://www.psiloveyouscrapbooking.com/

4.  Lynn  - http://mycardsnstuff.blogspot.com/.../mickey-minnie-and...

5.  Sonja- http://sugarbeancards.blogspot.com/

6.  Brenda - http://www.disneygirlcrafts.com/

7.  Craft Lovers Come Here- http://CraftLoversComeHere.blogspot.com 

Well today is the "Smarty" theme for MCCR.

So what does Smarty mean to you- for me it was well Going Back to School. 

The kids started about a month ago so the Friday before we had a Back to School Pool Party with some friends. 

We had pizza, snacks, and of course cupcakes. It was a last hooray for the kids before being back in a routine for school as well as a last hooray for us Moms. 

I used the following carts for the party:

Birthday Bash

Recess

I also used stuff from my stash like the Alphabet stamps I have on hand. 

I really like how it turned out and the kids all went home with smart goodies!

Start

1. Start- http://mycricutcraftroom.blogspot.com 

2. Rebecca  http://queenmommiedom.blogspot.com

3. Laurie  http://craftysisterscreations.com

4. Sonja  http://sugarbeancards.blogspot.com/  

5. Trish Carrier http://Ifieverdoit.blogspot.com  

6. Jen Goode http://www.100directions.com/

7. Craft Lovers Come Here- http://CraftLoversComeHere.blogspot.com