Sporty Fowl Layouts

Hi, everyone!
 Birds of a feather flock together so we are all here to enjoy our crafting passion as /*one*/. 
This is imafarmgirl with some beginner style gypsy/cricut fun for you. Thank you for having me as your designer today. I am very humbled. I feel I am a beginner in the world of designing as I never used design studio as many of our fellow crafters were well versed in. After I tried the Gypsy at a Gypsy demonstration ,I knew she had to go home with me and the new learning curve started! I would not have been able to learn the ins and outs of the gypsy without the supportive help from all of you on the cricut message board through posts, photos, and video. What a helpful "flock!"  When people post their creations with cuts, I would practice them myself. I've built some awareness with the ability to navigate the gypsy and am feeling more and more comfortable with the gypsy and creating.  I hope all "new and experienced birds" can all have fun with these layouts and their gypsy. Thank you for having me. Imafarmgirl

1. Layout: A little bird told me…

Supplies Used:

Cricut Cartridge: Straight from the Nest

Paper: Stampin’s Up! Sending Love Specialty Designer Series, Real Red, Very Vanilla, Chocolate Chip

Embellishments: Pearls Kaiser Basics, red faux rhinestone from Recollections

Details of the cuts: bird corner from the Corner function key 4”. (Pg. 29) Select the Advanced tab and flip the image. Cut bird corner at 4”. Cut the bird corner shadow at 4”

Phrase & phrase shadow-pg. 29 “A little birdie told me”: 3.65”

Flower: 3.75”

Border- pg. 29- select 2 sets, flip one set, weld: 1.26”

Tree-pg 38 cut 3 times at: 8”, 5.50”, 4.50” When I cut the top of the tree I actually had to do it manually with the cartridge in my Expression. My gypsy would cut the swirls too fast never cutting slow. The result was it would either rip the swirls or not make the complete cut on the swirls. So I cut the tops of the trees lowering my speed to low using the cartridge.

Photo mats : cut 3 at 6-1/4” X 4-1/4” 

2. Layout: Whoos Graduating

Supplies Used: 

Cricut Cartridge: A Child’s Year, Straight from the Nest

Paper: Stampin’s Up! Bashful Blue, Real Red cardstock, Bazzill brown, DCWV The Grade School Stack, B&W Alphabet Rusty Pickle, basic black & white from Joann’s.

Embellishments: buttons, brads from Making Memories, white signo pen for faux stiching,

Details of the cuts: 

Owl, owl layer/shadow, layer pieces-SFTN-pg 30- 3.0” 

Diploma-ACY-2.13” Flip and weld the diploma to bottom of the owl.

Font-ACY Whoos graduating 1.5” weld, Look 1.21” weld

Graduation mortarboard-ACY: 3.0”  black, 3.32” white. I wanted to off set it and there is no shadow function for this. I offset it using pop dots under the black piece.

Photo mats: cut 4 at 6-1/4”  X 4-1/4”. 

Photo corner: hand cut off a scrap.

3. Layout:   Swish

Supplies Used: 

Cricut Cartridge: Sports Mania, Basketball (Solutions) Don Juan

Paper: Martha Stewart craftstock grey,

Embellishments: fortune cookie strips, Making Memories page pebbles & black staple, buttons, black glaze pen for faux stiching

Details of the cuts:  Basketball boy and blackout-SM-3.75” Flip the image

Border-SM- pg.52- select 2 images, put on mat weld arms, copy to make 2 cuts for each side of the layout.

No Harm NO Foul phrase and blackout- Basketball-3.5” basketball and blackout-1.75”

Swish-Font: Don Juan-2.0”  Weld

Photo mats:  cut 3 at 6-1/4”  X 4-1/4” mat: cut 3 at 6-1/2”X4-1/2”

4. Layout : Swoosh

Supplies Used:  Stampin’ Up! corner rounder, hole punch

Cricut Cartridge: Sports Mania

Paper: Bazzill red, brown, black, basic black Joann’s, orange basketball paper Joann’s

Embellishments: Making Memories washers & black brads, Bazzill red brad, Moments Remembered journal tablet Little Yellow Bicycle, Joann’s ribbon, Cougar sign

Details of the cuts:  SM-pg 54-swoosh-image, shadow and layer -3.5”

Photo mats: cut 3 at 6-1/4”  X 4-1/4”