More Fun Scraps

Happy memorial day

2012-05-28T05:59:00.001-07:00

Hello all my crafty friends
I am very excited today since this is my first post as a special guest designer over at Exploring Cricut . I had complete full range on what I wanted to do on this project which is awesome by the way, So I thought. I couldn't decide on what I wanted to. I kept thinking of projects and then saying,"no that's not what I want to do". Then it finally hit me, I thought well this post is going to go live on Memorial Day so lets do a memorial day themed project. And so I did exactly that. I hope you enjoy and I went a little photo crazy so bare with me.

First is the picture of my whole project. It is a little hard to see details because I had to back up some to get everything in the picture. Don't worry though I have plenty of close up pictures.

I will start with the easiest, the rosettes. The little ones you see hanging in the middle those were created using the ribbons and rosettes cricut cartridge. The big ones you see I created using an SVG file from SVG Cuts called Made in the USA.

Next we will talk about the cupcakes. For the pics I used plantin schoolbook cricut cartridge. I just used a circle and a star and cut them out. For the cupcake wrappers again I used the Made in the USA kit. Now for the cute little stand you see those cupcake on I used another SVG file from SVG Cuts called Popular Street Tulips. I love the files over at SVG Cuts they are super simple to put together and super cute.

Last but not least the Uncle Sam like hat. I used the Made in the USA file agin for this hat but I just made it bigger then it comes on the file. I wanted it to be more of a center piece. I cut it out with decorative paper and also I decorated each side with something memorial dayie.

The star is from Plantin Schoolbook and I just scored it so it would look 3D.

The cute little kid silhouette and that adorable flower you see both came from the Made in the USA kit.

The little rosette came from the ribbons and rosettes cartridge. I actually was going to hang it but I ran out of room to hang it so I decided to attach it to the hat instead.

The little menu and food name stands I found online on a website but I cannot remember where and I thought I saved the link but I guess I didn't I do apologize for that.
Well I hope you have enjoyed my memorial day mini party. Please Don't forget to comment I love to read your comments. If you are not a follower also please follow me I would love to have more followers.
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Picture cube

2012-05-21T17:48:00.001-07:00

Ok so I have been waiting off on posting this project because I wanted to post it after my mother in laws bday since I was giving it to her as a present. I didn't want her to come across it and spoil the surprise.

For my project I used the 3D dice from The Green Room Kit from SVG Cuts for the photo cubes. I cut out 6 cubes and before glueing them together I had 6 pictures that I had chosen already cut up and ready to be glued on to the sides of my cubes. (By the way i used 6 4x6 photos.) Make sure you glue them before hand that way they will get a good hold.

This is what each one of my cubes looked like there was a part of a different picture on each side of the cube so when you got all 6 cubes together they would form a complete picture for a total of 6 different pictures.

Well I didn't want to stop there I wanted something to put them in that would hold them neatly and securely so I could give them to her. So I started thinking and then SVG Cuts released there 3D numbers kit and it was perfect for my project. I know you are thinking but how or why was that perfect. Well I used the cupcake box and modified it so instead of holding cupcakes it could hold my 6 photo cubes.

This is how it turned it. I LOVE IT!!! For the flowers you see on the outside of the box I used SVG Cuts Lunch with Mom kit . I actually added a cute tag that said happy birthday land attached it with cute twine and a button but I took this picture before I had added that on there. Sorry. So do you want to see how it looks when you open it?
Well here is a pic of it with the lid off

Basically I replaced the circles with squares that were the same size as my cubes.

Well this post is long enough, I hope that you all enjoyed it as much as I enjoyed making it.

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Congrats class of 2012

2012-05-16T12:35:00.001-07:00

Even though I graduated a couple of years ago I still have a couple of friends and co workers who are just graduating. So when SVG Cuts came out
With their Graduation Day kit I knew I had to get to working on a project. In the middle of me working on projects they also released there 3D numbers kit. PERFECT timing right then and there I knew what I wanted to create.

I created everything in the picture using the two kits, I did use a couple of brads that I had purchased from Hobby Lobby as embellishments for the numbers. between the two kits they pretty much had everything I needed to create cute graduation gifts. Hope you are inspired and I love to read comments so please feel free to leave as many comments as you like.

Linking up at:
Pink Cricut: Link up Tuesday

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Im a little tea pot

2012-05-13T16:56:00.001-07:00

I'm back. I m sorry I have been gone for a bit but I had a lot of stuff going on and have not been able to post. But now I'm back with a lot of cute projects to show you this up coming week. The first one is the cutest teapot, tea cup, and saucier ever. It is the new releases from SVG Cuts called Tea for you and me. As soon as they released I knew I had to get to work because my mom loves tea and it would be great to go with her mothers day present.

Her kitchen is made up of blue and white and I just happen to have the cutest blue and white paper and knew I had to use it for this project. I just love how this came out. Mary from SVG cuts really out did her self on this file it is amazing I cannot wait to make more teapots and tea cups and spoons and saucers and... Lol just kidding that's it.

My daughter actually wants me to make her a set. She keeps saying I want to play tea time since she saw it. I want to make her a really cute girlie one. I'm just scared that as soon as I give it to her she is going to tear it up. Oh well I guess huh?

Well my mom really loved it and cannot wait to bring it to school to show off to her fellow co workers.

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Mother's Day shadow box

2012-05-04T09:58:00.001-07:00

I'm back with yet another 3D project and this time it was a very time consuming one at that. I had purchased a file on the Silhouette online store called 8x10 shadow box by Lorri Whitlock that I have been wanting to use and with mothers day right around the corner I thought this would be the perfect time to make it. So I got started picking out my papers and designs. Then I cut it out and started assembling. I couldn't wait to have the finished product so I could start decorating it the way I wanted. Well I had to wait, I ended up waiting almost 3 days before I could finish it up. Not because it was hard but because I couldn't catch a break. I was super busy. Oh well enough blabbering I know you are anxious to see the project so here it goes...

Besides the shadow box I used a file by SVG Cuts called Lunch with Mom for both the flowers and the I Love You phrase. I also used another SVG Cuts file called Ryan's Play Date for the letters M O M. I had so much fun making this that I cannot wait to make another one for my mother in law. I will post pics of that one also when I am done.

Linking up at:
Craft Junkie Too: TGIF Link Party #55

More Than Favors: wacky Wednesday #70 Mothers Day

My Craft Spot: challenge # 54 mothers day

Krafty Girls: dear Mom challenge #6

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jewelry Box

2012-05-03T09:44:00.002-07:00

Hello my crafty friends,

I have been trying to put this jewelry box together since SVG Cuts released the Playful Parlour Kit. I was finally able to complete it yesterday. I have had the idea pondering in my head for a while and finally had the chance to cut it all out. So lets take a look at it.

I used the Playful Parlour kit from SVG Cuts to cut out the box. I created my own little box inside to be able to put the ballerina on. I punched a hole and then put a little pink eyelet in it, then I took some floral wire and wrapped in a spring shape and attached it to the ballerina and then through the hole to the box. I did this so when you close the box and then you open it up again she will pop back up. For the little girl I used Lettering Delights Glam Girls Paper Dress up SVG set.

Here is a picture of the box closed up. I believe the paper that I used was a paper pack from Teressa Collins I just cant remember the name of it though, sorry.

Mini watering can

2012-04-30T18:56:00.001-07:00

Hello all,

I am back with another project for you all. This time I decided to create a mini watering can that I purchased the file from SVG Cuts. It is actually a mother's day kit but I decided to use it has a birthday project for my grandmother instead.

I used EK Success brand of paper that I received has a gift from Exploring Cricut for this project. Same thing for the brads and the chip board happy birthday. You could easily put happy mothers day instead of birthday and make this project a mothers day project instead. For the flowers I used the same SVG Cuts file just instead of the watering can file I used the flowers from the small glove box file.

I plan on putting the necklace that I bought for my grandmother wrapped in tissue paper inside the mini watering can along with the flowers. She loves flowers so that's why I decided to put flowers inside the watering can. I really hope she likes it.

Linking up at:
Scrapalicious USA:flower power
Paper playtime:ch #73 anything goes

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Cake any one

2012-04-27T05:47:00.001-07:00

Ok so I have been working on this project since Monday and I finally finished it last night. I wanted to post it last night but it was too late. I am very happy with the way it came out it was a lot of work considering I had to cut the box out twice and some other things I will explain further down. So cake any one?

I decided I wanted to make a cake like project since I have a lot of that sweets related papers. For my cake slices I used Lettering Delights Cake Favor Boxes SVG file. The paper I used was from DCWV the Sweet Stack.

I also cut a strip of brown card stock and embossed it with the divine swirls and attached it to both sides of the cake slices to give it that chocolate filled effect. For the strawberry I used a file from the SVG Shop called Strawberry Favors and a basket.

Here is the part I was talking about cutting twice I wanted to make it look like a cake in a box ready to take to a party. So I decided to cut a cake box. Well I most have some how sized the top different from the bottom because when I had everything put together the top and bottom didn't fit, so I had to recut the bottom again. Oh well it's ok because I love how it came out. I got the cake box file SVG Cuts Caramel Apple Pie set.

You can fill the cake slices with candy or any favors you like and even the strawberries can be filled with some candies also. I really enjoyed making this project even though it seemed like it took forever.

Linking up at:
Exploring Cricut: It's a box

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Concrete truck

2012-04-23T19:20:00.001-07:00

I usually don't do many boy themed things since I have a 2year old daughter but today I decided to work on a boy themed project. I was inspired to create this from Thienly from Mod Paperie. She created a dump truck that was super cute which made me think what else could i create from this truck. So without further ado I present to you my creation.

I had been thinking about this since I saw the truck file Ryan's play date on SVG Cuts website. So I thought what else could I do with this file and I remembered about the egg container SVG cuts had released on the Popular Streets Tulips file and the idea came to me, why not create a concrete truck. So I did.

I kept the truck sizes the same but the egg file I shrunk it down to a smaller size so it would fit on the truck. I closed off the back of the truck first and then I attached the concrete container. I used a wooden stick that went from inside the egg through the top of it and to the back window. I used a glue dot to attach it to the back window.
I really hope you all enjoy it as much as I did.
Linking up at:
Fantabulous Cricut Challenge Blog:Challenge me Monday 108 On the Go
My Craft Spot:Challenge #53 things that go
Pink Cricut:Link up Tuesday
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Teapot

2012-04-22T18:22:00.001-07:00

Ok so my mom asked me to make her a Birthday card related to tea. When she told me this I went blank. I couldn't think of anything. Then I started thinking and remembered that Lettering Delights had come out with a 3d teapot set. But how was I going to incorporate a card in there? Then it hit me,I remember seeing a pop up slider card so I took the pop up portion of that and incorporated into my teapot

Here it is closed up and looking cute

Here it is with the pop up slider attached to the teapot lid. So when you pull up the lid the little card pulls up with it.

Finally here is the card outside of the pop up slider pocket. For the tiny card I used Make the Cut to type up the saying and insert the tea cup then I just printed it. Then I cut another teacup out and pop dotted it on top of the printed teacup.
My mom really loved it and even asked me to make her one out of blue and white paper though. So I guess I will be making another but with the 3D teacup to match.
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Cupcake stand

2012-04-20T19:04:00.001-07:00

Good evening
I hope everyone is having a great day. For my project today I was inspired by a cute hello kitty cupcake stand thingy ( I don't know what it's called so I just named it thingy) the inspiration came from the following picture:

The pic on the left. I think they are like a cute table with a cover. Whatever it is, it inspired me.

I used an SVG Cuts file Happy Birthday to You to create this project. I just altered it a bit and used a stick which I covered with paper and hot glued it to the top and bottom to make sure it stays standing up. I also used a free 3D bow file from SVG Cuts also for the hello kitty look a like bow on top of the cupcake. I used different color stickles to decorate the top to make it look like sprinkles. I left the bottom hollow so you could put some treats inside and give as a gift to someone( I don't think I will be giving this away I like it to much).
Linking up at:
Craft junkie too:TGIF linky party #54
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Cookies anyone

2012-04-18T19:16:00.001-07:00

Did I ever mention that I do not like weeding through my cuts. I am not a very patient person when it comes to weeding a cut with tiny cuts. My mat that I used is not all that sticky anymore and the file that I used was not that great. I'm unsure of where I even got it from. I have been having a paper with chocolate chips on it for a while now not knowing what exactly I wanted to do with it. Well I thought why not use it with cookie monster since he loves chocolate cookies. So I did just that.

I just used a pre made white card for the base and then cut that chocolate chip paper for the background then I took my circle punch and punched out that circle and stamped it with a My Thought Exactly stamp from there Sweet Thoughts stamps and stamped it on that circle.

For the inside I just typed up what I wanted it to say and printed it on white card stock.

Linking up at:
Cooking with Cricut: challenge #82 national card and lettering writing month
Go Fish: challenge #15 anything goes

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Beach bum

2012-04-17T15:22:00.001-07:00

I'm back! I'm sorry that I have been gone longer then expected I had a lot of catching up to do when I got back from my mini vacay. Any who I got a beach themed 12x12 layout to show you all today. I plan on putting pictures of my daughter playing at the beach in these.

Well where do I start. Lol;) I could not begin to explain all the sizes that I cut to create this since I started it before my vacation. I did use Lettering Delights for my cuts. I used the following files: Soak up the sun for the bathing suit,swimming trunks,sand castle,bucket,umbrella,tote,sunglasses,sun,beach ball,and flip flops, Something Fishy for the crab,sea shell, star fish and clam, Slumber Party for the sunscreen bottle, Dress up Paper Dolls for the little girl.As far as the palm tree and beach chair I am not sure where I got these files from. for the words Beach bum I just typed them up in Make the Cut and print and cut the file.

I also used some twine, stickles,dimensionals, and the cuttlebug for the sand. For the cute little girl I used Peachy Keen Wide eyed kids stamp for her face and the face on the sun.

I really hope you enjoy my layout and if any one has any questions about feel free to message me.
Challenges I plan on entering:
Peachy Keen stamps challenge: Peachy Keen challenge #13 anything goes
Pink Cricut: link up Tuesday
Fantabulous Cricut Challenge: challenge me Monday #107 April showers
My craft spot:Monday challenge #52 make it pop
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Beach

2012-04-12T04:34:00.001-07:00

Just wanted to let everyone know that I am going to be out until Sunday. We decided to come to the beach and return back home on Saturday. I should have a simple project for everyone on Sunday so please don't abandon me. Come back and check back on Sunday to see my new project. Thanks

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Spring flowers

2012-04-10T19:35:00.001-07:00

When I first thought about my flower project I was actually thinking about it as a gift to give my grandmother for Easter. Well...when I started working away at it and finishing it up I really really liked so I decided to not give it to her. I know I know you are probably thinking that's mean, well my grandmother got real ones inside. She enjoys those better. Back to my project, well I started cutting out a bunch of flowers from the 3d flowers file from SVG Cuts using my Silhouette Cameo machine and my Cricut Imagine for some flowers using the Flower Shoppe cartridge. I figured this would speed up the cutting process. Well it did but then I got confused with what went with what and ended up spending more time trying to figure it all out. So not so great of an idea. All I know is I ended up with more pieces then I needed and I left some flowers out since they were not complete. Lol:)

I do know that I cut the bushel basket using an SVG cuts file called Caramel Apple Pie. Once I worked out everything the best way I could I was able to put a cute project together I believe. I couldn't tell you want paper I used or what all I used since I was so stressed out trying to figure out all of the pieces but it's ok the project was worth it.

I used a Martha Stewart punch for the butterfly's along with Martha Stewart glitter.

Linking up at:
Die Cutting Divas: challenge #60 pastels
Exploring Cricut: April showers brings us flowers
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BANG!!!

2012-04-09T20:20:00.001-07:00

I was trying to think of a card to make for my brothers birthday which is tomorrow but I could only think of girlie things instead of manly things. I always get stuck when it comes to making a card for man. Any who he likes Batman and a lot of other comic characters so I decided to go with something in that field. My favorite Batman characters are the Joker and Harley Quinn and since my brother had gotten me a collectors Harley Quinn statue I figured why not make him a card with her on it.

I found a pic online and printed it out and colored in with my Copics. I then trimmed her down and pop dotted her up on the card. I love the background paper it just goes perfectly with her. For the sentiment on the front I used a stamp from My Thoughts Exactly

For the inside sentiment I typed it up and just printed it out.
I really love how this card turned out and I really hope he enjoys it too.
Linking up at:
My Craft Spot: Monday Challenge #51 inside and Out
Getting Cricky: Simply Sunday Project Favorite Project
Pink Cricut: Link up Tuesday

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3d birdcage

2012-04-08T17:47:00.001-07:00

Happy Easter !!!

I hope everyone is having a good fun filled Easter I know I sure am. Well I have a 3D birdcage cage to share with you all today. I used the SVG Cuts Playful Parlor file for the birdcage and Lettering Delights Hops and Tweets 3D for the birdie and the eggs inside

It was really hard for me to take a picture of the birdie inside since the birdcage was in the way. I do apologize for the not so good pic. The birdies sitting on a little swing like thing that I created by welding shapes together until I got the desired look. It is so much cuter in person believe me.

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Sleep over invite

2012-04-06T18:08:00.001-07:00

When I first saw the Lettering Delights Slumber Party Cut it set I knew I had to create something with it but what I thought. It has the cutest files on it. Well one of my cousins is planning on having a sleep over so I thought great I could use this file to create invite for her to hand out to her friends.

I chose to use the little girl laying in her sleeping bag for the invite. So to make it unique I thought why not make it so the little girl pulls out of the sleeping bag and that's where the party information is. So I did just that.

I had to play with the file a little to get it to work but I got it. Then when I was getting ready to put it all together I realized that I did not have a stamp that said sleep over I had a stamp for all of the rest of the information except one that said sleep over. So I had to go back and do print and cut on the pull out part so that I could get it exactly like I wanted. In the end it turns out that it makes the process a lot faster then having to stamp all the information. Hope you likey.

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Sweet wishes

2012-04-05T19:14:00.001-07:00

I have been really swamped at work and have not really had time to craft as much as I would like but I am slowly but surely working on a couple of projects for you all. I do have a card to share with you all tonight. I actually made this card a couple of months ago but have not gotten around to posting it. I got the idea from another card that I saw when I was blog surfing. I do not remember where I saw it but if you happen to know please message me and let me know that way I can give proper credit.

I used the Kyoto kuties for her and My Thoughts Exactly Sweet Thoughts stamps. I hope you enjoy and hopefully tomorrow I will have something new for you all
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12x12 Easter layout

2012-04-03T15:06:00.001-07:00

Hello all,

I have a really cute Easter layout to share with you all today. It is only a single page layout but I think it came out really adorable.

I used a couple different files to create this layout. I used an SVG Cuts April Avenue file for the bunny, the green accent on the top right,and for the bow on the top left. For the title, chickie, and eggs I used a lettering delights file called Easter bestie. The bees came from a lettering delights file called bugaboo.

I used print and cut for the Easter basket, title, bees, and flowers. The rest of the pieces I pierced together. I really hope you enjoy this layout as much as I do. If you have any questions feel free to message me.

Linking up at:
Pink cricut:link up Tuesday
Scrappy moms stamps:

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Tooth fairy 2

2012-04-02T18:13:00.001-07:00

Ok I am back with my last dental project for now. This time it's a double 12x12 layout. I created this to document my daughter's dental surgery she had to have.

I used a combination of papers from my stack. I also used the lettering delights file Dear Tooth Fairy again. For the font of my title I used Mickey mouse font from dafont.com. This layout will hold a 4x6 picture and two 3x3 pictures. I used some pop dots, stickles, twine, and glossy accents for added details. The tooth on the left side also has a tag behind it for extra documentation.

I used her hospital band and the dental mirror as a way to just slide in your picture without having to glue it down. Same thing for the tooth brush and dental pic. I know its a little plain but I believe in this case it fits the situation well. Come back tomorrow for another 12x12 layout I have been working on and I finally got to finish.

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Dear tooth fairy

2012-04-01T17:44:00.001-07:00

Even though it's still early for me to start thinking about the tooth fairy since my daughter is only two and just getting her teeth not losing them, I thought I would get a head start on creating things for her for when she does need it. I saw this adorable Lettering Delights file called Dear Tooth Fairy and I just had to cut some things out immediately.

I made a card, a box to put her tooth in when she loses it, and I used print and cut to create the little record card on the right side. I was planning on printing and cutting a little from the tooth fairy but I totally forgot about it. I really like the record card since she can mark what tooth she lost, the date, her age, and tooth number. I think that when she's older and looking back and has all of these records, she will really enjoy it.

Don't forget to come back tomorrow to see what I am up to.

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Chocolate bunny

2012-03-30T18:54:00.001-07:00

Tonight I wanted to do a quick post to show you all this quick Easter card I whipped up using an oldie but goodie lettering delights file called Easter beasties

I took a pre made white card and put that cute eggy paper on top,then I cut the blue oval, pink half of an oval, some grass, flowers, chocolate and viola this adorable little card was born. For the saying I just print and cut it out using my silhouette from the same file the bunny came from. Hope you likey.

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Kyoto Kuties card for Jinger Adams design team call

2012-03-29T14:49:00.001-07:00

Hello again
Today I am coming to you with a really adorable card. I got the idea from Pretty Paper Pretty Ribbon blog. I used her video to show me how to create the base of the card. I pretty much followed her directions step by step in the card making process but for the decoration process that's where I put my own twist on it.

I got the cute Kyoto girl and panda from the Kyoto Katie's file from Under a Cherry Tree blog. I added some little jewels to the center of the flowers for an added bling.The little birdie and dragon fly I attacked to some clear plastic to make it look like they are flying above. The instructions on how to make this is also in the same video I mentioned above. I'am so in love with this card I believe it to be my all time favorite. I also like the fact that it will fit in a normal envelope. Well that's it for today but please make sure you come back to check out my other projects. Also if you have not already please follow me and if you are already following me thanks so much for the support.
I also just found out that Jinger Adams is having a Design Team call! So, I thought I would give it a try.(cross your fingers). She is awesome. The DT call ends on March 31st.
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Easter egg filled with goodies

2012-03-28T12:23:00.001-07:00

Hello all
I am back with yet another Easter/spring project. Again I used an SVG Cuts file called Popular Street Tulips I used the egg shaped container and the pedestal. I also used the Hippity Hoppity file for the carrot file.

The adorable little bunnies you see here actually have mint patties inside. I got the idea for these bunnies over at she is the one that came up with these cute bunnies. She offered the gypsy file there if any one is interested. I actually made mine with my Make the Cut software and some Peachy Keen stamps pretty much the same concept just changed a couple of things since my gypsy won't hold a charge.
As far as the egg goes I just imported it into Make the cut and chose the papers I wanted to use and assembled. Same thing for the pedestal and the big carrots but the smaller carrots I imported all parts to my mat highlighted them all and shrank them down so that I would be able to put them inside of the egg and be able to close it.

Thanks for looking and looking forward to everyone's comments
Linking my project to the following:
Getting Cricut -
Exploring Cricut-it's a Spring Thing Challenge
Patches of Pink-Spring
Wacky Wednesday- Easter/spring
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