Monster Mash blog hop: Monster MAG-ness with Cricut Imagine !!!

Hello there !!! I hope you got here from http://www.scrapbookaholic.blogspot.com/  because that would mean you are on the right track! LOL. Halloween is one of my favorite Holidays: love the colors, the magic, the weather, the fun ... the treats. This hop is a real challenge, because I was asked to create a Halloween craft with my Cricut Imagine and at this moment there is not a single Imagine cartridge with a Halloween theme. So, since the Cricut Imagine accepts cartridges designed for the Cricut Expression I took those cartridges and installed them into my Imagine. I worked the shapes by coloring them with the colors and patterns of my Imagine cartridges, as I will illustrate shortly. And let me tell you: THE IMAGINE MADE THIS PROJECT SO MUCH FUN AND EASY !!! THE IMAGINE ROCKS !
When making crafts out of cardstock, I like to make things that will last. The craft I made for today's blog hop is a set of monsters that have a magnet on the back (hence the name Monster MAG-ness), so that you can use them on your refrigerator door or any other place you wish to decorate with them.

What did I use to make my Monster magnets ???

• chipboard (I used recycled one from cereal boxes)
• Cricut cartridge Paper Doll Dress Up (PDDU)
• Imagine cartridge Imagine More
• white cardstock from DCWV
• magnets
• liquid glue
• Cricut Expression to cut the chipboard
• Cricut Imagine to color the cut shapes
• Peachy Keen Stamps
• brown ink pad
• Stickles
• googly eyes

Lets do it ! :

• Cut your chipboard shapes on your Cricut Expression, using Multicut (3X)

• glue togetter two chipboard shapes if the cut out shape is to flimsy.
• First, insert your Imagine cartridge into the Imagine. Once the machine has accepted it, insert the "regular" cartridge.

• Select the images you want to cut from the PDDU cartridge.
• Now, select the little icon that will take you to use the Imagine More cartridge, from which you will add color to your shapes.

• Select the image you want to EDIT.

• This image will show up and you will tap on the "pencil" image. Now, choose your size, color, etc.

• Once on the "MAT SCREEN" tap on the images layed out on the mat for further editing. In this occasion, I tapped the copy symbol, as seen in the picture. It takes a few seconds, but it will make an identical copy of the shape selected.


• This is how my first images came out.

• How cool is this??? This are most of the cuts I needed for my project, as I am making extra Monster magnets to give away. SUPER fast, SUPER fun and, SUPER easy. I LOVE MY CRICUT IMAGINE !!!!

• Cover the chipboard cut shapes with the colored shapes made on the Imagine.
• Stamp faces with Peachy Keen Stamps

• HAVE FUN DRESSING UP YOUR MONSTERS !!! ... And glue a round magnet on the back. Look at what my Monster magnet is holding on my refrigerator !!! LOL

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Ok. So now run to see what's waiting for you over at http://pausedreamenjoy.blogspot.com/ !!!!

Here is the list of all the Super cool, talented ladies taking part on this blog hop. It is kind of a map in case you get lost.




http://www.crazyaboutcricut.blogspot.com/ Host of this blog hop.
http://thescrapbookingqueen.blogspot.com/
http://neverfullpricescrapbooking.blogspot.com/
http://almabrooksblog.blogspot.com/
http://staceyscreativecorner.blogspot.com/
http://thescrapoholic.blogspot.com/
http://www.scrapbookaholic.blogspot.com/
http://dreamofcrafting.blogspot.com/ THAT'S ME !!!!
http://pausedreamenjoy.blogspot.com/
http://thecreativestamperspot.blogspot.com/
http://www.scrappingsweets.blogspot.com/