Busy Hands, Happy Hearts Layout

(sorry, having a hard time flipping this over and resizing)

It's wonderful when the kids are out of school. I can actually come home and scrap -- no homework to worry about! Woohoo

Tonight I opened my new Cricut Sesame Street font cart and used it on this layout. Our little girl went into her sister's makeup and found one that she got as a party favor. Don't ever give those out, they are horrible. It was so greasy not even bath soap would take it off. Thank goodness hubby thought of using dish soap or we'd be scrubbing for a long time.

Materials Used:

• Cricut Sesame Street font cart
• DCWV Spring Stack (cardstock & patterned paper)
• DCWV Spring Rub-ons
• Cuttlebug die hearts (in blue)
• Martha Stewart heart punch (hearts in patterned paper)
• Cuttlebug Swiss Dots folder (embossed letters)
  

A New Cart - Hello Kitty Greetings

I made this card for a friend of mine's daughter. I bought this cart on Friday. It's a fun cart and much easier to work with than any other of the character carts.

Fun Layout

This was the last layout I did today and my favorite. I love how it came out.

Materials Used:

DCWV Sweet Stack

DMC & Bazzill Floss

Bazzill-In-Stitchz Templates (Circle & Alphabet)

Ribbon (from Michael's)

Basic Grey Fibers

Button Brad (from Target)

Grandma's Favorite Flowers Layout

My grandma passed away 10 years ago. Last year was the first time I visited the country she was born in. The pictures on this layout were taken near the church where she got married and of the purple flowers my mother said she loved.

Doll Party Layout

Woohoo.....finally had a chance to scrap. It's been too long! I've been working on my Brazil vacation album. I have several layouts done but haven't posted any pics on my blog yet.

My cousin threw a doll party for the girls. She handed out Cinderella invitations just like a real party and decorated the table with Cinderella partyware. It was really cute! Then she put out all sorts of snacks and brought out a chocalate heart with candles for the cake. The girls had a blast!

Materials Used:

DCWV Spring Cardstock Stack

DCWV Sweet Stack

Cuttlebug Birthday Die Set

Chipboard

Martha Stewart Glitter

DMC Floss

Button (from Target)

Disney's Tinkerbell & Friends

DD's birthday party is coming up and we are doing the Tinkerbell & fairies theme. I cut them all out at 10". I was quite surprised how even at 10" the eyes and lips were difficult so I turned to my stickles. I think I acutally like them better with stickles. :-)

Joys of the Season Arrved Today ~ Festive BDay Card

Wooohooo Joys of the Season arrived today. I always thought having Christmas Cheer was good enough but I guess the sale price of $29.99 changes everything. I confess, I did like some of the cuts on this cart and the mittens is one of my favorites. So today after I came home from work I got busy making a festive birthday card for my friend's upcoming birthday.

The border was cut out using a Martha Stewart punch. Reminds me a lot of the famous threading water punch.

Back to School - Homework Assignment Book

It's back to school and our daughter needed a homework assignment book. You've got to love the bind it all.

I typed up the inner pages on the computer, printed them out, and cut them with the Dreamkuts. Then I used Zutter's chipboard for the covers and covered it with DCWV's school stack. I used 3/4" wires for the book. She loved her new custom made assignment book and we hope you did too. :-)

MICKEY MOUSE ~ 7TH BIRTHDAY ~ CARD

We have a birthday party this weekend and I was about to buy a Wall-e card for the birthday boy but hubby said I could just make him one. So off I was to create this birthday card. I didn't know what to do. It's easier for me to create for a female than for male. I feel like we're kind of limited in what we can do for the males. I'm really pleased with the way the card turned out. I used Cricut's Mickey & Friends cartridge for the Mickey. The font is Cricut's Mickey Font. I used a Studio G stamp for the word "Happy Birthday." I heat embossed it using red embossing powder by Stampendous. I embossed the letters with Cuttlebug's distressed stripes folder and the area behind Mickey with Cuttlebug's traffic jam folder.

The paper is by Making Memories. The ribbon is from Michael's. I used a Martha Stewart punch to punch out the circle. I love how it came out. I had never done that before and it was just an idea that popped into my head. I then stamped the number using a Martha Stewart clear stamp set I have.
I also used stickles (frosted lace) for Mickey's hands.
So I had the front all done and then I stamped the inside with Happy Birthday. ACK....I stamped it upside down. So I had to cover up my boo boo. The folder it was. I used Cricut's Fabulous Finds. I figured I could use it to stick in the gift card or $. So I went to stamp the Happy Birthday above the folder. Ugh....I did it again. So that's why I mounted the paper with the word "Happy Birthday." It actually turned out cute - it coordinates w/ the paper in the front. LOL

A FORTUNATE ACCIDENT Layout

Days before this happened I read a couple of stories on the MB of their kids cutting their own hair. I saw all the adorable pictures and found it ah well....CUTE. Uh hum....because it hadn't hit home. Well...I go out for a haircut and the bright kid that I thought I had - who would never think to do such a thing - ah well is still bright because she figured she deserved a haircut too. She knew Mommy was getting one.

When I saw what you see in the pic...THAT chunk of hair...my heart (ah well....you know the feeling). But it's funny how she didn't do it all in one place. She actually made it look really cute. Her ponytails looked adorable with the layers. I'm so glad I captured this moment and even more so that I scrapped and journaled it. It will be a moment we will never forget and "a fortunate accident."

Supplies Used:

• Graphically Speaking cartridge - a fortunate accident
• Stickles - Baby Blue
• Embossing - Cuttlebug Snowflake Folder
• Snowflakes - Martha Stewart Punch
• Ribbon - Target

LITTLE SCOOPS LAYOUT

This is the first layout I worked on since I got back from vacation (just some old photos I needed to scrap). I had such an urge to scrap - it had been probably 3 or 4 weeks since I had scrapped. I cut out my new Storybook cartridge out of that tuff packaging and tried it out. This cartridge ROCKS!!!

I used the Tall feature for the font and then I went stickle happy. I thought if I'd dot they could be sprinkles. Ok maybe not sprinkles but what are those round dots called? They're like sprinkles.

AWARDS LAYOUT

Here it is....one of the layouts I worked on this week. Actually I just finished this one about an hour ago. It was a quickie one. The paper is from DCWV's Grade School Stack (great stack - I got it online from Joann's). I used my new cart Graphically Speaking cart for the phrase "School Zone." I used "Frosted Lace" stickles on the phrase.

The font is Mickey Font cut at 1/2". WOW....a font that doesn't tear my letters at such a small size. I attempted using Base Camp (thought it would work) but part of the letters were too narrow and it would tear.

The circles behind the letters are a Martha Stewart punch (such a fan of her punches). I inked the edges and attached them to the paper with eyelets using my Crop-o-dile.

I used my new Martha Stewart circle cutter I bought at Walmart. It works pretty good. I used an old Cricut mat underneath when I was cutting since I don't have a cutting mat.

The rounded corners were done with the Stampin Up corner rounder.

Princess Ariel Personalized Birthday Card

This one was easier to do than the bottom Jasmine card. This is for a girl who loves Ariel and her middle name is Arielle. :-)

The font is Cuttlebug's Curl & Swirls alphabet dies (my favorite font). I used the Cuttlebug Swiss Dots folder to emboss the flower and bra top.

Princess Jasmine Personalized Birthday Card

We have a birthday coming up for a special little girl who adores Jasmine. It took me a while to get this card done and realized again how frustrating the Cricut princess cartridges are to work with. There are so many little pieces that you don't know where they belong or they tear. Thank God for stickles. They come to the rescue all the time. They were my lifesaver with this princess doll. Even though I have my gripes about this cart, it's worth it. Just make sure you have stickles on hand. :-)

The font is Cuttlebug's Curls & Swirls alphabet die. I keep going back to this font - I just love it!!! It's so dainty and pretty.

December Delights Layout

This was the first time I used Embossing Puffs. So much fun!

It gives a raised velvety feel. I used it on the word "Jingle Jingle Jingle."

I received the paper as a RAK (Random Act of Kindness). Isn't it pretty?

Materials Used:

Cricut's Opposite Attract Cartridge (font)

Bazzill In-Stitch Template (stitching)

Colorbox Chalk Ink - Chestnut Roan

Stickles - Lime Green

Ranger Embossing Puffs - Brown

"Jingle Jingle Jingle" stamp from Michael's $1 bin

I forgot which carts I used for the arrow and tree

No matter how much I tried to rotate this picture, which it is on my photo loading site, it kept appearing here like this. Anyway, I just wanted to show the stickles close up. It's one of my favorite stickle colors.

inked the tree

The Bazzill In-stitchz stitching (the stuff that I love).

Close up of the Ranger Embossing Puffs (brown)

Summer Reading School Project

Do your kids have summer reading to complete?

One of DD's books was Junie B. Jones is (almost) a Flower Girl.

One of the projects is to make a movie poster for one of the books she reads.

So here it is, her poster.

We used Cricut's Paper Dolls cartridge to do all the dolls.

Sweets - Valentine Layout

My daughter had a Valentine's Day party in school. I baked cupcakes for the class. The font on this layout is Cricut's Cuttin Up. I used liquid glass for the cupcake frosting and seed beads. I used the Cuttlebug distressed stripes folder to emboss the cupcake liner. The hearts are a Cuttlebug die. Of course I couldn't help myself with the Bazzill In-stitchz. I just love them.....that MUCH that I want to use them all the time. For me they are fun to do.

Autumn Layout

I love the style of the cuts on Cricut's Stretch Your Imagination cartridge. I received this cart for Christmas from my husband. He has good taste, ey? LOL

The font is Cricut's Pooh Font. It's one of my new favorite fonts. My 3 top favorite Cricut fonts are Pooh Font, Cuttin Up, and All Mixed Up.

I also used skittles. I actually couldn't find them in purple and someone from the Cricut MB RAK'd me some.

School Layout

.....so I finally pulled Cricut's Speaking of School cart off my shelf and used it for the first time to make this layout. The starburst stamp is from Fancy Pants and I heat embossed it. The white @ stamp is a Studio G.

I Love Blueberries Layout

I used Cricut Cuttin Up for the letters, scribbles for the dots in the centers, skittle dipped in Pearl Ex (heat setted it with heat embosser), and Bazzill In Stitchz template. I also added Pearl Ex to the journaling strip (it gave it a nice touch).

.....and would you believe the hearts are a Martha Stewart punch which some found it being sold on ebay for $100??? Yes, it's true!