Baby Card

I'm back today with another fun card!  Another Tuesday means another challenge over at Die Cuttin Divas!  This week we want to see flight!  An airplane, glider or helicopter on your projects!  Just be sure to include a die cut and link up HERE!  Here is what I came up with!

 

I just bought this paper pack this weekend from the craft store!  I LOVE it!  I'm really loving these little stacks instead of the big 12x12 stacks I've been buying.  It's so much easier to coordinate papers and colors!

I'd also like to enter my card in the following challenges:
Bitten by the Bug 2: Fly Away!


Supplies:
K&Company paper stack
My Craft Spot - Inside and Out Set #2
Everyday Paper Dolls and Create a Critter Cartridges
Baker's Twine
Celebrate It! ribbon
OTC buttons
Rubber Stampede black ink

Die Cuttin Divas Challenge #75

Well this summer seems to be flying by for me!  July is over half over!  Even though my kids don't go back to school until after Labor Day (which is pretty late for most of us), I still feel like we don't have much summer left!  This week at Die Cuttin Divas we want to see your BEACH projects!  Sand, sun, ocean waves, crabs, sea gulls, buckets, shovels....anything you'd find on or at the beach, and remember you MUST use a die cut somewhere on your project :)

I just love using people on my cards!  My 2 favorite cartridges are Everyday Paper Dolls and Paper Doll Dress Up.  I LOVE the little people we can make!  I cut this girl from Everyday Paper Dolls and the beach ball from H2O.  I used PK-570 Basic Paper Doll Face Assortment (one of my new ones!!).  The kite is from Create a Critter.  I made my own background using the Peachy Keen PK-107 Cloudy Day stamp.  I think I'm finally getting the hang of it!  I used Memento ink.  I've tried a TON of different inks and this one seems to work the best.  I used D'Vine Swirl for the waves and Swiss Dots embossing folders for the sand.

Remember to link up your project HERE for a chance to win a Cricut Magazine!!

Die Cuttin Divas Challenge

We're back with another Die Cuttin Divas Challenge!  This week we want to see banners, buttons and/or birthday projects!  This week our sponsor is 3 Girl JAM.  Be sure to link up your project by Monday May 28th for your chance to win an amazing prize!

For my project, I decided to make a layout using all 3 of the b's!

This was a pretty basic layout to put together.  I LOVE using banners!  I think they are adorable!  I cut the pennants from Sports Mania, punched some small holes in them and weaved them with baker's twine.  I grabbed a few buttons from OTC for the ends.

I cut the balloons from Create a Critter and the number 3 from Sweet Treats cart.  I glossed up the balloons with Glossy Accents and added some Studio G sparkle glue to the number.  Then I just added a bit more baker's twine.  I used Cupcake Chain border punch from ek success for the cupcakes and topped them with adhesive pearls from OTC.

I actually made one of the picture mats a pocket to hold his birthday party invitations.  I save everything..EVERYTHING!  So I wanted them to be a part of his page!  And I'm not sure if you can see it but in the bottom right corner I also write their well check stats.  At 3 years he was 33 lbs and 39 1/4 inches!

We would love to see what you create that has buttons, banners and/or a birthday theme!  Be sure to link up HERE for your chance to win a prize from our sponsor 3 Girl JAM!

Supplies:
Coredinations Cardstock

DCWV The Celebration Stack
Create a Critter Cartridge
Sweet Treats Cartridge
Sports Mania Cartridge
Bakers Twine
Glossy Accents
Studio G Glitter Glue
EK success cupcake chain punch
EK success scallop diamond border punch
OTC adhesive pearls and buttons

Thornapple Rocks!

I FINALLY had time the other night to sit down with my kids and have THEM create something!  They bug me no less than a dozen times a day to 'scrapbook' with me!  I love it!  So I'm glad I get to participate in the Crafting with Kids May Challenge which is For the Teacher or Grad.  My oldest loves making cards for his teacher and with the end of the school year approaching we jumped right on it.  Here is what he made (and is quite proud!)

 

I'm actually surprised by what he had in mind.  His classroom mascot is a monkey and I figured he'd go with that theme.  But he went with a school theme (Thornapple).  The only part I did was cut the apple.  He came up with EVERYTHING else on his own and put it together (and searched for stickers and cleaned up!).

I am very excited about this Crafting with Kids Challenge!  and Nathan is very excited he can enter :)

Time to tee off!

Boy am I itching for summer weather!  and golf!  We have a 50th birthday party to go to this weekend and our friend is a pretty big golfer so I thought I'd go with that sort of 'summery' theme since I'm sure he'll get enough 'over the hill' cards!

 

 I've been waiting for my Peachy Keen order before I put this card together.  Low and behold, it came at about 1pm today!  I LOVE LOVE the Cloudy Day background stamp.  WOW LOVE it!  The face on the cloud is from The Cornies Face Assortment.  The clouds and grass cuts came from Create a Critter and the golf accessories are from Everyday Paper Dolls.  I also used my new Creative Inserts that I bought at the Great Lakes Mega Meet.  Such a cool little accessory for your Cricut.  I outlined the cuts with the markers, then cut them out.  I think it gives it a cool kinda look!

I'd like to enter my card into the Scrappy Moms Stamps Terrific Tuesday Challenge - Summer Vacation and Peachy Keen Challenge 17 - Sketch.

Peachy Keen Challenge

I'm back with another Peachy Keen Challenge!  This time it is a color inspiration.  I immediately thought birthday when I saw the colors.  BRIGHT AND CHEERY!  Loved this challenge!

I just love how this came out!  I used the tennis girl from Everyday Paper Dolls, the presents from Sweethearts and the grass and sun from Create a Critter.  Stamped a sentiment on the sun and glossed it up a bit!  I had a lot of fun creating this card!!

Supplies:
Create a Critter
Everyday Paper Dolls
Sweethearts
Peachy Keen Everyday Character face assortment
Rubber Stampede
Glossy Accents
Crystal Stickles
White Gelly Roll pen
DCWV The Celebration Stack

Peachy Keen Challenge #13 - anything goes

I'm back again with another Peachy Keen Challenge!  With First Communion weekend coming up, I decided to put together a few more cards for a couple of my son's friends.  I'm also entering it into the Peachy Keen Challenge #13 Anything goes.  Here is what I came up with :)

 

Paper Doll Dress Up - girl
Create a Critter - purse
PK-490 Everyday Character Face Assortment
Crystal Stickles
White Gelly Roll Pen
Best Occasions Everyday Blessings Vellum Quote Pack
Recollections border punch
Corner rounder
Celebrate It! - ribbon
OTC - Mini purple brads, adhesive pearls

My first action wobble!

I won these action wobbles a few weeks ago and have been itching to try them out!  I love love love them!  I decided to make a birthday card for a few challenges:
Die Cuttin Divas challenge #60 - Use pastels
Wobble Wednesday Challenge #5 - Circles

Here is what I created:

 I could not for the life of me get a good picture of it wobbling....but below is a picture of me at least showing that I can rotate it!

I'm really happy with my first action wobble!  Super easy and super fun!  I cut the butterfly with Create a Critter at 3.5 inches, added a Peachy Keen face and some doodling.  All in all, pretty easy card!

Monkey Business

I'm on a layout spree lately!  I'm creating a holiday scrapbook for a friend (birthday, Halloween, Christmas) and came to her son's 2nd birthday which had a monkey theme.  Here is what I created!

I think it turned out adorable!  Her invitation is going to go on the brown mat and since she only had 1 left she didn't want it glued down so I used some photo slits there.  I also popped the flowers from the page with foam squares.  The monkeys are from Paper Bliss but I added the party hats!

Challenges:
Whimsical Designs - Going Green
Amanda's Crafts and More, Getting Scrappy Challenge - Color Me Lucky


Supplies used:
Cricut Cartridges:
Just Because Cards - leaves
Create a Critter - flowers
Sweet Treats - party hats

Paper Bliss - monkeys
Queen & Co. - yellow brads
Fiskars - vine stamp
Studio G - ink

Tuesday Die Cuttin Divas Challenge!

Hello again!  This week over at Die Cuttin Divas we'd like to see some reptiles on your projects!  I decided to take this opportunity to finish off another layout.  I went WAY back to April 2006 for these photos.  We went on a huge family vacation to Florida and visited Animal Kingdom.  Here's what I came up with!

I had a lot of fun putting this together.  I used Create a Critter for the grass and welded a bunch of them together using my gypsy.  The pond is also from Create a Critter.  The snake and alligator are both from Everyday Paper Dolls.  I used Plantin Schoolbook for the words Animal Kingdom and layered them with the shadow feature.  I also added corners to the side pictures with the ek success photo corner punch (I love that thing!!).  Lastly the tree stickers are from Stickopotomus.

I hope you decide to make a reptile project this week!  Be sure to link it up HERE for a chance to win a great prize. 

Die Cuttin Divas Challenge

Well the kids are back in school and my first day of kid 'freedom' and I'm home with a sick one!  Hoping tomorrow he feels better.

Today at Die Cuttin Divas we want to see animals on your cards and how about some bonus points for making a shaped card!  These are still really hard for me since I only have the personal cutter.  I have to really look at the dimensions of the image and make sure I can fit it on a 6x12 mat!  Well I found this dog and fell in love!  I don't even know what I'm going to use it for but I think she came out adorable!!  Take a look!

The dog was cut from Create a Critter but I hid his eyes and mouth using my gypsy.  Whenever I can add Peachy Keen Stamps to a project I take full advantage!  and even though I don't have an animal assortment I think the Everyday Character Face Assortment that I used turned out just fine!  I used glossy accents on her nose and ears and added some jewels from my stash to her collar.  I decided to leave the sentiment off and add it on the inside later on when I figure out who it's going to!!

We'd LOVE to see your animal projects this week over at Die Cuttin Divas!  Be sure to submit your project HERE for a chance to win our weekly prize!!

Die Cuttin Divas Challenge

Happy Tuesday! It's time for another Die Cuttin Divas Challenge. This week it's all about summer fun! I'd love to see what you come up with! I used this opportunity to create a layout from yes, back in 2007! My middle guy was playing with bubbles (he was about 2.5 at the time) and had the wand too close to his mouth. I snapped this picture! Here is my project!

I was on vacation this past week so I felt like I was in a bit of a funk. Hopefully the picture steals the show here! I used Plantin Schoolbook for the grass and Create a Critter for the worm. I much prefer using Peachy Keen stamps for the face over the generic one on the cartridge. This particular one is from the Everyday Character Face Assortment. I also used the ek success photo corner punch to highlight the picture a bit. The flower and the corner accent at the top of the page were from my moms stash and I believe the bubble border punch is fiskars. I used glossy accents (I can't get enough of this stuff!!!) to make the corner accent pop!

I'd love to see your SUMMER FUN project so link it up HERE!

Beach Day

Oh am I loving doing these layouts! Today is a BONUS challenge over at Die Cuttin Divas and the winner will receive some fun goodies! The challenge is to create a summer/beach inspired project. I took this opportunity to make yet another layout. We live a mere 30 minutes from the 'big lake' (Lake Michigan) and are there very often in the summertime....so I am not short on beach pictures that need scrappin! Here is my project!

I had so much fun putting this together! I was browsing through my cricut books and just kept finding more elements to add! I inked basically the entire sun to give it a nice orange glow. I embossed the clouds and waves with the D'vine Swirl folder.


I tore the paper for the sand look and embossed it with the Swiss Dots folder. I love that I found a little sail boat in my stash of stuff! I thought it went perfectly!

This was a pretty simple layout. The pictures are even printed and ready to be glued down!

I can't wait to see what you come up with this week! Make sure you submit your project at Die Cuttin Divas for your chance to win some super fun goodies!!!

Sesame Street Friends cart - sand pail/shovel
Create a Critter cart - sun, clouds, sand castle
Designers Calendar cart - beach chair, umbrella
Plantin Schoolbook cart - waves
D'vine Swirl folder - clouds, waves
Swiss Dots folder - sand

Peachy Keen Sketch Challenge #53

My project today was inspired by a wonderful local business called Noodles and Company. Our local facility generously donated a mac and cheese lunch to the classroom at our elementary school that collected the most Box Tops for Education this year! I am the head of that fund raising committee and I counted, cut and submitted every last box top that was turned in. Fancy enough, my kindergartner's class collected the most! So last week my co chair and I brought in mac and cheese for 24 kindergartners! They LOVED it! Most of them had 2nd and 3rd helpings! The woman at Noodles and Company is such a fantastic lady. She was willing to do basically anything to support the school. What a neat experience for everyone! SOOO I wanted to send her something to thank her for her generosity. I decided to make a card for the Peachy Keen Sketch Challenge #53 with a twist, where the twist was to use a sponging technique. I've been learning how to ink the edges of my papers but I wanted to try something a little different. Here is the Peachy Keen Sketch:
and here is the card I created:


I immediately thought of the bowl and noodles image from Create a Critter when I decided to make this card! I mean how perfect! I sponged the edges of all of the papers but I also cut out the sentiment Thank You and sponged through the shadow onto my background sheet. I think it turned out pretty neat! I finished the sketch by using Glossy Accents and some Martha Stewart glitter! I really like the look of this card! I cannot wait to bring it into Noodles and Company!

Create a Critter cart - noodles, bowl, chopsticks
Gypsy Wanderings cart - thank you sentiment
Technique Tuesday - yellow ink
Rubber Stampede - black ink

Easter Layout

Again I'm going WAY back! I found this cute sketch through Sassy Lil' Sketches and paired it with the challenge over at My Craft Spot which was to use a cute critter in my project. and I immediately thought of Easter and the Easter bunny! I'm trying to keep my pages in order so I was actually up to Easter of *blush* 2007 ! Hey I really am making progress! Below is the sketch from Sassy Lil' Sketches.

and here is what I did:

I'm really happy with this layout! It was actually pretty simple. The paper did most of the work! I welded 4 Easter eggs together with my gypsy and hid most of the features. Then just made my own shadow on white paper. I LOVE the egg paper. I really wanted to find a sheet that had a gradual color change and I'm SO glad I came across this one! (unfortunately I have no idea who manufactured it). I added some buttons and bakers twine to finish it off.

Designers Calendar - Easter eggs/shadow
Create a Critter - bunny
Gypsy Font - Easter title
Oriental Trading Company - buttons
OMG Chocolate Frog - bakers twine
ek success scallop diamond punch
Recollections - glitter 'Easter' paper

A very late 1st birthday

I have some catching up to do....clearly! I'm just now doing a 1st birthday page for my 4.5 year old. Someone reassure me that some day I won't be 3 years behind!

I really enjoy doing layouts lately though, probably because I can get that much closer to filling the boys' albums! I decided to do this layout page because his 1st birthday was pretty generic (poor 3rd child). I didn't have a theme or do fancy invitations, so as you can see in the picture it was all about presents and cake! I wanted to use cuts that I could emboss as per the Whimsical Wednesday Happy Birthday Challenge. I am also entering it into the Paper Sundaes Challenge #69 Happy Birthday Christine!



I had a lot of fun with this layout! I would have normally only used 1 balloon (since he is only 1) but I thought that looked funny! I also stuffed some tissue paper behind the gift bag to make it look like a real gift :)

Sweethearts Cart - presents
George and Basic Shapes Cart - Sentiment
Create a Critter Cart - gift bag
Stretch Your Imagination Cart - balloons
Sweet Treats Cart - cake, candle
Swiss dots Cuttlebug folder - balloons, cake
D'vine Swirl Cuttlebug folder - cake
Candy Cane Stripe Cuttlebug folder - sentiment
Studio G Glitter Glue - candle flame

Let's go camping!

I've been itching to work on some of my layouts and when I saw K Andrew's Getting Cricky Simply Sunday Challenge Let's Get Campy it gave me the perfect opportunity. This was the first year we had gone camping as a family. Our rule was that you had to be potty trained so we were waiting on the little guy! We did a trial run for one night at a neat little rustic place just in town. The kids got to fish, swim, collect fire wood, make smores, and the best part....sleep in a tent! It was so much fun we are making it a huge extended family yearly outing! Here's the layout I made for one of the boys' books.

I just love capturing these candid moments! All the kids got to fish and my other 2 caught their fish immediately. Then poor Lance. The fish kept tugging the line, eating the worm and swimming away! It took him hours to catch one! But he finally did and he was so proud!

The clouds, moon, fire and fish are all from Create a Critter. The title is from George and Basic Shapes so I could have a layered look. The tree is from My Community. The stars are punched from my Creative Memories Star Punch. The dirty stinky boys sticker is from Making Memories leather adhesives. Then I cut out a scallop border from Plantin Schoolbook. The Happy Campers title is just cut from a piece of camping paper. I plan to journal in the void right next to the group shot in front of the tent. Ok 1 down, 2 more to go!

Showered with Love!

One card....FOUR challenges! Oh my gosh I'm so excited! This card is nothing how I envisioned (it started out as a seal on a beach LOL) but I'm so glad because I just love it! It came together so easily and it was so fun!

The first challenge is Whimsical Wednesday Challenge #2 April Showers bring May Flowers. The second is over at Paper Playtime where we needed to make a card that had to do with the weather. Next I'm entering it in Paper Sundaes Challenge #65 using texture. Finally over at Die Cuttin Divas their challenge #10 is to use 2 different cuts from 2 different cartridges. Take a look!!
Lots to explain on this one! First I embossed the entire background with the D'Vine Swirl folder and inked the edges. The sun and clouds came from Create a Critter cartridge. The couple and umbrella are from Sweethearts. I used a small punch for the hearts, put glossy accents on them and finished them with glitter. The sentiment is computer generated and printed on vellum. and lastly, I used the Victorian Photo Corner punch by ek success to add some color around the edges! I am really really happy with how this card turned out!

A little bird told me

I've had my eye on this challenge for 2 weeks now and just couldn't put my mind to what I wanted to create. It was completely out of my comfort zone but I knew I wanted to give it a try. I just love her blog and wanted to enter the Getting Cricky with K Andrew Simply Sunday Challenge which was to create a project using a bird. I had no idea how this card was going to turn out. Fortunately it turned out really really cute! Take a look.


The bird is from Create a Critter cut at 3 inches. I added glossy accents to her flower and a pink little jewel. I couldn't resist putting a googly eye on her either! The nest is also from Create a Critter cut at 1.5 inches. The sentiment is from Just Because Cards cut at 3 inches and the frame from Gypsy Wanderings cut at 2 inches. I added some glitter glue (pretty much like stickles) that I found in the Michaels dollar bin. Added a glittery ribbon and some doodling to finish it off.

I do have to say I love love love the paper! I just purchased the Animal Kingdom paper pack from Recollections and used that for the bird and nest. I have a feeling I'm going to be using a lot from that stack!

Yet another Thank You Card

So as I was doing the 'guy thank you card' a few days ago I had simultaneously started a girly, frilly one! I mean how can you resist right?! Actually it was my 7 year old who thought of the idea. He saw me color the guy flowers blue and recommended I color them pink! and I'm so happy I did! I just love this little card! (well big card actually!) and as an added bonus I could enter it in Paper Sundaes Challenge #63 Spring Blossoms!


First I love love love pink and brown together! The card is 4x9. The floral stamp and sentiment are both from Inkadinkado. I used some prismacolor pencils to color in the flowers. The guy cards had stars and buttons on them but I had to think of something different for this one. The brown flower is from Imaginisce, Bitty Blossoms. I grabbed a button from my stash and some ribbon. The butterflies are from Create a Critter cut at 1.5 inches. I layered them and flared the wings. I'm glad I could finally finish this thing!