Bloom

My first round layout! Always love looking at them but had never tried to do one before. And guess what?! I loved it! It is a great way to get out of the square shape funk from constantly doing the same size layouts. A great change of pace!



Once again, some photos I took this past Thanksgiving at our house. These are of our beautiful niece Destiny. I journaled around the scalloped edge of the paper (which is manufactured by Crate Paper) with a white Sakura pen (love this pen) about her personality and what happened during the day. The background papers are We-R-Memory-Keeepers and the title papers are The Paper Studio.
I used the Opposites Attract and George Cricut cartridges for the title, as well as some chipboard buttons from DCWV. Flowers are Prima and the paisleys I handcut from some more We-R-Memory-Keepers paper. The felt ribbon is from Michael's $1 ribbon bin (!) and the brads are Making Memories.
Definitely going to have to do some more round layouts since they are so much fun. Still working on getting some more done with my DCWV Green Stack so I can get those posted too!
Happy Crafting!

Challenge #12 - Lucky! Card

I had a BLAST doing this challenge Cindy and I assigned to our DT at Whimsical Scraps & Bugs! The ladies on the DT were asked to create a St. Patrick's Day card, non-traditional if possible, using their Cricuts and the color green.


For this card I used the Indie Art cartridge to cut both the dice and the word, Lucky! I used the George cartridge to cut hearts for the four leaf clover. I shadowed the dice, title and the hearts, as well as pop-dotted them. The cardstock used in the project is Bazzill and the patterned paper is Reminiscence. I also inked the edges of the patterned paper to give it a more distressed look and help it blend in more with the cardstock background. The buttons used in the center of the clover are some that I received in a swap, not sure of the brand. The finished size of the card is 6x6.



For once, I am completely satisfied with this card! Since I am not known for being the most self-confident scrapper (LOL!) this is a big deal for me. I feel more comfortable making cards than I ever have thanks to lots of challenges! I hope you enjoy this one too! I had to post this a little early as I will be away from my computer for the weekend. The rest of the DT's designs will be up by Monday! Make sure to check them out and we would love you to play along with our next challenge....you're gonna love it!!

Happy Scrapping!

Going Green!!

St. Patty's Day is just around the corner and that is the focus of our most recent challenge on the Whimsical Scraps & Bugs site! Take a moment to jump on over to the site to get all the details. We would love to see what everyone comes up with as we think this challenge will be a blast! Just make sure to put those Cricuts to good use!

I will hopefully have my card done later tonight and it will be posted by the end of the week, too. Super excited about this challenge - maybe because green is my fav color! LOL

Happy Scrapping!

Challenge #11 - Spring Card

Okay, for the Whimsical Scraps & Bugs challenge we had to do several things. We asked our DT members to create either a layout, card or altered item using only black & white. They were allowed to use one other color, sparingly, and had to include the word SPRING, cut with their Cricut. They also had to include some bling! I decided to do a card for the challenge and while I wasn't sure about it after I first completed it, the card is growing on me and I actually like it quite a bit!

I used the Opposites Atrract cartridge to cut the word, SPRING. The paper is a combination of Bazzill, The Paper Studio and generic white cardstock. Not sure who the bling is by, but the ribbon is from Michael's. I colored in three of the flowers on the patterned paper with a gel pen and also used my Sakura Gelly Roll pen in white for the dots on the letters. Oh, and I also heavily pop dotted the letters!

I hope you make it a point to go see all the wonderful creations our DT came up with for this challenge. They always do a great job. Hope you also decide to play along with us too! We would love to see everyone's take on the challenge!

Happy Scrapping!

Two of a Kind

I promised some more layouts using my new DCWV Green Stack and here is another one. I am having so much fun playing with this paper! It is inspiring to get some more scrapping done and it is a relief to feel like you are maybe catching up just a little! Don't you think so?

This is another set of photos from Thanksgiving a few months ago. These are of our son and our nephew, Drake. Isn't he a cutie! They both are adorable boys and such great friends too! The sketch for the layout again came from Scrapbook Answers (one of my fav mags!) The flowers on the layout are a mix of Primas, Making Memories and foam flowers cut with my Cricut. Now, here is the deal. I had heard that you could cut foam easily with the Cricut. However, as is usally my luck, that wan't the case for me. It did not cut throug the foam so I may have to use the deep cut blade and housing. What it did do was partially cut it enough for me to finish trimming it out myself with scissors. Worked for me. Loved the resulting effect! I used the George cart for the flowers. I used threaded buttons and skittles for the centers, and also pop dotted some for a 3-D effect. The title is the combo of the Opposites Attract and George carts, while the rub ons I used were by Making Memories, too, I think. The ribbon is from Michael's and the chipboard arrow is DCWV, while the brads are Making Memories.

Hopefully I will have the time to do at least two more layouts this week using this stack. That is my goal at least!! LOL

Happy Scrapping!

Goodies for Me!!

It arrived and I am so excited! Cindy, aka snoflake on the Cricut MB, sent me my Valentine Paint Can for the swap we participated in together. Not only was it absolutely the cutest can ever, as you can see in the photos, but was filled to the brim with all sorts of goodies!

Not only did she send me some of fav items, she also sent me some embellies I have never seen at my local stores. Plus, she sent me the absolute cutest Valentine socks, yummy lip balm and scrumptious smelling body butter! Also inside the can was the most gorgeous friendship card and an adorably wrapped candy bar!! She is so sweet, so kind and so talented. I am so blessed to call her my friend! Thanks, Cindy!!

Tweet Heart

I FINALLY got a chance to play with my new DCWV Green Stack and this is the result. I found the basic page map for the layout in one of my scrapbook magazines; I think it was Scrapbook Answers - LOVE THEM! I decided to scrap some of the photos that we took over Thanksgiving at our new house and wanted to keep with the nature theme.

I used the Cricut cartridge Home Accents to cut the partridge, Opposites Attract to cut the word Heart, George to cut the heart shapes and Paper Pups for the tree. For the eye on the partridge I used some self-adhesive dimensional pearls. I love these little accents and they are so cheap - I actually picked them up at my local Dollar Tree! I used some recycled paper chipboard letters from K & Co. for the word, tweet, and the chipboard buttons are also by DCWV. I sewed them on using Bazzill thread in Desert Sand. The background paper for the photos and for the word, heart, are from The Paper Studio while the red cardstock for the small heart shape is Bazzill. The red patterend paper for the heart shape was actually left over packaging from the chipboard buttons. I save everything! LOL! I also used quite a few pop dots on this project (as always - LOL!) and my Zig glue pen, which I fell in love with several months ago thanks to a fellow scrapper.

The journaling on the tree reads: Such a sweet face. Such a sweet boy. Nearly thirteen. Growing so fast. So kind. November 2008.

I hope to do a few more layouts this week using the DCWV stack, too!

Happy Scrapping!