CCP Challenge #44 - Snowflakes

We are to use Snowflakes on the Crazy Card Party Challenge This week!  I came up with this layout with a picture of my Dad!

Layout - Riding Waves in Cuba!

While we were in Cuba one of the things I just had to do was Swim with the Dolphins!  So my Brother, Sister-in-law and I decided to take a boat out into the middle of the ocean to a Dolphin Sanctuary where we could get into water with them - I have to say... I was a little scared once it came to time to get into the water but this was such a cool thing to do!  Here I used some Echo Park - Paradise Beach to create a layout to remember this very special moment of our Trip to Cuba! 

Since it was a Sunny Day when went I included the Sun Sticker from the Sticker Element Sheet and wanted it to shine and sparkle a bit so I took some orange buttons and spray glued them then added a little Glamour Dust Glitter to them before attaching them to the centre of the Sun!

I also found this cute little Dolphin Cut and Echo Park Wave in the Silhouette Store and cut them from some of the patterned paper in the same Echo Park Paradise Beach line.  Of course I could not resist adding a little sparkle to this little guy so used some stickles on him.

I decided to use 3 different letter stickers to create the title and could not resist adding the waves and starfish stickers from the Sticker Sheet.

Layout – Riding Waves with my friends in Cuba 

Items used: Echo Park - Paradise Patterned Paper (Paradise, Ride the Wave, Green/Teal), Silhouette Cameo, Silhouette Cuts: Bottled Nosed Dolphin, Echo Park Wave, Stickers: Echo Park paradise Element Stickers – Wave, Bling: Kaisercraft Black Rhinestone, Letter Stickers: Thickers (Teal & Orange), Lillybee (Brown), Spray adhesive, glitter, Glitter Glue. 

1. On the Silhouette cut the Echo Park Wave from the patterned paper at 3.965” high 
2. On the Silhouette cut the Bottle Nosed Dolphin at 3.680” high from the 2 patterned papers and ink the edges of all the pieces before gluing them together. You can use a Kaisercraft Black Rhinestone for the eye on the dolphin 
3. Glue down the splash and the photo then use pop dots to give the dolphin a little dimension. 
4. Add the waves from the sticker sheet and then place down the letters for the title. 
5. Then Add the Starfish and ball from the Sticker Element Sheet. 
6. Cut out the sun from patterned paper and pop dot it off the page. 
7. Using spray glue – spray some buttons with glue and apply some glitter, let dry and add them to the centre of the sun. 
8. Add some stickles to the lower body of the dolphin.

Published Card & Layout - Cricut October 2011 Magaziine

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WITCHES HAT CARD:  Card is 4 1/4"  5", Cardstock, Tulle:  Bazzill Basics, Paterned Paper, Star sticker:  Echo Park, Jewel:  Kaisercraft, Cat Rub on:  Little Yellow Bicycle, Glitter Glue:  Ranger Stickles, Cricut Expression, Mini Monsters Cricut Cartridge.

SO BEWITCHING LAYOUT:  Cardstock:  American Crafts, Patterned paper and stickers:  Echo Park, Crepe Paper:  Party Supply, Ribbon:  BoBunny, Jewel:  Kaisercraft, Glitter:  Dollarama, Scalloped border punches: EK Success, Cricut Expression, Happy Hauntings Cartridge & Paper Doll Dress Up Cartridge.

#52 Cricut Challenge - Things We Love

The Weekly Challenge on the Cricut Circle Blog is to Scrapbook Things We Love and to include a tag and a negative cut!  I created the following Layout showcasing my Niece and 2 Nephews!  I also played around Cricut Craftroom to create the little Negative cut banner pieces!

The Negative Cut I decided to use is one I created using Cricut Craftroom.  I used the Banner from Pg 65 of the Martha Stewart All Occaisions Cake art and placed the Heart from the Craftroom Basics set in the centre of the banner.  I cut 5 out of the green patterned paper and then removed the heart from each banner and cut the banner pices from the red patterned paper - I pop dotted each of the green banner cuts on top of the red one to create a layered look using the negative cut from the heart shape.

The Apple is cut from the Wrap It Up Cricut cartridge, I added a tag and made the title read "So Sweet That I Love you to the Core"

I used some PTI Dies to create the clouds beacuase I just could resist adding any and the heart stickers were just the perfect addition!

Products Used:  Cricut Expression, Cricut Craftroom, Wrap It Up Cricut Catridge (Apple), Martha Stewart All Occaisions Cake Art Cartridge (Banner), Craft Room Basics Shapes (Heart)  McGill Punch (Tag), Patterned Paper & Embelishments: Jillebean Apple Cheddar Soup, American Crafts Stickers (Love, You, Core), PTI Twine and Cloud Dies.

TSF DT Reveal Day 2 - Deck The Halls

Here is a layout I created  with my DT Kit - Echo Park (Holly Jolly) I had this photo of my Mom & Dad's Elegant Outdoor Christmas Decorations and thought it was perfect for using some of the cool Emblishments that came with this Line! 

This line has these adorable little house and 2 cool border strips that I used

I could not resit pop dotting the little leter stickers onto the little christmas bulbs and hang them from some twine!

I just loved this little christmas light border and had to add it to the roof of my house!  I also added a cool Maya Raod Snowflake!

Details:  All items Echo Park - Holly Jolly Line, Snowflake is Maya Road, Glitter Stickers are from my Stash (Recollections), And I coloured some twine with my Copics!

TSF - American Crafts - Daydreamer (Our New Arrivals Layout)

Here is another project I created using the American Crafts Daydreamer Line  We had this Cute Little Robins nest this past year and we ended up with these cute little fluffy birds!  I could not resist creating a layout about it! 

The Twig was created using the Straight from the Nest Cricut Cartridge and was cut at 5"  The Birdhouse is a sizzix die  The Clouds and Owls are from the matching sticker Remarks sheet from American Crafts.

The next was created using teh Give a Hoot Cricut Cartridge and was cut at 3 3/4"  The title was created using Pink My Little Shoebox Letter Stickers and American Crafts Thickers (Amy Tangerine "Lovely")  I made the work Arrivals stick up a little by adding them to some acetate and attaching it to the pop dotted nest.

I coul not resist adding a little more dimension to the twig by cutting 2 copies of the leaves from the paterened paper and folding them down the centre to give them dimension before gluing the 2nd leaf down.

TSF - American Crafts (Amy Tangerine) Reveal #4 - Picture Purrfect Layout

Here is my final reveal using the American Crafts Amy Tangerine Line! 

I handcut the Sun and cloud from the Patterned paper and when attaching it I made sure that some of the sun rays overlapped the phot.  Here I again used an exacto knife to trim around the camera on the Patterned paper and sliped my cute little photo of my cat Miko outside soaking up the sun on our Front porch off the Master Bedroom!  I cut a few scalloped Strips of patterned paper using my Split punch from Stampin Up but any scalloped punch would work just perfectly! 

I added som Sassafrass Cardstock Stickers and some Bella Blvd Chipboard Letter stickers and added some punched hearts to the centres of the letters!  As you can tell I just could not resist the play on the word perfect by changing it to purrfect because of Miko!

I added a little journaling strips along the side and added some popdots to some of the journal strips!

Here is a close up of the scallops!

Products Used:  PP American Crafts (Amy Tangerine), Sassafrass Cardstock Stickers (Title), Bella Blvd Sofphisticates Chipboard Letters (Title), small Heart Punch, Stampin Up Split Punch (scalloped strips of pp).

TSF - American Crafts (Amy Tangerine) Reveal #2

 Here is Reveal # 2 for the Amy Tangerine Line from American Crafts!    Here is a very simple layout I created about things I enjoy in life right now!

I cut the Scalloped border at 1 1/2"  using the Elegant Edges Cricut Cartridge(Pg 23) and topped the border Strip with a rosette trim I had left over in my stash...  I added the Thickers Chipboard Letters for the title!

I choose to cut the frames from the Patterned Paper and attach them in the corner to use for my Journaling on the layout! 

There was a details sticker from the other American Crafts Line Daydreams that I played with and I thought it was just too perfect for the flower on the righthand bottom corner.  I changed it up a bit because it had some orange bling in the centre and wanted the centre of the flower to match the page better so I replaced it with some bling from Basic Grey that I had in my stash!

PRODUCTS USED:  PP American Crafts (Amy Tangerine), Cricut Cartridge Elegant Edges (Scallop Trim), Prima trim (Grey rosette Trim), Thickers Elf Chipboard Letters (Title), Martha Stewart Monarch Butterfly Punch (Butterflies), American Crafts Details Stickers - Chirpy (Flower), BasicGrey Designer Half Pearls Opaline (Bling for centre of the flower)

Tomorrow I will show you how I created some 3D Paper Tulips!

Love you to the Core Layout!

Here is another Layout I created with the Jillibean Apple Cheddar Soup line...

I started by cutting 1 1/2" strips from the woodgrain patterned paper and with a stapler started pleating the strips and stapling the pleats to a piece of  light blue cardstock.  I then trimed the blue patterned paper to slightly smaller than the piece of cardstock and attached it making sure to cover the staples.  I cut 2 strips of patterned paper from the green and the brown check pp.  The apple is cut from the Wrap It Up Cricut cartridge, I cut the apple from the red pp and the stem from the woodgrain and the leaf from a piece of the green patterned papers.  The letter Stickers Love, You, Core are from American Crafts and the to the portion of the title is from the stiker sheet from the line of patterned paper.  The Clouds were cut using a PTI Die I have but you could definately use a My Favorite Things Die instead  They also have a cutle little set of cloud dies.  The little hearts are also from the sticker sheet.

TSF - Friendzy Friday - Colouring Chipboard Letters/Shapes

One of the projects I created with this last months kit was with the Jillibean "Apple Cheddar Soup"  Here is a layout I did of my Niece and I changed up some chipboard by inking it and applying glossy accents and I just love how it turned out!  Today I will show you the technique in the video below!

Products used are:  Jillibean "Apple Cheddar Soup" (Patterned Paper & sticker embelishments)  The Blossom Trim is by Websters Pages, I used a little Pure Poppy Ink from PTI on the chipboard letters and Dark Chocolate Ink on the Maya Road Chipboard Wheel barrel, The butterflies were created with 2 Martha Stewart Punches and I used some letter stickers from my stash for the rest of the title, all this is finished off with a little stiching using my Sewing machine!  

Here is a close up of how the Inked Chipboard turned out! 

I have created a little video tutorial to show you how I created the effect with the Chipboard Letters! 

I hope you enjoy! 

The Basic Instructions are as follows:

1. Tap the chipboard piece on the ink pad making sure that you cover the entire surface of the chipboard.
2. Let it dry completely
3. Apply a nice even coat of Glossy Accents and let it dry completely before attaching to the layout!



TSF - September DT Reveal (Day 1)

I have decided to split my Reveal up into 2 days since I created a Mini Album as well which will be focused on my blog tomrrow! 

This layout was created about my trip to Cincinatti for the PTI Stamp A Faire!  I had a blast with my pals Dee and Regan and finally met Maria in person!

Here is a picture I took this summer with my Dad!  He drives limo on the side and knows all the perfect spots to take photos so he drove me around downtown at dusk one night and I got this shot! 

Thought I would make a card too! 

Make sure you come back tomorrow when I post photos of the Mini Albumn project I did!

TSF August DT Reveal

ok... so I know it has been a while since I posted but I have had just a crazy life happening recently... So on to my August Two Scrapbook Friends DT Reveal...

I have to say... I just loved this kit to bits... It just screamed out to me to create the following items and I have to say... each of the layouts below I am so happy with the layouts and they only took me one hour each to make... this is a pure happy record for me since I am usually spend an average of 4 hours on a layout... I think it all comes down to just all the creative juices flowing since I love the kit so much!

My altered project for the month is this little Lemonade Stand Card Gift Set...

I created the cards with my Cricut Machine  Here is a close up of the cards and gift box...

My First Layout was created with pictures of my Niece and 2 Nephews eating Watermellon at my parents place... Are they just not too cute or what!

Oh so Very Juicy

Here is my oldest Nephew and my Mom Jumping into the pool!  They always have a blast together!



Just Jump In

Here is a pic of my Mom at Marineland with My Niece and Nephew!

Sweet Summertime - Bring on the Sunshine!

Two Scrapbook Friends - June DT Reveal

This month I was given Bo Bunny Ab Lib and let me tell you - this was such a cool line to work with!  I pretty much designed these layouts while I was in the store when I picked up the kit! 

Here is What I came Up with!

Just Relax Layout

This layout uses Bella Blvd Letter Stickers, Websters Pages (Orange Flower), Orange Bling (Making Memories), Ek Success Boarder Punch, Stampin Up Scallop Punch

My Life Documented Layout

I used a Cosmo Cricket Gluber to create the flower with some Fabric, The leaves are Cut with the Cricut (Accent Essentials Cartridge) Title is Bo Bunny and Glitz Stickers, Journaling pulls out if you pulll the tab!

Who Me? Layout

At Easter my nephew decided to get into the fridge and add his touch to the pumpkin pie that my Sister In Law made for dessert!  Here the Title is cut from the Cricut (Don Jaun Cartridge) The Scallop Base for the photos is also cut from the Cricut (Accent Essentials Cartridge)

Love Life Card

Here I cut the rectangle shapes from the patterned paper to create the card.

Bracelet from Wooden Spools

Here I created a bracelet using some really cool wooden spools that came in my DT Kit this month.  Watch for a Friendzy Friday on this coming up on Friday, where I show you how to make the bracelet!

Make sure to go to the Two Scrapbook Friends DT Gallery and see what the other DT Members came up with this month!

2SF - May DT Reveal

Well another month has just flown by.. This month I was able to play with some Jillibean Blossom Soup!  I just love this line and I had just a tone of amazing products to play with in this kit!!!    Here are the projects I came up with! 

on this next layout I used a new Cricut Cartridge which I just picked up called Elegant Edges to create the red with white polka dot area: 

On the layout below I used the Simply Carmed and Don Jaun Cricut Cartridges! 

Make sure to check out the cool projects from other Design Team members in the Two Scrapbook Friends Layout Gallery!