Color Challenge LO

Here's a layout for the All About You: Favorite Color challenge over at Fantabulous Cricut


Green is my favorite color! I love all shades!


I also loooove the gold ochre color of the title "gorgeous" (from Forever Young". Those butterflies are from Graphically Speaking and were perfect for some hot fix crystals. ;) Orange isn't usually my favorite, but I really like it with the green.


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Camping in the Keys Scrapbook

We went camping in the Keys (Bahia Honda) last May and it seemed too many photos to put in the regular scrapbook, but not enough to fill a standard Creative Memories album.  I haven't used my zutter too much and I really loved the way my last December's album came out.  I used the chipboard (that comes in my packs of CM pages) as is, with a little inking for distressing on the edges.  The cover is a terrific cut from Pack Your Bags.  Love that cart!  I used gold shimmer cardstock for the sand, distress stickles on the coconuts, embossed the sand with the cuttlebug, and inked the palm leaves.



Inking and stickles:


Embossing and white glitter Thickers for lettering:



Here are only some of the pages.  I used a kit from Personal Scrapper (awesome company with great customer service!).  I kept it so simple, but added lots of great elements and embellishments from my kit.



Border stamps from a new personal scrapper kit (Batik Border Stamps by Paper Trunk).  Rhinestones and flowers by Bo Bunny.



Buttons by Bo Bunny:



My cute camping stamps from Scrappy Moms Stamps:


I sooo love the new Border Maker system with cartridges you switch in and out from CM.  That is how I made the pennants.  I embossed the Batik Border Stamps in black on the right.



Sand dollar from Life's A Beach as well as "Paradise" sentiment, stamped and embossed in gold.


















This toucan is from Life's A Beach, too.



My sweet (not crabby) crab is from Pack Your Bags and I used orange glitter cardstock for the top layer.  It looks better in person. :)






Have a happy, summer weekend!!

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Bicycle Ride Layout

I made this fresh Spring layout for a challenge at Fantabulous Cricut. When I saw "bicycle", I immediately thought of this lovely one from the Summer in Paris cart.


I used pop dots to give the hills some dimension. The sun/hills and lovely sunflowers are from Country Life and the great grass is from Zooballoo.


I hoped to make it look like this bicycle was just waiting for someone to hop on and ride this lovely path (that was the best i could do....) up to the flower-covered hills. I also added tiny rhinestones to the flowers.





Thanks for looking!


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"Winter" Layout

Great timing on this fun challenge from the MAG Challenge Blog. I chose the pretty "Winter" with a little snowman sitting on the flourish. This is a page that is going in my December Daily Album this year. I used a shimmery gold paper and put little pearls on for buttons and tiny wiggle eyes, too. Hope you like it!










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Christmas Joy Layout

I made this layout for the challenge at Bitten By the Bug 2. We had to use the "Joy" off of Winter Woodland. I just had to join in because my daughter's name is Joy, too!

I cut a piece of lace paper I'd purchased in half:


The "joy" is from Winter Woodland, of course.


Baby Jesus and the star border are from Winter Frolic. His face is a Peachy Keen stamp.


I used a shiny metallic paper for the silver and yellow/gold stars.


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Boy-Themed Football Pages

Here is a simple layout I did of some flag football pics of my son:


The cart is Boys will be Boys. I cuttlebugged the shimmery brown paper and now it really makes the football leather pop!


I'm entering the layout in the Boy/Masculine Challenge at Bitten by the Bug 2.


I love these layered titles!


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Life is our Classroom Layout

I made this whimsical layout for the My Creative Classroom challenge over at Bitten by the Bug 2. You needed to use the word "classroom" in your project. I was inspired to use the word "classroom" because we homeschool, and even though we definitely have "school time" each day, we all know that we are all constantly learning new things with each new experience.

I used Design Studio to cut out the title with Lyrical Letters--one of my favorite font cartridges. So many great fonts on that cart!



The supplies (and part of the LO idea) were from a kit from My Personal Scrapper. Love the colors and patterns.


This big scalloped circle was something new I tried with Design Studio. I made the scalloped circle huge and slid it way over on the mat (on the computer screen) and cut it out.



I used the negative image so I still have this great design element for another layout out of that great lettered pattern:


I added rhinestones and awesome dimensional flower stickers.





The great thing about machine stitching is that it doesn't have to be perfect and it still looks good.


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Baseball Layouts

Here is my newest baseball layout I made for the Bitten by the Bug 2 challenge this week. I don't have all my pictures printed yet so I am waiting to add those. It feels so great to complete a premade layout, though, just waiting for me. The cuts are from Life's A Party:
























I thought I'd take the chance to show you a few other simple baseball layouts I've done in the past as inspiration for any other baseball moms out there (cuts from Sports Mania):


















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