Joy's first Challenge!

My daughter, Joy, was beyond excited when I told her she could enter a challenge for kids on http://crazyaboutcricut.blogspot.com/! We found a $1 notebook, "very boyish", she said, but she changed that. I covered it for her and made the cuts (alphabet Cindy Loo), but she did the rest. She told me she wanted flowers and to put her name across the middle and what colors she wanted everything. She loves to cuttlebug and she stamped the faces on the flowers with my PKS, too. She is 6 and my husband says she is too much like me! LOL

You Shine

This was a fun little card that will be perfect to thank one of the awesome volunteers at my church. The cloud is probably my favorite image off the Serenade cart and the sun is an old punch I have. The circles (rain) is a MS border punch. Lots of glitter as always, too!

Flip Flops Mini Album

This is a gatefold-style mini album I made using the instructions on http://www.scrapbook-crazy.com/ Scrapbook Crazy. Surprisingly, it was not too hard. There are accordion-folded spines on each side that hold 6 flaps that fold together (like a gate) when the album is closed. When it is closed, you see the flips and each one opens to each side when it is open. I am surprised I finished it in time to submit it to the challenge at The Cuttlebug Spot. I used a new Cindy Loo companion embossing folder on the Flip flops and lots of other cuts (besides the flip flops from Life is a Beach.) I stamped the backgrounds where my pics will go (they just looked too white to me). The paper is from an Amy Butler stack I love. Hope you like it!

Oh-Snap! Crabby Card

I love this little card. It's super simple, but I think the sentiment (Scrappy Moms Stamps) is so funny! The crab is from A Child's Year. I stamped the circles around the border to look like bubbles and of course, I had to cuttlebug the little guy. My husband already comented that this card should go to one of his friends who uses the expression often. And it's always good to have another "guy" card in the stash. I am submitting it to the challenge over at Fantabulous Cricut for the "animal" cut theme this week.

Zig Zag Castle Card

I was really excited when I saw this idea in an old Usborne craft book. Of course, I had to cricut-ize the idea! I have been trying to come up with something to submit to the Made by Momo challenge, "Super Girly". I think this fits the bill! The castle is Cinderella's from Happily Ever After and the flowers are from Cindy Loo. Stickles, cuttlebugging, gel pens, and inking completed the look. It took a while, but I love the result.

Christmas in July Cuttlebug & Ribbon/Buttons Challenges

This was really fun though I did put a lot of time with it. It completes my December Daily album and that feels great! I used Storybook and Winter Woodland for the cuts and cuttlebugged the snowman and white tag and blue photo mat. I don't know how well the white tag embossing will show up in the pics, but I used glossy photo paper and it turned out really shiny and pretty in real life.

Tons of Thanks Card

I couldn't help but think of this sweet little truck off of New Arrival. I have been wanting to use that on a project somewhere! Also, I cuttlebugged the back of the truck with a metal-plate looking (I really wish they would print the names of the designs on the folders...I need to go through with a marker and write them, I guess). The stamps are my new favs from Scrappy Moms Stamps.