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One Sweet Life

2010-07-21T00:23:00.001-07:00

I made this for the Practical Scrappers 1 year anniversary! They wanted you to use the word ONE, or have only ONE picture, or use only ONE embellishment over and over. I LOVE the way this turned out. In "real life" it is so much more vibrant. But head over to Practical Scrappers and check out all of the other ONES... hee hee.

Watermelons are from Doodlecharms

Sweet is from All Mixed Up welded to a circle from George.

All paper is from Stampin' Up.

Inspiration board

2010-07-21T00:19:00.000-07:00

This is the back side of my kitchen cabinets. I painted them with magnetic paint so that I could make a gigantic inspiration board. I then cut out the word inspire out of vinyl and I had to add a red bird to match my chairs. :)

I have since painted the brown trim green and I like it a lot better but I wanted to get this up. I REDID MY SCRAPBOOKING ROOM! I will take pictures and post them after my vacation! I love it!!!!!

Flower Thank you

2010-07-21T00:17:00.000-07:00

I made this for an amazing lady from church who gave me a beautiful boquet of flowers from her garden! They were stunning!

Watermelon Card

2010-07-21T00:14:00.000-07:00

I made this fun card for my sweet neighbors who shared their watermelon with us!

Disney Wordbook

2010-07-16T09:14:00.000-07:00

Our family was very blessed to be able to have the same teacher 2 years in a row. My daughter had her first and the next year my son was in her class. She is an amazing teacher and just as obsessed with Disneyland as I am! So for her end of the year gift I made her a Disney Wordbook, because last year I made her a "Peart Family" book. I really loved the way it turned out and I will be making one of these for me to keep! :)

Disney Wordbook inside pages

2010-07-16T09:05:00.000-07:00

This "A" page has a clear envelope to hold tickets or fast passes. It is the perfect size for the admission ticket. I have had it for YEARS! I need to go and see if I can find another one now. I thought the popcorn paper was funny because I always think of popcorn at Disneyland. My mom always buys it when we go!

I left the last page blank so they could do a collage of lots of pics. When it is opened it is 22 inches long and 6 inches wide. I LOVE the last page paper. I got it at JoAnns. I should have bought a TON of it when it was on sale!!!!

End of the year teacher gift

2010-07-15T07:53:00.000-07:00

This is the second year that I have made wordbooks for the kids teachers. I love doing them and they are pretty quick once you get it designed on the Gypsy. I loved the colors for Mrs. Blake. They are very her! She is an amazing teacher and we were so blessed to have her!

Gooey Goodness

2010-07-14T08:19:00.000-07:00

Another ice cream layout! This one is more "rocked out". I used Don Juan for the title. Indie Art for the ice cream and my favorite Martha Stewart "drippy goo" border punch. The paper is Basic Grey and Bo Bunny. A little bit of fruit punch Stickles.

2 Scoops of Fun!!

2010-07-14T00:07:00.001-07:00

I entered this layout in a contest for none other than my favorite Provo Craft! It had to be a layout about Ice Cream. It should be fun to see the winner!! I used Doodlecharms, All mixed Up, Tags Bags Boxes and more, and Don Juan! The paper is from my Stampin' Up Stash!! I have got to use my stash!!!!

Baby Shower Party Favors

2010-07-02T19:51:00.000-07:00

These are simple but so cute. They are made from Tags, Bags, Boxes and More and Doodlecharms. A little chalk on the cheeks, some blue behind the eyes and pop dots is all that is needed to bring these sweet girls to life! It is such a cute cut!

Teacher Appreciation Notepad

2010-06-30T07:50:00.000-07:00

I made these for my kids teachers this year. It is from My Community. I was too afraid of cutting all of the paper that I would need for the middles so I designed it to fit around a pad of yellow notebook paper that you can get at the Dollar Store. They were super fast to make which was an added bonus! The yellow paper inside ended right about where the pencil starts to angle in so I had to make a front and back with chipboard (cereal boxes) and then covered that on the front and back to make sure it was sturdy. I will be making more of these because they were so quick! They would be a good start of the year teacher gift too!

Calorie Free Cupcake Socks

2010-06-28T01:20:00.001-07:00

I jumped on the band wagon of these adorable cupcake socks! They make FABULOUS calorie free presents for my friends and the kids teachers! They were all the rage on the Cricut Message boards for awhile. They are made from the fuzzy spa socks rolled up to look like a cupcake. I don't have a cartridge that has a cupcake wrapper so I made my own with my Gypsy. Just add a cute red pom pom on the top and wrap it in cellophane! SO CUTE!

Spongebob Wall Hanging and card

2010-06-28T01:15:00.000-07:00

My son's best friend LOVES Spongebob and so of course I had to make him a frame with his name and a fun Gary card. Such a cute cartridge!

TodaysMama | Blog | The Cricut Ticket Scavenger Hunt

2010-06-22T23:27:00.000-07:00

TodaysMama | Blog | The Cricut Ticket Scavenger Hunt

WOW! What a week!

2010-01-31T18:03:00.001-08:00

It has been a fabulous week! On Monday I got a Gypsy!!! I have wanted one ever since they unveiled it in the summer! Then I was in the Cricut Chirp in the Customer Spotlight section. When you are in the Spotlight section they send you a free cartridge of your choice! I picked Winter Woodland! I am so excited for that one! I love the font and my husband is excited that we get to make a Christmas Village! Then on Sat. I won the Elmo Party cartridge from Monique (aka MonkeyDoodleCricut). She has an awesome blog and right now she is selling some of her kits on clearance! They are pretty amazing! THEN I just checked Twitter and Provo Craft tweeted about ME! They said " provocraft

Did you miss @cricutcrazy's SpongeBob project in the latest Cricut Chirp? Head to the archives here: http://is.gd/7flpY #Cricut". cricutcrazy is my twitter username. For those of you who know me, you know that I am "slightly" cricut obsessed so for me that is a very exciting thing! It has been a great week!

The Gypsy Spot

2010-01-23T09:47:00.000-08:00

I found a new challenge blog called The Gypsy Spot. It looks like it is going to be a really fun place to jump in and do some challenges! They now have opened up the challenges to ANYONE, you do not have to have a Gypsy or Design Studio to participate. They have a fabulous prize this week! I will let you go check it out so you can be surprised! Here is the link THE GYPSY SPOT. You only have a couple more days if you want to participate to win this prize!

Spongebob Play Mat

2009-12-30T15:04:00.001-08:00

I have been M.I.A. for awhile and it is good to be back! When I was little my mom made a car play mat that we rode our hotwheels cars on. I put many miles on it! I read about the new contest at Cricut for a chance to win a Swarm with the "Cricut Stars" (aka the Provo Craft executive team who brings prizes!!!) and I started to hyperventilate. That is the most amazing prize I could ever hope to win and so I made this Spongebob Play Mat for my nephew who loves Hotwheels! It is about 36 inches by 40 inches. It is made of Periwinkle canvas and then assorted cottons for all of the houses and their layers.

It was my first time cutting fabric and it was so easy!!!!!! There was a lot of layering and I ended up painting some of the details because some of the smaller layers kept snagging. It was also my first time trying the Reynolds Freezer Paper to make stencils so I could paint the flowers on the background and the words "Jellyfish Fields" and that was SOOOOOO EASY. I want to paint everything now!!!!!

I love the way it turned out and I hope Ty will love it too!

Core'dinations Cardstock

2009-11-11T09:13:00.000-08:00

I love the Core'dination Color Core Cardstock. There is so many things you can do with it. On this layout I tried ripping the Black Magic Collection cardstock so that it is black but when I ripped it the green shows. I also used my Cuttlebug and embossed the same paper to make the alien. Once I embossed it I gently go over it with sandpaper and the dots turn green. I think it is magical paper! The yellow and white paper that I used for the sun and the clouds is from the Gemstone Collection. It is shiny on one side and matte on the other so when you tear it it gives it a cool effect.

I used the Every Day Paper Doll cartridge for the alien and the spaceship. I used Indie Art for the flame coming out of the spaceship. I also used the Pooh Font for all of the words. Then highlighted all of it with my FAVORITE white pen from Signo. (Everyone should own this pen!)

This week is Core Cardstock challenge at Practical Scrappers. You should buzz by and see the really cool things that the designers came up with! Click HERE to get there quick! You can enter your own cardstock project and win a prize! This week's prize is a $10 gift certificate to Heart & Soul Rubber Stamp Company.

Life is Good!

2009-11-03T22:39:00.000-08:00

I am sorry it has been so long since I have been able to post. Life sometimes throws a curve ball at you! My son got very sick and then was getting better and then had complications from his antibiotic. It was scary but I am so grateful that he is doing GREAT now! He went back to school this week and so I am going to get back to creating! I have really missed it!

It is a little overwhelming trying to figure out what I want to do so I started surfing blogs for inspiration! That is my favorite thing to do! I went to Stephanie Castro's blog and besides some amazing cards, she is doing blog candy! Go check it out http://stephaniecastrodesigns.blogspot.com/2009/10/its-my-1-year-blogiversary.html and wish her a happy birthday too!

I will start posting some creations as soon as I start making them! Off to surf more blogs!

LIFE IS GOOD!

Baby Girl Word Book

2009-10-10T06:59:00.000-07:00

I LOVE making these word books for baby shower gifts. I have made 3 in the last couple of weeks and I have 3 more to go! It has been a busy baby month!!!! This is the only one that I got a picture of before I gave them away!

Decorative Scissors

2009-10-07T14:56:00.000-07:00

Our challenge this week at Practical Scrappers was to use decorative scissors. Now I haven't even thought of my scissors in at least 2 years if not longer. They sit in a drawer and my kids get them out every once in awhile. This was truly a use your stash project. I picked my favorite scissors for this card. They are like giant pinking shears. I can remember how excited I was to get these scissors and I think I used them a lot for a few months and then never again. It was fun to get these out for my thank you card.

We had a Guitar Hero/Wii Family Night at our school. We decided last minute to add a few gaming systems and put them on projectors on the stage. One of our teacher's husband came and set it all up for us and so I made him this "YOU ROCK" card to thank him. It was a SUPER FUN night and I would recommend it to anyone! We paired up with Best Buy and they came and brought TV's, Systems, people to man the stations and then gave us a "TAG TEAM" award of 1000.00!!!!! It was awesome!

Transparency Halloween Layout

2009-09-30T08:30:00.000-07:00

My challenge at Practical Scrappers was to use my Cricut and a transparency to create a layout. I cut out a tombstone from the Cricut Cartridge Paper Doll Dress Up. I then used Staz-On Black Ink and stamped the skull and the swirls. I then used red stickles to outline the tombstone. I also used a transparency on top of the picture to stamp Trick or Treat on the 4 sides.

I am working on a whole album for when we went to Little Monsters on Main Street at Disney's California Adventure. The kids got to dress up and go trick or treating in the park! IT WAS AWESOME!!!!! We are going this year too! I can't wait!!!!!

Join us for the Blog Hop going on at Practical Scrappers!

Transparency Hands Soap Dispenser? BLOG HOP

2009-09-27T17:09:00.000-07:00

Practical Scrappers is part of a fun, fabulous, PRIZE FILLED BLOG HOP! PS has teamed up with several Challenge Blogs to go and get inspired and win fun prizes! The first blog on the hop is Scrapsketch. They have an awesome sketch to try out and you can win a Michaels Gift Card!!! But don't stop there! Don't forget to hop to the next blog and see all of the fun and goodies that are out there! HAPPY HOPPIN'!

**Just a reminder, the blog hop goes from September 25 until midnight on October 1**

Our first challenge for the blog hop is to use Transparencies. I saw this soap dispenser at my Aunt Wendy's house and I LOVED IT!!! It is a transparency inside a soap dispenser that has descriptive words about hands. It is soooo cute in person. I wanted to say thank you to Janet Holdaway who gave me the instructions on how to do this! I print on transparencies all the time when I make my own rub-ons but then I wipe it off so I can use it again. Janet told me that you have to make a copy of the words so that they will be burned into the transparency and the soap won't rub it off! Then cut the transparency and roll to slide in the dispenser. Then when it gets in it will flip open and you can pour the soap into the dispenser. I found that it is easier to have the straw from the pump in a little ways before you put the transparency in to help make sure that the pump is BEHIND the transparency instead of blocking it!!!!

These are adorable and I am giving them as Christmas gifts this year. Click HERE to check out Practical Scrappers for tons of ideas for using Transparencies!!!!

2009-09-22T23:40:00.000-07:00

Halloween Decor

2009-09-22T23:28:00.000-07:00

Our Challenge at Practical Scrappers this week was to use felt. I LOVE the Paper Doll Dress Up cartridge for the Cricut. It has some of the cutest Halloween images! I cut out the tombstone, the pumpkin, the ghost (I love him!), and the bat. Then I traced those images on felt and cut them out. Then I hand sewed on the borders and details. I bought the orange swag at my favorite thrift store (go DI) and wrapped it around my curtain rod in my dining room, which is also our den, and my scrapbooking room. We know how to multipurpose at our house! ;)

I love Halloween and I am so excited for Halloween this year! We are going to go and visit my mom Halloween weekend! She lives about 6 1/2 hours south of us and we haven't seen my family for awhile! It is going to be great! Thanks for coming by!

Baby Girl Framed Art

2009-09-15T23:21:00.000-07:00

Our challenge this week at Practical Scrappers was to use stickers. I made the border with some stickers that I have had for YEARS and then used black chipboard Heidi Swap stickers for Girl. I used doodle charms for the duck that I cut out of Co'ordination cardstock. I love that stuff! I embossed it and then lightly sand and the pink shines through! It is so much fun!

If you have time go pop over to the PS blog! There are some wicked talented ladies there!

Thanks for stopping by!!!

Another CONTEST for 4 CARTS!!!!!!! or a CRICUT

2009-09-09T19:32:00.001-07:00

This is contest entry for those crazy folks at TodaysMama and Cricut. Be sure to check out Cricut's cool new cartridges and the chance at $30,000 in travel for you and your friends at the Great Gypsy Escape site!

Great Escape Meme

1. If you could escape to anywhere in the world where would it be?

Italy (I have just always wanted to go there!)

2. What song do you play when you are by yourself in the car?

Defying Gravity from Wicked (but it has to be LOUD!)

3. If you had a night to yourself, and money was no object, what would you do?

Go to an all night crop with my Cricut, paper trimmer, and pictures and then buy everything else I needed to complete some projects!!!

4. What is your guilty pleasure?

SODA

5. What is the farthest place you have traveled away from your home?

Mexico City, Mexico

6. Last book that you couldn't put down?

Breaking Dawn (I know, big shock a Twilight saga book!)

7. When you want to escape into another time, what movie do you watch?

Pride and Predjudice (the long ENGLISH version!)

8. What is your favorite local escape?

Green Tangerine ( I love to just go and crop there when I have a few extra hours!)

9. How do you escape on a budget?

Invite friends to come and scrapbook at my house!

Best food you've ever had while on vacation. Tacos al Pastor in Mexico...YUMMY

This is such an amazing contest! Thanks Todaysmama.com and Cricut for this super fun contest!

Cricut has reached 100 cartridges!

2009-09-09T19:27:00.000-07:00

Cricut.com is giving away 100 cartridges over the next 5 weeks! Be sure to go to Cricut.com and enter to win!!!!! Here is a link to the 100th cartridge Winter Woodland http://www.cricut.com/shopping/ProductDetails.aspx?id=361&s=1&sc=2

GOOD LUCK!!!!!!!!

FALL

2009-09-09T18:05:00.000-07:00

I need to go back to Kindergarten and learn how to follow directions. Our challenge at Practical Scrappers was to use simple shape punches. I thought that a leaf was a simple shape but now I see that it was more like circles, squares, etc. OOPS! I will learn to follow directions one day!

Here is my not so simple shaped punch page. I used pooh font for the letters in FALL. I also used the new EveryDay Paper Dolls to make the pumpkin. It is a super cute cartridge!

I am going to make sure I pay closer attention to my next assignments! :) Go and check out the other projects that can follow directions there are some amazing projects!

Newly discovered blog! and CANDY!

2009-09-09T17:53:00.001-07:00

At Practical Scrappers I learned about a fabulous blog! It is called Bits of Paper. Jamie has only had her blog for a month but she is very talented and shares her how to's! It is a fun place to spend a little time! Go check it out and enter her blog candy! http://jamielanedesigns.blogspot.com/

4th Grade LO

2009-09-02T09:51:00.000-07:00

I have a new assignment for the Practical Scrappers blog. I am the Cricut specialist so that no matter what we are challenged to use I also have to incorporate the Cricut into the challenge too! HOW COOL IS THAT?

This months challenge was to use stamps. I admit that I am stamped challenged. I have stamps but RARELY use them. I am just not that great at it. So when I thought about mixing the Cricut with stamps I decided to use my roller stamps from Stampin' Up and stamp across images I cut out from Graphically Speaking. I also used a journaling stamp.

My oldest daughter (2nd child) just started 4th Grade this year. She is such a cutie. The paper really reminds me of her. It is from Me and My Big Ideas specialty paper pack.

I also sewed a on it just because I have missed sewing on layouts! Thanks for stopping by and I would love to hear from you!

Shamelessly scraplifted Teacher Gifts

2009-08-28T08:11:00.000-07:00

This is 100% scraplifted from the Cricut Message board http://www.cricut.com/messageboard/tm.aspx?m=4633525 I wanted to make sure that she got credit for my shameful scraplift of even her font!!!!! I did put different things in the bottle but that is about the only difference! I loved these when I first saw them and the teachers loved them!

I filled them with post-its, paper clips, hand santizer, chocolate kisses, floss sticks, and mints. These would make any gift giving very fun! Go and check out the link to see how it all fits in!!!!

First Day of school Treats

2009-08-27T09:57:00.000-07:00

I love my paper crimper and I got it at a thrift store for .25!!!! YEAH thrift stores!!!!

I made these for the kids with 2 mini twix bars in them. They were super easy and a last minute thing that I thought would be fun for their lunches. I should have made a cute tag and attach it but I didn't even start thinking about making those until after 11 pm and I just wasn't up for it! I think they liked it anyway!

Catch a Wave~ Vellum Challenge

2009-08-23T23:31:00.000-07:00

This week at Pratical Scrappers we were challenged to use vellum. I have a ton of vellum and I knew that I wanted to use this picture of my son Trevor at the beach this summer. (I know it is kind of hard to tell but I posted a close up of his head so you could see him...) My awesome sister Tracie took this picture! She rocks!

I had many ideas of how I wanted this layout to look and I went through a few sheets of vellum before I gave up the crazy idea I had and went simple. I used the George cartridge from the Cricut for the oval journaling. (I made the words in Microsoft word with word art). I also used Lifes A Beach for the waves on the top of the picture cut 3 times and then stickled. I used Graphically Speaking for the "Catch a wave"also cut several times and then layered. Then the big wave was cut in vellum. I LOVE how the Cricut cuts vellum by the way! If you haven't tried it you should!

The paper is from last years Summer Stack. I am sad that summer is over (my kids go back to school in a few hours!) but I am excited for the new school year! Hope your summer was fabulous!

"50 sucks"

2009-08-22T21:41:00.000-07:00

We went to a surprise 50th Birthday Party today and I made him this sucker boquet. I saw this idea on the Cricut Message board awhile ago and I LOVED IT! It was super easy to make but turned out really cute! I used the Mickey Font with my Design Studio so I could weld the words and only use 1 skewer.

The message board also had a "75 blows" made with bubble gum... cute, cute ideas is why I LOVE the message board!

Thinking of You

2009-08-20T18:55:00.000-07:00

I saw a card on aplaceformycards made by Jeannie Phillips and I fell in love with her card. Mine is a super simplified version of her amazing card.

I made this for a friend who was just in an accident and is now in the burn unit. This just totally reminds me of her! I used the cuttlebug for all of the music notes. The paper is a pack from Costco and it has beautiful, thick, DOUBLESIDED cardstock. I really like using it! I also used lots of Chestnut Roan ink. The thinking of you stamp is a 1.oo stamp that I think I got at JoAnns. I used Storybook Cartridge for the name plate. Hope she knows that I am thinking of her!

~BLOG CANDY ALERT~

2009-08-18T22:46:00.000-07:00

~BLOG CANDY ALERT~

So Tweet

2009-08-15T11:34:00.000-07:00

Out side
Inside...

I found this super cute stamp from Imaginisce and I knew that I wanted to pair it with the super cute birds from the cricut cartridge Home Decor. The branch is also from Home Decor. I made this when I was on vacation and so I think I am going to try to make this again with different paper so it is not so simple... maybe I'll try it this weekend. Looks like I am REALLY into pink and green right now!!! Several of my last projects are in that color scheme!!!! I am working on a layout right now that is NOT pink and green! I know it is a miracle!

Summer in the Park

2009-08-13T09:13:00.000-07:00

This is my oldest daughter when she was 5. I loved this picture of her at the park. I used stickers by Provo Craft for the title and the journaling.

Tutu Cute

2009-08-10T07:28:00.000-07:00

I have been trying to get these pictures done for 5 years! I just was worried I would never do them justice because they were just too cute, but our challenge at Practical Scrappers was to use at least 3 stickers. I some pictures in mind for what I wanted to do but my computer is having major problems and so I wasn't able to download them. That forced me to use pictures that I already had printed out. I picked up Samantha's dance recital pics and decided that it was time. I am still sure that they deserve a better layout but at least they aren't getting dusty sitting in a box like they were!

The paper is Basic Grey. I used Alphalicious (Short Stack feature) for the title. The stickers (I love the 5...6...7...8...) are from Creative Imaginations. The rhinestones swirls are from Prima. The pearls are also from Basic Grey.

You should go and check out what the other ladies at PS did! Pretty amazing stuff! Click HERE!

Sadie Bug~ Practical Scrappers

2009-08-03T01:32:00.000-07:00

This is my first submission for the new Design Team I am on from Practical Scrappers. We had to use at least 5 eyelets. Pretty simple task, but that left a lot of room for anything I wanted to do! I had a ton of ideas but I settled on a trail of eyelets going from a cute pink ladybug. We have always called my daughter "Sadie Bug" so this lay out was fitting for her! Go and check out the other designers! There are great ideas on how to use all of those eyelets you have in your stash!

I used Doodle Charms Cartridge for the lady bugs and Alphalicious for the font. The paper is all from Stampin' Up. Thanks for stopping by!

GYPSY!!!!

2009-07-29T15:44:00.000-07:00

Provo craft has announced the new AWESOME product called the Gypsy. Go to www.provocraft.com/gypsy/testdrive to actually "test drive" one of these amazing new gadgets!!! I know what I want for Christmas!!!!!!

Practical Scrappers Design Team!!!!

2009-07-27T22:08:00.000-07:00

I am so excited! I just found out that I made the Practical Scrappers Design Team! It is a blog that I so need! It challenges us to be creative with THE THINGS WE ALREADY HAVE... OUR STASH!!!! My stash has grown "slightly" out of control... This will be a very good thing for me!

I have been blog hopping to the other DT members and WOW!!!! There are some amazing women that have been chosen! Congrats to all and go check it out! Our first assignment is due soon so you can see what everyone has created next week but until then Go BLOG HOPPING. You won't be disappointed!

http://practicalscrappers.blogspot.com/

1st Day of 1st Grade

2009-07-24T22:19:00.000-07:00

I am catching up on some layouts. This is my son on the 1st day of 1st grade last year. Time goes sooooo fast and I can't believe I am 1 month away from the 1st day of school again!

I used a lot of different carts for all of the fonts. I thought it would be fun for 1st grade because that is when they really take off with reading! Enjoy your summer!

MILLER word book

2009-07-24T11:54:00.000-07:00

I made a word book for my Dad. I filled it with pictures of our family. I am the oldest and I have 3 Brothers and 2 Sisters. There were plenty of pictures to fill it all in! I will post pictures of the inside soon!

Provo Craft has ME on their Blog!!!!

2009-07-14T21:52:00.000-07:00

I just had the most surreal experience! I was looking at details about the Cricut Golden Ticket Cruise and I went on the Cricut Blog and THERE I WAS! I was SO EXCITED! This is not helping my un-natural obsession with Provo Craft... Here is the link (although I am sure you will not have the same feelings that I had!)

2009-07-10T21:01:00.000-07:00

Hello! I am sorry that I am not posting! I am on vacation in Utah. I feel like I am in "Cricut Heaven". I am headed to the Provo Craft Outlet which is the closest thing to heaven on earth for me!

Provo Craft was having a company picnic today and I really wanted to go to Springville and try to crash... it is an obsession... I know I need help, isn't that the first step??????

I will be back in a few weeks! Wish me luck!

Teacher Gifts~ Notepads

2009-06-19T16:38:00.000-07:00

My daughters teacher and her husband LOVE Disneyland. I also have been known to have a sweet spot for the happiest place on earth. So to make these goodies were so much fun for me!

Pot with Pens

2009-06-19T16:36:00.000-07:00

Magnets

2009-06-19T16:34:00.000-07:00

Tissue Box for Teacher

2009-06-19T16:26:00.000-07:00

Tissues are on every teachers desk and so I thought this would be a cute thing for her to have. Hot glue is holding together the foam board. Then it is covered in paper with ribbon hot glued on the top. Not perfect but adorable!

Last day of school notebooks

2009-06-19T15:52:00.000-07:00

Baby Gift

2009-06-19T15:46:00.000-07:00

This is a baby bathtub made from a basket and diapers. We filled it with clothes, baby bath, lotions, powder, bibs, and a baby word book that I made. Then we put a bear and a silk blanket on top to look like the bear was taking a bath! I got the idea from the cricut message board and it had plain white diapers and was WAY cuter but this was a fun way to give a baby gift.

IT's Finally Summer!!!!

2009-06-19T15:36:00.000-07:00

I kind of fell off of the crafting world for a little while but I have finally found my way back! I got very busy with school at the end of the year and the first thing that suffered was my house (cleaning) and then the cooking went and then so very sadly my crafting! Well school is over and now I can post some of the things that I did in the last few months.

This was a set that I made for the awesome secretaries at school! They save me on a daily basis and so I thought I would make them a cute treat!

Quick page ~ Graphically Speaking

2009-03-27T09:43:00.000-07:00

This is my oldest son (isn't he handsome?!?). I can't believe how fast he is growing up and we are always talking about the future and so I wanted to look back a little and see what he "wanted to be when he grew up". This took me 15 minutes to complete! I LOVE QUICK PAGES!!!! Graphically Speaking is an AWESOME cartridge! I am going to be using it a lot to get my pages done super fast! I love the notebook paper cut! It is such a fun element to add to a page. I thought I would only use it for journaling but then I wanted to see how large this notebook page could cut and I LOVED it and decided just to add the picture, the dream big cut, and the journaling and be done! Simple page but that works for me!

I Believe in Fairies

2009-03-16T09:41:00.000-07:00

For my mom who LOVES Fairies. She has a whole fairy room so I made this to go in her room.

I used Stone Script, TinkerBell and Friends, Home Decor, and Design Studio. I welded wings onto the F and cut out gold swirls from Home Decor and using transfer paper I placed them on the wings. I LOVE the way the gold fairy dust turned out. I thought it would be really hard to get on the board but I placed it on the wood using transfer paper and it was SOOOO EASY!

Thank you gifts

2009-03-15T22:12:00.000-07:00

I needed to bring some thank you gifts to some very sweet friends who helped me out with a party that I had this week and so I wanted to make them delicious triple chunk brownies!!! I love Tags Bags Boxes and More because of all of the cute boxes and I knew right away that I wanted to make them the heart topped box and fill it with brownies! They turned out so cute!!! I lined the whole thing with wax paper and then put a piece of wax paper in between each brownie piece so they wouldn't stick together. I made very simple matching cards to go with them. YUMMY....

Good Luck card

2009-03-15T21:07:00.001-07:00

This is the latest challenge for Whimisical Scraps and Bugs. We had to make a St. Pattys Day card. I had the hardest time with this!!!! I wear green on that day because I don't want to get PINCHED but that is as far as it goes! So I am going to give this to a friend who is moving this week... lame I know but for this week it is as good as it gets...

I made a shaped card from Paper Doll Dress Up. The shamrock is also from PDDU that I ran through the cuttlebug and then chalked it and put stickles on it. The back of the buckle is from Storybook and the front of the buckle is from Tags Bags Boxes and More. The font is from Stone Script and then I welded the words on design studio.

I did get to scrapbook this weekend so I will have to post some pages that I did! Thanks Sarah for coming over!

Wall hanging~Whimisical Scraps and Bugs Challenge

2009-03-07T20:36:00.000-08:00

This was our instructions for the newest challenge for Whimsical Scraps and Bugs: BLACK & WHITE Challenge.......... only 1 other color will be permitted and it must be minimal! You can create anything you want to!!! A card.... A LO.... An Altered item.... ANYTHING!!!!! : ) You MUST use the word SPRING (letters cut from any Cricut cart).

I chose to make a wall hanging with the word spring. This was a very difficult challenge for me! When I think of spring I think of a lot of colors, especially pastel colors and so black and white was not the direction I was thinking of! I really liked doing the challenge once I got into it! It looks good hanging in my living room and my husband even likes it... who knew!

All of the cuts are from the Storybook cartridge. I cut the letters 3 times out of chipboard and then cut the letters out of the patterned paper from basic grey. The black and white paper is from Prima. I used a stamp by O'Scrap! for the Spring definition then raised it with pop dots. A little bit of Stickles in the middle of the flowers and some inking.

We were trimming back our trees today and so I thought I should photograph it in a tree in my backyard. It just looks like spring with all of the new flowers blooming in our tree! Happy Spring!

Challenge # 10

2009-02-22T14:49:00.000-08:00

Here is another challenge from Whimsical Scraps and Bugs. We had to use the sketch and it was a 3 -2 -1 challenge. We had to use 3 patterned papers, 2 embellishments, and 1 flower cut from any cartridge. It was very hard for me to use that many patterns and few embellishments. Now as I am looking I think I used 1. sewing 2. white pen 3. pop dots 4. glossy accents 5. rolling stamp for the date and 6. ribbon. OOPS... Some of those I don't think of as embellishments but as necessities! Well I did TRY...

I used Storybook for all of the cuts except for the circle which I used George. All of the paper is from Cloud 9.

Sadie is so cute in this picture but she was not very cooperative when it was being taken which is typical of a 3 year old! Thanks for stopping by!

Ribbon Holder

2009-02-22T10:52:00.000-08:00

I have been SEARCHING for a better way to store all of my ribbon. I have had it in clear plastic totes but it is not easy to see or get to. I looked for ribbon holders that you could buy in stores but they were expensive and didn't hold very many spools! So I went on a quest to find something that could work in the space that I have and could hold a lot of spools. I went to the store Home Goods looking for something else and came across this beautiful tall table in the garden section of the store! I was so excited! I had some dowels and had my friend cut them for me (Thanks Paul!) and now I have a ribbon holder!!!! I really like it and it fits perfectly in the space that I wanted it! I am so excited about it that I have to share it on my blog! Have a organized day!

U make life Sweet Card

2009-01-28T12:52:00.000-08:00

The next challenge for Whimisical Scaps and Bugs was to make a Valentines Day card. We were to use whatever cut we wanted and we were to use lots of ribbon. They even said they wanted "big bows". So I made a really big bow and then designed a card around it! I used 4 different ribbons, because I LOVE ribbon!

I got some Bazzill Basics Paper called Dotted Swiss. I have my Swiss Dots cuttlebug folder but the paper already comes that way! I had to try it and I really like it! I also used Basic Grey~Eva collection for the patterned paper.

The kids had just finished off a box of fruit snacks and so I used that to cut out the U from the Base Camp cartridge and then cut the U again with the light pink Bazzil and then I put stickles on the dots. I also cut out the postage stamp charm out of Base Camp.

The SUPER CUTE cupcake is from the new Home Decor cartridge. I really LOVE that cartridge! There are so many beautiful cuts on it!!! I am borrowing it from a friend (thanks Val!) and it is going to be PAINFUL to give it back!

I also have always wanted to put a tag on ribbon with a safety pin so I tried it on this card. It is pretty fun! I will be doing it again I am sure! I also used mini green rain dots on the "make life sweet". I used my 2 favorite punches. I also used diamond glaze on the cherry.

This was a super fun card to make! HAPPY VALENTINES DAY!!!!!!

Wild Card Monster Card

2009-01-25T09:47:00.000-08:00

This is the monster card in the Wild Card Cartridge. I think it is hillarious! I did NOT like it at all when I saw it in the handbook. Then I decided to cut one out just to see what it really was all about and I DO like it now. It is just so wierd that you have to love him!
I think what made me change my mind about him was the ENVELOPE! I love that it has eyes and teeth!
I used double sided cardstock so that the one side is green for my monster and then the other side is yellow so when you fold the monster down it has a yellow background. I think that double sided paper will come in handy a lot for this cart!
Once again THANKS JANEL!!!! (and Happy Birthday! Hee hee!)

Wild Card Scallop Card

2009-01-25T09:36:00.000-08:00

My friend Janel got the Cartridge Wild Card for her birthday. She brought it to my house before she even had a chance to play with it because she knew how bad I wanted the cart. She was going to go to a movie and left it for me to play with while she was gone. That was over a week ago and she has come over and played with it at my house but then she leaves it for me to babysit. I have been making tons of fun cards! I love it! It is funky but very fun. It will cut out the card and then the envelope to match! I made this one for my Grandma in Idaho. I will have to get it to Janel so she doesn't think that I have kidnapped it but as long as I have it I will PLAY!

Heart LO

2009-01-25T09:08:00.000-08:00

This LO was done for our heart challenge on Whimsical Scraps and Bugs. We needed to use a heart from any cartridge and we could use buttons (one of my favorite things) and ribbon (also a favorite of mine) BUT we could NOT use glitter. It also had to be in red, pink, and white.

I recieved a card from Gramma Sharon for my anniversary last year that had buttons inside the heart and I have wanted to do a LO like it ever since. You should go and check out all of the ways that the other designers came up with for the heart. They are all so different and so cute!

The heart and scallop behind it is from Doodlecharms. The swirls are from Home Accents. The XOXO is from Wild Card (Thanks Janel for letting me borrow it! I love it!!!!)

Thanks for stopping by!

Sloan Family Word book

2009-01-13T20:49:00.000-08:00

This is another word book that I made for my son's teacher. These are so fun to make!

Sloan Family Word book

2009-01-13T20:34:00.000-08:00

This is the other word book that I made for my son's teacher. I love making these and I am planning to make a whole bunch more!!!

Fall LO

2009-01-12T02:08:00.000-08:00

Our challenge from Whimiscal Scraps and Bugs was to use this sketch and create a layout and of course use our cricut! I really liked this sketch and was very excited to do it, however we just got home from a vacation that was almost 3 weeks long and I was (and still am) having a hard time adjusting to "real life". I finally sat down tonight and made the layout. It was a lot of fun to do. I used basic grey paper (which is my favorite line right now) and paper doll dress up for the corn stalk, speaking of fall for the pumpkins, and alphalicious for the word FALL. I did my journaling on vellum and a little bit of sewing from my new purple Pixie sewing machine (thanks Kimi)! Have a wonderful and productive week! I am going to try and have one myself!

I love the picture of all 4 kids running in a row down the row of corn! Good times....

California Christmas

2008-12-27T16:18:00.000-08:00

I love our California Christmas traditions. We go swimming at my parents house. They heat up the pool and it is so nice and warm. Rain or shine we swim. I made this layout for the whimsical scraps and bugs challenge. We had to make a layout with snowflakes from any cartridge. I am on vacation and so it was interesting because I had to borrow a cartridge from a friend down here and I used my moms little bug. I love that I am able to still scrapbook even though all of my stuff is at home.

My sister is an awesome photographer and I had her take this today while the kids were swimming! These are pictures of me when I was a girl! We love Southern California!!!! Thanks Tracie for your awesome skills!

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Christmas Card

2008-12-15T19:53:00.000-08:00

Here is my first challenge for Whimisical Scraps and Bugs. You should go and check it out. The ladies created some amazing things!!! We had to use a tree cut from any cart. I used Joys of the Season for the tree, the star, and the word joy. I also used Calligraphy Collection for the frame behind the word joy. I do not even own these carts but I am LUCKY enough to have good friends that do!!! They were so much fun to play with and of course are on my new (and growing) wish list!!! I used diamond stickles on the stars and the tree and the word joy. You can never have too much sparkle at this time of year! I also used dark gold tuelle which is becoming another favorite thing to scrapbook with!

Hope you are truely finding joy this holiday season!

Teacher Gift~ Wordbook

2008-12-02T07:59:00.000-08:00

I have to give a huge shout out to Monique (http://monkeydoodlecricut.blogspot.com/) for her inspiration and wordbook cutfile! I am now totally obsessed with them and I can think of ANY occasion that could warrant a wordbook! THANKS MONIQUE!

This is my first one that I have made. It is for Mrs. Peart who is my daughters AMAZING teacher. I am so blessed to have the most amazing teachers for my kids this year! The colors that I chose are perfect for her! She is bright and fun! If you haven't had a chance to make a wordbook you should try!

I first cut out the pages of the book out of CEREAL BOXES! (I started using my chipboard but I was having to do multiple cuts and every so often it would get off and ruin my chipboard!) So I switched to cereal boxes and I don't really notice a difference in stability!

Here is the part that makes is so easy! I cut out the 1st page with the paper that want to cover the letter "P page" with (for this book). Then I take the paper that I want to cover the "E page" with and FLIP IT UPSIDE DOWN and cut the "P page" again. Then flip the paper so that the pattern shows again and then cut the "E page". That way the paper will be the same on both sides of the paper. (*if you will notice that I DID NOT do this for the first page of the book, but I figured it out for the rest of the pages!!!!)

I wrote on each mat what size picture to put in so that it would still have a border around the picture.

I used George for the rectangle, Base Camp for the letters, Home Accents for the embellishments, and Stone Script for the words on the last page. I used glossy accents from Tim Holtz to glue and to make the work "FAMILY" shinny.

I am almost finished with the other Teacher wordbook and then I will post that too! Thanks for stopping by...

Party Invites

2008-11-28T21:54:00.000-08:00

I made some party invites for a friend whose little girl is turning 1. She has a snowman themed party and wanted some cute invites with snowman on them. I knew that I for sure wanted the adorable snowman from doodlecharms and I knew he needed to be on top of some cuttlebug snow! I think they turned out so cute. I hope she likes them as much as I do!

Happy THANKSGIVING!!!!

Another Onsie Baby Card

2008-11-06T09:43:00.000-08:00

I love the new arrivals cartridge! There are so many cute cuts! I used the onsie cut (again!) and I used the mini monogram cart for the scalloped square. The threading water punch is on the edge. The Welcome stamp is from Stampin' Up.

Have a great day!

Halloween party Thank you note

2008-11-06T09:39:00.000-08:00

We went to a SUPER FUN Halloween party at our friends house and so I made Tammi (the hostess with the most-ess) this silly thank you. The bat is from Paper Doll Dress Up and the punch is MS drippy goo.

THANKS LISA for the Googlie eyes!!!! I love them!

Halloween Card

2008-10-31T12:27:00.000-07:00

I was going through old pictures and I found this picture of my Mom and my Sister from the 80's. I laughed so hard when I saw it and I knew that I had to do something for Halloween with it. I hope they laugh just as much as I did! HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!!!

Itty Bitty Baby Book

2008-10-20T13:49:00.000-07:00

I made this Itty Bitty Baby Book while I watched Conference. There was no rhyme or reason for how it was put together but I wanted something that I could put all of the kids baby pictures in! I think it is coming along but I still need to add the title and the journaling.

Candles from Super Sat

2008-10-20T13:26:00.000-07:00

These are just a couple of the candles that we made at super sat. Thanks to Deborah (Scrapping moms scraps) and (Robyn) the pink stamper for the directions!!! They are WAY easy and turn out super cute!

Exploding Box ~ "Where does the time go?"

2008-10-20T08:49:00.000-07:00

This is the exploding box class that I taught at Super Sat. It was a lot of fun! I found the chipboard clocks and that inspired the "where does the time go?" box. I started with pictures of my husband and I as babies and then pics of us growing up and then of us together in school, and then our wedding. Then finally of us with our first child, our new family of 3, then our family of 4, then family of 5, and ending with our most recent family photo with all 6 of us!

It was a very fun day of crafting!

Stampin' Up workshop

2008-10-16T13:58:00.000-07:00

I went to Moniques (monkeydoodle) Stampin' Up workshop and it was super fun! (here is a shout out to "the ROYAL COURT!") We made 3 cards and this ADORABLE Halloween Gift bag. THANKS MONIQUE!

Crazy Monkey

2008-10-16T13:06:00.000-07:00

Here is 1 of 4 layouts that I got done at my 12 HOUR Swarm!!!!! A little too much socializing and not too much working! BUT IT WAS A BLAST!!!! I still am going to journal about my "crazy monkey" Jerry. He is a hoot!

Still need IDEAS for alternatives for googly eyes for the animals on New Arrivals?!?!?!?!

Have a good one!
Jenny

Spongebob SCARE pants and Gary

2008-10-04T17:32:00.000-07:00

This is my entry for our local pumpkin patch scarecrow contest. I made it for Sadie's preschool class. If it wins the school will get 600.00! SO heres hoping! The kids made all of the jellyfish that are floating all around Spongebob Scare Pants and I was lucky enough to have a Dad that was handy with wood build the Spongebob box so all I had to do was decorate him with clothes and a face! Spongebobs face was made from vinyl that I cut with the Cricut of course!

Gary is a real pumpkin that I painted and his body is made out of foam. His eyes are christmas ornaments that I painted and attached to dowels. (Gary is my favorite!)

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

Piece of Cake...

2008-09-29T20:34:00.000-07:00

I have an exciting announcement.... I got the Expression!!!!(go to Hallmarkscrapbook.com~they have the BEST PRICES!!!) Now I feel like I have doubled my cartridges because I can do cuts that are too small for my baby bug (but I still love her!) I was dying to make things out of Tags Bags Boxes and More that were bigger than an inch when completed!!! I decided to make the cake box cut for my sister for her birthday. (Carrie if you are reading this before you get the package....SURPRISE!) I would have waited but I love the way it turned out! I used the fabulous Martha Stewart Drippy Goo Punch. I love the look of this punch! I even sewed on my ribbon and pulled it so it made my "whipped cream". My kids couldn't put it down and they want me to make them their own cake! I can't wait to make all of the purses, bags, envelopes, etc that I have been dying to make for 2 years!!! So hopefully there will be a lot of posting in the next little while!

I am not really sure what this new trend is of adding buttons to your pictures but I thought I would try it out.... still not real sure what all of the woopla is about but there it is... If you know the inside track of the picture embellishment let me know!

Thanks for stopping by! ~ Jenny

Baby Boy Card~ Silly Monkey

2008-09-20T07:52:00.001-07:00

I LOVE the monkey from New Arrivals. He is so cute! I wish I knew what to do with the eyes from this cart (like the elephant, giraffe, duck, etc.) so if you have ANY suggestions PLEASE let me know. The google eyes were OK for this one because I wanted it to be a little silly but I am not a big fan of google eyes.

This is such an easy card because I used the creative feature CARD 3 key and it makes the card ready to go with the scallop edge! So easy but so very cute!!!! I knew that I wanted to see the inside of the sewing so I put brown on the bobbin so that I could put my nephews name in the inside the stitched part of the card.

Let me know of your EYE SUGGESTIONS!!!!!!

Thanks,

jenny

Onsie Baby Card

2008-09-20T07:40:00.001-07:00

I love New Arrivals. There are so many cute cuts in this cartridge! I have a some new nephews born and we found out my sister is having a boy too! So with all of the new boys in the family I need boy baby cards. (On my side of the family I am the only one with girls!) All of the paper is from DCWV Nana's Nursery mat stack. I love that the paper says "onesies and blakets and diapers, oh my!" Welcome is a stamp from stampin up that I am borrowing from a friend(thanks Michelle!) The onesie is on pop-dots. I love those things!

Thanks for stopping by!

Jenny

Not scrabooking but still fun!

2008-09-20T07:25:00.000-07:00

I am in charge of a cooking group for church. Once a month we get together and we have a theme picked out such as salads, chicken, etc. and then everyone brings a dish to share and we have one person demo their specialty. Then everyone emails me their recipe and I put together an electronic cookbook and send it out. It is A LOT of fun and it is always a great night. On Thurs. our theme was DESSERTS. IT WAS SO MUCH FUN! I wanted to bring something that I am thinking about bringing to the OCT. SWARM (which I can't wait for!!!!) so here is my dessert. They are cupcake pops and they are TASTY! And I think they are so cute! I got them off of this blog http://bakerella.blogspot.com/2008/04/make-your-cupcakes-pop.html. She has awesome instructions. They seem a little labor intensive and they were until I just got rid of the step with the cookie cutter. I just made 2 balls out of the dough and flattened the bottom ball, dipped that in chocolate and squished on the top ball and let it dry and then dipped the top and decorated. Anyway they are delicious and cute!

jenny

AND THE WINNER IS.....

2008-09-13T16:07:00.000-07:00

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So it looks like the winner is Momma Twitch!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Congrats!!!!! Send your address to jennytitus@gmail.com and I will get you your fun goodies!!!!

Thanks everyone for playing and I LOVED reading about all of the things that we all love!

Enjoy the rest of your weekend,
Jenny

"PAY IT FORWARD" BLOG CANDY

2008-08-28T14:38:00.000-07:00

Blog Candy Fun

It is finally time for my 1st BLOG CANDY give away! I am calling it the "pay it forward" blog candy because I won Grammas house of cards blog candy and I wanted to pay it forward! By the way, go and check out Grammas house of cards blog...it is AMAZING!

I am giving away....

6 bags of skittles in assorted colors.

1 8x8 paper blog by Provo Craft (one of my favorite companies!) there are 90 sheets in the pack

15 Sheets of Alphabet Stickers from Provo Craft

3 12x12 Page Kits from Top Line Creations (Laugh, Life, and 10 Things)

In order to win you need to leave a comment about something crafty that you could NOT LIVE WITHOUT (like for me it is the Cricut :)

I will use Random.org generator to pick a winner on Saturday Sept. 13.

*If you would like to put the word out on your blog that would be appreciated! Can't wait to see your what your favorite things will be!

Birthday Card

2008-08-27T15:47:00.000-07:00

The outside
The inside We are going to Southern California this weekend to visit my family and we are celebrating my moms and my nephews birthday so I made my mom a card with Storybook. I LOVE this cartridge! There are so many fun things that are on it! All of the cuts are from storybook and I used the fabulous Martha Stewart punch (this is something that I find myself using on all of my cards lately!). The cockatoo is popped up with pop dots. I made a rub-on for the Happy Birthday Mom. I think she will think it is a fun card. She has a cricut but she is not even close to having the obsession that I have with mine. (which is probably very healthy)

Enjoy your Labor Day Weekend and look for some BLOG CANDY FUN coming VERY SOON!!!!!!!!!

Much too long

2008-08-26T16:50:00.000-07:00

I have been going crazy getting the kids ready for school and I am also in charge of our "super Saturday" at Church and so I have been making several different crafts like CRAZY! Unfortunately I did not take pictures of any of them (yet). They are at Church for the next 5 week so that everyone can sign up but when I get them back I will post. BUT FOR NOW I made a few thank you cards and I did get a picture of one before they all went out the door.

It is a simple card made with Mini Monograms cart and swiss dot and thank you cuttlebug folders. I have been borrowing a sewing machine (thanks Valerie!) and so I have been sewing like crazy on all of my projects! It is so much fun!

I am going to announce my PAY IT FORWARD BLOG CANDY in the next few days!!! I am seriously behind in getting this out but now I can think and I wanted it to be good Candy fun! So stay posted!

1st Day of School Crayon Wreath

2008-08-05T00:17:00.000-07:00

I wanted to make decorations for the back to school lunch and so I made these VERY EASY wreaths.

I used the middles of 2 embroidery hoops. The big one is 12 inches and the small one is 8 inches.

I used almost all of the 64 pack of crayons to hot glue around the hoops.

I used LOCKER TALK to cut out the scissors at 5 inches and then embossed the bottom of them with silver embossing powder.

I used my black cricut marker to draw my ruler at 3 inches. Then I changed back to my blade and cut out the ruler.

I used the marker again to draw the Report card at 5 inches and then cut it out.

A+ was cut at 1 inch

The word "Trajan" (my children's school) was cut using All Mixed Up with the Design Studio software so I could weld parts of the word and make it smaller than 1 inch.

"Elementary"is Alphalicious.

The apple was cut out with Doodlecharms at 2 1/2 inches.

I glued the things that I had cut onto the wreath and added some curling ribbon and glued the scissors on top of that. You could put your child's teachers name on it instead of the schools name for a really cute 1st day of school gift. I usually give these to my kids teachers at the end of the year but I was not prepared last year so I am doing it now... Better late then never right?

Wall hanging~ BBTB contest

2008-07-25T17:56:00.000-07:00

I really loved the inspiration magazine ad that Regina picked out at BBTB. I decided to make a wall hanging for the family room with Home Accents. I used scalloped chipboard frames and inked them dark brown and then added all of the fun embellishments. Home Accents has all of the swirls and beautiful sayings so when I saw "live, laugh, love" I knew that that was the perfect thing that I needed for the wall. The W and M are Heidi Swapp chipboard letters and the off white lettering is Making Memories rub ons. I used pop dots under live, laugh, love to help give it a little depth. Thanks for looking and wish me luck...

Sadies Birthday presents

2008-07-24T00:15:00.000-07:00

Sadie just had her 3rd birthday! VERY LAST MINUTE I decided after I had wrapped all of her presents at midnight, that they were too plain and she would LOVE some cricut love on them! So I whipped out Happily Ever After and because it was so late I thought that I would just keep it really simple and just do some of the shapes! But then I thought that they were too plain and so I had to whip out the stickles and decorate them up! I should have just made the princesses! Sometimes (and this time I am blaming it on total lack of sleep) I just don't make very smart decisions! With all that said, it was a fabulous birthday and she loved all of the gift wrap ALMOST as much as she loved the presents! She did not rip one of the things that were on her presents. She would take them off and hand them to me! She knows what is important to her Mama!

Shannon and Jerry LO

2008-07-24T00:11:00.000-07:00

This is my friend Shannon with Jerry when he was a baby. Time has flown by way too fast! I used flowers and ribbon even though it is going in Jerrys book... I just have to be me.

BBTB contest entry ~ Inspire

2008-07-23T19:45:00.000-07:00

The BBTB contest was so cool this time I couldn't pass it up. Regina came up with a magazine ad that we were to draw inspiration from. I really loved the colors in the picture and it is a very inspiring picture in itself! I wanted to make a card for a very dear friend of mine that let her know how AWESOME I think she is. I used the colors from the ad and I loved the font at the bottom of the ad and it made me think of the home accents cartridge.

I tried sewing for the first time on paper and I LOVED IT! I will be sewing on more and more projects!

Inspire was cut from Home Accents

You and me were cut from Opposites Attract

Thanks for stopping by and wish me luck...

Jenny

All Boy LO

2008-07-23T19:39:00.000-07:00

I distressed the pictures edges by scrapping them with the cricut tool that looks like a dentist tool. I love the way it turned out.
I love this paper that I found at Green Tangerine!!! It is so boy! I took these pictures of Jerry on the last day of Kindergarten. His teacher told me that he was always playing air guitar in class.
I still have to journal... so much to do so little time!

Baby Jerry LO

2008-07-23T19:34:00.000-07:00

I am finally getting Jerrys baby book done... yes I realize he is 6, but better late than never! So I have been making LO's from now and from when he is a baby. It's all good...

Blue Eyed Boy~ Cloud 9 papers

2008-07-23T19:30:00.000-07:00

I love the new papers from Cloud 9. This layout is too busy for me but Jerry is so cute that I think it might make up for the fact that I am not in love with the way I put it together.

I COULDN"T BELIEVE IT!!!!!

2008-07-20T21:27:00.000-07:00

Look what Gramma Sharon sent me!!!! I got the package yesterday and opened it and tears came to my eyes!!! I love this book!!! I carry it with me to show all of my friends so they can attest that it is even MORE AMAZING in person and I can't believe that she sent it to me! She is the sweetest person and she has mad skills in the paper crafting industry! I also got the illusive martha stewart punch and some of the cutest stamps that I have ever seen! I am so spoiled!!!!! THANKS SHARON!

New Brighton Beach Double LO

2008-07-08T22:24:00.000-07:00

I found out that my favorite scrapbooking store The Green Tangerine is looking for designers for their store (hello! DREAM JOB!). In order to be considered you had to submit a double layout and then they will narrow it down to the top 50 and then customers will vote on their favorites. So I submitted my latest layout from our vacation to New Brighton Beach.

I used Alphalicious for the title. Accent Essentials for the swirls. Paper Doll Dress Up for the shells. I think it turned out pretty cute but we will have to see if it fits the Green Tangerine style...

Thanks for stopping by and enjoy your summer vacation!

Another Baby Card

2008-06-24T22:03:00.000-07:00

This one is not as "busy" as the other card. I love to do baby cards and baby LOs!

The bottle is from Doodlecharms. The paper is Provo Craft slab 6. Little One is a rub-on. I used Glossy Accents for the nipple of the bottle.