Up to Snow Good layout

 Happy Monday!  The BBTB2 challenge for the next two weeks is a snowflake theme.  We got a big snow while my kids were home on winter break and of course I took a few pics as snow forts were constructed!  For my layout, I used an older cricut image collection from Creative Memories that I bought years ago called Tis the Season for my snowflakes and snowman and a font called Just Marsha that I downloaded from da fonts.  Am I the only one who loses track of time browsing fonts?  LOL!!!!  Head over to the BBTB2 site where you can link up a snow themed project for the next two weeks and see the design team projects for inspiration.

Cricut:

CM Tis the Season-snowflakes and snowman

Just Marsha-font downloaded from da fonts

Paper-Echo Park Keeping Cozy collection prints, CTMH solids

Xmas in July

Happy Monday!  Hope you all had a good 4th of July!  I had a super relaxing day, finished off with watching fireworks with the fam!  Our BBTB2 challenge this week is Christmas in July....although I'm having a bit of a hard time thinking about Christmas when it's close to 100 degrees with lots of humidity.  Where is that polar air when you need it?  However, you can make a Christmas card or project to be ready to go when it is cold and festive right now!  Since I'm more of a scrapbooker than card maker, I scrapped some Xmas pics with this layout featuring Christmas ornaments.  The rest of the design team has some amazing Christmas cards over at BBTB2.  Go take a look and link up!  And stay cool...ish....this week!

Cricut:
Tis the Season-all cuts
Paper-DCWV prints, CTMH solids

Two layouts: Snow and Bushels of Fun (for BBTB2)

Happy first Monday of 2015!  Christmas week was super fun and busy- I hope you all had a wonderful holiday as well!  I had some fun scrapbooking cozied up in the basement in the relaxing week after Christmas, which was super nice!  I am bit depressed that the kids and I must stop wearing pajamas all day now that our winter break is over.  We're having to break out the thermals and polar fleece instead, because baby, it's COLD outside right now here in KC!

Our BBTB2 challenge this week is to use our favorite cricut cut in a project.  Oh my goodness-this was HARD!  I concluded I just can't pick a single favorite cut-it's sort of like trying to pick your favorite child…it's more like I have a group of several favorites for each season.   I'm showing you two layouts featuring one of my favorites-the barrel from Doodlecharms.  I have filled it up with leaves, hearts, snowballs, apples, and more in the past. I like how it can be customized with brads or eyelets and some inking to change the look.

Layout # 1 is a winter layout with my Doodlecharms barrel full of snowballs!  This will be for some winter sled and snow pictures.  (It also features my favorite cricut snowman of all, from CM Tis the Season, plus the stand of trees and sled from there).  The title is from the CM Cheerful Seasons cartridge.

Cricut:
CM Tis the Season-snowman, trees, sled
Doodlecharms-basket, snowballs
CM Cheerful Seasons-title
Paper-Carta Bella Warm and Cozy collection prints, CTMH solids
Versamagic Jumbo Java chalk ink for edging

Layout #2 is a fall layout that also has my Doodlecharms barrel, this time full of apples!  It looks a little different with silver brads and two different colors of brown paper-and of course is filled with apples, also from Doodlecharms.   I spent a day this fall with my sis and nieces picking apples from their neighbor's bountiful apple trees and then making making homemade apple butter and freezing apples for pie this winter!  (We ate the best apple pie EVER that night-from tree to pie in one night!)

Cricut:
Doodlecharms-barrel, apples
A Child's Year-bowl/spoon
Everyday Paperdolls-apron
CM Stork's Delivery-Frogs and Snails font
Paper-Imaginesence apple paper, Doodlebug Happy Harvest bg paper, CTMH solids
brown chalk ink

You will find a whole variety of favorite Cricut cuts over at BBTB2, so do go check them out!  I must confess I am quite curious to see what the rest of the team will pick for favorites!

Take a Hike layout (for Exploring Cricut)

It's a vacation challenge at Exploring Cricut this week, with a twist-include a sign on the project.  I have a hiking/outdoor themed layout for you.  We are going hiking in the beautiful Rocky Mountain National Park on our summer vacation to Estes Park, Colorado.  I am expecting to shoot a few (OK, a lot!) of pictures on the trail!  I used a whole bunch of cartridges to try to capture the outdoors feel for my layout.

I used the Outdoor Man cartridge for the hiking boots, binoculars, compass, and moose.  Then I added the sun from Doodlecharms.  The stand of trees is from the Disney Classics cartridge.  The title font is the Frogs and Snails font from the CM Stork's Delivery cartridge.  And last, trail sign is from Campin' Critters.    The base paper is from a really old Echo Park collection and the print paper is also from Echo Park.  I hand cut the ground strip, using a wave template.

Cricut:
Doodlecharms-sun
CM Stork's Delivery-font
Disney Classics-stand of trees
Campin' Critters-trail sign
Outdoor Man-all other cuts
Paper-Echo Park print and bg paper, CTMH solids
brown chalk ink

There are lots of vacation projects to see from the design team at Exploring Cricut-hope you'll link up to our challenge with a project!

More Christmas tags (for BBTB2)

Christmas is almost here!  We are having an inspiration only post this week at BBTB2, featuring more Christmas gift tags.  These are so quick and easy to make and just give a package that extra bit of special!  I made a whole stack, using the basic tag and shadow from Plaintain Schoolbook that matched the colors on some of my wrapping paper.  I added the clef and holly leaf from the CM Tis the Season cartridge to two of them, but the rest are simple and sweet.  (Son #2 is getting a little mini keyboard, so the tag with the clef is special for him!)

Cricut:
Plaintain Schoolbook-tags, cut at 3 1/2 inches
CM Tis the Season-clef and holly, cut at 2 1/2 inches
Paper-variety of scraps for the prints, CTMH solids
brown chalk ink

December 25th layout (for Exploring Cricut)

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas!  That is our Exploring Cricut challenge for this week-to make a Christmas project of some sort with a cricut cut.  As I'm in the midst of all things Christmas related at the moment, this was the PERFECT challenge!   The fun whimsical cuts are from the CM Tis the Season cartridge, including my journal box.  I added Santa's belt buckle for a cute little addition on the journal box, along with a stamped title.

Cricut:
CM Tis the Season-all cuts
Paper-Bazzill basics prints, solids CTMH
Stamp-

We'd love to see you join our challenge with any kind of Christmas project…maybe that homemade paper crafting gift you are making for a special someone on your list?  Or a card or layout?  It's wide-open, so have some fun with it!

Did you know Bazzill has started making some print papers?  I didn't until I saw this Christmas background paper at Archievers, which is always well stocked with the Bazzill solid paper.   Then I saw this gorgeous heavy weight Christmas paper and was surprised to discover it was from Bazzill!  I had to have some to make Christmas layouts, even though that wasn't what I was there to buy!  (I know, I know...I'm easily distracted by shiny objects, er paper, lol!  Especially when I'm supposed to be shopping for boring things like adhesive.)

I'm also going to link this to the Fantabulous Cricut Anything But a Card Challenge this week.

North Pole Christmas card

I've been having fun making Christmas cards, so I'll be sharing a few more of them over the next week or two.  This one uses the CM Tis the Season cartridge for the cute little North Pole sign and the paper is from the (appropriately named) Doodlebug North Pole collection!

Cricut:
CM Tis the Season-sign
Paper-Doodlebug North Pole collection prints, CTMH solids
brown chalk ink
stamp-Ali Edwards Jingle All the Way stamp set  

Let's Be Merry Christmas card (for BBTB2)

It is my turn to host the BBTB2 challenge this week and since Christmas is right around the corner, I thought getting some Christmas cards ready seemed like a great challenge theme!  The design team at BBTB2 has made some fantastic cards to inspire you.  I used this cute ornament on the CM Tis the Season cartridge for my card.  I wanted something kind of fun and fresh and this Doodlebug North Pole paper was exactly what I had in mind!

Cricut:
CM Tis the Season-ornament
Paper-Doodlebug North Pole collection prints, CTMH solids
Ink-Stampin Up Lucky Limeade
Stamp-Ali Edwards set

So all you have to do to join our challenge is make a Christmas card (new, please) with a cricut cut and link it up with us at BBTB2!    Hope to see you there :)

Fa la la Christmas card

I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving!  We are celebrating today, as I had to work at the hospital yesterday.  The turkey is in the smoker now and my pies are baking!!!!

This gorgeous music paper was part of the Theresa Collins christmas paper that I got, which inspired my card.  I made it at our Christmas card making party.  The fa la las just started running through my head and wouldn't leave.  The hilarious part is that then a phrase from another Christmas carol also got stuck in my head, and none of us could remember which carol it was from until my friend arrived and looked it up on google!  I was SO relieved because otherwise it would have come to me in the middle of the night and woken me up.  My goofy brain is annoying like that!  On to the cricut info:  the fa la la and flakes are all from one cut on the  CM Tis the Season cartridge.  I'm going to link this to the CardzTV challenge "Speaking of Christmas".

Cricut:
CM Tis the Season-fa la la and snowflakes
Paper-Theresa Collins Christmas Cottage print
Stamps-Stampin Up
brown chalk ink

Stocking Christmas card

Here's another Christmas card from our card-making weekend, using the stocking from  the CM Tis the Season cart, along with some embossing.  The paper is from the Simple Stories line and the card base is CTMH card stock.  The very merry stamp and punch are Stampin Up.  I have no idea where I got the Joy stamp on the inside-I think from the bargain bin at Michael's a few years ago.

Cricut:
CM Tis the Season-stocking
Paper-Simple Stories, solid scraps, base is CTMH card stock
embossing folders
brown chalk ink

happy (Christmas morning fun with the gifts) layout

This layout is from Christmas morning last year after all the packages had been opened and thrill of playing with all the new toys had begun (good times at our house!).  The paper is CM's Holidazzle and the cuts are from Tis the Season (sorry, can't stop using all the cute cuts on it!!!).  I love this little Christmas tree!

Cricut:
Tis the Season-all cuts
Paper-CM Holidazzle

I'm going to link this to the SOUS challenge to use a tree on the project.

holiday cheer

This layout from Christmas Eve last year uses the Tis the Season cartridge and more of the CM Holidazzle paper.  The steaming cup image was perfect because my kids love the tradition of drinking coffee with Papa and Grandma when they visit (my husband and I are not coffee drinkers) and eagerly look forward to curling up with them in the early morning to have their coffee fix.  Although I'm not sure it's still coffee by the time they are done adding creamer to it....

Cricut:
CM Tis the Season-steaming cup and stocking cap, coffee talk title
Lyrical Letters-holiday cheer
Paper-CM Holidazzle

dear Santa layout

There is some really cool word art for titles on the Tis the Season cart.  The bulbs, title, and stocking are all from this cart.  The paper is old CM from my stash that worked great with the bulb cricut cuts.  (The glitter paper is very very fun-I'm going to have to get some in every color now!)

Cricut:
CM Tis the Season-all cuts
Paper-old CM paper from my stash, glitter paper from Archiever's

let it snow layout

I must finally be ready for winter, because I had so much fun making the snowman and sled on this layout!  (The weatherman says we might have flurries this weekend!)  It is all from CM Tis the Season.  The paper is the new CM Holidazzle Paper.  I LOVE the snowman with the earmuffs!  He may take over from the Doodlecharms snowman as my favorite.

Cricut:
CM Tis the Season-all cuts
Paper-CM Holidazzle, white glitter paper from Archiever's, plus some random green cardstock in my stash for the trees.
pop dots and brown chalk ink in Jumbo Java

I'm going to link this to the Whimsical Design challenge this week to use layers on a Christmas or winter theme project.

Christmas layout (ornaments)

This layout has more of the ornaments from the CM Tis the Season cart.  My best friend and I scrapped last weekend and couldn't stop using this cart!  I think between the two of us we used half the cuts!

Cricut:
CM Tis the Season-all cuts
Paper-Echo Park Merry Christmas

I am linking this to the TPV challenge for this week to use ornaments on the project.

Tis the Season layout

This layout uses the new CM Tis the Season cart, which I am absolutely loving, plus some old CM paper from my stash.  This cart has some great ornaments and words on it-I love this joy ornament!

Cricut:
CM Tis the Season-all cuts
Paper-old CM paper in my stash plus some silver and white shimmer paper from JoAnns

christmas layout

I was excited yesterday when the UPS man brought my box of goodies from Creative Memories, including my new Tis the Season cartridge!!!!  This layout uses a couple of images from it, along with Echo Park Merry Christmas paper.  It's going to be a great cartridge for the Christmas pictures-you will definitely being seeing more from it. 

Cricut:
CM Tis the Season-all cuts except top note shape
Accent Essentials-top note
Paper-Echo Park Merry Christmas
brown chalk ink
thread and ribbon from Stampin' Up