Main Street Parade (Disney) layout

Happy Thursday!  My hubby and I had a marvelous time on our weekend escape to Disney World two weeks ago, and now I am having fun creating some Disney themed layouts.  The Simple Stories Say Cheese line has great options for making a Disney scrapbook and everything below is from the Simple Stories 4 collection.  I'm loving being able to import fonts to use with my Cricut Explore Air 2, and I found a font called Waltograph on da fonts that looks like the Disney font, which I used to cut my title.  Super quick and simple!  I'll have some more Disney projects coming in the next month or two.

Cricut:
Waltograph font-downloaded from da fonts and cut with the Cricut Explore
Paper-/stickers/washi tape-Simple Stories Say Cheese 4
brown chalk ink for edging

Disney layout with Mickey Mouse

Happy President's Day Monday!  My family all had the day off from school and work, so I was looking forward to today...until some kind of virus found me.  I've spent the day in bed with the cat, both of us sleeping (which sounds nice except it's that dizzy fitful sleep that goes with sickness).  Although the cat seems quite content.  On the bright side, at least nothing important was going on and the fam has been bringing me juice and food!  I can definitely say however that I prefer to BE the nurse, not be the sick person, lol!

Our BBTB2 challenge this week is to use a licensed character in a project from one of the Disney, Pixar, Hello Kitty, or other licensed character cartridges.  I went Disney with my favorite character of them all, Mickey Mouse!  This layout has pics from a trip to Disney World several years ago with Mickey and the Disney logo front and center.  Hope you will join us making something fun and check out all the design team projects over at BBTB2!

Cricut:
Mickey and Friends-Mickey Mouse, Disney logo
Paper-Simple Stories Say Cheese prints, CTMH solids

Disney layouts

Happy Thursday!  Can you believe it's December already?  Me either!  This month is jam-packed with holiday events between school, work, and family.  I'm planning to squeeze my crafty time in here and there when I can though.  Yesterday, I showed two boy-themed layouts.   Today's layouts are Disney themed, using the Simple Stories Say Cheese 2 collection.  I wanted to showcase how you can use the same page design or sketch, but change up the paper and accents so it looks totally different. Sometimes when you are suffering from a creative block and don't know where to start, use a sketch or page design and do multiple projects with that design.

Cricut:
Artistry-title font
Paper-Simple Stories Say Cheese 2 prints/stickers, CTMH solids
brown chalk ink

Disney layout day!

Happy Monday!   Our BBTB2 challenge today is to use an imaginary character-well, I think ANY Disney character would qualify, right?  This makes it a Disney layout day for me, so if you love the Mouse and have a million pictures to scrap, hopefully you will find something fun to scrap lift.  And since I had several Disney projects to share, you are getting all three, although only two have imaginary characters.  These were so much fun to make, although I will admit to a bit of swearing while putting Buzz Lightyear together (DO NOT cut him small….unless you want to lose your mind!).  Please note:  for the BBTB2 challenge, any imaginary character will meet the challenge requirements-it does not have to be Disney related.  Go check out the design team projects over at BBTB2 and link up a project this week!

Hollywood Studios layout:

Cricut:
CM Traveler -Beach Bum font
Mickey and Friends-Disney and Mickey Mouse
Artbooking-vertical photo frames
Paper/chipboard piece/sticker-Simple Stories Say Cheese II collection prints, CTMH solids
square punch for photo corners
brown chalk ink

Epcot layout:

Cricut:
CM This and That-globe
Mickey Font-font
Paper/Chipboard-Simple Stories Say Cheese II collection
brown chalk ink

Buzz Lightyear layout:

Cricut:
Plaintain Schoolbook-stars
Toy Story:  Buzz Lightyear and title
Paper-CTMH solids

On the Go at Universal layout

Happy New Year's!  I've been reflecting on all the fun things we did this last year-vacation trips to Disney and Universal, going to Estes Park and exploring Rocky Mountain National Park were the two standouts but there were many fun smaller moments like day trips to the lake and zoo and just hanging in our pool with my boys last summer.  One of my favorite things about scrapbooking is that it vividly reminds me of all the highlights and special moments of the past when I browse through my albums.  It also reminds that experiences, not stuff, are what makes the year special.

I'm excited for 2015!  We have already planned our next vacation, because having something fun to look forward to increases my happiness factor (seriously, I read somewhere that anticipation makes an experience even better).  But I'm also looking forward to the good things about winter (ignoring the cold, ignoring the cold, ignoring the cold…), like throwing snowballs, reading while drinking hot chocolate, and movie night in the basement with a nice toasty fire!  I also am trying to remember to enjoy the little things that make life sweet each day, like hearing my cat purr, having my boys snuggling up with me, and holding hands with my hubby.  I'm not really one to make resolutions for New Year's, but I AM going to strive for daily doses of happy, whether it comes big or small!

My layout I'm sharing today is from our trip to Universal Studios last February (when it was cold and gray in Kansas City and we ran away to Florida for three days of happy therapy on the spur of the moment).  I used the Boys Will Be Boys cartridge for the titles, big circles, and all the fun arrows.  The cute bg paper is from Carta Bella, but I don't remember the line.  Love all the crazy arrows to choose from on this cartridge!  This design would work with pictures from almost any big event, just change up the title at the bottom to reflect where you are at.

May 2015 bring some wonderful things for all of you!!!!

Cricut:
Boys Will Be Boys-all cuts
Paper-Carta Bella prints, CTMH solids

Monsters Inc. Disney layout

I've got another Disney themed project for you!  Our Exploring Cricut challenge this week is a cricut choice:  use any cartridge and include at least one color card stock and one patterned paper.  So, I went all Disney and used the Best of Pixar cartridge to make a Monster's Inc. themed layout.  We hugely enjoyed the Monster's Inc. Laugh Floor show at DisneyWorld recently (and recently watched Monster's University for movie night at home) and I took a bunch of pictures while we waited.  I had SO much fun cutting out Roz, Mike, and the rest for this.  All the cuts are from Best of Pixar except the title font, which is Nate's ABCs.  Don't you like all the extra eyes?  I couldn't resist and just kept adding more!

Cricut:
Nate's ABCs-title font
Best of Pixar-all other cuts
Paper-purple paper and purple print are CM, all other paper is CTMH
brown chalk ink
Stamp-My Pink Stamper set
white gel pen for the eyes-I don't even try to mess around with the tiny eye pieces any more!

Play along with the challenge-remember, you can use SVGs now or any cricut die cut for our Exploring Cricut challenges!  The design team has some great projects to get you inspired!

Space Mountain Disney layout (for Exploring Cricut)

It's my turn for the daily project at Exploring Cricut and since I'm having a Disney themed kind of week,  I'll add one more layout to the mix!  Hope you aren't totally sick of Disney stuff!  I promise I'll maybe mix it up a little next month with some other layout themes.

I was making a layout for some pictures of the Space Mountain roller coaster at The Magic Kingdom, so I turned Mickey into an astronaut!  I cut the title font and Mickey's head from the Mickey Font cartridge and cut the astronaut suit from the Everyday Paperdolls cartridge to get my space themed Mickey.  The planets and stars are also from Everyday Paperdolls.  The print papers are from the Simple Stories Say Cheese collection, which is absolutely perfect for scrapping those Disney pictures!  I'd highly recommend getting this paper collection for this type of photo.

Cricut:
Mickey Font-title font, Mickey head
Everyday Paperdolls-astronaut suit, stars and planets
Paper-Simple Stories Say Cheese collection prints

Be sure to check out the challenges at Exploring Cricut in March-Diane is opening them up to all machines that cut SVGs, including the new Cricut machine.  So new Cricut Explore and Silhouette Cameo owners, you can join in too!  Plus of course there are super awesome projects of all types every day with the daily projects from the designg team!

Magical Memories Disney layout (for BBTB2)

Our DT sister Maureen has given us an interesting BBTB2 challenge this week:  to use a cricut cut as a stencil.  This had me searching for an idea for awhile, but as I looked at the scraps on my table, I had cut a border of Mickey's hands out of some red paper as an accent for something and the idea came to me to use the negative cut-it seemed sort of like a stencil, anyway.  I made it into a journaling spot and backed it in white so the white would make the border stand out.   And then I added the Mickey Heads with the letter M cut-out in the center to the layout for an accent.  I'm elbow deep in Disney photos from our trip in 2013 as well as our recent trip!  It feels good to get some more of them scrapped!

Cricut:
Mickey and Friends-negative of the Mickey hands border
Mickey Font-title font, mickey heads with the M cut out
Paper-from an old Creative Memories pack
sticker-from the stash

Check out what the rest of the super-talented design team has come up with and play along!

Disney tag (for Exploring Cricut)

We have a box, bag, or tag challenge (including a ribbon) at Exploring Cricut this week!  I made a tag that will go on a Disney themed scrapbook layout, since I only have a million or so pictures from our recent trip to see the Mouse!  My tag base is cut from the Mickey and Friends cartridge using kraft paper (and this tag is my absolute favorite shape of all the Cricut tags).  I added some stickers I've had in my stash forever that were too small to really make an impact on a scrapbook page but look great framed on the tag!  This will go a layout for pictures on the Jungle Cruise in the Magic Kingdom.

Cricut:
Mickey and Friends-tag cut at 5 inches
kraft paper
stickers-
white gel pen

Sorry this picture is not in the best focus!!!!!  I don't know what I did with my camera settings, but clearly they were not quite right!  Hope you will join in on our challenge and check out what all the DT came up with for their projects over at Exploring Cricut!

Disney layout-The Liberty Inn (for BBTB2)

Well, I have returned from a few warm fabulous sunny days (which have been in short supply here in KC) in Florida seeing Universal Studios and DisneyWorld, so what better than a Disney themed layout?  As President's Day is this week, our challenge at BBTB2 is to make something with a patriotic theme.  I don't have any patriotic pictures waiting to be scrapped, but I did have some from our Disney trip last year that need presidential accents!  I made a layout for some pictures taken at the very patriotic themed Liberty Inn in the United States area of Epcott.  While we were eating lunch, a Colonial era band came marching through the eating area playing patriotic tunes on the fife and drums! (One of those totally random Disney magic moments.)  The silhouettes of George Washington and Thomas Jefferson are from the My World cartridge, along with the constitution scroll cuts.

Cricut:
Plaintain Schoolbook-circles, fonts
My World-presidents, scrolls
Paper-Creative Imaginations print of building, Reminisce Washington DC print, CTMH solids
brown and blue chalk ink
White Signo Uniball pen

I hope you'll join our challenge and can't wait to see what you all come up with!

Downtown Disney (for Exploring Cricut)

It's a Disney challenge this week at Exploring Cricut!  I love all things Disney, so I was VERY excited to dig into my stack of Disney pictures waiting for a scrapbook home.   I made a layout for some pictures of my boys at Downtown Disney, many of which were taken at the LEGO store.  (It is the biggest LEGO store I have ever seen-if you have boys, definitely a must see!)  I used the Mickey and Friends cartridge for pictures of Donald Duck and his boat and other cuts and the Mickey Font for the title.  The Mickey Font is one of my absolute favorite fonts-so chunky and fun!  The Disney cut is also on the Mickey Font cartridge.

Did you know you can take a boat ride to Downtown Disney from many of the DisneyWorld hotels?  That's how I got these shots from the water!  It was super fun and relaxing to cruise down the river to get there.

Cricut
Mickey Font-titles
Mickey and Friends-all other cuts (Donald and the boat are both cut at 5 inches, anchor at 21/2 inches, little sailboat at 11/2 inches)
Paper-print is from a Disney stack, solids CTMH
brown chalk ink
Paper

So I will leave you with the fun Disney game we play over dinner sometimes for a laugh-which Disney character are you?  The funny part is that your dining companions have to decide, and it's not always the character you think you should be.  For example, I really feel like I should be Ariel or Minnnie Mouse, but my family does not agree and made me be Pooh!  Try it-it's pretty hilarious.  And join us for our challenge at Exploring Cricut this week :)

Peter Pan's Flight layout (Disney project for BBTB2)

It's my first time to host the challenge at BBTB2 this week!  I love all things Disney, so I picked a Disney theme-use a cut from any Disney cartridge!  But what if you don't (gasp) have any Disney carts?  Then play along with a princess themed cut (since it's all about the princesses for the girls).  My boys are more into the masculine Disney characters however, so I have a Peter Pan themed layout, complete with Peter Pan and Captain Hook.  My guys all want to duel with Captain Hook!

 I used the Disney Classics cart-so many fun cuts on this cart!!!!  So, we've got Captain Hook and his ship, along with Peter Pan hanging out by the Indian teepees with a chest that might possibly contain gold.  John and Michael are flying over to Never Never Land (I really wanted Wendy flying over too, but didn't have enough room).  Note:  I did the eyes with my white gel pen plus a black pen for the pupils, as the pieces were too tiny to work with.  The ship was cut using fit to page, which came out at 11 inches.   The Peter Pan title with the compass is also from Disney Classics ( although I used Nate's ABCs for the word flight).

Cricut:
Nate's ABCs-font for the word Flight
Disney Classics-all other cuts
Paper-CTMH and CM
brown chalk ink

This was one of our favorite rides at the Magic Kingdom.  I hope you have as much fun scrapping your Disney memories as I am having!!!!  Join us with a fun Disney project over at BBTB2 this week and go check out all the REALLY cool stuff the design team has made!

Sky's the Limit layout-Disney project (for PDE challenge)

It's time for an Anything Goes challenge at Pause Dream Enjoy Challenges!  (Those are my favorite!)

Ch# 6 ANYTHING GOES

Begins: Monday, Mar 18

Ends: Sunday, Mar 31

Winner announced in the WINNERS Page Tab
Prize sponsored by Lucy of CTMH
(must have a USA address)

As I'm slowly working through lots of Disney pictures, I decided to do a layout from one our character meals at the Crystal Palace at Disney World, where we got to eat lots of ice cream and meet Piglet and the other Pooh characters.  I used Pooh and Friends for the Piglet title, cake, and kite and the CM Cheerful Seasons cart for the ice cream cone.  I love that ice cream cone on Cheerful Seasons!

Edited to add:  My layout is going to be on the Fantabulous Cricut Scrappin Saturday on 3/23!  So if you've come over from Fantabulous Cricut, thanks for stopping  by!

The great background papers are from an older line from Basic Grey called Life of the Party that I've been saving just for this project!  I chose the "Sky's the limit" stamp for a laugh, because one of the kids asked the waiter how tall he was allowed to make his cone:  answer-very tall!  Apparently Piglet likes ice cream too, because he pointed at the bowl and rubbed his tummy :)

Cricut:
Pooh and Friends-title, kite
CM Cheerful Seasons-ice cream cone
Paper-Basic Grey Life of the party collection, CM solids
brown chalk ink
Stamp-K Andrews set

So come and play at Pause Dream Enjoy with us over this next two weeks with anything you can dream up!  We'd love to see it!

I'm also going to link this to the Fantabulous Cricut "Spring is in the Air" challenge to use a balloon or kite on a project this week.

Alice and Mad Hatter layout (Disney project)

I have TWO posts going up today-kinda fun and crazy!  So if you're looking for the Pause Dream Enjoy Challenge for this week, it is the post just below this!  (Even if you're not looking for it, I really like my layout for it too, so give it a peek :)

I was so excited to be asked to be the guest designer today at Exploring Cricut!  I decided to do a Disney project, as we recently got back from Disney World (and I took approximately a million pictures, give or take a few).  I've been scouring the web for Disney layout inspiration!  Alice in Wonderland and the Mad Hatter were at one of our character breakfasts (we also saw Alice at Epcot), so I decided to go all Alice in Wonderland for my layout.   (Also, I've always secretly wanted to have a reason to have the Cheshire cat on a layout!)  So Alice, the Mad Hatter, the Cheshire cat and the Dormouse are having some tea and breakfast.  I used the Disney Classics cartridges for all the cuts except the Mad Hatter/breakfast titles, which use the Mickey Font.

Cricut:
Mickey Font-character breakfast font
Disney Classics-all other cuts
Paper-prints are from the Echo Park Everyday Eclectic collection, CTMH solids
brown chalk ink
stamp-Fiskars set

This layout could easily be adapted for a fun tea party layout by eliminating the Alice and Mad Hatter titles and adding another 4x6 photo.  All the photo mats are for 4x6 pics. 

Hand Over the Toys layout (Disney project)

The Lego store at Downtown Disney had the most amazing lego sculptures of Woody and Buzz Lightyear-making you wonder JUST how long did it take to make that?  Of course the fellas had to get pictures with them and then shop for legos.  (Many many legos...)  But on to the layout!  I used the Toy Story cartridge for Woody and Buzz and the Hand Over the Toys title.  Nate's ABCs was the font for Lego Store.  I will admit to possibly saying a bad word while trying to assemble Woody-let's just say the pieces were tiny and not cooperating and I had to bring out the tweezers!  But he finally was put together!

Cricut:
Toy Story-Woody cut at 7 1/2 in., Buzz cut at 2 1/2 in., and title cut at 4 1/2 in.
Nate's ABCs-lego title
Paper-background print is from The Paper Studio, solids are CM and CTMH
brown chalk ink/pop dots
Stamp-My Pink Stamper set

I'm going to link this to the Cut It Up challenge "Animation Domination" this week, making a project that showcases an animated character.

The Crystal Palace (Disney layout)

This layout used the Pooh and Friends and Baby Steps cartridges to make a layout for the pictures of the Crystal Palace and getting an autograph from Pooh while we ate at Disney World.  The title font is from Baby Steps and all the other cuts are from the Pooh cart.  The paper is from the Basic Grey Life is a Party collection.  I'm going to link this to the Die Cuttin' Divas Anything Goes challenge this week-love those anything goes ones!!!!

Cricut:
Baby Steps-font
Pooh and Friends-all other cuts
Paper-Basic Grey Life is a Party collection
brown chalk ink
Stamp/Ink-K Andrews set, Stampin Up Early Espresso ink 

United Kingdom at Epcot layout (Disney project)

I made this layout for the Fantabulous Cricut challenge "time flies" (which was to use a clock), using the Destinations cartridge.  This layout, featuring the big clock in London, is part of my Disney scrapbook I've been working on and has pictures from Epcot in the UK section.   I had to explain to the kids what a phone booth was-they were puzzled by the red phone booth-since they assume everyone has a cell phone, lol!  I plan to journal in the circle above the England title.

Cricut:
Destinations-all cuts
Paper-don't know the line, but I bought it at Archievers in the travel section.

Tower of Terror layout (Disney project)

I am at Disney World today!  So it seemed appropriate to set up a Disney themed blog post for while I'm gone.  For this Tower of Terror layout (a ride in the Hollywood Studios park that I am going to ride today), I totally scrap-lifted the elevator door idea from a kit by Lynn Stuart that I saw someone making at a crop one time.  It was so clever-very impressed with her creativity!

 I used Happy Hauntings for the other page for the spooky cat, mirror, and Beware sign.  The spiderwebs are from Mini Monsters and the title font is the vampire font from Happy Hauntings.  Mickey is from Mickey and Friends, and he is psyched and ready to ride the Tower of Terror!  (Unlike me, who always gets butterflies of dread when getting on!)  Oops, just noticed part of my brick embossed background did not get stuck down well-sorry about that for the pictures!  (And yes, these are pics from 2011 that I'm still working on...)

Cricut:
Happy Hauntings-title, cat, mirror, Beware
Mini Monsters-spiderwebs
Mickey and Friends-Mickey
embossing-brick Sizzix embossing folder
brown chalk ink
paper-CTMH and CM solids

If you're interested, my other Disney projects are indexed under Disney on the right.  

Disney Christmas tags!

The big Christmas gift that will make everyone whoop and holler:  we are going to DisneyWorld in January!  Each of the kids is getting a Disney gift card so that they can buy some amazing souvenirs while they are there.   Did I mention the kids will be really excited?   I made some Disney Christmas tags to tie onto the gift card bags, just for fun!  All the  cuts are from Mickey and Friends except the santa hat, which is from Create A Critter 2.  The tag itself is cut at 5 inches, the Mickey head is cut at 3 1/2 inches, and the word Disney is cut at 1 1/2 inches.  I had to cut the Santa hat at 4 1/2 inches to make it be the right size for Mickey (since it's supposed to go on a critter :).

My husband is Mickey.

I'm Minnie, of course.

Teen #1 is Donald Duck.

And Kids #2 and #3 are Pluto and Goofy!

Cricut:
Mickey and Friends-tag, Mickey head, Disney
Create A Critter 2-santa hat
Paper-scraps
brown chalk ink and Stampin Up ribbon
Stamp- K Andrews

I'm going to link this to the Exploring Cricut challenge:  It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year!
I'm also going to link this to the Die Cuttin' Divas More Holiday Spirit challenge.   And I'm also going to add this on to the Pink by Designs Tag your it challenge!

And one more photo, of the back of the tags, which I had forgotten to add:

I will write the trip details here for the kids.  The sentiment is from K Andrews designs.

Lights, Motors, Action! layout (Disney)

We saw the coolest stunt car show at Disney's Hollywood Studios!  One of the stunt cars in the show was Lightning McQueen.  I had so much fun cutting the road sign for the title and the flames and lightning bolts from the Cars cartridge.  The font on the road sign is the block font on Boys Will Be Boys and the font for the "stunt show" is Learning Curve.

Cricut:
Cars-road sign, flames, lightning bolt
Boys Will Be Boys-block font
Learning Curve-font
Paper-Disney pack bought at Archievers, plus solid CM card stock