Labor Day-career

Happy Monday!  I missed getting my blog post up last week, as we lost power due to big storms in the KC area.  It makes me appreciate electricity!  My heart is going out to all those who have been displaced from their homes or are without power due to the hurricane.  Our BBTB2 challenge with Labor Day coming up is to celebrate careers in some way.  I made a layout highlighting nurses, as both my mom and I are nurses and my niece is planning to become a nurse.  She recently attended an event for high school students aspiring to be nurses put on by the hospital I work at and left even more convinced that nursing is for her.  So we will be a family with three generations of nurses!

I work as an RN in a cardiothoracic surgery ICU taking care of patients before and after open heart/valve surgeries and heart transplants, so my current job is truly all about hearts.  I thought the title for my layout "Nursing is from the heart" most appropriate in so many ways!  I used a couple of cartridges to make my layout for a picture of my mom, niece, and myself at the event my niece attended at my hospital.  There are lots of different careers on display over at BBTB2 this week and you can link up your project over at BBTB2.

Cricut:
Everyday Paper Dolls-stethoscope
Baby Steps-title font
Plaintain Schoolbook-hearts
Paper-The Paper Studio print, CTMH solids
Hearts embossing folder

Blue Hawaii layout

Happy Monday!  Our BBTB2 challenge this week is in honor of Elvis' birthday-make a project that references an Elvis song.  My layout is reflecting the Blue Hawaii album.  I used the Life is A Beach and Doodlecharms cartridges for most of this beach layout.  Since I'm not going to get to go anywhere tropical this winter and it's been super cold and wintery here in KC, this will have to give me that tropical vibe I am wishing for.  There are some fun Elvis projects up over at BBTB2 for you to take a look and enter the challenge for a chance at a prize!!!!

Cricut:
Life is a Beach-palm trees, leaves, flowers, sand pail/shovel, right side sand castle title, lifeguard stand, hula girl
Doodlecharms-left side sand castle
Everyday Paperdolls-cloud
unknown-sun was cut from a previous project and I don't recall what cartridge
Paper-CTMH solids, yellow bg print unknown
 brown chalk ink

Father's Day BBQ pop-up box card

Happy Monday!  I am hosting the BBTB2 challenge this week and it's all about the dads, since Father's Day is this coming weekend.  We have a man theme going-anything masculine with a cricut cut for Father's Day will fit the bill.  I saw a cute idea on Pinterest that sparked my project-a cooking themed pop-up box card.  Both my husband and my dad are kings of the smoker and grill, so this seemed like a perfect fit.  (Here in Kansas City, we are all about the BBQ.  There's an amateur pit master on every practically every corner!)

I followed this tutorial on Splitcoast Stampers to make my basic box card, and then used cricut cuts from Everyday Paperdolls for my cooking items, catsup, and mustard and Artbooking for my conversation bubble, which I stamped with the Love You and hearts.  We'd love to see your Father's Day projects over at BBTB2 and you can take a peek and see the rest of the design team projects for inspiration!

Cricut:
Everyday Paperdolls-cooking items, chef's hat
Artbooking-conversation bubble
Plaintain Schoolbook-circles for knobs
Paper-CTMH solids
Stamps-CTMH Hello, Life-Cardmaking and Hello, Life-Pocket Scrapbooking sets
Ink-Stampin Up poppy parade, Memento Tuxedo black
corner rounder
white and black pens for doodling

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Owie layout

Well, I'm getting this up a little late for Labor Day (after posting the wrong week's post), but my excuse is that I've been hard at work all weekend!  Holiday weekends are business as usual in the ICU world, unfortunately, as people are sick 24/7.  It's nice to have the whole family home on a Monday though!

So our BBTB2 challenge this week is to do some kind of project reflecting or celebrating a career.  Since my mom and I are both nurses, my layout is for the medical and nursing professions.  When my kids were little, they thought nurses spent the workday applying bandaids and kissing boo-boos so I had to include a big bandaid on my layout.  The bandaid and Owie title are from the B is for Boy cartridge.  The doctor's bag and stethoscope are from Everyday Paperdolls.  I hope you will hop over to  BBTB2 and take a look at the cute projects from the rest of the designers!

Cricut:
B is for Boy-bandaid, title
Everyday Paperdolls-doctor's bag, stethoscope
Paper-Echo Park Scoot collection prints, CTMH solids
brown chalk ink

Big Boat layout

Happy Monday!  I'm a little tired from a busy weekend of ICU work (thank goodness for diet Coke, right?).  I feel the need to be ultra-caffeinated today!  So our BBTB2 challenge this week is to use a lobster…well I have a bunch of cruise pictures of us eating lobster and other fabulous dining room food.   There were actually a lot of venues to eat on our ship and we tried them all at least once!  I made a layout using the Pack Your Bags cartridge for all those dining pics.  I had lots of fun with all these cuts from Pack Your Bags, especially the cruise ship (although it did take a bit of assembly)!  I have been having so much fun scrapping my cruise pictures and in a few weeks I will do a post showing my cruise album layouts.  We'd love to see what ideas you have for cricut projects including a lobster over at BBTB2!

Cricut:
Pack Your Bags-all cuts except clouds
Everyday Paperdolls-clouds
Paper-CTMH solids, Echo Park polka dot
brown chalk ink

Design Team Call

Are you a passionate cricut crafter with a blog who likes to create and share?  If so, BBTB2 is having a design team call.   There is more information at BBTB2 and I will say I really enjoy creating and sharing with the BBTB2 group!  It is a very fun and supportive group of ladies who all love to craft.

On the Lake layout

I've made a summer layout for some pictures of us waterskiing and tubing to share with you today.  I used several cartridges for this one.  The title is from the Outdoor Man cartridge.  The circles with the life vest and paddles are from Campin' Critters.  The boat, sun, tubes, and wakeboard are all from Everyday Paperdolls.  I hand cut the waves with an old wave template in my stash.  The pretty blue background paper is from Carta Bella and the striped paper (which I fell in LOVE with) is from the Echo Park Paradise Beach collection.

Cricut:
Outdoor Man-title
Campin Critters-vest, paddles
Everyday Paperdolls-sun, boat, tubes, wakeboard
Paper-Carta Bella bg paper, Echo Park Paradise Beach collection stripe, CTMH solids

I'm going to link this up to the Stuck On You Sketches circle challenge.

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!

Winter Wonderland ski layout (for Exploring Cricut)

Is it cold and snowy where you live?  We've definitely had both (kinda frozen with the whole "polar vortex" -30 degree wind chill thing last week!).  Our challenge at Exploring Cricut this week is winter wonderland, featuring a winter or snow theme!  I have a fun winter layout with Everyday Paperdolls and CM Cheerful Seasons to show you this week.  (I'm using this for some old pictures of us skiing at Vail, but I think it would work for any cute wintertime fun photos.)

Cutting out the winter gear for my two little paper doll people was so much fun and they are staying toasty warm with their boots, gloves, and scarves!  The title is from the CM Cheerful Seasons cartridge, but you could cut it with any font.  The snowflakes are from Accent Essentials.  The print paper is from the Echo Park Winter Wishes collection from last year.

Cricut:
CM Cheerful Seasons-title, cut at 1 1/2 inches
Everyday Paperdolls-people/accessories cut at 5 inches
Accent Essentials-snowflakes, cut at 1 1/2 inches
Paper-Echo Park Winter Wishes collection prints, CTMH solids
brown chalk ink, white gel pen
My Mind's Eye twine

Go check out all the cool (get it??? lol!) projects from the Exploring Cricut design team!  We hope you'll make something and link it up to join us this week!

Football bookmark (for BBTB2)

Do you have a football fan in your life?  Our amazing DT leader Susan has selected a man-themed football challenge for us at BBTB2 this week.  As the Kansas City Chiefs have started the season at an improbably amazing 9-0, enthusiasm is running high here in KC and everyone has broken out their  Chiefs fan gear!  I made a bookmark, which Son #3 requested to use at school, for my football project.  I am planning to put a number on the player as soon as Son#3 decides WHICH player he wants it to be.    You can check out the rest of the design team's man projects over at BBTB2 and join our challenge!

The bookmark itself is from Plaintain Schoolbook, cut at 6 inches (along with the shadow).  I used the Roly Poly font from Plaintain Schoolbook for my Go Chiefs.  The adorable little football player is from Everyday Paperdolls, along with the goal and grass.  I added some twine to finish it off.  Superquick and Son #3 was happy!

Cricut:

Plaintain Schoolbook-bookmark and font

Everyday Paperdolls-all other cuts

Paper-CTMH cardstock

brown chalk ink

Rainy Day Play Time layout (for the BBTB2)

April showers mean umbrellas, which is the theme for the BBTB2 challenge this week!  I got out one of my favorite cartridges, 3 Birds on Parade, and made my Rainy Day layout, for pics of the kids playing on a rainy day.  I love the bird in his cheery rain boots with his colorful umbrella-he's so darn cute!  I also have a ridiculous fondness for the font on this cart with the bird foot on each letter!!!

The background paper is from The Paper Studio and gave me that rainy day feel, but my bird has his happy umbrella and rain boots to perk him up (the rain also has helped the spring flowers bloom for Mr. Bird).  Plus, stomping in the puddles is very satisfying!  My kids still feel compelled to stomp in puddles, even as big as they are!

Cricut:
3 Birds on Parade-all cuts except puddle and flowers
Paisley-flowers
Everyday Paperdolls-rain puddle
Paper-background is The Paper Studio, CTMH for the solids
brown chalk ink, white gel pen

My DT sisters have some marvelous umbrella projects at the BBTB2, so check them out!  We'd love to see any new projects with a cricut umbrella-so link up :)

Santa's Workshop layout

The elves have just finished loading up the sleigh for Santa and he's got a full load of toys to put under the trees!  Rudolph and the reindeer are ready and waiting....It's Christmas Eve!!!!!  I jazzed up Santa and his chief elf with some liquid pearl and stickles.  They are festive for Christmas!  And Rudolph's nose HAD to have a dot of red stickle, lol!

The fun Santa background papers are from Canvas Corp and I picked them up at Archievers.  The snow is American Crafts glitter paper that I hand cut.  I used the Winter Frolic cart for the title and North Pole sign.   The rest is mostly from Paper Doll Dress Up except for the teddy bear (who is from Everyday Paper Dolls) and the wreath and gift on the sleigh (from Create A Critter 2).

Cricut:
Winter Frolic-title, sign
Paper Doll Dress Up-trees, sleigh, Santa, elf, reindeer
Everyday Paper Dolls-teddy bear
Create A Critter 2-wreath, gift
Paper-Canvas Corp, American crafts glitter paper, CTMH solids
brown chalk ink, pop dots, twine

I'm going to link this to the BBTB2 challenge this week-Santa and me.  

You are Here! layout

More fun with Camping Critters on today's layout!  I cannot believe I waited for so long to get this cart, thinking I didn't need it.  It is SO fun!  I had a few more pictures from our canoe trip in June to scrap and used Camping Critters and Everyday Paperdolls.  The moose with the map and signs are from Camping Critters, while the canoe and paddles are from EDPD.  The title is actually the wood grain font from the Pooh Fonts cart.  I inked everything up with lots of brown chalk ink to give the edges some definition.

Cricut:
Pooh Font-title
Everyday Paperdolls-canoe/paddles
Camping Critters, moose, sign
Paper-TPC Studios "The Great Outdoors" collection for the background paper
sticker- from the Bo Bunny Campout collection
I'm going to link this to the Fantabulous Cricut challenge to make a camping project, involving tent, canoes, or bonfires.  

Pre game Tailgate layout

On Son#2's field trip to the ball park, the kids got to have the fun of tailgating for lunch at the stadium.  Some of the parents fired up the grills to BBQ hotdogs for all (grilling hotdogs for over 100 was VERY brave, I thought).   It was a good time and perfect way to end the elementary school years with fun and friendship and start the summer fun.  I had so much fun cutting out the grilling bird and baseball bird from 3 Birds on Parade-I absolutely LOVE that cart.  It is so fun!  I found this awesome baseball paper at Hobby Lobby.   The hotdog is from Simply Charmed.

Cricut:
Everyday Paperdolls-grass, baseball diamond
3 Birds on Parade-birds, grill
CM Traveler-font
Paper-The Paper Studio
I'm linking this to the Fantabulous Cricut challenge this week-BBQ Time. 

Play Ball layout

Major league baseball screams summertime to me-and I got to go to a game on a field trip last month with Son#2 and his classmates for Student Day at the ballpark!  Complete with tailgating, no less!   Most of the kids, including my son, had never been to a big league game and it was so fun to watch them take in the experience.    The crown from CM This and That kind of reminded me of the Royals scoreboard and logo and I tried to make it look like the stadium scoreboard.  the baseball and bat are also from This and That.  The glove and batting helmet are from the accessories on Everyday Paperdolls.  I rarely cut the dolls, but the accessories are a gold mine of great cuts. 

Cricut:
CM This and That-crown, baseball and bat, star
Everyday Paperdolls-glove, batting helmet
Plaintain Schoolbook-KC Royals
Birthday Bash-Play Ball

I love Summer wall hanging

I had a blast making a fun decoration for my foyer and used a bunch of cartridges!   I saw something somewhere(?) with the six rectangles with little summer scenes that I really liked, so I scraplifted the idea for this.   Each rectangle features some of the fun things we as a family love about summertime.  My kids loved coming up with the ideas for the rectangles!  In fact, I might have to make a companion one, because they had more ideas than I had rectangles!

Cricut:
Doodlecharms-sun, popsicles, ice cream cone
Eveyyday Paperdolls-boat, bike, beach bag
CM Traveler-lawnchair, beach umbrella and ball, flip-flops, sunglasses, and drink
Carousel-ticket and cotton candy
Learning Curve-title
Plaintain Schoolbook-heart
Paper-Echo Park's Walk in the Park collection

I'm linking this to the SOUS challenge I love Summertime that inspired my project.  I'm also going to link it to The Paper Variety challenge to make "anything BUT a card or layout".

Garden Grill-Disney layout

I was so happy with this layout that I made at the crop I went to this weekend!  Mickey is cut from Mickey and Friends at 5 inches.  His apron, baker's hat, grill, and kitchen utensil are all cut from Everyday Paperdolls,.  I added the grill, since the resturant we were at was the Garden Grill in Epcot, where you meet some of the characters.  (There will actually be more pages from Garden Grill, because we got to meet Chip and Dale there too!)  The paper line is called Pinecone Press (I think) and I bought it at Archiever's in the Disney section.

Check out the 50 followers post and leave me a comment there about your favorite cart or stamping tool for a chance at blog candy!

Cricut:
Mickey and Friends-Mickey
Everyday Paperdolls-grill, hat, apron, utensil
Pooh Font-title
Paper-Pinecone Press

Sending love card

I made this card for my parents, who are being snowbirds by spending the winter in warm weather.  They went to the beach yesterday!  I kept thinking I needed to do something with my new 3 Birds on Parade cart with the birds at the beach.  So, I turned that idea into a Valentine for them-which I think they will find pretty funny!  I used three carts:  3 Birds on Parade, Paperdoll Dressup, and Everyday Paperdolls

Cricut:
3 Birds on Parade-birds
Paperdoll Dressup-island with palm trees (did several cuts in different colors as it didn't have layers)
Everyday Paperdolls-lawnchairs, sun, sunglasses, waves
Paper-scraps from the stash
stamp from JoAnns, circle punches

I'm going to link this to the CardzTV challenge to make a card with a June in January summer theme.

Too Cool thank you

Son #3 requested a thank you card (for his Christmas gifts) that "looks like a lego toy".  Hmmm, a challenge.   The dump truck on Boys Will Be Boys sort of gave me a lego feel and I added some road from Everyday Paperdolls.  Boy cards are just harder to make somehow (possibly not being a boy is the problem?).   However, he was very happy with it. 

Cricut:
Everyday Paperdolls-road
Boys Will Be Boys-all other cuts
card size is 5x5, large brads, white gel pen
Paper-assorted CM cardstock