All the Heart Eyes and Smile layouts

Happy Monday!  We are headed into the last few weeks of school, so the high schoolers and my college guy are feeling rather stressed out with finals and end of year activities looming close.  But spring seems to have finally arrived, so there's sunshine and blue skies, which is cheering ME up!

We have a fun challenge this week over at BBTB2-use a face, facial feature, or the word smile on a project.  I have two projects to share, one with the smiley face from Graphically Speaking and the other using the word smile from Wild Card.  Guess I am an overachiever this week, lol!  You can see the design team projects over at BBTB2 and link up a project as well.

Cricut:
Graphically Speaking-smiley face
Zoo Day-font
Paper-Simple Stories Emoji Love prints/stickers, CTMH solids
washi tape-Simple Stories Emoji Love

Cricut:
Wild Card-word smile
Paper-CTMH solids and prints

football

Happy Labor Day Monday!  I am actually working all weekend  at the hospital since it's a 24/7 kind of place, but I hope some of you are getting to enjoy a 3 day weekend!  Our BBTB2 challenge this week is football.  I happen to be going to ALL our high school football games this year, as Son#2 is a drum major for the marching band.  It's so exciting to see him up on the podium directing the band for the half time show!  (It's not so much about the football....).   Of course I'm gonna be that crazy band mom who takes 70 billion pictures on the field!  My football-ish layout uses the Graphically Speaking cartridge for the word cuts and arrow, and the football is from the CM This and That cartridge.  I found this awesome football yard line wash tape from Doodlebug that was just the thing for an accent.  There are lots of football projects at BBTB2 and you can link up a project there this week too.

Cricut:
Graphically Speaking-all cuts except football
CM This and That-football
Paper-CTMH
washi tape-Doodlebug

4th of July-stars

Well, it was definitely a Monday of mixups, as I managed to post for the wrong week!  So here's the correct post for this week's BBTB2 challenge, which is a star spangled challenge for the 4th of July to use stars.  My layout for pictures on the 4th uses a fireworks/stars cut from Artbooking.  The title is from Graphically Speaking.  I plan to be watching fireworks in Denver, CO next week with my brother's family, as we head toward our summer vacation week in Estes Park, CO!  It's been a little crazy this last few weeks, so I am very very ready to kick back on vacation!  The BBTB2 team has some fabulous projects to get your creativity going!

Cricut:
Graphically Speaking-title
Artbooking-fireworks and stars
Paper-Doodlebug prints, CTMH solids
brown chalk ink

Study Time layout (for BBTB2)

Happy Monday!  I actually feel ready for the week, as no one had to go anywhere and I didn't have to work this weekend.  It was absolute bliss to just hang out at home!

Our BBTB2 challenge this week is to use a clock on a project.  My Study Time layout is for some funny pics snapped during December finals week, when my oldest two were trying to get ready for math finals.  (The cat is even hanging out "studying" math with one of them in one of my pics that will go on here.  Although I don't think he would have passed the pre-calc final, lol.)  The green background mat with the letters if from the Graphically Speaking cartridge.  My clock and stack of books are from the Locker Talk cartridge.  The paper, letter stickers and stickers on the journal box are from the Echo Park Paper and Glue collection.  Go take some time at BBTB2 and see the cute projects the rest of the design team have made and link up a project!

Cricut:
Locker Talk-stack of books, clock
Graphically Speaking-background mat with letters
Paper-Echo Park Paper and Glue collection prints, sticker, blue paper, other CTMH
brown chalk ink

Life's Little Moments layout (for BBTB2)

Happy Monday everyone!  Hope you had a great weekend!  We spent ours celebrating birthdays…my oldest son turned 16 last week and my birthday was this weekend (we only did one cake for the two of us so I can say I was 16 too, LOL!)  I got to order some new scrapbook supplies for my bday, among other things, so that is ALWAYS fun!

Our BBTB2 challenge this week is butterflies.  I used the beautiful butterflies on the Graphically Speaking cartridge for my layout.  The title, swirl, and heart are also from Graphically Speaking….it has more than just words!  The sweet print papers are leftovers from the Echo Park Everyday Eclectic collection-I only have a tiny bit of it left, since I've been paper-hoarding it for just the right project.

Cricut:
Graphically Speaking-all cuts
Paper-Echo Park Everyday Eclectic collection prints, Echo Park Capture Life blue solid, CTMH other solids
brown chalk ink

Fly over to BBTB2 to see all the gorgeous butterfly projects!

nature layout (for BBTB2)

Happy Monday!  It's been a super busy week with another crazy one coming up-high school registration for Son#1 and doctor/dentist/orthodontist visits for everyone before school starts!  I know there is really lots of hot weather left, it just FEELS like summer is over when school starts.  We are gonna squeeze in some family outdoor fun in this last week and half though, with trips to the amusement park, zoo, and lake for some more waterskiing!

Our BBTB2 challenge this week is also about the outdoors, specifically camping!  I made a layout using the Campin' Critters cartridge, using several of the badge images.  My layout will actually have hiking photos on it from our Estes Park vacation recently, so I went with a more general title from Graphically Speaking instead of a more camping themed title.  I actually found this awesome background paper while shopping on vacation in the Rockies-scrapbooking treasures are truly everywhere!!!!

Cricut:
Campin' Critters-badges, each cut at 2 1/2 inches
Graphically Speaking-nature title, cut at 2 inches
Paper-Best Creations Inc print, CTMH solids

Carefree Energy layout (for PDE challenges)

It's an anything goes challenge at Pause Dream Enjoy!  I've made a layout for some pics of my boys playing outside, using Graphically Speaking for the titles and Locker Talk for the play equipment.  The fun print paper is from the My Mind's Eye Boy Crazy collection (which is awesome-if you check out my Programmed to Play post from 6/21, there is another layout with it).

Cricut:
Graphically Speaking-titles
Locker Talk-play equipment
Paper-My Mind's Eye Boy Crazy collection prints, solids-CTMH
brown chalk ink

Here are the challenge details:

Pause Dream Enjoy (PDE) Ch# 13 Anything Goes

Begins: Monday, Jun 24

Ends: Sunday, Jul 7

Sponsor: The Robin's Nest http://robinsnest-scrap.com/

Prize: $15 Gift Certificate

2nd Sponsor: My Craft Spot http://craftspotbykimberly.blogspot.com/

Prize: 1 Metal Dies Set or 1 Stamp Set (winner's choice) MUST HAVE USA ADDRESS

This will be my last project for Pause Dream Enjoy. Janis has recently become an SU consultant and is changing up Pause Dream Enjoy Challenges to reflect SU products (for the design team, anyway). So if you need any SU supplies, she will have a place for you to shop! While I have quite a few SU stamps, I don't have any current products, so I am stepping down from the DT. It has been a blast!

Luck of the Irish (for Exploring Cricut)

It's the Luck of the Irish challenge at Exploring Cricut, to celebrate St. Patrick's Day!  The project challenge is to include a shamrock.  There was no mention of leprechauns, but I decided to include one of those too!  Or rather, a leprechaun teddy bear from the Teddy Bear Parade cartridge, with his pot of gold!  My shamrock is from A Child's Year and the title is from Graphically Speaking.

I picked my title because I just feel lucky that life IS good most of the time-St. Patrick's day is just extra-lucky!  (Of course I'm sure it would all be even better with a pot of gold....what wouldn't?  Do you think Archiever's could work a deal for scrapbook supplies in exchange for gold if I won a leprechaun lottery?)  So come on over to Exploring Cricut and join us with a lucky shamrock this week!

Cricut:

Teddy Bear Parade-leprechaun bear, cut at 4 1/2 in.

A Child's Year-shamrock, cut at 1 1/2 in.

Graphically Speaking-title, cut at 4 1/2 in.

Paper-DCWV All Seasons pack prints, solids CM and Bo Bunny

brown chalk ink/white gel pen/stickle
Ribbon-Stampin Up

"Baby it's cold outside" layout

It's feeling kind of cold here today, although we did not get the predicted wintry mix of rain and snow.  I used my Teen Scene Paper Dolls and Graphically Speaking to make a cold weather layout though, as I'm sure we'll have some snow soon enough.  It was inspired by this fun word paper from the Bo Bunny Powder Mountain collection!  So my boy with the sled is from Teen Scene and the COLD word jumble and snowflakes are from Graphically Speaking.  The journal box is from Elegant Edges.

Cricut:
Teen Scene Paper Dolls-kid and sled
Graphically Speaking-cold word jumble and snowflakes
Elegant Edges-journal box
Paper-Bo Bunny Powder Mountain collection
Stamp/Ink-My Pink Stamper and Stampin Up Early Espresso ink

I'm going to link this to the Fantabulous Cricut snow challenge.  I'm also going to link this to the Pause Dream Enjoy blue and white challenge.  I've got more of a blue, white, and gray thing going on here, but I decided it was close enough, lol!  I'm also going to link this to the 2 Sisters snowflakes challenge.

Whatever! layout

Some ping-pong action shots, accented by some words from Graphically Speaking.  The words REALLY went with the pictures, let me tell you!  I used a tennis racket from All Sports for the ping pong paddle accent on my journal box.

Cricut:
Graphically Speaking-words
All Sports-paddle
Paper-Doodlebug

A Summer State of Mind layout

With some of the remains of my Splash paper from Echo Park that I got last year, I made this swimming layout of my kids and some of their cousins.  The "state of mind" part of the title is from Graphically Speaking-I think swimming definitely leads to a summer state of mind!  The banner is from Birthday Bash and the rest of the cuts, including the font, is from the CM This and That cartridge.  I'm linking this to the Getting Cricky challenge this month:  Summertime!  I also used a stamp from the K Andrews set (of Getting Cricky) called Splashtastic Summer.

Cricut:
Graphically Speaking-"state of mind"
Birthday Bash-banner
CM This and That-all other cuts
Paper-Echo Park Splash collection
brown chalk ink and Doodlebug twine
Stamp/Ink-from K Andrews Splashtastic Summer set, Stampin Up early espresso ink

Hakuna Matata-Disney layout

 The Lion King show at Disney is THE best show in all four parks, in my opinion.  I got seeds of the idea for this layout from something I saw awhile back, so the lion on the cliff is not original to me.  I can't remember if I saw that idea on the cricut message board or on a blog somewhere, so if it rings a bell with someone, let me know and I'll give credit to the originator!   I cut my lion from Animal Kindom and just started tearing paper to make my cliff and setting sun.  I left a big journal box, because there is a big story to be written about us getting caught in a torrential rain before the show. 

Cricut:
Animal Kingdom-lion, ROAR
Mickey font-titles
Graphically Speaking -tree
Paper-Sandylion (background), assorted cardstock scraps
orange chalk around the setting sun
Swiss dots embossing folder on lion mane

I'm going to link this to the Fantabulous cricut challenge this week to use a lion, tiger, cat, etc. to celebrate March "coming in like a lion".

2011 calendar month pages

This was my calendar that I had hanging this last year, with all the pages together.  I've shown a few of them separately.  I used Designer's Calendar for the grid and month/day names and numbers, and a whole variety of cartridges for the decorations.  Doodlecharms and Simply Charmed were the carts I used the most (besides Designer's Calendar).

January:

Stretch Your Imagination and Graphically Speaking

February:

Doodlecharms and Paisley

March:

Simply Charmed and Stretch Your Imagination

April:

Simply Charmed and Paisley

May:

Doodlecharms and Simply Charmed

June:

Doodlecharms and H2O

July:

Doodlecharms and Graphically Speaking

August:

Mickey and Friends and H2O

September:

Doodlecharms and Locker Talk

October:

Doodlecharms

November:

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Doodlecharms and Simply Charmed

December:

Doodlecharms and Winter Woodlands



A Cup of Cheer

One of our family traditions at Christmas is to go to an area in our city that has lots of Christmas lights and sit in the Starbucks there drinking hot choclate looking out at the lights.  Then we go drive around to look at more lights around town and in our neighborhood.  The challenge this week at Fantabulous Cricut was "warm up with cocoa", perfect for my pages!  I used Winter Frolic for the cup of cheer title and Graphically Speaking for the cup and Mmmmm.  I cannot for the life of me remember what the snowflake is from, as it was leftover from another project, but found a home here!  It uses my super cute new paper pack from Echo Park called Winter Park.

Edit: the snowflake is from Joys of the Season!

Cricut:
Winter Frolic-title
Graphically Speaking-cup, Mmmmm
Joys of the Season-snowflake
Paper-Echo Park's Winter Park collection
pop dots, Stampin Up ribbon in cherry cobbler

September Calendar Page

I've been making a calendar page each month and using it as a wall decoration for the month, then it goes in the scrapbook to start that month's pictures.  I'm finding Designer's Calendar makes it easy and my trusty Doodlecharms cart always seems to have just the right thing for decoration.  I'm also entering this in the Fantabulous Cricut challenge this week to use leaves in some way on the project. 

Cricut:
Designer's Calendar-for the grid, numbers, month and week
Doodlecharms-backpack, apple, and leaves
Graphically Speaking-learn
Lockertalk-lunchbag
brown chalk ink
I tried to ink my leaves and use some marker to give them some dimension.