Autumn layout

Happy Monday!  Well, the rain in my neck of the woods has just gone on and on, but nothing like what those experiencing Hurricane Michael have endured.  The KC area has been in a drought, but I'm not sure getting all the rain at once is a good thing....   I am more than ready for some sunshine and crisp fall days instead of the gray gloomy ones of this last week!

Our BBTB2 challenge this week is to use a word fall or autumn related word on a project.  I used two of my favorite oldie but goodie cartridges to make this Autumn layout.  The title comes from Lyrical Letters and the sweet pumpkin man is from Stretch Your Imagination.  The designers over at BBTB2 have some great fall projects shared and you can also link one up there over the next two weeks.

Cricut:
Lyrical Letters-autumn title
Stretch Your Imagination-pumpkin man
Paper-Echo Park prints, CTMH solids
brown chalk ink

Mother's Day card

Happy Monday!  I'm hosting over at BBTB2 this week and we are having a Mother's Day themed challenge-here's your chance to make mom a special card or gift!  Or a chance to make a scrapbook layout for pictures of the day.  I've made my mom a card (STOP READING NOW, MOM), using the Lyrical Letters cartridge for the sentiment and Elegant Edges for the background shape.  I did a little embossing to add texture and of course some flowered background paper.  Mothers always deserve to have flowers!  The designers over at BBTB2 have shared cards and layouts, so pop over and take a peek!  We hope you will link up a project this week to share with us.

Cricut:
Lyrical Letters-title sentiment
Elegant Edges-background oval
Paper-Doodlebug prints, CTMH solids
embossing folder
stamp-Paper Smooches

Coffee/Tea Hi friend card

Happy Monday!  Our BBTB2 theme this week is coffee or tea.  While I don't drink coffee,  I deeply love tea (Constant Comment and Earl Grey are my favorites)!  I used an older cartridge favorite, Lyrical Letters, to make my simple card because I loved this cute little tea cup with "hi friend" attached!  I added a few hearts too (from the Sweethearts phrase on LL), because having tea while catching up with friends always makes my heart happy!  A little pen work around the edges to finish it off and this card was done!  It was also super fast to make, which is always a plus!

Cricut:
Lyrical Letters-all cuts
Paper-CTMH solids
brown chalk ink
black gel pen
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Valentine heart Love U Sweetheart card

Happy Monday!  It's Valentine's Day next weekend-are you ready?  I need to STOP eating the Hershey's kisses and chocolate hearts….the chances of any being left by Valentine's Day is going to be pretty slim.  Our BBTB2 challenge this week is most appropriate-use a heart on a project!  My card uses the Lyrical Letters cartridge for all the cuts.  (Lyrical Letters has more than just fonts!)  This paper was a bit of leftovers from a few years ago, but I hoarded the last bits for just the right project and this was it!  Hope you will check out all the cute Valentine projects over at BBTB2 and link up one with us this week as you make that special Valentine for someone!

inside:

Cricut:
Lyrical Letters-all cuts
Paper-Imaginesensce, CTMH solids

OneLove wedding card

Happy Monday!  It's been a rough couple of weeks at my house with strep throat germs working their way around the family.  I've been to three doctors offices and two urgent cares with various family members…and am buying stock in Purell and Clorox wipes.  I'm a nurse 24/7, lol!  Summer vacation has not been much of a vacation yet.  Thinking about crafty stuff is much more fun, so let's get to it!

It's the June wedding season and our BBTB2 challenge this week is a wedding card.  I used the Lyrical Letters cartridge for my quick and simple card, cutting the heart overlay while humming Here Comes the Bride!  I cut the OneLove sentiment and the inside sentiment Heart Blessing from Lyrical Letters also-this cartridge is overlooked and has a ton of great stuff.  I added a pink layer underneath the overlay for contrast, which I embossed with the Swiss dots folder to add some texture.  Very quick and ready to go!  Hope you'll check out our wedding projects over at BBTB2 and link up a project with us this week.

Cricut:
Lyrical Letters-all cuts
Paper-CTMH
Swiss dots embossing folder

Shedd Aquarium layout

I've got an aquarium layout for you today that I'm going to link to the Fantabulous Cricut Wet and Wild challenge this week.  We went to the Shedd aquarium in Chicago last summer and I took lots of cool fishy pictures that need a home!

The background paper is from the Colorbok Beach House collection and I layered different strips on the bottom (cut using a wave template I've had forever).  All the fish (including shark, octopus, crab) and coral are from the Life As A Beach cartridge.  I did add a teeny piece of black under the eyes of all the fish.  The title uses two different fonts- the big font is from Birthday Bash and the smaller font is the Lyrical Letters Jack Sprat.  The coral and seaweed are from Life As A Beach also.

Cricut:

Birthday Bash-big font

Lyrical Letters-small font

Life as a Beach-all fish and coral

Paper-BG print papers Colorbok Beach House, solids CTMH

brown chalk ink

I hope you guys are all having a relaxing weekend and getting some sunshine and fun!

Thankful card

While I don't typically send thanksgiving cards (since most of our family and friends will be getting a Christmas card from us soon), I do send a very few cards each year to people that I am especially thankful are in our lives.  It varies who they are from year to year and it's just kind of random who I select.  I think it's good for people to know they are appreciated!  Don't we all need a little more random kindness and appreciation in our lives?  But enough philosophy and on to the card!

The turkey from Create A Critter 2 is the centerpiece and he is on an action wobble that I received from  Janis at the Pause Dream Enjoy challenge blog when my project was picked as the winner that week.  It was donated by The Scrapbooking Queen at www.thescrapbookingqueen.com -where you can buy these nifty wobbles!  I've got to say the action wobbles are REALLY fun!!!!!  You've kind of got to see in action to understand-photos can't show the fun!  The cornucopia is also from CAC2.  The sentiment is from Lyrical Letters, using the Jack Sprat font.

Cricut:
Create A Critter 2-turkey, cornucopia
Lyrical Letters-font (Jack Sprat)
Paper-CTMH solid cardstock, DCWV All Seasons thanksgiving print
action wobble
brown chalk ink

I'm going to link this to the Cardz TV challenge "attitude of gratitude". 

from Soaring to Test Track layout (Disney)

Another Disney layout-this one I struggled with because I only had a single photo (or none, in the case of Soaring) of some favorite attractions at Epcot.  I decided to combine them into a two page spread, but it was difficult to make it flow and feel unified.   Mickey and his plane seemed like a good representation of the Soaring ride. I had some pics from Test Track, which was Son#3's favorite ride that I represented with the road from the CM Traveler cart.  The traffic cones and sign are from the Cars cartridge.  I used three of the different fonts from Lyrical Letters for the titles.

Cricut:
Lyrical Letters-fonts
Mickey and Friends-Mickey and plane
CM Traveler-road
Cars-road sign, traffic cones
Paper/stickers-Echo Park

I'm going to link this to the Fantabulous Cricut transportation themed challenge this week, since I've got a plane and road going on!  I couldn't quite get a race car for test track squeezed onto the road, so you'll have to imagine the car is just out of sight, lol!

Mother's Day card

It's taken a few days for this card to come together, but I am so pleased with how it turned out!  (STOP looking, Mom-this one's for you.)  I've always wanted to try one of the frames from Lyrical Letters, and this one seemed to lend itself to adding some flowers (which are from Give a Hoot).   I combined some different words by inking only part of the stamp from some My Pink Stamper stamps to make my sentiment.

Cricut:
Lyrical Letters-frame
Give a Hoot-added flowers and leaves
Paper-Echo Park
Stamps-My Pink Stamper (front), unknown (inside)
 I'm linking it to the My Pink Stamper challenge to make a Mother's Day project and to the My Craft Spot challenge to use pop dots. 

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

Thankful

I recently took the kids to the park on a beautiful  October afternoon when they were out of school.  The day was sunny, warm, and full of color from the trees-truly a perfect fall afternoon.  I just happened to have my camera in my purse and took lots of pictures.  I realized that I am thankful for my kids and that I would not have been spending that wonderful afternoon at the park without them, but focusing on boring grownup things.

I used the Lyrical Letters Connected font for the title and A Child's Year for all leaves, bird, and journal box shape.

Cricut:
Lyrical Letters-title
A Child's Year-journal box, leaves, bird

I'm linking this to Amanda's Crafts and More Getting Scrappy challenge.

I'm also linking this to the TPV challenge this week to do a project about family.