Ice Cream projects

Happy Monday!  Did you know it's National Eat Ice Cream for Breakfast day?  I fully support this holiday-in fact I could probably support it every day!  It needs more publicity.  I'm pretty sure it's not on the Weight Watchers plan though….unfortunately.  Our BBTB2 challenge this week, as you might have guessed, is to use an ice cream cut.  I have a few ice cream projects…..although not a full 31 flavors worth, LOL!  Check out the delicious projects from the design team over at BBTB2 and link up a project of your own!

Project #1

This layout was for some fun ice cream pictures on our cruise this summer, using Simply Charmed for the title, ice cream cone, and popsicle and Elegant Edges for the scalloped journal box.

Cricut:
Simply Charmed-title, ice cream cone, popsicle
Elegant Edges-jounal box
Paper/Stickers-Echo Park prints, CTMH solids
brown chalk ink

Project #2

 close up of my ice cream float

This layout  uses the Suburbia cartridge for all the cuts, including the font.  My picture came out a little dark-it's easier to see the font in better lighting (it's a really pretty cursive).  I LOVE the jukebox cut!  My husband and I are big fans of root beer floats and I thought the ice cream cut looked like a float.

Cricut:
Suburbia-all cuts
Paper-Echo Park bg paper, Catrta Bella ice cream print, CTMH solids
brown chalk ink, white gel pen

Project #3

This is scrap lifted from this card I saw on Pintererest.  I used Birthday Bash to cut the ice cream sundae and some Diamond Glaze on the orange layer and stickle to make it look super yummy.

Cricut:
Birthday Bash-sundae
Paper-stripe is TLC, CTMH solids
stamp-Stampin Up
stickle, diamond glaze, brown chalk ink for edging, Stampin Up Peach Parfait ink for sentiment
Stampin Up scallop border punch

Dance your face off layout (for BBTB2)

Happy Memorial Day!  While I have to work a shift tonight at the hospital, I hope most are getting to relax and enjoy a 3 day weekend!  The BBTB2 challenge theme this week is "dance".  The only dancing around here is at school dances, so I made a layout for the pics of the 8th grade end of year school dance with Son#2 and his friends.  I used the Family Album cartridge for the "Dance your face off" title and all the other cuts.  I love the journaling cut-I will definitely be using that again!  I stuck with neutral colors, since the girl's dresses have a lot of color.  It looks kind of plain without the pics, so I included a shot it with the pics as well.

the layout:

with the pics added (I'll add the journaling):

Cricut:
Family Album-title cut at 2 1/2 inches, record and music notes cut at 1 inch, journal box cut at 6 inches
Paper-Simple Stories Story of Us collection background paper, CTMH solids

Wedding Reception layout (for Exploring Cricut)

It's Friday!  TGIF!  I get to show the daily project for Exploring Cricut today and I have a layout using the Suburbia cartridge for you.  Wedding season is coming up…do you take lots of pictures at weddings?  I do and I needed to scrap some candid photos of family and friends taken at a wedding reception, so I cut my very sharp dressed couple in their finery and also added the little camera to the journaling spot.  The pretty font is also from Suburbia.

Cricut:
Suburbia-all cuts
Paper-Simple Stories Vintage Bliss collection prints, CTMH solids
brown chalk ink

You can check out a new daily project every day at Exploring Cricut or on the Exploring Cricut FB page!  Have a great weekend!

Coffee, Tea, and Hot Chocolate layout (for Exploring Cricut)

Ready for a fun challenge?  Our theme this week at Exploring Cricut is "What's Cooking?"  As cooler weather approaches and fall sports season is in full swing, I dug out some pictures of us at an outdoor event where we warmed up with some hot beverages.  Hot chocolate just tastes even better when you're outside on a crisp fall day!  I overlapped some of the photo mats so I could get lots of pictures on there.

I used the Surburbia cartridge for my coffee and teapot and cup.  The pretty font is also from Surburbia.  (I am really liking that cartridge.)  The print paper is from Cosmo Cricket.

Cricut:

Surburia-all cuts

Paper-prints Cosmo Cricket Honky Tonk collection, solids CTMH

brown chalk ink

We'd love for you to cook something up for our challenge!  Link your project up at Exploring Cricut :)

In the kitchen layout (for BBTB2)

It's Monday-time for a new challenge at BBTB2.  Our awesome DT sister Shelley has challenged us to make a project about something in the kitchen this week.  I broke out my newest cartridge Suburbia, as I've been eager to use some of the super cool retro kitchen images on it.  I've made a kitchen layout, which will be for some pics of our extended family having fun together whipping up some BBQ with all the fixin's.  My cook is in the kitchen with her fridge and stove, making some great potato salad and chocolate cake to go with all that BBQ goodness.  I wanted the paper to feel kind of vintage like a Grandma's kitchen, and I found some really pretty Echo Park paper in my stash that fit the bill!

Cricut:
Suburbia-all cuts
Paper-Echo Park prints, CTMH solids
brown chalk ink, pop dots

We'd love to see your projects!  Just use a kitchen themed cricut cut and remember, it must be a NEW project!  The rest of the design team has some fabulous projects to inspire you, as always, so go check them out at BBTB2.

Bluegrass Jam Night layout (for PDE challenges)

Pause Dream Enjoy Challenges has a new challenge:  use foam tape on a project!  Since I am a huge fan of foam tape and pop dots for some dimension in my projects, I was excited to do this one.  In fact, it's rare I don't have something popped up on a layout or card!  But on to my project:

my guitar and microphone are popped up on foam tape:

my dashing gentleman musician is also popped up on foam tape:

Son#1 was invited to perform on the main stage at the local Bluegrass Jam Night (of course I took lots of pictures!).   I found the coolest paper for my musical layout from Cosmo Cricket's Honky Tonk collection-the background paper is retro looking and covered with guitars and the photo mats are this really cool woodgrain paper (and I just love the name Honky Tonk...).  Everything is from the Suburbia cartridge except  I did add a few music notes from Groovy Times.  My stamp on the journal box is from a My Pink Stamper set (I thought it fit so perfectly!).

Cricut:
Suburbia-all cuts except music notes
Groovy Times-music notes
Paper-Cosmo Cricket Honky Tonk collection for the prints, CTMH solids
brown chalk ink
stamp-My Pink Stamper Music Speaks set

Here are the challenge details:

Pause Dream Enjoy (PDE) Ch# 11 Use Foam Tape

Begins: Monday, May 27

Ends: Sunday, Jun 9

Sponsor: Mary of Cardz TV Stamps http://www.cardztvstamps.blogspot.com/

Prize: 1 stamp set

(must have USA address)

International Walk to School Day layout

I made a layout for some pictures from our elementary Walk to School Day (see bottom for what that is), using my new Suburbia cartridge and the Pooh Font for my title letters.  I was going for kind of an old-fashioned collage feel to the layout and the image of the little boy and the vintage camera on Suburbia were perfect!  I'm really excited about this cartridge and have lots of layouts planned for it!!!

My paper and the globe sticker are from Echo Park's This and That Charming collection.  I love the newsprint paper on the photo mats, and thought that added to the vintage old scrapbook feel I was going for.  Sorry the pics are so dark-spring has retreated and left us a last blast of snow and lots of rain (and no sunshine for taking pictures)!  It was 85 degrees on Monday and by Wednesday the temperature was in the 30s!    I'm going to link this to the Celebrate The Occasion anything goes challenge this week.

Cricut:
Pooh Font-title
Suburbia-boy and camera
Paper/Sticker-Echo Park This and That Charming collection, solids CM
brown chalk ink

Our elementary school is trying to help students be healthy by encouraging walking to school for those who live in the immediate neighborhood.  In the spring and fall, the walking school bus gets many kids walking or biking, supervised by volunteer parent walkers.  The whole school celebrates International Walk to School Day in the fall with an all-school walk to school starting at a local plaza, accompanied by the high school drum line!

Sweetheart anniversary card (for the BBTB2)

It's Monday and time for the BBTB2 challenge, which is to make a wedding/anniversary themed project.  My DT sisters have lots of great ideas for inspiration, so check out all their projects at BBTB2!  This challenge was just in time for my wedding anniversary, so I wanted to make a special card for my honey, as  the last sixteen years together have flown by and he is still my sweetheart.

I used three cartridges for this 6x6 card.  I decided to go with a 6x6 size to have plenty of room for my silhouetted couple.  The sentiment is from Paisley and the background heart is from the Sweethearts cartridge.  The silhouetted couple are from my new Suburbia cartridge.  I just recently got it and have so many ideas-there will be more projects with it in the next few months!  It also has two really pretty fonts, although I didn't use them on this card.

Cricut:
Paisley-sentiments
Sweethearts-heart
Suburbia-couple
Paper-print is American Crafts Color Crush, solids are CTMH

We'd love for you to link up your projects at BBTB2 this week!  Spring and summer wedding season is coming up, so make something for your stash!