layout for stars challenge

 Happy Monday!  The BBTB2 challenge for the next two weeks involves stars:  either a Star Wars May the Fourth Be With You themed project or you can go with just stars.  I chose to go with the basic stars, as I'm making some scrapbook pages for an upcoming family trip to Yellowstone this June.  The left side page is inspired from a layout made by Jennifer Smith that I saw on Pinterest and I added a second page.  I used several different collections from CTMH for the layout, including stars from the Aurora collection.  You can check out the design team's projects over at the BBTB2 site and link up your cricut projects there too.

Cricut:

Artistry-font

Aurora-mountains, lantern, arrow, stars

Timber-trees

You Are Here-shapes for stamping

Stamps-CTMH Travelodge and This Way 2 Paradise sets

Ink-CTMH Cocoa

Paper-Photoplay Go Play Outside collection plus CTMH solids

Change Your Altitude layout for get outdoors challenge

Happy Monday!  How's your quarantine going?  While life is so very far from normal and we are staying home (except for going to work), getting some fresh air by taking a daily walk around the neighborhood has really been a boost to my spirits.  Our BBTB2 challenge for the next two weeks is a "get outdoors" theme.  I chose some pictures from a year ago when I could get outdoors beyond my street, which is hard to imagine at the moment.  My scrapbook layout below is for some hiking pictures in the Rockies.  It uses images I found on the cricut access collection called "And So the Adventure Begins".  The title and compass added the perfect touch to complement my pictures!  It's not very fancy, but I haven't been able to craft as much as usual.  You can see the rest of the design team projects over at BBTB2 and link yours up as well.

Cricut:
And So the Adventure Begins-title, compass
Paper-DCWV The Lodge Stack bg paper, CTMH solids

Get Outside for Labor Day- S'mores layout

Happy Labor Day Monday!  I hope you got to enjoy a long weekend with some fun and relaxation.  I unfortunately had to work at the hospital for part of it, but squeezed some good times in too!  My college crew came home for the weekend, so we had a full house of family.  The weather was cool and feeling more like fall, so we broke out the fire pit and made s'mores!  Nothing beats some yummy sticky marshmallow and chocolate goodness!

Our new challenge theme at BBTB2 is Get Outside, as we celebrate the Labor Day weekend.  Any outdoor activity fits the theme.  For my layout below, I used several cartridges available on cricut access to scrapbook our s’mores fun.  Miss Kate Cuttables The Great Outdoors gave me the s'more (doesn’t it look good enough to eat?) and the fire.  I used the CTMH You are Here for the marshmallow and stick and Kori Clark's Pine and Dandy for the title.   Now it's all ready for me to print my pictures!  The design team has projects you can see over at BBTB2 and this challenge will be open for two weeks for you to link up a project of your own.

Cricut:
Miss Kate Cuttables The Great Outdoors-fire, s'more
Kori Clark Pine and Dandy-title
CTMH You Are Here-stick with marshmallow
Paper-Echo Park prints, CTMH solids
brown chalk ink for edging
square punch for photo corners

Hiking layout for anything but a card challenge

Happy Monday!  I hope you all had a great 4th of July and weekend!  We enjoyed the great fireworks show our KC suburb puts on every year and spent Saturday at the Kansas City Air Show.  Seeing the stunt planes, Army Golden Knights Parachute Team, and the Navy's Blue Angels perform was an amazing day!  We came home full of awe and with some sunburns.  Our house is near the Kansas City Downtown Airport, so we got to watch the Blue Angels fly literally right over our street as they practiced this week.  Made for a fun neighborly event, as all the neighbors on our street came outside to watch!

Our BBTB2 challenge for the next two weeks is anything but a card, which leaves your options pretty wide open!  As most of you know, I am more of a scrapbooker than card maker, so I'll give you three guesses what I made....it only took one, right?  LOL!  My hiking layout below is for some of the pics I took while Son#2 and I were hiking in the Rockies in May.  While searching for hiking type cuts on Cricut Access, I found this Miss Kate Cuttables The Great Outdoors cartridge full of hiking/camping related images and whipped up a layout.  You can see the design team's projects over at BBTB2 and link up a project too.

Cricut:
Miss Kate Cuttables The Great Outdoors-all cuts
Paper-CTMH solids
brown chalk ink for edging

Opt Outside hiking layout

Happy Monday!  I hope you are getting to enjoy some lovely weather and summer fun this week!  Son#2 and I recently got to go hiking in Colorado and I made a layout for a few of those pictures.  All of the cricut cuts are from the CTMH You Are Here cartridge.  Even though it was the middle of May when we hiked, it was still snow covered up in the Rockies!

Without pics:

Cricut:
You Are Here-all cuts
Paper-Echo Park The Wild Life collection striped paper, CTMH solids
brown chalk ink for edging
square punch for photo corners

With the pics:

S'mores layout

Happy Monday!  Our BBTB2 challenge this week is summer nights...   Roasting s'mores over a fire pit seems like classic summer night fun (and I had a whole bunch of pics), so I used the Campin' Critters cartridge for my layout.  The raccoon roasting the s'mores is absolutely one of my favorite cuts on that cartridge!  And of course the sign is also from Campin Critters.  Check out the design team projects over at BBTB2 (apparently a lot of us are into s'mores!) and link up a project this week.

Cricut:
Campin Critters-raccoon roasting marshmallows, title
brown chalk ink

Cute animal

Happy President's Day Monday!  Our BBTB2 challenge theme this week is cute animals, which inevitably leads me to create with two of my all-time favorite cricut cartridges- Create A Critter and Create A Critter 2.  I have several pieces of Create A Critter goodness to share!  As always, the designers over at BBTB2 have some wonderful projects to see and you can link up a project as well.

Project #1
This birthday layout will feature pics of my teens and their cousins, partying it up with birthday cake and ice cream!

 Cricut:
Create A Critter 2-party pig and party chick
CM Be Young-font
Paper-Echo Park

Project #2
This little card cutie was inspired by the sentiment.Isn't he cute?

Cricut:
Create A Critter-whale
Wild Card-card base
Plaintain Schoolbook-circle
scallop edge for the waves
Stamp-CTMH Animal Greetings
Ink-Tsueinko Memento Black
liquid glass on whale's spout

Project #3

 I made this layout of hiking pictures from last summer with some of the adorable critters.

Cricut:

Create A Critter-animals, stump and log

CM Be Young-font

Paper-Doodlebug

Around the World-travel theme

Happy Monday!   Our BBTB2 challenge this week is Around the World, a travel theme.  Since I just got back from vacay driving to Colorado, I thought what could be more nostalgia inducing than a Route 66 road trip layout for those snapshots along the way?  I used the Nifty Fifties cartridge and some map paper from the stash to make this layout.  The stamps on the the journal box are from a CTMH stamp set called The Long Way Home.  The design team has some fabulous travel themed projects over at BBTB2 and you can link your project up using the linky at the bottom there.

Route 66 layout

Cricut:
Nifty Fifties-all cuts
Paper-The Paper Studio map paper, CTMH solids
brown chalk ink
Stamps-CTMH The Long Way Home June 2016 stamp of the month set
Ink-Memento Tuxedo Black

Forest Hiking layout (tree challenge)

Happy Monday!  One more week of school….I am SO ready for the finals stress to be over for the teenagers!  They've been a little cranky and stressed out!  (Studying for pre-calc, french, and spanish finals will do that to a kid…)  We are all going to be celebrating Thursday night when school's out!

Our BBTB2 challenge this week is to use a cricut tree on a project.  There is such a multitude of trees to choose from on many different cartridges that I was stuck on which tree to use.  I was making this layout for some hiking pictures, so I finally decided to use some of the cute animal cuts on the Give A Hoot cartridge and guess what?  It had trees too.  Problem solved!  Since Give A Hoot doesn't have a font, I went with one of the fonts on the Stork's Delivery cartridge for the title.  Hope you enjoy this hiking layout and take a look at the design team projects over at BBTB2!  The linky at BBTB2 will be open for you to show off a project too.

Cricut:
CM Stork's Delivery-Frogs and Snails font
Give a Hoot-all other cuts
Paper-Bella Blvd Campout collection prints, CTMH solids
brown chalk ink

Ghost Stories layout

Happy Sunday!  I got some time last night to be crafty and Fantabulous Cricut has a fun camping themed challenge going on.  I made a layout using the Camping Critters cartridge for my Ghost Stories layout.  I've always wanted to cut out the raccoon with the flashlight for something and finally had the perfect pictures!  I used some woodsy background paper to go with my animals who are reading ghost stories by lantern light (which I remember doing around the campfire with a flashlight when I was a kid at camp).  My title is actually on one of the signs, so it opens up for a journaling spot. I just got the new Artistry cartridge, so I used it for the font for the words Haunted and Mysterious.

Cricut:
Artistry-font
Camping Critters-all other cuts
Paper-Echo Park animal print, Doodlebug wood grain paper, CTMH solids
brown chalk ink

Wildlife layout

Happy Monday!  Did you have a good 4th of July weekend?  I think I'm going to need a day or two to recover from mine, lol!  Work was kinda crazy but the fireworks were awesome on the 4th!  On to BBTB2 business….the challenge this week is use a cricut tree, and there are so many to choose from that I had a hard time deciding which one to use.  I was scrapping some vacation pics from last year's trip to Rocky Mountain National Park and finally decided the tree from Doodlecharms was the one for my layout.  The tree and sun are from Doodlecharms and the border of moose is from Animal Kingdom, along with the title.  The camera is one of the badges from Camping Critters to finish it all off.  Hope you will join us with a tree project!

Cricut:
Doodlecharms-sun cut at 3 1/2 inches, trees cut at 5 1/2 and 6 inches
Animal Kingdom-moose border cut at 4 1/2 inches, Wildlife title cut at 1 1/2 inches
Camping Critters-camera on badge cut at 2 1/2 inches
Paper-Echo Park Happy Camper bg paper, CTMH solids

Scenic View layout

Happy Monday!  I spent the weekend taking my oldest high school son on a road trip to college for a summer school class-his first college experience.  It was somewhat surreal to be moving him into the dorm-not sure I'm ready for this life transition, although he is!  I guess they have to grow up….

Our BBTB2 challenge this week is to use a sign or banner.  I saw lots of road signs and billboards (and even a 4th of July banner!) on this little road trip, but I'm in the mood for some summer vacation so my project is a layout of vacation pics from last summer at Rocky Mountain National Park.   (The roads in the park had Scenic View signs at certain points where you could stop, pull over, and take pictures).  The Camping Critters cartridge had the the perfect scenic view sign!  The backpacking moose and stand of trees are also from Camping Critters.  The are a zillion possibilities with cricut signs and banners, so have some fun and link up a project with us at BBTB2!

Cricut:
Camping Critters-all cuts
Paper-Reminisce print, CTMH solids
brown chalk ink

Outdoor Adventure

I'm sharing a summer layout for those outdoor hiking adventure photos, using the Outdoor Man cartridge.  The photo mats are sized for 4x6 pics, but the two vertical pics could easily be swapped out for a 6x8 scenic photo.  It has rained SO much here in the last six weeks that I feel like we haven't gotten to have any summer yet!  I made this for pictures from last summer, actually.  Here's hoping for some sunny days ahead!

Cricut:
Outdoor Man-all cuts
Paper-Simple Stories prints, CTMH solids
brown chalk ink

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

Take a Hike layout (for Exploring Cricut)

It's a vacation challenge at Exploring Cricut this week, with a twist-include a sign on the project.  I have a hiking/outdoor themed layout for you.  We are going hiking in the beautiful Rocky Mountain National Park on our summer vacation to Estes Park, Colorado.  I am expecting to shoot a few (OK, a lot!) of pictures on the trail!  I used a whole bunch of cartridges to try to capture the outdoors feel for my layout.

I used the Outdoor Man cartridge for the hiking boots, binoculars, compass, and moose.  Then I added the sun from Doodlecharms.  The stand of trees is from the Disney Classics cartridge.  The title font is the Frogs and Snails font from the CM Stork's Delivery cartridge.  And last, trail sign is from Campin' Critters.    The base paper is from a really old Echo Park collection and the print paper is also from Echo Park.  I hand cut the ground strip, using a wave template.

Cricut:
Doodlecharms-sun
CM Stork's Delivery-font
Disney Classics-stand of trees
Campin' Critters-trail sign
Outdoor Man-all other cuts
Paper-Echo Park print and bg paper, CTMH solids
brown chalk ink

There are lots of vacation projects to see from the design team at Exploring Cricut-hope you'll link up to our challenge with a project!

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.  

Canoeing layout

I had a few more photos from our canoe adventures to scrap, and used the super fun Camping Critters cartridge for my layout.  The canoeing duck was irresistible!  The SOUS challenge to incorporate a hidden tag inspired me to make a hidden place to journal by using the sign feature to make a journaling spot.

Cricut:
Camping Critters-Up a Creek sign, canoeing duck, owl
Life As A Beach-title font
Paper-TPC Studio the Great Outdoors papers with some Bo Bunny Camp-A-Lot stickers and double dot paper

I'm not sure if this technically qualifies as a "hidden tag", since it's really a hidden sign, but the intent is there, so I'm going to link it to the SOUS challenge and hope they like it :)