Lorikeet Feeding layout

Happy Monday!  Our BBTB2 challenge this week is birds.  I had some pictures from a zoo trip last year to scrap and used my favorite cricut bird from Create A Critter on the layout.  There are so many cricut birds to choose from but that one has remained my favorite!  There is a whole flock of bird projects to see over at BBTB2 from the design team and you can link your project up there as well.

Cricut:
Create A Critter-bird, word cloud
Artbooking-photo frames, title font
Paper-Echo Park Jungle Safari

Wild Things layout

Happy Monday!  Our BBTB2 challenge this week is to use two of something on a project.  My layout for some zoo pictures has two monkeys, along with lots of other adorable critters from the Create A Critter cartridge.  We took the kids and their cousins to the zoo earlier this month, so I have a bunch of funny zoo pictures to scrap.  Our zoo has "borrowed" some koalas from the San Diego Zoo for the summer, so we had to go see them (and I had to put a koala on my layout)!  Apparently koalas sleep 20 plus hours a day, according to the exhibit info (they certainly slept through our visit!) and I feel like I could also be a koala-it sounds very relaxing, don't you think?  The polaroid style photo frames are from the Artbooking cartridge and the font is from the Stork's Delivery cartridge.  Hope you will check out the rest of the design team projects over at BBTB2 and join us this week with two of something.

Cricut:
Stork's Delivery-Frogs and Snails title font
Artbooking-polaroid photo mats
Create A Critter-all other cuts
Paper-CTMH solids, Echo Park bg paper
brown chalk ink
square punch for photo corners

Feeling Frosty penguin layout

Happy MLK Monday!  My family is happy to be huddling at home on this super cold holiday (with temps in the negative numbers to start the day!!!).  Apparently we have Canadian arctic air that has moved in, according to the weatherman.  I would really prefer the Canadians keep their arctic air in Canada, however the cold is a good excuse to be crafty in the basement next to my space heater, right?  Because I might freeze if I have to go to the grocery store.  #seriouslynotkidding

Our BBTB2 challenge this week is to use one of the many cricut penguins on a project.  I had penguin pictures from the Shedd museum in Chicago in the "need to be scrapped" pile, so I made a layout using the Create A Critter igloo and penguin.  Mr. Penguin is hanging out feeling all frosty on top of his igloo!  (I'm feeling a little frosty too, just sayin')  The "just chillin'" phrase is from Artbooking, along with the fun frames.  The title font from the CM Stork's Delivery cartridge is one of my favorites, with it's funky fun feel.  And isn't that penguin paper from Echo Park the bomb?  There is an abundance of adorable penguins over at BBTB2 for you to look at and we hope you link up a project with us!

Cricut:
Create A Critter-igloo, penguin
Artbooking-just chillin' and photo frames
CM Stork's Delivery-title font
Paper/stickers-Echo Park, CTMH solids

Fish Tales layout

Happy Tuesday!  I've got a layout I made for some of the underwater photos I took snorkeling this summer.  My friendly little fishy critters and sea life are all from the Create A Critter cartridge.  The polaroid style photo mats are from the Artbooking cartridge and the title font is from Learning Curve.  I cut my sand border on the bottom with an old template I had lying around.  I'm going to link this up to the animal challenge over at the Cut It Up Challenge Blog.

Cricut:
Artbooking-square photo mats
Learning Curve-title font
Create A Critter-all other cuts
brown chalk ink, square punch for photo corners, CM wavy cutter
Paper-CTMH solids, Echo Park Walking on Sunshine fish print paper

Go Wild layout (for the BBTB2)

It's the "Life is a Zoo!" challenge at the BBTB2 this week-lots of fun!  I had some pictures waiting to be scrapped, which inspired me to make this Go Wild layout (although it's not actually about a zoo!).  One of our local parks has lots of animal sculptures as part of the play equipment, including a giant elephant and penguin with slides and climbers on them.  We had a great time playing there on a warm sunny day over spring break!

I used the Create A Critter cartridge to cut my animals.  The top of the circus tent resembles the elephant slide at the park, so I attached that to my elephant.  The print papers and stickers are from several Echo Park collection leftovers I had lying around.  Sometimes it's good to not clean off the scrap table between projects, lol!

Cricut:
Create A Critter-all cuts
Paper/stickers-Echo Park prints, CM and CTMH for solids
brown chalk ink

So if you've got a zoo trip you need to scrap or maybe a fun animal card to make, this is the challenge for you!  Make something new and fun with your cricut and link up at the BBTB2!

Explore layout

I've got an animal layout today for my Exploring Cricut daily project!  Our zoo has some areas that are open, where some of the animals are out walking around where you can be up close to them.   I used the Nate's ABCs cartridge for my scene with the goat in the grass and the titles.  (Don't you just love the don't eat the grass sign on the goat diecut?)  The butterflies are from Give a Hoot.  We are looking forward to a trip to the zoo as soon as school is out-these pics are from last summer.

Cricut:
Nate's ABCs-all cuts except butterflies
Give a Hoot-butterflies
Paper-CTMH and CM solids, Bo Bunny double dot print
brown chalk ink

There is a new project every day at Exploring Cricut (also linked to the Exploring Cricut FB page), so something fun for you to check out every day!  (I like to surf and see what's new in my scrappy blogs while I'm eating my breakfast cereal after I get the kiddos all off to school and before I have to dive into the rest of the day.)

Love the Earth layout (for PDE Challenges)

Janis has a great challenge to play along with at Pause Dream Enjoy Challenges- Outdoor Critters!  This could be ANY kind of critter, so should be a fun easy one to join in with a project!  Here's the challenge details:

Ch# 9 Outdoor Critters

Begins: Monday, Apr 29

Ends: Sunday, May 12

Prize MFPS "Tweet That"
(must have a USA address)

Winner announced in the WINNERS Page Tab

So, on to MY project.  This gorgeous woodgrain paper from the Simple Stories Vintage Bliss collection made the perfect background for some scenic pictures from the zoo.  I wanted a simple background, so the focus would remain on the pictures.  The title and foxes are from the Give a Hoot cartridge.  The other font and background circles are from Plaintain Schoolbook.  The little strip of accent paper is from a scrap leftover from another project (I believe it is Echo Park paper).  

Cricut:
Give A Hoot-title, foxes
Plaintain Schoolbook-letters, circles
Paper/sticker-Simple Stories Vintage Bliss wood grain paper, solids CTMH and CM
brown chalk ink, pop dots