Ghastly Poisons Halloween layout (for BBTB2)

Halloween is almost here!  Our BBTB2 challenge this week is trick or treat, selected by my awesome DT sister Jayne.  Now that my kids are bigger, I am finally able to make some creepy (as opposed to cute) Halloween layouts!

I used the A Frightful Affair cartridge to do this layout, featuring a mad scientist and witch cooking up some poison for their trick or treaters...(all the sugar from the Halloween candy is sort of like poison, lol!).   There are a few creepy mice and bats roaming around on this stormy night (it HAS to be a stormy night to make this poison, you see) to complete the scene.  And of course, we can't forget the awesome bubbling beakers of evil!  My print papers are from the Echo Park Apothecary Emporium collection from last year.

Cricut:
A Frightful Affair-all cuts (table hand cut)
Paper-Echo Park Apothecary Emporium collection prints, CTMH solids
brown chalk ink

Check out all the wonderfully scary Halloween projects my DT sisters have made at BBTB2, and we hope you will conjure one up and join us!  

Scary Party Halloween layout (for Exploring Cricut)

I have the fun of doing the daily project at Exploring Cricut today!  It's almost Halloween-have you been able to stay away from the Halloween candy?  I'll confess I've slipped a few times and found myself nibbling on contraband candy!!!

But on to my project:  I've been dying to use the cute little Halloween teddy bears on the Teddy Bear Parade cartridge, so I cut them out for my layout (for the elementary school fall party pictures of Son#3).  The title is from Create A Critter 2.  (The word party is actually part of another title, but I just added it onto my scary title!)  I added a few other cuts from CAC2 as well.  The bat background paper is from an old DCWV stack.

Cricut:
Teddy Bear Parade-teddy bears
Create A Critter 2-all other cuts
Paper-DCWV prints, CTMH solids
brown chalk ink

We hope you will join us with a creepy scary Halloween project!  You can link up at Exploring Cricut.

I have two posts today:

I woke up today with a smile on this Monday morning, because I got to spend yesterday afternoon scrapping with my Mom and BFF!  I had so much fun seeing all the cool crafty stuff they were making AND we got to laugh and catch up on all the latest gossip.  Good times!  But on to the crafty stuff:  just below is my post for the BBTB2 pumpkin challenge, using the Artbooking cartridge.  Scroll down one post for my Halloween layout for the Exploring Cricut challenge, using Happy Hauntings.  Hope you have a super Monday!  

Fall Festival Fun pumpkin layout (for BBTB2)

It's that time of year for pumpkins and hot chocolate and all things fall!  Our challenge at BBTB2 this week is to use a pumpkin on a project-and there are lots of cricut pumpkins to choose from!  I decided to try the pumpkins on my new Artbooking cartridge for some fall festival pictures from a few weeks ago.  All the cuts are from Artbooking, including the overlays and vine on both pages.  All  were cut at 11 inches except the pumpkins and leaves.   (I had to experiment with the sizes for the pumpkins and leaves to find something that worked -I couldn't use real dial size because then the layers wouldn't cut properly.)   I just used some cheap white cardstock while experimenting until the pumpkins and leaves cut at the size I wanted.

Cricut:
Artbooking-all cuts
Paper-CTMH solids, Imaginescense pumpkin print paper
brown chalk ink

I hope you will make a new pumpkin project to share with us over at BBTB2-we LOVE to see what you come up with!

October 31 layout (for Exploring Cricut)

It's almost time for Halloween and that is our challenge theme at Exploring Cricut this week!  I have a spooky cemetery layout for today, complete with the headless horseman, a black cat, and a skeleton!   My boys are big enough to want to be creepy rather than cute with their Halloween costumes, so I wanted my layout to reflect that.    The paper is from an old DCWV stack, which got my layout started, with the creepy tree and cemetery.  I just added some spooky goodness with the headless horseman, skeleton, and black cat.  (Plus a few more tombstones and the bat.)  I used Happy Hauntings for all my cuts, including the October 31 title.

Cricut:
Happy Hauntings-all cuts
Paper-DCWV stack prints, CTMH solids

Go check all the spooky goodness from the DT at Exploring Cricut and link up something creepy and fun of your own for Halloween!

listen to your heart card (for BBTB2)

My lovely DT sister Brenda has chosen "health awareness" for the challenge theme at BBTB2 this week.  As an ICU nurse, heart disease is a huge problem I see affecting lives every day (I work many of my shifts in the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit).  Women especially tend to underplay or ignore symptoms of heart attacks or heart disease because we are busy taking care of everyone else but not ourselves.  I encourage all of you to pay attention to your own health and know your numbers:  blood pressure, cholesterol, and blood sugar.  If any of these are out of the normal range, make the time to do those lifestyle changes and improve them!  And take your medications, if you have prescriptions!  (I am regularly astounded at people who do not take their meds or have no idea what their meds are for.)

Alright, so enough healthy talk and on to the actual card I made.  I used the CM Be Young cartridge for the saying on the front "listen to your heart", which I thought was perfect for heart health awareness.  The fun frame was part of the image!  The inside, which I neglected to take a picture of, has more hearts (I have already given this card away, so I can't go back and get a pic).

Cricut:
CM Be Young-title art
Paper-solid CTMH, print
brown chalk ink

Show us what health cause is dear to your heart with a project and link it up back at BBTB2!

Please keep Brenda and her family in your prayers, as they are suddenly dealing with some very serious health issues at this time.

Ride'em Cowboy layout

Today is my turn for the daily project at Exploring Cricut!  I made a western themed layout for you today, for some pictures of my fellas at Silver Dollar City last summer.  I used the Old West cartridge for all the cuts except the barn, which is from Create A Critter.  I especially was taken with the wood grain frame cut for my journal box!  My paper has been in my stash so long that I have NO idea where I got it.

Cricut:
Old West-all cuts except barn
Create A Critter-barn
Paper-DCWV stack
brown chalk ink
Stamp-My Pink Stamper set

Thanks for stopping by and remember to check out all our awesome daily projects at Exploring Cricut! Remember, you can still join in on our birthday blog hop challenge (and win a cricut cartridge)!