Route 66 road trip layout

 Happy Monday!  It's been awhile-summer has been too busy to get much crafty time.  However, we are back to being empty nesters with the kids away at college, so I have a lot of time to catch up on my craft projects.  This Route 66 road trip layout was made with the Nifty Fifties image collection for all the cricut cuts.  Son#3 had gone on a road trip to visit college friends, so I was scrapping some of his pictures from the trip.  I love the Nifty Fifties images so much, so this was lots of fun to make.  Hope your end of summer includes some fun!

Cricut:

Nifty Fifties-all cuts

Paper-the Paper Studio prints, CTHM solids

Stamp-CTMH

Let's Shellabrate birthday card

Happy Monday!  It's been nothing but HOT summer days here in KC!  Hope you are staying cool somehow!  Here's a "punny" birthday card I made for my dad, which are my favorite kind.   And super simple.  Mr. Turtle is from the Walk in My Garden image collection, an old favorite of mine.

Cricut:

Walk in My Garden-turtle

Stamps-Technique Tuesday Turtle Trio

Paper-prints from the scrap pile, CTMH solids

Ink-Memento Tuxedo Black

Hello Summer swim layout

 Happy Monday!  Have you been able to enjoy any summer fun?  It's been VERY hot in KC, so perfect weather to be in the pool for my college kids and their friends.  This summer pool layout has images from the Paper Doll Teen Scene collection plus the pool image from Miss Kate Cuttables Splish Splash collection.  Hope you are getting some sunshine and July fun and staying cool!

Cricut:

Paper Doll Teen Scene-boy and girl and accessories

Miss Kate Cuttables Splish Splash-pool/floaties

Paper-Echo Park My Favorite Summer prints, CTMH solids

square punch for photo corners

4th of July layout

 Happy Thursday!  Are you looking forward to the 4th of July?  I am planning our traditional BBQ/pool party with the family and friends.  We've started watching the musical Hamilton together on the 4th for the last few years, which has been a really fun addition.  I know I'll be taking some photos, so I made a quick layout ahead of time mainly using images from the Artbooking collection, with the addition of a title from Create A Critter.  I hope you all get to enjoy some festivities over the 3 day weekend!  

Cricut:

Artbooking-overlays, photo frames, rockets

Create A Critter-title

thank you cards

 Happy Monday!  Spring is here, as my tulips and daffodils are in full bloom!  I was inspired to make some flower themed thank you cards, using ideas from Pinterest and some of my older SU stamp sets.  My mom and I actually made a grand total of 50 thank you cards as a wedding shower present for my niece, since she'll be writing a lot of thank you notes!  Have a great week and enjoy some crafty time!

SU Lasting Lily card

 Happy Monday!  I'm attending a wedding shower for my beloved niece next weekend and am having fun making her some gifts. Here's the card that will accompany all the gifts.  I pulled out a Stampin Up set called Lasting Lily for the lilies and the sentiment is from another SU set called Beautiful Friendship.  Both these sets are from 2019 (I think).  I used my SU Stamp-aratus plates and sponge daubers to do a multicolor gradient on the lilies.  I had seen this technique on Pinterest, but never tried it myself.  While I think I could maybe have blended the colors a bit better, overall I like how it turned out.  I like a pretty envelope, so I stamped another lily with her name on it to jazz it up!  

 

Stamps-SU Lasting Lily, Beautiful Friendship

Inks-SU pineapple punch, SU flirty flamingo, SU calypso coral, Memento tuxedo black

Paper-SU gingham gala prints, SU solids

All Aboard layout

 Happy Monday!  Who's ready for spring?  We had 70 degree weather....then it snowed.  Again.  But second spring is coming this week, lol!  Last week was good though, enjoying having my younger two sons home from college for spring break.  

I had fun making this train layout for my scrapbook for pictures of the family riding the Amtrak from KC to Chicago in December.  We had never taken the train before and it was actually a very pleasant way to travel!  Less stressful than flying.  The train is from the CTMH You Are Here collection and the titles are all from Boys Will Be Boys.  My sons (who were all obsessed with trains as toddlers) were thrilled like little kids when the train conductor actually said All Aboard as we pulled out of the station, so that HAD to be the title, lol.  I hope everyone has a good week ahead!

Cricut:

CTMH You Are Here-train

Boys Will Be Boys-All Aboard, Boys Will Be Boys block font