Marching Band layout

Happy Monday!  I hope many of you are getting to enjoy some spring temperatures right now.  While it is raining today, there have been some warm sunny days recently and my daffodils are blooming!  It has upped my happiness quotient considerable!  

The challenge for the next two weeks at the BBTB2 blog is a music theme.  While I haven't gotten to attend any music events during the pandemic, I have pictures from Son#2's college marching band from 2019 that I decided to use for my project.  This layout used some big overlay cuts from the CTMH Artbooking.  The band helmet and trumpet are from Quarter Note and the Game Day title from the CTMH You Are Here collection.  I was so happy with how it turned out!  You can see the rest of the design team projects over at BBTB2 and link up a project of your own for the next two weeks.

Cricut:

CTMH You Are Here-Game Day title

Quarter Note-trumpet and band hat

CTMH Artbooking-background cuts

Band layout

Happy Monday! It's been quite a week, as Son#2 graduated from high school!  There were lots of tears of pride and joy celebrating his day and much nostalgia as I was thinking about him as a baby and grateful for the amazing man he has become.  He graduated with honors in the top 10% of his class with a 4.0 GPA and won medals as the Outstanding Band Student and Outstanding Art Student. I am so proud of him.  He is heading off to college in the fall and I can't wait to see what his future holds.  We spent some time looking through the scrapbooks of him growing up and it was so fun and nostalgic and reminded me how much I enjoy scrapbooking our memories.  So now that you're all caught up on my week, on to actual crafty matters....

Our BBTB2 challenge for this next 2 weeks is a music theme.  I have a whole stack of pictures from end of year band/orchestra awards nights to scrapbook, so I already had pictures in mind for this challenge.  I used the Nifty Fifties cartridge for the band title and added some lettering to layout after I had the pictures figured out, using a font I downloaded and cut with my cricut (although I realized while uploading this that I have my lettering a bit crooked-will have to fix that pronto!).  Had to leave a little space for some journaling too!  I've really liked this Band Geek paper collection by Photo Play as it's so perfect for scrapbooking.  The design team over at BBTB2 has great projects to inspire you and we hope you will join us in linking up a music themed project!

layout without the pictures:

Cricut:
Nifty Fifties-band title with music notes
Paper-Photo Play Band Geek prints/stickers, CTMH solids
brown chalk ink for edging

With the pictures added:

Marching Band layouts

We have changed our format a bit at BBTB2, going to an every other week post.  However, I am planning to continue posting most Mondays and will share some of my other projects, as I make lots of things that don't necessarily fit the challenge themes or don't include a cricut cut.

This week, I have three layouts, although they don't all include my cricut.   Son#2 is one of the drum majors conducting his high school marching band this season, so I know I will be taking lots of pics of their show this year at competitions and at the football games.  I found a fantastic paper pack called Band Geeks from Photo Play.  It is perfect for all my band layout needs!  These three are all ready for my pics.  Have a great week and enjoy the upcoming Labor Day weekend!

Layout #1

Quarter Note cartridge

Layout #2

Layout #3

Music Speaks layout

Happy Monday!  Have you gotten into the Halloween candy yet?  I will confess that I planned to take "just one" during a chocolate emergency (am I the only one that has those?) and one turned into.....well, let's not put an exact number on it!  All the candy in my house needs to be gone on Tuesday!!!!!  I'm sure the kids will be glad to get right on that, lol!

I am hosting the challenge over at BBTB2 this week and I chose a very general challenge theme-use any of the many cricut words on your project.  This leaves your project choices wide open!  The design team has some amazing projects to get you inspired below.  I was scrapping pictures of the kids from a musical event and used a phrase from the Quarter Note cartridge.

Cricut:
Quarter Note-title
Paper-CTMH solids, The Paper Company music print

Two music layouts

Happy Monday!  We have a music challenge at BBTB2 this week and I have two music layouts for you.  Since all my kiddos are all very musical, I take lots of pictures from their various concerts and music events.  It's always kind of loud at our house, as someone is usually practicing.  I have two layouts to share today for our BBTB2 challenge and you can find many more projects under music on the sidebar (especially the 5 music layouts on this post!).  You can play along with our musical theme over at BBTB2, and the design team has a bunch of cute projects to get you started!

Layout #1

I used the Quarter Note cartridge for most of this layout of orchestra concert pictures with Son#3.  The banner cuts on the sides that I used as photo mats are from Artbooking (cut on real dial size).

Cricut:
Quarter Note-clef, notes, titles
Artbooking-banner photo mats
Paper-CTMH solids,
brown chalk ink
stamp-My Pink Stamper set

Layout #2

This layout of Son#2 playing with the high school pep band at a basketball game was inspired by something I saw on Pinterest.  The colorful paper is actually strips of washi tape that I layered so it looked like paper.  Bold and colorful (like the pep band), which was what I was going for.

Cricut:
Artistry-title and letter font
Artbooking-live out loud, arrows and heart
Plaintain Schoolbook-circles
washi tape
Paper-CTMH solids

Marching Band Parade layout

So with Son#2 in marching band this year, I have taken a lot of photos of him and the band marching at football games, in parades, and at competitions.  Seriously a lot.  Like maybe I'm one of those crazy band moms, LOL!  I'm starting to get some of them in the scrapbook, so I thought I'd share a layout I just finished.  These pictures are from a parade and I used Echo Park's A Fair to Remember collection for the bright colorful paper to get that parade feel.  The font and Polariod cuts are from the cricut Artistry cartridge and the stamp for the lines in the journaling box is from the CTMH Documenting Moments Everyday Life stamp set.

Cricut:
Artistry-font
Stamp-CTMH Documenting Moments Everyday Life
Paper-Echo Park A Fair to Remember prints, CTMH solids

Music layouts

So we have a music challenge this week at BBTB2.  Since all my kids are very musical, I make a lot of music projects.  I have several musical themed layouts I've done over the last year that I haven't shared on the blog, so this is like a whole concert of layouts, lol!  I have kids in both band and orchestra and I have to say that the Quarter Note cartridge is the one to have if you have musical kiddos!  I use it ALL the time.

Project #1

However, this layout is NOT about the kids!  As a birthday gift last year, my husband got tickets for us to see my favorite band (Maroon 5) in concert when they came to the Sprint Center in Kansas City.  It was so much fun going to see the concert and of course I took some pictures...  My guitar and font are from the CM This and That cartridge-love the funky guitar (it feels rock and roll…).  The music notes are also from the cartridge.

Cricut:
CM This and That-all cuts
Paper-CTMH solids, bg paper unknown

Project #2

As Son#2 is in the marching band, pep band, AND jazz band at his high school, I have taken a lot of band pics this year.  My son plays trombone in the band, but this design could be changed up to include any instrument.  The frames are pop dotted so I can slide a picture underneath.  The high school band and orchestra students "fondly" refer to each other as band geeks and orch dorks, hence the band geeks title.  Guess I need to make an orch dork layout too for Sons#1 and #3!

Cricut:
Quarter Note-trombone, band hat
Artbooking-frames, notes, arrow
Zoo Day-title font
Paper-band bg paper unknown, Echo Park blue paper, CTMH other solids
brown chalk ink

Project #3

Another music layout for band and orchestra pictures from the pops concert last year for pics of all 3 kiddos playing…I wanted bright colorful paper for this fun end of the year concert of pop music.

Cricut:
Quarter Note-clef, notes
Robotz-font
Paper-Echo Park bg paper, CTMH solids

Project #4

Son#2 won the instrumental prize at the school talent show last year on piano (yes, he plays trombone AND piano and sings too), so I made this layout for the pics.  I had to trim some of the flourishes off the piano (from Quarter Note) to make it fit.  

Cricut:
Quarter Note-piano, microphone, keyboards, clef and notes
Nifty Fifties-guitar
Mickey Font-title
Paper-Echo Park prints, CTMH solids

Project #5

This layout is for an orchestra event where Son #1 is wearing a tux, so I wanted a more formal look for the layout with black, white, and cream.  Loved the music paper and the Quarter Note cartridge!

Cricut:

Elegant Edges-journal box

Quarter Note-all other cuts

Paper-bg print is Echo Park, music paper The Paper Studio, CTMH solids

Hear the Music layout (for BBTB2)

I am hosting the challenge at BBTB2 this week!  I chose a musical theme, so you must use a musical note or clef cricut cut on your project somewhere.  As all my boys have turned out to be musical (rather than athletic), I always have pictures from recitals and concerts to scrapbook.  My layout uses the Quarter Note cartridge for all the cuts.  If you have musicians, this cartridge is a MUST have, as it has both band and orchestra instruments and all kinds of music phrases and words.

so here's the layout:

Cricut:
Quarter Note-clef cut at 3 in., notes cut at 11/2 in., instrumentalists cut at 3 in., perform cut at 1 in., hear the music cut at 21/2 in., encore cut at 2 in.
Paper-base paper is from the Echo Park Everyday Eclectic collection, photo mat music print is from a DCWV music stack
stamp-My Pink Stamper Music Speaks set
ink-Memento tuxedo black

I would love to see what musical goodness you have to share, so link up your new project over at BBTB2 for us all to see!

PS:  Long before Pinterest (or I totally would have pinned it for future reference), I saw a card with the musicians on the musical score like I did on my layout, so I can't take credit for the cool idea.  I've always wanted to try to do something like it, so this layout was the perfect opportunity.

The Brick music club layout (for Exploring Cricut)

We have a fun Cricut choice challenge for you this week at Exploring Cricut!  Use one patterned paper, 2 cricut cuts, and 3 colors.  I made a music layout, for pictures from a music club.  (Son#1 was playing  a local club called The Brick with his bluegrass band.)  I used the CM Be Young cartridge for my guitar, music notes, and fancy frame.  The title font is the Roly Poly font from Plaintain Schoolbook.  You could use any musical instrument and frame (Elegant Edges has great frames) to make this work for any kind of musical performance.  The print papers, which I fell in love with, are from the Simple Stories Smarty Pants collection.  I really like the fun guitar on this cartridge-feels kind of rock and roll!

Cricut:
Plaintain Schoolbook-Roly Poly font
CM Be Young-guitar, music notes, frame
Paper-Simple Stories Smarty Pants prints, CTMH solids
brown chalk ink

I hope you will join in on our challenge and go look at all the great projects from the design team at Exploring Cricut!

I'm going to add this to the Fantabulous Cricut anything goes challenge!

Hear the Music layout

The Fantabulous Cricut challenge this week is to create a music themed project.  I have a pile of pictures from various school music events waiting to be scrapped, so it seemed like the perfect opportunity to tackle some of them.  I used the Quarter Note cartridge for all the cricut cuts and the music/violin background paper and instrumental photo mat paper are from the DCWV Performance stack.  The stamp on the journal box is from a My Pink Stamper set called Music Speaks.  My pics are 3x5, so some of the instrumental photo mat paper will show, since it's so cool!

Cricut:
Quarter Note-all cuts
Paper-DCWV Performance stack prints, CTMH solids
brown chalk ink
stamp-My Pink Stamper Music Speaks set
ink-Stampin Up Early Espresso
square punch-for photo corners (cut in half)

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)

"Music, Hear the music" layout (for Exploring Cricut)

I get to do the daily project at Exploring Cricut today!  I don't know if this is true for any of you, but I am constantly looking for ideas for scrapping photos of school music events, so that's what my project is about.  I've made a layout for photos of Son#1's middle school orchestra performing at several schools and having a picnic together (where they broke out guitars and harmonicas and played even more music at the park!).

 I used the Quarter Note cartridge for the titles and a block format for the photos.  I love Quarter Note, and highly recommend it if you have kids doing music.  So often these type of photos are taken in a gym with bad lighting, which can be even more of a challenge to scrap!  I had to do some heavy duty photo editing to lighten the pics in the gym on the right hand page.  The paper is from Echo Park's This and That Charming collection.

Cricut:

Quarter Note-all cuts

Paper-Echo Park This and That collection

brown chalk ink

Music Show layout

Last summer while on vacation, we went to see a country music show in Branson with the grandparents and an aunt and uncle.  Although we are not really country music fans, the show was fantastic and the kids loved it-this was the first big live music show they've seen!  The guitar and ticket cuts are from the County Fair cartridge.  I LOVE the ticket!  The tag tucked behind a picture for journaling is from Plaintain Schoolbook (and I also tucked in one of our admission tickets).  The background shapes are from Accent Essentials.  The title font is from Birthday Bash.

Cricut:
Birthday Bash-font
Accent Essentials-background shapes
County Fair-guitar and ticket
Plaintain Schoolbook-tag
Paper-My Mind's Eye Miss Caroline collection

I'm linking this to the BBTB2 "fontastic" challenge this week, to use any cricut font on a project.  

new iPod layout

I finished another catch-up layout that has been buried under the pile:  from Son#1's birthday last year, where he got an iPod touch.  I used a bunch of carts on this one to show all the party fun, as he and his cousins played games and also had jam session playing their instruments and dancing.  The iPod cut is from Paisley, as well as the words crazy and jammin'. The font is from Robotz, the deck of cards from Old West, and the violin from A Child's Year.  The wonderful background paper is an older line from Basic Grey called Life of the Party.

Cricut:
Paisley-ipod, words
A Child's Year-violin
Old West-deck of cards
Robotz-title font
Paper-Basic Grey Life is a Party collection
pop dots, brown chalk ink

I'm going to link this to the fun Fantabulous Cricut challenge this week "Sound of Music".

Song Bird layout

I completed this layout awhile ago and thought I'd post it while we are on vacation.  We are having a blast and I'm thinking on theme park layouts for the future and will be searching the web for inspiration!   I think I may need a vacation from my vacation next week though-my feet are VERY tired!  On to the layout:

The show choir that Son#2 sings in performed Bye Bye Blackbird as the finale to the spring concert.  It brought the house down and inspired this layout, as I knew I wanted to use the singing bird from 3 Birds on Parade.  I LOVE the font with the bird feet that I used for the choir name!   So ridiculously cute!  I used the musical note cutouts from his little song bubble to jazz up the journal box.
Cricut:
3 Birds on Parade-all cuts
Paper-Paper Pizzaz background paper
Stamp-My Pink Stamper Music Speaks set

Hear the Music layout

Had to have some more fun with my new Teen Scene paper dolls!  This music layout from an orchestra concert featured the boy with the guitar, only I changed out the guitar for a violin from Quarter Note (after trimming off the flourishes from the violin).  The words are all from Quarter Note.  I'm not sure where I got the paper-it was in my stash.  I'm always on the lookout for interesting music paper when I go to a scrapbook store, knowing there will be many musical events each year.  I covered up parts of the program that had names with some notebook paper for the blog photos, if you are puzzled as to why there are big white pieces of notebook paper on the program. 

Cricut:
Paperdoll Teen Scene-boy
Quarter Note-words, violin
Paper-the stash, CM journaling paper
Stamp-My Pink Stamper Music Speaks set
I'm going to link this to the 2 Sisters Challenge Blog (which I just recently discovered) theme this week:  "anything goes".  Love that theme :)

Take a Bow layout

The BBTB2 challenge this week was to use a cricut rose on a project.  I found a rose on Quarter note that I used on this orchestra concert layout.  The fabulous background paper is labelled from Best Creation Inc and I found it in my stash!  I have no idea where or when I got it, but glad I "shopped" in the stash!  Always nice when you suprise yourself with a treasure, right?  All the cuts are from Quarter Note.  The stamp is from one of my favorite My Pink Stamper sets called Music Speaks.

Cricut:
Quarter Note-all cuts
Stamp-My Pink Stamper Music Speaks set
Paper-Best Creations, Inc for background paper

Sweet Melody card

Quarter Note has proven to be a great cartridge for me-I keep going to it over and over again!  Son#1 was given a dulcimer and needed a thank you note.  I whipped out Quarter note and the My Pink Stamper set Music Speaks and had that card done in no time!  

Cricut:
Quarter Note-all cuts
Stamps-My Pink Stamper Music Speaks set

Rock & Roll layout

The challenge this week at Die Cuttin Divas is music!  I've had this layout in mind since I got the Echo Park It's A Boy's Life paper and saw the journal block with the guitar-perfect for pics of some Lego Rock Band action on the Wii.   We have pics of the family unleashing our inner arena rock stars that will go on here!  (Be very very grateful you don't have to hear us sing, because DS#2 is the only one who can sing worth a lick!)  I used Quarter Note for the musical instruments.

Cricut:

Quarter note-all cuts

Paper/title stickers-Echo Park It's a Boy's Life collection

Glee (fly free) layout

Are there any Glee fans out there?  Son#2 went to a "Gleek in training" Saturday workshop and you would not believe how many kids there were!!!!  About 180!  Clearly the show has made singing and show choir more popular.  He had a blast, learning several numbers (with choreography) and then the kids performed them in a concert at the end of the day. 

One of the numbers was "Blackbird", with lots of flying type arm movements, which prompted my title.  (Plus the title rhymed-I'm kind of a sucker for rhyming)  One of the district's show choirs performed some numbers with a sweethearts theme, since this was right before Valentine's Day, so that gave me an excuse to use my Valentine paper and a sweet butterfly and ladybug from Simply Charmed.  My little gleek has been driving us crazy this week singing ALL the the songs, ALL the time, causing his brothers to clamor for some peace and quiet (or what passes for peace and quiet when you have 3 boys, lol).

Cricut:
Create A Critter-flower, butterfly, ladybug, hearts
Baby Steps-fly free font
Paper-Studio G prints, glitter paper from Target
Stamp-Music Speaks set from My Pink Stamper
ribbon and brad-Studio G