On the Lake layout

I've made a summer layout for some pictures of us waterskiing and tubing to share with you today.  I used several cartridges for this one.  The title is from the Outdoor Man cartridge.  The circles with the life vest and paddles are from Campin' Critters.  The boat, sun, tubes, and wakeboard are all from Everyday Paperdolls.  I hand cut the waves with an old wave template in my stash.  The pretty blue background paper is from Carta Bella and the striped paper (which I fell in LOVE with) is from the Echo Park Paradise Beach collection.

Cricut:
Outdoor Man-title
Campin Critters-vest, paddles
Everyday Paperdolls-sun, boat, tubes, wakeboard
Paper-Carta Bella bg paper, Echo Park Paradise Beach collection stripe, CTMH solids

I'm going to link this up to the Stuck On You Sketches circle challenge.

Happy Father's Day layout (for BBTB2)

It's Monday and that means we have a new challenge over at BBTB2!  Since Father's Day is next weekend, our challenge is make something to celebrate the holiday.  We are having a big extended family gathering and barbecue to celebrate, so I made a layout for my pictures of the event.  I used the Create A Critter 2 cartridge for the shirt and title and some papers from an older Echo Park collection called A Walk in the Park that I had still left.  I kept it simple, since the pics will be busy!

Cricut:
Create A Critter 2-shirt cut at 3 inches, title cut at 3 inches
Paper-Echo Park A Walk in the Park collection prints, CTMH solids
brown chalk ink

So if you have a Dad or someone who fills that role in your life, this is the perfect opportunity to make a special card for them and link it up with our challenge.  Check out the DT projects for some inspiration over at BBTB2!

You're a Vintage Model card

The Fantabulous Cricut blog is having a replenish your card stash challenge this week.  I'm barely squeezing this in before the deadline, but finally got some crafty time today to work on it!  My Dad is having a birthday later this month and I wanted to make a funny card for him.  I used the truck on the Just Because Cards cartridge, popping the bumpers up with pop dots for some extra dimension and made my sentiment from some mini letters I had in the stash from the Echo Park Paradise Beach collection.  The truck is extra personalized because I made it the same color as the beat up old truck we had when I was a kid.  I think he'll laugh at the sentiment, since there are going to be A LOT of candles on his cake!

Cricut:
Just Because Cards-truck, cut at 3 1/2 inches
Paper-CTMH solids, Echo Park stickers/letters/print papers
brown chalk ink
pop dots

Dolphin and Sea Lion Show layout (for Exploring Cricut)

TGIF!  Are you super glad it's Friday and the weekend is near?  I am!!!  I get to share the daily project today at Exploring Cricut and I have a Seaworld/Aquarium type layout for you.  While my pictures are from the show at the Shedd Aquarium in Chicago, the layout would be perfect for Seaworld pictures.  I cut my leaping dolphin from the Pack Your Bags cartridge.  The seal/sea lion is from Animal Kingdom and the water droplets are from the CM Cheerful Seasons cartridge.  The diamond border across the top is some old stickers that I had lying around.  The font is the Mickey Font (one of my most favorite fonts ever!).

Cricut:
Pack Your Bags-dolphin scene, cut at 5 1/2 inches
Animal Kingdom-seal, cut at 3 1/2 inches
CM Cheerful Seasons-water droplets, cut at 2 inches
Mickey Font-title font, cut at 1 1/2 inches
Paper-CTMH solids
Yellow Sticker strips-from an Echo Park paper collection

Check out our latest challenge and the new daily project each day at Exploring Cricut!

I have two posts today:

Happy Monday!  We have enjoyed the first official weekend of summer vacation from school by swimming in our pool for the first time this year!  And by doing lots of yard work, which was not so fun….I'm so sore from trimming and planting that I can barely move today!  I have two crafty posts for you though.  Just below is my Father's Day card for Exploring Cricut, using the Celebrate with a Flourish cartridge.  Scroll down one post for my BBTB2 layout featuring lots of stickle and the Pack Your Bags cartridge.  Hope you have a great week with some crafty time for yourself!

Father's day card (for Exploring Cricut)

Father's Day is coming up this month and our Exploring Cricut challenge is to make a project for dad.  I  made my dad a Father's Day card, using the Celebrate with a Flourish cartridge.  The snazzy striped paper from My Mind's Eye inspired the colors and hopeful feels masculine with the navy mat.

Cricut:
Celebrate with a Flourish-#1 Dad cut at 3 1/2 inches
Paper-My Mind's Eye Moments 6x6 pad for the print paper, CTMH solids
Versamagic jumbo java and night sky chalk ink

You can join the challenge with any cricut or SVG cut, so get that card made early and check out the design team projects!

Under Sea Life aquarium layout (for BBTB2)

It's an altered cricut cut challenge at BBTB2 this week-alter the cut with paint, mod-podge, ink, or whatever you like.  I was making a layout for some pictures from the Shedd aquarium in Chicago, so I jazzed up my undersea critters from the Pack Your Bags cartridge with stickle here and there, plus mr. jellyfish is covered with liquid pearl to make him look all shiny and jelly-like.  I also cut some coral and other critters from Life as a Beach to add to my marine scene (and had to add some more stickle…can there ever be too much….?).  The title font is the sugar script font from Type Candy, my newest font obsession.  Do you ever get on a kick with a font and then can't stop using it?  That's me and Type Candy!

Cricut:
Pack Your Bags-aquarium, turtle, lobster, octopus
Life as a Beach-coral
Type Candy-sugar script font
Paper-CTMH solids
jumbo java and night sky Versamagic chalk ink for the edges
lots and lots of stickle plus white liquid pearl

There are a million ways to alter your cricut cuts and the design team over at BBTB2 have some to show you!  We hope you will link up a project and fun playing along!