Enjoy the ride - layout

My layout I want to share with you today is another one for my parents 50th wedding anniversary scrapbook.   I'll be honest and say that this layout was a little out of my comfort zone for a couple of reasons.  One, I'm always intimidated by paper with big prints or  words on it because I have a hard time covering them up.  Two, I have a hard time not using a lot of pictures or using big pictures.  So I struggled a little with this but I'm happy with how it turned out. It's good to get out of your comfort zone sometimes, right? : )

(you can click on the pic to make it larger)

Here's a few close ups:

The bicycle was cut using the Summer in Paris Cricut Cartridge.

I cut two of them and offset to give some shadow and color.

I did a little journaling on the bike with a white gel pen.

I also added a gem from Webster's Pages.

The plane I cut from the packaging of my Webster's Pages papers.

The clouds I stamped on some Webster's Pages paper using Sweet Stamp Shop stamp.

Another Webster's Pages gem in the corner.

Enjoy the Ride was cut using the Graphically Speaking Cricut cartridge.

A few more Webster's pages gems. 

A few more details:

The bottom border is actually the part you are to cut off the 12x12 page because it's the "packaging-title" or whatever you want to call it.  

I also added two sets of "4 black gems" to the middle sides.  I felt it needed a little more black to tie everything together. 

I'm entering this in the Fantabulous Cricut Challenge, Challenge Me Monday # 108.

You need to make a project with a car, bike, plane , train, etc. 

Thanks for spending some time with me today. 

God Bless.

Level Up Birthday Card

I have a nephew that will be hitting double digits in May.  I made the following card for him using the sketch from the DCWV April Sketch Challenge.  This is the first time DCWV is having a card sketch challenge. Of course I couldn't resist it and have to play along. : )

I used the Generation Tech DCWV stack for my patterned paper.

The "Level Up" is a tag you can cut out from this stack.

The solid papers are from the Citrus DCWV stack.

I cut the "speech bubble" from the Graphically Speaking Cricut Cartridge.

The ribbon is from my stash.

The "Play" is a shrinky sticker from a company called Around the Block

I inked all the edges using Studio G inks. 

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Birthday Butterfly

Two posts in one night!  ... I'm playing catch-up.   : )

For this post I'm sharing a birthday card I made for the Bitten by the Bug 2 Flourish challenge.  You're supposed to make a card using a flourish from the Cindy Loo cartridge... but I don't have that cartridge. So you can use any cartridge that has a flourish.

Here's my card:

I cut my flourishes & the butterfly from the Graphically Speaking cartridge.

I cut the tag from Elegant Edges.

My papers are from Pink Paislee.

The Happy Birthday sentiment stamp is from My Creative Time

I used the Fiskars Combo Border Corner punch on the matt layer.

I used foam squares to pop up the butterfly and the flourishes.

I inked all the edges and added some pearls.

Thanks for taking a look.  I'd love for you to leave a comment.

Each one is a blessing. 

Sweet deer

I'm trying to get back into the groove of things... my schedule has been off for a couple of weeks.  One week was planned for a volunteer project.  The other week wasn't planned.  I was sick and I'm still not quite 100% but I'm getting there. 

For this post I'm sharing a card I made for the Challenge Me Monday #104 "Out like a Lamb" on the Fantabulous Cricut Challenge blog.  The challenge this week is to make something with a gentle animal like a lamb, puppy, kitten, etc. 

I chose to use a sweet little deer. 

I cut the deer from the Best Images of 2010 Cricut Cartridge.

I cut the circle using the Graphically Speaking Cricut Cartridge.

The "Spring Blessings" sentiment stamp is from Paper Smooches.

The patterned paper is from Pink Paislee.

The rest of the paper is from my scraps box. 

The textured orange ribbon is from my stash. 

Thanks for taking a look. I'd love for you to leave a comment.

Each one is a blessing.

Door Hangers

We had a party for my daughter's first birthday. It was a family party with all her cousins from both sides of the family there.   Most of the cousins are much older and the typical "treat" bags just don't work for them. I wanted to do something different.  I found these foam wavy door hangers at Walmart.  They come 9 to a pack.  I can't remember the price but they are really cheap. So I made one door hanger for each of the kids and decorated them specifically for each of them.  I apologize for the picture quality. I was in a big hurry when I took the pictures so there's a lot of shadow.  

I used my cricut machine for most of the images. I used the Create a Critter, Nifty Fifties, & Graphically Speaking cartridges.  The papers were from my scrap stash.  I used some stickles, some liquid pearls, some stickers and some gems.  Some of the letters for the names are rub ons; some are pre-cut, some are stickers, some are from the Cricut Cartridges.   I think they were well liked by all that received them.

Thanks for taking the time to look. I'd love to hear your comments. Do you have a favorite?