Last layout of 2010!

I printed these pictures of my sweet Paige just playing around on her jungle gym from last year. I immediately thought of my Create a Critter Cricut cartridge...I LOVE that one! Every single little animal on it is SO adorable! The giraffe looks exactly like the one on her little jungle gym (although you can't see it here). I may just have to make an alphabet book using all those cute animals :)



Happy New Year!!

Cricut Experiments

I'm having so much fun playing around with my new Cricut Lite cartridges! (Thanks, Mom!) I used two different ones for these two layouts. For this first one, I used the Bloom cartridge. I LOVED the trees on this one...they are just so cute! I realized I forgot to emboss the trunk AFTER I adhered the leaves...so they got embossed, too :) There are tons of cute flowers and stems on this cart, too...I just want to cut them all out now! I misted the background on this one. I wanted to keep the colors soft.



I also used Bloom on this one...the big tree...love it! I used the Live Simply cartridge for the adorable raccoon and hedgehog. There are so many cute animals on there! I had no plan for this page. I just wanted to cut the animals, and then I decided to create some kind of landscape page...so I went to glimmer misting. Then I figured, "why not make some grass?" Then I inked some light clouds and stickled them (it's hard to see in the picture). Then I was in the mood to add a sun...and some stitching...then I realized I needed to throw the pictures in there somewhere! I'd call this one an true "whimsical, glue-as-you-go" layout...haha! (Obviously I cut the animals first...since they are way too big for the page...but who cares? I still think it's cut!!)

Artful Delight Entry & one more

I found a cute new blog with fun contests! It's called Artful Delight, and I created this layout for their latest contest. Here is the sketch:



Here is my layout. I misted the background in pink, and then traced a big bracket shape onto patterned paper. I stitched around the edges. I used a Martha border punch and lots of ink. I created hybrid flowers...part crinkled up misted paper, part packaged flower. I inked and stickled the brads in the middle. Paige had three teeth here...the top two are there, but it's hard to see with the shadowing.




Here's one more...same photo shoot. I always take way too many pictures, and it's so hard not to scrap them all! Luckily, my photo printer can print 2x2 pictures, so I can work with multiple prints on the same page :)


I got a few Cricut Lite cartridges for Christmas from my mom, and I used the Lite Lacy Labels cartridge to cut the big pink scalloped circle. I saved all the cut outs and made this cute little flower! I wasn't sure what I was doing...I just started gluing. I added a button, and it turned out pretty cute.

Sketchy Thursdays 12.16 and a few more :)

Woo hoo! I actually got a Sketchy Thursdays layout done in time. I couldn't resist these darling pictures of my little Reesie :) I am not a huge fan of red, but I loved the bold and bright color of her shirt. I used papers that I found at the Target $1 section over a year ago. I love how the red coordinated with the turquoise...a great color combo! I used a Martha border punch and, of course, my homemade glimmer spray!



Here's a Paige page...haha. This is from a year ago...I just love her little face and feet! I used random patterned papers on this one...I just felt like digging into my stash and seeing what I could come up with that would coordinate. I embossed the pink scalloped cardstock with my Cuttlebug...I love that thing!



This is the last picture of Reese's 3-year photo shoot. I used my Martha Stewart embossed flower punch (although you can't see the embossed parts because it's on patterned paper). I love the brown scalloped ribbon...it's velvety and I found it at Big Lots for $1! I love bargain scrapping :)

More of Reesie Cup :)

Here are two more layouts of Reese's 3-year photo shoot from last November. Just wanted to share them!

These are papers from Prima...every page is so pretty! I misted the background...hadn't done that in a while.


These are also Prima papers. Those blue flowers were on clearance at Michael's months ago. I bought them, and they sat there for the longest time. They finally coordinated with a layout! I thought I'd probably never use them. You never know what colors you'll be working with...

Pagemaps MLS Layout Entry

I just found this last night! So I busted out this layout this afternoon. The prize is just too good to pass up! Here is the sketch:


Here is my take on it...


I just had to use this blingy smiley face...I've had him for a while. I found him in the $1 pile at JoAnn's while waiting in line about a year ago!


Check out all this scrappy goodness! What a prize to win!

A few new pages

What a busy time of year! I've hardly had any scrappy time lately...these are from my tiny bits of "me" time over the past week. I've been making little crafts for my daughters' school this week, so that has occupied most of my time. Plus they've both been sick.

These pages are all of Reese. For this first one, I used a really thick piece of chipboard...I have a bunch of flowers and stems. I embossed it using my Cuttlebug and it actually worked! I thought it might be too thick, but it did lightly emboss it. I then inked it and doodled on it. I also used my loopy loop Martha Stewart punch...I love her punches! I lifted one of Jana Eubanks' layouts for this one.



I used a Sassy Little Sketches sketch for this one...I love how it turned out. I love the color scheme. I used papers from a stack of Prima patterned paper. I also used another chipboard flower.



This is one of my favorite pictures...Reese is so photogenic! I used Prima papers again on this one, and two handmade flowers I've had for a few months. They finally matched something I was making! They are so easy to make...it just takes time to cut out all the flower shapes on your Cricut. Once that is done, you just spritz them until they're wet, wrinkle them up really good, heat them with your heating tool, bend them a little more, and glue them together with a pearl in the center. The color possibilities are endless! I used a sketch from Beggahuna that I found while surfing different blogs.

The Christmas Tree Hunt

These pictures are from last year at the Christmas tree lot. It was Paige's first Christmas, so it was extra special. For these pages, I used some stamps and rub-ons...I forget how both can give such wonderful detail!

I used some border stamps (dots) on the sides of this one...and some old Christmas tree & flourish rub-ons.


I used the same dot stamp on this one, and more tree rub-ons from my old [very old] stash!