#118 Cricut American Alphabet - Parker Baby

Hi everyone! For the third challenge for our Canadian Cricut Circle Online Swarm, this was our task:

Create a Silly pet or animal scrapbook layout a favorite stuffed toy is okay too
Try to use at least one thing from all 3 criteria:
1. Use texture: fuzz, fibre, ribbon, string, thick paint, emboss/deboss…
2. lumps/bumps: lace, buttons, folding, popdots, pop-ups…
3. Use at least one cricut cut, your choice of image

Here is my take on the challenge:

For my layout, I used the following cartridges / cuts:

Cricut American Alphabet - title (1.25"), puppy (2.5")

Paper Pups - dog house (4.5")

Everyday Paper Dolls - bone (1.75")

The cuttlebug folder used on the circular picture frame is a 5X7 from the Paper Lace II companion set.

I used pop - dots for the puppy and for the circle photo of the puppy.

I found some satin heart ribbon in my stash that I think goes great with the paper.

All patterned paper is by Bo Bunny.

Hope you like it!

Summer Fun Blog Hop - #92 Everyday Paper Dolls

Hi everyone! Welcome to Day One of the Summer Fun Blog Hop. If you have arrived here from Short 'N Scrappy you are at the right place! If you have just happened to stop by my blog, you should head over to Creations With Kathryn to start from the beginning! There are so many great projects to see this weekend so you don't want to miss a thing!


For my first project, I decided to create this two page layout of my children the first time they jumped on their new trampoline last summer! That is definitely some good summer fun!

The Cricut cartridges/cuts I used are:

Everyday Paper Dolls - Girl (cut at 4.25"), Boy (cut at 3.75"), Trampoline (cut at 4.25")

Plantin' Schoolbook - Title (cut at 1.5"), Brackets (cut at 2.75")

Four-Legged Friends - Bunny (cut at 3.25"), Frog (cut at 1.75")

Products used:

Patterned Paper - Echo Park

Cardstock - Stampin' Up, CTMH, American Crafts

Border punch - Martha Stewart

Face Stamps - Peachy Keen Stamps

Pens - Stampin' Up!

Hope you like it! Now for some blog candy! This weekend I am giving away this Unity Stamp Company set called "Beach Days and Sun Rays"! To win this set please leave a comment on this post and if you would like to become a follower of my blog that would be great too! Then come back tomorrow for my next Summer Fun Blog Hop post to enter for a second chance to win!


Next, please head over to Vindeloos' This and That to see what wonderful creation she has to show you! Have fun and enjoy the rest of the hop! Hope to see you tomorrow!

Gingerbread Gift Bag

Hi everyone! This is a gift bag that I made for the monthly Cricut Circle Magazine challenge. We were asked to create and decorate a gift bag using at least 4 Cricut cuts and incorporate something from one of the magazine cartridges.

The bag was cut from the Once Upon a Princess cartridge at 11.5" using a 12X24" mat. I used the gypsy and moved the bag down on the screen to cut out the red patterned border at the top of the bag.

The aprons are from Everyday Paper Dolls. I used my Gypsy to hide the pocket so I could make my own.

The heart on the apron is from Create a Critter. I applied adhesive only along the bottom edges to form a pocket for the gingerbread couple. I used the I-Rock by Imaginisce to attached the I-Rock metal bling accents around the hearts.

The gingerbread girl and boy are from Paper Doll Dress Up. I cut one set in brown, then hid all of the features on the Gypsy and cut one set from red for the hearts to show through, then one set in magnetic material so they can be used for fridge magnets! After cutting out the brown pieces, I traced over all of the detail lines with Liquid Applique. That stuff is really neat. You put it on, then let it dry for a while then use your heat gun on it. It puffs up! So it really looks a lot like icing! The magnetic material was cut with my deep-cut blade with the settings at - Blade:6 Depth:5 Multi-Cut:3

I printed a sheet of candy cane patterned paper with my Imagine using the Mr. Frosty cartridge. I cut out 8 of the candy cane hearts and glued them to the sides of the bags, then added some I-Rock jewels with my I-Rock.

I used the I-Top Brad Maker to make four patterned paper brads for the front and back of the bag.

I scanned the same patterned paper and printed it onto white tissue paper for the inside of the bag.

I braided red, white and green ribbons for the bag handles.

I put my gingerbread magnets in their apron pockets.

Both patterned papers are from the DCWV "'Tis the Season" Stack.

And that's all! Hope you like my creation!

Barrel of Monkeys Card

Hi everyone! Here is a card I made for Emma's Throwback Thursday challenge at My Creative Time. The theme this week is "animals" and we are supposed to create project with the Everyday Paper Dolls cartridge. This is actually the second card I made for this challenge since I do not follow directions well. LOL. Maybe next week the challenge will be using the Paper Doll Dress-Up cartridge with say a Halloween theme? :-)

The patterned paper is by We R Memory Keepers and the two stamps (the sentiment and the stitching) are by Close to My Heart. I thought the monkeys were missing something detail-wise so I brought out the chalks. I think it made them look dirty but I guess they are naughty little monkeys so it's all right :-)

Hope you like it!

P.S. If you would like to enter to win my 100 follower cartridge giveaway please scroll down a few posts or click here!

Beach Babes Layout

Here is my newest layout that I just finished up this evening. Gotta love those paper doll cartridges with the Peachy Keen stamps!

I made this layout for this week's challenge at http://madebymomo.blogspot.com/. The challenge was called "spots and dots" so used some polka dot embossed cardstock for my photo mats. I used the Everyday Paper Dolls Cartridge for the kids and the Cuttin Up cartridge for the letters. I dug waaaaayyyy down into my paper stash for that background paper. I know my mom gave it to me years ago. Do you think it is possibly the first patterned paper ever made in a beach theme? Hope you like it!

Dad Cookie Pail - Throwback Thursday Challenge

Hi everyone! For Emma's challenge this week at http://www.creativetimeforme.com/ she wanted us to make or alter a 3D item using the Paper Doll Dress Up cartridge. I was so excited when I bought this cartridge and then it sat on my shelf for over a year after that. I finally started using it when I discovered the Peachy Keen face stamps - they are so cute!

I was planning on baking my Dad some peanut butter cookies (his very favorite) for Father's Day then thought I could cover an ice cream pail to put them in. He is a farmer so I decided to follow that theme.

I used the Paper Doll Dress Up cartridge to cut out the man, his shirt, pants, hair and boots. I also used that cartridge for the cow. My Dad doesn't wear a cowboy hat so I had to get his baseball cap from Everyday Paper Dolls as well as the barn and the tractor. Hope this is ok! I used the Basic Cakes cartridge for the font on the lid of the pail.

Hope you like it! I know my Dad will at least love the cookies! He thinks I am obsessed with paper crafting because they didn't send me to kindergarten. HAHA.

Peachy Keen Stamps Challenge #29

Hi everyone! I decided to do a project for the challenge over at http://peachykeenstampschallenge.blogspot.com/ The challenge was:

Now we are going to get cookin'! For our next challenge, Peachy Keen wants to see your favorite yummy summer BBQ or picnic recipe! AND we want you to feature it as a recipe card!

I chose one of my favorite barbeque recipes "Chicken Kisses".

I used the Peachy Keen Stamp sets

PK-490 Everyday Character Face Assortment (carrots, onions)

PK-570 Basic Paper Doll Face Assortment (potatoes)

PK-754 Critter Faces Set A Medium (chicken)

The Cricut cartridges I used were

Create a Critter (carrots)

Everyday Paper Dolls (chicken)

From My Kitchen (barbeque and recipe card)

The potatoes and onions were images I found on the web.

This project was a lot of fun - now I am actually thinking about making a recipe scrapbook! It would be so cute! Thanks for looking!