Our Cruise Ship

I'm going back in time with this layout LOL! I start scrapbooking after my trip to Hawaii in the summer of 2006. That album is STILL not done! I like to go back and work on it now and then though, as I feel inspired. I stick with simpler pages to make it consistent with what I already have completed.

My sister-in-law surprised me with the Pack Your Bag cricut cartrdige for my birthday and I have been wanting to make a layout with it! I scraplifted this from Robyn, aka My Pink Stamper, who created a layout similar to this on the cricut cruise. It was perfect for what I needed!

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I popped up several of the layers on the different cuts for dimension and I love the result!

I'm entering this into her National Scrapbook Day challenge #8 to use a summer theme. It has been a SUPER busy couple of weeks, I hope to get back to crafting regularly again soon :)

Messy Fun at TPV this week! :)

Good morning! Ready to get those fingers messy? We have a fun technique challenge for you today at The Paper Variety!!

Tim Holtz alcohol inks, GlimmerMist spray, masking, paint splattering... whatever it is that tickles your textured fancy.. include it on your project this week!! If you haven't "dabbled" in inking, painting, or misting, now's your chance to get your fingers messy! You won't want to pass up the opportunity to win this week's prize.

We are DELIGHTed to welcome back Leanne from Artful Delight !!

Leanne is offering her SUMMERY! May kit to one randomly drawn entry:

It's one of my goals this year to use my cricut and paper crafting in general in my classroom! I made this cute thank you card for one of my students who donated a book from book fair to our library. 

I love inking the raised embossing after I run 

cardstock through my Cuttlebug!

Stop by The Paper Variety and check out what the rest of the DT created and enter your inking, misting, or painting paper projects before Tuesday at noon to be eligible for the kit prize ! :)

PS: I'm also linking up to Lynda's "What do you love to do in spring?" challenge. I love reading any time of the year! ;)

Cricut Cardz - Challenge #73

Let's think summer!! This week's challenge at Cricut Cardz is to create a beach themed card using any colors/cartridges you'd like.

I decided to make one of the square cards on the Life's a Beach cartridge!

I cut the card at 5" on slow speed in yellow. Then, I cut the crab out at many different sizes until I found the right match. For this card, you would need him cut at 2 3/4" inches to fit nicely. 

I cut it out on white. I laid it on a piece of scrap paper and used my clear embossing ink pad to cover it directly. I used a pair of tweezers to hold it, sprinkle red embossing powder on him and then used my heat gun to set it. 

I *love* how it turned out! I did need to do this 3 times, touching up in different spots to get him covered.

Here is a close-up of the embossing.

Stop by Cricut Cardz to check out what the rest of the design team created and enter your cards! :)

A golden anniversary!

Peachy Keen Stamps is celebrating their 50th challenge with a sketch card AND use gold :)

I decided to make a "golden" anniversary card! I was lucky to have a gold foil specialty cardstock in my stash and I embossed it with my D'vine Swirls cuttlebug folder, leaving a strip at the bottom for my Scrappy Mom Stamps sentiment.

The champagne glasses were cut at 2 1/2" from my Sweethearts Cartridge. I added golden rod stickles for the 'bubbles'. Happy 50th challenge anniversary Peachy Keen! ;)

Nifty Fifties :)

The challenge this week at Flaunt it Fridays is to create a project using the Nifty Fifties cartridge or something similar.  I don't have that one (although I really like it) so I used this retro telephone from From My Kitchen. I love this cut.

I embellished the white pieces with diamond stickles and added black pearls for the rotary dial. I really like how it turned out! Perfect for a friendship card; which I seem to always need and never have made ;)

Hello!

It's been a super busy week and weekend, but I've finally had time to return to my scraproom and play with my cricut!

The challenge over at Scrappy Mom Stamps is to use a cut from the Paisley cartridge, or something similar if you don't have it. I used this cute snail from Create a Critter, similar to one on Paisley. 

I cut the postage stamp from Create a Critter too :) I embellished the snail with a Peachy Keen Face to give her some personality!

Polka Dots!

Abby has a fun challenge up at The Paper Variety!

The prize this week is sponsored by The Paper Trail.

I love sharing my love of scrapbooking (and my cricut LOL) with family and friends who also like to preserve memories but may not have as much time (or supplies LOL) as I do.

This week I made some Easter kits for easy assembly.

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I used My Minds Eye patterned papers with my Create a Critter cartridge. I just love the critters and accessories! I even embossed the carrots with my cuttlebug.

Be sure to stop by The Paper Variety to see what the rest of the DT created and enter your polka-dot paper projects (say THAT 3 times fast) before Tuesday at noon for a chance to win.

Also, more of my custom layouts can be found HERE. I love special requests, so if you would like me to place an order send me an email :)