My Cricut Craft Room scrapbook fri - pumpkins

Today is My Cricut Craft Room Scrapbook Friday and the theme was to make a fall page. Well when I think of fall sure I think of leaves, and rain, and cold (all things I love!), but I also think of the pumpkin patch.. which is one of my favorite things to do in the fall aside from halloween and everything else fall and fun lol.

So for my layout I used a few different carts.. the title is cut from Mini Monsters, the set of 3 pumpkins is from Holiday Cakes, and the bottom corner pumpkin is from Disney Princesses Happily Ever After.

Most of the paper is DCWV fall/halloween stacks. The photo mats are greenish blue card stock. I added a journaling tag from kraft and ripped it up a bit. At the top I cut a strip of different brown from the same paper line and used scalloped scissors, then I added some pen work in gold and white to help make it more visible. 

To check out all other DT projects today please go to My Cricut Craft Room.

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Wicked Layout

Ok everyone check out this awesome (well i think so anyway) ;) layout I made. It's for a pic of Wicked which my wonderful SIL asked me to go to with her (my bro bought her the tickets for her birthday cause she's been wanting to see it for .. well forever lol). I'm so glad I went.. to repay her I took her and my best friend to see Jersey boys which was also amazing!! So we've decided to make it "our thing" a girl thing usually like a girls night out away from the husbands and kids.. and with our friend from high school (my best friend Lindsey) we're all planning to go see the Addams family next which isnt until spring 2013 :( oh well lol it'll be fun... and my husband has actually agreed to join us for that one since I call his family "the Adam's family" lol. 

I used all DCWV papers for this layout. All cuts are from A Frightful Affair. I used the sketch for the DCWV challenge this month. 

Cut different sized strips of different papers and a photo mat from the same paper as the background and tied some embroidery floss around the bottom (purple and white). 

I added stickles all over the place..  around the witch in the top right... 

... around the pic mat.. the lightning bolt in "Wicked" the witch hat at the bottom and the witch hat in "witches".

I also added some Orange irock gems some on the journaling tag and 1 as a bubble from the cauldron in the left. Theres a bright green button on the bottom left of the journaling mat and the witch shoes are actually a button thing from my huge button collection.

I am entering this layout into the following challenges:

CARDZ TV - #16

Cricut FANatics - #2

DL. ART - Thankful Thursday anything goes

Twineology  - Spook-tacular challenge

MCCR Letter L - love card

The MCCR letter of the day is "L" so I used Sweethearts and Old West carts to make a card that says Love (which starts with L).

I cut the letters out with Old West in light pink. Embossed them with swiss dots and the cuttlebug, and then inked with silver ink. I cut out some different sized rectangles in gray (2 different shades) and embossed one with divine swirls and inked with silver ink, and inked the other around the edges with pink ink. I cut a large rectangle in pink (just a little smaller than the card) and embossed with swiss dots and inked with pink.

For the inside I cut some rectangles in dark pink and light pink and inked each with silver ink. I adhered the dark pink on both sides and bottom (leaving the top open to form a pocket for a gift card, money, check etc.) and put the light pink on top of that. I wrote a message in silver ink on the light pink.

My fav part of the whole card is the blinged out ring. This card was a wedding card so the ring was perfect for the "o". I used sweethearts to cut the ring and cut it in white. I added clear/white stickles to the diamond and yellow to the ring base. I love the color combo. I sent this to my friend who just got married (they had a country style wedding hints the old west font).

To see the rest of the MCCR DT's projects please go to MCCR and check em out!

I'm entering this into the following challenge:
Docerela Creations - Anything goes
DL. ART thankful thursday - anything goes

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Dumbo layout

a layout of some pics from my first Disneyland trip when I was a kid.

I used Country Carnival Imagine cart for the letters.. and I filled them with the same patterns from the same cart. I cut the little elephant from Create A Critter and then used the cut as a mask and sprayed over it with green glimmer mist.

I'm entering this layout into the following challenge:

Scraping Everyday Miracles - #19

Simon Says Stamp - anything goes

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CWC #93 Happy Birthday USA

Happy 4th of July everyone!!!!!!!!!!!

This week our challenge over at CWC is Happy Birthday USA.. use Red, White & Blue!

4th of July is my absolute favorite Holiday.. it trumps every other holiday.. with Halloween following and then Christmas. I know weird right? How many people have the 4th of July as their fav holiday?! ME! Reason? Simple. I LOVE fireworks! I've been obsessed with fire since I can't even remember when. And in high school I fully intended on becoming a pyrotechnician... but of course... I didn't pay real good attention to my Chemistry class LOL! Anyway.. then I was gonna be a psychologist and finally a photographer.. (which I am).

ANYWAY..... on to my project.

I made this layout with a pic of Jayden.. shes 3 months old in this pic. And the hat shes wearing.. it was Adam's when he was a baby... (I LOVE that his mom saved so much stuff from his past.. I wish my mom hadn't lost all of my stuff in storage and moves oh well... both of my girls even slept in Adam's old bassinet.. I'm a sentimental fool lol!).

The dots around the pic in red white and blue are Scribbles 3d paint.

The anchors are cut from the Life's a Beach cart.

And both anchors have red bakers twine on them somewhere.

I hope you'll all head over to CWC and join us this week in our challenge!

I'm entering this into the following challenge:

My Craft Spot - #62

Thanks for stoppin' by and have a great day (and a happy and safe 4th!)!!

CWC #92 - It's HOT Outside!

Today is challenge #92 over at CWC.. It's HOT Outside... (celebrate fun things to do in & around water). I made this Pool Baby layout using the Pack Your Bags cart.

I love this cart it's got all sorts of great cuts for summer time and vacations, beach trips, swimming, cruises, plane trips, car trips etc etc. Anyway.. I did both cuts from the same page and added some Stickles to give them a little shine!

I added stickles to the baby's swim suit in the title as well as dots around parts of "BABY". This is popped off the page with pop dots.

this cut as stickles on the eyes, in the water around the baby and in the water inside the inner tube.

I hope you like my layout and consider joining in the fun with us this week at CWC!

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CWC #89 Graduation/ End of School Year

This week the CWC challenge is Graduation/ end of school year. I made this graduation card using the Happy Graduation and Plantin Schoolbook carts.

I used both the star cuts from plantin schoolbook and the graduation cap from happy graduation as stencils and used silver ink to put both onto the black cardstock.

I cut out some red and light red polk-a-dot paper and put it on the side and then put the black card stock with the cap over it.

I added some red bakers twine over the red paper and then put some on where the tassel would go. I also added some to the tag I cut out by hand in both white and red card stock. I hand wrote congrats on the tag. I also inked around the edges of the black card stock.

Hope you'll come join in the fun with us over at CWC this week!

I'm entering this card into the following challenges:

CARDZ TV - #109

DL.ART - Anything goes

Simply Crafts - Star Cut

Lily Pad - Star Challenge

Oldie But A Goodie - Anything goes

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Heart That Mouse Layout

Made this cute Mickey Mouse layout using SCAL for most of the Mickey's and the hearts and Mickey & Friends Cart for the "THAT MOUSE" and I used punches for some of the Mickey heads.

The photo mat is for a 5x7 pic and is actually 5.5x7.5. I tied some yellow bakers twine around the bottom of the photo mat.

I used white gel pen to dot around on some of the title letters and around the heart on the bottom right of the page. The little yellow Mickey head in the "O" of "MOUSE" is on a pop dot.

And a red zig marker to put some dots on the yellow heart at the top and to stitch around the star.

I am entering this layout into the following challenge:

Getting Cricky - Simply Sunday Disney

Simon Says - Anything goes

DL.ART - anything goes

Oldie But A Goodie - anything goes

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pooh book mark

I made this super easy pooh book mark for my daughter Jayden... its to mark The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh when daddy reads it to her.

(please ignore the quality of the photo.. I used my iphone in low light.. ugh lol)

I simply cut out pooh using the pooh & friends cart (he's so simple just 3 different layers usually love that!). I cut the rest of the book mark by hand and I pretty much eye balled it. I used my cutter of course so it would be straight. Its plastic from the package Cricut cartridges come in. And then I used red alcoholic ink to make it red.

I am entering this into the following challenge:

Getting Cricky - Simply Sunday Disney

Simon Says - Anything goes

DL.ART - anything goes

Oldie But A Goodie - anything goes

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Pooh invites

Super cute pooh invites I made. I used pooh & friends cart & Happy Hauntings (for the grass).

I used glossy accents on the balloons to make them shiny.

The inside was all done on the printer and cut to fit inside the card and then inked around the edges in pink.

I'm entering these into the following challenges:

Getty Cricky - Simply Sunday Disney Theme

DL.ART - anything goes

Oldie But A Goodie - anything goes

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Grad card

I made this awesome graduation card for my husband's cousin. He's graduating this year :).

I used Happy Graduation (a cart that I've never used before.. but I've owned it for about.. oh I donno.. since Thanksgiving time lol) to cut out the graduation cap. I took the actual cut out and ripped around the edges of the hats negative. I took a black scrap piece of card stock and ran it through my cuttlebug with the diamond plate embossing folder. Then I inked the black embossed card stock with silver ink. I thought this gave it a nice boyish feel. I used some scraps of red with light red polk-a-dot paper and cut one side with some edge scissors and adhered them to a white card base. After I put down all the other layers I added some foam glitter number stickers to say 2012 and I wrote "ConGRADuations" on the bottom red paper. I outlined grad in silver pen to match the rest of the card. His school colors are silver, black and red.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Exploring Cricut - Use a neglected Cricut Cartridge

Fantabulous Cricut - #112

My Craft Spot - #56

Creative Cutter Room - Graduation Challenge

Scrap It With A Song - Good Riddance/Time of Your Life (this song always reminds me of graduation)

Hope you liked my card today :). Come back tomorrow to check out my project for the CWC blogaversary celebration!

How I got into Cricut

Erica is having a giveaway on her blog for the Cricut cartirdge Sophie.. to enter for a chance to win you must go HERE and read the description.. basically you make a post about how you got into Cricut.. and this is how it happened for me...

It was around summer 2009 when I was pregnant with my first baby, Jayden (now 2). I was up late having trouble sleeping (I even had to take some sleeping pills at times to sleep because it was so bad and my doctor said she'd rather have me taking some Tylenol PM than not sleeping enough).. so of course I kept seeing these infomercials for the Cricut Expression. I did a little research.. ok a LOT of research.. and decided I really wanted one to help me scrapbook my unborn babies baby book and everything before and after!

I kept bugging my husband, Adam, to buy me one and he told me "You don't need that it's expensive and you can just use scissors." I pleaded and begged and still.. nope you don't need it! So I decided I'll stop bugging him and maybe if I bring it up again later around Christmas he'll get it for me.

A few months later in late August.. I was admitted into the hospital at only 21 weeks and told there was a possibility I could lose the baby and was given the option to have a cerclage put in. After a few hours of thinking and talking with my husband we decided I'd get the surgery instead of just waiting to see what happened. The surgery went well but I was in the hospital for half a week before and almost a week after. Then I was told I was to be on bed rest the rest of my pregnancy, and since my husband just got a new job in a different state I could not move with him and had to live with his grandparents (I have family but they lived too far from the hospital for my husbands comfort).

Adam felt bad for me having to spend such an important time away from him (of course he was sad too) and having to be on bed rest with nothing to do.. so ... being the amazing man he is.. he bought me a Cricut Expression to keep me sane and happy while we were apart and it was to give me a head start on Jayden's scrapbook... (which has maybe 10 pages done lol!!). He got it on ebay brand new for $150 with the standard accent essentials and plantin schoolbook.. he also bought me Life's a Beach (since Jaydens nursery theme was to be under the sea/ocean). And he bought me Sure Cuts A Lot 2 so that he wouldn't have to buy me any other carts.. well I've got well over 60 carts now LOL! and a gypsy, imagine & extra expression lol. He loves me.. he's the best.

The very first thing I cut with my Cricut was Jayden's birth announcements which my husband designed in photoshop and stayed up with me until like 3AM cutting them out with me..

So that's how I got into cricut :D Hope you enjoyed reading my story.

Thanks for stoppin' by and have a great day!

Back 2 school card

I made this cute little "Back 2 School" card for my husbands cousin. She just went off to college yesterday (or the day before) out of state. This is her first time away from home (for living) all alone. So I thought it would be nice to send her a card and complete some challenges at the same time! So that's just what I did.

This card fits into the following challenges:

Glitterbabe's Challenge - #11 Purple, Yellow, & Red

Sunday Sketch & Stamp Challenge - Sketch #36

Critter Sketch Challenge - #31 School, school school

Fantabulous Cricut Challenge - Button up for school

I used Sure Cuts A Lot to make the apple, Create A Critter to make the worms, Glaze purple pen to write "Back 2 School!", gold, red & green glitter glue on the worms & apple, yellow ribbon, dark purple, yellow, red, green & light green card stock, & a purple button.

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