Milestone and memories Cricut challenge

The monhtly chllenge on the Cricut Circle blog was to create a layout capturing a recent milestone. Well, I didn't have anything major like a tooth or a new house. I realized that a milestone could be in any form not something major. Recently I took my daughter to the Legoland in Schaumburg IL while my husband was working in the area. We tagged along for the week and had a blast in our adventures.

My daughter achieved a few little milestones while having fun.

I actually journaled on this page -- I know SHOCK!!! It says she achieved several milestones, 1) Rode a roller coaster (it was the dragon coaster but still a new milestone).

2) She was able to go to the Master Builder's workshop and make a cute little bee

3) She rode a technicycle - it was a fun little ride at Legoland

4) She watched her 1st 3d movie

5) She saw some life sized sculptures made of legos. She really loved the pumpkin, the monkey and the tiger.

While they were small milestones they were such a fun memory. She kept saying, "I'm having fun at legoland".

Arts Philosophy - Square 8 function (for the light purple base) cut at 10"

Arts Philosophy - Scallop circle  6"

Arts Philosophy - top note  4"

Create a Critter - bee 2 1/2"

Playtime - title "having fun" cut at 3" w/ layers

Nate's ABC - @ sign at 2" and Legoland cut at 1" (I wanted a nice sqared off font)

I printed the photos as wallets and attached to the green card stock - that is attached to a piece of Echo park paper.

I know the typical colors are primary colors but I wanted this to be a little more girly. 

The paper is from a HUGE paper pack by cordinations - I bought it recently for only 7.00  - it has 150 sheets of cordinations paper - what a great deal on that.

Hope you enjoy and

Happy Scrappin'

3D Object using a soup can

So for this weeks challenge at PKS was to use a soup can and make a 3d object. I have near and dear friend having a birthday in a few weeks so I figured I'd made something for her.
I used a soup can that was cleaned and made this cute little sucker bouquet. 

Create a Critter - cats - cut at 3" w/ all layers (except I hide the face so I can put PKS faces on them).
Create a Critter - pinwheels- cut at 4" - w/ shadow and layer - I attached those to the suckers to make a cute little bouquet.
Create a Critter - circle (from the pin wheel) - at 3" and used the real dial size for the lid.

The dot/stripe is from imaginisce.

PKS face - Happy Lashes and Critter faces.

Hope you enjoy and
Happy Scrappin'

Birthday Banner

So yesterday I made a cute little frog castle so today I made another cute little birthday item for her. Shhhh don't tell she didn't know I did this. I asked her if she had a banner she told me no she was going to purchase one -so as a surprise I made this. 

I kept w/ the theme and since I printed off all the paper I went ahead and used that to make this banner.

Rock Princess - for the letters cut at 3" and the diamond gems cut at 4"
Create a critter - Frogs cut at 3" w/ shadow and layer

I used my Crop a Dile to punch 3/16" holes and then set the eyelets.
Ribbon is from Michael's
The top accent on the gem is just a border punch

Here the first few photos I added them to my large chest freezer next to where I scrapbook/craft. I then wanted to lay the whole banner out so I put on the carpet. The only problem is taking a photo of something that long. So I staggered them to touch and made it work.
I actually made them 2 separate banners so they could determine where/how they want to place them. Not sure if they will do one long or split them up.

I'll be entering this into the Magazine challenge on the Cricut blog - which is unlimited entries again this month.

Hope you enjoy and
Happy Scrappin'

Birthday Frog/Castle Center piece

So a couple of days ago a friend ask me to "help" make her daugthers birthday treats/display. She is only having 6 little ones over so I agreed to "help" (ummm she meant me do all the work - hahaha). So she came over and browsed my cricut library and asked what I could make. I told her anything on the cartridge. She wanted a castle and frogs, but she didn't want a princess theme. What? NO princess theme?  She also told me she wanted green and purple. OK I can do that. Right? I had no green and purple paper (as I've been really using only what's in my stash). So off to the imagine I went. I printed off several sheets of paper using the cartridge Imagine more cards. PERFECT colors. I then cut all the images either w/ the imagine or the expression. Let's just say a chirping they were going.

Since, this will be for her centerpiece and putting cupcakes under the castle it would work for the Monthly Cricut challenge.

Princess Party - Castle cut at fit to page w/ layers. I think it did 11 1/2"
Princess Party - Castle treat boxes - 6" w/ the pink heart cut - and embossed
Princess Party - Scepter - 6" (she asked for them I provided) 
Create a critter - Frogs - cut at 2" w/ shadow.
I took the hearts cut from the treat boxes and added them to the peaks of the castle and added purple stickles.

I also made little frog - cup cake picks. I think those are so cute.

As you can see the 1st photo - no cupcakes. Why?  because I didn't have any. So I ran to the store and bought some yummy cup cakes. I added them to the castle and looks so cute when you look at it from all angles - these little sweet frogs looking at you.

Can I just say this is one of my favorite projects I think I've done and will probably do again for my daughter's birthday - maybe I'll change the colors.

Hope you enjoy and
Happy Scrappin'

Turtle Creek

Well last week my daughter's preschool went to Turtle Creek Farm here where we live. Let's just say 30 very excited kiddos had a blast. This isn't your typical farm. They had Emu's, Lamas, chickens, pigs, alligators, sheep, ducks, an albino hedge hog, a huge tortoise, and even European Deer. The kids had a blast and Ms. Lucy surely loves teaching these kids a thing or two about animals. She was so wonderful and my little girl keeps asking to go back and see Ms. Lucy. The preschool has now done this trip 25 years. 
I think one of the  highlights of this field trip was feeding the animals. My daughter loved to feed the chickens, the ducks, the sheep. The other highlight was my daughter holding the animals she loved to hold them including the snake (ewwww), and the baby alligator.

Ok enough about the farm here's the layout I made for this. When I saw the challenge at PKS I knew instantly that I wanted to use this paper. This weeks challenge at PKS was to use specific colors:

Kraft paper for the base
Imaginisce Happy camper line  I think this paper is perfect has most of the colors. I added a splash of yellow.
Create a Critter - Chicken,  Hedge Hog, and Pig all cut at 2.5"
Create a critter - Alligator cut at 2"
Create a Critter - grass - 1", 1.5", 2"
Banner - Arts Philosophy - 1"
Billionaire - Letters cut at 3/4"

PKS stamps for the chicken, hedge hot and pig

The layout came from a Sketch that I really love from http://www.sketchsavvy.blogspot.com/. What great inspiration for different designs.

Since this has a small banner on it too I'll be using it for another entry in the Magazine challenge on the Cricut circle blog. This month was to make a banner - and you can also enter as many times as you want. I love that.

Hope you enjoy and
Happy Scrappin'

Create a Critter Braclet and Thank you Card.

So my daughter's Preschool class is going tomorrow to a really cool farm. This isn't your usual farm. It has all kinds of different animals. My daughter is soooo excited. She actually asked if she can make something for Ms. Lucy the director. I told her sure. She instantly said a sheep. I figured then to make a cute little card for her to thank her for all her time and hard work. We've been there before with the moms group about 2 years ago so she really wasn't old enough to understand. 
So for Ms. Lucy I thought she would like a little bracelet to show our appreciation. This lady is incredible - she does hundreds of tours and really loves doing it for the kids.
Create a Critter - Lamb card - cut at 3"
All the characters for the bracelet are cut Create a Critter at 3") on SHRINKY dinks. Yes that is correct Shrinky dinks. 
They cut perfectly on the cricut and came out perfectly.
I didn't have any Laser SDs so I used the frost and colored them all by hand w/ my copics.
I then stamped the PKS faces on each one.
I then used my heat tool to shrink them and added them to a jump ring and onto a bracelet.
I stamped a simple little Thank you on the inside.
This is an easel style card.
I made 7 total animals - all of these animals are on her "farm". Like I said it's not your average farm. Yes it has your typical farm animals, goats, pigs, sheep, bunnies. Now there is a new baby alligator, and several new chicks. She even has a hedgehog. So this was 100% perfect for the farm.

I hope she and you like it and
Happy Scrappin'

Teacher cards

I made these little Thank you cards for my daugthers preschool teachers. When I looked at the crest on Letter Envy - w/ the layers It looked like a little chalk board.

Letter Envy - Crest cut at 3" w/ layers
Create A Critter - Apples 3" w/ layers
Kates ABC -Thank you 1".

I will be making something else for the teachers I'm sure but here's just a quick little card.

G door sign

What a quick and cute little way to make a sign for a room. My daughter(thanks allot to her preschool teachers) loves to point out letters. My daughter for most that know me goes by a nick name of G. So I thought since she loves to find "G"s I'd make this little sign for her.

I used Letter Envy - Crest layered it on Kraft card stock and cut it again out of the Brown  paper from Echo Park. This is cut at fit to page which came out to be 10 1/2".

Kate's ABC - "G" w/ shadow function at 6"
The green paper is from SEI but the diamond is from Echo Park 

Create a Critter - Lady but cut at 2 1/2".

I used my gel pen to stitch around the edge and added some little stickles.
Cropadile to make holes in the sign for the cute little flower eyelets

The colors match her room perfectly and so does the lady bug.
I will be attaching w/ a 3M removable wall hanger to her bedroom door. I was going to use vinyl but thought hubby might have not enjoy that.

Have a great day -
happy scrappin'

Honey Bee.

A few weeks ago there was a post on the Cricut MB asking for people to make a cards for the Arkansas Children's hospital. I agreed that this would be a fun cause and agreed to make a few cards. I will say that the Cricut MB is full of fun and very giving people.

I made these cute little Honey Bee cards. I made the cards as A2 size - 4.25 x 5.5" - I used my gypsy and customized my cards. I used Letter Envy for the "Honey comb". and customized the size.

I hid a few of the small honey combs at the bottom.

I also cut the card from Letter Envy.

Create a Critter - bee cut at 3.5"  -using the shadow, and the layered function.

Create a Critter - flowers cut at 1.5" (the flower on the zebra button).

I inked the edges and added some ribbon around the bottom.

The sweet faces are from PKS - using the Cute and Cuddly stamps.

Since these are made for children - I thought it would be fun to add them to an Action Wobble. (LOVE those).

Hope you enjoy these and

Happy Scrappin'

Weekly Challenge #51: Valentine’s Day Cards Challenge!

It's time for the weekly challenge on the Cricut circle blog.

This challenge was to make a Valentines day card. I wanted to make something for my daughter for Valentines day. I got my inpiration from none other than her PJ'S. Yes that is correct. Since she is only 3 she still wears the cute snuggly footed PJ'S. I thought wow that will make a fun little card for her.  Similar to these:

My inpiration for the card

The Challenge: Create a Valentine’s Day Card. Include sequins or gems and ribbon.
Rules and Guidelines: Circle Blog Challenges are open to Cricut Circle Members only. Your project must be newly created for this challenge and include atleast 2 Cricut Image Cuts. You must submit a project to be entered into the Challenge Prize Drawing. One entry per person, please.

I cut the cute little elephant (I know an Oxymoron) at 3.5 " from Create a Critter. The paper is from Recollections line - called Butterfly Wings.

The base paper is just from scraps - it's orange and pink but really hard to see it.
I added a few little gems (since I'm not mailing this I added alot). My daughter is loving glitter and gems now. I added a cute little ribbon from Michaels house brand and made a cute little bow on the tail.

I think she will love this as she seems to really love thos PJ's.

Thanks for stopping and
Happy Scrappin'

September Magazine Challenge

Close up of the sides

For this month the Magazine Challenge for the Cricut Circle Blog was to use any collection of paper from Echo Paper.

Let me just tell you this paper is so adorable I bought several paper packs a few months ago just because it was purely CUTE. I bought a total of 5 paper packs. (SHHH don't tell). Playground paper pack has to be one of my favorite papers: It has Hopscotch, Red Rover, Heads Up Seven UP, Jump Rope, Mokey Bars, Hide and Seek, Capture the Flag, merry Go Round. All of these papers remind me of my childhood.
I bought Playground paper pack to make something for my daughters Pre-School teachers. I had no clue what I was going to make and was just holding the paper. This challenge came along and I instantly thought about what I would make.
I made a cute little box, a pencil with a topper and a sticky note pad . I thought this paper would be perfect for this challenge.
The box is really simple to make but just takes a little practice and some cutting. I used a thicker weight bazzil paper for the base and then layered the Echo Park Paper on it.
I used my cricut to cut the cute little kiddos. They are all cut at 2.5" and are from Playtime cartridge. Can I just say these little kiddos are so adorable. I used Peachy Keen Faces for them.
I used the Echo Park Paper for most of the clothes.

The pencil toppers I made using my Martha Stewart score board -made 2 rosettes, and then topped them off with the cute little apple from Create a Critter. The scallop is from Art's Philosophy cut at 5". I added some star dust stickles to the leaves.

The sticky pad holders were made using Echo Park Paper and the scallop is from Art's Philosophy (love that cartridge) cut at 2" and the letters are cut from Country Life.

I really enjoyed making these little projects and hope her teachers love them too.

Happy Scrappin'