Graduation Banner

A few weeks ago a friend asked me if I would make a banner for her daughter who is graduation from high school. The colors are royal blue and silver. She just gave me a size wanted and the name and told me I had free rain for the rest.

I went with the traditional Congratulations and her name then I added some additional banners w/ the fun graduate, diploma, class of and a few little stars.

Banners were cut at 5" w/ the shadow feature from Birthday Bash
The letters were all cut from Something to Remember at 3" - 3.2" I used my gypsy to size them accordingly.
I also did the shadow function with those.
The girl was from Paper dolls - and I used the "hide" feature so I could stamp some PKS faces on them. She was cut at 3.5"

The Class of 2013- I did again with the gypsy and sized the letters at 1.6 and welded them together.

The diploma was cut at 1.5" from Wrap it up. (You know those cartridges you forget about when buy them having awesome fun features).

I since she only wanted Royal Blue and silver I pop dotted the letters up so they would really stand out on the banner.

The paper is Cord'inations - royal blue and some light weight silver paper from bazzill.

 

Hope you enjoy and Happy Scrappin'

 



Birthday Card - NSD Circle Blog Challenge

So in honor of National Scrapbook Day the Cricut Circle is hosting a fun little challenge. This challenge was to use this art piece as inpiration for a project. 

I know it's not the same as far as the flower or butterflies etc. However the challenge was to make a project from the art inspiration. The rule was simple - however you like (design, color inspiration, etc). When I do these types of challenges -- I always look for similar but different elements. Here was my take on it: The colors are more pastel/muted. Likewise I saw a lot of green.
Also I broke this down into my design. There is a small block at the top on the art - mine the banner. Stripes - also on mine and in the art. There basically was several squares/rectangle making up the project. I made a "step" card - and so the long rectangle on the right of the art - was mine on the right. The small rectangles I made together to form the long rectangle on the left. I have a main/center element the mouse.
I thought this turned out pretty cute. I am debating on putting "MOM" across the top or just leaving it.

George and Basic - cut the rectangles for the color blocking
Arts Philosophy - Banner cut at 1 1/4"
Birthday  Bash - Mouse cut at 3" w/ layers.

Paper SEI Happy Fair

I added google eyes - for the mouse. 
I stamped the inside simply - Happy Birthday.

Hope you enjoy and
Happy Scrappin'

Preschool...

This layout is of my daughter for her Pre-School photo. I love looking at different sketches and seeing how I can make it mine. I found this great sketch from: http://www.sketchsavvy.blogspot.com/2011/03/januaryfebruary-sketch-for-memorable.html. and thought it was perfect. I wanted to keep this layout pretty simple. I wanted her to be the focus not all the "extras".

I used Letter Envy Cricut cartridge at 1" - for Preschool.

The ABC - 123 were all cut from Birthday Bash at 1" 

I also used the cricut basic and cut the mat.

The paper is SEI Happy Days line -

A few little cuts - and some ric rac and it was done.

I did journal on the page but after I took the photo as it has allot of personal information on it. I journaled around the long edge on the right side .

I hope you enjoy and

Happy Scrappin' 

It's a Wrap Blog Hop

Welcome to the It’s a Wrap Blog Hop hosted by Cool Beans By L.B. Do you like to receive gifts? How about give them? Well this hop is all about the outside…the wrapping; Gift bags, boxes, baskets and more. There are 22 wonderful stops on this hop and we hope you will take some time to stop in and see everything we have created for you.

You should have arrived here from, Maria from Stamp Cut Create http://stampcutcreate.blogspot.com/.
If you are just finding our hop in the middle you can go to the beginning at Cool Beans By L.B.

I have seen these darling little boxes all over the blogs and thought for my project I would make one. They take just a little time to make (especially your 1st one), but they are for sure worth it. They are very easy to make and really get a WOW from the receiver. Well I just couldn't stop with the gift box (treat box). So also made a matching card. Isn't this just so cute.

I used Birthday Bash for the cuts on this gift box. Elephant 1.7" , Bee 3.3", Mouse 2.5", Bird w/ banner 2.25", Turtle 1.75", Balloons 2.3"

The cuts for the card also cut from Birthday Bash: Bird with banner 3.4"

The paper is mainly SEI

Line: A Fair day - dark pink'A fair day - waiting in line for the stripes

A fair day - sugar puffs

The brown/pink base is also from SEI

The light green is Chistmas Mint/winter mint collection.

The purple is from Recollections.

Stickles: Cotton Candy (pink), Lavender, Silver, Diamond

I had a few eyelets and used them for the holes at the top

I also used my Sakura Gelly Roll pens - White, Black, Clear Star and Red.

The sentiment stamp, " Sweet Birthday wishes is from Pink by design and is from the set called, "Take the Cake".

The turtle face is from Peachy Keen Stamps PK-753 Critter Faces small.

******** Since you made it through this post so far I figured I should throw in some fun blog candy on this hop. One lucky winner will receive a brand new Birthday Bash Cricut Cartridge. (Can I just say this cartridge is AWESOME!!!).
I will use Random.org to pick a winner from all the comments received. I will draw a winner on July 19 2011. Please leave a way to contact you.

Thanks for stopping by on this fun hop. Your next stop is Lori Apgar from http://www.scrappinmystressaway.blogspot.com/

**** In case you get lost here is the full line up. ************

Cool Beans By L.B. http://coolbeansbylb.blogspot.com/ (HOST)

Debbie from Deb’s Eclectic Thoughts http://www.debseclecticthoughts.blogspot.com/
Cindy from In Love With Paper http://www.inlovewithpaper.blogspot.com/
Amy from Amy’s Digi-Scraps http://scrap-pix.blogspot.com/
Cindy from Scrap Obsessed http://www.scrap-obsessed.blogspot.com/
TX Scrapper Mom http://www.txscrappermom.blogspot.com/
Scrapalette from Around the Block with Scrapalette http://scrapalette.blogspot.com/
Suzelle from http://www.craftsandmorebysuzelle.blogspot.com/
Confessions of a Scrapoholic http://scrapaholicjen.blogspot.com/
Stephanie from onceuponapaper http://onceuponapaper.blogspot.com/
Brenda from Random Thoughts of a Scrapbooker http://happyscrapper64.blogspot.com/
Maria from Stamp Cut Create http://stampcutcreate.blogspot.com/
Terri from http://scrappinwiththebug.blogspot.com/
Lori Apgar from http://www.scrappinmystressaway.blogspot.com/
I Came, I saw, I Created http://icameisawicreated.blogspot.com/
Anabel aka cricutaddicted from http://scrappingformorefun.blogspot.com/
Michele from Green Girl Scraps http://www.michelegreen.com/
Alicat from http://scrappingwithalicat.blogspot.com/
Everything Digital Scrapbooking http://digipage-blog.everything-digital-scrapbooking.com/
Robin, The Scrappin' Delta Diva http://scrappindeltadiva.blogspot.com/
Gamma's Creative Corner http://gammascreativecorner.blogspot.com/
Paper Crafting Chic: http://www.papercraftingchic.com/



Well thanks for hoping and Happy Scrappin'

USA

I bought this dress for my daugther a few weeks before Memorial day and she just looked so cute in it. She loved to play around and I loved that it was a perfect dress for both Memorial day, and the 4th of July. She was a total ham in these photos - can't you tell by her cubby cheeks?

I made this layout for the Cricut Circle Weekly Challenge #32. The challenge was to use the following sketch.

I used brown and red cardstock (SEI)

The red swirls is from My Minds Eye.

The solid blue is from the Paper company - and has a beautiful shimmer to it. I just love that paper.

I cut the Child on the Firecracker at 2 1/2" with the shadow function from "A Child's Year" cartridge. Pop dotted

The starts are cut at 2" and 2 1/2" also from "A Child's Year". (I made my own shadow for those stars). Pop dotted

The tag at the top corner is cut at 2" from "A child's Year" using the card function (layered a piece of red behind it).

The USA was cut from "Birthday Bash" at 1" and cut with a shadow.

I used chalk and distressing ink to give the edges a softer feel around the layered items. I wasn't happy with just the plain white.

The stars have some stickles on them to make them pop.

Well I hope you enjoy.

Happy Scrappin'