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'

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'