Birthday Layout

I finally used my Close To My Heart Artbooking Cricut cartridge and made this birthday layout of my grandson Benjamin's first birthday.

Here are close ups of the two pages.

I cut everything at 11", and all cardstock is Bazzill. I used the layout that is shown on page 86 of the handbook, and here is a picture of the handbook page.

I really please that this cartridge makes it so easy to complete a 12 x 12 layout if you are in a hurry or are having a creative block.

If you are interested in purchasing this item, you can visit my Close To My Heart website and order.

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First Day of Kindergarten Sign

My grandson Ethan's first day of kindergarten is tomorrow, and I made this sign for him to hold when I take his picture.

This is a 12" x 12" sign, so I will use it for the first page of his grade school scrapbook. All cardstock used is Bazzill. I used the Locker Talk Cricut cartridge to cut "First Day of School" at 4 1/2" and to cdut "kindergarten" at 4". I used the Disney Micky Font Cricut cartridge to cut the date at 1 3/4".

Here are my Gypsy screens showing the cuts.

I can't wait to get Ethan's picture holding the sign!

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2 New Layouts

Yesterday I went to a friend's house and we did some scrapbooking. It was a fun time! Here are the two layouts I completed.

The first layout is a Simply Stitched kit that I won at a crop. It was a very easy and quick layout to complete. Here are close ups of the two pages separately.

My friend gave me the page title and photo mats for the second layout. I then made a journaling box to match. I added Queen and Co. flowers to the bottom of the journaling box and 3 Birds buttons on the second page. Here are close ups of the two pages.

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Fall Layout

I actually found time to make a 2 page layout, and here it is.

The base cardstock is Wausau cardstock and it's a shiny gold. All the solid cardstock is Recollections. I used the Pooh Font Set Cricut cartridge to cut "fall fun" at 1 3/4" using the Wood feature. I cut the leaves from the 3 Birds Straight From The Nest Cricut cartridge at 6". I inked the top of the title and the edges of the leaves with CTMH's Chocolate Exclusive Ink pad using a dauber.

Here is a screenshot of my Gypsy, and you'll see that I used the hide/contour feature to hide one of the leaves I didn't want.

It sure felt good to fit in some scrapbooking! Hopefully I can get more done this weekend.

First CricutDIVA Design Team Post - Race for the Cure Layout

I am a new member of the CricutDIVA Design Team and this is the first project I'm posting over at CricutDIVA Blog. You should check out the blog when you get a chance.

This is the layout I created for the first time I participated in the Race for the Cure.

The base for the pages is Wausau paper. All other cardstock used is Recollections. I used the Pink Journey cartridge for all the die cuts. I cut the title Race for the Cure at 3 inches, the shoe at 2 inches, the wings at 1 1/4 inches, the pink ribbon at 3 inches and the border at the bottom of the second page at 2 1/4 inches. Here is a picture of my Gypsy screen as to how I had the cuts laid out on the mat.

I added Recollections glitter to the shoe, wings and ribbon to bling up the layout, and here are close-ups of those cuts.

I hope you enjoyed my layout.

Close To My Heart April 2012 Stamp of the Month

Here is the Close To My Heart April 2012 Stamp of the Month:

Here is a layout using the April 2012 Stamp of the Month set:

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Had a Good Scrapping Weekend!

Last weekend I went to a scrapping retreat.  It sure was good to get with my friends to scrap and have a good time!  Here are just a few layouts I completed:

I used the CTMH Art Philosophy Cricut Cartridge on this layout.  I used the instructions for the CTMH Elementals Workshop On The Go and adapted it to fit my needs.  Everything on this layout is CTMH.

For this layout, all carstock is Bazzill.  I used my Gypsy and created the title with the Don Juan Cricut cartridge and welded the letters together.  I can't remember what size I cut them.  The deer was cut from the Give A Hoot Cricut cartridge at a height of 5".

Believe it or not, I didn't use my Cricut at all on this layout!  The paper is from a paper pack I bought from HSN, the buttons are from the 3 Birds Cute As A Button kit, the butterflies are Dazzles stickers and the tag for the title is CTMH.

All cardstock on this layout is Bazzill.  I believe the title was cut from the Don Juan Cricut cartridge, but don't hold me to that since it was 1 in the morning when I did this.  The buttons are from the 3 Birds Cute As A Button kit.

Cricut Circle Create A Scene Challenge

For the Circle Monthly Challenge, I created the following 2 page layout.

Here is page 1.

Here is page 2.

The cardstock used for the background is from The Paper Loft's Halloween Distressed Cardstock Scary line - Hocus Pocus.  All other cardstock is Bazzill that I've had in my stash.  All of the cuts are from the Happy Hauntings Cricut cartridge, and I used my E2 and Gypsy to make them.

For the title, I used the Phrase function for Halloween (the phrase was actually Happy Halloween, but I used Hide & Contour to hide Happy) and cut it at a height of 2 inches, and used the Vampire Font function to cut 2003 at a height of 3/4 of an inch.  I didn't take a picture of my screen or mat with the paper laid out for this.

The Witch was cut at a height of 3 inches and the Bat was cut at a height of 1 3/4 inches.  Here is a picture of my Gypsy screen and mat with the paper laid out on it.

The Haunted House was cut at a height of 6 inches.  Here are the picture of my Gypsy screen and mat.

The Ghosts were cut at a height of 2 inches.  Here are pictures of how the cuts were laid out on my Gypsy and mat.

The Spooky Tree was cut at a height of 6 inches, and here are pictures of my Gypsy screen and mat.

The Vampire and Skeleton were both cut at a height of 3 inches.  Here are the screen and mat pictures.

Frankenstein and the Bride of Frankenstein were cut at a height of 3 inches, and here are the pics of the screen and mat.

The Mummy was cut at a height of 3 inches and the Cat was cut at a height of 1 3/4 inches.  Here are the screen and mat pics.

This was a fun layout to make, even though it took me about 5 1/2 hours to complete.  The little pieces were hard to work with, especially all the little bones of the Skeleton!  At least I was able to get a layout done of one of my son's elemetary school parties.