Circut Love

I wanted to share a Cricut creation I made for the contest going on over at Two Peas. I punched these circles out of My Mind's Eye paper and layered them along the bottom and once I was done with that, I thought...how can I make a title that will

1.) be quick and easy and

2.) light enough to layer over these circles.

Aha!

yes, my Cricut. I have to admit, I go to my Cricut for quick and easy titles and inspiration and that is why I love it.

After cutting the titles with my Jubilee Cartridge, I ran them through my Cuttlebug with the Swiss Dots embossing folder and added a button....voile! title done.

Be sure to check out the latest Cricut Promotion, The Great Gypsy Escape! Purchase one of 4 new Cricut catridges for a chance to win a new Gyspy (handheld design studio for Cricut), $2,000 travel vouchers and even a $30,000 trip to one of 5 fabulous locations!

October Afternoon and DT CAll

One of my fave scrappy places to hang is HSS aka Happy Scrappin' Scrapbooking. Sharon is the nicest and most generous ladies I know AND HSS has tons of goodies in the store for all you Cricut and Cuttlebug users AND Pageframe lovers ;) So make sure you check out the DT call.

Here are some projects I did for Serendipity Scrapbooks Weekly Review. I got to review Ducks in a Row by October Afternoon {poor me, lol} and some cutie Twitterpated rubons by Imaginisce. Don't forget that Serendipity just loaded OA's roadmap collection! Of course I needed to add some Core'dinations to my projects...whitewash here...it went really well with these soft colors.

Here is the journaling....when i think of grandmas i think of hugs and kisses and unlimited candy in the candy drawer. i think of McDonalds and Soap Operas and playing in the sewing room. i think of laughing and a brilliant sense of humor. I think of what an amazing woman you were and how you taught me that working hard is nothing to be ashamed of...i think of you tickling my back while i sat on the floor putting off riding my bike up that huge hill. i think of sleepovers whem mom and dad went away and birthday parties on your back porch. i think of getting "squinched" b/w you and grandpa when i snuggled in bed with you. when i think of grandmas, i think of unlimted amounts of love and memories that will last a lifetime.

I did a little super secret journaling on here ;)

Vacation Rocked!

we had such a blast. we were on the boat 24/7 and swam all day long. owen even jumped off the cliffs, which i couldn't believe! amber would ask him everyday on a scale from 1-10 how great his day and he would say...2000 or 700 million, lol. oh and i can't wait to show you pix of big bertha :)

but first i wanted to show you my first DT project i did for Core'dinations. Here is a small tutorial for it, too.

I saw that the corner of my piece of core was splitting, so i just decided to pull it apart and see what happened...and viola! i made this...

see that edge? just start peeling...

like this....

and you will get a strip like this...it will be much thinner than the piece of cardstock itself

So I stamped on the back of it {i didn't want the stamped image to show} and then cut them out.

Now the edges will curl effortlessly. Add some sanding and stitching and voila! You have an easy card. I added a My Stamp Box stamp to the bottom right hand corner. 

And i love these framed cards i learned to how to make not to long ago at a crop.




Don't forget you can get all your Core'dinations cardstock at HappyScrappin' Scrapbooking!

mmmm......

chips and dip...why are they so good? and why do i like to eat them at night? so, as i am typing this, i am getTing ready to go take a run. it is GORGEOUS here!



i love my BTA! do you? I use it so much. and this time i used it with the Teresa Collins premade boards that I got at HSS. This is for my dear friend Sarah {soon to be Sarah Lee, how cute is that}. she is getting married this weekend and she is a poet. and an amazing one. she has been through so much and for her to find this kind of happiness, makes my heart happy.


and an april wedding for a poet deserves some serious inspiration. here's to a lifetime of happiness, Sarah!


i raised the flowers on the frong cover with some pop-up dots.

i added some tabs to the papers along the side so she can make different sections.

and Glimmer Mists!

i made a little book to go with it that she might be able to carry with her in her purse.

AND!!!!!!!!!!!!!! CHECK OUT MY FRIEND LISA'S BLOG. SHE IS GIVING AWAY SOME SERIOUS RAKS! AND SHE IS ONE OF THE FUNNIEST PEOPLE I KNOW.

I am so lucky! i am waiting for my luck to move over to the Powerball tonight ;) ... no seriously!!! LOOK at what i got in the mail this week from Kimber!? THANK YOU! Jillibean and WorldWin papers!!! woot woot!




I was so happy I dove into it right away and made a mini card. I LOVE MAKING THESE MINIs. cuteness. They're like those little those White Castle burgers...all that yumminess in a cute little package ;)

I got these journal cards in the pack and I wanted to play with them...so I folded the paper in half right above it and cut it out to make a card {that way it was attached at the top by the fold}. And I used the butterfly from the other Minestrone colllection with some finishing touches.

I was inspired by the GDT challenge @ HSS , by the talented Kandis Smith, who inspired us to make a card and use ribbon in a different way. I used my SavvyNSassy ribbon from this month's kit.

Oh Gosh...there is so much going on I don't even know where to START!

the precrop challenges over at Serendipity Scrapbooks Sketch-a-pa-looza are up!

I also wanted to post about HSS's Scrap Pink EVENT coming up at the end of the month! EVERYTHING is going to be donated to a good cause AND you should see the prizes!!! OMW! let me know if you are okay when you fall on the floor after this...

Prizes include an Expression, a Cricut 1, a Cuttlebug, a Jukebox, and a Design Studio to give away! Not to mention, My Mind’s Eye, Websters Pages, Page Frame Designs, and Coredinations are joining up to sponsor Scrap Pink!

So pretty much no one is going home empty handed! We also have RAKS to give-a-way from the design team so you will most definitely get your money back!

PLEASE join us for a good cause! you could win a CRICUT for goodness sakes!!!!

So now i leave you with a layout...for the Back to School contests over at Simply Obsessed! This was for a Biology challenge, you needed a mammal on your layout. After making sure an elephant was a mammal! ROFL, i reached for my Kaisercraft wooden guy. I flippin' love these things! TFL!

these 2 weeks have been so emotional for me. everything has come to a head for me...the house, my job, owen, henry, brian, missing my sister, not going to the celtic festival this weekend. but the sadness is over. BYGONES. DONE. GOODBYE.

This is the first time i have ever found creativity in sadness if that makes any sense at all. The thing is i couldn't scrap owen. I will though. tonight was good watching him play soccer tonight, explaining his scars again. BYGONES. DONE. GOODBYE.

Today finalized something for me about scrapping my future. Stay tuned on that one.

Thanks for letting me vent the past few days. I am done with all that and ordering some boots from Urban Outfitters. Specifically these. I feel like I kicked some butt lately.




Or maybe some from Piperlime. I am diggin' this site. I can order shoes for me, owen and brian all in one shot. yup. nice. or their are these lovelies from Black House White Market...hmmmm...decisions! hello Judly sling back~meet ellen!



oh and i didn't even check out Anthropologie yet!

these boots were made for walkin'...you know the rest!


Or maybe the Bind-it-all. Feel free to vote!

I leave you these...two layouts with some Fancy Pants love that I got from HSS. And the Pageframe star! THANK YOU SHARON!!! I sprayed some Tim Holtz spray washes on it {Stream} and then sprayed it with glitter adhesive {a new FAVE of mine} and then while it was still tacky...i added Doodlebug Glitter and voila! they made green but funky, sparly kinda fun greenish blue and yellowish!

Oh and pop up dots. Please. Could i go through one more packet of these??? LOL!

sooooooooooooooooooooooooooo....

I scrapped a bit yesterday with my kit from Simply Obsessed. Have i mentioned their crop on the 8-10 of August, LOL?!?!?!?!!

Here they are, the first one is for the GDT challenge over at HSS from Tammy Tuttertow. Ah, could she be anymore talented????? and her challenge was to take a pic of your hand! how cool. just so inspirational. I saw this somewhere so i can't take the credit for it --writing on your hand and taking a pic of it. So i just incorporated it into a layout.







HSS is also having their ScrapPink event September 26-28th! Last year Sharon gave away a CRICUT! ACK! so stay tuned for more on that...i know we have PageFrames and Websters pages sponsoring some stuff already.

Just another layout with some JB goodies from Happy Scrappin' Scrapbooking! Idded some One Heart One Mind and glitz rubons, along with AC thickers {what do i do that doesn't have them, lol}






Don't forget about the birthday crop at SO the 8-10th of August...i love their crops!

Also the DT call is going on over at Serendipity Scrapbooks!!! If you are thinking if you should or shouldn't...you def should! I am excited to say that i will be staying on as the Review Team Coordinator! isnt' that exciting??? I saw that kristen posted it in the forums so I can spread my good news. YEAH!!!!

We are having the Blog Party this month so don't forget to check it out!

I told you I would update soon! ha! TWO blog posts in one DAY! yeah!

Here are some of my projects from Happy Scrappin' Scrapbooking! Sharon is so generous and i LOOOOOOOOOOVE the new store!!!! {insert happy dance here}

When my sister and I were younger, my mom would get us paints at the beach to paint our shells so we did the same thing at the beach a few weeks ago. I love this photo of audrey {our good friend's grandaughter} and owen on the lifeguard boat so I used this as the top of the box {7 gypsies}. Then i had to scrap it too!!!! LOL!!!!

EVERYTHING available at HSS!!!







This is the same photo just cropped. i needed one in my scrapbook??!?!?!

Who wants a sneaky peaky? Oh, boy...too much time with the kids this week. Henry has been running a fever so I have been home and up with him at night. Man, that poor, sore, crusty nose makes me feel so badly!

And owen is a hoot. He always wants to go to the park. We really need a swing set or something.

Here is a peak of something I worked on for Serendipity Scrapbooks.

I also made this little box for brian for our 5 year anniversary. I got diamond earings and he got this! LOL. I call it the Lucky In love box! LOOOOVE this felt fusion from Queen & Co! Got some of the fish! I made it for HSS's GDT challenge to scrap something about a man, for a man, ykwim ;) !!!