What Have I Been Up To??

Hi all hope your week is going well.  We have been hanging out enjoying the last days of summer.  Weather willing we will be heading to the beach next week for one last hurray!!!  I love summer but I am ready to get the schedule going again and have a little free time with the girls in school.  So here is what the girls and I have been up too.  Of course I have to get them started early with a love for crafts, and they do love being in mommy's craft space.

We created butterflies out of toilet paper rolls.  They really love using mommy's supplies and tools to create their very own butterfly.  It was a great 45 minute activity on a rainy summer day.  So here is what I have been up to.  I have been taking a live web-class by Heidi Swapp called Color Magic Live.  It uses her newest papers and inventions, such as the Color Magic papers and memory files to create cards, albums and such.  The first class was Tuesday and there are two more classes this week.  Here is what I have created so far.

It is a collection of cards.  The Color Magic paper is really great.  It has a pattern that you mist, or stain with ink.  The color only sticks to certain parts of the paper to create the patterns.  Basically you can create with any color you want.  I have to admit it is a little messy for my taste but I love the limitless of it.  Well there you have it, I am off to take the second installment of the class.  Hope you have a great week and thanks for visiting. 

Girlie Elephant Birthday Card

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Hope all has been going well.  I have been MIA for a while.  Last week my hubby took the girls and I to NY with him to work.  We had a great time exploring Central Park and going to Times Square.  We also made a stop over in PA to visit some of my hubby's family.  While in PA we took the girls to the Please Touch Museum in Philly.  This has to be the best kids museum ever!!!!  You really do get to touch everything.  I think the girls could have spent days in that place having fun.  So now we are back and while all the travel has been fun, I am really glad to be done with the summer travel. 

So I got into my craft room this week and made a birthday card for a special niece who is turning 2 next month.  I decided on a princess elephant theme for the card. 


Card Recipe:

• A2 sized yellow card base
• 5.25" x 4" DCWV Nanna's Nursery card stock pack
• Elephant cut from Create a Critter at 2.25"
• Crown cut from Once Upon a Princess at 1"
• Cloud cut from Create a Critter at 1.5" and misted with Tattered Angels Mustard glitter mist
• Purple twine from Doodlebug Design
• Sentiment from My Pink Stamper

I am really happy with how the card came out.  I love the festive feel and colors.  I am entering this in the challenge over at Bitten By the Bug 2.  Thanks for visiting and hope you have a great week.  

Scrapbooking Camping

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Hope your week has gone well.  We here have not been doing much, kinda looking forward to the weekend.  My DH is finally home so I am looking forward to some me time!!!  So tonight I have a scrapbook layout I did to capture the camping trip last year.  I say "the" camping trip because I do not really participate in the camping trips yet.  My DH took the older one camping while the little one and I slept in the comfort of our own beds and visited the campers in the evenings and mornings.  The campgrounds are about 15 minutes from our home, which is good in case you have to use the abort plan with the little ones.  Maybe I will go this year, only time will tell.  So here it is:

So for this camping layout I used a number of different cartridges.  The border to the left of the the photos was done by welding three borders from the Elegant Edges cartridge.  The tent and campfire were from the Create a Critter cartridge.  The "Lazy Days" was cut from a cereal box with the Just Because Cards cartridge.  The "Summer" was cut from a cereal box from the Stretch your Imagination cartridge.  The "OF" is from a set of Amy Tangerine thicker stickers.  I thought the pattern kinda went with the layout.  So that is that.  I am entering this in the camping challenge over at Fantabulous Cricut blog.  That was really the inspiration for the layout.  I hope you have had a wonderful week and will have a wonderful weekend to come.  Thanks for stopping by. 

A little Scrapbooking

Hi everyone, hope your week has gotten off to a great start.  We have been same old same old, just trying to find things to do to fill our summer days.  I plan to take the kiddos to a water park tomorrow, so that should shake things up.  So lately I have been trying to catch up on my scrapbooking.  Every time I do this I feel energized by it and feel a real sense of accomplishment.  So here are the pages I got completed last week.  I am finished with March now yeah!!!

So I wanted to keep this layout simple and symmetrical but layout my pics in funky angles.  I only used my Cricut for the title on this one.  So just to explain the pics on the Dailies page:  my little baby had gotten out of the bath and I got her dressed, while my older one stayed and played in the tub.  I turned my back for one minute (and forgot to close the bathroom door) and the little one climbed back in the bathtub in her pj's!!!  She is really sneaky.  Here is the second layout I completed:

This layout is, you guessed it, about our visit to the Cherry Blossoms.  I made sure the girls and I were all in pink so that we could get some good photos.  I am rarely in the photos, so this is special.  So there are two exciting things about this layout.  First, I finally figured out how to use my printer to print photos in any size I want.  The grid photos are printed out at 3" x 3".  Second, the title text is actually cut from a cereal box using my Cricut.  Instant chip board embellishments this way.  I used the regular blade, set the blade to 6, the pressure to max, the speed to low, and multi-cut to 2.  It cut like a charm.  Then I heat embossed the letters with linen embossing powder.  I love that I figured out how to do this.

So that is it for today.  I hope to get a few more scrapbooking layouts done this week.  Thanks for stopping by and hope you have a great week. 

More Birthday Goodies

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So to continue with the birthdays, I have made another t-shirt and card for a little boys birthday this weekend.  It is along the same rainbow theme as both the siblings are sharing a birthday party with the theme Princess and the Frog at Rainbow Tree.  Here is the t-shirt:

This t-shirt was done with some more Expressions Vinyl heat transfer vinyl in blue, yellow and green.  I used the Once Upon a Princess cartridge for the frog and the Birthday Bash cartridge for the font.  Check out my earlier posts for how to cut the vinyl.  Here is the card:

Card Recipe:

• Sun from Create a Critter cut at 1.5"
• Frog from Create a Critter cut at 3:
• Doodle bug rainbow twine
• Cotton Candy Stickles
• Sentiment from My Pink Stamper

The little boy who will be receiving this card loves frogs so I think he will be pretty pleased.  I am entering the card in this weeks sun challenge over at Fantabulous Cricut.  Hope you have a great weekend and thanks for stopping by. 

Birthday Goodies with the Cricut

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Well I have finally gotten back in my craft room.  Yeah!!!  So we have a couple birthdays coming up so that is what I have been focused on in my craft room.  Today I have a couple items I made for a little girls birthday this weekend.  She is turning 4 and her Mom is throwing her a Princess tea party.  I decided to make her a t-shirt and a card, all Princess themes of course.  Here is the t-shirt:

I found this great t-shirt on clearance at Target.  I loved the sequins on the shoulders, and this little girls is very glamorous.  I used Expressions Vinyl heat transfer vinyl in white, purple, and pink.  The images and text are from Once Upon a Princess.  See my post here on how to cut the vinyl with the Cricut.  Here is the card I made:

Card Recipe:

• Used the Cricut Craft Room and a square from the Craft Room Exclusives to make the card
• Princess is from Princess Party cut at 3"
• Doodlebug rainbow twin pack
• Sentiment from My Pink Stamper

I decided to make a window card of sorts inspired by the current challenge over at Bitten By the Bug 2.   I really do think it is a great idea.  Well hope you have enjoyed the post, I may have another one tonight if I can get into gear.  The little princesses older brother is also having a birthday this weekend!!!  Thanks for stopping by.

Birthday Card with the Cricut

Hello there, I know its been a while since I posted.  I just got back this week from the long trip to my parents house.  We all had so much fun, especially the kiddos.  I am so glad to be back though, I missed my hubby and my craft room.  So tonight I am sharing a birthday card I made for a little girl turning 3.

Card Recipe:

• A2 sized card
• Birthday Birdie from Birthday Bash cut at 3"
• Number 3 from Birthday Bash cut at 1.2"
• Sentiment from My Pink Stamper Sweetest Cupcakes
• Pentouch Sakura White gel pen for faux stitching

So that is that.  I am entering this card in the birthday challenge over at Cooking with Cricut.  I hope you have enjoyed the card and thanks for stopping by.  I will be crafting all week for Birthdays coming up so check back for some more fun birthday inspiration.