Mother's Day Layout 1999

When my daughter was 9, she was playing out in the yard, and yelled for me to come look...when I arrived at the window, there was a very special Mother's Day greeting on the front lawn done in grass clippings...lol...she is just too cute...so I took this one picture...and now all these years later, scrapped it. The plan for the layout came from RAQ's card challenge this week hosted by Shelbywoo...thanks for the inspiration Michelle!!!

Chipboard Album - Tennessee Vacation

This was such an exciting project for me to do. It is a 6 x 12 chipboard album, made from 12 x12 sheets of chipboard. I cut them in half on my trimmer, then covered in patterned paper, and then rounded all the corners. Since I had planned on doing a full page album, I had all my pics printed in 4x6 and wanted to use them all, so I had to come up with ways to conceal pictures in the album...and so it became an interactive book. The file folders you see on various pages were welded in design studio and flip down to show more pics. I used a variety of cartridges in this project too, but mostly Graphically Speaking...looooooooooove this cartridge. The go karts were made in design studio as well, as I didn't have a cut that really resembled a go kart. I apologize for so many pictures, but I am thrilled with the outcome and wanted to share the whole project with you all. Thanks for looking

Hoo Hoo Hoo...

Made this card for the weekly challenge over at My Sheri Crafts...this weeks theme is "Critters" so if you have a card, layout or whatever with critters on it, feel free to join in the fun and post your creation.

Live Laugh Love

Made this card for RAQ's card challenge this week...for some reason, I really like the red/yellow/green combo...maybe its the K & Co paper that ties it all together...swirl is from SB and sentiments from HA

Another sketch of mine...from RAQ's challenge...decided to make an extra...used the ms punch for the foliage on the tree and the tree trunk is from WW...the sentiment is from HA

Camping layout

This is a heritage layout...pics of me as a toddler, camping with my family. I wasn't sure that the cricut cuts worked with the heritage pics, but I think Im happy with it, now that its done. The chair and pail/shovel are from Life's A Beach, castle is from PDDU..."family" cut is from HA and the title fonts are Alphalicious and Opposites Attract.

My Parents Wedding

I absolutely love love love this photo of my parents on their wedding day...see the onlooker in the background. This is the first page in my album of my life. Flowers were made with varying sizes of circles in George, and then crumpled up and layerd and a pearl in the center. Swirls are HA and HD, and title was done in Storybook and shadowed. Used my ms border punch on the patterns

These are some wedding photos of my parents, as well as the only photo I have of both sets of grandparents. Swirls are HD and HA, mini flowers cut in scal, as is the title. Scalloped ovals are from Storybook

Enough Winter!

Made this card for RAQ's challenge this week. We got about 8" of snow last night, and today my dh and I were driving around enjoying the pretty scenery, and I began thinking about all the people on the east coast who have gotten so much snow, and this card idea came to me. Behind the "winter" is a spring scene that can be viewed when you lift the flap up. This was so much fun to make, and reminded me (a summer lover) that winter will soon come to an end. Carts used: Home Accents (snowflakes), SYI (sunflowers, winter, spring, tree, snowman(I think) ), Zooballoo (grass) scal for tiny flowers and other fonts, George (circles on tree) Snow layers were embossed manually with Fiskars shape boss and inked with light blue chalk ink. Cut the 3 circles on the tree at 1" and inked and layered them on top of the tree. This was such a fun card to make.

Mothers Day Flower Pot card

This card was inspired by Isabella Wheadon on the Cricut mb...she posted a hanging basket full of flowers, and I was immediately inspired to make this. The pot was made in scal with basic shapes and then inked from the upper rim downwards to give the illusion of shadowing. The flowers cut as follows...yellow 1" george, purple and pink 1/4" scal font common bullets, the two leaves in the front are 1" and the shadow cut from Storybook and the greenery in behind is Storybook and Home Accents cut at 1" to 2". The vines in front are from Home Accents and Home Decor, cut at 1 1/4" and 1 1/2". All flowers and leaves were inked. I started by popping up my pot, then placed the background leaves first. Then popped some of the next ones, but not all to give depth. the vines went on last. Glued the yellow flowers first (oh, the centers are just done with std hole punch), then a couple purple for color and finally the pink ones all over...this was such a fun card to make, and I am really pleased with how it turned out.

Wall Art

Made this quote for a wall facing our main entrance. The swirls are made from HA, most of the letters are Stamped, with the bold and cursive being OA...most of letters are 2" with the bolder ones at 3"...dh measured and taped it all off for me, so we could get it even. I also made a mock up before cutting the Wall Pops...as I changed it a few times to get the look I wanted. If you are interested in ordering a custom wall quote, please contact me at scrappingcat@yahoo.ca with "wall art" in the subject line. I make these to order, will ship anywhere in North America, payments made via paypal.

You Inspire Me

This card was made for RAQ's challenge...I love the black and white...the cuts are from Home Accents, inside and out...fonts are from Home Accents and Opposites Attract