Learning to color LO

I made this LO using the Scrapbook Steals Mid Week Mojo - Amethyst #7 sketch b.

I used the Georgie Porgie collection from Piggy Tales for the paper, love these colors!  I used Locker Talk cricut cartridge to cut the crayons and CTMH Art Philosophy to cut the striped background piece, the stamp on the journaling card is from CTMH and for the title I used Thickers and mini alphas.

Follow your dreams...

I wasn't liking this card as I was making it but I kept with it and now that its all done, I love it!!  I showed my husband last night and his response was WOW :-), so that definitely made me feel better that I kept going and worked at it until I was happy with it!  I think it will make a perfect graduation card to keep in my card stash!

I used Locker Talk for the books, but because of the layering on the cart, I had to cut the books 4 times to be able to make them all different colors - I'm glad I did because I really like the way it looks.  I used Tim Holtz 'Pumice Stone' distress ink to ink them and make them look worn.  The card base is DCWV, the yellow star paper is from DCWV 'All About Boys' stack and the rest of the cardstock is from my stash.  I used a Martha Stewart punch on the bottom of the blue cardstock, twine from The Twinery and the sentiment stamp (inside & out) is from CTMH.

I'm entering this into Challenge Me Monday #85 - Book Lover at Fantabulous Cricut and Week 22: Made It Myself Mondays weekly linking party at You Had Me at Craft.


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First day of Preschool LO!

I made this LO for my son's first day of preschool pics.  I used both the title and subtitle from Locker Talk cart, the paper, brads and ribbon are all from a school LO kit that I had and the cardstock was from my stash.

I'm entering it into the following challenges!
Chatter Scene: School Time
Fantabulous Cricut: Challenge Me Monday #75 - Add a splash of yellow
You Had Me At Craft: Week 13 Made It Myself Mondays

Have a great night!

Crayon wreath

I made this wreath for my son's preschool teacher - I didn't get it done before Meet the Teacher night last night but his first day isn't until Tuesday, so I will get it wrapped up and we can take it along with her card, to her that morning! 

My son's class is the Busy Bees, so I used the bee from the 9 Months Lite cart, the glue, scissors, and crayon are all from Locker Talk cart and I can't remember where I ended up finding the font!  The ribbon and paper was all in my stash, the hoops (6" and 8") I picked up from Michaels and the crayons I had in my school supply box!

I'm entering this into the following challenges:
Chatter Scene: School Time
You Had Me At Craft:  Week 13 - Made It Myself Mondays

I first saw a similar wreath on Amber's blog - as soon as I saw it, I knew it would be perfect for my son's teacher to hang on her classroom door! Thanks so much Amber for the inspiration!

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My Teacher

My son starts preschool in 2 weeks, so I made his teacher a card last night, that he can "sign" to tell her how excited he is for the start of the new year!  I'm also making her a gift to go with it, that I'm hoping to finish up this weekend - so you will be seeing that soon! 

I love using primary colors when it comes to school cards/LOs, all the paper for this card were from my stash!  I used Locker Talk for the 'My Teacher' sign and CTMH Art Philosophy for the card base and front/inside layers - I LOVE this cart!  I embossed the front layer with my Cuttlebug using the Cuttlebug embossing folder 'Traffic Jam.'  I wanted to add some twine but I didn't have the right color - it will be here soon though, with the order I placed for their newest colors that I couldn't resist over the weekend!  :-)

And when I went to make an envelope to go with it, I realized that even though I have my 12x24 mat to make bigger envelopes, I don't have any 12x24 cardstock - oops!  So I will add that to my list of things to get so I can get an envelope made soon for this card!  I had intended to stamp the inside of the card and the envelope with a small apple but I didn't have one - so I will either cut one with my cricut or see if I can get lucky and find an apple stamp in the dollar bin at Michael's!

I left the inside blank so we could write a message to his teacher and he could sign it!

I'm entering these challenges...
Chatter Scene: School Time challenge
Cricut 360º:  Challenge #8 - Back to School

You Had Me At Craft: Week 12: Made It Myself Mondays

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Thanks Big Time!!

I made this card for my dad - he helped my husband build our wooden playset in the backyard last month, so we wanted to thank him for giving up 3 weekends to help us out and make 2 little boys super excited!!  :)  It turned out awesome and we are so fortunate to have it for the boys to enjoy for years to come!

I used several Cricut carts on this one, made easy using my Gypsy!  Have I said lately how much I'm loving it these days?  :)  The sun was from Sesame Street Friends, the slide from Locker Talk and the grass from Plantin Schoolbook.  The sentiment stamp is from Stampin' Up 'A Word For You' set, the card base from DCWV, the blue layer also from DCWV 'Baby Boy' stack, and the cardstock was from my stash.  I used my Gelly Roll 'Starburst' pens to add sparkle to the sun and detail the slide.

The inside phrase was cut with Boys Will Be Boys cart using cardstock from my stash.

I'm entering this in the Cricut 360º challenge #4 this week - Create a card or a layout representing "The Great Outdoors". 

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Darn blogger!!

Well, I stayed up late last night after we put the boys to bed to finish a couple more projects for My Pink Stamper's National Scrapbooking Day challenges, but when I was done and uploading the pictures at 11:15, both blogger and photobucket kept freezing on me and 45 minutes later, submissions closed and I still didn't have any photos uploaded!  I was so upset, I wanted to get a couple more projects in for more chances to win that Imagine but no such luck - so I hope that with the ones I already created, I'll win from those! 

This challenge was to create a summer themed project - I decided to make a scrapbook page of my son's first trip to the park when he was a baby (his photos are covered for his privacy)!  Even though I can't submit it for the challenge, I'll still post it on here because I do love how it came out!  :-)  Of course, the picture uploaded in no time this morning...

I used the 'Locker Talk' Cricut cartridge to cut the swingset and slide, then I gave them some dimension using my green Gelly Roll pen.  I used DCWV 'Playtime' Stack for both the base page and the photo mats - I just love this stack!  I used the 'Cricut American Alphabet' Cricut cartridge to cut the title out, I used the negative of the font for the 'at the' part of the title.

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