Bug Eyes layout

Today I am sharing a layout I made with you.  This layout fits the requirements of the Recipe Challenge on the Cricut Circle blog.

This was when my daughter and a friend went to a butterfly garden.  They had a ball with these bug eye glasses!  My daughter is the lower picture and I just love her little toothy smile!

The recipe was:
At least three Cricut cuts: Create a Critter bug at 2" and 3", Birthday Bash for "bug eyes" at 0.5", and George for the rectangle journaling box just in case the two bugs only count as one :)
Three patterned papers: all American Girl stack - there is a separate pattern paper under the journaling block - a little hard to see here
A butterfly, bird, or bug - from Create a Critter
Machine, Pen, or Hand-stitching - This was an adventure!  I think I need to get some lighter thread for it to work well in my sewing machine...
The color yellow - matting and in the bugs

I hope you've enjoyed this layout as much as I do!

Family Reunion Layout

The second timed challenge for the Cricut Circle!  This time it was a sketch challenge.  We had to use the sketch provided, create something new within the two hour time slot, and use at least two Cricut cuts.  This is the sketch that was provided to us from Jana Eubank:

And here is the layout that I created:

Here is a close up of the letters:

Cricut carts I used:
Carousel for the letters at 1.25".  I choose this font because it matches what was on the pattern word paper.
Lovely Floral for the Reunion and 2011.  Reunion was welded on my Gypsy and is around 1.3".
George and Basic Shapes for the white circles at 1.75".

I hope you like it!  The other side of this layout will eventually be lots of other photos from the reunion and will use the same color scheme.  This may be the fastest I've ever created a layout that is more than just matted photos!  :)

Thanks Circle for all of the motivation in the last two days!