LOAD4 - Can't Get Enough

I didn't get a chance to post this yesterday to my blog but I did get to make a layout on day 4.  The prompt was about greed.  I decided to make a layout about how my DD can't get enough of my friend's twin boys.  I think not only does my DD want a baby brother but there are two of them at once!  How cool is that to a ten-year-old?!

The thing I will really always remember about this layout is that I made it during a session break at a dance coach conference!  The conference was all day from 8-8 and I was also staying at a friend's house that evening so I had to find some time somewhere to complete a layout.  I did this one in the hotel lobby on a break before dinner :) That's also why I have a handwritten title, I forgot to bring any letter stickers with me!

LOAD3 - Christmas Cookies

LOAD day 3 was about the kitchen.  It took me awhile to decide what to do but my absolute favorite thing to do in the kitchen is bake and I have had this picture around for a long time, just waiting to be scrapped. This is all of the girls in my family and my sister's.  Who knows what the guys were doing at this time, but we girls were frosting cutouts!

I am the baker in our family and I especially love making all of the Christmas goodies! I am glad we captured this day on film.

Here is a closer look at the center of the layout.  The cuts are all between 2-3" from the Cricut seasonal cart Gingerbread.  I used Mr. Huey's inks to make the cookies look like they had sprinkles on them but it didn't come out exactly as I envisioned.  Oh well, sometimes that happens to our cookies too when too much of a good thing is dumped on!

While I was making this layout something just wasn't looking right.  I added the pen border around the edge and it instantly felt done to me.  Love when that happens!

LOAD2 - Big Bear Hunt

Today was day 2 of LOAD513 and the piece of Clue we were given today was the knife. From this it went to "taking a stab at" something. I went with hunting, as that is a big part of our life. I have had these photos of my husband's bear hunt for a long time and while the pictures are all very similar, to my husband each picture is different. Therefore I put them all on this 12x12 double layout.

All of the journaling was done by my husband, a first for him. I thought the layout would be so much more complete and meaningful if he were the one to tell the story. I also think it will be a treasure to our kids when they are older. They will get to see his handwriting, hear his voice, and listen to his story. How cool will that be?!

The title was made with the Wildlife Cricut Lite cartridge at 3". The "hunt" was originally "The Hunt" but I cut "the" off to fit my layout.

I used hemp in the corners to add a little bit more to the layout.

Keep coming back each day in May to see layouts!

LOAD1 - Snow Dog

The first prompt for Layout a Day was Mrs. White. My take on her was snow. I scrapped two pictures of our dog playing in the snow this past winter.

I created this entirely with my Cricut Imagine using Mr. Frosty for colors and patterns, Paper Pups for the dog and title (used to be Show Dog, now Snow Dog), and Create a Critter 2 for the snowflakes.

*I wish you could see the bottom picture better, it's one of those ah-maz-ing dog pictures* :)

Yay for staying on track for Day 1!

Announcements

Hello everyone!  I have two announcements to share with you today!! 

First, I am joining the design team over at CricutDIVAs!  You can look for a post from me once a month over on their blog.  I am really excited and the group of designers will be sharing some really awesome projects in the coming months! 

Second, today is the first day of the May Layout a Day challenge with Lain Ehmann (also called LOAD513).  If I can keep up with this challenge, I will be posting a new layout every day for the next 31 days! I hope I can do it!

Happy May Day!

Basketball Card

Hi!  I am so bad at remembering to share my work on my own blog!  April 6th I shared this basketball birthday card over on Cricut FANatics.  I made this for a nephew.  Hope you enjoy!

The basketball hoop is from the All Sports cart. 

Easter Baskets for kids

Happy Easter to all of you! At the Pink By Design March stamp release, the mini project was to make adorable little baskets.  You can find the originating info HERE, including cut sizes for the papers you will need. During the live UStream, I saw how easy these baskets were and knew I could make 8 of them for the kids at daycare.  Here are mine:

 

I experimented a bit with the scoring and a few boxes are different sizes. 

These are my daughter's baskets and she wanted to help decorate them.  This egg one is her favorite: 

Here are a few of my favorites:
 

(This one I am entering in to the Cricut FANatics March challenge.) 

I am also linking up to PBD's Link Up Tuesday so Sarah can see my version of the baskets. 

I hope you all are having a wonderful holiday, however you celebrate!