Two Gorgeous Girls

I picked another layout from the XOXO girls to scraplift!  This was originally a one page layout done by Lipstick Chick - Faye Perata.  Here's my take on making it into a two page layout:

A closer view of the left:

A closer view of the right:

One thing I really like about this layout is the subtle hiding of the details (kid's ages, date, etc.):

The font is from the Cricut Lite cart Cupcake that came out on Black Friday.  I have no idea what I will do with a cart full of cupcake letters but the font on this one seriously rocks!  No capital letters though so you do have to consider that... 

I think me finding this scraplifting blog is going to be really helpful with getting my scrapping done!  Yay!!!

Soccer Layout

I found something amazing today - the XOXO blog.  This is a blog that is dedicated to scraplifting.  Yep, you read that right.  They create layouts specifically for you to copy.  Yes!  I love it!   This week, there are two layouts I really wanted to give a try.  One was a soccer layout by Lindsey.  I had just been thinking about doing my daughter's soccer pictures when this came about.

So here's my copy of her layout:

 

I forgot to pick up my pictures I had printed this week!!!  So right now there are only place holders.  I will try to remember to post an updated picture very soon! 

The font I used is the Street Sign solution cart.

The XOXO blog is a challenge and this week's prize is from Candy Shoppe Designs.  Check them out!

Cricut Circle Monthly Challenge

This is the first time I have entered in the monthly challenge for the Cricut Circle.  I had a gift card to give to our babysitter and needed something to jazz it up.  This fit perfectly.  I had also never used Tags, Bags, Boxes and More but was excited to get it during the free download for Gypsy owners.

Here is my project:

The requirements were:

• Use at least 2 Cricut Cuts - There are 4 cuts in this project.
• Use a tag made with a cartridge - TBBM
• Use the color red somewhere - everywhere!
• Use ribbon - to hold the tag on
• Use a phrase from one of the cartridges - from Smiley Cards 

A view from the side so you can see how it opens:

  I hope she likes it!  (Well, I know she will like the gift card inside anyway! =])

Winter Bulletin Board

It was getting close to winter break time and while I wanted to put up a Christmas bulletin board, I went with winter so I don't have to take it down right away when we get back!  This is "Frosty's Favorite Winter Facts":

The title is made with Winter Frolic's Frosty phrase and then the rest is welded together in my Gypsy using Cuttin' Up font.  It's so much easier to put up a bulletin board with welded phrases than individual letters!

Frosty is inspired by one of the snowmen of Winter Frolic but I cut him freehand to be big enough for the board.

I cut snowflakes from every cartridge I owned that had a snowflake.  I wanted a huge variety, with very few of them being the same.  I used the following carts:
- Winter Frolic
- Locker Talk
- Graphically Speaking
- Doodlecharms
- Stretch Your Imagination
- Speaking of Winter


On a bunch of the snowflakes, I put facts about winter or snow.  Each snowflake is also decorated with glitter glue.  Here are a few of them:

I love the final look of the board.

Snowman Trifold Card

I made this card for our daycare provider.  She is SO wonderful.  We just love her.  She's also our neighbor!  How cool is that?!  And our friend too!  Our husbands are great friends.

It is made using the trifold feature on Speaking of Winter.  I chose the snowman that makes a number 4.  I thought it was perfect with the momma snowman holding up the baby snowman.  This card was cut at 4", then all the layers on the same trifold feature, also at 4".  I used my Imagine to cut it and just love the precise cuts it gives.

It was looking plain so I also cut the A tree but it was too big so I lopped off the bottom of the tree :)
 It was still too plain so I added the snow hills (hand cut) and the little sled (2").  Notice that little snowflake?  That's a leftover from my last card I posted!

Here are a few pics of how the card looks when it is being opened.  This is the first time I have used this trifold feature of this cart.  Turned out well!

I added a personal hand written thank you inside and a gift card to her favorite shopping place!  She loved it!

A Cup of Cheer

Here is a card I created using Winter Frolic.  I needed to make a card for a gift certificate I was giving to our local coffee shop.

I embellished the coffee cup with stickles and glossy accents. I used my new Cuttlebug snowflake folder from my Circle pal that sent me a stuffed stocking.  My Pink Stamper recently used this same folder and then used white ink to bring out the snowflakes.  Brilliant idea!  It worked great for me.

For the inside, I cut the phrase that goes with and wrote my own personal message.

Shall We Dance Blog Hop winner

Hello everyone!  We have a winner from the SWD blog hop that I hosted this past weekend.

Shelley, I will email you shortly!

Thank you to everyone who stopped by for the hop.  I think there were some really great projects in the hop and this group of ladies was great to work with.  Thanks everyone!