Happy Happy Birthday

Hello everyone and happy Sunday to ya!  Today I have a fun Layout to show you.  I needed something quick yet to the point. I was teaching a class on 12x12 scrapbooks and so it needed to not be to difficult. 

*The background paper is from DCWV.
*The cupcake is from Straight from the Nest, *Face is peachy Keen.
* Cherry is glittered with MS Garnet glitter
*The Happy Birthday I welded on my gypsy using Quarter Note. This is my most favorite font.
*The scallop circle was a preloaded shape on the E2.

Thanks for looking hope to see ya back again soon!

Hoot Hoot Hooray

This was such a fun Layout to do.  I've decided to make all my Cricut cuts larger for my Layouts and so far I really like how they are turning out.  This owl is from Hoot n Hollar. The Hoot Hoot Hurray is from Straight from the Nest.  I embossed the white using the swirl Cuttlebug folder.  The background paper is from DCWV.  I added Journaling later to the little blue square on the bottom right.

Thank you for dropping by and stay tuned for more Larger cuts on Layouts!

Flower Power!

Hi everyone! I wanted to do a quick post to show you this flower bouquet that I made. I teach children ages 3-11 at church and we will call on them occasionally to participate.  Well there have been several instances where we've hurt a child's feelings because we didn't call on them.  It's not that we didn't want to call them it's just that there are too many children and we cannot call on everyone.  So I made this bouquet of flowers and on the back of each flower has a child's name. That way when it is time to call on a child we pick a flower.  That way it's the luck of the draw whether or not they get called.

The cartridge I used for all the flowers is the Forever Young. 

* I took shush kabob skewers and painted them green.

*Fill flower pot half way with green plant Styrofoam

*Added the little glass rocks on the top to hide the Styrofoam.

*Painted the pot Red and added a ribbon with a bow.

Thanks for stopping by, I hope you come back again soon.

Happy Birthday lil' Sis!

Hope everyone is enjoying your weekend.  It's going to be a HOT one. Looking to be 117 today.

I made my little sister a card for her birthday.  She was a flower girl at my wedding almost 15 yrs ago and she'll always be my little sister. Her favorite color is green and she loves frogs so I was thinking create a Critter.  But then I realized she isn't the little girl anymore. She is turning 21.  So I wanted to make her a card fit for a young women.  What better cartridge than Forever Young. So this is what I came up with.

*The Card size is 5 1/2 x 6

*Covered card with black card stock

*Green paisley paper is from the Sweet mat stack

*Woman is from Forever Young Cut at 5"

*Dress cut from green scrap then ran through cuttlebug Polk a dot folder

*Sign is cut from Cricut American Alphabet at 2"

*Happy Birthday stamp

*The 21 is from Forever Young cut at 2"

*Then added some ribbon.

Thank you for looking. Hope you all have a fabulous Holiday weekend and stay cool.

It's Officially Summer Blog Hop ~ Day 2

Welcome back to day 2 of the It's Officially Summer Blog Hop.  I am so grateful for everyone who stopped by yesterday and left comments.  It's such a blessing to have all my fabulous followers.  Without you we probably wouldn't blog.  Also a huge shout out to Jill over at The Scrapoholic for hosting a fun Hop and all the talented ladies who made projects to share. It's been an honor.  If you didn't start with Jill and you would like to hop from the beginning click HERE . 

Today's Project I did a card.  I participate in a card swap each month and this is the card I made for the month of July.  When I think summer I automatically think Sun.  The cut I used for this sun is from the new E2 preloaded cartridge Cricut American Alphabet. I then ran it through the Cuttlebug Polk a dot folder.   The base color looks blue in the photo but it's actually purple.  I used the cuttlebug and embossed it with the swirl folder.  The little guy I cut using Cricut Decals.  I thought he was perfect for summer holding the ice cream. 

I added some twine and stamped smile on red paper and punched out with a circle punch.  So there you have it.  Each card will come with a red envelope. 

Again leave a comment with your blog address I would love to come see your work.

                     Your next stop on the hop is over to the talented Jackie.

If you get lost along the way I've included a list of all the stops. Thanks again for hoping by!

Jill ~ http://thescrapoholic.blogspot.com/
Debbie ~ http://craftydeb-ddscrafts.blogspot.com/

Sarah ~ http://simplyshaddock.blogspot.com/YOU ARE HERE!!

Jackie ~ http://jackiesscrappinpad.blogspot.com/

Abby ~ http://www.scrapbookaholicbyabby.com/

Nancy ~ http://blog.fancywithnancy.com/

Jenny ~ http://crazyaboutcricut.blogspot.com/

Meighen ~ scrappin3rdeeschik.blogspot.com
Jenn ~ http://jennscrap2.blogspot.com/

                                 Gill ~ http://creationsbygillm.blogspot.com/