Lily

Entered in Cooking with Cricut Anything Goes ChallengeI made this layout for a friend of mine and her little girl, named Lily, who is turning 1 this month and this is my gift to my friend and the dress (that inspired the layout below) is for her little girl.  I used many Cricut cartridges on this project and they are as follows:

Accent Essentials
- flower (accent 32)cut at 1 3/4
- circle (accent 12)cut at 1 1/4
- I inked the flower with LePlume II pink
- outlined the flower with cotton candy Stickles

Calligraphy Collection
- name cut at 3/4
- glittered with Martha Stewart onyx glitter

Doodlecharms - leaves (from the stick and leaves) cut at 4
- inked leaves with LePlume II light green

Paper Doll Dress Up
- fence I welded 2 fences togehter in Design Studio at 1 1/4 and trimmed to fit page
- I inked the fence with LePlume II grey
- outlined the fence with frosted lace Stickles

ZooBalloo
- clouds cut at 2
- outlined the clouds with white iridesant Studio g glitter glue

Graphically Speaking
- sun (the great outdoors) icon blackout cut at 4
- circle of the sun (got kids?) shift icon blackout cut at 1 3/4
- applied yellow Studio g glitter glue to sun and circle

I used pattern paper from DCWV Spring Stack, DCWV Nana's Kids, and DCWV Blossoms & Butterflies. I used foam squares to raise most of the elements, adhered some ribbon, lady bugs and some misc. embellishments.  See below for more pics, thanks for visiting!

Enjoy the Ride layout

I made this layout for my husband for Father's Day 2011. Not much Cricut. I used Basic Grey paper from the "Oh Baby! Boy Collection Pack."

I used this Cricut cartridge:

Graphically Speaking for the circle title

I used the Design Studio to make the base circle a 4 inch circle and also made the phrase layer into a 3.75 inch circle

I stickled the phrase, added ribbon, added a small metal tag, doodled around the entire layout and included some handewritten info about my daughters. This was the 1st time I had doodled or hand wrote anything on a project. I think it turned out pretty good for the 1st time.

Thanks for looking, I hope you enjoyed it. 

Here are some other photos of the layout and the card together.

We Walk 4Them

On Mother's Day me and my family participated in an event for the The MISS Foundation  It is an organization that supports families when a child dies.  The event was called Empty Strollers, Empty Shoes: We Walk for Them.  We walked for our nephew Chad who was taken from us when he was only 4 months old in 1993 and his death was attributed to SIDS.  We also walked for our babies Aiden and Kiran.  My son Aiden was stillborn at 29 weeks and 6 days gestation due a complete placental abruption and Kiran was misscarried at 8 weeks and 6 days, both in 2005.  I don't know what I would've done without The MISS Foundation.  Their support, especially in those early months during our grief, was essential for our healing.  Not a day goes by that we don't think about and MISS our babies.  Participating in this event is our way of never letting their memory die!

I used these Cricut cartridges:

Indie Art for the wings that I welded in the Design Studio to the names
Calligraphy Collection for the names
Graphically Speaking for the stoller
New Arrival for the feet
Plantin SchoolBook for the title

I don't know the sizes for any it because I did everything in the Design Studio. 

Thanks for looking!

Teacher Appreciation Basket

I made this basket for my daughter's 3rd grade teacher for Teacher Appreciation Day.

I got the basket from Michael's for only $3.50, added some ribbon I already had, placed some craft foam in the bottom, covered it with some leftover Easter grass, put in some Granny Smith and Pink Lady apples, and last made the sticks.

I used these Cricut cartridges:
George and Basic Shapes for the star cut @ 3
Cricut Sampler for the Thanks cut @ 3
A Child's Year for the 2 apples cut @ 3
Doodlecharms for the watermelon cut @ 3
Locker Talk for the A+ cut @ 1 3/4
Graphically Speaking for the chalkboard cut @ 3 1/2
Celebrations for the banner cut @ 4
Wild Card for the #1 Teacher cut @ 6
Alphalicious for the You're the Best cut @ 2

Too many carts I know but I think the end product turned out pretty good.  I learned from doing this project that in the future to use less carts.  Using this many carts was very time consuming!

Here's the Basket and the card together!

Teacher Appreciation card

I created this easel card for my daughter's 3rd grade teacher for Teacher Appreciation Day.  It's a 5 1/2 x 5 1/2 easel card (my 1st attempt at this kind of card). 

I used these cartridges:
Graphically Speaking for the blackboard with the alphabet frame cut @ 3 3/4, I also used some sandpaper to give the black cardstock the look of a blackboard
Locker Talk for the A+ cut @ 1 3/4, I also used Martha Stewart glitter

I also applied some stickles to the dots on the pattern paper and attached some brads and ribbon

On the inside of the card I used this cartridge:
Jasmine for the Many Thanks phrase (I'm sorry but I can't remember what size I cut it at)