Party Time Layout

I created this page in record time today, about 3 hours, and that included drying time for the stickles and glossy accents. I made this for a birthday gift for a friend of my daughter's. The birthday sleepover was tonight and I needed to get it done in a hurry. I spent all week taking care of my mom and her house that it was just not possible to even look at it until this morning. I was a little bummed because I thought I had a nicer zebra print paper but I couldn't find it or I had already used it. I am though very happy with the way it turned out.

I created a hidden tag for journaling.

Here are just some more close ups:

I used these items to create my Party Time Layout:

• Life's a Party Cricut cartridge - pink and zebra cuts and "CELEBRATE"
• Tags, Bags, Boxes and More 2 Cricut cartridge - tag
• Pink and black stickles
• White gel pen
• foam squares - behind the "CELEBRATE"

I am entering my Party Time Layout in the following challenges:

• Fantabulous Cricut Challenge #228 - Tag You're It
• BBTB 2 - Celebrate Cricut Challenge - Use Any Cricut Cut
• My Sheri Crafts Challenge - #142 - Birthday
• DL ART - September Linky Challenge - Anything
• 3 Girl Jam - September 2014 Challenge - Happy Birthday

Thank you so much for stopping by and checking out my Party Time Layout.

Fall Straw Hat Girl

I can't tell you how long I have been wanting to make this. I know I have had that straw hat for at least 3 years. I also had all of the other items to create this hat for many years too. I think she turned out super cute. Living in the valley of the sun, Arizona, I don't get the Fall that I remember from my youth in New Jersey so I have to create it. As soon as September hits I start to bring out my Fall decorations so that it at least feels a little like Fall in my house. So I finally got all of the items out that I needed to create my hat and here she is.  I just love her!

I am entering my Fall Straw Hat in the following challenges:

• Craftin Desert Divas - Craft it up and link it up - Anything Goes
• Decorate to Celebrate Challenge #83 - Fall part 1 or Birthday
• DL ART - Thankful Thursday Challenge #140 - Fall

Thank you so much for stopping by and checking out my Fall Straw Hat Girl.

Smile, Swing on over to Celebrate Jaidyn's 3rd Birthday Shrek 2 Party 2 page layout

Today I bring to you my Smile, Swing on over to Celebrate Jaidyn's 3rd Birthday Shrek 2 Party 2 page layout. This didn't start out as a 2 page layout but here it is and I think it works.

Page 1 is "Smile" because this page describes the photos I took of Jaidyn for her invitation. I actually did some hidden journaling behind the camera. Basically I made the camera into a shape card...pretty cool I think!

The journaling says, "It was October 30, 2012 and I had to get a good photo of Jaidyn for her 3rd birthday party invitation. So we went out front, with her favorite green shirt on, and I attempted to get a good photo. But Jaidyn would look everywhere but at me. The best one I got is the one in the frame. This is also the one I had put on her invitation. Not the greatest picture but definitely shows Jaidyn's personality." 

I also used an "old school" tool on the wooden frame. I used a texture plate called carpet to make the wooden frame look like tree bark instead of using the easy to use embossing folders.

I used these items to make "Smile" page 1:

• Shrek napkin and treat bag from the birthday party
• Pooh and Friends Cricut cartridge (1st time I used this cartridge) - for the frame
• Dreams Come True Disney Cricut cartridge - slime splat
• Create a Critter Cricut cartridge - camera
• Phrases Cricut cartridge (1st time I used this cartridge) - "smile"
• Brown, green, black and silver cardstock
• Fiskars texture plate (carpet) (1st time I used this plate)- on the frame
• Brown ink and marker - on the frame
• Brads - on the frame
• Glossy Accents - on the slime splat and camera lens
• Foam squares - under the slime splat and camera

Page 2 is the Swing on over to Celebrate Jaidyn's 3rd Birthday invitation page , it displays the invitation I had made with one of the photos I took on page 1. One other cool thing I did was I used items from Jaidyn's party to create both pages. I used one of the napkins for the main images and a treat bag with Shrek on it. These were such fun pages to make...I really glad I kept those party items.

I used the items to make the Swing on over to Celebrate Jaidyn's 3rd Birthday Shrek 2 Party page 2:

• Shrek napkin
• Christmas Cheer Cricut cartridge - trees
• 2 different colors of green and teal cardstock
• Brown ink - on the trees
• PARTY metal tag 
• The actual invitation from Jaidyn's party

I am entering my Smile, Swing on over to Celebrate Jaidyn's 3rd Birthday Shrek 2 Party 2 page layout in the following challenges and linky parties:

• PDE Linky Party #16 - Kids Theme
• Shopping Our Stash - SOS #164 - Back in the Day - use an old school tool
• {Pin}spirational Challenge #120 - ANYTHING GOES
• Cut It Up Challenge - Inspired by a Song Challenge #51 -"Smile" or "Livin' la Vida Loca"
• Stuck On U Sketches - Die-Cut Challenge - Lights, Camera, Action - use a camera, filmstrip, etc.
• Red Carpet Studio Challenge - RCS #76 - Sixteen Candles - Birthday Project
• DL ART - August Linky Challenge - ANYTHING GOES

Thank you so much for stopping by and checking out my Smile, Swing on over to Celebrate Jaidyn's 3rd Birthday Shrek 2 Party 2 page layout.

A Christmas Story layout

I am proud to bring to you a little Christmas in July. I had scrapbookers block with this layout. I had difficulty choosing papers, titles and who knows what else BUT I am so pleased that once I got my creative juices flowing I was able to make some good choices and get it done.

I have to give you the story behind the photos. Every year since my youngest daughter was born 9 weeks premature we have been invited to Christmas, Easter and Halloween events just for the NICU babies at the hospital where she was born. In December 2010 was our 1st Christmas event and we quickly found out that my youngest daughter does not like Santa Claus. As soon as we put her down on his lap she began to cry, we began to laugh, we encouraged our oldest daughter to hold her sisters hand to comfort her and as you can see in the last photo it worked. To this day we still do not have a picture of her smiling on Santa's lap and she will be 5 this November.

I used these items to create my layout:

• Christmas Cheer Cricut cartridge - part of the title "Christmas"
• Calligraphy Collection Cricut cartridge - part of the title " A Story"
• Doodlecharms Cricut cartridge - Rudolph and Santa
• Simply Charmed Cricut cartridge - peppermint candies
• Pattern Paper from Recollections Bright and Joy Paper Pad
• Better Not Pout embellishment from Recollections Bright and Joy Paper Pad
• ribbon
• Red corners and star from DCWV The Christmas Speciality sitcker stack
• Red, green and iridescent stickles
• Glossy Accents - Rudolph's nose
• Google eyes
• Foam squares 

I am entering this layout in the following challenges and linky parties:

• Little Scrap Pieces - Linky Party
• Craft Your Passion Challenge #223 - Christmas in July
• Die Cuttin Divas Challenge #175 - Christmas in July
• Paper Take Weekly - Its a Jolly Holiday
• DL ART - Thankful Thursday - July Linky
• My Sheri Crafts Challenge #138 - Christmas with lots of Layers
• The Corrosive Challenge #204 - Christmas in July
• Craftin Desert Divas - Linky Party #36 - Christmas in July

Thank you so much for stopping by and checking out my A Christmas Story layout.

Hello Kitty Happy Birthday Easel card

Today I bring you a sweet little Hello Kitty Happy Birthday Easel card. To my pleasant surprise I had everything in my stash.

I used these items to create my card:

• Hello Kitty Greetings Cricut cartridge
• Hello Kitty pattern paper
• Hot pink, black and white cardstock
• Hot pink stickles
• black brads
• 1 rhinestone
• foam squares

Here are just a couple more angles:

I am entering my card in the following challenges and linky parties:

• Shopping Our Stash - SOS #160 - Can't Put it Down or Away - I can't put my Cricut away
• Paper Take Weekly - Buttons - Bows - Bling - Bows and Bling (rhinestone and stickles)
• CardzTV Challenge #5 - Create a Child's Birthday Card using Brads, Buttons, or Bows
• DL ART - Thankful Thursday July Linky

Thank you so much for stopping by and checking out my Hello Kitty Happy Birthday Easel card.

Red, White and Blue Thank You card

This morning I give you a little red, white and blue thank you card. I created this card for one of my neighbors. Before the weather got extremely too hot in AZ to be outside, my neighbor helped teach my 4 year old daughter how to ride a bike without training wheels. He had first taught his own daughter how to ride without training wheels. So when she got the hang of it he had asked my daughter if she wanted to learn and of course she said yes. He had wedged a pole into the back of the bike so that he could hold on and help the rider gain their balance while riding and then when everyone was comfortable he would let go. My daughter picked it up fairly quickly and has been training wheel free all summer. And not only did he help teach her how to ride a bike without training wheels he gave my daughter his daughter's old bike (my daughter's bike was a little small). The 2 girls have become the best of friends and I'm sure once the temps get cooler again they will be riding all day.

I used these items to create my card:

• Campin' Critters Cricut cartridge
• red, white, blue, black, and tan cardstock 
• craft paper
• red gingham pattern paper
• red, white, and blue brads
• silver star brads - on the bike
• white gel pen
• clear Thank You stamp

Oh there is one little thing I haven't told you about this card yet...Pull the tab on the side and the little raccoon bike rider slides across the card to reveal a little message.

I am entering my Red, White and Blue Thank You card in the following challenges:

• Cardz TV Challenge #4 - Red, White and Blue Thank You Card
• Craftin Desert Divas - Link it up Summer Linky
• Shopping Our Stash - SOS #160 - Can't Put it Down or Away - this would be for sure my Cricut
• DL ART - Thankful Thursday Challenge #136 - Thank You
• Stuck on U Sketches - July 11 - Die Cut Challenge - Going Somewhere

This card was so much to fun to make and I just love that little raccoon bike rider. Thank you for stopping by and checking it out.

Yummy 4th of July Desserts

 Me and my girls spent the 4th of July at my Mom's house swimming and eating good food. I decided to make some desserts for our little gathering.

The first dessert was for after lunch. It was a red, white and blue Jello cup. I made 2 packages of the blue Jello and separated it equally into 6 cups and let it harden into Jello overnight. Just before serving I topped the Jello cups off with Reddi Wip and a strawberry. It was the perfect light and cool afternoon dessert.

The second dessert was for after dinner. It was Betty Crocker Supreme Triple Chocolate Chunk brownies topped with patriotic marshmallow stars. I made these on Friday just a couple hours before leaving the house. I kept them wrapped until I was ready to serve. I then added the patriotic marshmallow stars and served them. These were very simple and oh so delicious.

I am entering my Yummy 4th of July Desserts in the Decorate to Celebrate Challenge #78 - Fourth of July or Birthday Challenge

Thanks for stopping by and checking out my Yummy 4th of July Desserts.