leaving on a jet plane

This is a LO I have been wanting to do for a while. It is of our 1st trip to Hawaii in Dec 2006.

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chipboard letters: Heidi Swapp & Doodlebug

SU scallop punch

March Team Challenge

This month's challenge on the cricut messageboard was to create a card or a LO with a tag cut out from any cartridge. Since I am so far behind in LOs, I choose to do a LO of my baby's first time playing in the snow.

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circle: George @ 9" silhouette

tag: plantin schoolbook

snowflake: heidi swapp

much & fun: heidi swapp/doodlebug chipboard

Blog Candy Giveaway

SweetArts Paperie is giving away some blog candy! Beautiful Paper, Ribbon, Buttons, RubOns. Just click here to enter: http://sweetartspaperie.blogspot.com/2009/03/st-patricks-giveawayrules-below.html#links

Creating Keepsakes Convention

I went to the CK convention today. I had so much fun and spent way too much! LoL. My favorite purchase is Technique Tuesday's Technique Tiles. They look like they'll be fun and add so much depth & dimension to my LOs. I'm not quite sure how to use them, though. I wish I had been able to take some of the classes, but there's always next year!

Splish Splash

Here is a LO I started and finished yesterday morning. The sketch is once again from okieladybug's motivation challenge. Here is the sketch for 02/28's challenge:

I used this sketch for my dog's album. With a subject as cute & beautiful as my baby girl, I knew I couldn't go wrong. Here is my LO of my baby girl's first bath:

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"splish splash" = AMU @ 1"
bath tub = new arrivals @ 2.25"
paper = DCWV Citrus
glossy accents, threading water punch, chipboard

Monogram LO

So I have decided to start doing layouts again and catch up on my albums. I think I'm only ~3 years behind!! LoL! Layouts scare me and I have a hard time figuring out where to place things & making it pretty with embellishments.

Well, lucky for me a wonderful person on the cricut messageboard named okieladybug has been posting bi-weekly motivation challenges that contains sketches for layouts. Could that be anymore perfect for a creatively-challenged person like myself?! Here is the sketch for 02/18's Challenge:

At first I wasn't too excited about this sketch, but after seeing everyone else's creations it inspired me. I found the perfect picture for this. It was taken January 2008 at Sears when we were doing a family portrait. It is of me and my boyfriend. Here is my LO:

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B, D - Storybook Font @ 2.75"

& - Storybook Font @ 3"

February Team Challenge

Over on the cricut messageboard we have a monthly team challenge going on. This month I was a part of Team 2: Scrap Happy. February's challenge was to create a card or a layout with 2 cuts. The cuts must be a heart from any cart and the word love from any cart. I choose to do a card because layouts scare me! LoL. Here is my submission:

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hearts - george

love - jasmine
heart sticker - k&co
patterned paper - k&co vday mat stack