Little dancer

A layout of my 'Little dancer', just after her third birthday wearing her new ballet outfit.

Check out Fantabulous Cricut Challenge this week for their 'Frame It' challenge.

Once upon a time...

A layout with princesses, fairies and bling!  A very girly page for me.

The title phrase, frames and swirls were cut using Cricut cartridge 'Storybook'.  I added glitter to the title and pearls around the page.  I individually glued tiny beads around each photo frame (it took a very long time!).  The paper range is from Kaisercraft.

So here's my layout for Cooking with Cricut - Bling it on!

Incredibly new

I got a new Cricut cartidge ' Best of Pixar'.  Here's my first layout using it and also a card I made.  So far I've only played with the Incredibles but have plans for Wall-E, Monsters Inc. and Nemo! The Cooking with Cricut challenge this week is to use something new, so here it is...

Inside of card (Boys will be boys font)

Top Chef

I got picked as one of the Top Chef's for the last Cooking with Cricut challenge with my 'Making Cupcakes?' layout.  Yipee!

Mmmm... cupcakes

Here's a funny layout of my son during his 'cupcake making' phase.  He used to 'make' a cupcake using  a sofa cushion, his sisters tricycle and a blanket!  And a very gaudy colour combination too, which was challenging! It was such a quirky and funny little phase he went through that I'm glad I did a layout about it to remember for years to come.  Kids are so cute!

The font is from Cricut cartridge 'Hello Kitty font' and the cupcake from 'Celebrations'.  I punched holes around the three featured circles and place coloured paper behind them to match the colour of the patterned paper.

Check out the other yummy creations at Cooking with Cricut for their Cake, cupcake or teddy challenge.

Autumn

Ok, so I know we're in Spring but Cooking with Cricut is having an Autumn Colours Challenge.

In my layout my son was having such a good time playing in the leaves and hiding behind trees while out our dog walk.  I also took lots of photo's of Autumn trees in all their splendor and made photo tiles.  The tree was cut using 'Graphically Speaking' and the leaves were from 'Wild card'.  I threaded fibre at the top of my layout because I loved the colours.

Cooking with Cricut Chef

Yipee!  I won the Cooking with Cricut Family Fun Challenge with my layout 'Icing Cookies'.

 

Back to School

Here's a layout of my first day of school (with little sister).  I'll be doing my son's first day of school layout soon too!

The ABC tags were done using Cricut cartridge 'Plantin Schoolbook'.  I used fabric, chalk, ribbon, button, brads, eyelet and stationery items (paper clip, file tab and bull dog clip).  I also had a 'Report card' journalling card which was perfect!

Fantabulous Cricut Challenge has a 'Back to School' challenge this week where ABC's or 123's need to be used on your project.  Check out the other entries...  Cooking with Cricut is also having a School days theme.

Icing cookies

Baking is something our family loves to do together.  In this layout, my son had fun icing the cookies we had made.  I am entering this layout for the Cooking with Cricut Family Fun Challenge.

I used several Cricut Cartridges; 'Celebrations' for the flag banner, 'Everyday Paper Dolls' for the  icing tube (actually a toothpaste tube!) and rolling pin and 'Callipraphy Collection' for the cursive script.  Some embossing of the flags, twine, buttons, KindyGlitz and felt and all done!

Family tree

This is the family tree I did for my son (aka the monkey). It is entirely done using the Cricut and I have used cartridges Zooballoo, Accent Essentials and Mini Monograms.

I didn't have room to include all the family members I wanted to, but my nephew is represented by the little red bird (next to my sister) and my niece (in-utero) is represented by the egg in the nest next to my sister-in-law! The hardest part was getting all the photos.

This layout is for the Cooking with Cricut 'Anything Goes' Challenge

Moo

Cooking with Cricut has a Cow or Black & White theme challenge this week. 

Here is my layout from when we lived on the farm and my nephew came to stay with us one school holidays.

I have used staples as fences, grass patterned paper, sheep (with flocking powder) and cow (with goggly eyes).  I also made a gate from wood grain patterned paper (with correct technical instruction of how to make one from my husband!).  The gate swings open to reveal a hidden photo and the journalling.

My swinging gate which hides journalling and my cute as nephew

Bee Happy

Here's my submission for the Cooking with Cricut challenge - 'Pick your Poison'.  It's hard to pick a favourite colour and cartridge but I have done alot of yellow layouts recently and 'Walk in my Garden' is pretty cute. 

I cut the sunflowers and bee from that cartridge (and the word phrase from 'Just Cards').  The cardstock used is Core-dinations Black Magic series which I embossed and sanded (see black panel with Cuttlebug "Flwer dots'), sanded flowers and made stripes in the word 'BEE'.  Love that cardstock.  Its hard to see from the photo, but the bee has his wings cut from sheer ribbon.

Cupcake cards

Have been having a play with a friends new Cricut cartridge 'Sweet treats'.  Cute stuff.  So have gone a bit crazy making lots of cupcake cards just because I could!

Cooking with Cricut's challenge this week is about using two shades of pink plus a cake or cupcake.  The first cupcake fits that category.

Glossy chocolate chips (Dinensional Magic) & brad for flower centre

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Mow town

The Cooking with Cricut Challenge this week is all about using two shades of green (and of course something cut with a Cricut). 

My layout is about my wee lad helping his Dad mow the lawns - VERY cute I reckon.  I've used grass strips from Zooballoo and shadowed letters from Mickey Font.  For my journalling block, I welded together a grass strip and a rectangle from George & Basic Shapes.

Vroom

Cooking with Cricut is having a 'Double take' challenge this week with each project to have the minimum following requirements;

1. 2 pieces of cardstock (preferably two different colors)
2. 2 pieces of patterned paper (preferably different patterns)
3. 2 embellishments

My layout entitled 'Vroom'

1. Black & white cardstock
2. Scenic route & Basic Grey patterned paper
3. Chipboard cogs, screw brads, ribbon, ticket, T-shirt tag

Cricut cut components are the road strip from My Community cartridge.  I used the negative cut from a car (also from My Community), and inked it to make a stamp print.

Swirls & Twirls

Cooking with Cricut has a 'Swirls & Twirls' challenge on this week.  My 'swirl' is cut using cartridge Calligraphy Collection and I wanted it to represent a water wave in my sons swimming layout.  The title and award ribbon were cut using Plantin Schoolbook.

Supplies - Kaisercraft paper, vellum, black pen.

Party girl

My layout for the Cooking with Cricut  and Fantabulous Cricut - Embossing.  It's not very clear from the picture but the marquee shapes are embossed with Cuttlebug Swiss dots (my favourite embossing folder).

A layout about my girls' first invitation to a abirthday party and consequently her new party dress.  The swirls on the paper are very similiar to the stitching design on her party dress.  Bit of fake stitching on the scallop borders and of course some bling - Kindyglitz on the title.

Shadowed marquee shapes for title and journalling are from Cricut cartridge 'Storybook' and words from 'Forever Young'.

Ticket to Ride

Here is my layout for the Cooking with Cricut Shadow Challenge - to use a shadow somewhere on your project.

The tickets from the train ride were my inspiration for this layout and have included them on my layout.  Here I have used the 'Mickey Font' ends cap ticket and shadow for the title.  I have also used the shadow feature of the train and carriages from 'My Community' for the photos to sit on.

I turned the journalling strips into railway sleepers and attached 7 Gypsies metal photo turns for added interest.

Snowy delight

I have cut snowflakes from the Accent Essentials cartridge and placed them in some plastic packaging.  Some of the snowflakes had Kindyglitz added to them.  I sealed them in with some cardstock that had been embossed with the Cuttlebug snowflake folder.

Snowball Fight

Close-up of shaker box

Snowy theme for Made by Momo, Fantabulous Cricut Challenge and Cooking with Cricut