Purple Princess

Fantabulous Cricut Challenge is having a 'Sparkle & Bling' theme this week and I immediately thought of this layout.  My Purple Princess Party layout is all about the Sparkle & Bling!

I used Cricut cartridge 'Ornamental Iron' to cut the door and windows and then I added bling.  The crown invitation was made using 'Indie Art'.  The photos were arranged to look like a castle and the windows were used for journaling.

Ribbons & Buttons

Here is my challenge for Fantabulous Cricut Challenge this week - Ribbons & Buttons. 

Here I've used two kinds of ribbon and two heart shaped buttons.  I threaded the ribbon through the button holes and tied the ribbons on top of the buttons.

The title is from Cricut cartridge 'Once upon a Princess'.

Dinosaur party

My son wanted a dinosaur party for his 6th birthday - Sixosaurus!

Here's the layout I did for it including the invitation (Dinosaur skeleton) which can be pulled out from its pocket (along with some more journaling).

I used Cricut cartridge Dinosaur Tracks for the skeleton and rocks.

Check out some other Cricut creations from Fantabulous Cricut Challenge

Camping

Here's a layout of us Camping at Easter at the beautiful Blue Lake in Rotorua.  Looking forward to summer camping this Christmas!

Scene and trees cut using Cricut cartridge 'Campin' Critters' and font using 'Life's a Beach'.  Check out other camping layouts and cards at Fantabulous Cricut Challenge.

Happy Birthday Little Lady

A birthday card for a little lady! Ladybird cut using Cricut cartridge 'Paisley' (I think!) and phrase from using 'Birthday Bash'.  Easy card to made and oh so cute.

I cut out two black ladybird shapes and lopped the head off one!  Layered the red on top of the headless ladybird and added brads so the wings could swing and reveal the words.

Check out other critters on Fantabulous Cricut Challenge for their 'Cute as a Bug' challenge.

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.

Oh Baby

The baby cards I make are usually pink or blue, so I decided to use a different colour this time around! 

I used Cricut cartridge 'Baby steps' to make this duckling safety pin card.  Its hard to tell from the photo, but I embossed some transparency and attached it with twine for something a bit different.

Check out other baby cards on Fantabulous Cricut Challenge.

Inside of card

Scrappin' Saturday

Check out Scrappin' Saturday at Fantabulous Cricut Challenge.  I'm featured for my 'Fun with Puns' layout - 'Hole lot of Fun'!

Hole lot of fun

Fantabulous Cricut Challenge is having a 'Fun with Puns' challenge this week.

Here is my pun layout "Hole lot of Fun".  My kids thought it was pretty funny to jump in the hole that dad was digging to plant our orange tree in! 

Title cut using Cricut cartridge 'Lifes a Beach', gumboots from 'Paisley' and spade from 'Everyday paper Dolls' (I think...).  I ripped brown paper and layered them so it looked like the photos were stuck in the dirt.

Gingerbread House

I made a recipe card for Gingerbread.  Its a easy recipe and makes lot (I usually make a batch, halve it and freeze one portion for another time).

I used Cricut cartridge 'My Community' to make the gingerbread house.  Check out Fantabulous Cricut Challenge to see their 'Kiss the Cook' challenge.

Valentines day

My card for my Valentine. A very simple design.

 I used the Gypsy to create this card using Cricut cartridge 'Hello Kitty Font'.  Check out the other Cricut inspired cards at Fantabulous Cricut Challenge

Spotlight Sunday

Check out Fantabulous Cricut Challenge Spotlight Sunday.  The feature this week is ME!

Scrappin' Saturday feature

My chicken card got featured on Scrappin' Saturday at Fantabulous Cricut Challenge.  Check it out!

Down on the farm

A Z-fold card using Cricut cartridge 'Country Life' for the chickens.  Check out Fantabulous Cricut Challenge for more farm yard animals.

A rattle that rattles

I made a baby girl card using Cricut cartridge 'Baby Steps'.  I thought it was fairly plain and a bit boring despite using the Cuttlebug folders.  So I decided to place a shaker box behind the rattle full of beads.  So this rattle actually rattles as you move and open the card.  Very easy to do!

Check out other 'Pink' creations at Fantabulous Cricut Challenge

Cool!

Yippee!  My layout 'Cool' was chosen as one of the top 5 Design Team picks at Fantabulous Cricut Challenge

Summer is coming...

Here's my 'End of Summer' challenge for Fantabulous Cricut Challenge.  Of course here in New Zealand we are just about to start our Summer.  Hooray!  Roll on Summer!

This layout used sunglasses from the 'Paisley' cartridge, which I incorporated into the thitle 'Cool'.

Happy Mothers Day!

Here's my card I made for my Mum for Mothers Day.  Inspired by a card I saw on Pinterest, each of the 6 hearts has two folded hearts behind so that it pops out.  Check out Fantabulous Cricut Challenge for other Mothers Day cards and presents.

I used Cricut cartridges 'George & Basic Shapes' to cut the hearts and 'Floral Embellishments' for the sentiment.

Just like riding a bike

A layout of my lad riding his bike without training wheels - quite a milestone!

Title phrase from Cricut cartridge 'Just Because cards' and bike from 'Everyday Paper dolls'.

Check out other 'On the go' layouts at Fantabulous Cricut Challenge.

Daddy's home

A layout of my girl (when she was a wee lass), getting all excited when Daddy got home from work.  She couldn't walk then but would bounce around until Daddy picked her up for cuddles.  SO cute!  For the record she still gets pretty excited to see Daddy after work but now runs and leaps into his arms!

Entering this layout in the Fantabulous Cricut Challenge - 'Gentle animals'.  Kitten and lettering cut using Cricut cartridge 'Hello Kitty font'.