Saturday, May 2, 2015

National Scrapbooking Day Challenge: Pin It!

Hi everyone! Welcome to my second National Scrapbooking Day Challenge.

Pin It!

We all love Pinterest, don't we? I pin pretty much everything I come across these days. It is so easy to do now with Pin It buttons everywhere. Soooo, after you Pin something, how often do you go back and use it for inspiration or even recreate it? I don't know about you, but me, not so much. 

It's time to change that! My challenge is for you to break out those pins and recreate something for me. Show us your original Pin along with your version of it. I need to Pin more stuff! 

So here is my layout. I love these pictures of my sweet Kaylee. It was last June, she was crawling and starting to take some steps with assistance, I had picked up the cute Yankees bow for her, so that was a good enough reason for me to take lots of pictures. I used my Explore and an XOXO cut that I found in Design Space. I think it's from Valentine's Day. I cut the frames, tabs, and an arrow from Small Talk Frames and Tags. I cut a camera from Bits and Pieces, and used this sweet stamp from a mini stamp set I had.  Most of the embellies are from my Noel Mignon Kits and my stash.


Now where did I get this idea for such a fabulous layout? I pinned it from a Bing search. Here is the original layout by Maggie Holmes. She even has a Silhouette File link on her blog for the base if you like to use a Silhouette Cameo. If you would like the Design Space link to my version, go here. 


I love everything about her layout. 

What is National Scrapbooking Day without prize? I am giving away a $15.00 Michael's Gift Card. Leave me a link to your project or if you are a member of the Cricut Circle, share your project over there, you can even post a picture on my Facebook page to be entered into the drawing. You have until May 19th to enter. 

Thanks for stopping by my blog today.

And be sure to check out these blogs over the weekend for more wonderful challenges, tutorials and prizes for National Scrapbooking Day!


 Happy National Scrapbooking Day!
Colleen
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Friday, May 1, 2015

National Scrapbooking Day Kickoff: Tag! You're It!

I hoard my tags, admit it, you do too! My challenge is to use a tag or tags on a project. Let's break our tags and have some fun!

I have created a scrapbook page using tags as the focal point. Naturally it's about my favorite subject, Kaylee. My future niece, Jeni is always posting the cutest selfies of her with Kaylee, so I scooped them up off Jeni's Facebook page and created a selfie layout for Kaylee. 


I had some messy fun with my Tim Holtz Distress Inks and Markers when I was making the tags.


On the 1st tag, I used some rub-ons that I've had forever. They are from Pink Paislee, Luxe Collection. I added some distress ink to the edges. I stamped 100% Sweet using distress ink and a mini stamp from Elle's Studio that came with a Noel Mignon Kit. A few embellies from my stash finished it.

The second tag was super fun to create. I rubbed distress ink on an Anna Griffin Embossing tag and ran it through the CuttleBug. Then I spritz it with water and heat dried it. Once that was done, I rubbed some Ice Stickles across areas on the tag. I wanted it to be very sparkly to match the bottle cap that says "Be Sparkly", so I used Glossy Accents on some of the hearts and sprinkled them with Doodle Bug Glitter. Some Doodle Bug Sequins, a wood butterfly and the bottle cap from Recollections, along with some tulle finished this tag.

The last tag on the top of the page and the title tag were done by wiping the distress inks on my craft mat and spritzing with water. Then I dragged the tag through the colors and heat dried them. I also used the Tim Holtz Marker Spritzer to add some extra color to the tags. I added a wood arrow, some cute ribbon and a fun paper clip from Maya Road, along with more embellies from my underused Noel Mignon kits.


I finished the layout using Thickers for the title along with some smaller letters from Elle's Studio. I cut a cell phone using my Explore and found a journaling card that says Girls Just Wanna Have Fun which I though worked nicely with my layout. h and if anyone from PC is looking at this, can we have an updated cell phone cut please? LOL!

The papers are from my stash. I am pretty sure most of them came with my Noel Mignon kits. 

Your challenge is make use of some of your tags or even cut a few from your Cricut. Use the tags on any type of project that you choose. You can post a link here in the comments area, post a picture on the Circle MB thread for the challenge, or even post a response on my Facebook Page. I will have a drawing for a $15.00 Michael's Gift Card on May 19th. I am also having a drawing for anyone who that leaves a comment here. It's a small grab bag filled with some goodies.

Thanks for stopping by the blog today! Don't forget to check these other wonderful blogs for more tutorials, challenges and prizes for National Scrapbooking Day!


Happy National Scrapbook Day!
Colleen
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Sunday, April 19, 2015

I'm A Copy Cat!

Over at the Circle, we are scrapping through our stash, spring style! This week's challenge is a copy cat challenge.  I say, "challenge accepted!" and here is my layout.


I really love how this turned out. I got to use a bunch of my October Afternoon Brads, Flairs, and assorted Die Cuts, Flowers, Etc. that have been sitting there unused for ages. It was just plain fun to create this layout. 

Here is the inspiration for the challenge from the October Afternoon Blog.


If you want to see the version done by our challenge hostess, stop off here at Sara's Blog. It is oh so cute!

Thanks for stopping by my blog today!

Happy Crafting!
Colleen


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Wednesday, April 15, 2015

Showers Of Happiness

Hi Everyone!

I was so fortunate to spend the day on Sunday with the beautiful young women of our family. I was at the bridal shower for my nephew's future wife, Jeni. It was a lovely event and I truly enjoyed getting to sit with my niece Holly, and maybe even another future niece, my nephew Joe's girlfriend, Emma. I kept thinking how much my Mom would have loved this. Jeni's bridal party did a wonderful job with the event. They had some fun games to play, and the decorations were beautiful.





 While I wasn't on the decorating committee, lol, I was so honored to see a banner I created for Jeni last year hung on a table with a special cake for her. I used the Dreams Come True cartridge for the banner, my Anna Griffin embossing folders, and Story Book font to create this.



I created her card using Happily Ever After. I took Cinderella's Carriage and welded two of them together to make the card. Then I took the horse from the cartridge and welded a horse rein and blanket that I found on Formal Occasion to that.  I had some trouble getting it to stand, so I cut a slot into each horse on the inside of the card, and used that as a brace. I made sure to leave one side unattached so my future niece could fully open the card. I used my Explore to write a sentiment on the inside for her. I also made a little banner for the front of the card that says "showers of happiness" and attached that to the horse.





My niece, Holly, finds the most thoughtful ideas for presents and she found a really wonderful idea for Rob and Jeni. They played a lot of Scrabble when they were first dating. We made a frame for them using the definition of Marriage and a sweet quote about marriage. I used the Explore to write the quote, then we took Thickers Scrabble Pieces and added their names. It turned out very pretty.


I also used my Explore to cut some vinyl and created a frame with one of their engagement photos.


We made 2 tees for them to wear the next time they go to Disney. I used Inkscape to create silhouettes of Belle and prince Adam, then cut them with Heat Transfer vinyl. I really love them!



Finally, we created a set of wine glasses for them. We used Dreams Come True and some vinyl to etch a silhouette of Beauty and the Beast on them along with their wedding date. It;s hard to see, but these are the only 2 pictures I have of the glasses. 



Here are my beautiful future niece and my nephew. 






My niece Holly and Emma.

Everyone enjoyed themselves, and the best part for me was being able to spend some time with my favorite Great niece, Kaylee after the party was over!


Thanks for stopping by the blog today! 

Happy Crafting!
Colleen
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Sunday, April 5, 2015

Happy Easter!

Happy Easter to all! Today I am sharing this sweet Easter Train that I created for my little darling Kaylee. I used the Easter Train SVG Set by Treasure Box Designs. I have been having so much exploring the world of SVGs using my Cricut Explore.


Knowing Kaylee would be getting tons of baskets, I wanted to make something different for her. That is why I loved the train so much. I made a couple of sets of wheels for the set, one with chipboard so that the wheels would be sturdy. I picked up some clear treat boxes at Pick Your Plum last week, so I used those for the goodies, and it helped the train stand up. 



 I added a little flag to it to personalize it. 


I am planning on putting Goldfish and Animal Crackers in it for her. I may let the bunny stay, but of course that is up to her parents. 

I hope everyone is having a beautiful Easter day! Thanks for stopping by the blog today! 

Happy Crafting!
Colleen


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