Sweet Summer

HI ya ladies..

Here's a little something I've been working today.. I'm so glad I got it finished..

The colors are not as deep and rich as they are in this photo.. its late and the lighting is bad..

but the end result is still the same..

I found this photo of me in my grand mothers belongings.  I spend a lot of time with her at her summer cabin when I was little and those are the best memories I have of my childhood..

I have added some close ups of the layout..

The two birds represent my grandmother and I.. I loved making the tiger lillies and I wanted to use the colors that I have on the dress I'm wearing.. 70's child....

Supplies Used:

Cricut cartridge: Home Decor (flourish, dragonflies, birds, little flowers and leaves

Cricut cartridge: Accent Essentials (tiger lilys)

Cricut cartridge: Storybook (scalloped squares)

Cricut cartridge: Hello Kitty Font (title)

Papers: K& Co cut & paste Design

Cardstock: lime green, orange, brown and yellow

Stickles: cinnamon, yellow,orange and lime green

Tim Holtz distress ink: walnut stain and green

black marker (dots on the flowers)

Pop dots

Thank you everyone so much looking..

Apple Of My Eye

My oldest son Aaron..Guess how old he is in this photo?..LOL I really loved making this layout and it took me one whole day. I did a LOT of inking and chalking, but I love the effect if gave the letters and cuts..
I wanted to add apple blossoms to the layout to go with the apples (I know they look like peaches).. I really didn't mind adding a little bit of pink, I think its a nice a contrast color to all the yellow and green.
Here is a close up of the title.. I weaved it through a flouris and added some leaves, which I inked and chalked.
I didn't want to do your regular number 5 on this layout, so I went through the little ACY booklet and seen the hand.. I thought how appropriate for this layout, being he's 5yrs old..
This is just a close up of the apple with the boy cut out.. I cut it using light yellow cards stock which I then inked the edges with orange and rubbed the apple with red and the leaves with green. I also added a little detail with a white gel pen.

Supplies Used:

• Cricut cart: A Childs Year: Font, apple cut boy cutout, hand and all small apples
• Cricut cart: Storybook: leaves and little blossoms
• Cricut cart: Home Accents: flourish
• Cricut cart: Hello Kitty font: flowers
• papers: K& Co Classi Margo 12x12
• cardstock: pastel green, yellow,white, pink and blue
• Markers: colored in the blossoms-pink and dotted the flowers with yellow and brown
• Tim Holtz distress ink: *Shabby shutters and Walnut stain
• Colorbox inks: orange
• Stamping: flourish behind big apple
  
• white gel pen: added detail
• green ribbon'
• pop dots
  
• Cricut design studio: welding of letters
  

Thankyou all for looking.
Cheers

Paint Ball Word Album

This picture really doesnt do it justice..looks a bit messy, but its really awesome in person.. I haven't added the ribbon just yet to the clips..But, then again isn't paintballing a messy sport..LOL
I made this for my twin nephews, Damian & Julian and my niece Kaia. last summers paintball adventure.. and YES! I did get a bit carried away with the splats and balls..LOL
this is the top of the album.. I really wanted it to look fun..
Their last name is Bednar, so thats where this title comes from.
The TWO is for the two girls..my niece and her friend, they got in there with the best of em..
Heres a pic of my nice and her friend all geared up and ready to do battle against the boys.
My hubby getting everyone ready.. loading up the paint balls..
Strategy my dear friends..here the girls are trying to out wit everyone..LOL
The whole gang all together... love it!
The aftermath... paint every where!!..even on aarons face..right through the mask..

Just the guys, minus my hubby...wanted the kids only on this page..
and last but not least.. Award page for my nephews and niece for being such good sports..
Supplies Used:

• Cricut cart: Plantin Schoolbook: Album, paintballs(circles), award ribbons and ribbon text.
  
• Cricut cart: Hello Kitty Font: for all text and titles
• Cricut cart: Graphically Speaking: Jumbled word "TIME" and arrow with word "TWO".
  
• Cricut cart: Dreams Come True: Splats
• Cricut cart: George and basic shapes: Silhoutte circles
• Papers: K&Co Kazoo Kids
• Cardstock: Red, Blue, Cream, black and turquoise
  
• stickle: Red, Yellow and Waterfall
• cricut design studio: welding of letters for album, re-shaping objects and letters.
  

Thank you all so much for looking.

Celebrate 4th of July

This was one of the hardest layouts so far.. These aren't really the colors I'm used to or the cuts I normally use.. I wanted to add a character from one of the many carts I own and so, decided on Hello Kitty.. I loved dressing her up on in the stars and stripes..
this layout has me, my kids, hubby and hubby's cousin with her daughter "Tianna"..she is just the cutest..
We were on the Mississippi river side watching the air show. I have many photos of the planes, but haven't figured out what to do with them just yet..
Here is a close up of Hello Kitty.. I stickled her with red and then icicle for the stars.

Supplies Used:

• Cricut cart: Hello Kitty
• Cricut cart: Plantin Schoolbook
• Cricut cart: Storybook
• Cricut cart: George and basic shapes
• DCWV summer Glitter stack
• red, white and blue cardstock
• red, icicle, blue and black stickle
• pop dotts
• Cricut design studio

thank you all for looking..

BAR-B-Q word album-*photo heavy

My best friends birthday is June 26th and I really wanted to make her something special and personalized. last summer we were privileged enough to be able to spend 3 weeks in Florida with our friends and family. I added photos of our cookouts in this album.
I knew I wanted something to top off the BARBQ and came up with the "SUMMER 08".
I got the title from the shirt she is wearing.. it has Tweety bird on it.
which I highlighted with a flower silhoutte, that I stickled with red
She loves cats, so I wanted to incorporated that into this layout. My DD saved this cat.
just another Kat with the cat photo..LOL
I can't remember when I had laughed as much as I did that night.. so, thats where I got that title from. I didn't add a photo of the other pics on the page, cause she loves giving the camera the middle finger..LOL
This is kat with her hubby Brian.. My first attempt at making the kitty from Hello Kitty font..
stickled it with red as well..
hugs and kisses stickled with cinnamon
the happy couple..LOL
shes' giving the camera a finger in this photo as well, but I decided to cover it with the rolling pin..LOL I added the text "attitude adjuster" to the rolling pin..
just a close up of the names I stickled with black and red.

Supplies used:

• Cricut cart: Hello Kitty Font
• Cricut cart: Home accent
• Cricut cart: Graphically speaking
• Cricut cart: Plantin SchoolBook
• Cricut cart: George
  
• K & Co Saffron paper stack
• Cardstock: Yellow, brown, red, white and black
• Buttons by Bag O Button
• pop dotts
• ribbon and yarn

thank you all so much for looking.
I hope I didn't forget any details..LOL
I have listed the link to the website where I got this idea from and its listed under "great Ideas and How to's"

here is the cut file for BBQ album. just click on the link below..

http://www.mediafire.com/?zzex1jhooyg