Our Gramma is Be-Witching

I have this box full of old photos.. Every once in a while I will close my eyes and just pull a photo out of the box and make a layout with it.. This one I pulled out this morning..I love Halloween.
I wasn't exactly sure where I was going with this layout.. I wanted pumpkins and more..LOL
I think I cut every halloween cut on the PDDU cart...LOL
This is just a close up of the DD, DS and MIL.. she is the bomb.. She out does her self every year for Halloween and Christmas..
My DD is dressed like "Belle" from the The Beauty and the Beast..She loved that movie at the age of 4..
Aaron looks stunned.."who's this weirdo holding me!"...Its your gramma silly.. Aaron was chunky at that age, I think he's just under 4 months.. BIG BOY!!..LOL :D

Supplies used:

• Cricut cart Paper Doll Dress UP- Pumpkins, fence, tomb stones, skeleton,spider web, spider, bat, owl and tree
• cricut cart All Mixed UP- Title
• I can't recall the name of the paper maker, I think its Basic Grey..
• orange, yellow, green, purple, black, grey and brown cardstock
• stickle: Yellow and green-pumpkins
• Chalking
• Cricut Design Studio software

Thank you all for looking..

New Addition..

I have been wanting to make a layout with this picture for so long and finally got the chance today.. I added the flowers (blue and pink) to go along with what Amber is wearing..She loved this outfit..
Here is just a close up of the flowers and her outfit, and the new baby of course..LOL
This baby boy is Adam Daniel, my youngest son.. This picture was taken back in 1994..that seems like such a long time ago..

I added this for Amber.. this is refering to Amber and Adams bond.. they are still very close and have always gotten along with each other.. friends!!

• cricut cart: All Mixed up-text on tags
• cricut cart: George and basic shapes- Tags
• cricut cart: Graphically speaking- Title: new addition and butterflies
  
• cricut cart: Accent Essentials for the base cut underneath the photo
• circut cart: Home Accent Essentials-Leaves
• K & co 12x12 classic K Margo papers
• Cricut design studio- welding, stretching and shrinking.
• inking and chalking
• stickle: Green and blue
• Stamped swirl
• flowers by petaloo
• buttons-light blue and pink
  

Thank you all so much for looking and comments are highly appreciated..

Lickin The Heat..

No! its not a "Kiss the cop" layout...LOL
Since I've been sick for the past week, I've been really depressed not having the energy to make a layout.. But, today I'm feeling like a new me and got this one done in only a few hours..
It's my sons' (Aaron) first Ice cream cone.. and boy! did he make a mess..Amber is there as well, keeping a big sister eye on her little brother..
I did not want your typical "First ice Cream" title cause Amber is in the picture as well and so, I found the "Lickin the heat" on www.scrapbook.com.. They have really excellent title ideas, poems, etc..
here is just a close up of Aaron eating his ice cream..and look at the table around him, full of ice cream..

• Cricut cart: Doodlecharms: popsicle sticks
• cricut cart: my community: ice cream truck, trees and road
• cricut cart: Paper doll dress up: ice cream man and grass
• cricut cart: George and basic shapes: truck window and awning, sign and circles
• cricut cart: Home Accent: Sun
• papers used: DCWV Summer glitter stack and DCWV Summer cardstock stack
• stickle: yellow and blue
• Inking and chalking
• distress ink by Tim Holtz-sign
• Cricut design studio for welding, stretching and shrinking.

I noticed that I did not need the jukebox even when cutting two different carts on one mat. cricut will keep carts in memory per session. so, you don't have to keep switching them.
Thank you all so much for looking and any comments are highly appreciated.

Mommys Little Man of Mischief.

Story behind this LO..

We had a huge tree in the front of you house when we lived in Florida(the tree is still there).. Aaron would love to run around that tree and hide behind it.

The title I got from one of my all time favorite movie characters: Austin Powers..LOL

so, instead of man of mystery, I thought of Little man of Mischief.

The bugs and the eaten leaves represent the mischief, cause everyone knows how mischivious bugs are in your garden..

• Cricut All Mixed up cart-title
• Cricut Paper doll dress up-Dinosaurs and grass
• Cricut Doodlecharms cart-little hearts
• Cricut Walk in my Garden cart- Bugs, leaves and foot prints(tulips)
• Cricut My community- tree trunk
• Cricut Design Studio-stretching and welding
• Paper- Basic Grey and HOTP
• Stickle-Lime Green, Blue, Silver and Black

Thank you so much looking and any comments are highly appreciated

Tonka Toddler..

I love making layouts of my kids when they were little.. Brings back so many memories that you tend to forget along the way through out the years..
Here's my oldest son, Aaron when he was about 2 yrs old.. We were at his aunt Cathie's house.. He loved the big playschool trucks her kids had..
the story behind the layout: Aaron's daddy and Grampa are both Auto service technicians.. so, I wrote a little poem around the edge of a little boy wanting to be just like his daddy and grampa.. I thought that was cute..

• DCWV- Summer glitter stack
• Dark red and Dark blue card stock
• tool stickers by Jolees<-- hope I spelled that right
• Cricut Graphically Speaking cart for "built tough" and the nutts..
• Cricut All Mixed UP cart for the "Tonka Toddler!"..
• Cricut George cart for the stars
• Cricut Accent Essentials cart for the frame around the picture
• Cricut My community cart for the cars and road
  
• www.scrapbook.com for the poem- Little boys!
• red ribbon

Hope I didn't forget anything..
thank you so much for looking and all comments are highly appreciated..hugs!!

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Daughter is turning 20yrs old today.

My daughter is turning 20yrs old today.. I wanted to make her a silly card, I suppose I was wishing she was turning 2 instead of 20. She loves horses, so when I seen this horse on the PDDU cart, I knew I wanted to incorportate it into the card some how..

• Old world stack-paper
• cream cardstock
• Cricut cart: Paper doll dress up-horse and grass
  
• Cricut cart: Walk in My Garden-Flowers, stems and sign.
• Cricut Cart: Home Accent Essentials-butterflies-shadow 1" and 2
• stickle-lime green, pink, cinnamon and black
• Rayher-tiny ivy garland
• chalked everything, distressed sign and grass.
• White mini eyelets
  

TFL

Just Married-Layout

Playing around with a few new carts today. Paper doll dress up and Home Accent.

I didn't want to add any greenery to this LO, just wanted to keep it Pink and black! yes, even though its for a wedding..LOL

I added a little gold stickle to the ring finger of the groom. Hope it shows in the pics..LOL

• Papers- Basic Grey Eva collection
• paper flowers
• big black brads
• pink stickle
• silver stickle and black
• pop dotted car-paper doll dress up cart
• Bride and Groom- Paper doll dress up cart
• Title- All Mixed up cart
• gift boxes- Paper Doll dress up cart
• swirls-Home accent

TFL

It's all about the HAT!

At 4 , she loved her hat..

I wanted to make a nice cheerful, but some what simple LO.

• dcwv-glitter stack for papers
• all mixed up for title
• george for the arrowed circle
• big silk flowers and ribbon
• flower crystal stickers
• I stickled the title with baby pink stickle
  
  
  *This layout was mentioned on the Cricut Chirp Highlight
  

summer cruise 2007

We went on a 3 day summer cruise from helsinki, Finland to Stockholm, Sweden. We all had such a great time.

• I used DCWV- Summer glitter Stack papers-striped, sandy, spotty and nautical.
• silver and light blue stickle
• crafting rope
• embellisments-fish, shells,o-rings and sea horses
• craft netting
• All Mixed up cart for the title.

TFL

Reaching 4 the Stars

This is my youngest of 3 children, Adam.. He was 4 yrs old in this pic. He was a little space cadet at that age.. I thought the layout fit his personality perfectly.

• I used All mixed up for the title and name
• George for the stars
• Accent Essentials for the arrow and accents around the picture.
• Stickled everything
  

Boys will B boys

My little boy! He will be 16 in July.. how fast time flies.
I read some place about saving on scraps when using 6x6 papers for cutting and cricuting. I bought a set. First of all, I saved tons of money and secondly, hardly any scraps left worth keeping. I used up 1/4 of the set and still have plenty left over. I love this LO I made today of my oldest son when he was 2yrs old.
when I buy cardstock, I usually buy it in sets (autumn colors, summer colors, etc). I'm not comfy using bright colors, but I guess Im getting more confidence daily. I have a lot of orange cardstock, seems like I never have use for it. I decided to use a sheet of it today.. but, you can mostly see the blues..

• I used All mixed up cart for the title
• doodlecharms for the bee(bug and decapatated dragonfly for the wings, since I don't have a bee cut)
• Accent Essentials for the title box.
• Stencil swirls
• K&co 6x6 hopscotch boy paper pad.
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I also noticed that the cutting matt wasn't getting worn as fast with the smaller papers attached to it.

Rustic

Daily Layout.. Done! I love primative country crafts and I really wanted to try and see how it would look on a layout.. I like it, I like it a lot. I made a small picture frame of the big one only because your photo (if you added one) will cover the nice heart.

I love those 3d stars.. I will have to make more of those in the future..
so, now for finnish version of this tale tell story..LOL

Terkkuja kaikille..

Ihanaa olla vapaa päivällä ja skräpätä.. :D Tässä on tämän päivän tehtäväni. Rakastan sydämeni pohjasta amerikkalaista rustikkia (primitive country). Tässä on nyt minun näkökulma siitä. Tähän ei tule kuvaa vain ostan kehyksen ja pistän keittiöni seinälle. :D

Haaste #46/Challenge #46

I recently discovered a Finnish Blog that has challenges on it.. I fell in instant love with that blog. So, the first challenge was "looking up".. I thought these pics of my kids walking "up" the big hill and then comeing down was approriate. If you look real close to the middle picture, there are little tiny people standing on the top of that hill waiting to slide down..LOL
I used light blue and white card stock for the base, which I inked and chalked. I then had HOTP vacation paper set that had some winter papers in it. I cut the arrows by hand and all the lettering was cut using the Provo Cricut elect. dye cutter using the All mixed Up font cartridge. I also added a few blue crystal brads and a little bit baby blue stickle to the edges of the snow flakes (hard to see the glitter in this picture, sorry!)
I would rewrite all of this Finnish, but I just have a hard time writeing it.

Puhun kyllä hyvää suomea. :D että rohkeasti vaan kommentteja.

I had some portraits taken of my daughter when she turned 1 yr old. it was a double picture (one whole and then one side profile in the corner) which got wet and ruined. I was able to cut the little corner picture (side profile) and use it for a layout. I love the Once Upon a Time papers.. they are great. I'm not completly happy with this layout. I keep thinking its either missing something or it has too much of something..