Coordinating Cousins-SOUS

 

As you all know, Since its Friday its reveal time again at SOUS.. I want to give a big thanks to Aymee Gandy for this great sketch and this is my take on it.. I wanted to use the photos of my boys and twin nephews trying to all jump in the pool at the same time.. These photos were taken back in 2006 while we were vacationing in Florida.. I would love to be there in the warm sun right about now, its -6 below zero here in Finland today.. Brrrrrr..LOL

Here is the sketch, I hope you all get a chance to stop by at SOUS and try this sketch out.. It was a little bit of a challenge for me, but I love how the layout came out..

 

Here are some close ups and all of the details to the making of this layout.

 

  

  

  

Supplies Used:

Cricut cart:  Dreams Come True

Water splats

Cricut Cart: Lifes a Beach

swimming trunks, title "cousins"

Cricut Cart: Pooh Font

title "Coordinating"

Cricut Cart: Planting Schoolbook

"Florida"

Cricut cart: Opposites Attract

"December"

Papers: We R Memory Keepers

Cardstock: olive green, orange, cream and blue

Swirls Stamps

Tim Holtz Distress Inks:

brown, denim, green and orange

pop dots

zig two way glue pen

Stickles: blue, orange and green

Thank you Ladies so much for looking.

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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..

Eagle Point Park LO

We visited Eagle Point Park in Dubuque Iowa last summer while visiting family and friends. Dubuque is my hubby's home town.. Such a cute city to visit..loved being there!
Here are some close ups.. this One I cut the circle with the flowers using the Storybook cart.
I love the title font..I think its so awesome..
here's a close up of the corner flowers. which I stickled with lime green and turquoise.
I knew I wanted a fence and an open gate welcoming you to the park.. I love putting flowers and flourishes around anything..LOL I hand wrote the "welcome".
Just a close up of the other fence.
and finally a close up of the city and state which were so lucky to visit.

well.. here are my kids, hubbys grand mother and I at Eagle state park in Dubuque Iowa last summer.. it was a beautiful day out that day and we were able to look across the Mississippi river. we actually were able to see eagles, but they were so far away, we weren't able to get any photos of them..
supplies used:

• Cricut cart: Storybook- Title and all lettering, flowers, butterflies, hinges, sign, circle frame and swirl border
  
• Cricut cart: Paper Doll Dress up- Fence
  
• Cricut cart: Home Accent-Swirl and leaves
  
• Cricut cart: Plantin Schoolbook- Zigzag and scallop
• Papers: Basic Grey Twoscoops collection
• Cardstock: White, Dark Olive Green and Dark Blue
• Stickle: Turqoise and Lime Green
• Mini brads: metallic
• pop dotts
• Cricut Design studio for welding and stretching
  

Thank you all so very much for looking and have a great week..

Paint Ball Layout-haaste#10

On our vacation to Florida last summer to visit family and friends, my guys got the chance to go paintballing. Oh! they had so much fun. I really wanted to make a FUN layout..with lots of color! I used a lot of the blue, cause the balls they were using were blue.
Here is the left side of the two page layout.. My boys are in black and their twin cousins are in white.. OH! and their cousin Kaia joined in on the fun with her friend, they are in grey!
this is the right side of the layout. these are my guys.. Adam is on the top and Aaron is on the bottom, all masked and ready to go.. My hubby is on the bottom left pointing to his shirt where he got hit...LOL
I wasn't sure how I wanted to title this layout, so I this is what I came up with.. I think its cute and fun..

here is a close up of hubby pointing to his spot..LOL He's just a big baby..LOL
close up of my guys! Aaron on the left, Adam in the middle and my hubby Mike on the right. remind you this is mid June in Florida, I'm sure they were dying from the heat..
Poor Aaron(on the left in black) got it right on the mask and it splattered through.. Funny! The boys in the white t's are cousins Damian and Julian.
Here hubby is getting everyone ready..load em up boys! and girls..LOL
Just a close up of the paint splatters I cut..
supplies Used:

• cricut cart: Dreams come true: paint platters and circles
  
• Cricut cart: Plantin Schoolbook: all text (not title)
• cricut cart: Pooh Font: Title
• DCWV Retro Papers 12x12
• Dark blue cardstock for base
• red, olive, mint green, black, white and blue cardstock for splatters and text.
• stickle: red, green,blue and silver
• ribbon
• Cricut design studio for welding and stretching.

Thank you all so much for looking.

Going Home- vacation 2008

I'm starting our family vacation album. Here is the very first layout I made and its us leaving for home..LOL Home is where the heart is..LOL
We had a wonderful time, but coming home is always nice.
This was us waiting for our flight at the Chicago O'hare International airport.. Our flight was delayed due to a massive thunder storm. We waited patiently for 3 hours..
Here's a close up of my boys last summer.. Aaron my oldest boys is in the middle and Adam my youngest is on the right.
Adam is such a sweety.. he's just an over size toddler..LOL He loves his mom to death. I don't photograph well, so don't mind the poohy pics of the creator..LOL
I love the Home accent cart and I found this cut on it and wanted to use it on this layout.
These I cut using the Plantin Schoolbook cart..

Supplies used:

• Cricut cart: Plantin SchoolBook
• Cricut cart: Home Accent Essentials
• Cricut design Studio software
• Basic Grey Fruitcake papers: Twinkle/Sugar cookie
• yellow and red flowers
• medium size green brads(olive), 1 large brad (green)
  
• mini button brads(olive)
• cardstock deep red and olive green
• pop dotts

thank you all so much looking.