Winter Wonderland-SOUS

Here is a layout I made using the sketch from STUCK ON U SKETCHES this week..

I had so much fun making this layout and using the Christmas cuts on various cartridges..

I had a hard time choosing which cuts to use, I like them all..LOL

Here are some close ups of the layout.. the little reindeer heads are tags that pull out.. I haven't journaled anything on them yet, I have to really think of something sweet.

The tag in the middle is the date and location where I took the photo at.. We were at the Helsinki International airport getting ready to board out plane.  We were going to the States to visit friends and family for the holidays.

This was our first visit back since we moved back in 1996.. the kids were so excited..

They always make silly faces when I tell them to pose..

Supplies Used:

Cricut cartridge: Winter Woodland (Title)

Cricut cartridge: Doodlcharms (reindeer heads)

Cricut Cartridge: Tags, bags and boxes (tags)

Cricut cartridge: Joys of the Season (garland and flower)

Cricut cartridge: Christmas Cheer (reindeer and sleigh)

Papers:  by Reyher (no other name on paper)

cardstock: dark redish orange, light green, deep red, mint green, tan and brown

Sitckle: xmas red, evergreen, gold, cinnamon

zig black marking pen (doodling and journaling)

pop dots

ribbon

Thank you ladies so much for looking.

Hugs

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

Fun in the sun and seahorsing around.

HI everyone..
I think I got a LITTLE carried away with this Layout, but I still love it.. I had to try to fit everything and anything to do with the sea into this layout..LOL
my boys, my best friends son and my daughter are in the pic that is titled fun in the sun, then I have a pic of my daughter on the other side, titled Seahorsing around.. She LOVES horses, so thats where I got the the title from..[giggle]..LOL
its supposed to be a 2 page LO, but I don't know how successful I was..LOL

• cricut carts used
• *Paper Doll Dress Up- all of the shells, seahorses, coral, palm trees, pails, shovels and seaweed.
• Opposites Attract-Text and Titles on both layouts
  
• Doodlecharms-Sun, sand castle
• Home Accent- Swirls
• George and Basic Shapes- Arrow
• Cricut Design Studio for all stretching and Welding.
• Papers- DCWV The Summer glitter stack and The Glitter Stack.
• Cardstock- blue, light green(mint), yellow, brown and Olive green
• Stickle- Cinnamon, Lime green, Yellow and blue
• 2 small yellow paper flowers
• Mostly everything you see is POPDOTTED..

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

Trick or Treat LO

I REALLY wanted to make a layout that didn't involve any pink or flowers..LOL

I've had these halloween pics for years and finally had the time and vision for a great layout.. I'm only mad that the "Treat" almost didn't fit the sign.

• Ghost-icecream tops cut-doodlecharms-2"
• spiders-doodlecharms 1 1/2" and bordercut at 3"
• bugs-doodlecharms 1"
• fenceposts-george-rectangle cut at 1 1/2"
• Leaves-Accent Essentials shadow cut at 2"
• Title - Opposites Attract-Upright 1 1/2"
• tree trunk and clouds cut by hand
• yellow stickle on leaves
• silver stickle on spider legs
• hand journaling border- "This is halloween" song by Jack the pumpkin king
• black furry thread for spider web
• black, purple,orange,brown and yellow cardstock
• halloween text paper(don't recall maker)
• used tim holtz distress ink stamp to distress the tree trunk, sign and fence posts.

TFL

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.

ATC's summer stack.

Summer miscellanious stack is finished.. I love making these, their so much fun..

I used lime greens and purple for these ATC's. sorry the pic is a bit dark.

I love eating ice cream and sitting out in the warm sun, so that's where I got the idea.

TFL

My grandmother and I

My grandmother passed away 4.5yrs ago. I 've had this picture hidden away for over 4 yrs. Today, I decided I was ready to make a layout with it.. I got teary lots of times in the making of this LO, but I am finally finished and very happy with..

I used AE for the flowers and leaves, George for the sign letters and DC for the basket.

hei kaikille.

Mummoni kuoli 4.5 vuotta sitten. Pistin tämän kuvan silloin pois laatikkoon kun oli niin vaikeeta katsoo sitä. Nyt ajattelin että on hyvä aika tehdä siitä layoutti.

Luulisin että mummoni tykkäisi tästä. Olimme tosi läheisiä.

kiitos kun katsoitte :D

Challenge #49/Haaste #49

Obsession or Addiction? That is the million dollar question..Topic of challenge was ADDICTION. I know I hit the nail of the head with this one.. I am very addicted to coffee.. during the making of this layout, I must have drank 6-8 cups of coffee..LOL

I used a lot of carts for this LO including george, christmas cheer, accent essentials and doodlecharms. I had fun making this LO. It will be framed and put on my kitchen wall.

hei kaikille. Tässä Haaste Layout. Oli kiva tehdä ja olen tyytyväinen loppu tulokseen. Toivon että kaikki ymmärtää ton listan vaikka se on englanninkieleksi.. En osaa lähtee suomentaa..sori!

kiitos kun katsoitte.

card challenge/kortti haaste #51

Happy Easter to everyone..

this ís the card that I made for challenge #51

I really wanted to make an easter card since it is that time of the year. I cut the bunnies(1.5") basket(2") and eggs (1.5") with doodlecharms cart. the ribbon is paper that I hand cut and then finally added lime green and pink stickle to finish it all off..

its not my best work, but I'm happy :D

*Hyvää Pääsiäistä kaikille*

Tässä korttini haasteeseen..

Halusin tehdä pääsiäiskortin ja tässä se sitten on.

Kiitos kun katsoitte! :D

Little Miss Troublemaker

Here's my clutter.. "sillisalaatti" to say in finnish. which was the topic of the challenge.
I have a hard time just throwing stuff on a page, but I did use up the whole page like I should have and I did cut up pictures, but had to line them straight, instead of cluttering them all out the page..LOL this layout will be going into my daughters(who is now 20yrs old) album. I think this is cute and I know she will love it. The little teddy bear head is hand made..
*This was mentioned on the Cricut Chirp Highlight

Terkkuja kaikille..

Tosi vaikea tehdä sillisalaattia.. En tiedä voiko tätä siksi kutsuu mutta tämä on minun näkökulma siitä. Tämä layout kesti 3 pv tehdä. Yritin pistää kuvia, tekstiä ja koristeita sinne sun tänne. täytin kyllä sivun että ei montaa tyhjää koloa näy. Tein tämän tyttärelleni (nyt 20v) ja se menee hänen albuumiin.

B-day card-Male

I made this card today for my cousins husband who will be turning 40 in a few weeks.

He loves fishing, and so thats why I thought of the fisherman relaxing. Every thing on this card is cut by hand except for the sun and blurbs. I love the little worm hanging free on the hook, I think thats a cute little accent to this card. Now, I just hope he likes it..

I have put all of this card together with 3d tape squares to give it more demension.

Hei..

Tein Serkun miehelle syntymäpäivä kortin. Hän rakastaa kalastaa niin sen takia tein kalastus kortin. Toivon että hän tykkää tästä kortista yhtä paljon kun minä. käytin 3d teippiä kaikissa kortin osissa. <-- vaikea selittää suomeksi.. :D

Toi pieni mato on paras..

Update: I gave the card yesterday and he loved it.. didn't believe me when I said I had hand cut everything..

Groom and Best Man

Here is the two page LO completly finished. I like it! Im very happy with the end result, now I just hope my co-worker will be. I plan on showing this to her tomorrow.

the matting is only 4"x6" on the best man.

I know it looks black and white.. but, Its gray, blue , silver and metallic blue flowers.. the vest, tophat and tie's are black.

Most likely 2

I had a real hard time making this layout. This is my oldest son Aaron (age15). He's not a little kid anymore, so I didn't want to make the layout too childish. But, since I am a bit of a silly mom, I did want to make it a bit silly. Aaron playes guitar and loves compute games, so I wanted to incorporate those into the layout. He also loves to torture his teacher, so I added that in there as well..
hope you enjoy this layout and maybe you can get an idea or two for your own layout.