Ice Skating Layouts

Hello everyone!  I was able to work on some layouts this past weekend with some good friends.  The first one I had sketched out on my gypsy a while ago and I had forgotten about it.   I remembered about it and decided to actually create the layout.  I like the way it turned out.  I used a bunch of different cartridges - A Child's Year for the mom and boy, Winter Woodland for the title, Winter Frolic for the Brrrr, Home Decor for the swirl, and Accent Essentials for the snowflakes.  All the white cuts are from glitter paper to give it that snow sparkle.  I had a lot of photos so I made a collage for the left page.  

Here is the original sketch (which I modified some)

All my white cuts...

In using this DCWV winter stack that I love, I came across this great paper with the adorable penguin skating.  I decided to do another ice skating layout with some pictures from last year of my son ice skating for the first time...

And finally, I made a sign to take to the Walk for Autism which my family and some students participated this weekend.  The puzzle piece with the heart is from the Don Juan cartridge.  The rest is just my handwriting.  Still, i wanted to share. 

I'm going to enter the first layout in the Cooking With Cricut swirl/twirl challenge this week.

I'm glad you stopped by and hope you return soon :)

Have a great week!

Sleeping Beauty - Flourishes & Chirp!

I am so honored! I was again highlighted in the Chirp! for my Thanksgiving Turkey layout.  If you haven't seen my Thanksgiving layout with the adorable turkey, you can click HERE to see the original post on my blog.  On to the rest of my post...

Bitten by the Bug 2 is having a challenge using a flourish on the Cindy Loo cartridge.  Now, I don't own that cartridge (as hard as that is to believe, lol!) but I do love the flourishes on the Home Decor cartridge and I use them often.  This layout I'm sharing tonight is showcasing those flourishes from that cartridge.  The title is from Alphalicious and the background frame is from Storybook.

This picture doesn't do the layout justice, the colors didn't come out right, but it's the only one I have, so bear with me. The title matches the page perfectly - she's sleeping, she's definitely a beauty and this took place after a jam-packed day of activity at Disney, home of Sleeping Beauty.  I love when something comes together so well!

  Originally this layout was going to go in my Disney album since it was taken at Disney, but I love it so much that it will be placed on the wall of my scrapbooking room, instead.  There will be more flourishes in an upcoming post, so stay tuned!  And Monday will be the debut of my first Fantabulous Cricut DT project - be sure to come see it and join in on their challenges.  You still have time for this week's challenge which is "bird bonanza" to use a bird and at least one cut from your cricut.  

As always, thanks for stopping by!!