Drama Queen Layout

Hello everyone!  As promised, I have another layout to share with some more funny photos.  First I have to tell you the back story.   Since my daughter was a baby, I knew that she was going to be a drama queen.  I've never seen tears come out so quickly on anyone!  Now, the funny part is, she would really only cry when she heard the word "No!".  She would fall and be ok, but hearing the word "No!" would have her in tears in an instant.  On one of those occasions, I had my camera handy and I captured the whole sequence (which all happened in about 10 seconds) of her playing, hearing the word "no" and the resulting tears and drama because I knew I had to scrapbook it!  So here is this layout titled "The Makings of a Drama Queen" with the whole sequence...Enjoy!

I used a lot of different fonts to create the title:

Opposites Attract, Alphalicious, Don Juan and Gypsy Wanderings

The photo mat was created using a Martha Steward all around the page punch.  I added a bling crown to her head and more "drama"...

Here's the 2 page layout together...

I hope you like the layout!  Thanks for stopping by!

Camel Ride Layout

I have a layout that I'm excited to share.  I had sketched this on my gypsy almost a year ago, but I hadn't gotten around to finishing the layout until recently.  The most difficult part for me was finding the right paper to go with these type of pictures.  I finally found it with basic grey, so I finally was able to create the layout.  I wanted a shape to take up most of both pages and I wanted a large camel that was life like.
Here is the completed layout...

The left page close up...

The title is welded using Don Juan...

The right page close up...

To create a realistic camel, I used flocking powder in two tones to create the look to match the actual camel we rode.  I love the way it came out!

Hope you've enjoyed the layout!  I have another to share tomorrow, so be sure to come back and check it out!  

Thanks for stopping by!

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!

Layouts for a Cause - FCCB DT Project

This week at Fantabulous Cricut we are creating projects for a cause.  So today I have my DT project to share as well as two other layouts based on this.  This was a great challenge for me because it forced me to really have to think of how I was going to use my cricut on this.  The other two layouts that I will show you after do not use the Cricut at all (I know, big shocker, coming from me, lol!).  So I decided to scrapbook the pictures from an event my nephew helped coordinate that I got involved with and involved my students in called "Run for Respect" which was aimed to raise money and awareness for fighting domestic violence/abuse.  I knew I wanted to use Don Juan for the title, it just fit.  Now for the embellishment, I wanted to use sneakers, but I wasn't sure where to find the ones that would work with this page in my wide variety of cartridges.  This is when I went to the trusty cricutsearch.com and it showed me the perfect ones on a cartridge that I of course own but haven't really used much, Paisley.  So the layout came together very quickly after that and I really love the results.  Now take a look...

Since this week we are creating for a cause, I also wanted to share two other layouts of mine with the same theme.  The first is one for breast cancer in honor of my cousin...

The other is another cause that is dear to me, finding a cure for autism.  Two years ago my students raised over $1000 and we all took part in this event together...

So I hope you're inspired to create for a cause this week.  Each of us has something that is dear to us, so create a project and be sure to link up to Fantabulous Cricut this week!

Thanks for stopping by!

Have a great week everybody!

Vinyl Crazy!

Hello everyone!  I hope you all had a very Merry Christmas!!  Now that all presents have been given, I can show you all some of the projects I created with vinyl!  I hadn't really used it before this month and I must say, I'm in love!  Now, I just need to get more color selection!  I'm leaving on vacation now, so this has to be a super fast post (my husband is calling me, yikes!)

So here they are...enjoy the pics!!

I will share the poem more closer up on the next post, but for now I've got to go!

Have a happy new year everyone!

Christmas Cheer Layout and Blog Candy Winner!

Only 2 more days, everybody...Anyone else feeling the clock ticking?  Well I am!  I've been trying to wrap and get things done, but it's a little difficult with my kiddos around.  I had a little time today thanks to my husband, but not enough to really put a dent into my to do list.  But I did create something that I love, but can't show on the blog yet because it's a secret till Christmas.  I promise to post afterwards.  

Today, I wanted to show one of my Christmas layouts.  It mainly uses the cartridge that it is titled for, Christmas Cheer.  But I wanted to create gingerbread looking cookies on the right and I don't have that new cartridge, but I have plenty others that I opted for including Stretch Your Imagination for the gingerbread and George for the star.  There are lots of close ups, just scroll...

I also wanted to announce the winner of the Blog Candy from last week's Fantabulous Cricut Crawl.  A BIG THANK YOU to all of you who stopped by my blog, commented and even became followers!  I feel honored.  So without further ado, the winner is Nicolle, who said...

Wow I love your project. What a beautiful collage and your work is awesome. I became a follower. thanx for the opportunity to win....:) 

You have two weeks to claim your prize!  I've emailed you and hope to hear back from you soon!  

Thanks for stopping by everyone!  

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Personalized Holiday Ornaments

Hello everyone!  Last year I learned how to create these beautiful glitter ornaments in just a few steps.  There are tons of tutorials online and I see this year quite a few people have made some similar.  I had made them the night before Christmas last year in hopes to maybe put outside some special christmas presents but it got late and I didn't get a chance.  When I opened up my box of ornaments this year, there they were, but this time I decided to personalize them and use them on my tree.  I let my kiddos pick their favorite color and then on my gypsy I welded their names in different fonts.  I used Don Juan for MJ, for Sofia I used Sesame Street Font and for the others I used Gypsy Font.  I then took out my vinyl to cut them out and add to each ornament.  So here are my ornaments and their cute recipients...

We finished trimming our tree tonight and it was so fun watching the kids get involved in this for the first time this year.  The holiday spirit is all around us and I absolutely love it!

One more quick project I wanted to share.  Last night was my sister and brother-in-law's 27th year anniversary and I made them a special card.  It is very simple and doesn't use the cricut, but I like the way it turned out and wanted to share...

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