Bridging to Brownies

Figuring out how I wanted to do her bridging from Daisy to Brownie in Girl Scouts was tough. I finally got through my mental block and got it done. I like how the pocket holds her certificate and the program. I used K&Co scout paper and embellishments. I am glad I got this one done since she is about to bridge from Brownies to Junior.

Vinyl

We have some neighbors who have a daughter Ashleigh's age. In the course of play dates and such, I have come to learn that Tori's grandmother scrapbooks and loves Twilight. She has mastered the vinyl and made this for her car. I think it is funny and she offered to make me one or one with another saying. I am pretty sure David objects to me putting Edward on my car but we shall see :)

Another crafty thing

So Linda in my office moved into a new house this spring. She asked me to make her a No Soliciting sign for her door. I agreed since I knew it would not take long and I do love Linda (most days). I used my Gypsy to find the frame and insert which I cut on my expressions machine. I had the dog bone paper from an old project. I used it for the letters as well which I cut using my Quickutz Lemonade font. I also had some left over stickers from that project which I added to just give it a little more pizazz. I like how it turned out and hope she does too. Linda's baby is her dog Bunny so I thought she would appreciate the dog theme.

Loree

I was feeling crafty

I have a stack of finished layouts I need to take pictures of and post but this past weekend I was feeling crafty. I have been wanting to try vinyl with my cricut machine for a while and finally got brave enough to try it. I started with a purple metal bucket for Ashleigh's teacher Mrs Jackson. After several attempts of putting her name on the bucket I decided that it was just going to have to be the J. I added some swirls and flowers and I think it turned out cute. I am thinking about adding buttons or bling for the center of the flowers to give it a little punch.






The next thing I decided to do was some glass etching using the vinyl. I think my O should have been bigger and that I should have left the cream on longer but think it turned out well overall. Especially since this was my first attempt.



You can't see it real well but I will certainly get better at it in the future. I have lots of ideas running around in my head. Later.

Cricut Fun

Grace spent the night and I decided it was time to pull out my two new cricut cartridges Once Upon a Princess and Create a Critter. Grace and Ashleigh got to pick which critter or princess, colors and help with the cuts. We all had a blast making all the cool shapes from those cartridges.

Cricut Expressions

I got this machine at Christmas. It has the ability to cut 24 inches. Yesterday I finally got it out and started playing with it. I know, I know six months later but I have been busy with other projects. Anyway, I only had two cartridges - Indie and school - but they were enough to keep me cutting for a couple hours. I got out some old patterned paper from a kit I had bought and got to playing.

Don't you just love the skull. David said the following when I showed it to him, "Crop or die". I thought that was pretty funny. So I then cut letters out and put them with the skull on a 12x12 sheet of black paper. I am going to hang it in my scrap area. David mentioned that there is a store where you can make your own t-shirts and totes with an image. We just might have to do that!!

I think the butterfly is way cute too. It is about 8 inches so pretty tall. Once I got to playing I found the possibilities to be endless. Brackets, scallop borders and more to be cut. Now I must say that I still love my Quickutz. But when I want something really big or different, the machine will be the way to go.

Nesting Dies

So I have a bunch of these from Quickutz. I found this on scrap-mart's blog and had to share. Totally going to copy this. Love the circles and stars. So clever!

Seriously, why am I up

Ashleigh came to bed this morning at 4:40am saying she had a nightmare. Well of course I could not go back to sleep. I mean who could with a husband, cats and kid in the bed. I was hanging off the side. So I am up doing laundry and surfing my favorite scrapbooking sites. I came across this on scrap-mart's blog. I really like this blog. They have such creative layouts and sketches.

So cute!

I saw this on one of the scrapbook blogs I subscribe to. I love the pink and black. This makes a great card for adults. Love it!

I challenge my fellow scrappers!

I am going to give myself a challenge. I am going to scrap 50 pages before I buy another piece of paper, ribbon, embellishments.... Man o man, what a challenge. I think I can totally do it. I have so much paper it would be great to use it. Now that busy season is over, I have time to indulge myself in scrapping bliss. I will not only keep you posted, but I will share the fruits of my labor. I think I am going to go into my scrap area and get started!!!!!!!

Cropping all Day

So this Friday I am taking a day off of work and cropping all day. I am so excited and wanted to post my goals so I can work on getting them done. Nothing like pressure to keep you motivated.

1. Work on Father's Day cards
2. finish my xmas believe board book
3. do my xmas 2006 & 2007 pages for my xmas book
4. do a Father's Day gift for David (maybe - not quite sure what I might do)
5. work on pages I did not finish at retreat

That is pretty ambitious for me. I will let you know how it goes.

Retreats

I have not posted in several days for good reason. I was retreating my little brain out. First came the scrapbook retreat. We spent Friday, Saturday and Sunday at a wonderful place called Hobby House Hill in Bowie. We had such fun scrapping and laughing. I got 14 pages done and was pleased with them all. We had to name our group and create a 12x12 page layout. We chose the Scrap Pack and went with a Vegas theme. I think the page turned out great and will copy every detail for the page I put in my book.

Next was my work retreat. Monday and Tuesday were spent at Rough Creek Lodge in Glen Rose. We went 4-wheeling in the mud! Yes, MUD! We had such a good time we did it again Tuesday morning. We ate so much food. Every meal was a three course affair. I also learned a new domino game called Chickenfoot. I managed to win both games and got $50 in gift cards. It was nice to get to know my co-workers better and do something new. I just wish it had not been on the heels of the scrap retreat. I sure did miss Ashleigh and David a whole heck of a lot.

I have been exhausted from my 5 days of "vacation". I hope to get plenty of rest this weekend. Later

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QK Revolution

Sad, sad day. I was letting Ashleigh make a get well card and she popped a screw off the platform. It still works and I will keep it until it totally dies. Note to self, when I do eventually get a new one don't let Ashleigh use it. For a few minutes I was upset, but then I let it go because she was enjoying herself too much. Besides, she may have it for years. You just never know.