Carnival!

We are right in the heart of summer here in New Jersey and that means it is fair and carnival time. I couldn't come up with any other way to use this theme except a layout. That's right, here is my second one! My daughters are convinced they will turn me into a scrapbooker yet!

As I am writing this post, spell check tells me I have misspelled the title, so I will be going back and fixing that.... duh....

I started by laying out all my pieces on my Gypsy. I put them on three separate layers.

The tent is from Create a Critter and is cut at 2.75 inches. I put the layer on twice and then hide all the cuts but the door so I could have that a different color.

The lion is from Create a Critter and is cut at 1.75 inches  I also cut out the word Time on this layer and that is 1.20 inches from Art Philosophy.

 The banner is from Art Philosophy and is cut at 1.25 inches. I placed the letters in the triangles and sized each one separately. They are approximately .75 inches.

For the photo mats I used the ticket punch from Stampin Up and black gel pen stitching.
I inked the edges of all the pieces of the tent and stitched in white gel pen. The lion I left alone. For the border I used the Fiskars Scallop border punch and stitched in white gel pen.

I threaded some thin ribbon through the banner and attached with pop dots.

Please stop in everyday and check out all the creative ideas for our Carnival week!


Cartridges used - Create a Critter and Art Philosophy

_ Melinda

Spring Gift Bag!

Hi, SweetSassyDiva here.  Lori~ from  www.scrappinmystressaway.blogspot.com created a gift bag for your pleasure.  Can you guess what cartridges that she used?  Leave me a comment and let's see who can guess which cricut cartridges that she used. 

Here is Lori's Spring Gift Bag:

I used yellow, pink, green and blue cardstock to cut out the pieces.

I used some ink, pop dots and stickles to add some dimension.

Here is my gift bag ready to stuff full of goodies!!  

Thanks for having me over today Bobbi Jo!!

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Busy Bee!

Angie here, This week at Sweetsassydiva we were given a wild card week. I chose to do a layout. I really need to work on my scrapbooking and this gives me a reason to do so. My inspiration was my 2 little girls who have been non stop all day everyday since they were born. My busy little bees.... As always I have one idea in mind, and then end up with something completely different. I started with using George and Basic shapes cutting out 3 in octogons. I cut them in a tannish and white cardstock. I really don't like such stark colors so I used my Ranger Ink (antique ivory) and distressed them just a bit. I then used Create-a-Critter to make the cutest little bumblebees and bee hive. I cut them at 2.5 in.

Again I decided to distress a bit on the beehive.

I cut out the title using Plantin schoolhouse at 1.75 in. Then it was assembly time. I think it took me longer to play with how I wanted it to come together then it did to cut out all of the pieces. The one that stayed the same is the part that says "BEE"

I cut out 4 (4.5x6.5) mats for photographs. Or can be divided for a smaller picture and a journaling box. This will be cute filled with pictures of my busy bees. It was really simple to make and turned out better than my first thoughts. I hope you enjoy.

*recipe* cardstock...black, white, tan, black, yellow, blues cricut cartridges....george, create a critter, plantin schoolbook markers, ink (a napping baby is good as well)

Geoffrey the Giraffe!

Hi ~ Lori here from ScrappinMyStressAway with a Rain, Rain, Go Away card.  

I used the giraffe from Create A Critter sized to 3.59 inches.  I took the umbrella from April Showers.  I grouped the layers and stretched them so the size is 2.40 width and 4.31 height.  

I put scraps of papers on my mat and cut them out.

I used orange and brown twine to create a mane.  I put some adhesive on the back of the brown layer and cut small strips of twine.

I assembled the giraffe one layer at a time.  I added some stickles for the eyes, mouth and antenna thingies!

I added stickle raindrops to the card and a little twine bow to her head.  I used glossy accents on her spots. I think this card will be appropriate for a support or sympathy card.

Thanks for having me over today Sweet Sassy Diva!!

Hanging with my Peeps!

Hi my crafty friends, this is Brenda from Friends Craftin' with Friends.  This week the design team at Sweet Sassy Diva was asked to use hens or chicks on a project.  I was planning on starting a flower album with my plants and flowers in it.  I have been wanting the plant called "hen and chicks" for a while now and planned on getting some, taking pics and doing a lo.  Well that didn't happen.  Never went and got any plants, etc...So I had to come up with another idea and to be quite frank, this is all I could think of. lol  Not much, but will do I suppose. After I was all said and done, I thought about doing a lo of one of my grand-daughters being a mother hen to a sibling.  Yeah, then I get an idea!!  lol   Ok, for my card I started out with a 5 x 7 base.  Planned out my card on my Gypsy. Ok don't look now, but I forgot to weld my vine!!  Ack!!  Oh well I made it work out. lol

Then I cut and assembled my pieces. And then arranged them on my card.  My sentiment is computer generated and cut out with SU word window and the modern label punch.  The carts that I used are Martha Steward Seasonal Cake, Creat-a-Critter and Simply Charmed.

Not the most orginal card, but still think it is pretty cute. lol  I know the rest of the design team will wow you with their creations, so sit back, relax and enjoy the week!

Create a Critter Layout!

Hi this is Misty from The Daily Scrapper.

I had fun using my piecings from the Imagine swap for this layout. My Imagine will only print so I had to be creative for the swap and make the papers and then cut them from my Expression using a regular cartridge. It was fun to do. I used Create a Critter for the cuts and Hopscotch for the papers.

Thanks Guys Have a great day.

Oh So Very Happy!

This week at Sweet Sassy Diva the challenge is to use Buttons.  I love using buttons on my layouts and cards.  I have a stash of vintage buttons from my mom and grandmothers old button tins.  I also buy different colored buttons (when they are on sale) in different sizes 

and keep them in cute little jars above my desk.  

So when I thought about the button challenge I decided to do a rainbow.  I found this cut my using my Gypsy search on the Create a Critter Cart.   The cut is from page 52 cut at 4 inches.  

I laid the buttons out on the rainbow before gluing.  I actually was going to put buttons on the heart too but didn't like it so removed those.  I used some teeny tiny buttons to keep theme on tag I stamped with a $1 stamp from Michaels and added a little wooden ladybug.  

Here are the cute pieces. 

I used some paper from my stash and some rainbow ribbon.  

Here are the pieces glued together.

Glued buttons down with Tacky glue and then I cut out a heart to put on top with glitter paper.  

I pop dotted it to raise it up and give it dimension.  

Simple and quick and love the way it looks.  Please join all the DT members this week to see how they use buttons in their projects.   

-- Suzanne

Playdate!

Hey this Misty from the dailyscrapper

My invitation is for a playdate.

My son wants a soccer buddy to come hang out with us one day so I made a fun card he can give them with all of our info in it.

This one is quick and easy yet cute. I used Distress ink for the edges and DCWV CS from Joanns. The cut is from create a critter.

Sweet Explorer!

Hey there Daily Scrapper again well Misty for short LOL.

You can see my blog over at The Daily Scrapper

Today's layout is just for my daughter who loved to explore and learn at her old preschool. She enjoyed her friends and teacher so much. After a move she is now at a new school she loves also, but I know she misses her old friends.

I used Doodles Charms and Create a critter with Bazzil solids and Quick Qoutes Good Times patterned papers.

I love mixing and matching colors to make the elements. Because isn't a blue turtle just fun!!!!!!! I also used a bunch of white gel pen to add an extra boost to the colors.

Enjoy!!!

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Valentines Cards!

Hi all your crafty friends!  Brenda here from Friends Craftin with Friends.  I want to thank Bobbi Jo of Sweet Sassy Diva for having me today!  For our challenge we were given a sketch to use. We could make anything we wanted, a layout, a card-whatever we wanted.  So I decided to do a card-well 4 cards!

First I started out by deciding what size I wanted my cards to be and I thought that a 4x9 card would work great with the sketch. So I got my bases together.  Then I gathered some papers from my stash.  I believe all the pattern paper came from K&Co paper stacks I had in my stash. I also decided that Cricut cart I wanted to use for my die cuts. As you can see I chose Creat-A-Critter.

I started layering my first two layers on my card base. Colored card stock and pattern paper.

Then I started building my layers from the sketch.

Next I sized my critters and the base for my critters in my Gypsy.  I used Lacy Labels for the base that my critters are sitting on.  I stretched it to suit my needs on my card.  Cut them all out and then cut out my critters and layers.

I assembled all my layers and popped my critters up on pop dots.  I did my stamping that I wanted to do and added some stickles next.  And there you have it, 4 Valentine cards ready to go to the grandchildren. The sketch made these cards so easy to do.  I kept my die cuts simple as well so that made for quick cards as well. I hope that you will give sketches a try, they sure can take all the guess work out and make for quick cards and layouts!

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Deck the Halls!

Hello all.... now the fun begins.... getting every nook and cranny of our house ready for Santa! I will tell you that my WHOLE family is crazy about decorating for Christmas. My sister has a plaque that says " If it doesn't move, Decorate it !" and that's pretty much what happens around here :) It all starts with my husband and daughter (last one at home) bringing ALL the boxes and tubs down from the attic and stacking them all over the place. Then it's at least a whole day to pack away everyday things and place the Xmas decorations in just the right spots.... we even bring out pictures from years past to make sure everything gets put in the PERFECT place ... sad, I know !


The  SweetSsassyDiva Challenge this week is Trim the Tree. I guess I could have made an ornament, but no... I had to come up with the idea of starting a special garland for my grandkids to put on their tree, with the idea that I will add to it each year.... only time will tell on that part :)
I couldn't get a good picture of the whole thing in one shot, so there will be lots of them...

It all started on the Gypsy...

The clothing is from Paper Doll Dress Up and not really made to fit the cute animals from Create A Critter, so I had to do some playing around... First I unlocked the chain so I could set the height and width separately. I put the Create A Critter image on layer one and the clothes on layer two so I could adjust the clothing size over the critter. Sorry that I couldn't get a good picture of this part.
 After the sizes were set for each of the critters it was time to cut....

I did some embossing before I started to put them together.

Then I added Puffy Paint, Stickles, Googlie Eyes and some Gel Pen lines.


The Candy Cane and Hard Candy are from Simply Charmed.


I attached ribbon to the back side and hung with these cute clips from Stampin Up.


My supply list :
Cricut Create A Critter
Cricut Paper Doll Dress Up
Cricut Simply Charmed
Cardstock - Stampin Up
Patterned paper -Hobby Lobby
Puffy Paint
Stickles
Gel Pens
Googlie Eyes
Ribbon - My stash
Tiny Clips - Stampin Up


I hope you will check out all the wonderful Trim the Tree creations the rest of the design team have come up with to inspire your creative side !


- Melinda