Splash!

Hello everyone, Mindy from Grammies Craft Room with a project for this weeks theme ~ Rain Rain Go Away ~ We are asked to have an umbrella and boots on our project. Well I was drawing a blank on a card or altering something..... so I bit the bullet and made my very first layout !!! I know, I can hardly believe it myself :)  First I called my daughter to see if she had any photos of the kids playing in the rain. She thought she did but was all excited to dress them up and send them out to play the next time it rains ! So there are no pictures in my layout, but I think you will be able to figure out where they will go.

The boots and splash are from Nate's ABCs and are cut at 2.75 inches. The umbrella is from Kate's ABCs and is cut at 2.75 inches.

The flowers - my new obsession - are from CTMH Art Philosophy and are cut at 2.75 inches.  I sponged the edges of all the cuts and attached them all with dimensionals . The papers and ribbon are from Stampin UP.

There you have it - my 1st layout! I hope you like it !

Sun on Rainy Days!

This is Jen from 3 Cats and a Bug! This week we have a fun theme at Sweetsassydiva's, umbrella's and boots. I have not added the inside verse to my card yet, but it will be something along the lines of "You're friendship brings out the sun on rainy days", but hopefully whatever I come up with won't be so corny! LOL A good friend lent me her 3 step baby swing for my Grandson. I really hated the idea of spending $150 for a swing that he will only use once a week, so her kind offer was a real blessing! (Any suggestions for a better verse would be greatly appreciated!)

The best thing about this card is I was able to cut out everything on one mat! Ok, and all the stickles too! I used Nate's ABC's for this card, cut @ 3.75.

Please stop by my blog, 3 Cats and a Bug and see what else I've been up to! Thanks for looking.

Design Team Challenge: Scene Layout!

Good Morning! This is Jen from 3 Cats and a Bug. This week at SweetSassyDiva's the challenge is to do a scene LO. When I started this project, the LO I did is not what I had in mind. lol It just kind of worked out that way. My youngest son will probably not be real happy with me over posting this, poor kid.



To make a long story short (er), he was having a ton of problems with his car. We decided it was best to get rid of his old car and buy something with less problems. He certainly needs a reliable car with the baby on the way. So my son and husband went car shopping and he came home with a "Competition Orange" Ford Focus SVT. He was happy and it was reliable, so I was happy. Three weeks into owning this car, he was coming home one night about 8:30 after class and hit a deer. Didn't seem to be a lot of damage, so he continues on his way home. 15 minutes later, about 10 miles from home, he hits a huge Raccoon! In the space of 20 minutes two animals totaled his car! It wasn't actually a tow truck who hauled his car away, it was a flatbed, but the meaning is the same. Ok, so on with my LO.



I used Everyday paper dolls for the roads. I cut them out at 5 and instead of using yellow paper for the stripes in the road, I used yellow stickles. The paper is from an old DCWV paper pack.

I used Nates ABC's for the car and cut that at 5. I used Gypsy Wanderings for deer and cut that at 5 also.

The tow truck, from Nates ABC's was cut at 3.

The Raccoon came from Animal Kingdom and was cut at 5.

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Picnic at the Park!

Hi there!!! August is National Picnic Month!! I decided to make a layout in hopes of going on a picnic sometime this month!  When ever I go to a park I am always looking at the flowers around. Anyone who knows me, knows that I LOVE flowers of any kind! Here is my layout:

 

Here is how I made the layout!  

1. Cut the green pattern paper 11.5 inches by 11.5 inches and mount on the 12 by 12 red cardstock
2. Next I cut out my flower pattern paper from Nana's Kitchen stack at 4 inches by 11.5 inches. I used my deco shell border punch on the top and bottom and adhered it to the green pattern paper an inch from the bottom. 
3. Next I used my Gypsy to cut out the Picnic at the park sentiment from Kate's ABC's. The red words are layered on the green background! 
4. I also used the gypsy to cut ants from Nate's ABC's in 1/2 inch, 1 inch, and 1.5 inch sizes to place around the layout! 
5. Next I cut three of the red squares are 3.25 inches square with Aqua Divine Twine wrapped twice around each card.
6. I glued down the ants around the page! 

If you want to see more of my creations stop by my blog; or facebook page! 

Thanks for coming by! 

Kim

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BBQ Memory!

Hello!   It's Liza from Hoo's
Crafty!   This week on SweetSassyDiva the Design Team split up
into two groups to create projects.  We are working on BBQ themed projects
with the use of bright colors and three or more cartridges.   I
decided to make something very useful for all of our family BBQ's that we
attend.

The older kids seem to be out running around having fun, playing on swings and
such while my youngest hangs out with the adults.   She's still a
little too young to go running off, and then with all the adult conversation,
she gets very whiny and bored quick.  So....I have the solution!!


BBQ MEMORY


This can keep her busy for hours!

To make this game, I simply cut out rounded squares from George Basic Shapes
{2.25" and 2"} and layered the two squares



Then I searched MyCutSearch.com to find
all picnic and bbq related images from the cartridges I had.

I found an ANT on Nate's ABC's {1.75"}
From Block Party I cut the pie {1.75"}, place setting {1.75"}, hot dog
{1."}, watermelon {1.5"} and the soda {2"}
since some of the cuts were small, I had to draw in some of the
accents.  I also decided to change the soda to lemonade simply by
using yellow rather than brown.

For the fronts of each card, I used "BBQ" from Block Party. I was unsure
how big I was going to make it.   By using my FIT TO LENGTH button I
can figure out what size will fit best.  Remember the Cricut measures
height, not length.  It's very simple to do:

-- select the image you would like to cut

--press the FIT TO LENGTH button

--  select the size that would like it to calculate
{how long do you want it to be or not
exceed}
-- press OK under the LCD screen
The machine will take just a second to calculate this for you.   Using
the BBQ cut, I told the machine I wanted the length to be 1.75" and it
calculated that it would cut at 1" in
height.

At this point, I usually press the button again to "undo" the function and
change my dial to the calculated size, in this case 1".   This way if
I do have other layers to cut, and I forgot to write it down, I won't screw
up.   I was very happy that the size was a perfect fit!



I added some faux stitching in black around the white and a few accent dots on
the letters.

I can toss these into a snack size ziplock bag and keep them in my car for the
next family BBQ!

Thanks for stopping by SweetSassyDiva today, I hope you are enjoying all the DT
projects.