2 Page Layout Valley of Fire

My family loves to spend as much time as we can camping. This is from one of our trips to the Valley of Fire 2008. I am a little behind, but I am trying to keep my New Years Resolution, of doing a scrapbook page a week. Well this is week 3's layout. The tarantulas that you see on the left side of the layout were out on an afternoon stroll. We were walking with them, and I decided to take a picture of them. I had to get really close and that was very creepy for me. One of the spiders stood up on its hind legs as I was done taking pictures. That freaked me out a little bit, OK A LOT. lol  The picture on the top left was one of my favorites other than the ones of my children. It looks so much like a dog, do you see it? I didn't do to much Cricut cutting, I did use the Gypsy font and cut out "hiking the valley" at 1 1/2". I am hoping that this year we will be able to go camping more. I miss being in nature and having quality time with my family.

Car Vinyl Decal

 Well hello everyone. I hope you all had a great week-end. I sure did, I spent time with my husband and kids, I also got to get some mommy craft time on Friday. It's all good here. I wanted to do a  layout but the time just flew on by way too fast. But I did manage to cut out a vinyl decal for our car. I had designed this a few months ago, but I finally cut it today. This was originally going to be a design for a t-shirt, to show our support for our 2 kids karate lessons. I still might make the shirts anyways. But that will be at a later time.

 I used the Sports Mania Cricut Cartridge, Expression, and My lovely Gypsy. Simply white outdoor vinyl that I purchased off of Marilyn on an auction site. Tell me what you think. I hope you like it. I hope everyone has a great week. 

Spring/Easter Swap

This is my first swap that I am participating in. The theme is Spring/Easter. You have to make 15 of the same cut, but it must be cut with a Cricut. this is what I decided to do for my swap. I cut the work Spring out the Easter 2010 seasonal cartridge and added a shadow. Then I used the opaque Uniden pen to add a little touch to it. Then I also added the soring time mix of Flower Soft to the flower.

I hope the people in the swap like it. I can't wait to get the other creative cuts from the other participants.

Cricut Divas January Layout

Every month the Cricut Diva's meet, and this month our Host was Jennifer Pereda. She is the owner of the Crafting Place. She designed this wonderful layout. She holds monthly classes there, for more info call 702-845-2536. This is my version of her design. The difference is very subtle, but it has my little twist on it. I added bling on the swirls and around the scalloped circle frame. I also used glitter paper for my snow flakes and for the Winter part of the title. Here are some other variations of her layout.

This one was done by Vickie Lavelle

This one was done by Dawn Gary.

I would have more examples for you , but I had to leave early. Thanks Jennifer for another great meeting, looking forward to next months meeting.

Sewing Wall Hanging

Well I think this might be my last wall hanging I will make for a while. I made this for my mother, for her sewing room. She likes purple so I used purple for the primary color. I cut the chipboard and all the other items on it with my Cricut Expression. I used Country Life cartridge for the sewing machine and the quilt block. I used Storybook for the foundation. I like the way it came out. I used some left over chains from Michaels.  I hope you like it. Please leave your comments, I would like to hear what you got to say. Have a great Afternoon.

You Rock Wall Hanging

Well I am certainly impressed, that I was able to complete a project 2 days in row. My Aunt Lorraine in   
El Paso,TX really liked the wall hanging I made for Corrina. She also told me she would like to have 1 for my Cousin Victoria, so I got to thinking about how I can make one for her. This is what I came up with. Vicki I hope you like it. It's going in the mail tomorrow , so keep an eye out for it.

I used 2 top note chip boards and covered it with a purple print card stock with Zig 2 way glue. I used the Rock Princess Cricut Cartridge for all the die cutting . I added some bling to the letters because I think all girls like a little bling here and there. I did ink the edges for a little distressed look with Tim Holtz distressing ink. I also added a little bit of Stickles here and there. 

Wall Hanging

Well this is my very first Chipboard project. I bought a Chipboard book at Michael's for a whole whopping .50 cents. I covered it with a Princess paper pack. Anyways I also used the Zig 2way clue to adhere the card stock to the chipboard. I trimmed it with my craft knife and filed the edges to make it smooth. I also punched extra hole so I can add the links to hold it together. The chain, I purchased at Michael's on clearance for $2.00. I also used some flowers with glitter on them. I got those at a scrapbook Expo last year. I finally got to use them. LOL. Then I cut Always Kiss Me Good Night on Shimmer paper from ARC. I used 4 different cartridges to cut the phrases out with my expression, but right now I just can't remember which cartridges I used. Sorry guys.

Please leave me you comments, I would love to hear what you think. Just be Nice, because this is my first Chipboard project.

Happy New year everyone