Scrapbook Friday

2/17/12

This week's theme is Kitchen/Baking

I am excited to share this layout with you because not only do I love Baking and being in my kitchen but I love these two kids the MOST. I chose to create this layout loosely based off a pagemaps sketch (left side only and thanks to Becky Fleck). The paper I chose is from TPC Studio and it is sooo cute. I also used Bazzill, silver paper (borrowed from a friend) , candy buttons, CM and Storytellersclub alpha stickers, a brad, and a journal box.My fun lacy borders were punched with and EK Success Punch. I used 2 Cricut Carts for this fun layout: Carousel and of course From My Kitchen. So let's get down to details...

My fun banner was created using Carousel. I cut the banner 2 .78 inches on my Gypsy and actually trimmed a few flags to make it fit in my area. I added the word One with CM letters and added candy buttons for some fun detail. My oh so cute silver measuring spoons are cut at 2 .5" using From My Kitchen.

The rest of my diecuts all came from From My Kitchen as well. This oven mit and the spatula were cut at 3 .5 inches as well as my mixer, down below (don't you just love it?).

My rolling pin containing the year we made these Christmas Cookies was cut at 5" long. I think it could have been even bigger but that's ok. I hope you all enjoyed my layout and can't wait to read all of your responses. I worked hard on this one and can honestly say this is my first real layout since my accident. Wohooo! 

Be sure to become a follower...please. I am almost at 100 which is super darn exciting to me. And please be sure to come back to my place where we are "Wild about Scrapbooking" and Crafting!! LOL! Thanks for visitng and many Hugs.

For more great Scrapbook Layouts from my Design Team Sisters please check out 

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Masculine Valentine's Day Frame

Happy Valentine's Day

Just wanted to share this custom frame I made for a friend. She gave it to her husband today for Valentine's Day and I hope he loved it. Since he's a guy, I didn't want to make it all frilly and pink so fortunately this kit from Storytellers Club's February 2012 kit was perfect. I thought my friend could write a small message or have the girls sign the small diecut on the bottom right corner. Wouldn't that be cute? Hope you like it and thanks for looking.



WYEGW- My Cricut Craft Room

Welcome to WYEGW (Would you ever guess Wednesday). To see more WYEGW projects please visit My Cricut Craft Room.

For this week's WYEGW I decided it was time to finally make the 12x12 layout of my blog logo for my scraproom/scrapstore. I used a frame purchased from Michaels along with Storytellers Club paper and images. I accented with some jumbo buttons and floss and colored the images with my copics.

So where exactly did  the Cricut come in to play? Well for my name of course. And would you have ever guessed the font I used is from the Batman Cricut Cartridge. Using the Font Feature on the Batman Cart I cut the letters of my name out at 1.75" tall. Now I have a great decoration for my scrap place.

Thanks for stopping by...come back soon to my place that is WILD about scrapbooking.

My Cricut Craft Room's 100 Cartridge Blog Hop Day 2

Welcome to My Cricut Craft Room's

100 Cricut Cartridge Blog Hop Day 2

You should have come from Amber's Blog 

if not please start at the beginning http://mycricutcraftroom.blogspot.com

Next you should go to Jenn L

I am so excited to share with you 3 new projects. First off is my Chore Chart I created for my boys. This is especially coming in handy while I recover from my accident. I love it. Below is my grid for my chart. I used Vinyl on the entire project. Shown is white vinyl matted with red vinyl. (yes you can use paper too)(but you'll see why I chose vinyl) The lines are drawn on with a sharpie using a ruler. The squares are 1 1/4" and the grid is 18 wide by 11 1/2 tall.


Using the Chore Chart Cartridge I cut the days of the week out in vinyl at 1 1/4".


I then cut the symbol for each chore at the same height.


So why vinyl? Well because after I finished this I stuck it on my fridge and we used a whiteboard pen to write down who gets what chore. It is brilliant! Should have done this so much sooner!


 My next project is a cute gift idea for any disney lover. Who doesn't love Minnie? Using some random cardtsock and paper I had on hand as well as my In Stitch'z by Bazzill, I created a fun frame.


Using a template from In Stitch'z and some red floss I created this giant flower on the background paper.


For my finishing touches I added Minnie Mouse cut out with the Mickey Font Cartridge at 5 1/2". I added a few flowers and pearls on the inside as well as two on the outside for dimension. My finished 6x6 frame would amke any Disney fan happy.



And finally a cute lil card with some western flair. For this card I used Stampin Up paper, Rusty Pickle paper and cardstock along with ribbons, pop dots and a black Glaze pen (my favs).
The Cricut Cartridge I used is Old West. Such fun cuts! I cut out background Poster at 4" and cut the star at 2.5".  The horseshoe was cut at 2" and pop dotted for a 3D effect. I added some ribbon in the middle of the star and outlined "WANTED" with my black pen. This card is perfect for my next little buckaroo's party.


Thanks so much for stopping by Connie Can Crop where I'm Wild about Scrapbooking.....ROAR. I hope you enjoyed your visit and have become a follower. I love new crafty friends. Hugs.

Be sure to visit Erica's Blog http://mycricutcraftroom.blogspot.com for over 50 NEW projects

Also make sure to follow Erica's blog so you will know when she has contests, prizes, challenges, swaps & special online coupons.

Currently she is running a Scrapbook & Card challenge over on her challenge blog and you can win a gift certificate to her webstore! http://ericascraftroomchallenges.blogspot.com

This Friday she will announce February's Scrapbook swap.... She has a swap each week and you have two weeks to make your project each month. There will be a card, scrapbook, tag, die cut and embellishment swap each month! http://ericascraftroomswaps.blogspot.com

Don't forget to comment along the way on all of the blogs today and tomorrow to be entered to win the Cricut cartridge or K. Andrew Its Valentine stamp set that Erica is giving away today.

Winners will be announced on her blog on Tuesday!

If you get a chance please visit Erica's Webstore and enjoy 15% your total purchase this weekend.

Enter the code 15 during the third step of check out to see the discount.

She has everything crafty.... Cricut cartridges, adhesive, papers, stamps and so much more.....

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Here is the entire lineup in case you get lost...

1. My Cricut Craft Room http://mycricutcraftroom.blogspot.com

2. Amber http://pixiperfectcreations.blogspot.com

3. Connie http://conniecancrop.blogspot.com    <<<<--- YOU ARE HERE

4. Jenn lorist http://jennspapercrafts.blogspot.com     <<<<--- NEXT

5. Sheila http://2pawprints.blogspot.com

6. Marji http://fstampaholic.blogspot.com

7. Tonya http://ittybittyladybugs.blogspot.com

8. Kathy http://3spoileddogs.blogspot.com

9. Sabrina http://sabrinabellabeautiful.blogspot.com

10. Dana http://danascraftycorner.blogspot.com

11. Christina http://cema1cema.blogspot.com

12. Mary http://mary-fortheloveofart.blogspot.com

13. Erica’s Projects http://ericasprojects.blogspot.com

14. Vicki O http://luvmygypsy.blogspot.com

15. Claire http://www.ThreeWatersCreations.com

16. Cori www.createdbycori.blogspot.com

17. Vicki’s http://stayathomemomof2inohio.blogspot.com

18. Teresa http://createenjoyshare.blogspot.com

19. Gloria C http://craftnthings.blogspot.com

20. Tiffany http://angel4ever-thecraftyteacher.blogspot.com

21. Miranda http://www.nanasscrapspot.com

22. Jessica K http://homespunelegance.blogspot.com

23. Heather m http://digipage-blog.everything-digital-scrapbooking.com

24. Blog Candy http://ericasblogcandy.blogspot.com

Theme Day Thursday- My Cricut Craft Room

If you have just started following my blog I would like to tell you about Theme Day Thursday and Cartridge exploration. Each day of the week, we make items with either a challenge, theme or a cartridge. Today's theme is Winter Sports.

For more great Sports projects please check out

My Cricut Craft Room.

I don't have photos of anything sport related to crop at the moment so I decided to make a blank layout and make it my January Kit of the month. Below is the base of the layout with all of the mats attached. I kept it simple by using bazzill cardstock only.

For the left side of the layout I used Sports Mania to cut all my cricut images. The football is cut at 2", the cleat is cut at 2.5", the goal post is cut at 2.5" but I had to trim the bottom of the post off a hair. The helmet is cut at 2" and my title Football is Life is cut at 2.7". I also used the EK Success postage stamp border punch for the yellow strips and attached them with square brads.

For the right side of this 2 pager I also used images from Sports Mania. I cut the football player out at 5" tall and cut the Touch Down phrase at 2". I added a journal bow in the top right corner and used the border punch to accent it.

And that's it..the cool thing about this layout is you can change the yellow cardstock to any color of your favorite team. Just in time for Super Bowl pics. Thanks for visiting my blog...please be sure to come back again. I love new friends.

Digital Makes my Heart Sing

Sometimes you just need to do a digital layout. Especially like now, when you are recovery from an accident and need to sit in bed all day. Just pop open your laptop and away you go creating almost anything your heart desires. Here are my latest 2 digital layouts I created using StorytellersClub Kits. Both of these layouts were made as entries to the StorytellersClub discussion board challenges. Fun.

Feel free to join us at StorytellersClub.

Theme Day Thursday- My Cricut Craft Room

If you have just started following my blog I would like to tell you about Theme Day Thursday and Cartridge exploration. Each day of the week, we make items with either a challenge, theme or a cartridge. Today's theme is Birthdays.

For more great Birthday projects please check out

My Cricut Craft Room.

I decided that this theme was perfect for finally scrapbooking my hubby's birthday pics, so I created a one page layout. The inspiration for this layout came from Scrapbooks Etc. August 2011 edition page 84.

 I started with my back ground cardstock and layered a second smaller cardstock on top.

Using the Birthday Bash Cartridge I cut the birthday hat out at 4" and using the Monkey Key Phrase I cut the cake out at 4.5"

I cut several circles out of patterned paper using the Creative Memories Circle cutters and gathered all my supplies including the Martha Stewart Loopy Border Punch.

Using my I Rock by Imaginesce I added bling around the large cirle with the cake in it.

Other items used include buttons and floss and alphabet stickers from StorytellersClub and Rusty Pickle. I could have cut letters out but wanted to use up some of  my stickers.

And here it is the finished layout. I hope you find some inspiration from my layout and can't wait to read your comments. Thanks so much for visiting my blog and please be sure to become a follower. It means so much to me. Hugs.

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My Cricut Craft Room - Card Sketch

Friday was our scrapbook sketch challenge over at My Cricut Craft Room and today we're showing the cards some sketchy love. Make sure you head over to Erica's Blog to see what the rest of the design team did with this sketch and take part yourself. Click on the challenge tab at the top of Erica's blog and join in the fun. One lucky winner will get a $10 gift certificate to Erica's online store!

This is the sketch

And this is my creation:

My card features papers and diecuts from the February 2009 Storytellersclub Kit. Thanks for looking.

Dream Big

This layout is a digital layout using the Dream Big Digi Kit at Storytellersclub. It's also my entry for my January Recipe Challenge on Storytellersclub's discussion boards. As most of you know I recently had a major accident and this layout is my way of reminding me that I am lucky to be alive and there is hope. Someday I will be back to myself, my normal happy, healthy, hopeful, self. Thanks for looking.