Paper Purses

I few months ago I had the chance to create these paper purses for the Cricut Circle blog. They were really fun to make and I love how cute they came out. They could easily fit lots of fun goodies inside, so I'm keeping this as a possible future idea for a Young Women handout at church (assuming I feel up to making 20 of these). Maybe even as a girls camp treat for the girls' mailboxes at camp--we will see. 

The purse cut for these can be found on the Forever Young Cartridge and the flower cuts come from the Flower Shoppe Cartridge. The paper and ink are by Creative Memories, lace by Melissa Frances, Ribbon by Chatterbox, baker's twine by Stampin' Up, and the buttons by SEI and Basic Grey. 

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Happy Graduation!

Good morning everyone! Sorry for the lack of blog posts last week, it was a crazy busy week with a bunch of assignments due. That left little time for blogging, but I'm back today and ready to end the dry spell.

One of my recent assignments was a graduation project for the Cricut Blog which went live today. I had a lot of fun using several different cartridges (Paper Doll Teen Scene, My Quiet Book, and New Year's Eve 2012), some fun Bella Blvd papers, and some of Queen and Company's new and amazing Washi Tapes.

I used my Cuttlebug to add some dimension to her hair and the bottom of her gown.

There are more details about this project and about lots of other great Cricut graduation projects over on the Cricut Blog. Be sure and hop over there to see some other really great and inspiring projects!

Happy Wednesday Everyone!

Cricut Flowers

I have a quick share of a project I did with the new Cricut Craft Room™ Exclusive, Mother’s Day Corsage. It was really fun to play with and I loved how the flowers turned out! They were fairly easy to assemble and with the help of hot glue, fairly fast too!

I used some of my favorite My Mind's Eye papers from their Quite Contrary line. They were the perfect dusty rose color for my flowers. 

There are lots more wonderful Mother's Day Digital Cartridges up on the Cricut blog, so be sure to hop over there and see all the other beautiful projects!

Thanks again for visiting and have a great weekend!

I Think You're Amazing

Blake builds some of the most amazing things. He has both a great imagination and a great skills for bring the things he imagines to life. Recently he amazed us with this motorcycle he built out of connector blocks. It even had moving wheels!

This is more of the very fun Echo Park This and That line and the journaling reads: "You constantly amaze me Blake! The things you think up to build are always so cool and well done! On this day you built a motorcycle from connector blocks that Grandma Williams sent you for Christmas a while ago. I think it turned out fantastic and of course, I had to take a photo of it! Spring 2012"

Happy Monday Everyone!

Birthday Bash

Birthday's are one of the events I don't always scrapbook right away. In fact I have many of Ty and Blake's birthday photos from years ago that are still waiting to be printed. Spencer, I guess is just lucky as I have always gotten to his relatively quickly--and I have them all done! This layout for Scrapbook.com is about his latest birthday.

The collection is Bazzill Dino-Mite again, and the journaling reads: "For your 5th Birthday Spencer we planned a lot of fun things! We started out with an early celebration with a lunch of your favorite things (hot dogs and french fries) with ice cream and gluten free chocolate cookies for your dessert. You really enjoyed opening your presents (which included a lot of Thomas the Train components) and blowing out your candles! After we finished opening all the presents we packed up and drove to Galveston to spend a night in a hotel there and check out the festival of lights at Moody Gardens. You seemed to really like looking at all the lights and holding your grandparents hands as we walked through the lighted spectacle! Dec. ‘11"

Have a great weekend!

Swimming and Playing in Lake Mud

We had a really great time camping with family at Cleburne State Park over spring break.We hiked, roasted marshmallows (and peeps), cooked meals in the dutch oven, attempted fishing, played at the playground, tossed horseshoes, and swam in the cold and slightly muddy lake.  It was great to be able to visit and spend time together! This layout is from our afternoon at the "beach" down at the lake, and uses one of Echo Park's new lines, "This and That--Charming."

The journaling reads: "One of the best parts of our camping trip was spending time down by the beach at the lake. The water was a little bit on the cold side, but that didn't stop you boys from having a great time swimming and playing in the sand with your cousins. In fact together you all built quite an intricate sandcastle and moat system! What fun! Spring Break, March 2012"

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All His Favorite Toys

Most of Spencer's favorite toys seem to come from Pixar movies! Lately he has been obsessed with everything to do with "Cars" and "Toy Story." He has a pretty good sized collection of figures from these movies and  I typically see him having a good time in pretend play with them. Last month, I walked into the family room to find himself happily piling each and every one of them on top of his legs. It was a very funny sight, so I, of course, grabbed the camera and took some photos.

I used this cute and new collection called "Dino-Mite" by Bazzil to scrapbook this page for my March Scrapbook.com assignment. I loved the colors and all the dinosaur references in this line! It made me wish it had come out when Ty was about this age and completely obsessed with everything to do with dinosaurs. It would have been great to scrapbook some of his playtime as well.

The banner on this page was made by folding large and small circles over some baker's twine. and then "hanging" the twine across the page.

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New Cricut Images

Good morning everyone! Today I just wanted to share a project I did for the Cricut blog using one of their new digital image collections, City Buildings. This is one of four matching City Digital Image Packs and I think each and everyone is darling. I did an additional layout with the City People Image Pack for the Cricut Circle Blog that I'm excited to share with you once my 3 month wait is up, but for today here is "5 Tourists."

This little "Road Trip" cut is actually from the Creative Memories Traveler Cartridge. This cartridge is one of my favorites as it is just packed with so many great vacation images and two really great fonts as well!

The journaling reads: 

"We had a lot of fun on our day in New York City1 We took a Double Decker bus tour which took us past most of the major sites and landmarks. We were able to get off and take a closer look around any time we wanted. It was a delightful way to spend the day and we felt like we got a great sampling of the main tourist stops in New York.. June 2010."

Here is a look at the images in this set:

If you'd like to check out the other great new Cricut Images and projects by the Design Team, just head on over to the Cricut blog.


I also wanted to share a couple of Cricut projects I did for Creative Memories recently. They also use the Creative Memories Traveler Cartridge along with their very fun and boy friendly "Rugged" line.

Thanks again for letting me share! Have a great weekend and thanks for visiting!

He is a Tween Now

One more "A Boy's Life" layout to share today. This one is about my oldest and how much he has grown up. Lately it seems every time I turn around he is taller and more mature. The photos are from his first day of school, just a couple of months before he turned 10.

The journaling reads: "Ty, at age 10 you are certainly growing up! You are becoming less a kid and more of a young man. Currently some of your favorite things are playing Lego computer games and building with Legos, anything to do with Star Wars or Harry Potter, singing in the school choir, playing outside—especially sports like soccer, basketball, and football. Riding your bike, playing games with the family, going to the beach, camping, cub scouts, and theme parks are some other favorites. You are also very excited to have another new sibling and to be able to help take care of it. February 2012"

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Bunny Ears

A little something from last Easter to share today! I fell in love with this super cute Easter line from Bella Blvd a while back and knew it would be great with these photos of the boys with their "Bunny Ears" and baskets on Easter morning.

The journaling reads: "You boys made rather cute bunnies with the ears the Easter Bunny left you this year! As always you enjoyed searching the house to find all the treats left during the night. You also had a great time feasting on all that sugar throughout the morning! Easter 2011"

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Big Brothers Again

Another quick share of a Scrapbook.com layout today. I mentioned that I had a lot of fun with the new Echo Park's "A Boy's Life" line and it is very true! This layout shows some photos I snapped of my two oldest "seeing" their new sibling for the first time. It was fun to document their excitement!

The journaling reads: "I love seeing you boys so excited to be big brothers again! I didn't expect that the two of you would be so interested and thrilled to have a baby joining our family. It is fun to hear you talk about and ask questions about the baby. In these photos you were getting your first look at your new sibling and jokingly telling me about how it looks like an alien and how you don’t really care if it is a girl or a boy—you are just both excited for a baby! 01/20/12"

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The Final Derby

Good morning and happy spring break everyone! I have a quick post today to share a new layout for Scrapbook.com. I had lots of fun playing with the new Echo Park "A Boy's Life" line and used it for several of my layouts this month. Today I want to share a layout I made about Ty's final Pinewood Derby (at least as a Cub Scout). He is in Webelos now so by this time next year he will have moved up to Boy Scouts. This is far from our last Pinewood Derby as a family though as Blake moves into Cub Scouts this fall. 

The journaling reads: "As a Webelo Ty this was your last Pinewood Derby, but it was still at lot of fun. You and Dad worked together on the design and paint job, with you deciding to make it into a tank with a few Legos added on top. You were a little sad when you lost your first race as you thought you were done racing, however, you went on to win your next three races and finished somewhere in the top ten cars. You didn't win a trophy, but you were still excited to win the award for the “Most Dangerous” car! Jan 2012"

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