Wild One - Wacky Wednesday # 28 - Zoo Theme

Here a sweet little card I made for a sweet little girl turning one next week.  I am entering it in Wacky Wednesday at More than Favors - by Paula.  The challenge this week was to make a zoo themed project.

Card Front:

Card Inside:

Recipe:

• I used the paper piecing technique to make the 3 little animals. Stamps by CTMH, they were a Stamp of the Month a couple of years ago.  This is the first time I've used them, I don't know why.  They are flippin' cute.  The lion mane was made using about 5" of ribbon and a whole lot of glue dots.
• Word "wild" stamped in daisy white by CTMH.
• Word "one" cut at 1.75" from Plantin' Schoolbook Cartridge.  
• "Happy Birthday" stamp by My Pink Stamper. Pink lettering is a Rub-On.  
• Papers are mostly scraps.  Diamond background by Crafty Secrets.

So this is my zoo themed project.  Hope it inspires you to play along.

Tuesday Trigger: An Idea in Yellow

I was very inspired by this weeks Tuesday Trigger in Moxie Fab World.




















What a great little picture, right.  You should really play along.  Here is the project I came up with.




When I fist saw this trigger I thought what a cute yellow door.  I bet that cute yellow door belongs to a cute little white house with matching yellow windows.  So the little house in my layout was born.  My second thought was the name its self "An Idea in Yellow" telling me that the project must be predominately yellow.   I also drew inspiration from the pink flower in the vase on the table and the old single pain leaded glass windows.  Which transformed into the pink flowers and accents on the page and the glass pebbles I used for the flower centers.

Recipe:

• House cut @ 5" from the Cricut Sugar and Spice Cartridge.  I cut the house siding from some corrugated card stock so it would appear more like siding.  You could get the same effect using your cuddle bug, but sadly I do not yet own one.    Using the gypsy, I stacked the layers to cut doubles of the roof, then  popped up the bottom of the roof to add a little more depth.
• Tittle cut @ 1.75" from Gypsy Font Digital Cartridge
• Ribbon cut @ 13" by Hot Off the Press
• Card stock by Treasures, Coredinations, and CTMH
• Inks by CTMH, daisy white and bubble gum.  

Well there my latest of many baby layouts.  I try to sneak in other projects but have  a growing mountain of baby pictures to scrap.  Hope no one is getting sick of baby related projects.  

Challenge Me Monday # 49 - Shaped Card

Hello here is a card I made for my father-in-law for his birthday.  It matches up with Challenge Me Monday over at Fantabulous Cricut.  The challenge was to make a shaped card, anything but a square or rectangle. This card is also compliant with The Paper Variety - Lets See Your Green Blog Hop.

Recipe:

• This cute little frog is from The Cricut Lite Playtime Cartridge cut @ 5.5" using scraps from who knows when. It was my first time using this cartridge and I am quite pleased.  I turned the black base layer into a card using the mirror and weld features on my Gypsy.  
• I inked the frog with a stippling foam brush using brown and green ink and inked the edges of the lily pad straight from the green ink pad.  

Inside the card it says "Hope your Birthday is TOADily awesome".  Cheesy I know but still cute.  This is the first non-A2 size card I have made.  Sheesh am I going crazy,  that's two projects in a row way out of my comfort zone.

My First Award

I would like to start out by saying thank-you to Martha (the card boutique) for giving me my very first award.  She does some amazing work with Cards, Cakes and Balloon.  You should check out her blog.

The Liebster Award is designed to bring new blogs to light. It is a great way to share blogs that might not otherwise be seen or ones you may want to share with others. I am here to honor 3-5 blogs to bring awareness to other wonderful blogs.

As a recipient you must share the love and pay it forward by:

1-Creating a post where you blog about the Liebster award & reveal your 3-5 blog picks 
2-Let them know you chose them 
3-Copy & paste the blog award on your blog
4-Have faith that your followers will rally & show their crafty love back out to those you awarded
5-Have fun!

Here are my picks:

http://scrapaholicjen.blogspot.com/

http://twelvestonesscrapbooking.blogspot.com/

http://sarahsscrapshack.blogspot.com/

Moxie Fab World Layout

Here is a page I created for The Paper Piecing Challenge in Moxie Fab World.  For this challenge we were to incorporate the paper piecing technique in an innovative way, by stamping an image on patterned paper or card stock then piecing it together on our project.  This project was way outside my comfort zone as I despise cutting small pieces by hand.  There are a million things I'd rather do, but for the sake of this challenge I had to suck it up.  I am sure glad I did.

Recipe:  

• Stamps are CTMH from the Groovy set.  Stamped and cut from scraps of patterned paper.
• Card stock is Bazzil Basics cut 7.5X7.5
• Circle is cut @ 11", paper MME.
• Font cut @ 2" from Alphalicious Cricut Cartridge.
• I also used some icicle Stickles here and there.

I had never stamped on patterned paper before.  I have to say I love the look.  It's a Moxie Fab World when you can try new things and learn new techniques.  This was such a fun challenge, you should play along.

Wacky Wednesday # 27 - Farm Challenge

Each month I take a picture of my baby girl with her giant stuffed cow.  These days the cow is not so giant anymore.  lol.  When I came across this challenge at More Than Favors - by Paula, I saw it as the perfect opportunity  to actually complete one of the many layouts I have stored in my gypsy for these monthly pictures.  The challenge is to make anything farm themed.

Recipe:

• Cut barn @ 10.5" from the Country life cartridge.  I am in LOVE with the pink farm animal paper, by Making Memories.  Thanks Jenny.
• The shadow feature is also cut @ 10.5".  I had to use a big (12X24) mat so the design would cut from edge to edge.
• The clouds are from Indie art I cut 2 @ 2" and 2 @ 3".
• The sun is from Cricut Classic font and was cut at 9".
• Font is from All Mixed Up and is cut @ 2".
• The cardstock is a mixture from my stash,  I know the pink is from CTMH and matches the pitter patter line perfectly.
• I also used CTMH ink to ink the edges. Blush and Sweet Leaf.

I think this page turned out really well and is just too adorable.  It is very special to me because baby girl is only 2 days old in the picture. (Sigh) 

Paisley Cartridge Chaos

Boy oh boy, it has been a while since I have posted any projects.  I was facing a severe case of scrappers block but now the creative juices are once again flowing. Today I came close to completing a two page layout for Cricut Cartridge Chaos.  the Challenge was to use the Paisley Cricut Cartridge.  I just got this cartridge last week and was super excited to use it.

Recipe:

• The tittle and little out fits are from paisley cut @ 4".  I cut 
• 2 hangers @ 1" from Straight from the Nest.
• Cardstock is CTMH
• Patterned paper by DCWV, Nana's Nursery Baby Girl.
• Flowers by Prima Flowers.

I just love the blinged outfits.  I think he little belt buckle is my favorite.  I need to get a few more photo's printed and the layout will be complete.