Winter Park Layout

Hello! Today I am showing you a neat layout that I did of Winter Park. I love this paper and I just loved the scenery!

The pattern paper is from Hobby Lobby-Paper Studios Travel pack. Blue, Brown, yellow and green cardstock. The I love Exploring and discover stickers are from paper studios as well. The Moose sticker came from Winter Park. The title was cut using Lyrical Letters cart.

I hope you enjoyed this layout! I really love it! Thanks for looking!

Retreat Layouts-yes more...

Hello! I am still posting pics from my retreat....I just had the best time and got so much done!

One of my favorite things from the retreat is challenges! Our fearless leader and my dear friend AnnMarie comes up with challenges for us to do during the retreat to make it more interesting. For me, it totally gets me revved up and highly motivated!

This layout was one I did to complete the challenge. You can see the page idea on the right and my layout on the left. It doesn't look like it exactly, but I did use it for my inspiration!

I used paper from the Hobby Lobby, it was a cowboy pack, for my background and middle section. I used just regular brown and red cardstock for the title. I cut the rope using Toy Story Cart and the title using Cuttin' Up.

Hope you enjoyed my layout! Thanks for looking!

Fun Layout!

While we were on vacation this summer on our Family Reunion, there was a Square Dancing Activity for families. We of course joined in on the fun! We played the Hokey Pokey to start it out!

I used this adorable paper from Hobby Lobby called Cowboy. I love the Yee haw on it! I added a cowboy hat cut from Toy Story Cart for my journaling. I also used red cardstock for the matting and journal.

Watching my mom and dad Hokey Pokey was a memory I will always have! So much fun!

Thanks for looking!

Retreat Layout-as promised

I went on my retreat this past weekend and had a blast!!!!! I got 24 layouts done! That's 48 pages people! Not my best, but I had some issues this time! My Cricut and Gypsy were giving me fits, so I spent the majority of my time trying to fix them!

I wanted to spend the next few posts on some of the layouts that I did. I really liked how one of my first layouts of the 1st night turned out.

I used a Christmas paper actually for the patterned background, lime green and maroon cardstock for matting and title. FancyPantsDesign tag with an added button for my journal tag. Family Frenzy was cut using Storybook Cartridge. I used magic mesh to accentuate the title.

I really like the pics the best....these were all pictures from our family reunion this past summer. We had such a great time!

Thanks for looking!

Retreat Cuts Part Deux!

Here is the other cut I made for the Retreat Cut Swap! I can not wait to see what everyone else did as well!!!

I used the Gypsy Font cartridge. Cut out on white paper, pulled it through my Xyron to make it a sticker and covered it with glitter (of course!). I added the rhinestone for super glitz!

I am super excited about my retreat this weekend and I plan to post some great layout shots! Thanks for looking!

Retreat cuts

Hello! I am going on a retreat this weekend to scrapbook and I am participating in a Cricut cut swap! Each person picks 2 cuts to cut and then cuts enough for the people participating. By the time the swap is over you have all new cuts done for you! Love it! I chose this cute bird from the Gypsy Wanderings cut on my Gypsy.

Of course I decorated it with glitter! You know how much I love it! I used white cardstock, the Gypsy cart and then green glitter! Super cute!

I will post my other cut later this week! Thanks for looking!

I promise....I have been busy!

Let me start off to say...I have been super busy...busy crafting!!!!! I have done so much these past couple of weeks! Some of it I had to be secretive though about!

First, I made this adorable wreath for our mantle for Valentine's Day! My friend had a craft night at her house, and although I had to miss it, she still gave me the flowers to create this cute wreath!!!

Here is the closeup!

It was super easy to make! My friend cut out the flowers using the Close to My Heart Cricut cart. The cuts started out flat...they looked like spirals. You then wound the spiral around a stick and take it off and voila! You have a flower! I then hot glued them to the base of the spiral, then hot glued them to just a basic twig wreath, stuck a bow and there you have it! Super cute wreath!

These next items I had created back earlier in January, but I couldn't show them! They were for a friend's daughter's wedding shower! Not that she might look at my blog, but I didn't want to risk it! I am so excited I can share now!

This is the card I made for the bride to be!!!! I used my new Texture Boutique to emboss the card, the brown flower was a left over cut I had saved (cartridge not sure). The cake is actually a stamp on patterned paper. The stamp is from Stamps of Life by Stephanie Barnard. If you have not checked her out, you must! I love, love, love her stamps!!! Can't you see why?

The next 2 pics were a recipe box I made for the bride. I was commissioned from the mother of the bride (my friend) to create a box to hold some recipe cards for the bride from all sorts of people at church, family, etc. She picked out the paper, but then left the creativity to me!

The sides are decorated as well with more paper, ribbon and daisies. I used paper from Hobby Lobby and DCWV stacks. I just cut the paper, mod podged them to the box and added the daisies and kitchen sayings. I had a blast making it and plan to make others!

This last pic is of the gift I gave the bride to be! I got this idea on Pinterest.

I created this "cake" using washcloths, wooden spoons, spatulas, a whisk and measuring spoons. These were all things that I just seemed to run out of right away in my own kitchen or that I needed more of when we got married. I used rubber bands to keep the washcloths rolled up, used yarn to keep the rolled up washcloths all together in the layers, and then added pretty ribbon to showcase the "cake." This was so much fun to make!

So, I am keeping true to my promise and goals! I am crafting more, I just couldn't share what I had crafted just yet! I have a retreat to go to next weekend and I am only working on my book from our Colorado vacation. I should finish it! I can't wait to show off the pics! If you are new to my blog, check out my post on organizing for a retreat (Power Layouts). That is what I will be doing this weekend to get ready for the next! Wish me luck!