Paris?

Today I come to you from Paris....well....I wish Paris!  No, just me in Texas still.  But I live vicariously through my sister though!  Last summer she got the opportunity to go to France for a festival with her Bassoon playing.  She had these 2 great photos of her in a really cute dress she bought in France.  I added her postcard she sent us and had to do a layout of it!

Brown cardstock.  Journey/Eiffel tower design, Imagine More Cart for the Cricut Imagine, light brown cardstock for matting photos, Eiffel tower brads from eyelet outlet.

I did have a little snafu this week though and I am truly devastated!  My Gypsy (which is a software device for Cricut machines) broke.  The USB port came out and I can no longer use it to cut with.  I called Provo Craft and there is nothing they can really do except allow me to buy a new one and then ship it back to them with the old one to switch over my cartridges since they are connected to the broken machine.  I however, am not going this route.  I am getting my Carts flashed and re-serialized so I can use them on the Cricut Craft Room instead.  We will see how this journey goes.  I must admit, I am not too pleased with Provo Craft at this moment.  They were nice on the phone, and were understanding, but hey, they have to make money right?  We'll see how I feel about them once I get all this cartridge thing sorted out.  Stay tuned....

I hope you did enjoy the layout.  I will still say I love my machine, but it is technology.  As one of my students said one year, "Technology is awesome....when it works!"  Thanks for looking and listening!

Harry Potter!

If you know me well, I love, love, love Harry Potter!  I re-read the books all the time and I love the movies.  I keep up with J.K. Rowling, and in fact her new book comes out in September.  I am excited about it!  It is an adult book, and has nothing to do with Harry Potter, but I'm sure I will still like it!  She has a "prequel" to Harry Potter available for e-readers right now.  I may have to check that out!

This layout was to scrap the last Harry Potter movie that came out last summer.  A bunch of us headed to the theater to watch part 1 and then part 2 at midnight.  We always have a blast and it is so neat to see people come out in costumes!

Black cardstock from Hobby Lobby for background.  Letter pattern paper from Black and White stack, DCWV.  Harry Potter title was created by EZ Laser Designs (got at convention).  Note card from Fancy Pants Design.  Gemstones from EK Success.

Hope you enjoyed this fun layout.  I also hope you are enjoying your summer.  I have 39 days left till students are in my classroom!  Oh my!  I better enjoy these days off!!!!  Thanks for looking!

7-11

Today is July 11th, or 7-11 day!  If you haven't already, go into a 7-11 and get your free slurpee!  I made this layout from last year's free slurpee day!  I love scrapping the everyday things sometimes.  They are fun to look back on!

Pattern Paper from Michaels.  Blue cardstock used for titles.  Cupcake Cartridge.  The flowers were Close to my heart except the purple one.  I got that one at scrapbook convention at the dollar store.  Brads used to keep flowers together.  Blue twine from Close to my Heart.

I hope you enjoyed the layout.  I love using fun paper for my backgrounds.  It's easy and always looks great!  Now go out and get your free slurpee!  I am!

4th of July Fireworks!

I just love the 4th of July!  Fun times with fireworks, sitting outside for a picnic or BBQ, having fun with family....things that are just great!  We love shooting off fireworks!  This past year we were in a bad drought, so there was a fire ban.  We just stuck with smoke bombs and sparklers mainly.  This was the layout I decided to use to display the fun we had!

Red background paper is Tammi Potter Mosaics.  Patterned Paper is Scenic Route.  Embellishment is  Queen and Co.  Title is Stand and Salute Cart.

I know I used the Tammi Potter paper in the last post, but her papers really are cool.  I love getting this tiled look!  I use it mainly for 4th of July, but have also used it for flowers at the Botanical Gardens and Mountain Scenes in Colorado.  There is a lot you can do with these pages if you have the patience!  Once you get going though, they are a snap to get done and look amazing when they are finished!


Thanks for looking and I hope you have a safe and fun 4th!

The 4th is coming up!

Hello!!!!  I hope you are having a great week!  It will be 4th of July before we know it, so I thought I would post a layout from last year's 4th of July fun!  We usually go to my hubby's parents for a party, and this past year was no exception!  We spent some time on an ATV first!

Paper used:  Scenic Route for pattern paper and white cardstock.  Blue paper and wavy stars and USA and 2001 were from Tami Potter Mosaic Moments.  Stickers were from Hobby Lobby.  Title:  Cupcake Cartridge.

The Mosaic Moments are so fun to and easy to use!  Check out their website tamipotter.com.  I love the block look and the paper has guides on it to show you where to tape the pics down, plus there is a bookmark that I used to tell me what dimensions the photos had to be to fit exactly.

Hope you enjoyed this layout and I hope it gave you some ideas to use for your 4th of July pics!  See ya next week!!!!

S'mores Layout

Hello!  I know I promised to update last week, but I was too busy getting ready for my retreat I went to!  We went to Hobby House Hill in Bowie, TX and I love it!!!!  So relaxing and I got so much done!  I went with some friends from church and my Mom came as well!  Love it when I can crop with my Mom!  I was very productive.  85 pages done and got to Christmas of 2011.  As soon as I finish Christmas, I will be done with 2011 and ready to start 2012!  Yay!

I thought I would share a layout I did of my family reunion from last year.  We had a great time in Colorado and spent our last night together hanging by the campfire eating S'mores.  

I used paper from Scenic Route and Cosmo Cricket for the pattern paper and fun s'more guy.  I mad the S'mores myself using George Cart and brown ink pad around the edges.  The title was made using Cuttin up Cart.  I also used cream, red and beige cardstock.

I plan on adding some pictures from my retreat last week to my post next week!  Hope you stop and and look and thanks for looking today!

Ahhhhhh....Summer!

Okay, so it has been a month.  I am super bad.  But May was super crazy and I am surprised I am still standing!  The summer has arrived and I plan to update each week!  Seriously....each week.  I have it on my to do list for Wednesdays....seriously.

I have a layout to show you that I did back in April.  This was of my nieces at our community pool.  I love how beachy it turned out!

Water patterned paper used for background.  Summer theme paper used for strips.  Both from DCWV Summer stack.  Circle paper bought at Scrapbook Convention.  Flowers and rhinestones from Queen and Company.  Pink and blue cardstock for title and matting.  Holy Cow from Cuttin Up Cart for Title.  Journal title:  Imagine More Cart.

To start my summer off right, I did go to the Scrapbook Convention this year!  I persuaded my Principal to let me out early on Friday and then shopped the day away!  Here is my loot!!!!!

I am so excited about all my new stuff and can not wait to use it up!!!!!!  I even got to meet Stephanie Barnard from Stamps of Life.  It was like meeting a celebrity because I watch her videos all the time!  If you haven't by her site, you need to go there!  I love her stamps!  http://www.stephaniebarnardstamps.com/index.htm

Well, that is all for now.  I need to get busy cleaning and scrapping!  See you next week!  Thanks for looking!