tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-159733633753581612024-03-13T10:45:34.597-07:00cricut craftin grammyA place to share my crafting with both the Cricut and the Silhouette. Suzanne cricutcraftingrammyblogspot.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11257522124568551651noreply@blogger.comBlogger1283125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15973363375358161.post-34125442108059702322016-01-24T09:14:00.000-08:002016-01-24T09:14:04.706-08:00 Lasting Memories a "New Beginning" with Daisies <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
This is our last challenge with the theme Anything Goes "New Beginnings" </div>
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I decided to do a layout with my oldest granddaughter Katie in her new</div>
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Daisy uniform for Girl Scouts. The paper I had in my stash and I found the little girl graphic and title online. The daisy cutout and ladybug was something I had made for a card exchange. I had kept the extras and this was perfect for the page. Plus we call her Katiebug. </div>
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The pictures are of her vest that I was able to go get with her and sew on her badges. </div>
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Her guide book and her badges she won for the pumpkin carving contest. </div>
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I hope you will check out what the other designers have created and join in </div>
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I belong to the most amazing book club. We get so immersed in the books, We dress up for meetings, Eat food from the countries in the story and play games and have little gifts. In December we read Little Women and we were asked to each bring a present that was hand made by us. </div>
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It was so much fun seeing all the handmade goodies from all the wonderfully talented ladies. </div>
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There were knitted and crocheted things, homemade jams and bread, quilted baby blanket, and all sorts of other things. For my handmade project I modpodged a black frame with old book pages and then cut out this cute little girl and quote from Silhouette America. I cut it from paper and then modpodged it to the board. </div>
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<br />Suzanne cricutcraftingrammyblogspot.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11257522124568551651noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15973363375358161.post-81061291196841860782016-01-21T09:06:00.000-08:002016-01-21T09:06:04.104-08:00QT Patootie Mermaid card from Paper Crafting World <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
The minute I saw this cute little mermaid from <a href="http://www.papercraftingworld.com/">Paper Crafting World</a> I knew I had to maker her for my granddaughter's birthday. She loves mermaids and even says she is one part of the time. </div>
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The file I used is a Digital Printable but it is also available as a cut file. </div>
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I cut her out and inked the edges with blue ink. </div>
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She is pop dotted </div>
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I love the cute graphics and bright colors. </div>
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I used some old old paper and ribbon I had in my stash and then I typed out the words I wanted for the inside sentiment. </div>
I added some cute little gems I got at the Michaels section. <br />
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<br />Suzanne cricutcraftingrammyblogspot.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11257522124568551651noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15973363375358161.post-81489267711193638812016-01-20T08:40:00.000-08:002016-01-20T08:40:00.176-08:00My heart is wherever you are <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
This is the last present I wanted to share that I created for my</div>
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dear friend Beth for Christmas this year. </div>
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Beth and her family live in Californian where the youngest son is in High School. </div>
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This year she has two kids off to college. </div>
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Her oldest son is in Texas and her daughter is at graduate school at Harvard this year. </div>
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Right now her husband works in California but he also is an officer in the Naval Reserves. </div>
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His new duty station is in Hawaii. </div>
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Since they are all over and travelig back and forth I got this idea to make this sign. </div>
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I used a title and states with hearts cut out from Silhouette America. </div>
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The sign is a metal one with a chalkboard finish I collected on sale sometime.. </div>
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It was perfect for this project. </div>
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I told her when her other son goes to college we will peel a heart and add his state. LOL</div>
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Needless to say she was thrilled. </div>
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<br />Suzanne cricutcraftingrammyblogspot.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11257522124568551651noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15973363375358161.post-61025483732280245682016-01-19T08:28:00.000-08:002016-01-19T08:28:03.575-08:00Disney Christmas presents <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
I made for my daughter and son in law for Christmas. We go to Disneyland usually around once a month and they have their entire staircase full of Disney memorabilia and pins. </div>
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I used a file from a Silhouette Disney group and then added Pin collectin to it as we love to do that. They were so excited. </div>
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I also completed these two Malaeficent cups with vinyl. </div>
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One is for me and one for my daughter as we both love Maleficent. </div>
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I lucked out and had just enough green to create these so guess I need to get busy </div>
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and order some more. </div>
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It's always fun to create items that are personal for your family and friends. </div>
<br />Suzanne cricutcraftingrammyblogspot.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11257522124568551651noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15973363375358161.post-85867782327271494102016-01-18T08:25:00.003-08:002016-01-18T08:25:55.969-08:00Card exchange Valentines <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Every other month I meet with a group of ladies and we crop and exchange cards. This month I made valentine cards from some vintage prints I had. </div>
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It's really fun seeing what everyone makes and having lots of cards on hand. </div>
<br />Suzanne cricutcraftingrammyblogspot.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11257522124568551651noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15973363375358161.post-87620097435121169762016-01-17T16:54:00.001-08:002016-01-17T16:54:54.086-08:00Lasting Memories challenge- New Beginnings (First Day of School)<br />
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Here it is Sunday and time for another challenge at<a href="http://kcclayoutchallenges.blogspot.com/"> Lasting Memories</a>. We are still on the Theme New Beginnings. This week the focus is a New Life Event such as Marriage, Birth, Moving, New Job, New School, house, etc. </div>
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For my layout I used pics from the fist day of school when my 2nd granddaughter Kenzie started Transitional Kindergarten. The hands, letters and title were cut from Silhouette America. The paper was from my stash and the ribbon I believe from Michaels. <a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-AjPf88CFwY8/VoiK1MoAOWI/AAAAAAAAH_A/RiZZSch0Tjw/s1600/IMG_2230.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-AjPf88CFwY8/VoiK1MoAOWI/AAAAAAAAH_A/RiZZSch0Tjw/s400/IMG_2230.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>
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Suzanne cricutcraftingrammyblogspot.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11257522124568551651noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15973363375358161.post-3663404214297285242016-01-15T07:26:00.001-08:002016-01-15T07:26:48.189-08:00Time for another great sketch challenge at Let's Scrap <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Wasn't it just Christmas and the New Year and now its already the middle of January. </div>
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The good thing is it is time for another great sketch challenge at <a href="http://letsscrapsketches.blogspot.com/">Let's Scrap. </a> </div>
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For my layout I used some Christmas paper I got last year for these pics of my grandson performing in his preschool Christmas program. Those little ones are just so darn cute!!!! </div>
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The paper I used was perfect with the jingle all the way graphics and song paper. </div>
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I cut out a pic of him jumping as that was his favorite part. </div>
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He performed two nights so there are pics of him in two different plaid shirts. </div>
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And on a side note the cutie patootie to the right of him is his little girlfriend. </div>
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They always greet each other with a great big hug when they see each others at school. </div>
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So here is the amazing sketch by Michelle. I wasn't too sure at first what I would do but there really are a lot of things you can do with it so its a fun fun challenge. Check out what the other designers did at <a href="http://letsscrapsketches.blogspot.com/">Let's Scrap</a>. Then jump on in and join us in the challenge. You have till the end of the month to link up your projects. </div>
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<br />Suzanne cricutcraftingrammyblogspot.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11257522124568551651noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15973363375358161.post-73605789204992534382016-01-10T12:06:00.001-08:002016-01-10T12:06:11.404-08:00 Lasting Memories Challenge- My new beginning is Bible Journaling <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
The theme at <a href="http://kcclayoutchallenges.blogspot.com/">Lasting Memories </a>this month is "New Beginnings." This week it is Anything Goes with the theme. I rarely scrapbook about myself but I chose</div>
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and that is Bible Journaling. </div>
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I found several Facebook sites and blogs about people creating in special bibles so I stated stalking and then ordered my bible and jumped right in. </div>
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I can't get enough of it now and I love studying His word and then creating on the pages. </div>
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I also decopaged my plain black bible cover with Prima paper. </div>
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Here are just a few of the pages I have made. </div>
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Believe me you can use all sorts of supplies from your scrapbooking supplies. </div>
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You don't have to be an artist either. You can trace or use mostly words. </div>
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I am so excited about this that I am not only going to teach an introduction class at the scrapbook store but also at my church. </div>
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Check out what all the designers created this week and last week. You have till the end of the month to link up. Have fun and join in at <a href="http://kcclayoutchallenges.blogspot.com/">Lasting Memories. </a> </div>
<br />Suzanne cricutcraftingrammyblogspot.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11257522124568551651noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15973363375358161.post-53398160129396002682016-01-07T06:00:00.000-08:002016-01-07T06:00:10.690-08:00Birthday Girl layout for Paper Crafting World <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
I almost forgot to write up my post today. I think my Southern California brain is in shock from actually having rain the past two days. I had forgotten what is was like to use an umbrella. LOL </div>
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So anyway on with my post for <a href="http://www.papercraftingworld.blogspot.com/">Paper Crafting World</a> today. </div>
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I created a double page layout using the Birthday Girl Bear set. </div>
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I just love this little bear and her adorable dress. <a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3qQwck89Z84/VoiTMDienhI/AAAAAAAAIAE/kvckJ3Df1pE/s1600/IMG_2211.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="201" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3qQwck89Z84/VoiTMDienhI/AAAAAAAAIAE/kvckJ3Df1pE/s400/IMG_2211.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>
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The file from <a href="http://www.papercraftingworld.com/catalog.htm">Paper Crafting World</a> also includes the title and a little bear with a cupcake. </div>
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For the paper I used </div>
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The pictures are of my third granddaughter's birthday last year. </div>
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We had a great time at the park. </div>
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Here is a closeup of the cute little bear. </div>
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<br />Suzanne cricutcraftingrammyblogspot.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11257522124568551651noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15973363375358161.post-88367155632595790522016-01-03T10:00:00.000-08:002016-01-03T10:00:04.892-08:00Lasting Memories Challenge "New Beginnings" <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;">Today we start a new Theme "New Beginnings" for the<a href="http://kcclayoutchallenges.blogspot.com/"> Lasting Memories Challenges</a> this month. I really enjoyed creating my layouts for this theme as I found a lot of appropriate pics from my grandkids. </span></div>
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These pics are of granddaughter Kenzie and her first ballet class. She is having so much fun with this and I love to watch her learn new things. </div>
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I created this sign for my son in law for Christmas using vinyl and a wood base from Michaels. </div>
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The file from Silhouette originally said a little bit of Coffee but my son in law sells Spark which is an Advocare product so I changed it for him. </div>
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He was so thrilled with it!</div>
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<br />Suzanne cricutcraftingrammyblogspot.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11257522124568551651noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15973363375358161.post-44002571598606714762016-01-01T07:18:00.004-08:002016-01-01T07:18:43.154-08:00Let's Scrap into the New Year 2016<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Happy New Year to all of you as we start 2016. As the holidays wind down I have tons of pictures to scrap and I am sure you do too. Michele Van Wyk our lovely designer at <a href="http://letsscrapsketches.blogspot.com/">Let's Scrap</a> has come up with another great layout with room for lots of pictures. </div>
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I am sure we all have photos we need to get on layouts. </div>
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For this page I decided to use some scrapbook pages of my granddaughter at her recent ballet recital. She is really loving taking classes. </div>
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I used some paper from my stash and followed the sketch. </div>
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All the photos were originally 4 x 6 but I was able to cut them to fit the various sizes. </div>
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The banner was done with a punch and the ballet title and shoes were cut from Silhouette America. </div>
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I apologize that the left side photo quality is terrible. It is pale pink like the right side but </div>
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the light faded it out. I didn't realize until it was too late to correct. </div>
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I would love to have you check out what the other designers have created at <a href="http://letsscrapsketches.blogspot.com/">Let's Scrap</a>. You will get so many great ideas. Then get out those photos and play along. We would love to see your creations. You have till the 14th to <a href="http://letsscrapsketches.blogspot.com/">link up</a> and then we have a new sketch for you on the 15th. </div>
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Happy Craftin and Happy 2016. </div>
Suzanne cricutcraftingrammyblogspot.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11257522124568551651noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15973363375358161.post-14315967256018919352015-12-31T06:30:00.000-08:002015-12-31T06:30:17.494-08:00PCW Puddles of Fun today<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Hello Crafty Friends- Here we are at the end of 2015 and now on to 2016, </div>
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For my project today I am sharing these adorable little Cut File Bears in Umbrella Puddles of Fun. </div>
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This files is also available in digital format at <a href="http://www.papercraftingworld.com/">Paper Crafting World. </a></div>
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All the pieces were cut out of cardstock except for the umbrella top which I cut out of a scrap of patterned paper. I inked the edges and added the pics. </div>
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These are pretty rare pics here in Southern California this past year. We haven't had much rain and when we did it was so quick we never even got our rain gear on. </div>
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The pics of our granddaughters Katie and Brittany with their rain gear on and </div>
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then grandkids Micah and Kenzie checking out the wet ground and beautiful sky </div>
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I hope you all had a Merry Christmas and that 2016 will bring you many blessings. </div>
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Don't forget to check<a href="http://www.papercraftingworld.blogspot.com/"> Paper Crafting World</a> out for great project ideas from the Design Team. </div>
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Suzanne cricutcraftingrammyblogspot.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11257522124568551651noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15973363375358161.post-51627818310141348342015-12-30T12:58:00.003-08:002015-12-30T12:58:37.405-08:00Snow White, Belle and Maleficent layouts <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
These layouts seemed to have been buried in my Blogger posts and just found them so posting from a trip we took in the Fall. </div>
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Maleficent and Belle from PPBN Designs </div>
<br />Suzanne cricutcraftingrammyblogspot.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11257522124568551651noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15973363375358161.post-50572183976628611172015-12-20T06:00:00.000-08:002015-12-20T06:00:16.739-08:00 Lasting Memories Challenge Snowflakes <br />
Here we are only 5 days left till Christmas. The weather has finally cooled down in California a little bitt so I was able to get some cute pics of my granddaughters Brittany and Katie bundling up to go outside. Kids always love their hats, scarves and mittens but we don't get to wear them a lot in Southern California.<br />
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This is the challenge for the month of December at<a href="http://kcclayoutchallenges.blogspot.com/"> Lasting Memories</a> and here it is. <br />
<i>Make Cut Out Snowflake Day is here and now. Here's a day to show your crafty skills, as you make paper snowflakes. Making cut out snowflakes is a great project for kids. However, you don't have to be a kid, to have fun making paper snowflakes. It's a skill that is practiced by many people.</i><br />
<i>They say no two snowflakes are alike. It shouldn't come as a surprise, that there are seemingly countless different snowflake designs. Templates abound, from fast and easy patterns, to intricate time consuming designs to challenge the most practiced "snowflaker". So, if you like snow...bring it on! Bring out the paper and scissors, and cut out some paper snowflakes on this very special Make Cut Out Snowflake Day. Day held- December 27th </i><br />
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The snowflakes I cut with my Silhouette. I love the ones that are turned like this so they look more like they are falling. The quote if kisses were snowflakes is also from Silhouette is a print and cut. </div>
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So please check out what the other designers have created with this challenge and join in if you can. We would love to see your creations at <a href="http://kcclayoutchallenges.blogspot.com/">Lasting Memories. </a></div>
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Merry Christmas </div>
<br />Suzanne cricutcraftingrammyblogspot.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11257522124568551651noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15973363375358161.post-56554468291227503512015-12-19T08:21:00.001-08:002015-12-19T08:21:56.637-08:00Christmas class layout<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This is the last layout class I did at Busy Bees where I teach for 2015. I really enjoyed creating a layout for each month. The ladies and I had a lot of fun and looks like we will continue classes next year. </div>
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<br />Suzanne cricutcraftingrammyblogspot.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11257522124568551651noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15973363375358161.post-5199730945414600922015-12-17T05:00:00.000-08:002015-12-17T05:00:02.371-08:00 All Baked Out <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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It's Suzanne here from<a href="http://cricutcraftingrammy.blogspot.com/"> Cricut craftin grammy </a>ready to share another amazing cut file from Paper Crafting World. I created this page to either use with yummy Christmas baking pictures or for the pics of our yearly Gingerbread house decorating. Can't you just almost smell the yummy fragrance of gingerbread or cookies baking in the oven? </div>
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I thought the exhausted gingerbread cutie was perfect since this is the way you feel after a long day of baking and decorating. </div>
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The paper was old Christmas paper I had in my stash. I added inking to the gingerbread and a little white Pearl Pen. I used a fine black Sharpie for the eyes. </div>
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<br />Suzanne cricutcraftingrammyblogspot.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11257522124568551651noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15973363375358161.post-29166989192658838082015-12-15T03:00:00.000-08:002015-12-15T03:00:01.098-08:00Let's Scrap Magical Time of Year <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
It's time for another awesome sketch challenge from <a href="http://letsscrapsketches.blogspot.com/">Let's Scrap. </a> I don't have pictures on this layout yet but I know I will soon with Christmas less then two weeks away. For this wonderful layout Michele created I used Twas the Night Before Christmas paper from Graphic 45. I also used several different punches from Martha Stewart to create the border branches and the frames around several of the pieces. </div>
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The title Magical and Time of Year is a title from Silhouette America. </div>
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Here is the great layout sketch for the challenge. Please check out what all the talented designers have created using this sketch and join us for the challenge at<a href="http://letsscrapsketches.blogspot.com/"> Let's Scrap.</a> </div>
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<br />Suzanne cricutcraftingrammyblogspot.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11257522124568551651noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15973363375358161.post-78719763559142885542015-12-14T20:12:00.002-08:002015-12-14T20:12:38.362-08:00 Lasting Memories Funny Holiday happenings challenge <center style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.26px;">
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I guess in honor of this weeks challenge at <a href="http://kcclayoutchallenges.blogspot.com/">Lasting Memories</a>- I was a Ding-a-ling and forgot to schedule my post. I was gone over the weekend with family spending two days at Disneyland. We had a wonderful time so here I am admitting to being a Ding-a-Ling. </div>
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<i>Today is National Ding-a-Ling Day, a very special day to "Ring your Bell". Nope, we're not talking about the Salvation Army Bell Ringers, standing with their bells and kettles, outside of every store in the country. On National Ding-a-Ling Day, you should brace yourself for bizarre and crazy behavior, from all of the people you encounter today. Even normally conservative people have been known to go a little crazy on this day. </i><i>Some people say this is a day for wackos, lunatics, and others who are off their rocker. We say, it is simply a day to cut loose, act a little weird. </i><i>What do you do to celebrate this day? Be ever vigilant to the ding-a-lings that will come out of the woodwork. Ding-a-Lings will be everywhere: on the road, on the street, in stores, and even in your house! We suggest you get into the holiday spirit, and become a ding-a-ling yourself......But, please do so for just one day. </i></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">So for my creation I created an Elf on a Shelf layout using paper from my stash and files from Silhouette. The two elves are cut files and the House Under elf Surveillance is a print file. Both my daughters do Elf on a Shelf with the grandkids so I am sure I will get some cute pics to add to this layout. </span></div>
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<i>National Brownie Day celebrates chocolatey, chewy brownies.</i><br />
<i>Brownie lovers, love chocolate. Conversely, chocolate lovers, love brownies. Therefore, its only natural, that we have a special day to celebrate brownies. It's fun and easy to enjoy this special day. First, select your favorite brownie recipe, and bake a batch of brownies. You can add nuts, if you prefer. Topping the brownies with chocolate frosting is a good thing, too. Finally, eat them! You can have them for breakfast, lunch, dinner, or as a snack.</i><br />
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Here is my layout in preparation for some holiday baking or could be used for pics of putting the gingerbread houses together this year. The paper was old paper from my stash and I used a Martha Stewart gingerbread punch. The cute little gingerbread train, boy and girl are from Silhouette and are Print and cut. They matched the paper perfectly. <a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xaHo7jo7Anw/VlkQ46kToiI/AAAAAAAAH6k/YnShXhW4GTk/s1600/Christmas%2Btrain.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="191" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xaHo7jo7Anw/VlkQ46kToiI/AAAAAAAAH6k/YnShXhW4GTk/s400/Christmas%2Btrain.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>
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<span style="text-align: center;">I had so much fun creating these cards and gift card holder using the <a href="http://www.papercraftingworld.com/item_1558/Bear-w-Cuppa-Joe-DS.htm">Bear with a Cuppa Joe digital file from Paper Crafting World.</a> He's just so darn cute and I love the colors. </span></div>
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The first card is a regular card. You can see the inside in the bottom picture. All you have to do is print and trim for you card and then find some matching paper. I had these cute little stamps I got some time ago that went perfect with these cards. </div>
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The second two are for gift cards especially yummy coffee gift cards. I always like to have some of these ready for last minute quick gifts. Both gift card files have cut little pockets to hold the gift card in place. </div>
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Here are the insides of the cards </div>
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It's time for a new challenge sketch at <a href="http://letsscrapsketches.blogspot.com/">Let's Scrap</a>. Michelle created another awesome sketch for us with lots of different photo sizes. I decided to scrap a Nutcracker Ballet theme with Graphic 45 Nutcracker Suite paper. </div>
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My oldest daughter and I took my granddaughter to see her first nutcracker. We had so much fun. </div>
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We were so lucky that when we came out of the auditorium after the big rush there were several ballerinas in the foyer so we got some great shots with Kenzie. </div>
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<i style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;">Date When celebrated : Always December 3</i><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;"><i>Today is National Roof Over Your Head Day. It is a day of appreciation for the things we have, starting with the roof over our heads. For most of us, a roof over our head signifies living in a house that protects us from the elements, keeping us warm, dry, and cozy. Unfortunately, not everyone is as lucky as you and I. There are many homeless people right here in our country. Some people live in a cardboard box on the street...... literally. There are millions of people around the world who live in poverty or disaster areas, and do not have a home to keep them comfortable and safe. Spend a few minutes being thankful that you are not homeless, and appreciating your roof and home today. Also make a contribution to a homeless shelter, so others can come in out of the rain.</i></span></span><br />
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Here is my layout using last years Doodlebug. </div>
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I used 2 alphas, 3 patterned papers, stickers, and one photo. </div>
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The pic is of my grandkids in a wheelbarrow at the pumpkin patch. </div>
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