Bitten by the Bug 2 Challenge- Window to my World

Two challenges today so please check them both out.  

First - Fantabulous Cricut Challenge Blog- Yummy, Yummy Challenge 

Second- Bitten by the Bug 2 Blog - Window to my World Challenge 

This week at Bitten by the Bug 2 my friend Brenda came up with this wonderful challenge-" Window to my World."  At first I was going to make a  card  using a "normal" window.  Then low in behold my Wild Card 2 cart arrived.  I saw this cute little oven and title "Bun in the Oven"  so I decided to use this for my window project.  

This is a double page layout using some paper I found in my stash.  These are pictures of our grandson little Micah who will arrive in October.  After three delightful little girls we think it will be fun to add a little boy to the mix and I can finally do some "blue" scrapbook pages.  

This is the first page 

I used Sweethearts and New Arrival for the mom.  I used my Gypsy to get the sizing right and then trimmed a few tiny pieces.  

Closeup of oven 

I added plastic from Cricut cart over the cut out for window, used a Peachy Keen face, embossed and added buttons and white gel pen.  

This is the second page 

Recipe

Bun in the Oven title 4 inches page 65

Oven  4.5 inches page 65

Banner Country Life page 30 cut at 2.75 and 2/5 inches 

Letters cut at 2.5 inches 

Couple cut from Sweethearts page 32 9 inches 

Maternity dress cut from New Arrival page 82 at 12.5 inches 

We are looking forward to seeing all your "windows" on projects.  You have two weeks to complete your project and link it up to the challenge at BBTB2.   Don't forget you must use Cricut Cuts.  

Also don't forget last weeks challenge - "Here Come the Sun."   

You have one more week to enter your projects in that challenge.  

Happy Craftin!

FCCB "Save the Earth" Cricut Crawl and Surprise Baby Shower for Shawnee

Today I have both the FCCB Save the Earth Cricut Crawl and the Felicity Makes 10 Surprise Shower.  

Also I can now announce my exciting news.  I have been selected to be a member of the Bitten by the Bug 2 Design team.  I am so excited and honored to be selected for another great design team.  More tomorrow on my blog.  

So if you are here for either one of these posts you will find my project and all the information here in this one post.  Of course I would love for you to follow along with both the crawl and the hop.  :)

So first:

Welcome to  Cricutcraftingrammyblogspot.com  and the SEVENTH Fantabulous Cricut Crawl...Fantabulous Cricut's version of a Blog Hop!

In honor of our Home Planet, Mother Earth, we're having a"Save the Earth" Crawl...each Design Team member will be featuring an original Upcycled-Themed Project that includes at least one Reuseable/Recycled Item along with at least ONE Cricut Cut.

If you've come from visiting Sonya at  http://sonyaspapertrail.blogspot.com/ you're in the right place! If you've just happened across my blog and would like to play along with our Fantabulous Cricut Crawl, start HERE

Make sure to check out each DT member's blog for some awesome inspiration! There will be PRIZES along the way at our DT members' blogs, AND there will be a Grand Prize up for grabs at FCCB for one participant that submits a "Save the Earth" project at FCCB!

How fun is that?
So here is a picture of my project:

I went rummaging through my junk drawers to find something I could use to recycle and decided to use some magnets I found in the drawer.
I used the Cricut Everyday Cart to make the cuts  at 3. 50
I then glued them to the magnet pieces and added twine, Glossy accents for the Gypsy screen
and black beads for eyes on the Cricut head.  

Here are the magnets I got at a collectible show almost 10 years ago.  

Next stop.... Go see what Tammy : http://bowmancrafts.blogspot.com/ has in store for you today... And when you're done with the Cricut crawl

 make sure to link up your project to FCCB's Fantabulous Cricut Crawl post to be entered into the contest!

Now it's your turn! Let's see your Upcycled-Themed projects! Make sure to include a Cricut Cut somewhere on your project!

Happy Crawling!

Here is the entire list of participants if you get lost along the way.  

              1.   Amy Jo: http://lv2scrapandfibrofacts.blogspot.com/

2.      Amy L: http://redheadedcrafter.blogspot.com/

3.      Beckie: http://justbcreativecrazy.blogspot.com/

4. Cindy B: http://cindybcreations.blogspot.com/

5. Cyndy G: http://arcyscraps.blogspot.com/

6. Faith: http://www.faithabigaildesigns.com/

7. Holly: http://ribbonsandglue.blogspot.com/

8. Jamie: http://scrapqueen141.blogspot.com/

9. Jessica: http://cricutafterdark.blogspot.com/

11. Judy: http://craftyjar.blogspot.com/

12. Karen: http://simplyfrenzied-karen.blogspot.com/

13. Kate: http://smallbitsofpaper.blogspot.com/

14. Marlene: http://scrappincookie.blogspot.com/

15. Megan: http://saxeydesigns.blogspot.com/

16. Melissa: http://scrappymacdesigns.blogspot.com/

17. Robin: http://robinscreativecottage.blogspot.com/

18. Sheila: http://sheloveshoes.blogspot.com/

19. Sherrie: http://sherriescraps.blogspot.com/

20. Sonya: http://sonyaspapertrail.blogspot.com/

21. Suzanne: http://cricutcraftingrammy.blogspot.com/ you are here now 

22. Tammy: http://bowmancrafts.blogspot.com/

23. Tanya: http://nonnascraftcorner.blogspot.com/

And now the 

Welcome to and Felicity makes 10!!!! What a great family and what a blessing. Today we are having a surprise baby shower for Shawnee as a gift to her precious new arrival!

We are all blessed in various ways in knowing Shawnee and this is our gift to you!!! We have each made a two (2)-page 12x12 layout for you to post various things to get you started on a scrapbook just for Felicity! We have each taken our own spin on babies and hope you enjoy our hop of loving your new baby as Felicity makes 10!!!!

If you happened per chance at my blog today, I feel flattered but I wouldn't want you to miss a single lay-out. The hop begins with . If you hopped by with the help of the stork from Brenda ~ http://www.friendscraftinwithfriends.blogspot.com/ (sweet pea)

then you are on the right delivery path!

As for blog candy today, since we all love some blog candy --- Lynne, Her Craftiness, is offering a surprise package of goodies from her stash! There may be additional goodies along the way, sooo, don't forget to stop at each blog and leave comments as you never know what goodies there were left behind by the stork!
For my blog candy for cricutcraftingrammy, Melin from Paper Crafting World.com is sponsoring me and giving away

To be elgible for this awesome blog candy please leave a comment  about either the Cricut Crawl or the Blog Shower for Shawnee and I hope you will be a follower.   A winner will be selected by Random.org.  

For my layouts I actually ended up with two double page layouts.  Almost all of the cuts ( the bear, the blocks and the bear on the moon) are from Paper Crafting World. 

The sheep are from the Country Life cartridge.  I also added some paper embellies, ribbon and used MS punches.  

This double page layouts says "Sweet Dreams" when the pages are together. 

Now, that you have seen my fabulous lay-out --- it's time to send you on your merry way to the next stop along the way Lisa W.-http://mycraftyspaces.blogspot.com (Peas in a Pod) !!!! Again, we wish to congratulate Shawnee and welcome the new precious baby girl, Felicity.


Here is the entire list of participants in case you get lost along the way.

1. Lynne ~ http://slasewcraftiness.blogspot.com/ (baby shoesies)
2. Kimberly ~ http://scrappingrookie.blogspot.com (babies first pictures)
3. Colleen ~ http://www.cbcscrapbooking.blogspot.com (bath time)
4. Tina ~ http://craftyandgreen.blogspot.com
5. Rachelle~http://creationsbyrachelle.blogspot.com (Bloom & Grow)
6. Lisa ~ http://handmadewithlove-lisa.blogspot.com/ (Sugar and Spice)
7. Beth ~ http://motherandaughterdesigns.blogspot.com/ ~ (Babies Wardrobe)
8. Michelle  ~ http://michellesdesignsforyou.blogspot.ca/   Hello world ,my name is Felicity
9. Ellen ~ http://cardmonkey-business.blogspot.com/ A "Perfect 10" - Diva page!
10. Anita ~http://www.anitaandbugs.blogspot.com     New Arrival
11. Melissa~ http://pinkpolkadotscrapping.blogspot.com (my mommy and daddy page)
12. Brenda ~ http://www.friendscraftinwithfriends.blogspot.com/ (sweet pea)
13. Suzanne-http://www.cricutcraftingrammy.blogspot.com (sleeping page)
14. Lisa W.-http://mycraftyspaces.blogspot.com (Peas in a Pod)
15. Carolyn http://messmuddleandfun.blogspot.co.uk/ Hand and Footprint

So thanks so much for stopping by and hope you enjoyed my projects 

Creative Scrappers Challenge #204 Entry- Count Your Blessings layout

This layout page is for the Creative Scrappers Challenge #204 

Sheep  are cut from Cricut cartridge Country Life 4 "

Count Your Blessings title  from the same cart 

Clouds are from Create a Critter 3.3 and embossed with Cuttlebug Divine Swirls 

Here is the sketch 

Closeup of sheep.Used a Pearl Ink Pen to make fleece   

Second page of double page layout. 

I used the SEI Zoo pals paper stack for both pages 

Sweet Dreams is  cut from Wall Decor 3.5
Hope you enjoyed my layout pages and Happy Craftin.  

Birthday cards with Country Life and Imagine carts

Scrappy Moms Stamps  is having a challenge this week to make a project with Country Life.  I knew right away what I wanted to do as I bought Country life for the banner cuts.  So this is the card I came up with. I am making birthday cards for a church group I belong to this year so this is another card in my stash.

I also made some other birthday cards with practice cuts I made with my new Imagine and scraps.

Four Double Page Layouts for challenges

Cranking out a bunch of layouts and entering them in challenges.  The first is for LastingMemories which was to have something hidden or a secret.  On the left page of my layout I made a mini book that opens to show two more pictures.  Paper is from DCWV Flower Power.  Title "Cousins" from Heritage.  

 

The second layout is for Blog Quick Quotes- Use a Banner.  I used Country Life for the Banner and the DCWV stack Baby Girl.   

Frosted Design sketch ( I followed the sketch on the left side of the layout)  The flowers were Primas that I sprayed with Vintage Pink Glimmer MIst.  The paper is Lost and Found from My Mind's Eye.  The heart  border circle is from Sophie and the Scalloped Circle from Lacey Labels.  

The right side of the layout is for Frosted Design school challenge  -use notebook paper, book pages, or ledger paper on your card, layout or project.   I used lined notebook paper under the picture on the left and the picture under adore on the right.  I inked both pieces with Tim Holtz ink to age them. 

This layout I used paper from DCWV Whimsical Stack and no Cricut.  

Berry Sweet layout

Today I made a layout of a picture I just love of my granddaughter eating berries.  The strawberry is from Hello Kitty, the frame from Fancy Frames, the blueberries from  Cricut Essentials and Berry Sweet from Country LIfe.   The title is glued to a sheer ribbon and each brad has a strawberry charm hanging from it from Martha Stewart.  

 

I am entering this layout in Stuck on Sketches which was to follow a sketch.

 Lasting Memories which was to try something new ( I used Glimmer Mist to color the doilies and the clock background), Frosted Designs which was to use a clock, and the Cricut Circle Challenge which was to use a pop of color and 1 of something (strawberry die cut), two of something (brads and strawberry charms hanging) and 3  of something (blueberries.)

Oh Baby Blog Hop August 4-6 Day 1

I am entering this in the Cooking with Cricut Anything Goes Challenge for the week of October 5. For the challenge we could select our favorite project of all times or a new project.  I decided to post my Monkey diaper tree as it is the first project that came to mind.   I designed it all myself and am proud of how it came out.  

Welcome to the Oh Baby! Blog Hop hosted by EMILY at Create Serendipity.  I have really been looking forward to this hop since I just had my third grand daughter in 18 months just 3 weeks ago.  I am so blessed and spend  a lot of time scrapbooking for them.  I am excited to  see all of the  fabulous Baby themed projects and don't forget to check out the blog candy.  This is a very large hop, so you have 3 days to check out all of the projects! This hop runs from August 4-6, so make sure you check back for new projects each day!  So now we are ready to hop away.  If you found this Blog hop through my blog please start at Emily's blog so you don't miss any of the baby cuteness. So speaking of cuteness here is a picture of my first granddaughter Katie 18 months holding her new sister Brittany.  These girls belong to my youngest daughter and her husband.

This is my middle granddaughter Kenzie who is almost 9 months old and belongs to my  oldest daughter and her husband.

 Now on to my baby themed project for today.  I  have been so excited to share this diaper cake I made for  my youngest daughters shower in honor of little Brittany.  The theme for the shower was monkeys so I got the idea of making a tree with monkeys hanging from it.  This is a project where I just started creating and this is what I came up with.  I realize you wouldn't have the exact things I had in my garage but it gives you an idea of what you could create.

Remember you can click on the pictures to make them larger.
1.  I started with a cake circle round I had.  I sprayed it with green glimmer mist to make it green.
2.  I used a cardboard cone and scissor rack I found in the garage.  I added a paper cone on top to form the tree.
3.  I placed diapers newborn around the scissor rack in a circle.  I used most of a 90 box of diapers.  I tied them tightly.  It really helps to have someone help with this.  You need to tie diapers so they are usable afterwards.
4.  I covered  the string  with a brown strip of paper.  

5.  I then measure the circle at the top and made a cover for the center.    Later I topped this with little blue stones to make it look like water.
6.  I cut scalloped borders 12 inches long and 3 inches high and then cut down the valley so I could wrap them around tree and turn down to give it the palm tree look.
7.  I used Life's a Beach and cut palm tree top to fit to page.  I think I ended up with 3 each of 2 different greens.  I then folded them in the middle and glued them to cone.  I added  coconuts.
8.  I cut 3 inch monkeys and then reversed to have three backs. I hung with thin thread and added google eyes.  

The last thing I did was add a grass boder and then a name banner using Storybook font and some monkey ribbon.  

My blog candy for the hop is a $10 gift card of your choice to either Michaels or Joanns.  If however I pass the 300 follower mark I will chose two $10 winners.  So please become a follower and send your crafty friends over to see the hop.   Remember to become a follower and make a comment all three days of the hop to give you more chances to win.

Tomorrow I will share the rest of the things I did for the shower so please come back.  

I am also sharing this at My sherri crafts challenge which is party decor.   

Now hop along to your last stop and see what Libby: http://psastampcamp.blogspot.com/

has  made for today!

Here is the entire list in case you get lost.  

Emily: http://www.createserendipity.net/

Jen R: http://www.memorieswithjen.blogspot.com/
Dawn: http://dawnsdesignsthatdelight.blogspot.com/
Lisa: http://bitbythecricutbug.blogspot.com/
Corrine: http://celebratingordinarymoments.blogspot.com/
Kathie: http://kathleessnippitsncricuts.blogspot.com/
Lisa P: http://handmadewithlove-lisa.blogspot.com/
Gill M : http://creationsbygillm.blogspot.com/
Nancie B: http://www.alittlepieceofmebynancie.blogspot.com/
Kathy: http://kathyand3kids.blogspot.com/
Kimmarie: http://kimmarieskorner.blogspot.com/
Janet: http://www.createatdreamscrapbooks.blogspot.com/
CrafterBerly (Kimberly): http://www.crafterberly.com/
Deborah ~ http://www.scrappingmamma.net/
April: http://www.curlsandgrins.blogspot.com/
Michelle: http://www.designsoncloud9.blogspot.com/
Gina: http://californiascrappin-gcinderella21.blogspot.com/
Anita:http://www.anitaandbugs.blogspot.com/
Dana:http://www.Danascraftycorner.blogspot.com/
Elsa :http://www.justafewdesigns.blogspot.com/
Rachelle: http://www.creationsbyrachelle.blogspot.com/
Theresa : www.thescrapbookingqueen.com
Lisa: http://honeybearzdesigns2011.blogspot.com/ You should have come from here
Suzanne: http://cricutcraftingrammy.blogspot.com/ This is me!
Libby: http://psastampcamp.blogspot.com/ Next

Brynn: http://www.flairandfrillscrea​tivity.blogspot.com

Two more recipe book pages

Completed two more pages for the Recipe book for the one hour challenge thread this weekend.  I used Simply Charmed for the hotdog and added handcut Chili.  The Soups on and dinner chime is from Old West.  The cute little cook is from Country life.

One hour thread recipe book challenge- two more pages

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The ladies on the MB One hour challenge thread  are sharing recipes and scrapping them.  These are my next two pages.  For the top one I used Country Life and the second one I used Create a Critter and From My Kitchen.  

More recipe pages for One hour recipe challenge

I used Country Life for the first and third layouts.  The second one was done with Everyday Paper Dolls and Designer's Calendar.  I also used MS punch on the third one.  Chalked edges.