Bitten by the Bug 2 Challenge- "Here Comes the Summer Sun"

Welcome everyone to the first challenge of July at BBTB2.  This week at Bitten by the Bug 2 it is my turn to hostess the challenge and I decided on
"Here Comes the Sun".  There are so many cute sun cuts on lots of  Cricut carts.  

I hope you will have a lot of fun with this challenge and come back to link up your "Sunny projects".  I can't wait to see what the Design Team members as well as those of you who join us for this challenge create.  Remember you can make a card, layout or any other 3D project as long as you use a Cricut cut.  You have two weeks to create your projects for this challenge.  

Remember you also have one more week for the Patriotic challenge at BBTB2  that started last Monday.  

My layout is of my three granddaughters playing in my backyard with the water table I got at a garage sale recently.  They had so much fun playing together.  

I copied their little chairs with the chair from Life is a Beach and the hat and water pail you can also see in the pictures.  I ended up using a total of 6 Cricut cartridges on this one page.  

Recipe:

Little girl from H20 cut at 6 inches

Chair from Life is a Beach cut at 3 inches

Splish Splash title H20 3 inches 

Water pail from Walk in the Garden page 1.5 inches

All Wet  title H20 2.25 inches

Hat cut at 3 inches from Paper Doll 

Boat Going Places 1 inch 

Sun Enjoy the Seasons Imagine cart 3 inches 

Other items- 

Smooch ink

Chalk

Recollection tear drop gems 

Glossy Accents 

Slippery When wet

Had some cute pic of granddaughters playing in the bathtub.  

The title Slippery when wet is from Going Places cut at 4 inches wide 

and embossed with Cuttlebug bubble folder.

The cute little fish is from Create a Critter and cut at 2 1/2 inches 

and embossed with several different embossing folders.  

Fish ribbon from Michaels $1 section.  

I used gems for bubbles and a googly eye.  

Lasting Memories Leaving Footprints DT post

This week at Lasting Memories the challenge is called "Leaving Footprints Behind." I  looked through my pictures waiting to be scrapped and found these cute pics of my youngest granddaughter learning to crawl.  Her mom would get her to crawl by using her cell phone as an enticement as you can see in the first picture.  

I used the New Arrival feet page 110 cut at 1 1/2 inches 

The crawling baby is from Everyday Paper Doll page 29 cut at 5 inches 

The cell phone is from Going Places page 94 cut at 2 inches. 

 (I made it pink and white to match mommy's phone.)

I used this sketch from Creative Scrappers for my layout and I will be entering the page in their challenge.  

This is the awesome layout sketch for this week at Lasting Memories.  You can use this sketch for added inspiration as long as it keeps with the theme this week.  

We are being hosted by Digi Darla this week. I hope you will all join us this week for the challenge.  We love to see your linked up projects.  They are always such an inspiration.  

Summer Fun Blog Hop June 3rd and 4th Day 1

It's time to get ready for Summer! So Shawnee from quiver of angels  gathered  up some of her favorite crafting friends to help  get ready for this great summer season!! So grab your favorite comfy chair, flip fops, and iced tea and get ready to hop with my friends. There are a  few rules for this hop. In  support of each crafter and the time they have put into their work, to be eligible for Shawnee's  blog candy you MUST visit each blog and leave a comment.  If you just hopped on this blog, you can go back to the beginning HERE and hop along with us.

This hop runs June 3rd and 4th, so you have plenty of time to make it all the way through the hop. Check out each blog and see what each blog has to offer for BLOG CANDY!

Line up....

1. Robin - http://thecricutscrapper.blogspot.com/

2.  Rachelle - http://rachelle-rachellesplace.blogspot.com/

3. Suzanne - http://cricutcraftingrammy.blogspot.com/ You are here. 

5. Patricia - http://creativediva98.blogspot.com/ 

6.  Mandie - http://mandiesscrappin.blogspot.com/

7.  Mickie -  http://littlescrapcorner.blogspot.com/

8. Deborah - http://scrappingmamma.net/

9. Tristan - http://tristans-time-4-craftin.blogspot.com/

10. Monica - http://scraps2treasure.blogspot.com/

11. Christine - http://crabbycakescrafts.blogspot.com/

12. Carla - http://racincrafts.blogspot.com/

13. Shawnee - http://quiverofangels.blogspot.com/

Here is my project for today.  I decided to make a layout of my beautiful granddaughter Katie taking her first swim lessons with daddy.  I used the H2O layout, EDPD and Going Places.  

Recipe for layout:

 H20- Splish Spash cut at 4 "  Jump In  cut at 2 1/2 "   Floating horse 3 " 

 Slide tower 7 " and then I made a shadow with my Gypsy.  

II used Going Places for the waves welding to 12 inches with Gypsy 

The white splashes are from Every Day Paper Doll cut at 4 " and 5 1/2 "

I embossed with Cuttlebug and added Stickles and Smooch ink to accent cuts.  I used a sharpie to journal around smaller splash cut.  

For my Blog Candy I would ask you to be a follower and leave a comment.  

 I am giving a Penny Black Stamp set and a clock stamp.  In addition I will give the randomly chosen winner  a gift card of their choice for $10 to either Michaels or Joanns.  However since I am so close to going over 200 followers I will also be drawing a second winner for another gift card if I go over 200 followers.  I will be posting a new project tomorrow so come back and leave another comment.  Your comments are all much appreciated.

Your next blog stop is the talented crafter Patricia at http://creativediva98.blogspot.com/

CC Weekly Challenge- What Bugs You

This is my project for the Cricut Circle Challenge this week to make a layout of something that bugs you. The other requirement was to have a bug on the page.  I used the Paisley cart for the zebra in the car and the small cell phone.  The cricut head is from Everyday Cricut and I turned the smile upside down and added red eyes to show anger.  The large cell phone and no sign is from Going Places and the letters are from the Mickey Font.