Day 6- CWC You're a Star

Welcome to Paper Crafting World and Cooking With Cricut's 2nd Blog-Aversary and our week long celebration! Each day for a whole week (May 19-26) we will be brining you fabulous projects made by our Design Team members. We have some GREAT blog candy as well as some daily file and graphic give-aways -- so you will definitely want to make PCW-CWC your daily stop every day this week!

Our theme for today is . . .

and this is what I created! I had these wonderful Graphic 45 papers that were about the marriage of Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks. Thought that was definitely Vintage Hollywood. So I used these and added a picture I was recently given of my great aunt and uncle right before they were married. Love this picture and really happy with the way it came out.

Closeup

Recipe: 

Graphic 45 Communique Pad 

Camera cut from Heritage page 46 at 5 inches

Corners from page 62 cut at 2 inches 

Stickers Nostalgigues Letter Stickers 

Tim Holtz Filmstrip 

Tim Holtz Vintage Photo 

For my blog candy ( in honor of the CWC blogaversary )I will be giving away a $10 gift card to Michaels to one random winner. I will be posting a project each day of the CWC blogaversary celebration May 19-26th except for the 20th and 21st (I have other DT commitments those days.) So for an optimum chance leave a comment on my blog each day of the CWC hop. I would love to have you as a follower too.

Thanks for stopping by and make sure you head on over to Cooking With Cricut to check out the rest of the projects by our amazing Design Teams! I hope you will come back and join the DT and myself every day the rest of this week to see what else we have created for the blogaversary.

Cricut Circle Family Momentos Challenge

I had so much fun doing this layout for the Cricut Circle Family Momentos Challenge.  For this challenge we were to take a picture of a family momento and scrapbook it.  I knew right away what I was going to do.  

The story that goes with this page is about my grandfather and my great uncle.  My grandfather was the eldest of a large family and my great uncle the youngest.  You can see the picture of my uncle when he was a young boy.  I have always loved this picture and his adorable curls.  

So the story that goes that the time finally came for my uncle to start school.  As all the kids were walking  to school my grandfather decided that he didn't want everyone making fun of his little brother and callng him a girl.  so he took his pocket knife and cut all the curls off on the way to school.  My two great aunts gathered all the curls and put them in their school bags and took them home.  Needless to say my grandfather was in big trouble with his mom but probably saved his little brother from a lot of humiliation.  

So in the left corner is the candy box full of my uncles curls that my great aunt gave to me some years ago.  I am proud to say this adorable little boy grew up to serve in the European theater during World War II and lived to be in his 90's.  

Recipe:

School house cut from Heritage cart page 35 at 6 inches.

The kids are from Nursery Rhymes page 57 cut at 3 inches 

The journal circle is cut from Accent Essentials cut at 3 nches.

I used Graphic 45 School Days Paper, twine, brad, and Tim Holtz Distressed ink. 

Closeup of pic and journal tag

This is the back of the journal tag which tucks in behind the picture. 

Thursday Tutorial- Making Table Decorations and Banners

This week at FCCB the challenge is 

#84 – For the birds Create a project with a bird (or anything to do with birds, 

such as a birdcage) on it.

So for the Thursday Tutorial I thought I would share how I made table decorations and a banner for my granddaughters first birthday using owls.    Please come on over to FCCB and check out the tutorial for these decorations but other decorations I have made in the past using my Cricut.  

Thanks for your comments and Happy Craftin.  

Layout and Fall card both using Heritage Tree

The next project I completed today was a two page layout.  I wanted to enter the BBTB2 challenge this week which was to use the curly tree from the Heritage cart. I also wanted to enter the Getting Cricky with K Andrews challenge which was to make a "winged" project.  I love this tree and decided to use it for a layout and add the pictures from my granddaughter's baby dedication at church.   I loved the idea of making a butterfly tree to represent  our faith in God and the miracle of the gift of a baby.  I used stamped verses from my new Pink by Design stamps and added several different kinds of butterflies.  I used two MS punches and then these adorable little metal double layered butterflies I got at a museum when we went to see the Butterfly Exhibit.  So this is my entry for the two challenges.

This is the second page to go with the above layout.  I added more butterflies, verses and The words Dream Big from Graphically Speaking.  (Sorry I goofed and left the sticky on this one when I took pic).  I actually did double of this layout one for me and one for daughter with different background paper.

So when I finished the layout pages I started working on the "Fall Colors" challenge for Die Cuttin Divas .  I started with my Brocade Window Cuttlebug folder which I love.  I used my new DCWV Fall Stack leaf paper underneath.  The card  is gold cardstock.  I then cut out another curly tree from Heritage to place in the window.  It is pop dotted.  The leaves are cut using a MS corner leaf punch I bought last year.  The leaves are cut from glitter scraps.  I also added one of each color leaf to the corner and on the right bottom.  The butterfly, sunflower and gourd are buttons I bought last year and I cut the shanks off.  

Not sure what I will use this card for so I put leaves and a some scraps inside to store until I decide what I want on the inside.

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.  

How I Spent my Summer Vacation -My project for Sweet Sassy Diva

I am having such a great time being on the Design Team for Sweet Sassy Diva.  Each week we have a different theme and it is so fun to come up with these creations.   Each day this week the designers will be sharing their take on How I spent my Summer Vacation.   Since my youngest daughter was due with her second child the end of July we had to stay close to home.  We did a lot of day trips and trips to see the new grandbaby.  This is actually right before grandbaby #3 arrived in July.  We live in California and there is a mission close to my my daughter's house.  We went there one day to look at all the animals and see the exhibits.  Then we went to the local Danish town to eat at our favorite restaurant.  My oldest granddaughter had a blast pretending like she was fixing her coffee with sugar and stirring it.  

Here is the completed two page layout.

First I  placed my pictures on my background paper which is Roman Numerals.  

I decided to add some cuts from Heritage.  I cut the windmill and shadow at 8".

The wagon and shadow at 4 ".  

Then the title was cut using Plantin Schoolbook at 2 " and the shadow.  

I then embossed the letters and part of the wagon and windmill with the Distressed Stripes Cuttlebug folder to give it the wood look.  

I also cut out the banner at 2 " to write the name of the mission and the date.  I then chalked the edges to make it look old.   The wagon was all cut out of cardstock  and then I made the top yellow and wheel black with chalk.  

For the other page I chalked the top of the wheel and also cut out and chalked the parchment cut at 3 " to add journaling.  

Thanks for looking!  Please come on over to Sweet Sassy Diva and check out all the other great vacation projects.  

Two double page baby layouts of sweet Makenzie

I am trying so hard to get Layouts done with the huge stack of pictures I have from first two granddaughters before the third one arrives in a few weeks.  So today I did 4 layout pages using the sketches from two blogs.  

This is the first sketch.  The Paper Variety Challenge

The right side of the two page layout follows the sketch.  I used the tree from Heritage and the word Family.  The left side I cut out Warren from Heritage letters welding it together.  I also punched out dragonflies to go with the design of the paper and added a journaling spot.  Love the colors from DCVW Street Lace Stack.  

This is the sketch for the Frosted Designs Challenge 

I used a wide Ms Punch for sides and ribbon with tiny baby feet on it.  The Cuts are from Baby Steps and Lacey Labels. Don't Touch is from Mickey Font.  The time cut actually said Playtime and I cut off Play part so the title says Binky Time.   The little ribbon roses I got in $1 section of Michaels last week.  

Challenge day- 4 different cards

The card above is  for the More than Favors challenge using Accent Essentials.  I used the shape page 79, the scalloped flower page 77 and fleur page 48.  Paper is Happily Ever After by DCVW and I inked with Tim Holtz Tea Dye.  Ribbon and stamp from Michael's $1 bin.   This is A2 size and will be one of my Cards for Soldiers.  

This triple twisted easel card is for the My Craft Spot  where the challenge was to make a man card.  I wanted to try a triple twisted easel card so I made this using Elegant Edges, Elegant Cakes and Heritage.  I am so hooked on making  twisted easel cards.  

I am also posting this on the linking party at Patches of Pink for this week.

  

The above card is my Z fold card for the challenge at Paper Playtime,  I again used the DCVW Happily Ever After Stack and wedding bells from Sweethearts cart.  The stamp on right is pop dotted to hold card in place.  

This last card is for the challenge at Fantabulous Cricut to use white and bells.  I love all white cards so I used two different Cuttlebug embossing folders, bells from Sweethearts, MS punch, stickles and pearls.  

Vintage look Father's Day Card for my Hubs

I still needed to make a Father's Day card for my husband.  Right now our world is all about the grandkids Katie 17 months, Kenzie 7 months and Brittany who will arrive next month.  We all call him Papa so wanted to make him a card with Papa from the Heritage cart using the CC Weekly challenge sketch.  

Papa was cut at 1 inch.  I then embossed some metallic paper with my Cuttlebug gears folder.  Wow do I love embossing that paper.   I also cut the cogs from  Robotz page 57 at 7 inches so they would be big enough.  I added a bottle cap and some metal cogs to the cards with brads.  On the inside I used some more of the cogs and a stamp I got at Joann's for $1 which went with the vintage theme.  I added Baker's Twine to the side edge.  I think Hubs will really like this card. 

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Three double page layouts of grand daughters

Over the weekend I organized the mounting stack of pictures of two granddaughters.  Since today was my last day off before I start babysitting youngest granddaughter I put my scrappin into high gear.  I realized I need to quit agonizing over each page and get going before grand daughter number three arrives in July.  

The first layouts all the cuts were done using Heritage and I used a MS punch.     

The second layout the title and two birds in the nest came from Sweethearts,  I added another little bird to represent the new baby.  I also used MS PATP leaf stamp and the branch stamp.  

The last layout for tonight was done with some gorgeous shamrock paper I got at local LSS.  

No Cricut on this one.  Quick and simple.