BBTB2 "Fontastic" Challenge

This week at BBTB2 it is my turn to select the challenge.  I decided to make it the "Fontastic"  challenge - to create a project using a favorite font.  There are so many great fonts from simple to fancy.  So break out those Cricut cartridges and lets see your fonts on your projects and link them up to BBTB2. 

I gave my daughters both an Elf on a Shelf box this year to use with my grandkids.  They had a lot of fun creating mischievous places for the elves to be around the house. 

 I thought it would be fun to create a layout of this elf fun.  

For my Project I used the font from Winter Woodland cut at 3 inches for the title  Elf on a Shelf. 

I cut the top layer in dark green and the shadow layer in red.  

I then highlighted the letters with a white gel pen to make them pop. 

The elves were cut from  Jolly Holidays cut at 5 inches.  

Closeups of elves 

So make sure you stop by and see what all the designers at BBTB2  have created and what great fonts they have used.  Then add your creations to the link at BBTB2.  

I am also going to link this up to Lasting Memories for the Christmas Challenge.  

Digi Deserts Fridaze- Birthday card

It's time for Digi Desserts Fridaze at My Paper Crafting.  For this project I used the Cricut Cartridge Something to Remember for the large cut out 3.  The digital that I colored with my Spectrum Noir markers is the Bear N Cupcake Set from Paper Crafting World.  

Each week please join us for  our weekly Link-Up party.  Just create something using a digital image and link to  My Paper Crafting  If you use an image fromPaper Crafting World,  you will receive 2 chances to win. That's right! One lucky project will be selected each week to receive a single digital image from Paper Crafting World. If you use a PCW file, please add PCW after your name.   

Here is the free file that Melin is offering this week so check it out at My Paper Crafting.  

My Next Four Classes at LSS

The next four classes I will be teaching at Scrapbook Blessings in Newbury Park, California have been announced.  I have given you one picture of each here and provided the link to the Facebook Page if you would like to see more pictures and found out more about classes.  I will be teaching these classes in the next few days and they are also available in kits.  

Countdown to Kisses with Canvas Corp

Saturday, Jan 26, 2013, 10am – 2pm

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Graphic 45 Layout of the Month Class

Saturday, Jan 26, 2013, 2:30pm - 6pm

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One of two January pages with Graphci 45 

One of two February pages with Graphic 45.  

10 Things I Love About You with Authentique 

Saturday, Feb 2, 2013, 10am – 1pm

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It Must be a Girl Thing

Saturday, Feb 9, 2013, 10am – 3pm

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My Paper Crafting challenge- Bundle up baby It's Cold Outside

This has been one crazy week.  I was so lucky to go to my first CHA in Anaheim  over the weekend.  I had a total blast and saw so many amazing things.  If you would like to see pictures from CHA I took almost 500 and you can find the link on my blog post yesterday. 

Link to CHA post

So now on with today's challenge at My Paper Crafting.  Today the challenge is Bundle Up Baby It's Cold Outside  which is to Create a project with winter attire. Mittens, scarves, boots, etc.

For my project I created a winter layout of pictures of two of my granddaughters sledding on the snow hill at the local zoo.  The snow was trucked in and they were having so much fun!!!!!

The mitten was cut at 5 inches from Simply Charmed page 65 and the 

title Winter Fun was cut at 4 1/2 inches page 71 from Winter Woodland.  

I added snowflake embellishments and some snowmen chipboard I had in my stash.  Then I used some fur trim for the bottom of the mitten and made Stickle stars on the Fun part of the title.  

Detail of Stickles on title 

Detail of pen stitching and fur trim

I hope you will join us this week for the Baby Its Cold Outside Challenge here at My Paper Crafting.  You have a week to join in and link up to My Paper Crafting.  

My picture album from CHA

I was lucky enough to spend the weekend at CHA with the wonderful Scrapbook store I teach at Scrapbook Blessings.  My impressions were WOW! WOW! and WOW!  I took almost 500 pictures and here is the link to my album if you would like to see them.  Once you click on the link you can start at the beginning.  Click on the first picture and then use the arrows to go forward and backward.  You can always come back and look at more later.  I hope you enjoy.  I tried to label some of the companies - hard to remember all we saw.  This is me at the Graphic 45 Booth.

Slideshow CHA Anaheim 2013

BBTB2 Bird and Branch

Time for another great challenge at BBTB2.  Our design team member Jayne has asked us to use a bird and a branch for our creations this week.  I found several cuts I liked but fell in loved with this adorable owl and branch.  

The owl paper is cut with Elegant Edges at 11 inches and then cut in 1/2,

The owls are from Hoot N Holler cut at 4 inches for the smaller one and 5 inches for the larger one.  The branch is also cut at 5 inches.  The title Your'e a Hoot was cut at 3.5 inches.  

Pictures are of my oldest grandaughter Katie who just turned 3 a week ago.  

The papers are from a Mambi stack I purchased at Michaels.  

Buttons from my stash.  

So check out your Cricut cartridges and let's see those bird and branch creations.  Don't forget to link up to BBTB2.  

Digi Desserts Fridaze - Winter bear

The digi team at My Paper Crafting  is so excited to  share Melin's wonderful digital images which can be found atPaper Crafting World.  Remember that most of the digital stamp files come precolored and in black and white line art.  And, just like last year, we're offering a FREE digital download every week.

We are  so excited to tell you about a new twist this term.  We invite YOU to participate in our weekly posts.  Just create something using a digital image and link up at the end of the post. If you use a Paper Crafting World image you will receive 2 chances to win.  That's right!  One lucky project will be selected each week to receive a digital image from Paper Crafting World.  If you use a PCW file, please add PCW after your name.   And, it will be so much easier to participate with our Link Up because there's a tab on the home page that will bring you directly to this DDF page.  You'll have until Thursday 12 noon (EST) to link up.  The lucky winner will be announced in the next post.

This is the card I made for this week using the Polar Bear file from Paper Crafting World.  

I used Spectrum Noir Alcohol Markers.  

The free digi for this week Click here