Purple Hairbow

I don't know why I always make hairbows for gifts. Thy are cute, but I am not great at them, and they never turn out as perfect as I would like. This one I made for my neighbor in about ten minutes last night.

I used cream tights from Walmart, purple and brown ribbon, and then imaginesce flowers and a rhinestone. This time I decided to try using my sewing machine to put things together, and although it is probably better attached to the band, the flowers and ribbon shifted a little bit, and it isn't as perfect as it would have been had I hand sewn the entire thing.

Father's Day Cards and Heat Transfer Vinyl

It has been a long time since I posted anything on here-- not because of a lack of projects, but instead a lack of time. Things are a lot less stressful at our house during summer, so hopefully I will be able to add more regularly. The card on top is kind of what I made for Father's Day and also my for my mom's birthday. The card above is for my mom to give to real estate clients. The Father's Day version had a different sentiment. The stamped argyle and the car are from PTI, as well as the sentiment. The twine is just from my ribbon collection, and the brads are Basic Grey.

The other day I got a hankering to experiment with heat transfer vinyl. A friend got me curious about this (thanks Mandy), and now I am hooked! I cut the vinyl out on my cricut (the daisies are from Don Juan and the "bloom" from Opposites Attract), and then you just iron them on. One trick is that you have to flip everything on your Cricut before you cut it, or it won't read the right way. The whole project (messing around and everything) only took an hour and turned out super cute. I got the Tshirt for $3 from Old Navy. I think I will be doing a lot more of this!

Julia's Q & A

I made this layout the other Sunday night because my Maxwell (21 months) brought me a border punch and asked me to scrapbook with him =). It was super quick and fun to make. All the stuff is from Crate Paper, and the photo is by Jeni Boston Photography.

My Mind's Eye

I splurged and bought this new paper from My Mind's Eye and I LOVE it. I still have one more layout in mind. It is just so cute. All the paper is from the "Quite Contrary" line, the rub ons on the banner are American Crafts, and the "Tweet" I cut with my Gypsy, I think it is Jubilee. The "family" below is random AC stickers I had, and the "comedian" are these cool fabric thickers. Everything else is just paper. Simple.

St. Patty's, Little Monster, and Hi Bob Layout

Happy belated St. Patty's Day! I just got this layout done last week from LAST St. Patrick's Day. I love that Maxwell looks scared to be held by his sisters and have a big fat camera in his face!

I normally am not a one photo layout girl, but I liked how this turned out. I even sewed this one, another new thing for me. The paper is from the Little Yellow Bicycle "Lucky Me" line, and the little shamrocks are from the Paper Doll Dress up cartridge. The "happy" and "lucky" are American Crafts thickers, and the "go" is from the Calligraphy Collection cartridge.

The paper and stickers on this layout is from the Monstrosity line from Sassafrass and is appropriately named. So cute and fun to work with. I love the bright colors, and they match my photos perfectly. This title is all in American Crafts thickers... the "our" is actually paper I traced from a thicker so it was the right color.

This last layout I finished yesterday and I love how it turned out. Maxwell called his dad "bob" for a long time, and I wanted to record that memory. The paper is from the "Caprice" line from Close to my Heart, and the embellishment stickers are as well. The "Bob" I cut using the Old West Cricut cartridge, and the brackets I cut from the Opposites Attract cartridge. The green border towards the bottom I used a Fiskars punch for, but I don't remember what it is called.

My favorite layout EVER

This was a "throw together while talking on the phone" layout and it turned out perfectly. I love it. The photos are some of my favorite, and the paper just matches great.

The paper is from the Making Memories Mistletoe Collection, except for the printed paper I used to make the flowers. That is from the "Grace" collection from Close to my Heart. The title is done using American Crafts Thickers.

The flowers I copied from Dawn McVey. They are made from five scalloped circles I cut with my Cricut. Then I just wrinkled them up, stuck a brad through them and thought they were done... but decided they needed some color so I added the buttons. So cute.

I thought they may not fit in my page protector, but surprise, they smoosh down just right!

Lots of Layouts

I finally got around to photographing a few layouts... figure it isn't a bad thing in case of fire or something like that =). This one is from Scrapbook club. I modified it quite a bit, but loved how it turned out.

All the paper and stamps are from CTMH, and mostly the Twitterpated collection.

This one is for my "hubby and me" album. It is Valentine's Day this year. The paper is all from Pink Paislee (leftovers from another project), the border on the right side is a fiskars punch, the "love" letters are from the Storybook cartridge, and the heart was from the Jubilee cartridge. The button is Sassafrass.

Another scrapbook club layout I modified to fit my photos. It is using CTMH's Aspen collection. The snowflakes I cut from "When Its Cold Outside" cricut cartridge, the the "First Skate" letters are from American Crafts.

It is never too late to scrapbook Hannah's baby photos, right =)? Paper is from CTMH again, their Jingle collection I think. I love this snowflake paper. The thickers are American Crafts.

This was the year we had our car stolen from the movie theater. Fun memories =).

This layout uses really old All My Memories Paper. It may even be called "sisters" now that I am thinking about it. I hid the journaling behind a tab in the top right corner. The "dance" letters are American Crafts Thickers, and the "class" is Plantain Schoolbook from Cricut.

So girly!

Last one for tonight. This is Cosmo Cricket Paper, and the letters and ribbon are all from that company as well. The car I cut using my Cricut, but don't remember what cartridge I used. Such a cute baby boy!