Wedding Banner

Isn't love sweet? My sister was married on Saturday in an outdoor ceremony. It was so beautiful. The weather was perfect, the company was perfect and the wedding was perfect.

I made a few banners for the occasion and totally forgot to take pictures of them. Luckily my sister had an amazing photographer and she got some of the banners in her pictures. Her name is Amanda Hobbs and her facebook page can be found here -> AmandaHobbsPhotography. She took some of the most beautiful pictures at the wedding. If you happen to live around the Oroville, Chico, Yuba City area and need a photographer you should definitely look her up.  Here is one of the pictures she took.

Now I'm embarrassed to show you a picture I took, but here goes. This picture was taken at the house real quick with my phone before I put it in the mail to my sister. Yep, that's my excuse for the poor quality. Lol. You probably can't even read it, but it says - Happily Ever After. It was hanging behind the bride and groom dinner table.

 

 

This little bitty banner was on the sign-in table.

 

 

I also made the Thank You hearts with my Explore machine.

 

Day Two of Baby Shower Decorations

I'm back with more pictures from the Baby Shower.

At the front door we had a display for donations to treat the mommy-to-be with a spa day and mommy massage.

A Close-up of the sign I printed off the computer.

Hanging from the food table I made a banner that says: YUMMIES. I used Birthday Bash for the banner pieces and Feeling Groovy for the letters.

I also made banners that said: Drinks, food and treats.

The next two pictures show the patio area where we set up the tables and chairs. It was a beautiful California day with perfect weather.

The hostess ordered this four wheeler diaper display because the Mom and especially the Dad love to ride their 4 wheelers. My son LOVED it. Isn't it adorable?

I ordered pencils from Oriental Trading with the baby's name on them for the guests to used for the games.

If you have any questions on supplies or sizes let me know. I'll be happy to share all the details.

My Life Monday - Week 7

Hello and Happy Monday. Another week and another month. I can hardly believe it's March already. Looking back on week 7 I realize we've had a lot going on though. The week started out with the arrival of my new Kindle Fire. Yahooo! Now I just need to learn how to use it. I've put a few of the Cricut handbooks on it already and plan on putting some YouTube videos on it for when I don't have internet access.

The girlscouts were also out in full force this week. I bought three boxes of cookies in front of our local grocery store and also ordered three boxes from a friends daughter.

I worked on a banner for a friend of my son that is getting married in April and hubby and I went out to dinner for Valentine's Day.

The end of the week was the most exciting. Our son and daughter in law invited us out to lunch, I thought for Valentine's Day, but they surprised us with a big announcement. They just found out that they are expecting baby #2. We are sooooo excited. Khloë will be a big sister.

I used Cricut cartridge Birthday Bash for this cute title card. I love this kangaroo with the baby roo in the pouch. I cut them out at 3". The birds holding the 'surprise' banner is also from Birthday Bash and cut at 2".

Other things this week were cleaning and making Thank You notes. Nothing that compares to baby news!

St. Patrick's Day Drink

Another project for the Cricut FANatics blog. Now that we're in March I thought I would share some glasses I made with vinyl. Add a little green beer and you're set to celebrate St. Patrick's Day.

For the mustache I used Paper Doll Dress Up. For the name Mike I used Birthday Bash and for the lips I used Indie Art. Happy March everyone.

My Life Monday - Project Life wk 2

What a week it was. It all started off with my birthday on Monday. My younger son took me and my husband out to dinner to celebrate and also bought me a big piece of cake. (not the best week for trying to lose weight). It was super sweet and we had a good time at dinner.

I wanted my title card to reflect my birthday week so I chose Birthday Bash for the funny bird. I then used Art Philosophy for the font, a strip of washi tape and a little stamping.

The week was extremely cold and my space heater in my scraproom got a work-out. Evidently I'm not the only one that enjoys it though. Everytime I plug it in I find Olivia laying in front of it.

I added the picture of my desk at work because it was such a crazy, stressful day at work. Our computer guy came in because the computers were doing weird things. At first he thought our computers were hacked and that it started with my computer. Luckily it was just a virus and it DIDN'T start with my computer. He got us back up and running before the work day was over.

This week I got my first ever flu shot. It's been all over the news that the flu has hit epidemic proportions and that everyone should get the shot if they are able to find one. I guess California is one of only 3 states where the flu hasn't peaked yet and a lot of places have run out of the vaccine.

The rest of the week included getting my hair done and football all weekend. (Go 49ers!) The very last picture is of my sweet hubby washing our vehicles. I'm so glad he washes them because it's too cold for me.

Well, that's my life for the week. The next couple of weeks are going to be busy so it might be tough to keep myself on schedule, but I'm going to try. I may not get any layouts done though.

Welcome Banner

Time for another banner. You can't have a housewarming party without a Welcome banner can you? This one was super easy and went together very quickly.

For the penants I used the Birthday Bash cartridge and cut out both pieces of the base at 5". The bottom scallop was cut from craft colored cardstock and the top layer was cut using white cardstock. I then stamped some flourishes on top of the white so that it wasn't so plain.

The letters were cut at 2" from the same Birthday Bash cartridge. I then strung the pieces together using white and blue tulle.

After stringing each of the penants together I added small keys between each of them.

The housewarming party for my son and daughter-in-law turned out very nice. We had a lot of fun with family and friends celebrating this huge milestone.

Birthday Banner

Todays project is for my niece that will be turning 14 this weekend. I started out making rosettes in her chosen colors of pink and black. I think I made 13 of them. I'm not sure why I made all of the rosettes before I made the other banner pieces. 13 rosettes later and I realize they are not the size I need for my banner. I used Ribbons and Rosettes for the Rosettes.

I cut out the pennants and letters and glued everything together minus the rosettes. I felt guilty for not using the rosettes after all of the hard work and paper that went into them so I used one at each end of the banners and then a grouping of 3 behind the word 'Birthday'.

Here is a close up of the middle section:

For the font I used the Gypsy Font that comes pre-loaded on the Gypsy. I used a Spellbinders die for the scallop circles behind the letters. The pennant pieces for the banner were cut from Birthday Bash. I can't remember which cartridge I used to cut 'Birthday' so I'll have to come back and post that later. I think the scalloped half circle under 'Birthday' was cut using Art Philosophy, but I did have to resize it so that it would be longer and not as tall.

Electric Slide layout

Hello and happy Monday. I can't believe we're in the last couple of days of January. Today is my 24th wedding anniversary to my best friend. As they say, 'time flies when you're having fun'. It amazes me when I stop to think about all the wonderful things in my life and where I am today. I look forward to what the future might bring to my family.
One of my favorite things in life is spending time with my family and then scrapbooking the memories. It's so fun when we get together and look through the albums. My layout today is another one from almost two years ago when my niece turned 16. I am the oldest of 4 girls and when we all get together it can be one big laugh fest. In these pictures we were trying to do the electric slide. We quickly found out we all had our own way of doing it and probably none of them right. I know my version wasn't right because I kept turning the wrong direction!

All of the papers and chipboard are from my stash. The party dog is from Birthday Bash and the font on the right hand side is from the Cupcake font cartridge cut at 1 1/2". I colored the dog and the font on my Imagine with colors from the Blast Off cartridge. I'm getting a little better at using my Imagine machine, but still having a few problems. It's probably all operator error. I'll keep trying though.

Gotta go to work now and then off to celebrate my anniversary. Have a wonderful day. Cindy

Birthday Banner

I just have to say 'I LOVE MY CRICUT!' Before having my Cricut I would have never been able to make such pretty personalized things. I'll admit that I spend a lot of money on my Cricut habit, but it also saves me a lot of money. Take for example this banner. If I wanted a birthday banner before having my Cricut I would have bought one. It would have cost me more money and it wouldn't have looked as nice. It also wouldn't be personalized with Khloë's name or have the perfect pink color and her favorite penguins.

I still need to add some more tulle and make it a little fluffier (LOL), but you get the idea. This was my very first time making rosettes too. I think I'm hooked. It was so fun. I want  to add rosettes to everything now.

For the font I used the Monogram setting on the Gypsy Font. I really like the swirly cut-outs in the letters so that you can see the background color. The scallop triangle banners were cut using Birthday Bash. After cutting the pink triangle pieces I ran them through my cuttlebug and embossed them with dots.

Khloë likes penguins and they are the theme for her birthday. I found the cute little penguin for her banner on the Create a Critter cartridge. One of my favorite cartridges. There's a critter for every occasion.

Next I'll be making some party favors, but first I need to make a trip to the Jelly Belly Factory for some pink, black and white jelly beans. Have a great weekend everyone. Cindy