The Great Outdoors

Another camping layout. Somehow I forgot to post this one a few weeks ago. Now that the weather is turning colder I sure miss the days at the lake. I love fall weather, but realize winter is just around the corner and I'm not a big fan of winter.

Learning to walk - Layout

Time is just flying by, isn't it? I sat down to do a little scrapbooking and realized I have done very little with my 2012 photos. Luckily I do have most of them printed and in a Project Life album so I can page through and pick out my favorites to put in a layout. The pictures here are from January 7th, 2012. Khloë had just turned one a couple weeks earlier and was still testing her walking skills.

I got into the habit of counting steps every time I would see her start out. At this point she was up to 10 steps in a row. I love that she was wearing a Hello Kitty shirt and the two Hello Kitty Cricut cuts were perfect. The first one totally reminds of Khloë walking and being a little off balance. The second one is how she ended up after 10 steps... on her bottom. The font is from the Hello Kitty font cartridge.

Painting, Swimming and Crafting

Busy busy weekend. Right after work on Friday I went to a friends house to help with some party favors. After that I went to my son and daughter-in-laws house to help paint and cut vinyl for the baby's room.
We cut out the baby's name and some butterflies for the walls, but first we had to paint.

After painting we had to put the vinyl on the Cricut mat for cutting.

Push the load paper button to load the vinyl into the Cricut.

 Design the cuts on the Gypsy.

Concentration.

And then you add the vinyl to the wall.

 On the opposite wall we added butterflies, from dark to light, going up the wall.

After all the hard work it's time for some swimming.

I hope you all had a good weekend and spent some time doing what you love.

 

Row row row your Boat

Another kayaking layout. Yes, I take a lot of pictures. LOL.

 

Update: I added a couple more things to the layout because it looked too plain to me. Here's the updated picture:

The kayak we rented was for two people and as you can see from the pictures we added an extra picture. Part of the fun was being worried that we were going to tip over or sink! My niece, nephew and son had a lot of fun working together at paddling.

The letters were all cut with the Cricut cartridge When I was a Kid. The kayak and paddle were cut from the Camp Out cartridge.

Beach Day

Our first time riding in a kayak and we had a blast. It was so much fun spending the day with the family.

 

For the lady in the inner tube I used the Fun in the Sun cartridge by Cricut. The letters for Safety First and Beach Day were cut from the new Cricut cartridge called When I was a Kid.

The background paper on this on this double layout was made using plain blue cardstock and then I used a background stamp to make the darker blue dots. This was the first time I've made my own background paper and I think it adds a little something extra to plain paper. It's not perfect, but that's okay.

The striped paper, yellow and red papers are from Simple Stories and the solid cardstock are from Stampin' Up.

A camping we will go...

I finally got some layouts done. Boy, it has been a long time. I really do miss scrapbooking and wish I had more time for it. I also enjoy having a pack of coordinated papers so I don't have to think about things matching. For this layout I used a pack from Simple Stories.

I think I need to add something to the right side, but I didn't want to cover up the boot prints on the paper. Hmmmm, I'll have to play with it a little more tonight. The cute little Boston Terrier belongs to my sister. Her name is Lily Lou Bug. Isn't she adorable?

All of the papers and embellishments are from Simple Stories except the solid background and the picture mats. Those are just pieces from my stash.

Paint and Trim

Happy Hump Day! I have just a little update on how I spent my Labor Day... doing manual labor! Husband and I headed out to Home Depot bright and early to get trim and paint for Khloë's room at our house. I had already painted it pink, but wanted to add some green in the mix. Here's a "before" picture.

It was cute with a soft pink and her name in vinyl. Just a little too plain for my taste. I love crown molding, but wanted to do something a little different. Here's a picture after we got the trim on the wall.

Next I painted above the trim and the ceiling a light green.

And the last picture I have for the day is after I put the banner up I made for Khloë. I still have some decorating to do, but until I find some pictures I like it will stay like this. I also have to hang her curtains back up.

The colors in this last picture are really muted. I guess the sun had already passed over the house by the time I got done. The third picture is the closest to the real color. I hope she likes it when she sees it.

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.

Baby Shower Decorations

Did you miss me? It's been a month since my last post. I've been busy with the baby shower decorations and didn't want the Mommy-to-be to see them before the shower, so I couldn't put them on my blog. We had the shower this past Saturday and everything turned out perfect so I have lots of pictures to share.

Centerpieces were umbrellas in clay pots that were spray painted lavender and then covered in baby diapers. Inside the pots were lots of Cricut cuts on sticks.

Close-up of the centerpieces.

I used decorative tape to cover the pvc pipe holding the umbrellas. I also used the same tape to wrap the water bottles. Then I hung Crystal Light on the outside for anyone that wanted to flavor their water.

 

The favors were little boxes that held Hershey's Hugs and Kisses.

Another favor we made for the guests were little bottles of hand and foot scrub. I attached a tag that says, "Thank you from baby and me" and then I hung a hand and foot that I made using Shrinky Dinks. The little butterfly on the Hershey Nuggets were made using a Stampin' Up punch.

 

 

This is a picture of the favor and treat table.

I will have more pictures tomorrow with the banners, tables and a few other goodies. Stay tuned.

Vinyl Polka Dots

Another vinyl project today. My daughter in law painted Khloë's room pink last week and on Saturday we added vinyl dots that I cut from my Cricut.

I cut the dots using George and Basic Shapes at 5.5". I didn't have enough vinyl to cut out her name so we used paper until the vinyl comes in. We taped it to the wall so we could place the dots and leave room for her name. The K and the C were cut using Tie The Knot. The other letters were cut using Quarter Note. I'll update the picture when we get the vinyl cut and put on the wall.

 

Here's an updated picture with the pink vinyl on the wall. (after taking the picture we noticed the dot over the n instead of the i where it's supposed to be. It's fixed now) lol.

 

 

Khloë loves it. This is a picture of her in her room with the big ol' teddy bear we gave her when she was born.