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.

Penguin Gift Bags

I'm back with another Penguin project we made for Khloë's birthday party. I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas. We had so much fun watching Khloë open her presents. Of course one of her favorite things was a box. She sat inside it while her Uncle pushed her around like a car. She was all giggles. Another favorite of hers was my sisters cat. I wish I had gotten a picture. My sisters cat is the most docile thing I've ever seen. He's this big boy cat that walks around the house with clothes on. Khloë pulled on his clothes, pet him (not very softly) and put her fingers up his nose. He just laid there and let her do it. Then she decided to ride him like a pony. Luckily I was close by and kept crazy kitty from getting smooshed. As I pulled Khloë off of him he still just laid there! Then she wanted to give him kisses right on the big ol' kitty smacker. No problem. Nothing bothered him. I'll try to have my sister send me a picture of him so I can post it.
Back to my project of the day.

Sorry for the poor quality of the picture. I took it with my cell phone and forgot to get one at the party with my real camera. I used Creat a Critter for the penguin to match all the other decorations. I ordered the skinny bags from Stampin' Up after someone on the Cricut Message Board let me know where to get them. Love them! The jelly beans are from the Jelly Belly Factory. We're lucky enough to have one in our city. Any and every kind of jelly bean you could ever want. They even have a new flavor called baby wipes. Trust me - don't try it. They taste exactly the way you think they would and you can't get the clean baby powder taste out of your mouth for the rest of the day. Not good.

Here is another picture with some more penguin bags and some that say Khloë on them. I got really tired of making penguins after awhile, even though I think they are the cutest little critters ever. I used Hello Kitty Font to cut out Khloë and Art Philosophy to cut out the background to attach the name.
Have a wonderful day. Cindy

Yourstory project

Well, I actually got out my Yourstory and made something. I think this little brag book turned out so cute. It is full of pictures of my sweet little grand-daughter Khloe. As soon as I finish the decorations on the inside I will give it to my mom (the great-grandma). I used my Expression with the Gypsy for the title. The font is from Hello Kitty.  While my Expression was cutting I printed and cut the other images on my Imagine using the Nursery Tails cartridge. The ribbon is from Stampin' Up. The background was cut using Kates ABCs and then I used the Divine Swirls cuttlebug folder to emboss it.

Birthday Cards with Scraps

Happy Saturday everyone. I'm having so much fun using my scraps. I had a lot of pieces of pink paper and these patterned green papers on my desk that were left over from the baby shower favors and decorations. Since the patterned paper had cherries on it I immediately looked to my Cricut cartridges for cherries to cut out. I found these very cute cherries on the Hello Kitty cartridge. I cuttlebugged the background paper and put everything together. The sentiment and the cherries are pop dotted so they would stand out. I really like these cards and they were so super easy.

21 and Legal

21 years old. Where does the time go? It seems like just yesterday my first born little boy was starting kindergarten. I was teaching him how to tie his shoes and write his name.  One day he was playing t-ball and the next he was graduating highschool. Somewhere along the way he grew into a wonderful young man. I miss those  little boy days, but I also look forward to all the days to come. Marriage, Fatherhood, Home Ownership... Living life to the fullest.

On this two page layout I used Lyrical Letters for the font, Block Party for the Pina Colada drink, Celebrations for the party hat and Hello Kitty for the cupcake.

Wise Owl

This is a graduation card for my sister. She will be graduating from college with a degree in child care. I used the cuttlebug embossing folders, Create a Critter cartridge for the owl and the Hello Kitty cartridge for the graduation cap. I used the paisly patterned paper to make my owl a little more girly.

Uh oh, looks who's driving!

I got a phone call yesterday from my Niece Jasmine. She had just taken her written test for her driving permit - and passed. Watch out drivers... Jasmine's behind the wheel! Just kidding. I'm sure she will be a very good driver. Congratulations Jasmine. I will be putting this card in the mail today. I used the Hello Kitty cartridge and a couple of stamps from Paper Trey Inc. I love how the Congratulations stamp fit perfectly around the tires.

Christopher's 18th Birthday

For Christopher's 18th Birthday he wanted to play in a Texas Hold'em Tournament. The only place close to us that you can play at age 18 is Jackson Rancheria, so off we went. Mike, Mark, Michael and Christopher all entered the tournament. The first one out was Michael, next was Mark and then Mike. Christopher stayed in until 4th place - out of 23 people. One person away from the money. We later found out that the two people that got 1st and 2nd place were husband and wife and they play all the time.