Pretty Little Banker

Okay, so we all know we should start saving for our future when we're young, right? Well, this pretty little banker has it all figured out. She was so happy to stand in line with her money and bank book. When it was her turn she went to the teller and made her deposit.

I love the picture of her with her bank brochure. She wanted to know all about her investment.

For this layout I used some Piggy Tales papers that I got last year in a clearance sale. For the circles and scallop circles I used the Art Philosophy cartridge. The green scallop circles are cut at 6.5" and 7.5". The patterned circles inside them were cut at 6 & 7". The blue circle mat with the picture was cut at 4".  The dollar sign was cut at 3 1/2" from the Something to Remember cartridge.

The title "Little Banker" was cut at 1 1/2" from the Something to Remember cartridge. The scallop blue border was cut using a Stampin' Up border punch.

My favorite new scrappy item is this date stamp. It's one of the new Smash products by K&Company. I will be using this a lot on my layouts. Sorry this is not a very good picture. It really does look better in real life.

Hawaii layout

Hello everyone. I am so excited that today I was able to participate in the Cricut Fanatics blog. This was the first time I have ever posted on a blog that was not my own personal blog. The Cricut Fanatics blog is put together by Cricut lovers and will showcase a different project every day. The designers will change each day which will give you lots of variety. The project I created is below. Please go to the Cricut Fanatics blog to get more information on my layout and other projects. 

For the title of my layout and for the airplane in the clouds I used the Cricut Circle Exclusive cartridge Something to Remember. They were both cut at 4" except for the word Hawaii. That was cut at 1 1/2".

The green scallops on the top and bottom of the pages were made using the Art Philosophy cartridge, cut at 1/2". I used my Gypsy to weld 4 of them together to get the 12" long size that I needed.

The hibiscus flower was cut at 1 3/4" from the Life's a Beach cartridge. The photo mat on the left side will hold a 5x7 photo and the mat on the right side will hold a 4x6 photo.

I hope you've enjoyed my project today. Other Hawaii pages and projects will be posted to my blog as I prepare for my first big vacation. I have a feeling I'll be needing a lot of layouts! Thanks for looking. Cindy

 

The Toilet Cut!

Hello friends. I have a surprise for you today. It's a toilet! Who woulda thunk it? I never thought I would be making a card with a toilet on it, but you know, I actually like it. I'm pretty sure I'll use this cut again.

This one will go out to my sister that has been having a hard time lately. Hopefully it will bring a smile to her face.

So what do you think? Did I do the toilet proud? Heeheehee.

Cartridge used:
Cricut Circle Exclusive Something to Remember
Toilet and embellishments cut at 4"

Home Sweet Home layout

Today I received my Cricut Circle Exclusive cartridge. I am still in shock that it arrived so fast. I just renewed my membership on Wednesday and now 3 days later I already have my cartridge to play with. Things didn't start out so well though. I decided to update my Gypsy last night and it got stuck on the loading screen. It took me almost 6 hours of trying different things to get it to work. By the end of the night she was back to working order, but all of my projects were lost. The file for my house warming invitations is now gone. It wouldn't be a big deal except that I'm not done with them and I don't remember all of the details. At least my Gypsy is working.

Okay, back to my cartridge. As I was looking through the book I could think of a lot of uses for this one. I really like the font, but I think I'll like it a lot more once I can use it on my Gypsy and weld the letters together. There are so many things I will use, such as: Potty Training, New Baby, First Tooth, First Step, New Driver, First Day of School and the list goes on. There really are a lot of things on this cartridge. And to have a font is a big extra for me. I love fonts.

Since I'm in New Home mode these days that's what I started with. The background papers are all (3) from Piggy Tales Thumbelina Collection that I bought last year. All of the other papers are from my stash of old papers.

I haven't taken my pictures to be printed in a really long time so I had to print pictures at home for this layout. I have so many pictures to print that I think I need to wait for a big sale. Here's the layout with pictures:

And a close-up showing Khloë looking out the window.

And because I like to think I learned something from my Gypsy crashing last night, I am going to add details about the cuts on my blog from now on. LOL

Cartridge: Something to Remember
House, tree and bushes cut at 10"
Title/Phrase and matting cut at 4"

That's all folks. Super easy and not very many cuts. The hardest part was picking papers. Thanks for stopping by and visiting with me.