Fun Fall Placemats

Cookingwithcricut challenge #4 is The colors of fall so I decided to make some cute placemats for my table. These were so much fun to make and added some zip to my boring table! Fantabulous cricut challenge #35 is to use the color green and a circle on your project, so I am linking this project there also.

cricut lacey labels and celebrate with flourish; studio g marigold, dark green and burgundy inks; tim holtz vintage photo ink; brown glimmer mist and white and yellow pens for doodling

Happy Haunting

This layout is for the 10/29 sketch challenge over at stuckonusketches. Every year we usually go to this one haunted house that has a different theme each year. This year was "The Death Academy" and they handed out these cute "Class Schedules" that I included in my layout. I got a kick out of my daughters dressing as a doctor with a short blond wig and the other a nurse.

Cricut: Plantin for the circle frame

Cuttlebug: swiss dot folder on circle frame; tiny mosaic on rosette centers

Martha Stewart: crackle border on background mat; cornice border on rosettes

Glimmer mist: orange on class schedule and the smaller rosette

computer generated "Happy Haunting"

Orange, black and white butterfly from the Graphics Fairy

Studio G marigold ink

Tim Holtz vintage photo ink

paper is from Debbie Mumm holiday stack from last year

black ribbon from Michaels

white & black pen for doodling

Orange, black and white butterfly from the Graphics Fairy found here then scroll to the bottom of the page. This worked out so perfect with the sketch and the colors on my layout. Thanks Karen!

Linking this one up to Graphics Fairy Brag Monday also!

Halloween Cupcakes

Happy Halloween to everyone out in blog land! I made these yummy and cute devils food cupcakes with homemade cream cheese frosting. Being a huge fan of cupcakes, I love the cricut cupcake wrappers. Linking this up to www.cookingwithcricut.blogspot.com Halloween-not so spooky challenge. The frosting recipe is posted at the bottom for anyone that would like it.

I made little boxes from an scal file shared on craftedge forum and glued saran wrap on the inside window.

Here is the Cream Cheese Frosting recipe if you would like:

8 oz. package of cream cheese (make sure it is not fat free or lite)

1/4 cup butter softened (1/2 stick) (do not use margarine)

1 tsp vanilla

1 box powdered sugar

mix first three ingredients very well; slowly add in the box of powdered sugar a little at a time; mixing well after each addition.

Hope everyone has a fabulous Sunday!

2 Kool Katz

Well I am still in a Halloween mode. This layout is of my husband and youngest daughter three years ago. My husband dressed up in this red velvet pantsuit with matching hat and the platform boots from the 70's! I haven't cried with laughter like that in a long time.

My daughter had a pink feather hat and boa--too funny!

This qualifies for the Halloween-not so spooky challenge at Cooking with Cricut

Cricut: October 31st for the two black cats at the bottom-trimmed a little and gave them teal flat back pearl eyes and inked the edges with white.

Martha Stewart: arched lattice border punch on white patterned paper.

Font is Casau cut with scal and inked the edges with white and added purple flat back pearls.

The lattice work is a series of cuts with a craft knife and then folded back under each other(template from Debbie Dodd ) and added flat back pearls

I added strips of striped paper down the sides and of course more flat back pearls. I finished off the layout by inking the outer edges of black background paper with white ink.

just a close up of black cat and the lattice work.

Fish Derby

This layout is for the 10/15 sketch challenge going on over at sous. When my children we young, we used to go to the annual fish derby hosted by the boy scouts. It became a favorite family tradition for many years.

cricut carts:

acy for the fish and boy fishing

home decor for the black flourish(trimmed and angled)

sizzix: tropical paisley embossing folder

hand punch alpha's for the title

paper is all k&co

pop dots for the fish

tim holtz vintage photo distress ink and michaels dollar bin ink for edges

and a 3d fishing bobber sticker

Boo!

This layout is for the October 1 sketch challenge over at stuckonusketches.blogspot.com

I have sort of been in a Halloween mood so decided to go with that theme. My camera doesn't photograph glittery stuff very well.

This is a picture of my youngest daughter back in 1997. My sister made the rainbow brite costume and my brother-in-law and husband made all the yard decorations.

Cricut cart: storybook for the scroll work at the top and the purple scallop medallion at the bottom.

Martha Stewart drippy goo border punch on the top left corner piece

fussy cut the pumpkin and the bat from left over paper.

candy corn brad on the purple medallion and ghost brad on black scroll work from stash

black and orange stickles

patterned paper is K&Co

the "B" in boo is a sizzix alpha die and used google eyes for the "o's"

close-up of the scroll work and ghost brad
close-up of medallion. I cut this five times-once in chipboard, four times in the purple paper and then for the top three purple layers I cut off the outer ring(s) so I could ink the edges of each layer. I popped the finished piece with foam dots to give in more dimension on the page.

First Birthday, opening page, closing page and diaper cakes

Here are the final layouts for the first year albums. I finished them last Saturday and had to make a card and a diaper cake so I am just now getting to post them. The boy album and diaper cake were given to my niece this weekend and the girl one I will give this weekend.

So this layout is the First Birthday.
Paperdoll dressup for clown and bows in corners

celebrations for balloons and presents

scal for banner and "It's fun 2B1"

sizzix embossing folder on red balloon

alpha beads on banner

blue glimmer mist on clown outfit

swiss dots embossing folder on clown outfit

google eyes
the journaling tag
This is the first page when album is opened.

accent essentials for green scallop mat

scal for font

tons of flat back pearls

image is from picasaweb.google.com/achaverri15 and then cut out an oval

This is the last page in the album. I faded the image and typed over it with the Baby song poem found at dennydavis.net then mounted it on the green scallop from accent essentials.
This is the girl version and the image is from the same location as above. The closing page has this same image and the baby poem from above.

The boy diaper cake. I made a stork bundle of diapers also but forgot to take a picture.
This is the girl one. I couldn't find pink baby booties so I added more ribbon at the top and pink pom poms along the tray.