April in Kaua'i

Cricutters Anonymous #33 - April Showers
Cartridges Used: Doodletype, Storybook

"April in Kaua'i is wet wet wet". Kaua'i is the wettest island but we weren't prepared for how much it rained in April - you'd be out on the beach and it would just start raining buckets out of nowhere. This is a horseback riding excursion (you can see all the mud) and you'd put on your slicker and take off your slicker and put it right back on again (more of a plantation setting than a beach setting, but we did get to swim at a nice little waterfall). The colors are a little difficult to see, they are Kiwi Kiss and Elegant Eggplant with some DSP that I've had so long I can't remember where it came from!

Thanks for looking and for your comments ~

Someone Like You

FCCB - The Bling Challenge
Cartridge: Home Decor, Storybook

I bought the Home Decor cartridge specifically for these Swirls but haven't had a chance to even use that feature yet on a project till now. I love the Swirls but they seemed a little feminine for the LO for my boys. I made this for another challenge, but thought the gem added some bling.

Life Is Good - Man Challenge

Just Buggin' Challenge #29
Cartridge: Jasmine (Oval and Shadow Oval)
Stamp: Stampin' Up Angler, Text and Texture

OK, so I couldn't decide whether to make a card or a scrapbook page so I did both! When I think of a manly card I first think of fishing for my hubby...but none of my boys like to fish, or my brothers...so I need to take some time to try out a few different manly birthday card ideas floating around in my head! This card started out as a SPCC color challenge combined with the Just Buggin' Challenge...then I got busy working on my card swap challenge for my stamp group next Friday and didn't even enter it for the challenge!

Life Is Good-Depot Bay

Just Buggin' Challenge #29 - the man challenge
Cartridge: A Child's Year, Calligraphy
Stamp: Stampin' Up Text and Texture

...and here's the scrapbook page! My husband Dan loves to fish-in fact when I thought of making a layout about fishing I wanted an appropriate title and asked him if he considered fishing his 'Passion' or his 'Obsession'...he said it was his 'Addiction'. These photos look so serene it really brought to mind how much we enjoyed our relaxing vacation last year in Depot Bay so I scrapped that and I thought 'Life is Good'...so that's how it came about!

Wearin' o' the Green

Just Buggin' Challenge #28 - St. Patrick's Day
Cartridges: Calligraphy, A Child's Year, Home Decor

I liked the top picture of my youngest, Jake, and I thought with the green background I might be able to use it for this challenge. All three of my boys would hide their 'green' on St. Patrick's Day (I guess it wasn't 'cool' to wear it outwardly) but Jake found these cute boxers that said No Pinching No Pinching No Pinching...anyhow, I thought I would look on the web to find something about wearing green on St. Patrick's Day and immediately saw the lyrics to this song about how England had forbidden the 'Wearin' o' the Green', so, perfect - he's hiding his green! I don't think you can see the Musical Score stamp in the background of the lyrics.

"O Paddy dear, and did ye hear the news that's goin' round? The shamrock is by law forbid to grow on Irish ground! No more Saint Patrick's Day we'll keep, his color can't be seen. For there's a cruel law ag'in the Wearin' o' the Green."

Happy St. Patrick's Day and thanks for looking!

Baby Shower

Just Buggin' Challenge #27
Creative Cards - Use the Card Feature from a cartridge
Cartridge Used: A Child's Year

I'm so glad I decided to get this cartridge, it was perfect for this challenge. There are so many cute cards to choose from! I love the scalloped edge and the detailed cutouts. I was very relieved to find that my little Cricut was able to cut the card to the perfect 4 1/4 x 5 1/2 size.

Shutter Bug

This is for the Just Buggin' Blog Hop Challenge - Hop into Spring!
Cartridges Used: Doodletype, Home Decor for the Ladybug
Paper: Stampin' Up Soft Sky, Wild Wasabi, Apricot Appeal, Delicate Dots DSP
Ribbon: Wild Wasabi Stitched

Jake went through quite a long spell where he wanted to take photos of everything, thank goodness he finally got a digital camera, Polaroids just don't get it! I think I need to remind him of those days and encourage him to take it up again! Anyhow this is my take on spring.

Box of Tags

Cricut Challenge #24 - Three dimensional project: Boxes, Purses, Pop-up cards, etc.
Cartridges: Tags, Bags, Boxes and More; Calligraphy Cartridge (tag on the box)
I only have the Personal Cricut, not the Expression, so I'm a little limited on the size of the project I can make, but I really like the little 'crayon' box filled with tags. Thanks for looking!