Happy Halloween

Happy Halloween!!!

Even more backpack notes

Although I have struggled to find the time on occassion, I have still be keeping up with the backpack notes every school day.  Here's the latest group

I WON!!!

I'm so excited!  After entering a lot of the Cricut Circle contests and nevering winning, I finally won! 

Here's my layout that won the Cricut Circle Blogiversary Recipe Challenge. 

My prize for winning is . . . a Cricut Cake Machine!  Happy dance!

Cricut Circle Blogiversary: Recipe Challenge

The Challenge: Use your Cricut machines to create a project using the following “recipe.” It must contain 1) A Title; 2) At least 2 Cricut Cuts, and 3) At least 3 buttons.


Here's my layout submission for the Challenge.   The brown cardstock to the right of the picture is where I will put my journaling for the layout.  Last school year the teacher sent home a family project to decorate a cookie jar - I pulled out all of my scrapbooking items and my daughter had so much fun!  It was my husband's idea to take a picture of her hand and add it "reaching" into the cookie jar - it turned out so great!

Cricut Circle Blogiversary: Cuttlebug Challenge

The Challenge: Create a project of your choice using your Cuttlebug machine as the main focus. Your project must include at least 2 different Cricut Image Cuts.

Weekly Cricut Circle Challenge #42: World Card-Making Day Challenge

The Challenge: For this next challenge, we want to see you show off your card-making skills in honor of World Card-Making Day (October 1st). The requirements are simple . . . create a card with any theme you would like using your Cricut machines!  Need to include at least 2 Cricut image cuts.

Here's my entry.  I love this hippo he/she is sooo cute!  My 2 image cuts are the hippo and the pond with the grasses.  Patterned paper is DCWV.

Cricut Circle Blogiversary: Sketch Challenge

The Challenge: Create a project of your choice using the sketch below. Your project must include at least 2 different Cricut Image Cuts.



It took me a little while to decide on just one idea for this card from the many I was coming up with.  In the end, I decided that I really wanted to use the Simply Scarecrow cartridge I just purchased a few weeks ago.  The scarecrow, crows and sentiment are all from this cartridge. All of the patterned paper is from DCWV Amber Autumn Stack.

Blogiversary Challenge: Monochromatic Color Challenge

The Challenge: Create a project of your choice using a monochromatic color scheme. Your project must include at least 2 different Cricut Image Cuts.

For this challenge and the first time ever, I have used entirely scraps to put together this card!  The card is done in all shades of purples and uses the Cindy Loo cartridge.

Blogiversary Challenge: Exclusive Circle Cartridge

The Challenge: Create a project of your choice with one or more of the Cricut Circle Exclusive cartridges! (French Manor, Shall We Dance, Cricut Everyday, Pop-Up Neighborhood, or Sophie) Your project must include at least 2 different Cricut Image Cuts. And YES! You can mix in other cartridges with your Circle Exclusive cartridges.

For this challenge, I chose to use the Sophie Cricut Cartridge for all 3 of my images. 

JDRF

After many long days and much preparation, I'm thrilled to announce that we raised a LOT of money for JDRF (Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation).  Everyone had a great time at our Peace, Love, Cure Carnival.  Now on to planning for next year - and hopefully more time for me to be crafty and post some new projects!

I do have some more backpack notes to share. . .

MIA

Hi All,

I hope to get back to some serious crafting real soon.  I've been a little out of it after my 4 wisdom teeth were extracted a little over a week ago and I developed dry sockets - not to mention an extremely busy work schedule and coordinating my department's Juvenile Diabetes fundraising carnival.  This is my fourth year as captain and although it takes a lot of work, it is well worth it.

In the next few weeks, things should get a little easier for me at work and today the oral surgeon said my extractions were looking good (hopefully they will heal the next week), so I may finally feel like being crafty.  Of course, I have done a little crafting, I'm still making the backpack notes for my daughter every night - she loves them so much and would be so disappointed if I missed a day.

I hope to have a project to share real soon.  Until then, take care everyone.

Lisa