BBTB2: Cricut - Home is where you are

By now my followers know we have an RV and take it out every so often for a long weekend and at least one long trip a year.  I don't have that many pictures of us and the RV, so I made a layout with a trailer so I'll be sure to get some photos to match the scrapbook pages!

I have to credit this layout to Pat Johnson, who shares many designs of hers on the Facebook Group "Cricut Design Space" (just search for her name in the files section). The file is HERE. It was an easy layout when you don't have to think up a design, choose colors, and then cut and assemble, some of those steps were done for me.   It is a perfect layout for our Bitten by the Bug2 challenge this week, which is to "use a WORD from a Cricut cartridge".   Michelle from Crazy Cricut Scrapper is our hostess this week.  She is the queen of layouts.  Join the fun and link up your Cricut inspired project.


Home is Where you Are - Wild Card2
Flowers - Cindy Loo and Sweet Treats
Clouds - Nate's ABCs
Hearts on Trailer - Cindy Loo
Trailer and Sun - Wild Card2
Grass - EveryDay Paper Dolls
Trees - Create  A Critter and Summer Celebrations

BBTB2: Cricut - Thank you America

HAPPY 4TH OF JULY EVERYONE!

For this great occasion, I like to decorate the family room with red, white, and blue.  But this year I can't seem to find my quilted table-runner.  Will someone please help me find it??

I picked these 'red, white, and blue' (ok it's purple, but it's as close as you can get) flowers from the yard a few days ago so I would have a nice arrangement for the holiday.  For our Bitten By the Bug2 challenge this week, we are using fireworks cuts.  I thought a few of the flowers actually could be firework shaped.  I added 4 fireworks pieces, cut at about 3-4" and put on a stick for accents on my arrangement.   The 4th of July soldier cut is one of my favorites, and I put it on the base of the vase.

Join us at BBTB2 this week, where Caroline from http://cardcreationsbycaroline.blogspot.com/ is our hostess.  We all invite you to link up your 'fireworks' projects to the blog.

I finally got a new ipad, and am able to download new apps, I edited this picture with PS Express.  I like the soft edges.   --- Maureen

4th of July Layout -

It's unusual that I make a layout without having pictures, but this year for 4th of July, I am ahead! Yeah!  Time to celebrate.  My layout features Disney Princesses and Crash, Boom, Pow for the fireworks, sprinkled with gems, Cricut writing, and Skittles from AbusyBee.  The Flag is from Summer Celebrations, and the tag is from Stand and Salute.  The boy with a wagon is an all time favorite, and cut from A Child's Year. 

Happy 4th of July!

Also linked to the following challenges:
http://cutitupchallenges.blogspot.com/ - Challenge #73 - Stars and Stripes
http://doubleclickconnections.blogspot.com/ - Summer Fun Project

BBTB2 Cricut - Let's Ride My Bike - Cricut BBTB2

This is one of my favorite recent pictures of my granddaughter.  When I babysit, we try to get outside for a while.  She can ride her Hello Kitty bike around the block forever, while I try to keep up with her.  This day, she was being silly and put on gloves and attached her doll to the front of the bike.  Luckily, Susan, from Busy with the Cricky, is hosting a 'bicycle' challenge at BBTB2 this week, so I got right to work.  The bike is from Summer Celebrations, the kite is from Create-a-Critter, the tree I got in a swap but I think it is also from one of the CACs.  The Play Time title is from Kate's ABCs.  I added paper flowers and Stickles along with orange twine for the kite string.  The frame around the pic is from PaperLoft.  The background paper is from a little heard of company called Momenta, I got it at Tuesday Morning.

Come join our 'Bicycle" challenge at BBTB2 this week.  Use a Cricut cut of a bike on your project.

Linked to Die Cuttin Divas challenge 213: http://diecuttindivas.blogspot.com/2015/04/challenge-213.html

BBTB2 - Cricut Rain or Shine Layout

Whenever the subject of rain comes up, I often think of my daughter's wedding day, which included lots of rain.  It hadn't rained in two months until that day, and didn't rain for another month after that.  We didn't let it ruin the festivities, we just went with it.  As you can see by the photo, we included the rain in the photos.   I added the first part of the saying, and the 'rain or shine' came from the Family Album cartridge.  The ring on the tag from DCWV is from Summer Celebrations.   Their colors were moss green and beige, so I couldn't use the traditional blue for rain.

Link up your rainy day project - by using anything to do with rain - umbrella, rain, boots, etc. at BBTB2 this week.   Pam, from Stamper at Heart, is our hostess, let's see what she and the others have created.

Linked in HIMCR196 Challenge:  http://www.hidinginmycraftroom.com/