SOUS card sketch Aug 1-13

Our first card sketch challenge at SOUS was a great success! We had 10 lovely and talented ladies who played along with us...not to shabby I think! We are on to sketch #2 and here it is designed by  the oh so talented Debbie Burns...

And here is my take on the sketch...

with a few close ups...

Products used: Patterned Papers, Tag, Diecut Flowers,Wood button, Letter stickers: Pink Paislee; Butterfly Punch: Martha Stewart; Twine: Devine Twine; Tag sticker: Simple Stories; Lace ribbon, wht button: Misc.

This challenge runs until Aug 13th so there is lots of time to play along! Join us by linking your card HERE and you just might be in our TOP 3!!!

Thanks for stopping by,

reading your kind comments makes my day!

~Becky

Summer Fresh Cards 3

My latest post is up today on the Scrapbooking Cafe blog. I'd love it if you stopped by and checked out the third pair of cards that I made with the Summer Fresh collection from Simple Stories. Here's a little sneaky peak!

Have a great day!
~Becky

Robotz Cartridge Showcase

My showcase of the Robotz Cricut cartridge is up today over at Cooking with Cricut. I'd love it if you stopped by to check it out...here's a little sneak peek!

Have a great day!
~Becky

Maritime Dies by Lifestyle Crafts

My first assignment as part of the Scrapy Land Fab Four was to create with some of the dies from Lifestyle Crafts/Quickutz new Maritime release. These fun dies were divided up between all of us gals. I got the cute little 2x2 whale and the 4x4 compass.

Lets start with the cute little whale...

I printed the sentiment on my computer since I didn't have a stamp that was appropriate.

I added some bling for water drops above the spray and a googly eye for fun! I love googly eyes :)

Supplies used: Pattern papers: Sassafrass, Bo Bunny, Chatterbox; Cardstock: Bazzill; Whale Die: Lifestyle Crafts/Quickutz; Heart Punch: Stampin Up; Corner rounder: EK Success; Twine: Devine Twine; Misc-button, googly eye, bling, embroidery floss, photo corners.

For my second card I decided to not to go with a water theme. I thought it might be fun for the compass to show a loved one the way home.

 Here are a few tips about how I put this card together: I cut out a circle with my Spellbinders to mat behind the compass. The heart shows the direction for a loved one to go. I added a bit of distress ink to the white letters to dull them down a bit so they fit more easily with the shabby look of the card. The photo corners were originally white so I colored them with a E31 Copic marker to change them to match the card.

Supplies used: Patterned papers: Bo Bunny, Simple Stories; Tags: Girls Paperie; Compass Die: Lifestyle Crafts/Quickutz; Circle Die: Spellbinders. Heart Punch: Stampin Up; Misc: hemp twine, photo corners.

Well, that's all from me for today. I'll be back soon with more to share!

Thanks for stopping by

~Becky

We wish you a Merry...

CHRISTMAS in JULY! Today is July 25th, so you know what that means! Only 5 more months till Christmas! Have you started shopping yet? LOL, not me, I'm one of those people who doesn't start the shopping until about the 20th of December. I always have the best intentions of starting early, but lets face it, I'm a procrastinator, I work best under pressure.

I have a layout to share with you today. I made it awhile back for a submission and just haven't got around to blogging it yet. I told you...I procrastinate :) Anyways, this layout has my favorite picture of my kiddos from last Christmas.

They are patiently waiting to dive into the presents, and I just love how I captured the glow of the tree and the wonder on my son's face as he looked at the pretty lights. This was his first Christmas!
All of the product is from Little Yellow Bicycle except for the little red words in the top left corner which are from October Afternoon.  Here are a few close ups for you...

Merry Christmas!!! I hope I've inspired you to get in to the spirit today!

~Becky

Summer Fresh cards 2

My latest post is up over at the Scrapbooking Cafe blog. I hope you will swing by and check out the fun cards I made with the Summer Fresh Collection from Simple Stories.

Have a great day!
~Becky

CWC: Crops of Luv Blog Hop: Day 2

Welcome to the CookingWithCricut.com, Crops of Luv Blog Hop day 2. This month our designers chose to create layouts for the Crops of Luv Organization. If you came here from Larelyn's blog Handmade from My Heart then you are in the right place, if you would like  to start from the beginning, then just head over to Cooking with Cricut.

Crops of Luv works hand-in-hand with the Make-A-Wish Foundation and creates scrapbooks for families who have children facing life-threatening illnesses.  Our hop will focus on creating 12 x 12 Scrapbook double page LOs using these themes: Princesses, Pirates, Animal Kingdom, Magic Kingdom, Summer Fun (e.g. swimming), Christmas (yes, they have Christmas every Thursday at "Give Kids the World"), or general Disney themes.

Crops of Luv has some specific guidelines for the layouts. They need to include a journaling block or tag and mats for 3  4 x 6 pictures on each page. They also do not want the photo mats permanently adhered to the page.  That way they can flip them whichever way they need to.

So now lets have a look at what I've cooked up for this hop...

I love Monsters Inc. I even named my son Sullivan James, and the big blue monster's name is James P. Sullivan. I hope one day to be able to get a picture of my Sully with the Monster Sulley :) I used the Best of Pixar cartridge to get my cuts of Sulley, Mike and Randall.

 I made them quite large (5" for Sulley) and I don't know if you would be able to go any smaller and have them look good. there is quite a lot of small details that probably wouldn't cut very good at a small size. I added googly eyes to Sulley because his eyes didn't cut out very good, but I think he looks better that way anyways.

We hope you will enjoy our creations! We would love for you to participate. You can make a two-page layout following the parameters outlined above and mail it directly to Crops of Luv c/o Roberta Baker, 11424 S. Pawnee Circle, Phoenix, AZ 85044. Since this blog hop is also a challenge, be sure to link your project to CWC/PCW.

If you would like more information about this organization, or would like to make a monetary or supply donation, please visit their web site, www.cropsofluv.com.

If you get lost along the way, please be sure to head back to CWC and start from there. Be sure to head over to CWC and leave a comment for a chance to win some blog candy and to link your own Crops of Luv creation. Now I'd love it if you hopped on over to see what Suzanne at Cricut Craftin Granny has cooked up. Thanks so much for being a part of our hop.