Friends

One of life's most important treasures. Friends. Someone that is always there for you. A shoulder to cry on. Someone to laugh with, someone to vent to. Some of the strongest bonds in my life have been made through my craft of scrapbooking. There is a bond so strong. We know each other through our pages, and in turn that makes us friends.

So with friends on my mind, I went to my Design Studio. What I came up with is something entirely new for me. There are no pictures involved. LOL I made a template for this cute little gift bag.
Would you like to try your hand at making this? If you would like the template please leave a comment telling me how you and your BFF met and your email and I will email you the link.

Carts used: George, Storybook, Graphically Speaking
12x12 mat needed
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Cropped til I dropped!

Yesterday, Saturday I went to a Close to my Heart party at a friend's house. Afterward we stayed and scrapped. Now usually when I attend this sort of thing I do more talking than scrapping. Don't we all?? But yesterday, I found a groove and just stayed there for 12 hours!!! I scrapped from 11am to 11pm! I managed to get 5 pages done, 3 single pages and a double!!! This brings my total for the year to 60 personal layouts completed for the year! Last year I only had 75 total so I am closing in fast!!!

So ya wanna see what I got done? Well I'll show ya anyway!! :)

Rock On!
Paper and Titile are My Mind's Eye, Abbey Road
Stamps are Close to my Heart
Magic Memories
Paper is Cordenations and Sandylion
Felt Boarder is Queen and Co.
Santa Monica
Papers are Close to my Heart and Cosmo Cricket
Bubble back ground was cut from Graphically Speaking
'santa monica' was cut from Life's a Beach
This is Life
Papers are Close to my Heart and We are Memory Keepers
Flowers Unknown
Button Basic Grey
'This is Life' was cut from the Graphically Speaking
Hope to have some new cut files for you all shortly....it's been busy around here lately!
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1...2....3 Freebies!!!

I'm back! And I hope you enjoy what I have for you today. Now that things are semi-back-to-normal, I have had time to get back into my craft room and get some designs done, as well as some layouts.

First I have for you a really simple title. Hope you enjoy it! Timeless

Catridges Used: Storybook, Plantins Schoolbook, and Graphically Speaking -- Any size mat

Next up I have for you, another A2 card frame. Isn't this cute? XOXO Frame

Catridges Used: George and Wild Card--Any size mat

Last but certainly not least, The A2 3 layer Aloha frame.

Catridges Used: George and Wild Card -- Any size mat

For this card I cut three layers in 2 colors and then added vellum to the back of the white layer.

I hope you enjoy these! Happy Scrapping!
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Story Time Freebie

We all read to our kids, right? And I am sure somewhere along the line you get pictures. Or even pictures of your little ones reading on their own. Well I have just the title for your page.


Story Time TitleCarts used: George, Plantin, and Graphically Speaking!

On a side note, I see that lots of people are dowloading these freebies! I love that! But please if you post the work somewhere please refer back to my blog where you found the file. And remember I would love to see what you create! Thanks for looking!

Happy Easter and Happy Scrapping!




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I've been a busy bee, but I didn't forget the freebie!

I have been working on a project for all my little bowlers. Today was the last day of the season and I wanted to do something special for the kids and the parents. I found the instructions to make word books using my Cricut Machine and Design Studio at Invincible Summer. This site has a very detailed tutorial for making your own word books. Here is a pic of the ones that I made.....I made seven of these in 3 days......A LOT OF WORK!So, I did find some time today to work on a design for a freebie. It is simple but I think you will find that it is beautiful and easy to use to border a page. You can download it here.

Cartridge used: Graphically Speaking, 6x12 mat

I also managed to get a couple layouts done today as well. Awhile back I volunteered to become a Chocolatier over at http://www.cropchocolate.com/ . As a chocolatier, the website would send me some product and I would create a layout(s) or other project displaying the products they are going to sell. Here is what I came up with:The Products that I used from http://www.cropchocolate.com/ are:

Basic Grey Chipboard Sticker (Flourish)

MM Paper - {noteworthy} Ava Loopy Stripe

Basic Grey Buttons

MM Whimsy Alpha Stickers

Ribbon

Other:

Citrus Teal Card Stock from ANW Crestwood

KI Memories Daffodil 2 transparency

Studio G glitter glue

Last but not least a fun birthday layout. I had so much fun creating this. The papers are from Crate Paper and part of a kit from Heartstring Designs. This is an awesome club if you don't want a 'contract.' They offer great scrapbooking kits and card kits. If you don't like the preview for the next month, you DON'T have to purchase. You are not deferring, you are simply opting out. It is a lifetime membership and you only order the kits YOU WANT! They also include in every kit these awesome mat board cut outs. See the candle and flame on my layout.

Thanks for stopping by, become a follower today and get new freebies every week!

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First Freebie Friday

Hey there! I want to welcome you all to my very first Freebie Friday! Each Friday, I will post a freebie. What am I giving away? Cricut Design Studio cut files! I am having a blast creating things with this program. If you have any ideas or requests please let me know and I will try my best to create what you are looking for!

Please note that I am not an expert in Design Studio. I do not claim to know it all. The designs that I post here are my creations. If you have any problems with the cuts please let me know! If you do use the design on a blog or public forum please post where you got it from. Please do not share files directly, direct users here to obtain the files! Thank you for your cooperation!

And for your first and second (just this once) Freebies!

Circle Cut Out Mat uses just the George Cartridge

GirlyGirl Title uses Plantin Schoolbook and Graphically Speaking Have fun with these, and I would love to see what you create with them!

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