Scrap Queen

My biggest challenge in scrapbooking is using double sided pattern paper. Often times I just don't buy it because it is difficult for me to use. I love both sides, so which do I use, or do I have to buy double every time -which sometimes just doesn't work with my "budget". Ha ha, scrapbooking budget - that's funny. Well, my husband doesn't think so - which is very unfortunate, so careful I must be! Well, when it comes to specialty paper that I get for specific projects I like to make it go as far as I can -which normally means saving all sizes of the scraps to use on other pages. In this case I decided to use two pieces of paper to create a double layout. At first I was just going to cut the 4 inches off the bottoms of both and then glue to a white piece of paper to create two full layouts. And then it occurred to me to try and make it so I could scrap a page on all sides of the paper. So, using washi tape I taped the pieces of paper together - running the ...

This week over at Fantabulous Cricut Challenge Blog  the theme is Valentines Day! Challenge #294-Valentines Day Make a project about Valentines Day. This Weeks Sponsor A Valentine Bundle! To qualify for the prize,  be sure to use at least 1 Cricut cut  on your project and if it's not obvious, let us know what cartridge you used.  If you use a Cricut Explore machine, at least one cut must be from the Cricut catalog of images. If it isn't a card, you will get two entries into the drawing! As you may have read in my last blog post, I recently discovered  Pocket Letters , which was created by  Jeanette Lane . I have participated in a number of Pocket Letter swaps now and I'm hooked. They are so much fun to create and then receiving one that someone else made is like Christmas morning! Below, I'm going to share with you a Valentines Day themed pocket letter (one of a few of this themed pocket letters I have created this month...

There are a couple of great sketches over at the Sketch - N - Scrap blog  that I decided to try and I think they turned out cute.  The sketch:  My Take:  To create this sketch of my adorable nephew I used:  Recollections paper from their Mosaic Memories stack The title and the baseball player come from the Sports Mania Cricut Cartridge The circle base comes from the George and Basic Shapes cartridge The banner/flags come from the Lovely Floral cartridge The Sketch: My Take: To create this layout I used: DCWV: The Lemon Flower Stack The title was cut using the Heritage Cricut Cartridge The banner/flag comes from Lovely Floral cartridge The horse comes from the Happily Ever After cartridge Thanks for stopping by, Blessings!

So, I decided I needed a bit more room in my craftroom so it was time rearrange. Check it out! Before: Cramped! During: Mess! The Results: Yay! And, sticking with the scrapbooking theme here is a layout with pics from a scrapbooking retreat I went on last year with some awesome girlfriends! The titles and the journaling card come from the following cartridges: Lovely Floral (Paper Diva and Scrap Queen) Home Decor (Create) Mini Monograms (Journal base) Disney's Happily Ever After (Scissors) Thanks for visiting my blog today, have a wonderful week!

If you are looking for the Fantabulous Cricut Crawl click HERE  or just keep scrolling down. If you are looking for the Made Especially For You Explosion Box Challenge click HERE . This weeks challenge is to use a punch. I did not even own a punch so YAY! a new toy! My daughter was invited to a birthday party so it was the perfect opportunity to make a birthday card and to use my new border punch. Check out my card below and then try it and post your project on the A Crafting Start blog. I used Disney's Happily Ever After cartridge for the Cinderella diecut.