Campin' Critters Father's Day card

Happy Friday!  And a BIG thank you to Mother Nature for letting the sun shine here today.  What a difference a little sun can make!  Before my weekend begins (it usually starts when my kids come running off of the school bus...and I bet you can guess when it ends!!), I wanted to get this post up.  It's a Father's Day card I made for my Dad.  I've already made him a frame (see here) and wanted to make him a matching card.  I used Campin' Critters, one of my new cartridges.  It has some of the most perfect images to scrap pictures I've taken of my family both camping and hanging at my parents' camp in Maine.  And since my dad is an avid outdoorsman...in fact, he'll be fishing in Maine this weekend...I thought this image from Campin' Critters would be most appropriate.  My dad might be happier though if the fish were BIGGER!  Oh well!  LOL

Recipe

Fishing Deer from Cricut Campin' Critters cartridge

Card shape from Cricut Birthday Bash cartridge

Patterned paper - Cosmo Cricket, DCWV

Cardstock - Bazzill, Recollections

Cuttlebug 'swiss dots' embossing folder

Cat's Eye chalk ink

Creative Memories brown marker, white Gelly Roll pen for doodling

Puffy letter stickers from Target's dollar bin

American Crafts ribbon

Silver brads

EK Success dimensionals to pop up die cut

I'm entering this card into four challenges:
Cricut Cartridge Chaos Challenge #17: Give A Hoot - Create a project using the Give a Hoot Cricut cartridge.  If you don't have this cartridge, use something similar.  I don't have Give a Hoot, so I used Campin' Critters.
Die Cuttin Diva's Challenge #15: Masculine Cuts - Create a card using a masculine cut and colors.
Getting Cricky with K. Andrew: Simply Sunday Challenge - Retro Daddy! - Create any project with a father or retro theme.
Peachy Keen Stamps: Sketch Challenge #52 - Create a card based on the sketch provided.

Have a great weekend everyone!  I've been lucky enough to receive a few blogs awards...I'll be posting them soon...yay!!  :-)

~Sharon C.

Sugar & Spice - Baby Girl Layout

Good afternoon!  Oh, the sun is shining brightly today...and it's 55 degrees outside...yahoo!  I just came in from outdoors and the sheet of ice that was formerly our driveway is slowing disappearing.  I have a feeling we'll see the pavement tomorrow...the forecast is a whopping 60 degrees.  Oh, spring might just come after all!!

Speaking of warmer times, today I'm posting a scrapbook page of my daughter at 8 months.  Yes, another one!  I'm so happy to have completed quite a few pages this year.  Those albums are filling up.  Anyway, my daughter was a very patient (she had to be...her twin brother was incredibly vocal when things weren't going his way), happy, sweet and funny baby.  We called her 'wild thing' because of the way her whole body would wiggle and bounce when she was happy.  Which was quite often!  :-)  She also had an early fascination with shoes...as these pictures show.  She LOVED to check out what people had on their feet...and always chose the brightest, shiniest, prettiest shoes for herself.  My sister bought her these sandals...hot pink...perfect.  She was (and still is) very sweet...we are so lucky to have her....one girl among three boys. 

Recipe

Patterned papers - My Mind's Eye everyday tango

Textured cardstock - DCWV brights

"Sugar & Spice" title from Cricut Alphalicious; letters and heart welded together using my Gypsy; cut from SEI Claire patterned paper and popped up for dimension

Martha Stewart border punch

Journaling tag from SEI Claire chiplet pack

Pearls - Recollections

Baby shoes die-cuts - Recollections

Buttons - WalMart

EK Success dimensionals

Black Creative Memories marker for journaling, stitching

I'm entering this page into 3 challenges:

Get Your Sketch On: Sketch #7 - Create a project using the following sketch as inspiration:



More Than Favors: Cricut Cartridge Chaos Challenge #6 - Rock Princess - Create a project using the Cricut Rock Princess cartridge, chosen as this week's challenge cartridge by the blog's followers.  If you don't have this cartridge (I don't), you can use a similar cut from a different one.  While browsing thru the images in the online Rock Princess handbook, I noticed the "Sugar & Spice" word art on page 41.  I attempted to create similar word art by using the Alphalicious font cartridge and the heart from George and Basic Shapes.  I sized and welded these with my Gypsy...I love the versatility that little gadget gives me!

Scrapaholic by Abby: SEI Challenge with Abby #3 - Use Pink - Create anything, but make sure you use the color pink. 

Enjoy the day!

~Sharon C.