"Groovy Girl" Scrapbook Page

Well, another Friday has arrived.  This one in March.  Can you believe it?  March, already?  We finally had a snowstorm here in Massachusetts, but it was followed by rain so we have no white, fluffy stuff on the ground.  I'm wondering whether this is the year for another April Fool's Day storm.  :-)  I'm hoping not!!

Today I'm sharing a layout I made for a few challenges.  The one over at Exploring Cricut caught my eye.  It's theme is "NO Business Like Show Business" and the project entry must be based on a movie night, concert, recital, play or based on a movie or song.  So I thought about it for a few days and an idea came to me while I was driving and heard the song "Feelin' Groovy" by Simon and Garfunkel on the radio.  My 8 yr-old daughter is all into peace signs, hearts, flowers and butterflies these days.  She has a disco ball and a lava lamp.  Last week, my Mom took her to have a purple feather put into her hair.  Her girlfriends seem to be following the trend as well.  So I made this scrapbook page for my "Groovy Girl".  I took a picture of my daughter with her new purple feather wearing her favorite purple peace shirt, but it didn't come out as I had hoped.  But there's a space waiting for a better one.  :-)

I based the colors (purple, green and turquoise) on the current Fantabulous Cricut Challenge Me Monday - their 100th!!  I'm pretty pleased with it.  The page is pretty colorful and fun...like my daughter! 

I'm entering this page into 7 challenges:

Die Cuttin' Divas' Challenge #54 - Recipe Challenge - Use a die-cut and fabric, feathers and/or flowers on your project.  I used two big flower die-cuts and two felt butterflies on my page.

Exploring Cricut - "NO Business Like Show Business" - Create a project based on a movie night, concert, recital, play or a movie or song.  I chose "Feelin' Groovy" by Simon and Garfunkel.

Fantabulous Cricut's Challenge Me Monday #100 - Color challenge - Use purple, green and turquoise somewhere on your project.

Getting Scrappy Challenge - "For the Love of Bling" - Use glitter, stickles, rhinestones, etc. on your layout.

Unique Crafters Challenge #1 - Anything Goes

The Paper Variety - Tic Tac Toe Challenge - Choose 3 criteria from their tic-tac-toe grid to use on your project.  I chose include stitching/create a layout/include a die-cut.

Whimsical Wednesday - "Time Flies" - Create a project which incorporates a clock or wings.

Have a great weekend!

~Sharon C.

B is for Boy can be for a Girl too! Valentine's Day 3x3 Card

Another Friday already?  Well, I most likely won't be posting again this weekend because of a busy Saturday (basketball, birthday party, sports photos and more basketball) and the Super Bowl on Sunday.  Woot, woot!  I'm sure you're all going to be cheering on our Patriots, right??  Let me hear you yell 'GO PATS'!!

Ok, ok. Today's post is a cute little Valentine's Day card I made for my 8 year-old daughter. She saw a pink sock monkey at a store last week and announced that although all three of her brothers have one, she doesn't. "Why don't I have one?" I really couldn't answer. Her brothers received theirs at different times as gifts. So, I decided to make this card so that she can have one of her own.  Well, sort of.  :-) 

I had to make it in pink, her favorite color.  I cut the sock monkey and the postage-stamp background shape from the B is for Boy cartridge.  I guess 'B' can also be for 'Girl'.  :-)  I added lots of little details - the red glitter paper for the sock monkey's heart, mouth and hat, the glittered heart-shaped brads, the red ribbon, the maraschino twine and the pink pom pom.  Can't glam it up enough for my girl!!  The card is a 3x3 size for the Fantabulous Cricut's Valentiny Card challenge.  I don't recommend cutting the sock monkey smaller than  2 3/4 inches!!  The eyes were too small to cut, so I used the pieces left over from the interior of the letter 'B' on my black EK Success bubble letter set.  Fit perfectly!



Recipe

Sock Monkey and Postage-Stamp shape - Cricut B is for Boy

Background hearts paper - Momenta Candy Blossoms

DCWV Christmas & Winter glitter mat stack

Other cardstock - Recollections

Glittered brads - Recollections

Maraschino twine - The Twinery

Pink pom pom - Making Memories trim

Ribbon from stash

Colorbox chalk ink in rouge

I'm entering my card into 9 challenges:
Cardz TV DT Challenge #5 - Tickled Pink - Create a card or craft project using pink as your primary color.
Cooking with Cricut's Challenge #71 - Create a Valentine for a child.  You must use red, pink and white.
Die Cuttin' Divas Challenge #50 - Anything Goes!
Exploring Cricut - Cricut 123 Challenge - Use at least 1 ribbon, 2 Cricut cuts and 3 brads/jewels/buttons on your project.

Fantabulous Cricut's Challenge Me Monday #96 - Create a "Valentiny" (3x3) card for Valentine's Day.

More Than Favors Wacky Wednesday #64 - Love -  Create any project with a love theme.
My Craft Spot's Monday Challenge - Anything Goes!

Paper Playtime's Challenge #66 - Anything Goes!
Whimsical Wednesday - Bringing Out the Old - Create a project using something old or something you bought and never used.  I bought the B is for Boy cartridge at WalMart months ago for $20 on clearance (yay!), but this is the first time I used it.

Have a great weekend....GO PATS!
~Sharon