Layout on Fabric!

I hope you all had a wonderful weekend!

page 1...I love how this turned out-it is so ME

A while ago I picked up some fat quarters of  fabric I adore at my local quilting store and I've been trying to figure out what to do with them ever since. I figured why not make a layout ON fabric! I used fusible webbing and fused the fabric to a simple sheet of white cardstock, then I ziz-zagged around the outside edges just to finish it off. Instead of pictures, I put some hand made cards on my layout, and a graphic I just adore from the Graphics Fairy. I made a couple of fabric box flowers which I added fabric covered brads to the centers. I also used my cricut to cut several different flower shapes from an old book. I colored the paper flowers with my different ink pads and alcohol inks and they are finished off with buttons from my stash. And finally I HAD to add ribbon, so I decided to gather it add to the edge of the graphic I printed off

page 2-this fabric is just so perfect!

 Thanks for looking and have a very blessed day!

I'm linking this up to the Graphics Fairy "Brag Monday." and the Circut Circle's Monthly Challenge for Tic-Tac-Toe. I used multiple flower cuts on my Cricut (Paisley and Kate's ABC's), gathered ribbon, and buttons in the center of my flowers.

Sweet Mini-Book for my Sweet Goddaughter!

Here is my second mini-book.....I have to say, these are addicting! Connie has been such an inspiration, sharing her ideas and techniques, and of course her passion! So, without further ado....

Here is the cover. I made this for my sweet little goddaughter, Kenna Grace. As you will soon see, she is a treasure!
This is the first layout. Look at those tiny little feet! On the journaling box, I wrote out Psalm 139:13-16, one of my favorite passages!
Sweet! This is my cousin, his wife, and baby Kenna. They really are such a sweet family! I love how the pocket turned out on this one!
What a sweet baby! Don't you just want to snuggle her?! I love this page. I was having a hard time coming up with a way to fit the poem that I wanted on the page in a way that looked nice on the layout. I came up with the idea for the daisy pocket and putting the tag in at an angle worked much better. It ended up being one of my favorite pages.
Here's a closer look at the daisy pocket.
I put the clothesline in for Connie! I think it turned out sweet!
If she isn't precious, I don't know what is!!!
Isn't she adorable?!
Here is the final page. And she is Cute as a Button! This book was SO fun to make!
And this is the back cover. All the paper I used is from K&Company. I used cuts from Kate's ABC's, Paisley, Elegant Edges, and Sentimentals. Thanks for letting me share my book! I hope you like it!

Flower Pot Card

So this is a card I scrap-lifted from Yvette on the Cricut message board. She got it from Split Coast Stampers I believe. I saw this card and just had to make it!

The flowers were made with Paisley, each flower was cut 4 times at 1/4 inch smaller each time. I then inked them on the tips with some Ranger Ink, Concord Grape. The leaves were cut using Lyrical Letters (it's actually a tulip cut I believe.) Flower pot was cut with my paper cutter and embossed with my Cuttlebug. Flower centers are fabric covered brads from Hobby Lobby. All paper was of course, Core'dinations.

This is actually a very fun and easy card to make, let me know if you decide to make one too...I'd love to see it!

Cards for Soldiers

Last week I joined a Cards for Soldiers group on the Cricut message board. I am so excited because I have wanted to do something like this for a while now. I signed up to make 20 cards this time (June 13th -July 5th.) I've now completed 18 of the 20. Here are a few of them....

Scalloped oval is from Storybook and sentiments are from Lyrical Letters.
Embossing is Cuttlebug Swiss Dots

Dog is from Robotz and so is the font

Embossing is Cuttlebug Spots and Dots and sanded paper was Core'dinations

Sentiment is from Lyrical Letters and Cherry is from Paisley
Border punch is Martha Stewart

I did most of the cards in multiples of 2's, I have many more that I haven't taken pics of yet. I think I finish up this batch with some cute kid birthday cards.

Have a great day!

Pink, Green & Black Challenge

So this weekend Robyn over at My Pink Stamper had a challenge to make something with the Cricut and the colors pink, green, and black. I've never done a challenge before, but I figured, hey why not? I needed a break away from my computer anyhow. So here is my humble entry into the challenge. It was fun getting crafty for the afternoon, good therapy too!

Have a great weekend!