Road Trip Niagra

Instructions:

We just got back from visiting Niagara Falls in Canada and I couldn’t wait to scrap these photos.  The Cricut Going Places cartridge has some wonderful things to use on vacation pages.  I used the large arrow frame, the road trip title, and the compass on this page.  Using the Cricut pens to make the compass was a whole new thing for me to try and I was so impressed.  It took me only a few tries to get the hang of it.  A couple of tips if you haven’t ever used the pens before:  load the pen first and draw your design, back the paper out next  BUT don’t remove it, then go ahead change back to the blade and make your cuts.  I started this layout by using a blue-green patterned paper for my base and then added a tan pattern to my center.  I found the tan kept my photos from fading into the background.  I stitched around the tan paper just because I like having a distinct edge on my layouts.  I added a few strips of striped paper across the center and layered my photos and accents over the top.  I either inked or sanded all of the edges for each accent on this page.  A few embellishments such as the ribbon and a brad in the center of the compass helped create a little dimension on this page.  My title and year were cut using the Stone Script cartridge and my journaling was done with a Dymo Label Maker. 

Don’t Worry Card

Instructions:

The Going Places cartridge has so many wonderful camping images that I knew I wanted to use one for this card.  I choose the camper and made three different cuts with it: orange, white, and black. I added the people in the windows by using the little man and woman symbols that can also be found on the Going Places cartridge.  I added a little foam square behind the door of the camper so that it would pop out just a bit.  I placed brads in the centers of the tires for an extra detail.  I found a perfect quote online and printed it on my blue patterned paper.  I added some green patterned paper to represent the ground and then I “stitched” around this without using thread in my sewing machine.  The flower behind the camper came with the Free Bird paper pack and I sanded around the edges of it for a little definition.  The camper was layered on top with foam squares. I finished it off with a little bit of ribbon…it just wouldn’t feel right to me without some ribbon somewhere!

Congrats New Driver Card

Instructions:

With a soon to be driver in the house, I thought this would be an excellent and quick idea for a card.  An easy one to stick a gas card inside on the day the license is earned.  The keys were made using the Cricut pens and Going Places cartridge.  I wanted them to have a distressed look so I experimented with my glimmer mists.  I did learn that it works better to use the mists BEFORE you use the Cricut pens.  The images show up much better and be sure to let your paper dry before putting it in the Cricut machine.  I wanted this to be a masculine card so the brown, gray, and black patterned paper was a great choice from the Kaiser Grunge Paper assortment.  I used my notch & die tool to add an interesting edge to the bottom of the card and I inked and distressed every edge I could.  I cut “Congrats” with the Wild Card cartridge and added a bow to it for just a hint of contrasting color.

Yellowstone

Time spent on project: 2 hours

I’ve been so anxious to scrap the pictures from our trip to Yellowstone National Park but I just hadn’t found the right collection. I was surprised when I got the Great Escape Collection and it worked very well for our Yellowstone photos. I loved the rustic colors and my favorite thing is the cork stickers that I used for the title! The embellishments from the Great Escape collection provided a great way to add some color to the layout. The Cricut Camp out cartridge provided a great tree to give the layout the “outdoorsy” feel.

Cards Using Great Escapes Line

For this assignment I wanted to show how versatile the Great Escape collection is by making a masculine and a feminine card.

I wanted to use the Great Escape collection to make a more masculine feeling card. The embossed surf board paper made great accents for this card. I chose the “life is good” die cut from the Graphically speaking cartridge to make the card have a carefree sentiment. The blue base of the card is the perfect colored background and adds some texture as well because it’s from the dotted Swiss collection by Bazzill.

The Aloha card shows of the femininity of the collection as well as a feel of the tropics and the beach.

MM Great Escape Album

I wanted to have this album focus on all the photos I had from this trip.  I wanted to fit as many of those photos into this album as I could.  I decided the best way to do this was to keep my layouts simple and use my Cricut to create as many of the basic elements as I could.  All of my borders, circles, and photo words were cut from the Plantin School Book and Graphically Speaking Cricut cartridges and distressed with lots of brown ink.  I also used the Stone Script cartridge for the title on the cover of the album.  I used many of the different MM Escape accents to add interest to each layout.  I loved all of those matching accents.  It made it so much easier than trying to find things on my own and there was such a wide variety of them to choose from! 

I created a little clear envelope with the Wild Card Cartridge and an old clear Cricut mat cover to hold the Shark’s Teeth that I had found.  I found the best way to get that to adhere to my page was by using Provo Craft’s Terrifically Tacky Tape. 

What I loved about this album were the envelope and pocket pages!  What a great way to hold all of my different receipts and other mementos.

Finally, here are a few more photos of different pages throughout the album: