Cricut Magazine

I am back! I haven't done back to back blog posts in forever!

 

Today I am sharing two projects that were posted in Cricut Magazine and Cricut Idea Book Kids. I used the Create A Critter cartridge on both layouts. My favorite cartridge!

 

The first I created with Nikki Sivils' "It's Raining, It's Pouring" collection.

 

On this one I used Bo Bunny "Zoology".

 

My Little Monster :)

I can't believe it's October already! I am loving this fall weather! I have a few Nikki Sivils projects that I didn't get a chance to post last week. I used "My Lil' Monster" for all of them. LOVE that collection!

 

Here's my daughter Fran having one of "those" moments.

 

And here she is being silly!

 

Lastly, a couple of cards for friends.

 

Thanks for visiting!

 

The Ribbon Carousel Nikki Sivils Blog Hop!

Today the Ribbon Carousel and Nikki Sivils teamed up for this fun blog hop!

I LOVED working with the Ribbon Carousel ribbon on this layout! I used the Nikki Sivils "School is Cool" line and four different Ribbon Carousel ribbons I used the red and white for my banner, and the others for the border across my page. I think my favorite is the ruler ribbon for sure! LOVE!

 

I aslo used my cricut and the Birthday Bash cartridge to cut the balloons and the number one.

 

Thanks for hopping over! Have fun on the hop!

 

 

 

I'm back with some new projects!

wow, wow, wow, I have been BUSY! So much to do and unfortunately all my projects usually get pushed to the end of my list :(

 

But I was busy the last couple of weeks with these projects that I have to share with you today.

 

The first is a a little book I made for my little girl who is starting her second year of pre-school!

 

It is a spelling book to help her start spelling. I used the Nikki Sivils "School is Cool" line for the book.

 

 

 

 

I used 26 8 x 5 lined index cards and trimmed them to 2.67 inches and then wrote the alphabet on the three sets. I trimmed a piece of cardstock to 8 x5 (two pieces) for the front ad back covers and then hole punched the whole thing.

 

Next I created a gift card holder also using "School is Cool". I adhered the gift card to the card using glue dots. They are very easy to peel of the gift card when it is removed!

 

 

 

Next up is some Bo Bunny! Bo Bunny had a recipe challeng to use the followng supplies or less on a layout-

 

three sheets patterend paper

1 sticker sheet

1 package of embellishments

1 sheet of cardstock.

 

Here's what I came up with...

 

 

I used the Camp-A-Lot papers, chipboard and stickers to create my layout.

 

Thanks for coming by! I'll try to be back soon with more projects!

 

 

 

Lots of projects today

Whew! It's been a while since I blogged! The summer just got away from me!

I have lots of projects to share today using Nikki Sivils. Enjoy!

School is Cool

Audrey

Summer

Thanks for coming by! Stay cool out there!

Nikki Sivils and Basically Bare Blog Swap!

It's day one of the Nikki Sivils and Basically Bare Blog Swap! The Nikki Sivils DT was given lots of Basically Bare products to work with. I love this Wonky Windows album and chose to create an album of our vacation last year with the Basically Bare album and Nikki Sivils "Exit Here" papers. And it wouldn't be a blog swap without PRIZES!! Keep reading to see how you can win some Nikki Sivils and Basically Bare goodies!

I covered the album with lots of papers and embellishments.

More papers inside!

  

I painted the Basically Bare chipboard sun and added some buttons to it. The cloud is also from Basically Bare.

This is a fabric page. So fun!

That's it for my Basically Bare and Nikki Sivils project! Thanks for coming by! Please check out the Nikki Sivils blog for more projects today and tomorrow. And there are PRIZES! Leave a post on both the Nikki Sivils blog and Basically Bare blog to win. There will be a drawing today and tomorrow.  

A few new things :)

I have a few new things to share today!

First up is some new Nikki Sivils using Messages. I can't get enough of this line!

I used a sketch from Allison Davis for this sketch. You can find out more about her sketch books HERE.

I had this one in mind for a while. I like to write down all my girls' favorites things to say every once in a while. I have two pages like this for Fran too.

and I also created a card with Bo Bunny! I used Hello Sunshine. I love the little bees in this line! I adhered the bee circle sticker on top of a button to make my own charm on this one.

Thanks for coming by tonight!

Nikki Sivils + Glue Arts

Hello, Hello! It's day two of the Nikki Sivils and Glue Arts cross promo blog hop. The Glue Arts DT has been working with Nikki's products all week long and the Nikki Sivils DT has been working with Glue Arts. I have LOVED using all the glue products this week! They have every adhesive I could need for a project.

To celebrate the cross promo there's prizes being given away on the Glue Arts Blog and the Nikki Sivils Blog. Stop by both, check out the DT projects and enter to win some prizes!

I created these two cards using the Nikki Sivils "Audrey" collections and the Glue Arts Glue Glider Pro, Raise N' and U cut it Foam.

Thanks for coming by!

Nikki Sivils + PSA Essentials = Love

Today is day two of the Nikki Sivils and PSA Essentials blog swap. Stop by the blog and leave a comment on the Nikki Sivils Blog and PSA Essentials Blog BOTH days to win a prize from Nikki Sivils Scrapbooker. It's that easy and you can see some fun projects too!

Here's a card I made for the swap. HAPPY EASTER to everyone!

Happy Birthday Nikki Sivils!

It's Nikki's Birthday and to celebrate the DT made her some birthday cards! I made my card from the NOAH collection:

There's birthday presents to give away too! Just go over to Nikki's Blog and wish her a happy birthday to be eligible to win some Nikki Sivils Goodies!

Nikki Sivils and The Twinery

Hello, hello! Today is day two of the Nikki Sivils and The Twinery cross promo blog hop! It's an easy hop too. Just two blogs to "hop" to. Stop by Nikki's Blog and The Twinery blog, leave a message on BOTH blogs and then you will be entered to win a prize pace from both companies. Easy peasy right?

Here's a little sneak of what you will find at Nikki's Blog....

I created this layout using The Twinery Maraschino Cherry twine. MY favorite color! The techniques I used are posted over on Nikki's blog. The other DT Divas have projects to share too. And this is the second day of the hop so if you missed yesterday make sure to go back and leave a comment for those days too.

Thanks for coming by!

Three layouts to share

Hi all! I am up on the Nikki Sivils blog today! I have three layouts to share that I created with three of her new collections- Messages, Exit Here and Audrey. I also used some products on my layouts that were so generously donated by the following companies- Helmar, Basically Bare and The Twinery! Thank you, thank you, thank you for being so generous with all your product. It was amazing to use!

First up I'll show the Messages layout because it is my favorite :) This my husband and I. Not too many pictures of us get taken! One of us is always behind the camera and the other trying to get the kiddos to take pictures. I used my Helmar zap dots (the black foam ones) to pop up the banner and clouds on my layout. The clouds I stamped on the Messages graph paper and then cut out.

Here is my sweet baby Isabel. Isn't she a doll? I know I am biased! Exit Here is Nikki's vacation line and it was perfect for these sunny beach photos. I ussed some Twinery Maraschino twine for my banner and the clouds are from Basically Bare. Love them both! I am have now become addicted to Twinery Twine. It is thicker and doesn't fray like the other twines I have. 

This collection Audrey. It's perfect for me because all I do is scrap little girls- hehe!

I couldn't decide on which photos to use so I used them all with a little help from the Wal-mart photo lab. It is only $1.99 to print this collage. You pick the prints and arrage them. This is an 8x10. They also do 5x7 that are a little cheaper.



Thanks for visiting! If you get a chance please visit Nikki's blog and say hello!

Nikki Sivils Sneak Peeks are up!

One of my goals this year is to blog a little more and.......  oppps it's only Jan. 18th and I am behind already!

I had to pop on tonight though to share with you the amazing release from Nikki Sivils! I got my hands on a few sheets of the Audrey line and I have to say it is even better in person. Of course I may be biased because I have two little girls that are perfect for this line. If you don't believe me you can judge for yourself.....

You can see the whole Audrey collection, the other three collections and work from the other DT members on Nikki's Blog. And the best part- leave a comment on Nikki's blog and you may win one of her new collections. Good Luck!

And I can't end without sending out a HUGE congrats to the new 2012 Nikki Sivils team! I can't wait to work with these talented girls this year! Check my sidebar for all their blog addresses and visit their blogs.

1. Julie Tucker-Wolek (Blog Coordinator)

2. Sarah Eclavea (Social Media Coordinator)

3. Deana Boston (Retailer Program Coordinator)

4. Stacy Rodriguez

5. Jodi Wilton (who is re-joining us from my original team 3 years ago)

6. Jennie McGarvey

7. Laurel Seabrook

8. Melissa Pablo

9. Melanie Jarocki

10. Marielle LeBlanc

and Katrina Hunt is the Design Team Leader

Thanks for coming by! 

Nikki Sivils Challenge

There's still time to join in on the Nikki Sivils monthly challenge. The challenge is to scrapbook photos taken on your mobile phone. There's some goodies at stake for the winner too!

I created this layout of Frances last Halloween using the My Lil' Monster collection.


You can find all the details for the challenge on Nikki's blog HERE.

Merry Christmas with some Nikki Sivils Gingerbread Land!!

Opps! It's been almost one whole month since I last blogged! I was surprised to see I have a few new followers despite my absence (insert blushing smilie here). Let's see.... what have I been doing in my absence?

I celebrated my birthday, I celebrated Isabel's 1st birthday and I celebrated Frances's 3rd birthday. Whew... November and December are such busy months!

So before I dive right into my new projects I have a few pictures to share. I took the whole family to get some photos taken. I love how they turned out! All photos are from Shannon Range of Shannon Range photography in Oswego, IL. Aren't these girls precious?

And now on to my FAVORITE christmas collection...

Nikki Sivils Gingerbread Land!

Thanks for coming by! I will have another project to share tomorrow ;)