Berry Sweet

The challenge at BBTB2 this week was chosen by Jeri. She chose the strawberry from Simply Charmed. The closest thing I had was this strawberry from Country Life. I really like how this card turned out. Thanks Jeri for the great challenge!

Cowboy Up! (and a tutorial)

I had the cutest picture of my youngest son dressed up as a cowboy for Halloween, so the Old West cartridge was the perfect thing for this page. This cartridge is absolutely filled with great western cuts. I started my layout by using the cartridge set at 1” to cut a stencil to be used with the glimmer mist along the bottom of the page. Then I layered my pieces of patterned paper and adhered my photo and ribbon. I cut the rope at 2 ¾”, the title at 3”, the hat at 1 ¾”, and the badge at 2”. Then I gave them a spray with the glimmer mist to give them a more aged appearance. I finished dressing my page with the epoxy brads.

We all know what great embellishments you can cut with your cricut, but you can also use that negative space to create stencils for glimmer mist, paint, chalk, etc.

I used the star cut from the Old West cartridge and cut a row of stars on my cardstock. Then I placed this stencil over my background paper, covered the rest of my background paper with another piece of cardstock, then sprayed my glimmer mist over the stencil.

What you end up with, is a perfect line of glimmer mist stars on your page.

Who lives in a pineapple under the sea?

I've had that song running through my head ever since I started working on this card.
I guess I brought it upon myself though, because this week was my turn to pick the cut at BBTB2.
I chose the pineapple from the Wall Decor cartridge. Come join us for the challenge this week and you can win the BBTB2 blinkie for your blog.

PP - BG Origins
Border punch - Fiskars
Embossing folders - Cuttlebug

An Eggstra special challenge

This week was Krista's turn to pick the challenge at BBTB2, and she picked the egg from the Easter Solution cartridge. That's a cartridge I don't have, so I used the egg from A Child's Year instead.
Come join is this week. You can use any egg from any cartridge.

PP - BG Marrakech
Pearls - Queen and Co.
Stick Pin - Making Memories

A new layout, and a couple of "Oops!"

Oops moment number one: I totally forgot to do my blog post last week. No clue how I forgot that!
Oops moment number two: I also forgot to draw a winner from my blog hop post over a month ago! So sorry about that! Sooo, without any FURTHER ado, the winner I drew was Jamie. Jamie, please send me your address and I will get your BG paper pack right out to you!

Now, on with current events :-)
Lori chose the Mother's Day 2010 cartridge for the challenge at BBTB2 this week. This cartridge has so many elegant cuts on it, but since I recently had the opportunity to get a picture with my mom, I chose the "mom" cut. Come join us for the challenge this week, we love to see everybody's creations!

PP - BG Lemonade

Why did the chicken cross the road?

To show the possum it could be done.
If you're not from Louisiana, you probably don't get that.

But, in keeping with the chicken theme, I bring you this weeks take on the BBTB2 challenge. We were to use the chicken from the Easter 2010 cart. Once again, I had to improvise. I found this chicken on the Just Because Cards cart that was pretty darn close.
Come join us at BBTB2 for this weeks challenge!
And feel free to share your chicken jokes with me. :-)

Birds of a Feather - And a Blog Hop!

Carole chose the bird cage from "Straight from the Nest" for the challenge at BBTB2 this week. I just love this cut and the design for this page just fell into place with it. The picture is me and my neice. She reminds me so much of myself when I was her age.

Come join us for the challenge this week and you could win the blinkie for your blog.

pp - BG Sultry

Title and birdcage - Straight from the Nest Cricut cartridge
Bling swirl - Prima

I'm doing a give away this week for the blog hop, so if you leave me a comment on this post AND become a follower of my blog, you're name will go in the drawing. What's the prize? A full collection pack of Basic Grey Curio!

If you're following the BBTB2 blog hop, it's time for you to hop on over to Maria's blog for her fabulous take on this challenge!