Pucker up, kissy face layout

I've got a layout to share with you today.  The photos are of my DD#2 when she was 7 months old.  So cute, huh?

I've gotten pretty behind on scrapping her baby photos, so I turned to the Sketch~N~Scrap blog for some help and inspiration.  I used this sketch:

Their challenges for this month end tonight at 7:00CST, so hurry over to their blog to check out this and a few other sketch challenges.  Here's the link:

http://sketchnscrap.blogspot.com/

"Be Awesome" card

We've been getting lots of rain over the last few days, and there's nothing to do but stay inside.  So for a little summer break crafting, I checked out the challenges over at Sketch~N~Scrap.  This is their current card sketch:

And, here's my take on it:

I turned the sketch and used EP's Anything Goes papers for a little encouraging card for my DD#1.

If you want to try out the current card sketch challenge at Sketch~N~Scrap, you can find it here.

Recent Cards

Here are a couple cards I made for challenges on the Message Board at A Cherry On Top.  Message Board members volunteer to host challenges each month.  Some are for random prizes of gift cards to the online store!!

This first one is for a challenge to use fussy cutting.  I'd seen ideas on Pinterest to make a gate fold card like this . . .

I stamped the cake and the circle with the sentiment, then fussy cut them before adding them to my card.  I used lots of papers from We R Memory Keepers Hip Hip Hooray collection.

I got mine at A Cherry On Top online store.  You can find it here. 

My next card is a multi-fold card, again for a challenge.  I used some Stampin' Up! stamps for this one:

It was kind of tricky using my exacto knife to cut the inside of the window out, but I was glad I did it.  This card was for a dear friend who moved away.  We'll miss her!

Thanks for checking out my blog.  Hope to share more with you soon!

Hello Kitty Shaped Card

Just when I think I'll keep up with my blog again, I get behind again!  Well, today I checked out the blog challenge at Bitten by the Bug 2, and it was a shaped card challenge.  I needed a cutesy little girl birthday card, so I dug out my Hello Kitty Greetings Cricut cartridge.

I used the Card feature, which I haven't done before, so I'm glad I was challenged to finally try it out.  I cut my card out at 6 3/4", because I'm pretty sure I have some 5x7" envelopes.

I was glad to see that the base cut fit right on the front of the card.  You just never know when using a feature for the first time . . .

Supplies used:

Patterned paper--DCWV Kidlet Stack

Cardstock--white, pink, black from CTMH

Glitter paper--The Paper Studio

White gel pen--Sakura Gelly roll

Glue pen--Zig 2 way fine ball roller pen

Cricut cartridge--Hello Kitty Greetings

I'm entering this card in the Bitten By the Bug 2 Shaped Card Challenge.  You can find it here.