Boogieboarding!

Here's my submission for a Circle Sketch Challenge for the weekend.

I made the title in Design Studio using George and Plantain Schoolhouse.

I love this new Creative Memories paper. It goes with the new Cricut Cart exclusive to Creative Memories call Cheerful Seasons.

Rock Princess!

I'm in LOVE with my new Cricut cartridge, Rock Princess!

Lots of layers, and it takes quite a bit of time to assemble, but the final product is SOOOO worth it!

What made this layout so much fun was remembering the blast we had playing Rock Band the night of the party!

I also used ALOT of my scraps on this layout!

Scraps, Scraps, Scraps.........

So, I went to find a piece of black cardstock in my scraps and recognized that I have a SERIOUS scrap hoarding issue. So I set forth a new scrapping declaration. I will no longer add to my scrap stash! Trust me, easier said than done.
I worked on a 2 page layout this weekend, so yesterday I took all the scraps and made 10 thank you cards! I was OBSESSED....I even used all the tiny scraps and made a mosaic!
Hopefully I can keep this up, and start to use up some of the scraps I've already accumulated (all 5 boxes of them).

Having a hard time getting inspired

It's been awhile since I've posted. I've had alot of company at the house and I've done a little traveling, so I'm loaded with a bunch of new pictures (to add to the years that I STILL haven't completed) and I sat down yesterday and stared blankly at cardstock and cartridges and realized that I didn't have ANY new ideas.
So I decided that some scraplifting might get the creative juices flowing. I was able to get one 2 page layout done, but it took 6 hours to complete! 1 hour just picking out the papers (which usually is where I'm the most challenged)!
I tried to sit down and get another layout done today, but STILL cannot find the inspiration.
Rob's leaving in a couple of days (which might explain the funk I'm in), and I'm hoping to get alot of work done on my albums in his absence. At the rate I'm going, I'll be lucky if I finish my Vegas pictures......
Oh well, I'll hit the drawing board again tomorrow morning. Hopefully I'll have better luck!

My ever growing Cricut Cart Collection

So.....I have a new addiction. Buying carts on Ebay! I didn't realize how cheap you can get carts there. For a year I have been eyeing the Spongebob Squarepants cart (all those pics of Kenji that I've yet to scrap), but I couldn't bring myself to pay $90 for it, and I NEVER saw it go on sale.
Well Monday I took a look at Ebay and saw that the bidding was in the final 2 minutes, so I put in my max bid of $20, and I actually got it for $14.60 and free shipping! Next, I thought I'd try aquiring Forever Young, and made my max bid of $22.00. I lost a couple of items before I was able to win one for $20.30. Let's just say that I'm hooked. Which led me to my next dilemna.......how to store my every increasing collection.

After my shelves took a tumble this past weekend, I'm using every square centimeter of my closet, so I'm needing to purge and make better use of my space.

I found a great idea on YouTube! So I took a standard shoebox (the booklets fit perfectly), made a cute little bag for my carts from Bags Tags and Boxes cart (shopping bag 3"), designed an index card on Design Studio (George and Basic Shapes) and dusted off my P-touch and made labels.

I made sure to write all the Serial numbers in the booklet (just in case).

I've got my next shoebox ready for all the new carts I'm sure to be buying on Ebay....

Tri Fold Shutter Card

While checking out some fellow Circlets blogs, I found this awesome Shutter card. We're going to celebrate our neighbor's daughter, Catie's, birthday tomorrow at Dave and Busters, so this find was quite timely.

If you want to make your own check the tutorial out at

http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/resources/tutorials/trishuttercard

Enjoy!

In bed with my knee....going stir crazy!!!

I did something to my knee on Monday, so I've spent the last 2 days off of my feet. Not an easy "feat" for me!!!
I finally was able to hobble down to the basement today, only to find that my shelves in my scrap closet had come down with all its contents. Kenji and I spent an hour cleaning and reorganizing. I didn't want my labor to go to waste, so I mustered up the strength to pop out a 4th of July layout using my new Cricut Lite Cart "Block Party". I LOVE this cart...with as much as Rob loves to BBQ, I'll have lots of opportunities to use this cart. Purchasing it was bittersweet for me, since I've NEVER paid full price for a cartridge, but since it's a WalMart exclusive, the chances of it going on sale are slim to none. It could show up on Ebay some day....but who wants to wait!!!

New to all this......

So I joined the Cricut Circle for the exclusive cartridges and found that I'm really enjoying the social aspect of the Circle.
I'm trying to figure all this out, so hopefully you'll have patience and not give up on my feeble attempts at blogging.
I'm also looking at this as a way to jump back into my favorite hobby.