Sing-Along

We, once again this year, went to the Christmas sing-along. It was tons of fun as always.

Details: Paper is Ornaments from the I Believe collection by My Mind's Eye. Paper strip is also from the I Believe collection.

Meeting Milah

While I was back in my hometown for Christmas, I got to meet my fur-niece, Milah. She is a curly haired cat.

Details: Blue paper is from SEI's Kris Kringle line. I don't know where the green paper is from. "Furry Friend" was cut out using the Meow Cricut Lite cartridge. The paw print got the Stickle treatment. "Milah" was written out using glitter stickers by American Crafts (I think).

Christmas Eve

After candlelight Christmas Eve service, we took a few pictures of us and the tree at my parent's house while we waited for everyone else to get home.

Details: Paper is from the Target dollar spot. Embellishments are from SEI's Kris Kringle line.

Iced Memories

Another year of delicious cookies. This time around we tried a new sugar cookie recipe with almond extract. I have to say it added a great flavor. I think we will use it again next year. We even had new sprinkles this year! :)

Details: All of the papers are from SEI's Kris Kringle collection. Cookie tab and made with love sticker are from the Very Merry line by October Afternoon. "Iced Memories" was written using a Making Memories shimmer alpha. Reindeer stamp is by Hero Arts. Bling was a leftover in the bottom of my bag ;)

Sweet Berry Farms

We had beautiful weather this year when we went to pick out our pumpkins. We got two pumpkins, completed the corn maze, and ate some delicious homemade strawberry ice cream. YUM!

Details: The leaf paper is Autumn from the Nutmeg line by Cosmo Cricket. The leaf stickers are by Imaginisce. pumpkin/sign block is from the One Fall Day collection by Bella Blvd. Title is written in letters by Jillibean Soup.

Carving Pumpkins

This year we didn't have time to carve pumpkins until Halloween day. The weather was great that day though and we were able to sit out side in the warm sun to carve this year's masterpieces.

Details: Orange paper is Rio De Janero by Bazzill Basics. Scalloped paper is Horizon by the Girls Paperie. Pumpkins are cut out from a Martha Stewart paper. Glitter letters and spider web frame are from Making Memories's Spook Alley collection.

Halloween Party

I had a few hours to scrap with my good friend Noey while she was in town the other day. I got two layouts done. This is the first that I finished. Our Halloween party this year was a costume party. We had lots of great food and everyone had fun dressing up.

Details: Patterned is toil and trouble by The Girls Paperie. Orange paper is Candle by Bazzill Basics. All brads and paper embellishments are from My Mind's Eye's Blackbird line.

Michelle's wedding

 My sister and her husband had a beautiful wedding back in August of 2009. That's right, this is  my last 2009 layout! woohoo. I am so pleased with the way this turned out. I really wanted to showcase so many beautiful photos from their big day, it was hard to choose just a few!

Details: Green paper is Parakeet by Bazzill Basics and was used in a lot of my sister's wedding accents. The flowers are leftover from making place cards. They are from the bridal line at Michaels. The yellow letters are Thickers in Vera by American Crafts.

Poinsettia Wreath

I saw an idea for a wreath like this in a Holiday Crafts magazine. Their example used an old sweater as the base, I used green ribbon instead. I made a cut file for the poinsettia flowers and cut them out on SCAL at a height of 4, 3, and 2.25 inches. I then overlapped two flowers either of the same size or two of different sizes. I then stuck them on using a pin. I thought the plain red pins were lacking, so I added some red Stickles. Cutting felt on your Cricut is way easier than I feared.

If you'd like me to share the cut file with you or know more about cutting felt on your Cricut, just ask!

Chris's 27th Birthday

For Chris's 27th birthday we went to Nutty Brown Cafe for dinner. It was quite tasty. I also made him a layered German chocolate cake (his favorite). That particular day, even though we no longer live in our birth state of IL, we got some ice in TX. It was appropriately miserable for a January birthday.

Details: Paper is Novel from Basic Grey's Offbeat line. The yellow letters are Thickers in the color Vera by American Crafts.

Elizabeth's Stationery

I don't think Elizabeth reads this blog, but if you do B, stop reading now if you don't want to spoil your Christmas gift...

Elizabeth is the only person that has asked for a third set of stationery. You can see her other sets here and here. When I first met her she went by Betsy (she was 12) as she got older she wanted to go by Elizabeth, but most of her family calls her Bee. So this set I decided to do as "A note from Bee". I hope she likes them.

Details: Envelopes are size A2 in Grape from Paper Source. A note from was written out in stamps by Hero Arts. The Bee stamp is also from Paper Source.

Pedernales Falls

When Noey, my sister, and my sister's husband were visiting last December, we spent a few hours at one of my husband's favorite parks. The weather was perfect and it was nice to spend some time outside.

Details: Blue paper is Acorn from Cosmo Cricket's Nutmeg line. Leaf stripes and green wood grain are Falling Down, also from Cosmo Cricket's Nutmeg line. Journaling block is from October Afternoon's Fly a Kite line. December embellishment is by Jillibean Soup. Title was cut out from Parakeet paper in the font akaDora, using SCAL.

Zilker

I think this was technically New Year's Day, but I have it listed in my stack of 2009 to finish. We went to Zilker Botanical Gardens so that my sister and brother in-law could soak up some more sunshine before heading back to the cold north :)

Details: Brown paper is Cocoa by Bazzill. Black paper is also by Bazzill, I cut the edges using a deckle blade. "Zilker" is written using Thickers by American Crafts in Vera. Tree is by My Mind's Eye.

Elizabeth Visits

The youngest of my husband's sisters came to visit us for a week this summer. The weather was hot, but we squeezed in quite a few fun things.

Details: Paper is Doilies from Crate Paper's Restoration Collection. Jounaling block is from Making Memories Paperie line. Aug is by Jillibean Soup.

McNay & San Antonio Botanical Gardens

These two events took place on the same day so I decided to do them each as one page layouts that go together like a two page layout. I really like how the orange paper makes all the photos pop.

Details: Orange paper is Candle by Bazzill Basics. Sept circle is by Jillibean Soup. And with this layout I just have 3 more activities from 2009 to scrap!

Sequoia

Finally, my last Sequoia layout! I hope to wrap up all 2009 before Thanksgiving. I think I have 5 or 6 layouts left from last year, so hopefully I can get them done!

Details: Background paper is Enchanted from Crate Paper's Lillian collection. Wood paper is from DCWV's Green Stack. Hidden journaling block and word stickers are from October Afternoon's Road Map collection. Letters are by Basic Grey and I now out of "I"s and "A"s.

Halloween Cards

I had some trouble narrowing down what my Halloween cards should look like this year. I had too many things to choose from this year with the THREE new Cricut cartridges. At last I settled on this design.

Details: Background paper is "spooky words" from the My Mind's Eye Haunted collection. Orange paper is the B side of candy corn from Making Memories' Spook Alley collection. The Boo! stamp is from Spook Alley as well. The ghost was cut out using the new Happy Hauntings Cricut cartridge.

Home for the Holidays

 Finally finished up the last of my layouts from Christmas 2009. I think the cooler weather and the new Christmas lines coming out made me want to sit down and do this layout. Every year my sister and I get dressed in clothes we got for Christmas and take pictures in front of the tree. It is a fun tradition (until you can no longer see due to all the flash spots in your eyes).

Details: Red paper is Tis the Season by Bo Bunny.Stripe paper is My Wooly Scarf from SEI's Winter Song line. Title sticker and word stickers are from October Afternoon's Very Merry line. Trees and deer are Sparkling Frost accents from SEI's Winter Song. Sparkle ribbon is from Making Memories' Noel line.

Laundry

My cat loves to sit in the laundry. If you open the dryer and look away for just an instant, she will be in there trying to make herself cozy.

Details: Orange paper is Candle by Bazzill Basics. Pattern paper is the A and B side of Simon from the Max and Whiskers line by Basic Grey. The journaling block is from the same line. Cute kitty on a clothes line is cut out using the Meow Cricut Lite cartridge.

Welcome Tobin

My friend Noey recently gave birth to this sweet baby boy. I can't wait to meet him in person, but he is filled with smiles on Skype :)

Details: Paper is Canal from 7 gypsies' Venice line. Looped strip is fancy frills key lime stickers by Doodlebug Designs. "Perfect" is from My Mind's Eye's So Sophie Line.