So, there is a great new blog that I just discovered called Imagine That. They used to be known as Everything Cricut. It is a really great blog that is scrapbooking related. They have lots of information on sales (which I love) and even more information on the Cricut (which I LOVE EVEN MORE!!!!). Check them out at the following link:
http://everythingcricut.blogspot.com/ (I Imagine (no pun intended...lol) the web addy will change soon.)
by Maria
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Front of Card-1
Front of Card-2
Inside of Card-1
Inside of Card-2
Back of Card
I am entering another contest over at Bitten By The Bug. Regina's sight is full of inspiration and totally ROCKS! The details for the contest are at
http://regina-bittenbythebug.blogspot.com/2009/03/contest-time.html. The idea is that you have to take inspiration from an amazing piece of jewelry designed by Theresa Rose Designs. You have to use at least one Cricut cut and the due date is the end of March. Well the jewelry is a necklace that is silver and pink with a butterfly on it. It couldn't be more perfect for me. Pink is one of my 2 fave colors (brown is the other) and I am a total butterfly lover!
I cut the card "old school". I cut a piece of 12x12 card stock in half and folded that piece in half. Then I took my circle cutter and cut a cirlce in the middle of the front of the card to make it an aperture card. Then I cut a piece of patterned paper with a circle in the middle just a bit bigger than the one on the card to frame the front of the card. I did the same exact thing with yellow cardstock to frame the inside left of the card.
I took the 2 circles that I had cut from the yellow cardstock and the pink cardstock (for the card) and mounted the pink on the yellow and mounted it so it fit the hole in the front of the card (without the yellow showing through).
I cut the butterfly at 3 1/2 inches with the Walk In My Garden cartridge on my Cricut E. I cut the shadow in black. Then the bottom layer in a medium pink. Then the top later in a darker pink. I glued down the top butterfly only in the middle so the wings could kind of "float" up throught the middle of the hole on the front of the card. I cut the center and accessory pieces of the butterfly in 2 different pieces of yellow. I added glitter pen, pink chalk ink and pen dots for some detail. The little butterflies on the inside are a Martha Stewart punch. The photo corners are an EK Success punch. The words are all rubber stamped.
On the front I cut flowers at 1 inch and 1 1/2 inches from WIMG. I used gems for the centers. The leaves are cut from yellow cardstock with a Punch Bunch punch. The photo corner is cut from the Jasmine cart at 3 1/2 inches (rds). I used 2 pieces of 18 inch ribbon (1 yellow, 1 red) and tied them around the top, in seperate bows. I stapled them at the top and bottom of the card.
On the back I used the same patterned paper as on the front. I mounted it on yellow paper and inked it with pink chalk ink. TFL. Wish me luck!
Posted in
Bitten By The Bug Contest,
Butterfly,
jasmine,
Walk In My Garden
by Maria
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This is a card I made for a friend who is expecting. The patterned paper is from the DCWV Blossoms and Butterflies stack. The flowers are made from the DCWV Glitter stack. The whole card was made with the Cricut. I made the onesie in Design Studio so it folds over at the top and makes a card. Then I cut a matching one for the front and back. The flowers were made with George. I cut a rectangle with rounded edges for the inside and cut the word "Congratulations" with a shadow and put it on the inside. TFL!
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Design Studio,
George and Basic Shapes,
New Arrival
by Maria
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I really wanted to send out Thank You cards to everyone that gave our family gifts this holiday season. So, this is the first one that I came up with. I made 6 of them. I have to make about 5 more Thank You cards, but I want to do something different for those.
For this card I used Home Accents for the bird. The scallop and its center are cut in Design Studio and are designed by Okie Ladybug from the Cricut Message Board. The scallop oval is in a deep aqua and the smooth oval is in a lighter aqua, but it is hard to see in the picture. There is also a frame of the lighter aqua paper behind the patterned paper. I also used a corner punch on the corners of the patterned paper. I used some clear skittles and colored them with a Sharpie on the smooth oval. I used Chesnut Roan Cat's Eye chalk around the edges of the light aqua paper. The "Thank You" is done with a rubber stamp. Other things I used: aqua/brown polka dot ribbon, glitter pen brown pen.
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Design Studio,
Home Accents,
Skittles,
Thank You
by Maria
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Front of Card
Inside of Card
So, it has been sooooo long since I have posted! Between the Holidays and my health having some problems, I haven't had alot of time to do much scrapbooking or cardmaking. I did do a few cards and a wordbook for Christmas gifts.
Anywho, my wonderful husband has been home for the last week on vacation and I have spent the last couple of days working on a card. I should be doing some house work or something else productive. But, me and my guys (husband and 3 sons) are mostly being lazy and taking naps and eating way too much junk food!
This brings me to my card. I have made it to enter into a contest over at Bitten by the Bug. They have amazing contests over there. Not to mention their weekly challenges where their designers post great inspiration with Cricut cuts.
For this contest you have to use primarily yellow, pink, green and blue, have at least one Cricut cut on it and it has to have a star.
For my card I used New Arrival for the airplane, banner and card. I used Pooh and Friends for the clouds on the outside and inside of the card. The ribbon is by DCWV. The saying on the inside, the feet and the word on the banner are all rubber stamped. The airplane is on pop dots to make it look like it is flying above the clouds. TFL.
Posted in
New Arrival,
Pooh and Friends
by Maria
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Front of Envie
Front of Card
Inside of Card
Back of Card
Oh my goodness!!!!..............I am soooo in love with this cartridge! It is definitely going to take my cardmaking to a whole new place! It is so fun and it has so much to it.
I used the cupcake card and matching envie. The paper is the original Nana's Kid's stack from DCWV. I lined the inside of the card with pink cardstock and cut around the shape of the card to make it fit right. I also used Cat's Eye chalk around the edge of the inside to give it a little definition. I used lots of gems and my glitter pen to "bling it up". The name "Madie" is done with Storybook at 2" and is welded together in DS. I also added a shadow at 2" and welded it together too. The little plastic tabs at the top of the envie are Glue Dots so that the envelope can be sealed when the card is given away.
I wanted to make sure I could get the most out of the sizing on my mat, so I used Design Studio. The size of the and envie are each 5 1/2". But, I had to rotate the envie on the mat in DS to make it fit. TFL!
Posted in
Cupcake,
Design Studio,
Nana's Kids,
storybook,
Wild Cards
by Maria
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Front of Card
Close up of Pointsettia
Side View
Back of Card
Envelope
Christmas is such an AMAZING time of year and it is just about upon us! I decided to start making cards to sell in my Etsy shop that I just opened. This is the first of many cards that I hope to make for the shop.
It is made with the Joys of the Season cart for the pointsettias and Accent Essentials for the scallop border and cirlces. I used lots of stickles and my glitter pen. This card is super thick (tons of layers of cardstock)! TFL!
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accent essentials,
Christmas,
Joys of the Season,
Stickles
by Maria
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So these are the 3rd card for the class. The participants get to do either the Winter Snowflake Swirl or Hannakah. They are the same card except the die cuts in the center. I used the Cricut for all the die cuts. I used Storybook for the big scalloped swirly shape in the middle and for the circles. Joys of the Season was used for the Snowflakes, Star of David and Dreidle. The photo corners were cut with Jasmine and then embossed with the Cuttlebug Swiss Dots folder. TFL!
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Cuttlebug,
Hannakah,
jasmine,
Joys of the Season,
storybook,
Swiss Dots,
Winter
by Maria
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This is card 2 of 3 for my class. It is my take on a Ribbon Tree card. The idea was not mine. It was the original idea of Claire Brennan all the way in Ireland. I am a fan of her blog and saw her ribbon tree and knew it would be a waaay fun card to make and teach. So, I emailed her and asked her permission to use her idea and make it into something I could do in a class. She was very kind and allowed me to use her idea for this purpose. And this is what I came up with. To see her original design, go to: http://waltzingmouse.blogspot.com/2008/09/ribbon-tree.html. It is SOOOOO fabulous!
For my card, I used the Cricut, with the Storybook cart, to make the scalloped oval and the regular oval. I used star eyelets and laced silver metallic floss through the middle and attached it to the back. Then I tied on the ribbon in long lengths and cut it to the right lengths. The paper behind the tree is metallic, but it is hard to see in the picture.
Posted in
Ribbon Tree,
storybook
by Maria
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I am teaching another class at the end of October. This is the first of 3 cards that we will make in the class. I love how these free standing pop up cards look. I used the Cricut for all of the cuts. Stretch was used for the leaf and leaf shadow. I used Orange Dream Stickles on top on the orange leaf. The bookplate on the front is made from Storybook. I ran the tag through my Cuttlebug and used the Swiss Dots embossing folder to give it some pop. I used my fave pens, ink and ribbon to add some fun to the card. TFL!
Posted in
Cuttlebug,
Free Standing Pop Up Card,
storybook,
Stretch Your Imagination,
Swiss Dots
by Maria
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Front of Card
Close Up 1
Close Up 2
Card Opened and Inside
Card Back
I made this card for one of my nephews for Halloween this year. I am going to make one for each of my 3 nephews and 1 niece and mail it out to them this year. The spider is cut on Paper Dolls at 16". I know that 16" sounds huge, but that is what I cut is at and it is not that big. When I measure the width from one leg to the other it is 7 3/4". I think that because it is one of the accessories on the PD cart, that it is adjusted in size to fit with the dolls. I probably should have just hit the "real dial size" key, but that idea is just coming to me now..........oh well, next time. I cut 2 spiders. I used a double sided paper. One side had the majority black and the other side orange. The black is the front. I lined the inside of both pieces with black cardstock and then cut an orange oval to have a place to write on the inside.
On the front, I used orange stickles to highlight alot of the swirls on the spiders legs. I also used black rain dots just to enhance him a little. I used googly eyes for his eyes (of course!). And I used black stickles for his eyelashes and mouth. I used my glitter pen and white pen here and there to spruce him up. On the back I just used some orange stickles for his eyes and nose.
I used a Making Memories jumbo brad in the center of his head and wrapped some fibers around it (through the middle of the card) so it is kind of like an ornament. The stamp in the middle is a Studio G Halloween Stamp. TFL!
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Paper Dolls
by Maria
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Whole Layout
Page 1
Page 2
Halloween is definately one of my favorite times of year! So, with all the new scrapbooking and cardmaking creations being made, I decided to get out my photos from last Halloween (yes, I know I am behind a little...LOL) and start scapping them.
Even though it is hard to tell I used stickles in alot of places. On all of the names of the costumes I completely covered the letters. I also used the matching color of stickles to go on the skeletons eyeballs (on the patterned paper used for the letters and photo corners and accents).
I used my trusty Cricut to cut all the lettering. The costume names are cut from the All Mixed Up cart. I did them in Design Studio so I could weld them and shrink them to size. The word "COSTUMES" is also done with All Mixed Up at 3". The word "the" is done with Printing Press" at 2". Then I just adhered the cuts to some black cardstock and cut around the edges to give them a mat. The photos are 2" squares that I cut in half.
I used pop dots on all the letters for the title. I also added some white pen for definition and some ribbon around the photos. Thanks for looking.
Posted in
All Mixed Up,
Design Studio,
Printing Press
by Maria
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I joined a swap on the Cricut MB for the 13 days of Halloween. My contribution is "8 Moaning Mummies". I can't wait to see the whole book put together. It is a 6x6 page and I have to do 17 of the same exact page. And then I will get back my page, plus 16 other pages to make the whole book. I am planning on turning it into a chipboard book and put pics of my kids trick-or-treating in it from this year.
The mummy is from Paper Dolls, cut at 3". The "8" is cut is from All Mixed Up, cut at 1 1/2". The "Moaning Mummies" is Cuttin' Up. I did it in Design Studio, welded it and then shrank to the size I wanted. The green background paper shape is Accent Essentials. I also sized this on DS. The ribbon is from Michael's. I used my glitter pen around the mummy and on the lettering. Although it shows up much brighter on the picture than it does on the actual paper. I used orange stickles on the "8". I used orange and charcoal Cat's Eye chalk on the mummy. The "Moaning Mummies" paper is last year's DCWV Fall Stack. I think the green patterned paper is Karen Foster. The green cardstock is just what I used as a background to take the photo on. TFL.
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accent essentials,
All Mixed Up,
Cuttin' Up,
Design Studio,
Halloween,
Moaning Mummies,
Paper Dolls
by Maria
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September Is Childhood Cancer Awarness Month and Kristen Long over on the Cricut Message Board is trying to get us to help spread the word! So, here is just my tiny little part to try and help to do so.
**Kristen is hosting an RAK to help raise awareness for Childhood Cancer. Here is the link: http://www.cricut.com/messageboard/tm.aspx?m=2887295&mpage=1 .
**There is also a fundraiser called the Milestones Walk going on to help raise funds to help fight childhood cancer. A little info: (This is directly from their website)
What is the MileStones Walk? The CureSearch Virtual Walk for 12,500 is an online effort to unite people across the country in the fight against childhood cancer. During September National Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, our challenge is to bring together 12,500 individuals virtually in honor of the 12,500 children who will be diagnosed this year.All proceeds will go to CureSearch to support lifesaving research conducted by the Chilidren's Oncology Group (COG0, the world’s largest pediatric cancer research organization.Learn more about COG research priorities at www.curesearch.org/ourresearch
**You can join Kristen on her virtual walk or start your own.
http://host.curesearch.org/site/TR/Walk/General?px=1095183&pg=personal&fr_id=1170&et=hPWcOvTYE5Gi2l2YK7QjjQ..&s_tafId=3001
**Go to build a bear and make an animal. If you make "Champ" Build a Bear will donate $1 to Children's Cancer Research and awareness organizations. Or you can make any animal and purchase a purple satin heart and they will donate the $1.00.
**These are just some of the things that Kristen has listed on the Cricut mb to enter the RAK and help to raise awareness for a great cause. She herself has a beautiful little girl that has been in remission from Childhood Cancer for the last 1 1/2 years.
**Please take a minute to learn more about this and see what you can do to help and to raise awareness for this worthy cause.
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Childhood Cancer Awareness
by Maria
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Front of Card
Inside of Card
My mom asked me to make her a card for a wedding shower she is attending. She wanted something cute (as opposed to formal). So, this is what I came up with. The whole thing is done with the Cricut. The front is done using the Paper Dolls Dress Up cartridge. All cuts are done at 3 1/2". The inside is from the Wedding Solutions cart at 3". The glitter paper is from DCWV. I embellished with my glitter pen, black pen, pink chalk ink, and some stickles on the brides boquet. TFL!
Posted in
cards,
Paper Dolls,
Wedding Solutions
by Maria
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I am hosting a new Design Studio File Swap on the Cricut Message Board.
Here is the general info:
*Sign ups are open until September 15th.
*I need a minimum of 10 participants.
*You must contribute a file that you created yourself.
*It must be new (nothing already out on the boards already).
*The files shared in this swap will not be for public sharing or selling.
*The theme for this swap will be anything "Paper Mesh". To get an idea of what it is, you can check out this weeks Cricut Newsletter or the KI Memories website.
*Mesh can be 12x12 or 6x12.
*Please cut your project out before submitting it to the swap to make sure it cuts correctly.
*Please email me your file by October 10, 2008 to scrapbooknut2002@yahoo.com. I will then return email everyone elses files to you by October 15, 2008. Also, please include the email addy that you would like the files sent to.
*Almost all communication will be done through the Cricut Message Board unless you personally email me.
The link to the thread to participate in this swap on the Cricut message board is:
http://www.cricut.com/messageboard/tm.aspx?m=2875888
Please read the above post in its entirety to get all the details!
I hope you can join us!
Posted in
cricut,
Design Studio,
paper mesh
by Maria
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Whole Layout
Page 1
Page 2
Close Up of Witch
Close up of Frankenstein
This is the next thing I will be teaching at my LSS. It is a 2 page layout. It is titled "Too Cute To Spook". I used Stamped for all of the lettering at 4". I used Paper Doll Dress Up for the Witch, Cat and Frankenstein and Spiders. And then I used a glitter pen, white pen, black pen, and chalk ink to embellish. The layout is simple, but fun and showcases what the Cricut can do with just 2 cartridges. I also used the Martha Stewart "dripping" border punch along the top to add some more "spookiness" to it. TFL!
Posted in
Halloween,
Martha Stewart border punch,
Paper Dolls,
Stamped
by Maria
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This card was really fun to make. I used the Swiss Dots Cuttlebug embossing folder to emboss the card. The butterfly is also a Cuttlebug die cut. I cut it twice and layered it. I added adhesive to the middle and then creased it so that the wings "fluttered" in the air. The cirles are cut from Mini Monograms on the Cricut. The pearls in the middle of the butterfly are K & Co. I also added fabric and ribbon. I embellished with the Sakura Gel Pen and Pebbles Glitter Chalk. TFL.
Posted in
Butterfly,
cricut,
Cuttlebug,
Mini Monograms,
Swiss Dots
by Maria
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Page 1 of 2
Page 2 of 2
So my oldest baby starts Junior High this September and I am bawling my eyes out! The upper photo is a little smaller because I have his full name die cut at the bottom with the Cricut (of course!) and decided it would be best to leave that info out. He was born at just over 5 pounds. My dh could hold him in one hand in his palm. Now he is almost as tall as me! Where have the last 11 years gone..............
I have like a million photos to scrapbook and here I am making pages for what will be! I had fun making it. On the top page, I used Graphically Speaking to cut the torn paper looking cut. That cartridge is amazing. The font is Cuttin' Up. I used Design Studio to make the torn paper the size I wanted. Then I lined up the letters where I wanted them on the page and sized them. Then I left them on the page and cut them out of the torn paper cut. The stars are from the Indie Art cartridge (1 1/2"), with shadow.
For the second page I used the star frame cut from the Joys of the Season cartridge as a title box. I as used DS to size this to my liking. Then I cut the letters for the title out of DCWV metallic stack paper. "HOLMES" are each individual letters and "middle school" is welded. That title is also Cuttin' Up. All the mats were done free hand. But, I did the big mats at 4 1/2" x 6 1/2" so I could put an average size pic there. The patterned paper is DCWV Rock Star. TFL.
Posted in
Cuttin' Up,
Design Studio,
Graphically Speaking,
Indie Art,
Joys of the Season,
Junior High
by Maria
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I am just checking in. My poor little 3 1/2 year old son is going to the dentist for the billionth time since last November. He originally had 4 baby root canals and 4 temporary crowns. Then a few months later he had to have 2 of the temp crowns replaced with permanent crowns. Then a month later one of the temporary crowns got a cavity on the back side of it. Now, 3 of the crowns, 2 permanent and 1 temporary, have cracked in the back. I can't even tell you how frustrated I am. My poor little boy has been through so much trauma. Not to mention the more than $2,000 we have spent on his little teeth. So, now we are off to the dentist again to see what we can do about his poor little teeth. I am a mess!
by Maria
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Front of Card-2
I am entering another contest over at Bitten By The Bug. Regina's sight is full of inspiration and totally ROCKS! The details for the contest are at http://regina-bittenbythebug.blogspot.com/2009/03/contest-time.html. The idea is that you have to take inspiration from an amazing piece of jewelry designed by Theresa Rose Designs. You have to use at least one Cricut cut and the due date is the end of March. Well the jewelry is a necklace that is silver and pink with a butterfly on it. It couldn't be more perfect for me. Pink is one of my 2 fave colors (brown is the other) and I am a total butterfly lover! 
Front of Card
Inside of Card
Back of Card
Close up of Pointsettia
Side View
Back of Card
Envelope
So these are the 3rd card for the class. The participants get to do either the Winter Snowflake Swirl or Hannakah. They are the same card except the die cuts in the center. I used the Cricut for all the die cuts. I used Storybook for the big scalloped swirly shape in the middle and for the circles. Joys of the Season was used for the Snowflakes, Star of David and Dreidle. The photo corners were cut with Jasmine and then embossed with the Cuttlebug Swiss Dots folder. TFL!
This is card 2 of 3 for my class. It is my take on a Ribbon Tree card. The idea was not mine. It was the original idea of Claire Brennan all the way in Ireland. I am a fan of her blog and saw her ribbon tree and knew it would be a waaay fun card to make and teach. So, I emailed her and asked her permission to use her idea and make it into something I could do in a class. She was very kind and allowed me to use her idea for this purpose. And this is what I came up with. To see her original design, go to: http://waltzingmouse.blogspot.com/2008/09/ribbon-tree.html. It is SOOOOO fabulous!
Close Up 1 
Close Up 2
Card Opened and Inside
Card Back
I made this card for one of my nephews for Halloween this year. I am going to make one for each of my 3 nephews and 1 niece and mail it out to them this year. The spider is cut on Paper Dolls at 16". I know that 16" sounds huge, but that is what I cut is at and it is not that big. When I measure the width from one leg to the other it is 7 3/4". I think that because it is one of the accessories on the PD cart, that it is adjusted in size to fit with the dolls. I probably should have just hit the "real dial size" key, but that idea is just coming to me now..........oh well, next time. I cut 2 spiders. I used a double sided paper. One side had the majority black and the other side orange. The black is the front. I lined the inside of both pieces with black cardstock and then cut an orange oval to have a place to write on the inside.
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Page 2
Halloween is definately one of my favorite times of year! So, with all the new scrapbooking and cardmaking creations being made, I decided to get out my photos from last Halloween (yes, I know I am behind a little...LOL) and start scapping them.
Inside of Card
My mom asked me to make her a card for a wedding shower she is attending. She wanted something cute (as opposed to formal). So, this is what I came up with. The whole thing is done with the Cricut. The front is done using the Paper Dolls Dress Up cartridge. All cuts are done at 3 1/2". The inside is from the Wedding Solutions cart at 3". The glitter paper is from DCWV. I embellished with my glitter pen, black pen, pink chalk ink, and some stickles on the brides boquet. TFL!
Page 1
Page 2
Close Up of Witch
Close up of Frankenstein
This card was really fun to make. I used the Swiss Dots Cuttlebug embossing folder to emboss the card. The butterfly is also a Cuttlebug die cut. I cut it twice and layered it. I added adhesive to the middle and then creased it so that the wings "fluttered" in the air. The cirles are cut from Mini Monograms on the Cricut. The pearls in the middle of the butterfly are K & Co. I also added fabric and ribbon. I embellished with the Sakura Gel Pen and Pebbles Glitter Chalk. TFL.
Page 2 of 2
So my oldest baby starts Junior High this September and I am bawling my eyes out! The upper photo is a little smaller because I have his full name die cut at the bottom with the Cricut (of course!) and decided it would be best to leave that info out. He was born at just over 5 pounds. My dh could hold him in one hand in his palm. Now he is almost as tall as me! Where have the last 11 years gone..............
