Scrapbooknut2002's Scrapbook Nook

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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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!

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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.

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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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.