Theme Day Thursday.... BIRTHDAY!!

Today's theme for
THEME DAY THURSDAY is ...
BIRTHDAY!
    In honor of what would have been my
Grandmother's 81st Birthday TODAY...
I chose to create the following Birthay layout.

I used cuts from both Birthday Bash and Simply Charmed cricut cartridges.

Please check out what my fellow design team sisters created for
Theme Day Thursday at My Cricut Craft Room
Be sure to stop in and give them some love too!!
  

Thanks for stopping by!!
  
Have a GREAT day!!

   

~ Shelly ~

Festive Friday: Halloween Mini Book

TGIF!

Today, for Festive Friday over at My Cricut Craftroom,
I am sharing my mini book that I created using
Halloween cuts from two different cut swap groups
that I participated in during October. I challenged
myself to use as many of the cuts as possible...
some I used on Halloween cards but most of them
I used in this book. It was a lot of fun and I am very
happy with how it turned out. Thanks to everyone who
swapped cuts with me!! I couldn't have done this
book without ya! I apologize that I can not be more
descriptive about which cartridge every cut came from.

The front cover includes two pull out tags.

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On the inside cover is a spider web photo frame...
a photo slides behind it. To get a better look
at each page, you can click on it to enlarge it.

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The flag banner in the middle of the page
(on the right) is velcroed and opens up to more
pages... as you can see in the next picture.

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Each of the flaps that open have two tags that pull out.

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This is a pic (above) with both flaps open.
They close like barn doors and velcro shut again.

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The yellow photo mat (on the right page) opens up
(with velcro underneath) and the Dracula stamped image
on the right is a pull out tag that pulls out upward.

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The black photo mat also opens up... or shall I say
opens downward... as you can see in the next pic.

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Ta-Da... three more photo mats!!
It's very difficult to show you the full effect of this
album in photos... a video would have been much better.

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The Trick-or-Treat page (on the right) opens up.

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And another flap on the bottom right side
opens downward. There is also an orange ticket
tag that pulls out from the Too Cute To Spook
Stamped image. I thought the backside of the
tag would be perfect for a little bit of journaling
with my white gel pen... bc the backside is black.

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Near the purple ghost on the bottom flap
is the back of the orange ticket tag.
And the center is a polk-a-dot photo mat.
So there are plenty of spots for photos.

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Above is a close up of the ticket tag... it
slides in and out of a little "hidden" pocket.

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Both of these pages are flaps that
open to the left and right. And there
is space to add a photo under the
HALLOWEEN cut on the left page.

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In the above pic, the left flap is
open and the right flap still closed.

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Here is a closer pic!! Ya Gotta
LOVE candy corn!! YUM! YUMM!

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Now both flaps are open to reveal more photo mats.

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Here is a close up of the right page
once it is opened up. The stamped skeleton
image is another tiny tag that slides in
and out of the pocket underneath.

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Above... There are 3 flaps (on both sides) that open
up to more pages. The first two flaps on top are
just decorative with cuts... then when you open
those to the left and right... you will see (the next pic)...

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After opening the spider and jack-0-lantern
flaps above, this is what you will see... room for
2 more photos and some journaling on the right side
next to the tonic tag. Then you open these two orange
flaps to reveal the last photo mats in this section.

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Space for 2 more Halloween photos!
I added a little bit of green stickles on the jack-o-lantern's
leaf to give it a little bling. The spider has bling on her bow.

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Such a cute Jack-o-lantern! I love it!

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The polk-a-dot mat on the right opens up to...
can you guess... more photo mats!!

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Under the ghostly gathering square are 3 pull out tags...
more for journaling. And room for 3 photos on this spread.

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The witch flap opens up (as you can see in the next pic)
to the Pumpkin Patch section of my mini book.

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You can't really tell in this pic but the orange
photo mat is embossed and it
opens downward for more photo mats.

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Once the top and bottom flaps are open...
you see two more flaps.
These flaps open to the left and right.
Photos can be added to the polk-a-dot flaps.

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Once all four photo mats are open... you see four
pumpkins and a place for a pumpkin patch
photo in the center. Remember... these are all
cuts I received from others! :)

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The last two pages are more flaps that open up.
I added two buttons on each section and wrapped
embroidery thread around them to keep them in place.
To open the flaps, you unravel the black thread on one side.

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Here is a close up of how I closed these
flaps instead of using velcro again.

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When you open the first two flaps (on the left)
here is what you'll see... and the
RIP cut is a pocket for another tag.

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On the inside back cover... DEAD END!
But room for two more photos on the
inside of the left & right flaps!

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Uh-oh.... my book will no longer close!
LOVE IT!!

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Here is the completed book... as you can tell,
it no longer closes correctly.
It will just have to sit on my shelf like this!
I LOVE LOVE LOVE creating mini albums!

Be sure to check out the Festive Friday projects
from the other Design Team Members over at
My Cricut Craftroom.... oh, and be sure to stop
in this weekend.... we are having another
100 cartridge blog hop going on!!

Happy Friday!!!

~ Shelly ~

WOULD YOU GUESS WEDNESDAY

Today I am Featured at
My Cricut Craft Room
for Would You Guess Wednesday.

Would you ever guess...
that I used the Disney Happily Ever After cartridge
to create this Fall layout.

Both the owl and squirrel came from the Disney cartridge.
There are so many great images other
than just the main images on cartridges.

Check out more Would You Guess Wednesday projects
over at My Cricut Craftroom.

~ Shelly ~

Card Creating Tuesday

It seems like here lately I have been making more cards than layouts.

Here are some of my most recent.

The two cartridges I used for these lil' cards are...
Simply Charmed cartridge... for the sun
Just Because Cards cartridge... for the card itself.

Then I added some paper from DCWV Stack 7,
a little red button to each, and used some
yellow twine to attach the button to the card.

For this card, I used Create A Critter cartridge
to create the cute chick. I also used yellow cardstock,
DCWV Stack 7 paper, orange ribbon, and I printed
the wording on with my printer. I really love
how this one turned out... very simple!

I made this Batman card for my 9 yr. old nephew.
This cut actually came from Anndell McGuire
(a fellow KC Cropper) from the KC Croppers Cut Swap group.
I knew right away I had to make a birthday card
for my nephew with it. The cut was made from
Batman: Brave & the Bold cartridge.
Thanks Anndell!! I used yellow, navy blue, and black cardstock.
Inked the edges and added little bats on the bottom with a marker.




The final card, I made for my Mom...
I used the Spring Holidays Card cartridge
and added a few lil' embellishments.

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Be sure to go to My Cricut Craftroom blog to check out more beautiful
cards from the other talented members of the Design Team!

Have a Blessed Day!!!



~ Shelly ~

Fall / Halloween Cut Swap

Hello

First of all... I apologize for not posting much lately....
I have been super busy.
I'm so glad that Kristie and I share this blog...
seems to work out pretty good...
she posts when I am unable and I post when she is unable to.

Last week I had Jury Duty... it went pretty good...
I got out of it after the first day.
I was one of the lucky ones who was not chosen for the actual jury.
Thank goodness!!

I have been doing a lot of scrapping in what little spare time
I have had recently. So there will be plenty to post in the near future.
One project that I am super excited about is a Wizard of Oz chipboard
album kit from Archiver's that I have almost completed...
I absolutely LOVE it!!
Pics are coming soon!!
I am hoping to have it completed sometime this week.

I am currently participating in two Cricut Cut Swaps...
the first is the KC Croppers Cut Swap and the other
is the My Cricut Craft Room Design Team Fall / Halloween Swap.
I have added a pic below of my cuts for the Fall / Halloween Swap.

I hope everyone has a great week!
My thoughts and prayers go out to all
those who were affected by Hurricane Irene.

Cuts are from:
Simply Charmed (Ghost),
Speaking of Fall (Pumpkin),
Hello Kitty Greetings (Bat)

~ Shell ~

Fourth of July

Well, the Fourth is over, and for me (a teacher), that means I have hit the halfway mark for my summer. I went to a friend's house for the Fourth, and enjoyed some amazing ribs with her family. I made this little banner for her to hang up; then I promptly forgot and left it sitting on her counter. Oh well- there's always next year!

My effort is pretty modest, just using some cuts from my Simply Charmed cart. I used the "celebrate" cut and the "all American" cut, which I modified to say "America", along with the watermelon slice. When Shell posts her Fourth of July projects, you'll see some really awesome (and involved) work using a collection of SVG's from SVG Cuts.com.

MPS National Scrapbook day Challenges

Challenge #1 Cupcake

Challenge #2 Kraft paper

Challenge #4 Mother's Day theme

Challenge #5- 3-D Objects
Challenge #6- Tags

It's Easter Blog Hop - Day 4 (Final day)

Hi everyone! Welcome to the “It’s Easter” Blog Hop to help you get ready for this wonderful Easter season. Joining me in this fun celebration are some of the most talented crafters that I know. I do have a few rules for this hop, in support of each crafter and the time they have put into their work, to be eligible for Shawnee's blog candy you MUST visit each blog and leave a comment. If you just hopped on this blog, you can go back to the beginning and hop along with us. TODAY… is the last day of the hop! So be sure to check out each blog and see what each blog has to offer for BLOG CANDY!


Blogs for the It’s Easter Blog Hop


1. Shawnee - http://quiverofangels.blogspot.com/

2. Rachelle - http://rachelle-rachellesplace.blogspot.com/

3. Lisa - http://handmadewithlove-lisa.blogspot.com/

4. Suzanne - http://cricutcraftingrammy.blogspot.com/

5. Patricia - http://creativediva98.blogspot.com/

6. Shelly & Kitty http://kccroppers.blogspot.com/ YOU ARE HERE

7. Rhonda - http://scraphappenswithrhonda.blogspot.com/

8. Mandie - http://mandiesscrappin.blogspot.com/

9. Mickie - http://littlescrapcorner.blogspot.com/

10. Deborah - http://scrappingmamma.net/

11. Kristy http://www.scraptasticalkreations.blogspot.com/

12. Tristan - http://tristans-time-4-craftin.blogspot.com/

13. Ellen - http://cardmonkey-business.blogspot.com/

14. Monica - http://scraps2treasure.blogspot.com/

15. Robin - http://thecricutscrapper.blogspot.com/

16. Christine - http://crabbycakescrafts.blogspot.com/


Here at KC Croppers, we featured projects from Kitty during the first two days of the hop and projects from Shelly during the last two days of the hop. We hope you enjoyed your visit!

I am working on an Easter album for a dear friend... although, I am not completely done with the album... I thought I would post what I have done. Some of the cuts came from the KC Croppers Cut Swap and others were purchased from Treasure Box Designs, Cloud 9 Designs, Scrapping Bug Designs and some were cut from the Simply Charmed Cricut cartridge.

If you leave a comment (including an email address) each day, and follow our blog, you will be entered into a drawing for our very own SECRET blog candy surprise - it's like getting your Easter basket from the bunny early! Drawing will be held on Monday morning.

You're next stop will be Rhonda's place!

~ Shell ~