Stampede Layout

Hi Ya'll! I am back from the Stampede. I had so much fun. I hope to upload a few pics from our festivites soon.

Today I am sharing a layout I made using one of my cartridge challenge picks: 50 States.



Cartridges used:
50 States - State shape cut at fit to page for the shadow layer. Texas title was cut at 1".
Old West - Cactus, Rock and Mini Cactus cut at 4.47", Wagon Wheel 1.94", Boots 2.65", and Hat 1.82"
Jubilee - Dallas Stampede title cut using Runt Font at 1.71"




Here is a close-up of my title. I used my Tiny Attacher by Tim Holtz to give some "stitching" to my title. I just LOVE this little tool!

Here are a couple of close-ups of the other elements in the layout.



Background paper is from Basic Grey - Blush pack.
Striped paper is from My Minds Eye- Simply Delightful.

Finishing touches using gems, Pink Ribbon from Martha Stewart, as well as my Tim Holtz Tiny Attacher.

I hope to get caught up on my posting. I was planning on posting from the hotel, but there wasn't internet service inside the crop room.

Have a Great and Crafty Week!

Cartridge Challenge changes to Monthly

Howdy! I am really starting to get excited for my trip to Dallas for the Stampede! I have been in Dallas project mode for a while, and as the event nears, I have more and more things to do to get ready for that.

So...I have decided to change up my Cartridge Challenge.

I am still going to tackle the challenge of using all of my cartridges. I seem to be having trouble keeping to the one week deadline I gave myself, so I am going to start pulling a months worth of cartridges at once, and then have the entire month to do them all. I will still be attempting to use 2 a week, or 8 for an entire month.

So for the March I will be using:

Chore Chart -Lite
Accent Essentials
Tie the Knot
Rock Princess
Twinkle Toes -Lite
Tags, Bags, Boxes, and More
Imagine More Cards -Imagine
50 States -Classmate

With this new system, I think I can still challenge myself to use cartridges that are just sitting on my shelf, but allow for a little more flexibility to do other projects as well.

Now I'm off to make something!

Have a Great and Crafty Day!

ABC Book 2 - Pic Heavy

Here is post two of my ABC book: It is again Pic heavy, and I will label the pictures with each cartridge used, except the Fonts which were Mickey and Pooh Font
Cartridge used: Create a Critter

Cartridges used:Create a Critter, ZooBalloo, Paisley

Cartridges used:Create a Critter, From My Kitchen

Cartridges used:Create a Critter, Simply Charmed

Cartridges used: Country Life, ZooBalloo

Cartridges used:Create a Critter

Cartridges used:Simply Charmed

Cartridges used:Simply Charmed, Create a Critter, Sugar and Spice, Mickey and Friends

Cartridges used: Paisley, Create a Critter

Cartridges used:Pooh and Friends, Create a Critter

Cartridges used:50 States, Create a Critter

Cartridges used:B is for Boy, Sugar and Spice

Cartridges used: B is for Boy, Country Life, ZooBalloo

Cartridges used: Create a Critter, ZooDay, Sugar and Spice

Abc Book 1 - Pic HEAVY

Here is an ABC book I made for my niece. It is such a picture heavy project that I split the posting up into two parts. I used many, many cartridges for this project. And it is a very simple pages, the cuts are arranged so I could label everything. I will list each cartridge used on the page under each picture, except for the letters used on each page were from the Mickey and Pooh Font Cartridges. I couldn't label every cartridge used! LOL

After I completed making all the pages, I then laminated them and used the Your Story to bind them into a book. I took pictures of the pages before they were laminated. The lamination wasn't the best on the pages, as there were so many layers and levels to the surface of the page, but since this was a book for a one year old, I wanted it to hold up to a kids love. For the cover, I adhered my cut with ModPodge and then went over the cuts again, sealing them on to the cover. That has held up quite well.

Cartridge used: Create a Critter

Cartridges used: Locker Talk, Create a Critter, Simply Charmed

Cartridges used: Create a Critter, Simply Charmed

Cartridges used: Twinkle Toes, Create a Critter

Cartridges used: Sesame Street Friends, Create a Critter, From My Kitchen

Cartridges used: Simply Charmed, Create a Critter

Cartridges used: From My Kitchen, Create a Critter, Old West

Cartridges used: Create a Critter, Simply Charmed

Cartridges used: Create a Critter, Simply Charmed, Rock Princess, ZooBalloo, 50 States

Cartridges used: Doodlecharms, Create a Critter

Cartridges used: Love Struck, Create a Critter, Happily Ever After

Cartridges used: Create a Critter, Paisley