BBTB2: Cricut Santa's Coming to Town

Our spirit was renewed at Christmas once the grandkids came along.  The innocence of believing in Santa, the marveling at sparkly decorations, and learning to sing Jingle Bells just melts my heart.  My layout today includes a picture of my granddaughter from a few years ago.  She came over to help decorate my tree.  She was wearing a dress that her mother wore when she was young, and the stuffed Santa was made by my mother.  Thus, this picture deserves a layout of it's own.

You can join in the Christmas fun by linking up your Christmas cards and layouts/projects that include a Santa Cricut cut to our Bitten By the Bug2 Blog HERE:

My vintage feel has lots of cuts on it:

Tree, Santa, Banner, and Title:  Winter Frolic
Snowflakes:  Artbooking, Don Juan, and A Child's Year
Deer: Wildlife
Presents:  Artbooking
Background Frame:  Artiste

BBTB2 Cricut FROGS Snails and Puppy Dog Tails

I am sure you all know the old rhyme "Girls are made of sugar and spice and everything nice.  Boys are made of frogs, and snails, and puppy dog tails".   I just love this saying and have wanted to use it with a baby picture of both my grandkids.   I used the cutest photo of my grandson at 4 months - he is giving a big smile and I managed to snap a good one (out of about 8 taken).  

Our challenge at BBTB2 this week is hosted by Diana of D.L.Art.  She has asked us to use a FROG in our project, card, or layout.   There are lots of frogs to select from, and I used this one from "Give a Hoot".  The snail is from "Art Nouveau", and the Dog with boy is from "A Child's Year".  The swirly frame is from Elegant Edges and I must admit on both layers, the cut snagged a bit.  Fonts are Cindy Loo, Disney, and Don Juan.  It was fun using different fonts and I designed it completely on Design Space.  I usually don't design an entire layout in DS, I just make cuts and design as I go or from the design in my head.   This layout took 15 mats but really didn't take that long to cut.   Join us at BBTB2 this week for the FROG challenge and link up your Cricut project for all to see.

Sharing a Picture of the Family

I thought I would share a picture of our family today.  That's a recent picture of us taken by the family photographer, didn't it turn out great!

Happy April Fool's Day!

Ha, Ha, Ha!   Got ya!     This is the first one I ever made, and probably the last.   But it was fun to think up and create.   I used the Don Juan cartridge for the lettering, and Animal Kingdom for the animals.  

Sweet as Honey Baby Layout

This week's theme challenge at BBTB2 is a 'baby project or layout'.  One of my favorite subjects!!!  When my granddaughter was barely a week old, she wore this adorable yellow striped dress and shorts set.  I thought she looked like a cute little bee, so that is how I had to scrap these pictures.   There is room on the bottom for journaling (which I am so bad about doing).  I got two bees in a swap on the Cricut message board a few years ago, so this came together very easily.  "Sweet as Honey" is from Don Juan,  the bee on the bottom left I made from Art Nouveau, and the top left bee is from Walk in My Garden.  The border of bees was from my stash.  Here's the link to the BBTB2 blog, take a peek at the incredible projects this week.

BBTB2 - Christmas Tag You're It

This week's challenge at BBTB2 is a Christmas tag - our hostess is calling this "Tag You're It".

I made this using the Cricut Artiste cartridge, cutting the ornament at 5", using white cardstock as the base and gold glitter paper for the detail.  The poinsetta was cut at 4 different sizes, creased and layered to give it a 3D effect.  Gold gemstones were added in the middle.  The name tag was also cut from Artiste, and the white name is cut using Don Juan, that cut can be done at 1/2" very easily, so I use it a lot.  The beads and ribbon were from my stash, I know I wanted to add a spring or a bow at the top, and this just jumped out at me.

Hop on over to to see all the Christmas tags the team has created.   TAG - YOU ARE IT!

4th of July Mini Album

This is a special 6x6 mini-album that I made for a friend of my daughters.  I met them on the 4th of July and for some reason I took a lot of pictures of everyone, including these friends who came to celebrate.  My daughter asked at the time why I was taking so many pictures, more than my usual.  Things happen for a reason.  The dad passed away unexpectedly a month later. In celebration of his life, I made this for the mother and daughter.  He was sure a hero in their life.  I am only showing a few of the pages.

Submitted to BBTB2 challenge. (http://heather-bittenbythebug2.blogspot.co.uk/) Wording is Carousel and Don Juan.  Red banner is a Cricut cut but I can't remember where it is from (besides my stash).  Remainder is Mrs. Grossmans stickers.

Jeff Dunham double layout

We went to Stockton, CA to go see Jeff Dunham perform. He puts on a good show, and he is really talented. Seen some of his act before, and some was new. I used a sketch to create this double layout