Sweden Scrapbook Pages

No challenges today, but I wanted to post something. I decided to post a couple of scrapbook pages I made for my Sweden album. The first one I made today, the second I made about a month ago, but never posted.

All the patterned cardstock is from K&Company. It is 12"x12" and I cut a strip of the distressed dotted cardstock at 12"x5 1/2." The car picture is 4 3/4"x4" and matted with some shimmery orange cardstock, which is cut 1/4" wider. The house picture is 5"x4." The journalling tag is 5"x2 1/2" and matted with the shimmery orange cardstock, cut 1/4" wider. I wrapped it with a ribbon and slider, both from Making Memories. My title "home" is cut at 1" from Home Accents. I handwrote the subtitle, "away from home."
This page is also 12"x12" and all the patterned paper is from K&Company. I matted my main photo twice. It is a 4"x6" photo and the mats are 1/4" wider than the previous layer. The upper left photo is 3 1/2"x3" and the lower left photo is 4"x3." I used Opposites Attract to create the title. I covered the "family" part in Stickles. I finished off this page with some bling.

Penguin & Snowballs

This is a 5"x5" card, made from white cardstock. I cut some patterned paper from DCWV's Peppermint Forest Stack at 4 7/8"x4 7/8" and layered it on the card base. The three large snowflakes on the left side are cut at 1 1/2" from Home Accents. I used some dark blue shimmery cardstock for the shadow and white cardstock for the regular snowflake. I cut a piece of teal paper at 3"x3" and embossed it with the Snowflakes folder and then I sanded it to reveal its white core. I used a black pen to add some faux stitching and foam tape to adhere the teal square onto the card. I cut the penguin from Simply Charmed at 2 1/2." The small snowflakes are cut from Speaking of Winter and using the same shimmery blue cardstock for the shadow and white cardstock for the regular snowflake. I then used dimamond Stickles on the white to make the snowflakes shimmer. I made of stack of snowballs out of flat-backed pearls and made a little sign for the pile with a toothpick and some white cardstock. I handwrote the sentiment.

I made this card for the following challenges:

• Jitterbuggin': sketch, use some blue and something snow related
• Made by Momo: snow theme
• Cooking With Cricut: snow fun
• The Paper Variety: include snowflakes on your paper project

New Year's Craft Resolutions

I had been thinking about making some New Year's resolutions regarding my crafting, but I never really got around to it. However, this week there are a couple of challenges regarding New Year's resolutions, so I thought it was the kick in the butt I needed. Crafting with Cristina has a challenge to make a layout of either your favorite 2010 memories or your 2011 resolutions. I don't have any photos printed of my favorite 2010 memories, maybe I will do that at a later time, so I decided to work with the 2011 resolutions. Papercraft Star's challenge is to use one of your resolutions to create a project.My resolutions are:

1. Use the paper and supplies I have on hand.
   I tend to buy too many supplies and then never actually use them, so I want to make sure I start using them, especially paper....I have WAY too much right now.
2. Do more scrapbooking.
   I have been neglecting my scrapbooking and focusing more on cardmaking, so I want to get some more scrapbooks done.
3. Use all my Cricut cartridges.
   I have A LOT of cartridges and I need to start using them, especially the ones that have been just sitting there collecting dust.
4. Try new folds & techniques on cards.
   When I am doing my cardmaking I need to try some new techniques or folds. I have been sticking to the basic side or top fold so I need to expand.
5. Keep my craft space clean & organized.
   This one could be troublesome. I have it all organized now, but I tend to stop cleaning it after a while or not keeping stuff where I designated the space for it. I need to make sure I keep it up.
   

I made an 8"x8" layout for this challenge. I thought it would be nice to be able to hang it up on my wall and have it there as a reminder. The resolutions are written on a piece of cream cardstock that is 3"x5," I layered it with some blue cardstock that is 3 1/4"x5 1/4" and some glittery yellow cardstock that is 3 1/2"x5 1/2." I wrapped some brown ribbon around the page and cut out the word inspire from Home Accents at 2." The leaves are also from Home Accents at 1 1/2." I used the regular and shadow feature on both of them. "Crafty Resolutions" is cut from Gypsy Font and I welded the shadow and the regular feature together on my Gypsy. All the paper is from the DCWV Latte Stack and I used some DCWV Latte stickers for some accents. I haven't even touched this paper stack since I got it, so it was nice to finally use it for a project.

An Apple a Day

This is my entry for this week's Jitterbuggin' challenge. The rules are to follow the sketch; use red, green and yellow; add something black; include an apple; and don't forget to use your Cricut.

This a 5"x5" card. I used a dark green glittery cardstock. I then used a pale yellow and embossed it with an embossing folder from the Preserves companion set, it was cut at 4 3/4"x4 3/4." The red square is cut at 3 11/16"x 3 11/16" and is made using a shimmery red cardstock. I used a pale yellow cardstock for the next square, which is cut at 3 1/2"x3 1/2." I did some doodling on the square with a black pen. The red circle is cut at 3 1/4" from George and Basic Shapes. I cut the other circle at 3" from George as well and then did some more doodling on it. The apple is cut at 2 1/2" from Home Accents. The apple blossoms are from 50 States and cut at 2." Once the card was assembled I used some black Stickles for the seeds in the apple and some black flat-backed pearls around the circle.