ScrapFIT woorkout #21 Use your Machines

Okay so I created another layout for ScrapFIT. I just had to share this layout. The reason? Well, I wanted to share one of the most fabulous features of the Silhouette Die Cutting Machine. If you will look at the sign on the right hand side of my layout...I was able to print the journaling straight from my Silhouette on to the sign! Is that not the coolest thing ever?

Originally I hand wrote my journaling and messed up. Don't ya just hate that? So I went back to my Silhouette and did the journaling in the software program, printed it with my printer, (yes the Silhouette has a print feature built in) then I put the same paper in my machine and it cut around the edges. The Silhouette prints out registration marks so that the machine will read those marks and knows where to cut. 

It fit perfectly in my sign and covered up my horrible mistake. This is just another one of those great features that Silhouette Machine offers.

Close up of my handmade flowers. The clip board and film reel are also die cuts from the Silhouette. The photos here aren't all that great. Some kind lady at the theater took them for me. It was so dark the photos didn't turn out that well and I had to touch them up in PSE 6 the beat I could.

Here is a close up of the journaling block a created with my Silhouette Machine. I downloaded the Shrek font from the internet, added lines to the inside and cut it out with the machine. It fit inside perfectly. In this case I preferred computer journaling over my handwriting because I was able to squeeze in more words.

Another ScrapFIT challenge layout!!

ScrapFIT challenge for the month is: 

WORKOUT #21

“Exercise Machines”

For this challenge you must use a “machine”. 

What machines you might ask? 

Punches, Cuttlebug, Sizzix, Slice, Cricut—any or all will do.

Here is my 2nd layout for this challenge.

Me & My Baby Girl

I used my Silhouette machine to make the "baby girl" title.

Here's a close up of the title.

This chipboard border is from Maya Road. I painted it with Gesso and then sprayed it with Green Meadow Glimmer mist. I love the distressed look on it.

This layout was created from the products I received in my Tallyscrapper kit for June. You gotta check out this kit.

Challenges, Challenges, Challenges

Love me some scrapbooking challenges. I found an awesome blog called ScrapFIT that offers some very interesting challenges to get your creativity on and they have wonderful give-aways too! 


Once a month ScrapFIT has 1 main challenge and then during the same month they post 2 more mini challenges. So if you are looking for some fabulous scrapbooking challenges you most check out ScrapFIT. This month challenge is:
  

WORKOUT #21

“Exercise Machines”

For this challenge you must use a “machine”. 

What machines you might ask? 

Punches, Cuttlebug, Sizzix, Slice, Cricut—any or all will do.

Did she say MACHINE????!!! Well, I'm happy to say that my all time favorite scrapbooking medium is my Silhouette Die Cutting Machine. I use it on most of my layouts! So here is my layout I'm submitting:

I used my Silhouette to cut out the Yellow paper border.

Ranger Wives: These Photo was taken back in 1992 when my husband Greg, was an Army Ranger Instructor at Camp Rudder located at Eglin AFB, Florida. Every year the Ranger hosted a Ranger's Wives Swap walk. They would take us out in the swamp and show us how to do their jobs. Of course we wives like to ham it up by dressing to look just like our men! We even imitated them with the “SNUFF look” in our mouths. The Rangers took us out in zodiacs, taught us about the wildlife, had us repelling, shoot their weapons, and even eat their nasty MRE's, it was so much fun, except eating the food! Yuck! I loved dressing up in Greg's Uniform. All my friends told me that I was the only one 

that could make a Ranger's fatigues look feminine! That was my greatest contribution!

I made these flowers and leaves using a new technique 

I've been trying out. I hope to make a video showing how I made them in a few days.

Love these Green Corrugated Letters from Jellibean soup. They add so much dimension! Also love the cute frilly pink gingham trim. All these products came in my June Tallyscrapper kit.

Going back in time to some photo in Iowa

Naughty Princess in Training

I just loved the new Princess Monkey that Samantha Walker made for Silhouette...had to use it on a page! Isn't she sooo cute!!!

The frame, arrow, and border strip is from Silhouette too. I misted the frame with Wheatfield from Tattered Angels and added foil in the circle to make a mirror. With the border strip; I took the leftover pieces and popped them up with foam tape for a 3D effect.

Journaling: On your first B'day we bought you a "Sherk Princess Chair" and a "My 1st Baby Doll." I thought for sure that you would love the baby doll more then the chair, but you proved me wrong! And every time I'd put your baby in your Princess chair, you'd throw her out and down to the ground then take your righteous place on your Throne! Lily at One.

New Cowgirl in Town

Tess was dressed up as a cowgirl for Western Day at her old school. She was in 2nd grade.

The cowgirl on the horse and fringe are made by using the Silhouette. Papers are from DCWV: Penny Lane collection

Trick I've learned: used Word Processor to make a text book selecting a background color that will match your page and print on Presentation paper. The colors comes out much better on this type of paper then regular cardstock. The I cut out using my circle coluzzle...yes I still use it! LOL

Flying to Italy

Layout info:
Finally the day came for us to fly to Italy to be reunited with Greg who had been living there for 2 months. You can tell from the smiles how excited we were to finally be back together as a family. We knew we were close to arriving when we saw the Alps! (Photos at top)


Product info:
Patterned Paper: CD Cross
Bling: Prima, Paper Studio
Wings: Tim Holts Grunge Board
Letters: American Craft Remarks
Journaling spot: Cut with Cricut Story Book
Chipboard TAG: ?
Clock transparency: Heidi Swap

8 hours in Milano

Layout info:
This was the day that the kids and I had waited for for 2 months. Finally getting to go to Italy to be with daddy again. It took us 24 hours to arrive there. We had an 8 hour lay over in Milano which turned into 10 hours due to fog in Venice. Me and the kids ended up sleeping on the hard tile floors and later would find this comfortable chairs in the boarding gate area. Sad thing about all the waiting around was that hour new home was only 3 hour drive from Milano!

Product info:
Patterned paper: CD Cross, We R Memory Keepers
Bling: Prima
Metal Pieces: Club Scrap kit
Letters: American Craft Remarks
Journaling spot: Cut with Cricut Story Book

Puzzler

Layout info:

Lily loves putting puzzles together. It's her new favorite past time.

Product info:

Background paper: DCWV

Chip board: Around the Block

Puzzle pieces: Cricut with SCAL

Letters: Sticko

Border strip: cut with Cricut

Misc: Tag, brad, heart

Jack Frost

Layout info:
Lily on a cold day in Wisconsin. She's looks so cute in her snow outfit but really can't go out and play in the snow because the temps were just way too low. So all she gets to do is run  from house to car to school and back again...oh and look at the snow from the window. Jack Frost is in the air!!!

Products Used:
Papers: Cosmo Cricket
Border strip: Bazzil
Felt strip: Queen and Co

Fry Cook

Layout info:

Lily cooking in the kitchen with me . She calls herself a Fry Cook just like Sponge Bob Square Pants. LOL She was helping me cook her dads favorite...oatmeal.

Product info:

Background paper: Die Cut with a View; Kitchen Collection

Title: Cricut using SCAL program

Die cuts: Pan, circle, and arrow; Cricut Graphically Speaking

Digital paper: Mary Wise from 2 peas

Misc: Brads and Doodle Bug Border strip in Orange

Feline and the Fish

 

 

Layout info:

My Silly cat Scooter playing with our Beta fish in the bowl. He paps at the glass and sticks his head in but never gets to the fish!

Products used:

Background paper: Unknown

Title: Cricut with SCAL program and American Craft Thickers

Journaling spot: Making Memories

Die cuts: Fish and Leaves; Cricut Graphically Speaking

Elegance

Layout info:

One of my Favorite layouts. First I love these photos of Leia. She was all dressed up to go to a Choir Concert. She looked so pretty I just have to have photos of her.

Second, it's very clean and simple with more focus on the photos then design.

Products used:

Title and background leaves: Cricut: Home accents

Border Punch: Martha Stewart

Bling: Prima

Flowers: generic punch and download for Sure cuts a lot

Coming of Age

 

Layout info:

Funny Layout about my Daughter Tess using her Christmas money to buy clothes. 

One item on her to get list was Bras! She's growing up! When she went back to school

after Christmas break all her friends kept saying there was something different about her 

but they couldn't figure it out. LOL

 Products:

Title Letters: American Craft Thickers

Backgound paper: Basic Grey

Flowers: Cut out from October Afternoon papers

Ribbon: Martha Stewart Silk

Buttons: Dress it up

Border and slot punch: Fiskars

Tab: Autumn Leave stamps

Birthday Girl

My goal this year is to use my Cricut machine more often on my pages. I've used it on the last eight layouts that I will be posting. YEAH!


Info on Layout:

Tess celebrates her Golden Birthday. For those of you who don't know what a Golden Birthday is, (I use to be one of those people) it's when you are the same age as the date you where born. Tess was born on December 11th and she is 11 years old.

Material used:

Cardstock: Bazzill

Glitter cardstock: DCWV

Patterned Paper: DCWV; Party time

Green; Making Memories, Ledger: Pink Paisley

Cake: Cricut cartridge; Stretch your Imagination

Title: Cricut cartridge; Story Book

Tags: Cricut cartridge; Graphically Speaking

Frame: SCAL and Cricut (made by me)
Glitter: Martha Stewart

Stamps: Technique Tuesday; Ali Edwards

Misc: Buttons, twine, # sticker, brads

Fabulous Find

I created this layout from a design made by Nichol Magouirk at Two Peas in a Bucket . She made her die cuts from Silhouette die cutting machine and I made mine by using my Cricut Expression with Sure Cut's A Lot Program and the Graphically Speaking cartridge. I love, love this cartridge.

Info on Layout:
Everyone tells my daughter that she should be a model. She really looks like one in this new European style jacket she bought at TJ MAXX.

Supplies used:
Cardstock: DCWV
Pattern Paper: Scrapworks (Formal Affairs)
Die Cuts: Striped paper made by using Cricut, SCAL, and DCWV cardstock
Tags: Graphically Speaking and October Afternoon papers
Labels: K&Company, Ormolu from Etsy
Title: Graphically Speaking and SCAL using Elegant font
Misc: Tim Holtz paperclip, Button, metal alpha letter, photo turn,
twine, paper flower