Summer Mini Album

I enjoy making shape albums with my Cricut as they are kinda like a 3-D scrapbook layout.  This album was made with Pack Your Bags, Doodle Charms, and Enjoy the Seasons Cricut cartridges.  These are some pictures I took from a  local beach with my family. To fit more pictures in my album, pictures were tucked behind cuts or place in envelopes.  This is also my entry for the Cricut Circle's Weekly Challenge.  The challenge is to use a sun and the word "summer".  I have 3 suns... I wonder if I will get extra credit?

Supplies Used: 
Stamps: Peachy Keen, PKSC-06 'soak it in', crab's face; PK-112 sun faces; PK-103 inside the sand castle
Papers: Coredinations, Me & My Big Ideas Ellen Krans Starfish, Paper Studio Daydream Doodle
Inks: Tim Holtz Wild Honey
Stickers: K I Memories Juicy Summer

Peachy Challenge 15 - Just Cards

The Challenge:  Create a card using your Peachy Keen Stamps to make your own original background! Your design must be new and be sure to link up by May 2, 11:59 EST.  Stop by the Peachy Keen Stamps Challenge blog to see all the all the wonderful cards and enter your card.They will be awarding "TOP PEACH" and two runner ups will receive a spiffy badge to display on their blog!

This challenge was so fun... I made two cards! 

For my fist card, I cut a drink shape from the Pack Your Bags Cricut cartridge.  I wanted a 50s retro feel and stamped the drink shape with the umbrella from PK-105 Happy Hour on my background paper.  A cupcake liner was altered into a paper umbrella.  I added flowers on the umbrella by tapping my Copic markers and then rolled a little scrap of white paper for the topper.


The "cheers! "sentiment is from the same stamp set
PK-105 Happy Hour



For my next card, I used the two cherry stamps from PK-106 With a Cherry on Top!.  The cherries seem to be the perfect fit from the sentiment I found on the Cricut cartridge Lyrical Letters.  The die cut cherries have faces from PK-480 Christmas Character Face Assortment.

Summer Vacation Memories

I purchased a plastic shell bathing suit top. (OMG, not to wear!!! I thought it would make a cute mini album.)  I just love how this little shell holds the memories of a great day at the beach with my family.  The clam shell opens like a compact to reveal 16 photos. My Gypsy was used to weld a shape that would fit into the shell.  Most of the cuts are from Life is a Beach and Pack Your Bags.  When the Cricut Circle's Weekly challenge was opened for a scrapbook layout or mini album sharing you summer vacation memories, I knew I had to get started making this project.

Close up of Tide Pool-  I used the Koi Pond Cuttle bug folder to emboss some plastic packing material to add some "foam" stickles. Would you believe my "rocks" are cricut cuts of Tinker Bell's hair?

The Simple Pleasures..

I made this card for a  Sketch Challenge  at Peachy Keen Stamps.  This girl in the inner tube is from Pack Your Bags Cricut Cartridge.  I hid her face on my Gypsy and stamped a sweet face with my PK-640 Princess Face Assortment.  The sentiment is form PK-277 Vivienne and friends.  I plan on looking like this girl this weekend as we will be at a family reunion at my cousin's pool.  Although, I bet I will have kids squirting me in the face with their super soaker squirt guns. 

Flip Flop Mini Album

This mini was made to display some beach photos with my family along the California coast.  The project was inspired by Imaginisce paper that I bought for the June Cricut Magazine Challenge.  I had this idea to mount the book on a real flip-flop and repeat the flip-flop image on the A Shore Thing Imaginisce line.  My local store did not carry the complete line so I added some beachy Splash Dance paper form Imaginisce.  So with my new paper and $1.50 invested children's flip-flops, I was off to create my project.  With my trusty Gypsy, a shape was welded to match the flip-flop.  This shape matched the shoe but I liked the stylized shape of the sandal on the Life is a Beach cartridge.  I ended up welding the top of the Life is a Beach cartridge to my welded piece.  I cut the store bought flip-flop on a band saw using my cricut cut as a template.  (Shhh, don't tell hubby I am cutting foam shoes on his band saw.) 

Pack Your Bags cut, I-top flower center, I-rock gems

Charms from Life is a Beach, Photo Corners Jasmine

Popsicle Simply Charmed

Sun and stamp frames Pack Your Bags, flip-flops and penguin cut from A Shore Thing Imaginisce paper

otter Everyday Paper dolls, photo corners Jasmine

For the Cricut Magazine Challenge it was requested that you incorporate 3 Imaginisce products.  I used the following paper:  A Shore Thing - Sun-ripe Stripe and Cool Pool Chatter, Splash Dance - Polka Dot Bikini and Coral's Reef. 
Project also uses I-Rock tool and gems, and I-Top brad Topper with 22 mm brad.