Menu Board

I've been wanting to have a menu board for a while now and I finally got around to making one. I used a large picture frame that I bought at Walmart and then used the Cricut cartridges "Opposites Attract" and "From My Kitchen" to decorate it. You can then use a dry erase marker on the glass and have your menu on display so your family knows what's for dinner this week!

4 New Layouts

I've been feeling inspired to scrapbook and create lately, and having tons of fun using my Cricut. Here are 4 new layouts:

an online store

ScrapbookPal is a great place to buy Cricut cartridges online. Check 'em out! This week if you post about them on your blog and link to them you can be entered to win a free cartridge (check out the details on their facebook page)!

update

I keep meaning to update my blog, I think of things to write and plan them out in my head as I'm going to sleep but during the day things get crazy busy and the kids don't let me have enough time to myself to write. Even now as I'm writing this the playroom behind me is becoming a horrible disaster zone. But they aren't fighting or hurting themselves so I'll try and keep on writing for now!

We've been having some trouble potty training our DD, she's stubborn and kept refusing. Finally last week my Dad decided to give it another try and she cooperated! She's been doing really well so far. We're still using diapers at night but I'm so happy with her progress. She's been three since December so it's about time! Here is a picture of our big girl with her Toola Roola pony that we bought a long time ago as a reward for potty training. Toola Roola was on display in her unopened box in our china cabinet for a long time.

And of course since he loves to copy his big sister here is DS pretending to go potty:

This weekend we went to a comic and toy expo so that I could meet Robert Picardo. I love Star Trek Voyager and the Doctor is my favourite character!

Chicka Chicka Boom Boom

"Chicka Chicka Boom Boom" is a favourite book in our house. It was to get the book that my DD first crawled. And DS loves it as well. Last week while singing his ABC's to Grandma and Gido he sang them like this:

"a, b, c, d, e, f, g.... lmnop, q, r, Chicka Boom Boom!"

It was so adorable and funny I just had to make a layout about it! I used the Cricut I recently bought from a friend who upgraded hers, my scanner and my SCAL2 software to recreate the coconut tree and the title fonts exactly. The journalling says "A told B, and B told C, Liam has a cute way to sing his ABC's". I'm really happy with how this one turned out!

Happily Ever Challenged #14

Using the Mojo Monday sketch #169 I decided to make a card to play along with Ted's Happily Ever Challenged #14. This month's challenge is to make a Valentine's day card. You can use any colors, embellishments etc, the only catch is that your sentiment on both the inside and outside has to be in your own handwriting. Here is my card for my DH:

I'm not a big fan of my handwriting and would much prefer for the sentiment on the outside to be a stamp but this will add an extra special touch since it is a little love note for my hubby.

So are you going to play along too? Join in on this fun challenge! You know you have to make a card for Valentine's day anyways so you might as well play along and have a chance to win a 10$ gift certificate from Ted for Papertrey Ink (which is my fave place to buy stamps and matching dies. Seriously awesome company, super cute designs). Check out his blog and the challenge details here.

Some new layouts

I've been in a scrapbooking mood lately and have come up with some layouts I really like!

First one about my two sweeties playing ring around the rosie together. I have this hanging in my scrappy space right now :)

Then I scanned in some old pictures and did a layout about something romantic my DH did for me back when we were first married:

you can read the story behind the pictures in my journalling:

Plus I found the original note that DH had tucked into a CD that I borrowed back when we had first met in university. I thought it deserved to be immortalized in a layout:

I bought a used Cricut machine from my friend who upgraded hers to a bigger one and this is my first layout using the cricut to do the title lettering:

And then I had more fun with my cricut making clouds to use as masks for some misting, plus a swirl and the title letters and star accents. The airplane is a cute sticker.

I'm hoping to get some birthday cards done and I have some ideas on how I can use the cricut in the design. Having lots of fun playing with my new toy during naptime!