Las Vegas - We have arrived!

Since this was my first trip to Vegas I was so shocked to see that there were slot machines in the airport!  I was even more shocked when an airport employee came by and put his arm around me and welcomed me to the city.





I realize this is a pretty plain page. But I wanted the focus to be on the photos not the design of the page.  I used the Keystone cartridge to do the title.  I welded the shadow letters together in Design Studio and cut the tan letters out separately.  I added dots of stickles to give it that Vegas Lights look.  Since this page is next to the first page I used the same patterened paper but changed out the solid cardstock.  Same but different.....

Las Vegas Scrapbook - The beginning

This isn't the most elaborate scrapbook but I tried to do something creative on each page.  This first page I used the Cricut to cut out an airplane from the New Arrival cartridge.  Then I typed my journaling in Word so that it would fit on the plane.  I think this is a cute trick to make your journaling a little more interesting.  The clouds were cut from Mickey and Friends and Jasmine was used for the title.

I'm back....

You wouldn't believe what I have been up to lately.  I finally finished my Las Vegas Scrapbook!  It took a lot of time and dedication to stick with it, not get distracted, and keep my mojo going.  But I did it....  So watch for my upcoming posts where I'll show off all the pages. Well maybe not all of them, but most.

In the mean time I wanted to show you this adorable card I made using a stamp set and template that I purchased at a recent expo.  It's made by Art Gone Wild.  They have some really cool stuff.

We needed a birthday card for one of the bosses at work and I was asked to make a card.  This is what I came up with.  Hope you enjoy it!




Now here is the cute part....  The oven door and the broiler door open!



You can click on the pictures to see a larger view.  Isn't that cool?

Get a load of these!

We had such fun creating and swapping ideas at the card swap last night.  Every card had something to love.  Some have great color combinations and others show how to think outside the box.  I love all the cards and especially how enjoyable it was chatting, and joking, and snacking!  Check out these terrific cards!

Card Swap

I signed up for a card swap that is tomorrow evening.  Why I thought I could do this I don't know....  I have been stressing over this card for 2 weeks.  Our instructions were to design a card, make a sample, then provide the materials for 6 other ladies to make the card.  We are to precut as much as possible.  Then we will make each other's cards at the swap.  Do you know how hard it is to design a card that can be put together in a short period of time?  To design a card when you have no idea how advanced the other ladies are?  So for 2 weeks I have designed, torn up, thrown away, ripped apart, and generally made myself crazy over this!  Finally I came up with this card.  I sure hope it is ok.



I precut the cardstock and designer paper then used my nestabilities to cut out all the ovals and my Cricut to cut out the photo corners. 

The inside is simple.

I will let you know what they thought and show you the other cards I make.  Keep your fingers crossed that I came up with an appropriate design.