Artbooking Made Easy: Trailblazing Travel Albums

Found this great video from Close To My Heart about the Artbooking cartridge and had to share it!






Hope you enjoy it!  If you would like to purchase your own cartidge just click on this link:

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Thanks for stopping by!
Meredith

Monster High Layout using Laughing Lola

When my daughter first saw the Laughing Lola papers she immediately said "Ohhh they look like Monster High!"  So of course I had to do a layout featuring her love of Monster High that dominated her second grade year.

She had a Monster High backpack, a Monster High Birthday party, and of course all the Monster High merchandise one could want.  The layout is simple because for me it's hard to add so many pictures to a two page layout....and I couldn't just leave any of them out!

I used the new Artbooking Cricut Cartridge to make a cute little bow frame.

And the sparkling Laughing Lola accessories make it easy to embellish.

This second page features pictures from the morning of her birthday (her Frankie doll gift) and also pictures of her party.

Love the sparkles!

And I guess it is about time I got this layout finished considering she just started third grade and her next birthday is days away!!

Have a great week!
Meredith

Supplies Used: all CTMH unless noted
Paper: Laughing Lola B&T and CS
Stamps: Varsity Alphabet (E1023)
Ink: Black
Other: Laughing Lola Compliments DE, Laughing Lola Assortment, Artbooking

Big Boy 12x12 Layout

This summer I have the amazing chance to spend some quality time in my hometown with my parents.  My kiddos loved the beach, riding around in Pawpaw's golf cart and drinking milkshakes almost every night!

But one thing I will always remember is that it is the summer that my three year old son gave up his "bah" otherwise known as a pacifier.  It was a little rough at first, but not nearly as bad as I thought it would be.  He's a big boy for sure now.  But when I watch him sleep I still think of him as my baby.

One morning I sneaked into his room and took this picture of the morning sun falling in over him before he woke.  I love love love it.  It will always remind me of the sweet mornings of this summer where we were lazy and relaxed.  I thought and thought about how to capture that feeling with the layout and decided to make it a simple one page affair with soft relaxing colors to compliment the colors of the photo.

The note pages are cut using the new Artbooking cartridge.  I attached the top on only at the bottom so you can lift it to see the hidden journaling.  I added staples as the only other accessories.  The star cutout is from Artbooking also.

This is definitely one of my favorite LOs.  Could have something to do with that little cutie sleeping there...

Meredith

Supplies Used: all CTMH unless noted
Paper:  Sky CS, Pacifica CS, White Daisy CS
Ink: Pear, Pacifica, Gypsy
Stamps: Framework Alphabet (E1027) Take Note Cricut Bundle (D1574)
Other: Cricut Artbooking Cartridge, staples