Color Combo #123

That's a layout featuring my oldest daughter and son--they're the middle two. They are almost three years apart. I never thought I'd ever see them at the same prom. My daughter's boyfriend, Max, is a bit younger than Brandi, a senior, and Jake's girlfriend, Richelle, is older than Jake, a senior. This picture was taken last Saturday--I must have taken at least a hundred pictures. It was Jake's first prom and Brandi's last prom. These four are the beautiful people in my life, therefore the title.   

The title was created using the Tinkerbell and Friends with Opposites Attract Cricut cartridges, and the photo corners are from the Storybook Cricut cartridge.  Also involved, the basic black Cricut color pen, which outlined "Beautiful" and the photo corners. I had help making the background using a brush I found online in Photoshop CS3.  The color inspiration came from CCG#123 created by this week's Guest Designer, Jennifer Armentrout at Color Combos Galore (http://colorcombosgalore.ning.com/). Yumi Takasaki, aka marimari, is the featured member. Be sure to head on over for the inspiration from these talented ladies and CCG's design team. If you want to participate in the color challenge, follow the link and post your layouts there by Sunday to be eligible for the monthly RAK.

I hope you all have a safe and relaxing holiday.  I've been doing a lot of sewing and surging lately and have some projects to get caught up on.  Thanks for coming by and see ya next time!

Color Combo #122

I hope everyone had a nice, relaxing Mother's Day. My husband surprised me with mookies in the morning, which doubled as snacks throughout the day. For dinner, he presented a coleslaw, provolone, and grilled Korean tri-tip sandwich on potato bread. That was yummo! My littlest ones drew portraits of me all day long. Brandi, my oldest really outdid herself. She got me a Singer Ultralock machine which is something I've had my eye on for quite a little while now. I just love it. It's much easier to operate than I thought it would be and it's pretty quiet, too.

The very talented Debbi Tehrani is the color combo creator for Designers Challenge Week at CCG. I always love to see what she's come up with using the weekly challenges, and I was very pleased to see her own color combo--very pretty. You'll enjoy the inspiration from the rest of the CCG designers and our featured member this week is Esther Andrews--I adore her style with the digi: http://colorcombosgalore.ning.com/

This layout features recent pictures taken of Gwen and my hubby enjoying a few cups of tea together on a Saturday evening. My hubby is not a small man. He's about 6'2" tall and is a good size. He's sitting in Gwen's "Dora the Explorer" chair--isn't he adorable. He even poses for my camera. He always makes times like these special for our children and really goes the extra mile for them. I love him for so many reasons.

Again, lots of fun with my Cricut on this layout. I used a lot of my favorite cartridges, and a shape from a cartridge I got recently--the chipboard mat with the circles came from Locker Talk--lots of good cuts on that cartridge that I hadn't noticed before. Soon I think I'm going to utilize the album on that cartridge to make a keepsake for Gwen's teacher. I've been taking photos of the class all year when visiting--I think she might enjoy that. I also got to use my Cuttlebug with textile embossing folder for the tea set, etc.

Thanks, Debbi for the combo! If you want to participate in the challenge, follow the link and post your layouts there by Sunday to be eligible for the monthly RAK--Good luck!

Color Combo #121

Emilie Ahern is the guest designer at Color Combos Galore this week. She has created quite the inspirational combo--by far this one is my favorite. There's just something so invigorating, yet feminine about the orange and pink together--I just love it. You'll enjoy the inspiration from the CCG designers and our featured member this week is Anthea Peterson: http://colorcombosgalore.ning.com/

I got to play with the connected alpha from the new Lyrical Letters Cricut Cartridge. Love it! Lots of choices on this cartridge for alphas and card fronts, sentiments, and goodies.

If you want to participate in the challenge, follow the link and post your layouts there by Sunday to be eligible for the monthly RAK--Good luck!

I hope all of you mothers have a fabulous Mother's Day.