Life is Good for a Graduate...BBTB Challenge

Here's a LO I did for a BBTB challenge months ago but never got around to posting. The challenge was to use Life is Good from Graphically Speaking. I used Alphalicious for the other lettering which I welded together with CDS and added a shadow.

For the cap I used a tutorial that I came across and can't remember where so I can't give credit were it is due. Sorry! It uses George and Basic Shapes.

I though it was really cool how the school did the senior pictures. They did some with proper attire and then some with what teenagers will wear. We really liked how this picture came out and so did AJ, so it became the one for that pose. So I thought I would use this challenge and picture for another scrapbook page from my future in-laws:



I inked the edges of the cap with Frosted White pigment ink:


Recipe:
-CS: DCWV "White Texture" and MM "Smooth Cranberry"
-PP: SandyLion "Graduation Caps - Clear Foil"
-Cricut carts: Graphically Speaking for Life is Good cute at 3 1/2" and
Alphalicious for Senior Year 2009 cute at 1 1/2" welded with a shadow and
George for the Grad Cap; triangle @ 2 3/4" and a cylinder at 1 3/4"
-Misc: DMC Floss #902, Colorbox Frosted White Pigment Ink

TFL!

Grilling LO...kinda for the BBTB...I've been tagged

OK, I starting working on my Bitten By The Bug project on time but ended up getting interrupted by lots of stuff and wasn't able to get back to it today. Bad, bad, bad design team member!!!

This is another LO I did for my future mother-in-law...my promise to make her a scrapbook of her grandkids.

The BBTB challenge was to use the "laugh often" cut from the Beyond Birthday cartridge. You really should go over and see all the beautiful things the other DTs did with this challenge!

Here's mine:



This is a really fun cut, great for using on a card to cheer someone up:


On this really cool designer paper by Flair Designs "Hot Off the Grill" there were these really great images and off course when you do a LO you end up covering some great stuff, so I cut out these images where I placed my pictures, matted them on some dark CS to make them pop:






Now onto a different topic, I've been tagged by Donna, who is a very talented lady and a fellow design team member on The Cutting Café. I'm to post the 4th pic in one of my files and explain it. So here it is:


This is my adorable nephew, Chase, who is now 5 weeks old, isn't he a cutie!?!?!

Now I'm going to tag...Glee, Becky, Cindy and Claudia. Must check out blogs for some really great inspiration!

:)

TFL!

Chase has arrived!

Baby Boy Duey is finally here and no longer needs to be referred to that, he now has a name...Chase John, so his nickname is CJ (so very cute, plus I love the name Chase)! But he's even cuter than his name! He was born last night, February 1st at 11:45 PM and weighed 6 lbs 1 oz and measured 18 3/4". Everything thing went very well for both mommy and baby, exhausted but doing very well. So here's what you really want to see...the cutie himself!!!



BIG YAWN!


Brand new proud daddy:


I wasn't able to get a picture of baby and mommy because between everyone taking turns holding baby Chase, by the time he could have been handed over to mommy the doctor came in to do a follow up. So I'll get some (many actually) when they get to go home on Wednesday.

1st time and very happy Grandma:


1st time and also very happy Grandpa:


1st time and excited Auntie:


Now I gotta get to work on that baby book!

Have a great evening everyone!
-Nikki

More Scrapbooking...A day at the beach...BBTB Challenge

Hi, last week's Bitten By the Bug challenge was to use the CIRCLDOT from Mini Monograms, so once again I decided to take advantage to use the challenge to do some work on my scrapbook for my soon-to-be MIL.

You should go over to the BBTB to see all the really great creations that were made using this challenge.

Here's mine:


Sand:
-CS: Bazzill Basics "Blue Calypso", "Rain" and "Tropical"
-PP: Paper Adventures "Baby Blue Scroll"
-Fluid Chalk Ink: Colorbox "Celadon"
-Stickers: Joann's Craft Essentials "Fancy Flops"
-Font: LDJ Fantastical at 46 pts
-Rub-on: Generations "Quotes - Travel"
-Cricut: Mini Monogram cart CIRCLDOT cut in various sizes using CDS

TFL!

17th B-day Card and Laura & Kazan's brand new site 2 Sketches 4 You

Here's a card I made my boyfriend's son who just turned 17 and I used Kazan's sketch from her brand new site 2 Sketches 4 You with Laura. I'm very excited about this new blog, it has been created be two very very talented ladies, Laura Davis and Kazan Clark.

Unfortunately I only had time to do a card with Kazan's sketch. I love Laura's but I wasn't able to get it done in time, but still plain on using it and letting her know when I do.

So, anyway, here's A.J.'s 17th b-day card:

















Recipe for this creations:
-CS: The Paper Company Dark Blue, Classic Red, Gingersnap and White
-DPs: Provo Craft "Stars" and Unknown "Baseballs"
-Stamps: Inkadinkado's "Handmade With Love" and Catslife Press "Don't Even Think About...
-Fluid Chalks by Colorbox: Dune, Cocoa & Merlot
-Cuttlebug: Happy Birthday Embossing Folder
-Stickers: Jolee's Boutique "Red Sox" and Paperbilities Accent's mini 3D Embellishment Stars
-Stickles: Burgundy, Yellow & Turquoise
-Cricut Carts: Doodletype, Celebrations, Doodlecharms, TBBM and Cuttin' Up
-Misc rhinestones and fonts and clip art

TFL!!!