Elegant Edges

Valentine Mini Album and Card

April 17, 2014 by Linda Leave a Comment

I’m finally getting around to posting pictures of the Valentine mini album and card I made for a swap I participated in on the Cricut Circle Message Board. The card features an embroidery design I purchased from Embroidery Library that is made for cardstock. The scalloped frame was cut with my Cricut using the Elegant Edges cartridge.

I found a mini album on Graphic 45’s blog that I really liked. It is made by Gloria Stengel and she calls it a flip album. And lucky for me, there is a tutorial on how to make it. I loved the papers she used, and since I had many of them on hand, my album is almost exactly like hers. I had to change a few of the dimensions on the album because mine was turning out to be a bit too chunky.

All the patterned papers are from Graphic 45, most from the Place in Time collection. The pretty red print on the cover is from the Bird Song collection. I love how you can combine their collections and they coordinate so well.

The roses were light pink and I sprayed them with Starburst spray from Lindy’s Stamp Gang to get the colors I wanted. The shimmer shows up pretty well in the pictures.

The album has an organza ribbon closure.

The dark red lace doily was cut from a Spellbinders heart die.

Here are two pictures that show an overview of the album. It is an interesting album, with all its interactive pages.

This is what it looks like when it is first opened. The frame on the right is made with a Martha Stewart punch-around-the-page combo set. I think it is called Cherish.

The front pocket holds a photo mat.

This is with the first page flipped out. The wings are from a Cuttlebug Embossing Plus die called Vintage Collage. The heart borders are from Martha Stewart punches. The scalloped frame under the wings is from a Spellbinders die.

This is after you flip open the page with the wings. Another scalloped frame from Spellbinders, the heart is from a Martha Stewart die and the key is from Graphic 45. I think the “love” is also a Martha Stewart punch.

And another flip:

Here is a gate fold that opens to the back of the album.

And this what it looks like with the left gate open.

And here we are at the back of the album, with a photo mat held in place with a corner embellishment.

This was a fun album to assemble.

Graphic 45 paper and Ornate Metal Key
Cricut cartridge: Elegant Edges
Spellbinders dies
Martha Stewart punches
Cuttlebug embossing folders and Vintage Collage die

Filed Under: Cards and Projects, Cartridges, Cricut, Elegant Edges, Machine Embroidery, Martha Stewart Punches, Swaps Tagged With: Cricut, Cricut Circle, Graphic 45, Lindy's Stamp Gang, Martha Stewart, Spellbinders

Open Book Easel Card

October 10, 2013 by Linda 3 Comments

I made this card a while ago to send to a lovely lady on the Cricut Circle Message Board who was celebrating her 65th birthday. I wanted to create a special card for her and first set out to make one using a Bookatrix Board. I picked one up on eBay a long time ago and have yet to use it. It’s basically an embossing board and you emboss the edges of the pages for the book and then cut them out by hand.

As I sat reviewing videos on YouTube on how to use the Bookatrix Board, I couldn’t help but wonder why I couldn’t do something similar with my Cricut and not have to cut everything by hand. So this is my attempt at “Cricut-izing” a Bookatrix card. And I have to say I am very happy with how it turned out.

The solid cardstock is Bazzill and the printed papers are all from Graphic 45’s Secret Garden collection. And because I want to remember how I made this card, I am posting a little tutorial.

The book is from the Summer Celebrations Cricut cartridge and is the card feature. I put it on my mat in Cricut Craft Room (CCR) and made the measurements 8″ wide by 5.5″ high. I took two lower case “v”s from Cricut Craft Room Basics, turned them upside down and welded one into each upper corner to hide the notches that are in this particular cut. I also hid the score marks that are in the center of the book. This is layer one (the back layer on the card) — I guess you would call it the cover.

Next is the middle layer. I copied and pasted the first (cover) layer onto another mat and made it 7.75″ wide by 5.25″ high. I did the top (third) layer the same and it measures 7.5″ wide by 5″ high. I cut out all three of the layers.

I laid the top and middle layers (the pages) on my scoreboard along the width and found the center. Then I scored a line 1/4″ on both the left and right side of center. This enables you to fold the pages up slightly and have them sit away from the cover. It is also the area that you will be gluing to attach the layers together. I distressed the edges of the pages only (the middle and top layer) and then inked them. I took a dowel about 1” in diameter (from Lowe’s) and curled the pages under, curling one layer at a time.

The base for the easel card is a piece of solid cardstock that measures 7″ wide by 10″ high. Lay the 10″ side on a scoreboard and score at 2 1/2″ and at 5″. It should look like this unfolded.

And here is how it looks folded.

Cut the remaining pieces. The frames on the pages (for the owl and verse) are from Elegant Edges and cut at 3″. The label where I heat embossed “Happy Birthday” is from Cricut Craft Room Basics and I fiddled with the dimensions to get something that would fit in the area I had to work with on the base of the card. The bottom layer measures 5″ wide by 2.75″ high. The middle layer is 4.75″ wide by 2.5″ high. And the top layer is 4.5″ wide by 2.25″ high.

The mat for the easel card base is 6 3/4″ wide by 4 3/4″ wide. I used a corner punch on the front two edges. This is what your pieces should look like.

To assemble the card, I first attached the book cover (layer one) to the easel base. I centered it across the width and had the bottom edge of the book even with the edge of the base.

Adhere the middle and top layer together, putting the adhesive in the 1/2″ center area created by the two score marks. Before attaching the pages to the cover, lay ribbon down the middle and attach it on the back of the pages at the top and bottom. Adhere the pages to the book cover in the center only.

Assemble the frames, using whatever cuts/designs you wish in the middle. I used the dowel to curve the frames just a little so they would conform to the pages. The computer-printed verse is a layer of the frame. I adhered the frames to the pages before adding the owl. I used the owl from Disney’s Happily Ever After, cut at 2″, and attached it with foam dots.

The daisies are from the Flower Shoppe, cut at 1″. The roses are from the Paisley cartridge. I posted a card here where I give the measurements and a link to a tutorial on how to make the roses. Both are cut from cream-colored cardstock and I inked the edges with distress ink to add color. The center of the daisies are Stickles.

This is what it looks like up to this point, lying flat and minus the owl.

The “Happy Birthday” label is popped up on foam dots and is what holds the easel card up. I added a bow at the top of the ribbon in the center.

The greenery around the flowers is from a Martha Stewart punch, as are the butterflies. I attached a little gold key charm on the “Happy Birthday” label, which you can barely see in this picture. Oh, I also added a pearl to each corner in the front.

This is a side view of the card, so you can see how it stands.

And this is what the completed card looked like folded flat.

Because my card would not fit into a standard envelope, I made a little box for it to sit in.

At some point I will probably post this in Cricut’s Project Center and will attach the file. In the meantime, I hope you enjoy this little tutorial.

Cricut cartridges used: Cricut Craft Room Basics, Disney’s Happily Ever After, Elegant Edges, Flower Shoppe, Summer Celebrations
Bazzill cardstock
Graphic 45 Secret Garden collection
Martha Stewart punches
Ribbon
Key charm
Stickles

Filed Under: Cards and Projects, Cartridges, Cricut, Cricut Craft Room Basics, Elegant Edges, Flower Shoppe, Happily Ever After, Martha Stewart Punches, Stickles, Summer Celebrations Tagged With: Bazzill, Cricut, Distress Ink, Embossing Powder, Graphic 45, Martha Stewart, Stickles

Circleville 2013 NSD – Oh The Places You’ll Go! Challenge

May 8, 2013 by Linda 2 Comments

I just completed my second project for Circleville’s NSD Challenges. This one is hosted by Marty (Eyelet on the message board) and she gave us a sketch to follow. I made a card.

I used my Imagine again, printing the papers from the Floral Emporium cartridge. It was my first time using this cartridge — it has some really pretty patterns on it. I printed both the patterned and solid paper.

Here is the sketch:

card sketch.jpg

The blue flap (don’t know what else to call it) is from Elegant Edges <Eyelt1-s>. I stretched it some in each direction in CCR to get it to the size of the card. I then copied that shape and stretched it a bit more to get a shadow. The circle of flowers is from Paper Trimmings <Flower8><Circle>, cut at 3″. The sentiment is from Sentimentals <Letter2><Layer>, cut at 2.5″. Because the letters are so thin and small, I cut them from white vinyl.

The band on the card is two strips of cardstock, one 1″ wide, the other 1.25″ wide. I used an EK Success border punch on them, Deco Scallops.

Cricut cartridges — Elegant Edges, Floral Emporium (Imagine), Paper Trimmings, Sentimentals
EK Success Deco Scallops border punch
White vinyl

Filed Under: Cards and Projects, Circle Challenge, Cricut, EK Success Punches, Elegant Edges, Floral Emporium (Imagine), Paper Trimmings, Sentimentals Tagged With: Card, Challenge, Cricut, Cricut Challenge, Cricut Imagine, EK Success, Imagine, vinyl

Circleville NSD 2013 — What’s It Owl About?

May 4, 2013 by Linda 23 Comments

Thank you for stopping by my blog. To celebrate National Scrapbook Day, some of the crafty members of the Cricut Circle are posting projects and activities on the message board all weekend long.

I created a challenge for my project and would like to share it with you. My theme is owls — and the challenge is pretty simple, just create a project with an owl on it. I made a layout using a cute owl family from Hoot ‘n’ Holler.

I laid out my design in Cricut Craft Room. The patterned paper is printed on my Imagine using the Nursery Tails cartridge. The solid cardstock is from Bazzill. I began with Elegant Edges for the scalloped square in the background, cut at 10.5″, using <sclop2-s> and the shadow feature. I used a white Sharpie poster paint marker to make the “stitch” lines around the square.

Next I cut the two wood frames from Pooh & Friends at 5.5″ and 6.5″. The frames are three layers — the basic feature and then two on the blackout feature. For the piece cut using the printed paper, I hid the inside cut lines in CCR, so the piece was solid — it did not look like a frame. Here is a picture of what it looks like in CCR.

I first assembled the basic cut and the blackout frame feature, adhering them together. Then I prepared to glue the frame to the printed frame piece. I wanted to leave an edge open so the picture could slide inside, so after deciding which end I wanted to leave open, I glued the frame to the mat on three sides only. I used a liquid glue, but for the photo I laid some papers on the frame to show you were I put the glue. I did this to both frames.

You can see in this photo how the pictures will slide into the frames. I used a piece of scrap cardstock for demonstration purposes.

Next was adhering the frames to the layout. Since I wanted to hide tags behind the frames, I put the adhesive on the back of the frame the same way — gluing only 3 sides. I marked the back of my frame to indicate which side was open for the photo, so I could be sure and leave the same end open for the tag. I used the red sticky tape to adhere the frames to the layout.

Before attaching the frames to my background, I laid the cut pieces on it to get an idea where I wanted to place the frames. I made light pencil marks on the background to guide me in the placement.

I then checked to make sure the tags slid into the pockets behind the frames.

I made the tags to fit behind the frames, adjusting them in CCR to get the proper fit. I used Tags, Bags, Boxes & More and the cut is <rndtop2>. The large tag is 6.5″ x 3.75″ and the small one is 5.5″ x 3.125″. The lined notebook paper is from Simply Charmed, cut at 2.75″ x 4.5″ and 3.375″ x 5.375″, with the facial features and holes hidden. This is a screenshot of the CCR file for the tags.

I used a punch to round the corners and a ruler and colored pencils to go over the score marks on the paper to make it look like actual notebook paper. I just lightly held the pencils to the paper.

I adhered the notebook paper to the tags.

Next up was the owl family. They were cut at 5″ using Hoot ‘n’ Holler. After I cut all the pieces, I used chalk and ink to shade them. I went over all the edges with chalk first, using a pom pom and chalk applicator. Then I inked the edges using Distress Ink.

I assembled each owl first and then glued them onto the branch. I bought a mustache punch a couple of weeks ago, so I had to try it out on Papa owl. I think he looks pretty dapper with it. The bow on Momma owl’s head is from Simply Charmed. I attached the leaves next.

After adhering all the owls and leaves onto the branch, I attached the branch to my layout. The owl cut did not include the flowers. I used Cricut Essentials, cutting Flower 4 at 1″. I cut three for the branch and four for the tags. I used Distress Ink (Squeezed Lemonade) to ink the edges of the flowers and Stickles for the centers.

The title is from Hoot ‘n’ Holler, cut at 3″. The scallop oval is from Francy Frames and the cut is <fram13lr>. I hid the inside cut so I ended up with a solid piece. I resized the oval to fit the title and it measures roughly 5.625″ x 3.75″.

Here is a picture of the completed layout with the tags pulled partially out. Hiding journaling tags behind your photo mats is easy to do.

To top off the fun, I am offering a prize for comments here on my blog. All you have to do is leave a comment, but only one per person will go into the drawing. I will leave it open for a week, until May 12 at 8 p.m. (EDT), when I will randomly draw a name. I am giving away some Graphic 45 goodies — an 8″ x 8″ Secret Garden paper pad and a small matchbook box.

SmMatchbook copy

I am sharing a list of some of the talented members of Circleville who have joined together for the weekend festivities and invite you to visit their blogs and see their wonderful projects:

With Glittering Eyes – 8AM EDT Saturday, May 4, 2013 “It’s All About Perspective” Tutorial and Blog Prize – $20 Hobby Lobby Gift Card!
Around the Block with Scrapalette – 11AM EDT Saturday, May 4, 2013 “Tic Tac Toe Challenge and Blog Prize!
Col’s Creative Corner – 1PM EDT Saturday, May 4, 2013 “Ease on Down the Road” Blog Prize- $15 Michael’s Crafts Gift Card!
Paper, Craft and Scissors – 3PM Saturday, May 4, 2013 “On Pins” theme and Blog Prize – $25 Simon Say Stamp Gift Card!
Stamp, Cut, Create! blog – 4PM EDT Saturday, May 4, 2013. “Tin Is In” theme and Blog Prize!
The Non-Crafty Crafter – 8PM EDT Saturday, May 4, 2013 “Let’s Split- CCR Tutorial” (Learn to create a split letter monogram) and Blog Prize!
Scrappin With The Bug blog – 10PM EDT Saturday, May 4, 2013 “The Crazy Bs Challenge” and Blog Prize!
Sara W. Andrews blog – 9AM EDT Sunday, May 5, 2013 “Go Big or Go Home Challenge” and Blog Prize – $20 Hobby Lobby Gift Card!
Scrappin With the Bug blog – 11AM EDT Sunday, May 5, 2013 “Tropical Sunset Color Challenge” and Blog Prize!
I Came, I Saw, I Created blog – 6:30PM EDT Sunday, May 5, 2013 “Did-I-MENSION???” Challenge and Blog Prize!

Cricut cartridges used: Elegant Edges, Fancy Frames, Hoot ‘n’ Holler, Nursery Tails (Imagine), Pooh and Friends, Simply Charmed, Tags, Bags, Boxes & More

Bazzill cardstock
Distress Ink
Chalk
Stickles

Filed Under: Cards and Projects, Circle Challenge, Elegant Edges, Fancy Frames, Hoot 'n' Holler (Lite), Layouts, Pooh & Friends, Simply Charmed, Stickles, Tags, Bags, Boxes & More Tagged With: Bazzill, Cricut, Cricut Imagine, Distress Ink, Graphic 45, Stickles

Prom Princess Scrapbook Layout

April 16, 2012 by Linda 6 Comments

Wow, it has been so long since I posted something on our blog. A couple of weeks ago, Bitten by the Bug 2, posted their Princess (the Word) Challenge and I decided I wanted to participate. Of course, I waited until the last minute to finish my project. Time is running so short, in fact, that I am going to post pictures right now so I can link my project to their blog and then come back and post the details. I am hoping I can come back and add comments without creating a disaster — we’ll see how that works out 🙂

OK, now I will see if I can add some details. The picture in this layout is of our dog and it was taken in 2006, shortly after we adopted her from a rescue group. Fifi was in foster care for about a year before we got her, so we decided to keep the name she came with — even though it was not high on my hubby’s list of dog names.

Fifi also came with a few issues, the most worrisome was that she nipped. We talked with our veterinarian about the problem and she recommended a dog trainer–Fifi likes to refer to her as her personal trainer. Anyway, the trainer seemed to do the trick as Fifi has not nipped since getting individual and group training.

At the end of the year, the trainer had a party for the dogs. She does this each year and always chooses a different theme. For 2006 the theme was Prom. The dogs all came dressed up, but once they walked for judging they got to get undressed and get down to some serious partying — which included running in the dog park and lots of doggy treats.

This was the first (and so far only) time that Fifi has dressed up — and I wanted to make her something special to wear. I altered a dog pattern to make her frilly dress. I also made a matching cover for her leash. I was surprised that Fifi did not mind wearing the dress. After walking for the judges, Fifi was chosen as a Prom Princess and her award was a new chew toy.

I used a paper stack from Die Cuts With a View called The Chateau Lavender. I laid out my design in Cricut Design Studio and I used the Once Upon a Princess cartridge for the title “Princess” cut and Don Juan for “Prom”. The frame was cut from Elegant Edges, the throne from Formal Occasion and the dog and crown from Paper Pups.

I did some heat embossing on the frame using some Stampendous products that I recently bought. The embossing powder I used all over the frame is called Fran-tage Shabby White Opaque. It is chunky and has lots of gold glitter in it. I also added some Stampendous Shaved Ice on top of the powder before I heated it — the Shaved Ice adds chunks of bling. My only problem was trying to keep it from blowing all over. I heated the frame from underneath, as Stampendous recommends.

I cut a throw rug to go underneath the throne using George and Basic Shapes. For the white on the crown, I heat embossed it using the same Stampendous products that I used on the frame. I did some chalking on the pup.

I used Stampendous Fran-Tage Lavender Crushed Glass Glitter on the princess hat in the title and used Stickles on the star that dots the “i”. The last step was the small flowers, which are Recollections brand from Michaels that I recently got on clearance. I used Stickles in the center of the flowers.

DCWV The Chateau Lavender
Cricut Cartridges: Don Juan, Elegant Edges, Formal Occasion, Once Upon a Princess, Paper Pups
Stampendous Fran-tage Shabby White Opaque Embossing Powder, Lavender Crushed Glass Glitter, Shaved Ice
Recollections flowers
Stickles

Filed Under: Bitten by the Bug 2, Cards and Projects, Cartridges, Challenges, Challenges, Cricut, Don Juan, Elegant Edges, Layouts, Once Upon a Princess, Paper Pups, Stickles Tagged With: Challenge, DCWV, Embossing Powder, Glitter, Glossy Accents, Stampendous

Vintage Birthday Card for Cricut Circle Blog’s Monthly Challenge

May 30, 2011 by Linda 4 Comments

Here I am, getting another project submitted with just a few hours to spare. I guess I work better with deadlines closing in on me, although I do not care for the stress. But who can I blame for procrastinating? Yep, no one but me!

I decided to make a birthday card for my niece and this is my first time trying to make something that looks vintage. I love the look of vintage but didn’t know how well I would do trying to create it. I am happy with how it turned out, especially for a first try.

The paper I chose is the reason I went for the vintage look. I picked up a pad of paper by Bo Bunny when I was shopping last week. It is the Gabrielle Collection and there are some beautiful designs in it.

The monthly challenge for May at the Cricut Circle is the Tic Tac Toe Challenge. The object is to pick three prompts in a row from a tic tac toe grid and to include at least two Cricut cuts.

I chose a diagnoal row, going from the bottom left to the right top — which consisted of: use a cut of a flower shape, use a ruffle, and use some buttons.

Because the paper is so pretty, I decided to use a frame around one of the designs. I cut the frame from the Elegant Edges Cricut cartridge. I made my ruffle from a piece of seam binding and laid down a piece of lace on the paper before adding the ruffle. The pearls on the ruffle are actually white buttons that I colored with my Copics. I cut the shanks off the button before gluing them on the ruffle.

The flowers were the most time-consuming part of my card. I cut them out of plain off-white cardstock using my Accent Essentials cartridge. I inked all the edges and then formed the cuts into roses. I sprayed them with Glimmer Mist — sure wish the sparkle showed up in the pictures.

I cut the leaves from the same off-white cardstock using the Picturesque cartridge, inked them green and then ran them through my Cuttlebug using the Swiss Dots folder. The butterfly is from the Martha Stewart Elegant Cake Art cartridge. I found a button in my stash that matched the butterfly beautifully. I added some Memory Thread to the button and glued it on the body of the butterfly. On the lacy layer of the butterfly, I added some sparkle using Glossy Accents and Diamond Dust. I also used Distress Stickles on its body.

I cut some tickets using Wall Decor & More and inked them a light coral color. I cut the tickets at 2″ and they fit the stamp set perfectly. I then stamped them with a stamp set from Autumn Leaves called Ticketed.

The inside of the card features a different piece of the Bo Bunny paper and another ticket.

I used lots of foam dots on this card. Here is a photo showing a side view so you can get an idea of the dimension that this card has.

Since I can’t put this card into a normal envelope, I made a box to hold it. But I need to take a picture of the box. I will post the picture once I take it.

I’m back with some pics of the box. I ended up adding my niece’s name to the top of the box, which I cut from Storybook.

Bo Bunny – Gabrielle Collection
Cricut cartridges used: Accent Essentials, Elegant Edges, Martha Stewart Elegant Cake Art, Picturesque, Wall Decor & More
Cuttlebug folder – Swiss Dots
Glimmer Mist
Seam binding
Stickles
Autumn Leaves stamps – Ticketed
DMC Memory Thread
Glossy Accents
Diamond Dust
Buttons from stash

Filed Under: Accent Essentials, Card Challenges, Cards and Projects, Circle Challenge, Copics, Cricut, Elegant Edges, Martha Stewart Elegant Cake Art, Picturesque, Rubber Stamps, Storybook, Wall Decor & More Tagged With: Card Challenge, Cricut, Cuttlebug, Glossy Accents, Stickles

Duffy the Disney Bear Celebrates Cinco de Mayo Layout

May 26, 2011 by Linda 1 Comment

Whoo hoo — I’m back with my second layout. I haven’t posted in quite some time, but I am so excited because my first layout won in the Provocraft contest that was held in conjunction with the launch of the new Cricut Expression E2. I was the next-to-the-last winner announced on Provo’s Facebook page and couldn’t believe my eyes when I saw my layout pictured on their wall.

This is my first “major award” — and what did I win?……A new Cricut Expression E2 — whoooo hoooo. It has already arrived and I hope to start playing with it soon. Thank you so much Provo Craft!!

I created this layout to enter in the latest Cricut Circle Blog weekly challenge, which ends in just a few hours. This is a sketch challenge and you have to follow the sketch posted on the blog. It always takes me time to come up with inspiration, particularly when doing layouts. Hopefully as I gain more experience the ideas will come more quickly. Now for a little background info about this layout. Erin (my daughter and co-conspirator on this blog) is currently living in Taiwain and is a huge Disney fan. She has visited all five parks many times. She got bit by the Duffy Bear bug while on a visit to Tokyo Disneyland. Duffy is Mickey Mouse’s teddy bear, sewn by Minnie Mouse to keep Mickey company while traveling. Notice his face is shaped like Mickey’s head. While Duffy was exclusive to Tokyo Sea, he is now being featured at Disney World, Disney California Adventure, and Hong Kong Disneyland. Erin brought me a Duffy and Shellie May (the girl version, and still only available at Tokyo Sea) on one of her visit’s home. She has since given me a Duffy bear from Hong Kong Disneyland, and I added two of my own from California Adventure. While Erin’s bears have traveled all over the world (Japan, Hong Kong, France, the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, Switzerland, Luxembourg, Tahiti, Belize, to name a few), my bears are content to reside mainly in California. Living in Taiwain, Erin is about 15 hours ahead of our time here in California. For Cinco de Mayo, she posted pictures of one of her Duffy bears celebrating Cinco de Mayo on her Disney travel blog, Pooh’s Travels. She dressed him in his outfit from Mexico and shows him sitting at the dinner table with a meal of chicken taquitos and mango margaritas spread out before him. As soon as I saw her post I knew I had to do something special with one of my Duffy bears for Cinco de Mayo so I could send pictures to Erin. As my hubby and I had plans to go to Acapulco restaurant for dinner on May 5, I dressed my bear in his serape and sombrero and he tagged along. Yep, we took a bear to dinner! The older I get the less I seem to care if people think I’m crazy! I took a couple of pictures of him sitting in the booth with chips and salsa. And my hubby is the one who put the chip in Duffy’s paw and moved the salsa close to him. But the coolest part was that the restaurant had this beautiful young lady acting as a greeter for Cinco de Mayo and she was all dressed up in a gorgeous outfit from Mexico. On the way out of the restaurant I asked her if Duffy could take a picture with her and she obliged. I couldn’t wait to get home and send the pictures to Erin. When I first saw the pictures, I thought Duffy looked like he was sitting in a cantina and a song immediately came to mind — El Paso, by Marty Robbins. So I included the first two verses when I sent Erin the pics and decided to include them on my layout too.

The patterned paper I used on this layout is from Basic Grey, their Life of the Party collection. The cartridges I used are Elegant Edges for the stamped background mat and the diamond trim at the bottom of the pictures, Old West for the title, Mickey & Friends for the Mickey heads (I welded one to a rectangle for the tag that pulls out at the top), and Wild Card for the sombrero.