Monkey Mobile For The Noise Maker's Room

The Mess Maker has had a ribbon mobile in her room since almost day one and I decided that (a year later) it was time for the Noise Maker to have one, too!  Since he has animals all over his room, I thought the monkey swinging from the vine from Create a Critter would be perfect!

I cut out 20 vines using the "Fit To Page" function and adhered two together to make 10 long vines.  I hot glued them to the inside of an painted embroidery hoop.  Then I cut out the monkeys and hot glued them onto the vines.  To finish, I used Design Studio to weld three bananas together to form "bunches" and hot glued those randomly over the vines.

Then I hung it onto his light with green ribbon.  That's it!  Thanks for looking and have a creative day!  :)

Monkey Birthday Invitations (Create a Critter)

My neice (who is also my God-daughter) is turning one on May 29th and I got to make her birthday invitations!!!  My sister and her husband call Avery their "little monkey" so the theme for her first birthday was pretty much decided a long time ago.  :)

My sister likes the "Pink Mod Monkey" themed party supplies, so the colors and girly monkey are inspired by those.  For the monkey I used Create a Critter...can I just tell you this is my ALL-TIME-FAVORITE cartridge?!?!?  I used black cardstock for the base, medium brown for Layer 1 and light brown for Layer 2.  She's cut at 3".  I added a flower to her head to make her a "girl monkey", which was cut from Wedding Solutions.

I added some leafy ribbon I purchased from my LSS to the top left corner, punched a mini hole in the monkey's hand and added a small ring to hang her from the vine...she swings!!!  The scallop circle and circle were cut from Storybook and I printed the wording onto the circles after they were cut.  I added a ribbon to ground the circle and attached the the circle with foam adhesive to make it pop.

I made the inside by just running the cardstock through my printer before trimming it and constructing the card base.  The monkey is from my Micorsoft Word Clipart...how cute is she???

Thanks for looking and have a creative day!

Natural Beauty Layout

This layout is based on a sketch by Pencil Lines (#149). I always like to try new things to keep scrapbooking exciting and interesting... This is my first circle layout and I must say that I think it's really fun! The paper line by My Little Shoebox is just tooooooo cute, and perfect for the subject of "natural" beauty.

I layered a coordinating paper over the circle paper. Then I tied a sheer polka dot bow. I matted my photos and placed them according to the sketch. I used some pre-made flower embellishments with a little "sparkle" and then cut my title (and layer) with my Cricut (Opposites Attract cartridge). Ta-da! TFL!!! :)

Layout: "Don't Laugh With Food In Your Mouth" (Friday Scrapsketch Challenge)

This layout was made from yesterday's Scrapsketch Challenge...I found three photos of the Mess Maker that I just had to put on a layout and I thought this one was perfect for them! 

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I didn't have the scallop-frame paper, so I cut a piece of 12x12 patterned paper with the Cricut (Storybook).  Then I matted it with brown and orange cardstock. 

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I made an orage scallop-edge border strip and pulled ribbons through the holes.  I cut a 1-inch strip from some packing material (brown ridged cardboard) and inked the edges and top and then sanded over the inking.  I inked another green strip of patterned paper and placed all three strips together in the center. 

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I cut the title with the Cricut as well (PS and OA).  I matted the words "in your mouth" with cream cardstock strips. 

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The flower embellishment is also made with the Cricut (AE).  I tied a ribbon through a button and centered it

in the flower.

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Here's the original sketch:

TFL!!!  :)