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Tuesday, November 9, 2010

Cricut Circle Challenge #6


Well here's a scrapbook LO for this week's CC challenge.  I've decided to do a LO page because.....well honestly I've got 2 years of catching up with the tons of photos I've got!  I'm the family paparrazzi.  Which is fine and dandy to be one - somebody's gotta make sure that everything that happens in my family is documented.  The hardest part is actually sorting through thousands of digital shots and putting them in albums.

For this week's challenge, below were the instructions:

The birds are flying south for the winter and we’re heading inside to “feather” our own nests in preparation for the cooler months ahead. This challenge is in honor of the birds! Create a project of your choice using a minimum of 2 different Cricut Cuts. Your project must also include a bird of some kind and stitching (machine stitching, hand stitching, or both).

The 2 almost identical photos were actually taken January 2008.  My kids and their cousins almost always end up in our house.  I double matted the photos then stitched them with the use of the zigzag feature in my very old sewing machine.  Not bad considering this is the first time I've ever stitched paper and photos - but don't look closely cuz I think I messed up in the corners :)  The title was cut using Doodletype font cart and the Gypsy font cart.  The white circle with the stamped "smile" and flower images was cut using George cart.  The small green scalloped circle was cut from the Easter 2010 cart.  The big scalloped circle was cut from the Easter 2010 cart as well and threaded with red tulle. The bird was cut from Stretch Your Imagination cart.  Almost everything was foam mounted which means I need to go to Michael's soon (I think there's a 20% off everything coupon for this weekend - sweeeeeeet!) .  Thanks for looking!

6 comments:

owlbeescrappin said...

Love the colors and layout! I am several years behind on mine and I also have thousands of digital photos...YIKES! Good luck on the challenge!

MelodyR aka Ry&MysMom said...

Thanks for visiting and the kind words, Angel!

Linda Kaiser said...

I love this page and the kids are too cute. I am so far behind on my photos too! Yikes!

MelodyR aka Ry&MysMom said...

@ Linda: Yes, "yikes"! I think I'm going to have to do a LO for the challenges from now on - I hope - to catch up! Thanks for visiting! :)

papillon digital design said...

Love the layout. I love your ribbon stitching and the title mix is awesome.
Oh girl - don't even remind me of pictures!! I haven't even started beyond just 2 or 3 :)

MelodyR aka Ry&MysMom said...

Thanks for stopping by Pam! :)