Santa Cruz Beach and Boardwalk LO

Hi there!  Today's project is linked to the CC Blog for their weekly challenge using borders.  I'm way too behind on scrapbooking so I thought I'd scrap some pics for our album.  The pics were taken in 2008 during our day trip to Santa Cruz Beach and Boardwalk.  This project turned out to be a 4-page LO since  it was hard for me to choose pics ;) to include (I was able to use 11 pictures in all). 

On to the details:

pages 1 & 2

pages 3 & 4

beads....simply because I was in a dangly mood ;)

*letters used were from the Life Is A Beach cart, embossed with the D'vine Swirls CB folder

*8 different "charms" on the first 2 pages were from Life Is A Beach cart, with the bottom layers embossed with Tiny Bubbles CB folder, then embellished with jute twines  and some beads on the bottom

*seashells cut used for journaling from Create A Critter cart

*borders used on all 4 pages were 2 seashell borders welded from Life Is A Beach cart

*coaster on pages 3 & 4 was from Carousel cart

*corn dog from Carousel cart

*ice cream cone, ice cream sundae (embossed with D'vine Swirls and Plum Blossom CB folders) and pretzel cuts from Sweet Shop cart

*ticket cut used for journaling was from Mickey Font cart

All supplies used from my stash!  Project # 22 for Using My Stash pledge at the CC MB.  (One of these days I will post my projects using my stash in the CC MB thread but it's just a pain to have to go through photobucket to load the pics before I'm actually able to share in the MB - can't do it from my blog). 

Thanks for stopping by!  For those celebrating Thanksgiving on Thursday, hope you all have a wonderful one!   

E2 Challenge Entries

Ok, so I don't have a prayer in the world of winning but I thought I'd play along.  Cricut and its lovely spokesperson Jinger Adams are launching a new version of the Expression on HSN on Tuesday, April 26th, called E2 in honor of Cricut's 5 year anniversary.  If you haven't yet heard or seen this new machine, just google it.  Anyway, Cricut is having a challenge contest and wanted participants to create and send in up to 3 12x12 scrapbook layouts with a birthday theme for a chance to win an E2 machine.  Since I will be somewhere in Disneyland for a few days I thought I'd post my entries here, just in case they don't get any "face time" (LOL) on national TV - what with all the other wonderful LOs by more talented crafters out there, I'm sure!  Good luck to all who are entering the challenge!!!

Sorry for the heavy post of pics - wanted to take as much pics as I could so that I could possibly recreate these for my own use later.  The picture quality is not great either  :(  I don't know what will happen to all the entries though...

I opted to include photo mats and/or photo frames for where I imagined the pictures will go.  When I do scrapbook pages my photos typically take center stage - just my style.

This one is called Fairy 1st Birthday

Details:

* "Our Little Fairy is 1!" title - Elegant Cakes cart, stuck some irock gems on them

* Tinker Bell image - Disney Tinker Bell & Friends, wings embossed with D'vine Swirls and sticked

* butterfly - Disney Hannah Montana, pop dotted top layer and stuck some irock gems

* 2 grass cuts - Disney Pooh and Friends

* mushroom - Disney Tinker Bell & Friends

* picture frame - Lacy Labels

Here is the second one called "Slumber Party aka Pillow Fight!"

Details:

* "slumber party" cut - Slumber Party cart

* "Pillow fight!" title - Disney Hannah Montana, embossed with Swiss Dots CB folder

* pillow - Paper Dolls for Everyday, embellished with white sheer ribbon

* eye mask - Slumber Party, embellished with red sheer ribbon and red narrow ribbon, and embossed with Swiss Dots CB folder

* pajama shirt and shorts - Slumber Party, embossed with Swiss Dots CB folder

* popcorn box - Carousel cart

* notepad stamp - Oriental Trading Co.

* picture mats embossed with Plum Blossom CB folder and ribbon from Target

And here is the third I call "Sweet 16th Birthday"

Details:

* "Sweet 16" title - Gypsy Font, letters welded and embossed with D'vine Swirls CB folder

* 2 picture frames - Lacy Labels, middle layers embossed with Plum Blossoms CB folder and embellished with buttons from my stash

* rose - Disney Princesses Happily Ever After

* girl - Forever Young, dress embellished with irock gems

* journaling stamp - Oriental Trading Co., trimmed with shaped Fiskars scissors and embellished with irock gems

And there you go!  For those who are going to be able to watch the E2 launch on Tuesday (or on Monday at 9pm PST) on HSN, have fun and happy shopping!!!  And good luck to those who have sent in their entries! 

My DVR is set to record and that's what I'll be watching when I get back from Disneyland ;)! 

As always, thanks so much for stopping by!