Britt Girl!!!

I'm so excited! I was accepted to be part of Britt's Creative Team!!! I've never done this before, so its unchartered territory! I'm thrilled though! I have been so excited since I found out, but had to keep it a secret, which was sooooo hard. I'm just shocked that I was picked.

Britt's designs are A-MAY-ZING!!!! Her kits are absolutely fabulous! My favorite kit is Dreams Come True. I find myself using her kits over and over and over and not just for the Disney layouts. They are so versatile.

Check out Brittish Designs

I can't wait to show you all what I have been busy working on. :)

Later!

Everything you ever wanted to know about Yzerbear!

Name: Melissa
Location: Michigan
Birth Month: April
Sign: Taurus
Family: Mom, Dad, 2 older brothers and 1 younger sister.
Pets: 4 cats: Cassiopeia, Draco, Isis, and Morgana

Hobbies/Interests: Scrapbooking (paper and digital), Graphic design, Reading, Writing, Traveling, Photography, and American History especially the Civil War.

Favorite Color(s): Green and Red

Favorite Music Genre: Adult Alternative, 90s alternative music

Favorite Band(s): Counting Crows, Live, Gin Blossoms, Snow Patrol, and Augustana

Favorite Song(s): "Mr. Jones" (Counting Crows), "Lakini's Juice" (Live), "Run" (Snow Patrol), "Boston" (Augustana), "Allison Road" (Gin Blossoms)

Favorite Concert: Counting Crows with Live at Pine Knob in Clarkston, MI in 2000 or 2001 (I can't remember which year it was). It POURED rain right before the show, but the show must go on. There were people sliding down the hill in the mud. We called them the mud people. The bands were just awesome. The Crows played a super cool version of "Rain King," which was appropriate.

First Concert: Billy Joel at the Palace of Auburn Hills on January 14, 1994.

Favorite Soundtrack(s): Legends of the Fall, Titanic, The Pianist, Lord of the Rings: Return of the King, and Memoirs of a Geisha.

Favorite Book(s): And One Wore Gray by Heather Graham, Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell

Favorite Author(s): Laura Ingalls Wilder, Karen Hawkins, Lorraine Heath, Julia London, Kasey Michaels, Ralph Waldo Emerson

Favorite Food(s): Lasagna (no meat!), Turkey, Deep Dish Cheese Pizza from Gino's East in Chicago, and of course Chocolate.

Favorite Restaurant(s): Bubba Gump Shrimp Company, Gino's East Pizza (Chicago)

Favorite Pizza Topping(s): Just Cheese and lots of it!

Favorite Movie(s): In alphabetical order: Gone with the Wind, Legends of the Fall, Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl, Titanic

Favorite Movie genre: Historical drama

Favorite TV Show(s): The Amazing Race, Ghost Whisperer, Monk, Psych, Star Trek Enterprise

Favorite TV Show(s) growing up: Little House on the Prairie, Due South, Quantum Leap

Favorite Actor(s): Christian Bale, Orlando Bloom, Johnny Depp, Brad Pitt

Favorite Actress(es): Shirley Temple, Kate Winslet, Keira Knightly

Favorite Animated Movie(s): Disney's Mulan

Favorite Animated Character(s): Mulan and Mushu from Disney's Mulan

Favorite Athlete(s): Steve Yzerman (Retired - Detroit Red Wings), Michelle Kwan, Henrik Zetterberg (Detroit Red Wings), and Pavel Datsyuk (Detroit Red Wings)

Favorite Sport(s): Hockey and Figure Skating. I also really love the Olympics, winter and summer it doesn't matter.

Favorite Sports Team(s): Detroit Red Wings, Detroit Tigers, Saginaw Spirit (Ontario Hockey League)

Favorite Season: Spring

Favorite Holiday: Christmas

Favorite City: Chicago, IL

Favorite Vacation Destination(s): Walt Disney World, Gettysburg, PA, and Antietam, MD

Favorite way to spend a rainy afternoon: Curled up with a good book listening to music. Or scrapbooking.

If there is something you want to know about Yzerbear, send me an email or leave a comment and I will do my best to answer them.

Layouts and layouts and more layouts!

Yesterday I went with my sister to see "The Dark Knight." This was my second viewing and her fourth. My brother went on Friday for his fourth time, so him and my sister are currently tied. Though he emailed me earlier that he wasn't sure if he would go again, so I'm sure my sister will easily beat him. I believe she has plans to go tomorrow. Though I am impressed that my brother went four times, since he rarely will go more than once.

Today I got up early to go to Michaels to get the Pooh font Cricut cartridge since they were going on sale. Surprisingly there was only one other person there when they opened. Then I came home and got two paper layouts done. I finally got to use my Sure Cuts A Lot. I'm totally in love with it!!! I still have to do the journaling, but will post it after I get that done.

Now on to the new digital layouts. YAY! I've been busy! :)

How far we've come - The inspiration for this one is from the Matchbox 20 song "How Far We've Come." I wanted to do a layout showing how far it was from MI to CA for our Disneyland trip. I couldn't find any maps that weren't all pixelated. I did find some photos of the state outlines and used those to cut out the states from "paper." The fairy trail doesn't really point to either location since that would have gotten too complicated. The photos from MI to CA are: Our plane at the gate in Detroit, Flying over the Rockies, Flying over the Grand Canyon, and Sleeping Beauty Castle at Disneyland.

Credits
-Brown paper, blue paper from "I'm a Dreamer" by Brittish Designs
-Polaroid frame from "Dreams come true" by Brittish Designs
-Staple from "Leave the World Behind" by Brittish Designs
-Fairy trail from "So Sunny" collab kit
-Mickey brads by myself
-Electric pop alpha by Brittish Designs

True Friends - My best friend Jaime and I.

Credits
-Background paper and sticker from "Sprite" by Brittish Designs and Erica Zane
-Green paper from "Heart Song Mini" by Ellie Lash
-Ribbon from "Spring Reunion" by Sworda Scrappin
-Alpha and frames from "Dulcet" by Ellie Lash
-Stitching from "Mermaid Lagoon" by Brittish Designs

Endless Love - I really wanted to use the new collab kit by Ellie Lash and Pineapple Plantation Designs. I used a photo of my parents with both sets of grandparents from my parent's wedding.

Credits
-Template "Creative Block Templates" by Brittish Designs
-Red paper, blue polka dot paper, white square paper, heart buttons, stitches, brown paper (frame) from "Summer Lovin" collab kit by Ellie Lash and Pineapple Plantation Designs
-Flower paper from "Summer Lovin add on" kit by Ellie Lash
-"Kid again" alpha by Brittish Designs
-Ribbon from "Just married add on" by Brittish Designs
-Fonts Chopin Script and Pea Gretchie

I *heart* Eeyore - I love Eeyore! He is my second favorite Disney character. I didn't want to use gray for this one, so instead opted to use pink like Eeyore's bow on his tail and from my shirt.

Credits
-Template from "Creative Block Templates" by Brittish Designs
-Pink paper from Princess Polka Dots by Brittish Designs
-Ric rac from "Who needs a fairy godmother" by Brittish Designs
-Flower, white paper, black paper, and tile alpha from "Leave the World Behind" by Brittish Designs
-Mickey brad from "Happiest Place on Earth" by Brittish Designs
-Paper for heart from "Dreams Come True" by Brittish Designs
-Big Blue Alpha (recolored) by Brittish Designs
-Buttons from "Dulcet" by Ellie Lash
-Stitching from "Mermaid Lagoon" by Brittish Designs

My first trip to the world - For the Saturday special at Scrap Matters the challenge was to scrap a special occasion, anniversary, birthday, etc. I choose my first trip to Walt Disney World. I don't really remember it because I was so little, but my Mom has told me I had fun. I got to ride Pirates! They even let my 2 month old sister ride pirates! LOL My parents started us young! ;)

Credits
-Template by Brittish Designs
-Polka dot paper from "High School Never Ends add on" by Brittish Designs
-Black paper, white paper, swirls, flowers, and staples from "Leave the World Behind" by Brittish Designs
-Alpha and date strip from "Mouse in the House" by Brittish Designs
-Mickey brads from "Happiest Place on Earth" by Brittish Designs
-Ric rac (slight recolor) from "Mermaid Lagoon" by Brittish Designs

Around and around and around . . . - The Tea Cups are one of my favorite rides. I could ride it all day! Of course my sister is a party pooper and hates to spin fast. Though at DL we rode in seperate tea cups so I could spin super fast and she could just sit there and try not to vomit. These photos are from the 2007 WDW trip.

Credits
-"Creative Block" template by Brittish Designs
-Background paper from "Happiest Place on Earth" by Brittish Designs
-Purple paper, dark pink paper, white paper, rubber band wrap, photo corners, blue ribbon from "Dreams Come True" by Brittish Designs
-Green ric rac and stitching from "Mermaid Lagoon" by Brittish Designs
-Light pink paper from "Summer Fling" by Brittish Designs
-Electric Pop alpha by Brittish Designs
-Buttons (recolored) from Atomic Cupcake
-Tag and pin from "Whats Hanging Journals and Tags" by Andilynn Designs
-Date stamp by Brittish Designs

Wow! I said there would be lots of layouts! Those are all of the newest ones. I'm sure there will be more to post tomorrow.

Later!

A Princess, A Beast, and a Pirate!

Beauty and the Beast (EPCOT) - My sister and I with Belle and Beast at EPCOT. Beast was going to go back inside soon, but we were among the lucky ones to see him before he left.

Credits:
-Brown paper from "Neapolitan Eis" by Polka Dot Plum
-Flower and frame from "Whisper" by Ellie Lash
-Pink papers from "Dulcet" by Ellie Lash
-Ribbon wrap from "Mango Tango" collab kit from Sunshine Sweets

Captain Jack - For the Tuesday Template challenge at Scrap Matters. You were to incorporate a quote from a book or movie. I had a difficult time picking just one quote from one movie or book. I finally decided on a quote from "Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl." I LOVE the Pirate movies, though I will say that I prefer Will, but Jack is good too. :)

Credits:
-Template by Sya's Blueprints
-Medium brown paper from "Music and Lyrics" by Brittish Designs
-Stitches from Gunhild Storeid
-Black paper, brown paper, printed paper, coin, gems, alpha, frame, staples, and "Captain" from "Shiver me timbers" by Brittish Designs
-Ribbon from "Tell No Tales" by Brittish Designs

YAY! Tomorrow is Friday! Looking forward to the weekend. I have a million layouts for my paper Disneyland book I want to work on since my Sure Cuts A Lot (SCAL) arrived earlier this week. I've played with it some, but haven't actually cut anything yet. Of course I have to go see the Dark Knight again with my sister, but its such an awesome movie and worth seeing multipile times. So far her and my brother are still tied in their contest of who can see it the most.

That is all for now! Night!

The Magic of the Night

Here is the layout I did for this week's challenge at the DISboards. The challenge was to scrap Disney after dark. I don't have a whole lot of photos of the dark because my camera doesn't take good night photos. I did find one that I took and one of the Photopass photos.

The Magic of the Night - On my sister's birthday we were waiting for our dinner reservations and found a Photopass photographer and got a photo with the castle all light up in the different colors. It changes from blue to purple to pink to several other colors I think. Very pretty! I love this photo of the castle. I thought the layout came out really cute.

Credits
-White paper, glitter circle of stars from "Dreams Come True" by Brittish Designs
-Purple paper (recolored) from "I'm a Dreamer" by Brittish Designs
-White and pink (recolored) stitching from "I'm a dreamer add-on" by Brittish Designs
-Circle stitching from "Leave the World Behind" by Brittish Designs
-Pink flower, ribbon, staples from "Mermaid Lagoon" by Brittish Designs
-Puple flower and gem from "Sprite" by Brittish Designs and Erica Zane
-Pink paper from "Dulcet" by Ellie Lash
-"Electric Pop" alpha by Brittish Designs
-Date stamp by Brittish Designs
-Scalloped circle from "Paper Shapers" by Brittish Designs

An update on the contest of who could see Dark Knight the most: My brother has gone 3 times. My sister went again today for her 3rd time. So right now they are tied. My brother claims he is going again on Friday. I'm supposed to go with my sister on Saturday. Which would leave them tied. I think she said something about Monday. Overall I find this contest to be quite entertaining and funny.

That is all for now. Later!

Speed Scrappin!

Here is my layout from tonight's Speed Scrap at Scrap Matters.

Dream - When my sister and I went to Camp Minnie-Mickey at Animal Kingdom in 2007 we were selected as the Campers of the Day and given special time with Mickey, Goofy, and Donald. It was soooo much fun. I'll probably make this into a two page layout so I can have more room to write about it. Plus I have more photos of Donald being a complete ham for the camera!!!

Credits
-Black paper, light brown paper from "I'm a Dreamer" by Brittish Designs
-Green paper, staples from "Spellbound" by Ellie Lash
-Bracket stitch frame from "Dulcet" by Ellie Lash
-Medium brown paper strip from "Music and Lyrics" by Brittish Designs
-Dark brown paper from "Neapolitan Eis" by Polka Dot Plum
-Frames, leaves, twig, alpha from "Sprite" by Brittish Designs and Erica Zane
-Tab from "Paper Shapers" by Brittish Designs
-Buttons (recolored) from "Mouse in the House" by Brittish Designs
-Stitching (recolored) from "Leave the World Behind" by Brittish Designs

That is all for now. Later!

New layouts . . . finally!

OK, I'm finally getting to posting those new layouts. LOL. :-) But first an update on the rest of my weekend. My sister had yesterday off so I had told her we were going ot spend all day scrapping. She had been whining for weeks that I was way far ahead her in scrapping my Disneyland book. So 2 weeks ago I ordered 300 pictures for from Shutterfly so she would stop whining. Well Saturday after we talked to our brother she wanted to go see Batman again. Oy. I want to see it again, just didn't want to go right away. So I had to remind her that she spend weeks whining that she couldn't scrapbook because she didn't have any pictures. So I said no to seeing Batman again. We did end up scrapping, though we got a bit of a late start. We had to relocate our work space to the living room for more room. Our scraproom is quite small and its difficult for both of us to work at once. And we had to get some snacks and food for lunch before we got started. Once we got started we both made some good progress. I got 7 pages done in my DL book. I just have to put the journaling on them. I think she got 6-8 done, but didn't add any titles to hers. So it was a successful day of scrapping.

Now onto the digital layouts.

It's a Small World (Disneyland, 1969) - For the Tuesday template challenge at ScrapMatters. I used my mom's photos of her favorite ride, It's a Small World at Disneyland.

Credits
-Template by Designs by Rhonda
-Background paper (recolored), brown paper, light blue ribbon from "I'm a Dreamer" by Brittish Designs
-Flowers and tile alpha from "Leave the World Behind" by Brittish Designs
-Ric rac and dark blue ribbon from "Dreams come true" by Brittish Designs
-Gold brads by Yzerbear
-Stitching edge action from Atomic Cupcake
-Tab from "Paper shapers" by Brittish Designs
-"A Kid again" alpha by Brittish Designs
-Fonts: Traveling Typewriter and Another Typewriter

Wait - For the Speed Scrap at ScrapMatters from last week. This is my sister and I at the Crystal Palace at Walt Disney world on her birthday in 2007. She was so sad that Eeyore didn't stop the first time around because I wasn't at the table. We had to wait probably an hour until he got back to us, but when he did the waitress brought out the cake I had ordered. Eeyore was clapping and cheering and sooooo cute. It turned out better this way. :) It is such a special memory. The best things do come to those who wait.

Credits
-Background paper (recolored), paper for frame (recolored), white paper, brads, and button from "I'm a dreamer" by Brittish Designs
-Bow and folded flower (recolored) from "Dulcet" by Ellie Lash
-Swirls (recolored) from "Dreams come true" by Brittish Designs
-"Kid again" alpha by Brittish Designs
-Bracket frame from "Paper shapers" by Brittish Designs

Sorcerer Mickey's Hat - For the challenge at the DISboards. The challenge was to use the colors of Dory. I love Dory!!! She is my favorite fish! LOL Can't remember diddly! I used photos of us with Sorcerer Mickey's Hat at MGM Studios in 2007.

Credits
-Black paper from "Brights" by Michelle Coleman
-Folded paper overlay and torn paper edges by Gunhild Storeide
-Ribbon wrap and polka dot ribbons from "Leave the World Behind" by Brittish Designs
-Frames from "I'm a dreamer" by Brittish Designs
-Clip from "Mermaid lagoon" by Brittish Designs
-Folded flower (recolored) from "Dulcet" by Ellie Lash
-Button from "Mouse in the House" by Brittish Designs
-Alpha from "Mermaid Lagoon" by Brittish Designs
-Tag and staples from "Dreams Come True" by Brittish Designs

Tomorrow there are not one, but 2 speed scraps at Scrap Matters tomorrow! Not sure if I can make both, but am going to try. They are highly addictive!!! That is all for now. I have to go play with my brand new toy: Sure Cuts A Lot!!! I am already in love with this program and I haven't even cut anything with it yet. It is way easier to use than the Cricut software. Its awesome!

Later!

Dark Knight contest

I forgot to put this in my post the other day about the Dark Knight. My sister is a HUGE Christian Bale fan and LOVES Batman. Well when my brother came up at 4th of July him and her sort of challenged each other to see who could see the movie the most. My sister went to the first show on Friday and then again on Saturday. After we got back on Saturday I called my brother to see if he had seen it yet. My sister wasn't too worried because he rarely will see a movie more than once. Turns out he saw it twice on Friday and had a ticket to see it at the IMAX near him. LOL So he is ahead of my sister!!! LOL Its too funny!!! I laughed so hard. So now she vows to go twice on her day off to see it to get ahead of him. I find it all deeply amusing!!! I have no doubt in the end my sister will win, but its fun that he is actually challenging her.

Will try to post layouts later. Had to post that before I forgot again.

Later!

The Dark Knight

WOW!!!! This movie is AWESOME!!! My sister and I met up with our oldest brother to go see this tonight. WOW! WOW! WOW! It was unbelievable. Just sooooo good. It was bittersweet to see the Joker. Heath was AMAZING!!! Just sad that he is dead. It didn't feel like 2.5 hours. I really liked it and look forward to seeing it again.

I have a few layouts to post, but will post those later since its almost time for bed.

So go see The Dark Knight!!! :-)

Wedding Layout

On Saturday one of my younger cousins got married. My sister and I only went to the reception. It was a nice reception. Always nice to see my family. I blurred their faces for privacy and removed their last name. The color of the bridesmaids dresses were the same shade of blue as the circle with the names/date. Very pretty shade of blue.

Credits
-Blue paper and frames from mini kit by Ellie Lash
-Black paper and diamond clip from "Spellbound" by Ellie Lash
-White paper from "Leave the World behind" by Brittish Designs
-White paper for the scalloped circle from "Dreams Come True" by Brittish Designs
-Pearls from "Mermaid Lagoon" by Brittish Designs
-Diamond cluster and ribbon from "Just Married add on" by Brittish Designs
-Inked edges from Atomic Cupcake
-Scalloped page frame and scalloped circle paper shapers from Brittish Designs

I didn't get much other scrapbooking done this weekend. On Saturday my sister and I went to the Center for the Arts to see an exhibit on carousel horses. It was interesting, though it was sad to see the ones that were broken and cracked and in bad shape. The best part of the visit was that the video with our Grandpa was still there. My Grandpa died when I was 6 so whenever we would go to see a play with our Grandma and Uncle we would always watch the video about the pendulum because it had my Grandpa. My sister and I were happy to see that it was still there.

After that we had to do some shopping before going home to get ready for the reception. On Sunday I was uninspired and didn't get any layouts done except the wedding one. Hopefully tomorrow will be better.

That is all for now. Later!

Lots of layouts!

Last weekend's trip to Battle Creek and Kalamazoo was tons of fun! The airshow was AWESOME!!! The Thunderbirds were amazing! There wasn't a cloud in the sky so they got to the high show, which is always a treat to see. The rest of the show was also really good. The Air Zoo in Kalamazoo was fun. I love the balloon ride there. :)

Onto the layouts!

Winnie the Pooh through the years - I had this great photo of Pooh from my mom's trip to Disneyland in 1969, but wasn't sure what to do with it until I thought of putting it with one of ours from our April trip. I must say that I like Pooh much better now!

Credits
-Red Paper, white paper, black and yellow ribbons, zig zap stitching from "Leave the World Behind" by Brittish Designs
-Yellow paper from "Dreams come true" by Brittish Designs
-Alpha from "A Kid Again" by Brittish Designs
-Shooks from "Whats hanging journals and tags" by Andilynn Designs
Font - Apple Butter

We found Nemo - I love Britt's new kit, "Mermaid Lagoon" and couldn't wait to use it! I thought it worked really well for this photo of my sister and I at EPCOT last year.

Credits
-"Mermaid Lagoon" by Britt-ish Designs
-Medium bottom tear action from Atomic Cupcake

A birthday sprinkled with Pixie Dust - For the Tuesday template challenge at Scrap Matters this week the challenge was to scrap a special day. I choose my birthday from this year at Disneyland. :)

Credits
-Template by Hedderlee
-Black paper and dark pink squares from "Spellbound" by Ellie Lash
-Pink scalloped border from "Dreams Come True" by Brittish Designs
-Hanging clips, pearls, and ribbon from "Mermaid Lagoon" by Brittish Designs
-Light pink squares from "Spring Reunion" by Sworda Scrappin
-alpha from "Electric Pop" by Brittish Designs
-Sparkle action from Atomic Cupcake
-Fonts: Bellerose, Summertime, and Georgia.

I survived the Tower of Terror! - I'm hosting the DIS challenge this week and since its the 13th challenge, I decided to do a theme about your fears. I HATE thrill rides. I have no idea why I actually went on the Tower of Terror in 2005, but I will never go on it again!

Credits
-Black paper from "I'm a Dreamer" by Brittish Designs
-Red paper from "So Sunny" collab kit
-Staples from "Dreams come true" by Brittish Designs
-Torn edge from Gunhild Storeide
-Rough litho and burned edge action from Atomic Cupcake

US Air Force Thunderbirds - All of the photos were taken by my brother whose camera had better zoom than mine.



Credits
-Blue, red, and white paper (frames) from "Stars and Stripes" by Polka Dot Plum
-Red ribbon (recolored) and staples from "Spellbound" by Ellie Lash
-Sparkle and glitter actions from Atomic Cupcake
-Logo from Wikipedia
-Text from Thunderbird program from the airshow

Tailhook Legacy Flight T-2 Buckeye and F/A-18 Hornet performing the Tailhook Legacy flight at the Battle Creek airshow. The photo was taken by my brother.

Credits
-Blue paper from "Stars and Stripes" by Polka Dot Plum
-Brown paper from "Independence Day Paper Pack" from Moriginals Designs
-Gold action Atomic Cupcake
-Logo and information from Tailhook Legacy flight website

Air Force Heritage Flight - The P-51 and F-15 Eagle perform the heritage flight at the Battle Creek Airshow. Photo was taken by my brother.

Credits
-Blue, red, and white paper from "Stars and Stripes" by Polka Dot Plum
-Silver action, stitch action, and photo prongs from Atomic Cupcake

Ready for Adventure - This was for Thursday night's speed scrap at Scrap matters. I used a photo of my sister at California Adventure.

Credits
-Red paper, paper for pink heart, and stitching from "Mermaid Lagoon" by Brittish Designs
-White paper, black polka dot paper, frame, and photo wrap from "Leave the World behind" by Brittish Designs
-Black paper for heart and hanging clip from "I'm a dreamer" by Brittish Designs
-Alpha by Brittish Designs
-Mickey button from "Mouse in the House" by Brittish Designs
Font: Traveling Typewriter

Whew! That was a lot of layouts! :) Not sure if I will get any done tomorrow since I have to go with my sister to the Center for the Arts tomorrow to see an exhibit on Carousel horses then go to my cousin's wedding reception. Though I'm hoping to get some paper scrapping done on Sunday!

Oh and I almost forgot! We have finally set a date for a weekend getaway to Chicago!!! YAY! I haven't been to Chicago since January. I'm having withdrawals! LOL I'm looking forward to it. I *LOVE* Chicago!!

Take care! Have a great weekend!

Happy Birthday America!!!

Happy 232nd Birthday America!!! Happy 4th of July!!! Of course someone in the neighborhood has been setting off fireworks all night long. Ugh. It sounds like they finally stopped trying to blow up the neighborhood. Tomorrow I think there is just going to be a small gathering at my parent's house. I think they might be grilling, not quite sure. My one brother is coming up from Detroit, so it will be nice to see him. Then early on Saturday we are leaving for Battle Creek for the air show.

God Bless the USA
Today at work I was listening to the CD I made last year with patriotic music and when "God Bless the USA" came on I was inspired to create a layout. The photos are monuments representing the different wars that America has fought. From top to bottom: Soldiers National Monument in Gettysburg, PA (Civil War), Minute Man Statue in Concord, MA (Revolutionary War), Korean War Memorial in Washington, DC, Vietnam Wall in Washington, DC, and the World War 2 Memorial in Washington, DC.


Credits
-Blue paper, ribbons, and brads from "Freedom's Ring" by Anita Stergiou Designs
-Red paper from "Leave the World Behind" by Britt-ish Designs
-Sparkle from "I'm a Dreamer" by Britt-ish Designs
-brown paper for frames from Scrapbook Flair
-Sparkle action from Atomic Cupcake

Lunch with Ariel
I couldn't wait to use new freebie from Brittish Designs! I decided to use our picture with Ariel from Ariel's Grotto at California Adventure. Its a bit funkier than most of my layouts, but I think it turned out cute. I used the BW photo since the colors in it wouldn't have gone with the purple and i really wanted to use the purple. I love this new kit!


Credits
-Puple paper, paper edge, and paper flower from "Mermaid Lagoon Add on" by Brittish Designs
-Pink paper, Green paper, pink ribbon from "Dreams Come True" by Brittish Designs
-Purple ribbon from "Who needs a Fairy Godmother" by Brittish Designs
-Frame from "Leave the world behind" by Brittish Designs
-Buttons (recolored) and ink edge action from Atomic Cupcake

Happy 4th of July! Have a safe and happy holiday!!! :)

Take care!

Several new layouts

Wow! I haven't updated this in a few days. I have several new layouts to post. First off is the one I did for the Tuesday Template challenge last week at Scrap Matters. I used it to create a title page for the 2005 section of my Disney book. I used the same template to create ones for my other Disney trips, but don't have those ones uploaded yet.

2005 Orlando Memories

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Chip and Dale - This one is for the DIS challenge this week. You had to use one of several character names and I choose Chip and Dale. I like how it came out.


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Civil War Remembrance Weekend - This one is for the template challenge this week at Scrap Matters about summer traditions. My sister and I go to Greenfield Village every Memorial Day for Civil War Remembrance weekend. Its lots of fun.


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I finished my Eeyore layout for my Disneyland book and it is so cute! Here is a closeup of the one Eeyore I made using the Pooh and Friends Cricut cartridge:


Not sure if I will be able to post again this weekend. My one brother is coming up from Detroit for the weekend. My sister and I are going to Battle Creek with my other brother and his wife for the Air show. The Thunderbirds are going to be there!!! YAY! Hopefully I can get some good pictures. It should be nice weather this weekend, which is good.

Happy 4th of July!!! :) Happy Birthday America!!!