Stuck On U Sketches & Creative Cuts & More Summer Mini Album Blog Hop

Welcome to the Summer Mini Album Blog Hop sponsored by Creative Cuts and More! The hop is being hosted by Stuck On U Sketches and Creative Cuts and More (their blog is Die Cut Diva).

I am so honored, Terry at Creative Cuts and More called and asked me if I'd be interested in participating in this mini album blog hop! Of course I jumped at the opportunity! Today's blog hop consists of Design Team members from both Stuck On U Sketches and Creative Cuts and More (which I have previously designed for). If you want to start at the beginning now, head over to Stuck On U Sketches. Make sure to read to the very bottom where you will find a coupon code to Creative Cuts and More.

I started off with the Circle Window 6"x6" Album. The Sweet Summertime line by Echo Park jumped out at me when I found out the theme was summer.

I opted to let the chipboard show. I'm loving the look of kraft on my layouts and figured I would test it out on a mini. I'm really happy with out it came out. I fussy cut clouds and the banner triangles and then used the Echo Park alpha stickers for the title. The grass at the bottom was cut using a Sizzix die and then overlapping the pieces a tad.

This is the inside cover! I'm still not 100% sure exactly what I'm going to do with it, but I have a few ideas rolling around in my head. I think I might add some photos to the right page above and below the circle.

A close up of the inside of the cover.

I was inspired by the pinwheel patterned paper and pinwheels in some of the stickers. I created my own pinwheel on the left hand side.

Here I used the super cute Filmstrip (small) and put different patterned papers underneath.

I made a couple more of those fun little pinwheels.

I used the Scallop Oval Fram #02 - Large on these pages. I cut them in half. The butterflies are from a couple Martha Stewart punches I have.

I just love these flowers. They are two of the Flower #06 - Small. I layered two of them and used a sticker for the center.

I have recently seen some really cute pop up cards. I got to thinking that they would be fun to put in a mini!

This is the Pop Up 2A Insert Horizontal Pop Up Bar.

I used a Scallop Circle Frame Small on each of these pages.

I used the Pop Up card insert again on the final page.

And the final page...I'm not sure what I'm going to do in the center. Maybe 'Made by' and the year. Maybe a quote. I used the Filigree Square Label with Squares.

Kudos to you if you made it through all those photos!

Now hop on over to Kim Langhorst's blog!

Make sure to:

1. Become a follower of each blog

2. Leave a comment on each blog

3. Leave a comment on Die Cut Diva letting Terry know you stopped at all the blogs.

Die Cut Diva will then pick one lucky winner that will in our amazing blog hop give away that is sponsored to us by Creative Cuts & More. The winner will be announced on the SOUS and Die Cut Diva Blogs on August 5th. So do stop by and see if you are the lucky winner!

The hop today consist of DT members from both Stuck On U Sketches and Creative Cuts and More. We will be showcasing the minis in alphabetical order and the order is as follows.

Beginning at the SOUS Blog then on to:

1. Annette Gearside

2. Beatriz Guzman

3. Becky Voth

4. Bonnie Friesen

5. Dawn Gallop
6. Dawn Lotharius
7. Fern Riley
8. Kayla DuPont <-----YOU ARE HERE
9. Kim Langhorst <-------GO HERE
10. Kristine Reynolds
11. Leah Schaeffer
12. Melissa Waldorf
13. Nanne Harry
14. Noelle Reese
15. Sandi Clarkson
16. Stine Ursin
17. Taylor Usry
18. Wanda Boardley
19. Die Cut Diva

With that being said, I hope you hop along and enjoy all the inspiration and eye candy! Your first stop is SOUS. Thank you so much for stopping by today and have fun!

One more quick thing, Creative Cuts & More is also offering our readers a 20% discount this week! Just use discount code SOUS20 during check out to save 20% off your entire order!

Cute cute cute buttons and blog hop!

While blog hopping, I followed a link to these buttons. Go check them out! The blog is cute too and there is currently a give-away going on!

See...super cute, huh?

Also, make sure and stop by later next week. I'm participating in this:
I am super excited about my mini! Want a sneak peek?

I used the Echo Park Sweet Summertime line! :-)

Cosmo Cricket Wanted Purse Accordion Card

Here is another Purse Card Accordion mini I made.

I ordered a handful of these fun purse cards from Creative Cuts & More. I used the Wanted line from Cosmo Cricket.
I'm hooked on these distressed flowers and pins. I think I could put them on EVERYTHING and be happy! :-)
And the inside....

Thanks for stopping by!

Cosmo Cricket Mitten Weather Purse Card Mini

For my moms birthday last year I made her this cute little accordion mini in a purse card. I LOVED how it came out and thought they would make great cards to have at my Christmas Bazaar.

The card came from Creative Cuts & More. I used some of my Mitten Weather goodies from Cosmo Cricket.
I did a little stitching doodling around the edges and inked everything.

I pleated some ribbon I had (I struggle with the pleating. Liquid glue is so darn messy and tacky tape doesn't hold the pleats well enough. It would take A TON of glue dots if I chose to use those. Any recommendations? Here is the inside. I made it so you could put the pictures in anyway you wanted. You can have the accordion open up and down or side to side.
Here is the accordion pulled out. I didn't add much as the pictures will take up most of the space.

Thanks for stopping by! I have been really busy crafting for the bazaar so have lots more to share!

Peyton's First Day of Preschool & Creative Cuts & More Mini Album

Peyton started preschool last week. He was so excited for it to start! He is not an early riser and takes FOREVER to wake up. But he pops right out of bed for school! Can you believe I had to put a jacket on him? Yeah...it was a cold morning!
And here he is walking into the school.

We searched and searched for a dinosaur backpack but haven't been able to find one. Luckily he LOVES this backpack and was okay using it till we can find a dinosaur one.

He won't eat at home, but he eats the snacks at school. The first day consisted of grapes (which we took), Cheezits and apple juice. He had fun playing with Hunter and Emily. He is so funny. It takes a lot of pushing to get answers out of him. When I asked if he wanted to go back the next day he quickly nodded yes (remember...it takes alot to get him to talk about school).

I wanted to make something for his teachers, who are as sweet as can be. I decided to make a mini. Creative Cuts & More has this really cute mini I have been wanting to try so I figured it a perfect timing! I decided to get individual pieces instead of a set. I didn't want dividers, just pages. So I used the Scallop Wrap Cover, 2 album covers and 6 individual pages.

I used lots of piece from my stash as well as a kit from Citrus Tree Studio.

I used magnets to keep the cover one. See the little stars? I fussy cut those from a piece of patterned paper and adhered them to the magnets.I thought this little apple just perfect for the cover!

I tried to keep it really simple and non-bulky. I wanted the teachers to be able to slip 4x6 photos right in it!

Products used: Creative Cuts & More 6x6 Album Page, Creative Cuts & More 6x6 Album Cover, Creative Cuts & More 6x6 Scallop Wrap Cover, Basic Grey Magnetic Snaps, My Minds Eye Paper, Making Memories Paper, Bo Bunny Paper, Basic Grey Magnets, Fancy Pants Chipboard, American Crafts Paper and Thickers, Fiskars Border Punch, Unkown carstock scraps, buttons & ribbon.

Thanks for stopping by! Check back tomorrow, I am participating in a blog hop!

Oh, and word to the wise...disposable pull ups ARE NOT washable! haha! Yeah...I don't recommend trying it. Although I did learn they can hold A LOTof liquid! haha!

Creative Cuts and More August Blog Hop

Hello everyone! I'm participating in a blog hop for Creative Cuts & More today. If you didn't start at the beginning, make sure to go to Die Cut Diva as you don't want to miss any of the fabulous projects the DT has to share! The theme is Baby and/or Wedding ensembles. I chose these great Tuck Top Cube Boxes with Layers to alter for my daughters room.

The papers and rub-ons were from Crate Paper. The alphas are American Crafts Thickers Most of the other stuff is from my stash and I can't remember who makes it. Oh, the butterflies are from a Martha Stewart punch and the little rhinestones I used are from Creative Cuts & More.

Thanks for hopping by! Now on to Melissa's Blog.

If a link is broken, you can find the full list at Die Cut Diva.

For a limited time, you can use the coupon code babybridalhop20 and receive 20% off everything in the store! So hurry and get to shopping! The coupon is only good til August 18th.

Another 4th of July Layout for Creative Cuts & More

I have another 4th of July layout to share today.

I used a page from the Mix & Match Album Set and the Scallop Rectangle Frame.

I saw this neat faux sewing idea from Sarah. You poke holes like you would stitch then draw lines in between them.

Here I used a acetate star (I think it was Heidi Swapp, but not sure) and painted the edges. I used Doodlebug papers, stickers and alphas. The foam alphas I picked up at the dollar spot at Target a long time ago!

The Little Miss has taken my scrapbook tote as hers. It is now used to haul her baby doll around. Peyton now uses it for his cars too!

She looks so sweet, huh? Well, she has a curious/mischievous streak to her....this is proof...
Yep, that would be my laptop keyboard!