Magical Knight

Welcome all to day #5 of Blog Candy Week here at Saving My...  I can't wait to give away all of the fun goodies I have stashed away!  If this is your first visit, be sure to go back to this post and find out how you can win.  Now, on to today's project:

Every princess should have her knight in shining armor, and when you're young there's no one better for that role than Daddy.  This is the second time I've scrapped pictures from this event; I did a layout for my older daughter's scrapbook previously.  Our younger daughter has such a loving and playful personality that I thought lots of hearts would be perfect for her pages.

I started with a sketch from Sketch Support for this layout, sticking pretty close to the original other than changing the stars to hearts and eliminating some stitching and strip journaling.  I also replaced one of the indicated small photos with an additional, larger, heart.

I chose to use papers from BasicGrey's Bittersweet line for most of my patterns, so I started with a base of Blush cardstock from Close To My Heart.  Since I only had single sheets of the Bittersweet papers, I opted to replace the large background of pattern paper in the sketch with a lacy cutwork paper, a K&Co Silhouette, in a darker pink.  I added the BG pattern strips, cutting scallops for the bottom strip using my Cricut.  I decided to add some interest in my grouping of hearts by using various textures, including vellum and some American Crafts glitter cardstock, all cut with the Cricut.  I added some heart brads to the vellum to attach them to the page, then adhered the remaining hearts using pop dots for dimension.  For balance, I also popped up the larger heart on the opposite page, and added a heart stick pin (K&CO) to my journaling area.  My title is cut using my Cricut and the Stone Script and Opposites Attract cartridges.  Finally, I added a few final touches using my i-rock and pink gems.

I hope I gave you a few ideas to use in your layouts today!  Sketches are really my go-to for getting things done - it's so much easier to change a few things to make them my own rather than starting from scratch every time.  I hope you'll take the time to enter for this week's prizes, and hope to see you back tomorrow!

Cricut Canvas Clock (say that 3 times fast!)

A while back, the clockworks in one of our clocks went all wonky on me.  Since I was going to  have to replace it anyway, I decided to make a new, more "artsy" clock.  So, I headed to my favorite Michael's, picked up a 2-pack of 16x20 canvas and a 1/4" clockworks.  Back at home, I pulled out some papers and paint in colors to match the room, some matte finish Mod-Podge, and my Cricut and French Manor and Stone Script cartridges.  (FYI, French Manor is a Cricut Circle exclusive cartridge.)

I wound up entering this in a contest over on the Cricut Circle message board, but of course I didn't win.  My theory is because I used an additional cartridge in my project.  Or at least that makes me feel better about not winning, lol.

So, here's the finished clock:

All of my papers are from Close To My Heart, as are the adhesive gems.  I cut my clock hands out of both cardstock and chipboard to make them more sturdy.  The French quote means "Sadness flies away on the wings of Time."  It is from Jean de la Fontaine, a French poet and fablist (sp?).  I thought it was the perfect quote for a clock.  The quote and clock numbers are from the Stone Script cartridge, and all other cuts are from the French Manor cartridge, many of which I modified using Design Studio.  As a final touch, I added a bunch of Stickles to outline some of the shapes.

I love my new clock, and every time I look at it, it makes me smile.  That makes it a winner to me, no matter what!