Super Vinyl !

I just completed some vinyl wall decor with the Superman cartridge from Scrappy Go Lucky!

My sons love it so much!

I found there are two ways you can do this. I used vinyl layers on vinyl layers so all of it was a sticker. It may however, be cheaper and also more easy to layer if you cut the base of the character in proper black vinyl then use bazzills on the vinyl to make the layers. I had to use skin coloured bazzills for the face of these two characters and sticking it on with glossy accents worked just fine. You would also have less chance of the vinyl buckling, like mine did in a few areas.

I had to use the flip function on the cricut with Lex so that they faced eachother and his L on his breast plate ended up flipping too, but it was a much better option that Superman being flipped. 

So for my first attempts at vinyl. I'm happy and the boys now have bigger and better ideas for their bedroom. I will have to buy a tonne more bulk vinyl from Oh My Crafts for all their ideas! 

Boys Will Be Boys 4!

 I love this page so much. On Publisher I pasted his photo, changed it to black and white and resized it to exactly his birth size 54cm and then printed it off on two landscape A4 pages. Using the centre line of the 12 x 12s I joined his photo.

It is so special to see my baby actual size again.

I saw a hand drawn page in Black and white and have borrowed the concept. This font is from Elegant Cakes Cartridge and I used a black pen to draw the stitching.

The word SIZE is cut from Boys Will Be Boys plain font.

This is an element from Boys Will Be Boys Cartridge. I cut the phrase out with the shadow and then drew on it with black and white gel pens.

I am now doing a similar page for my youngest son... But the photos are proving difficult. I only have naked ones of him full length as a baby or clothed ones where he is screaming. It is going to test my photoshopping skills!

Chloe :)

Boys Will Be Boys 3!

Dean is such as active boy, but when he stops, he really stops, gets overtired, grumpy, emotional. This page says Play Hard, Crash Harder, which is exactly what Dean does at 'Witching Hour'... that dreadful time between 4 and 7pm when kids are ratty and all the jobs have to be done.

See how I have tucked the two matted photos together to save on space in the photo above. Cut a slot in one photo. Easy! 

This is one of the phrases on Boys Will Be Boys cartridge and the little red cart is one of the pictures. I found the layers looked good with just plain colour, but using a black pen to accent the remaining white letters gave it a lift.

This tow truck is so cute when cut in the right colours. I extended the rope so it looks like it is towing the lettering.

I made this phrase up using a combination of the arrow font (shadow) and the normal font. I was so pleased to find the two fonts, plain and arrow, mix and match quite well. Again, I used a black pen to accent the white letters and also took my time to plan which colours to make the letters in.

I love a creative challenge. Owning a cricut and having cartridges like these that make you think and plan are the ultimate daily brain exercise for me. Some people prefer crosswords... Crosswords get thrown out and forgotten. My kids will be able to know their story and my story too PLUS I'm increasing my odds of not losing my memory by making my brain work! Love it!

Chloe :) 

Boys Will Be Boys 2!

This is a very simple layout. I have got to the end of a very big pile of photos and I just want them scrapped to show the boys stories without too much fuss.

This is the font from the Boys Will Be Boys cartridge blown up larger so layering is a bit easier.

These two photos (above and below) show what the Robotz Cricut Companion Embossing Folders can do when they are inked. Above is inked with Vintage Photo Distress Inks and the below background was inked with Broken China Distress Inks.  

Tomorrow I will show you what some of the phrases look like cut out in different coloured layers.

Chloe :)

Boys Will Be Boys!

I love my Boys Will Be Boys cartridge from

 Scrappy-Go-Lucky! Thank you Mandy!  

There is so much you can do with it! 

Ove the next few days I will show you some of my layouts with Boys Will be Boys! 

A friend of mine has just had a baby boy, so I am making a card for him and finishing with an amazing layout by the end of the week that you will love!

But first! Every afternoon we watch Mr Maker - a great craft show for kids. Dean loves it. I call Dean Mr Mess Maker. So making this page will remind him of both of those favourite things. PLUS gets to show off his messy shots!

The paper is from the Robot set, and I found matching brads in my local scrap shop that has just relocated.  

The Robot is cut from Boys Will Be Boys cartridge and I cuttlebugged his body layer using the ROBOTZ cartridge companion embossing folders.

I used Tiara Stickles to highlight his feet and hands. And Distress Ink - Broken China to ink the background circle.

The Arrow font takes a little bit of getting used to. This was my first attempt, so some of the bits went skewwhiff (yes, that is how you spell that word according to Collins! WEIRD!) when I glossy accented them on. The Xyron machine was extremely handy when layering the letters.

I like it, but was going to try more contrasting colours next time to highlight the arrow part and make sure I cut the letters nice and big... Live and Learn!

But I still love it all the same. PLUS, it is a page about mess. It probably wouldn't be right to have everything perfect! (That's what I keep telling myself!)

See you tomorrow for another Boys Will Be Boys layout!

Chloe :)