My Heart Belongs to Mickey

Hi!   I am  the Guest Designer today at Susan's Blog.  This month the theme is My Heart Belongs to _______.  Well, I am slowly making progress on my Disney Vacation layouts and figured why not share my love of Mickey with you!!!

I open my Gypsy Mat to 12x24 to lay out my 2 page design.  I start with Mickey Font and sized the letters to 1.46 inches.  I put a heart on my mat from Plantin Schoolbook sized to 3 inches.  I placed a mickey head from Mickey Font sized at 1.21 inches.  I gouped them together (not welded, just grouped) so the Mickey Head would cut out of the heart.

I made a banner with Peace (from Feeling Groovy sized 1.24) Love (heart from Plantin Schoolbook sized to 1.24) and Mickey Head (sized to 1.24).  I welded them together and then copied a second banner.  The width of the banners is 11.50 each.

I copied the banners and heart onto Layer 2 and cut them out of red card stock.

I copied the heart (minus the Mickey head) and the letters onto Layer 3 and cut them out of black card stock.

I adhered the title to my paper - yellow cardstock with a 3 inch red cardstock & Mickey paper pocket at the bottom of the paper.  I pop-dotted the red heart on top of the black heart.

I put the border on the top of the pages.  I made some photo mats and a 4x6 journaling tag.

I used some scrap paper, twine and the red Mickey from the heart to dress up the journaling tag.

The photos are tucked into the pocket.

I added a little twine and ribbon and some photos of Tanner before we boarded our Disney cruise.

I like my Disney pages simple because the photos tend to be bright and busy.  I really love this layout!  Thanks Susan for having me over today!!

All About the 70's Blog Hop (Memories in Tyme)

Welcome to Day 1 of the All About the 70's Blog Hop!  I was so excited for this hop because I grew up in the 70's!

If you found me first, please go to Lynda's BLOG to begin the hop.

For my project today I created a 2 page layout.

I started with one piece of paper that I found at Michaels and I cut it into two pieces.  I originally was going to mount the two pieces onto these light blue cardstock papers, but then I noticed the ipod....

I trimmed off the ipod and skull (not a big skull fan) so it all worked out.

I used my Gypsy to create and size my title.  I used the font from Feeling Groovy sized to 1.42 inches.

I grabbed the heart from Cricut Stencil and sized it to 4.52 inches.  I copied another heart and sized it to 2.45 inches.  I used Hide Contour to hide the inside cuts.  Then I grabbed 70s from Cindy Lou and placed them inside the heart (sized at 1 inch).  I did NOT weld, just grouped them so the numbers would cut out.

I cut the images out of red cardstock.

I wanted to fill in the "V" so I cut two more by opening a new Layer and copying one on it.  I hid all of the other cuts then copied it again.  I cut out the "V"s in orange and yellow.

I adhered the orange one inside the heart, and trimmed (by hand ~ almost forgot how) about 1/8" off and adhered it on top of the orange one.

I did not want too much color as the patterned paper is pretty busy!

Here is a close up of the heart!

Here is the first page ~ Aren't I cute?  It is hard to see, but in the center photo if you zoom in you can see that I knocked out one of my front teeth!

I stitched along the bottom of the papers using my We Are Memory Keepers Sew Easy piercing tool and yellow DMC floss.  I always think of my jeans with the rainbow stitched up one leg and down the other when I think of my childhood!!

I took the 70s from the inside of the small heart and adhered them onto this page.  I outlined them in black with my fine point sharpie so they did not get lost in the background.

I added some pictures from summer time along with my dad's boat.  I have a ton of great lake memories from the 70s! 

I had a great childhood, so I really liked the 70's.  What I did not really like was the clothing styles and the music!!

Your next stop in the hop is JANET!

 70'S HOP DAY ONE (January 15):

70'S HOP DAY TWO (January 16):

Peace, Love & Cure Card

Today I am the Guest Designer at The Bug Bytes and  I made this card for Breast Cancer Awareness Month.  I am also entering this in the Link up for Pink which you can see HERE!  I was afraid I missed the deadline but it is October 14th!!

I used the peace symbol and the font from Feeling Groovy, the heart from George and the bra from Forever Young.  The peace symbol is sized to 1.36w x 1.31h.  The heart is 1.48w x 1.16h.  The bra and panties are sized to 3.25w x 1.31h.  I hid the panties with Hide Contour.  The letters are sized to .84inches.

I cut out the images in hot pink cardstock.  This cardstock had a little texture to it, so I used Multicut to cut it twice.  I kept the negative piece to use as a template.

I ran the cuts through my Xyron and adhered them to my pink shimmer cardstock perfectly.

Here is my top layer.

I added pink stickles to the shapes.  I mounted the pink shimmer paper to a piece of pink floral paper from K&Co.  I tied some pink tulle around the bottom and adhered a pink paper flower to the knot.  This little pink flower reminded me of the pink flowers on training bras!

I folded a 6x8 piece of white cardstock into a card and adhered the pink papers on it.  Here is my card and my wish for a cure!!

I am getting "smashed" this month ~ are you?  I hope so!!

I am also posting this over here: