cricut camping critters

here is a book i have made for my camera club prints for this year, having had our first meeting already this year I had four photos to start my book....

CRICUT Barnyard mini album

This is my second mini album... wow... this is based on a creation on 'bugjunkies' blogspot in USA with a few variations...

a neat album for my animal photos...

Cricut lifes a beach minibook

My first attempt at a shaped minibook... I have already taken it apart and added some pages and made other changes so will post my second edition soon LOL

Cricut self-portrait lol!

Okay maybe not a self poortrait although i do try to play the guitar lol!

Farmyard layout CRICUT

Based on a design found on google images from some clever lady.... thanks whomever you are.... loved the layout.......

cricut scrapbooking... nemo.. road trips....

nemo page as per sample in the handbook...

page for a pic of my new RAV4...

peterpan baby......

road trip.......

showtime

This a simple and quick page from the recent production of 42nd street...

cricut scrapbooking - simple

Here is the last of lasts nights scrapbooking, I am really pleased as it also finishes another scrapbook full of pages yipeee!

The first is me for my graduation...it was another good year, after finishing a Diploma in Business Administration the year prior I went on to do a Diploma in Professional Photography which I finished prior to Christmas 2011...... I scanned the diplomas so I could print on 6x4 and use in on the layout....






























And lastly this is a design from the cricut scrapbook layout book, sorry can't recall the designers name.... super layout to end my scrapbook with and the photo was very fitting as I went to the Pouakai Zoo last week and the peacock put on the perfect show! How very lucky to see it!

Simple Cricut scrapbooking

some simple pages I made last night bothe before and after adding photos....

scrapbook purse

This is a scrapbook purse I made today, based on a design by my old friend Michelle....

CRICUT Scrapbook page - Clock

Here is todays creation, a scrapbook page from a design in the jun/july cricut magazine designed by Beth Marohn, thanks for the inspiration Beth. I used a photo of my other brother and his fiancee from a a photo I took of them at my other brothers wedding in Febraury at Te Puna. I used accent essentials for the corners and middle flowers, platen schoolbook for the font and elegant edges for the circle of the clock. The clock parts I bought about a year ago for $3 in a sale and finally found a purpose for them.

Wedding scrapbook page - based on idea in Cricut magazine

This layout is based on a picture in the april/may cricut magazine,  a design by Lisa Houpt. Thanks Lisa for the inspiration!
I used the cartridges as follows:

• Elegant edges for the lace matting
• Quarter note for the font
• Home decor for the chandelier and the flourish
• Flower shoppe for the flower
• Life's a beach for the fern type leaves

I am not only LOVING my cricut but also the new CRICUT magazines, they are packed with ideas and inspiration and simply the best magazine I have ever purchased...you will not be disappointed!

Campin critters and Winter frolic CRICUT scrapbooking layouts

I had a lot of fun making these scrapbook pages, firstly the campin critters layout just as it is in the cartridge book as the project to try, i did note though the handbook says to do the sign at 5.5" and that is way too big! even the 3.5" it is still too big for the design as pictured in the handbook and the photo mat sizing is not right either but have modified to suit. I added a little cuttlebug embossing on the caravan and the tree to add some texture and am pleased with the result.

Next is a page inspired by the weekend where after a fab snowfall I went up the mountain to take some photos. The mountain was closed so had to walk up the road from the second gates, have a sore calf muscle to show for it! It was very icy on the road with loads of snow around so can appreciate why it was closed. The second carpark was completely covered with snow and when I walked over it my feet sank up to me knees! Just lovely! As I went up North egmont, I changed the CRICUT designed sign from North Pole to North Egmont, seemed fitting!

Photography pages and awards

The first scrapbook page is a photo I submitted at camera club whihc got an honours... I tooke three photos using AEB auto exposure bracketing that is 3 photos at different exposures and then did the HDR high dynamic range merge in photoshop to get the best parts of all three images....

Next are two photos I entered at the interclub competition held in Hawera recently, hosted by the Hawera club - in the recent photographers section with interclub being stratford, inglewood, hawera and new plymouth clubs.. one of my DPIs got second and another third. You could only put in two DPIs and two prints. I didn't make it to interclub as I had a bad cold after finishing a busy couple of months backstage with 42nd street with the operatic society... I can't believe my photos were placed and they awarded ribbons! I have never had ribbons before... very cool.

And lastly a scrapbookpage using a couple of night photography shots of the port which I haven't even entered at camera club...