Be Thankful

I'm really not much for "Fall Decor", I prefer all things Halloween! But I decided to make a new banner for my office. Of course I put it up before I photographed it, and of course I hung it in a awkward spot to photograph but I did my best. 

Lest start with the close up shot so you can see what the banner is. I used the leaf from Gypsy Wanderings to make make the "flags" of the banner.  

The whole thing looks like this hanging in above my desk. It says "Be Thankful" which is a good reminder for this year. It's hard to be thankful when things are going wrong, but I still have lots in my life to be thankful for. 

I used 5 colors of cardstock to make the leaves, red, brown, pea green, yellow and orange. Then I used a paper from a bunch of different companies, 7 Gypsys, Pinecone Press, and We R Memory Keepers for the inside leaves, and tied it with orange, yellow and brown ribbon.

I used one of the fonts from Opposites Attract to make the letters, I like this one because it's very simple. 

 I love the way it came out, and I hope my co-workers did too.

Happy Crafting!

Layout Friday for My Cricut Craft Room

Today's theme for Scrapbook pages at My Cricut Craft Room is Dolphins! This is perfect for me because I needed to finish scrapbooking my pictures of swimming with the dolphins in Jamaica.

For this layout I used Life's a Beach and Opposites Attract. The pattern paper is from Imaginisce's Splash collection.

The wave border, dolphin, and the fish are from Life's a Beach. We did this on our Honeymoon, almost 6 years ago. Hard to believe that we have been married that long.

The phrase Fishy Kisses is from Opposites Attract. I used my Gypsy to weld the letters together forthe shadow. Both are cut  at 2.10". The Dolphin I cut at 3".

The orange waves are cut at .76", and it took two to get across the page. I didn't like the way the seam looked so I added the blue star, which is from Prima.

These shells are also from Prima, they came in a set with the stars and sequins.The are nice for layouts because the are so flat, but yes, they are real shells.

To see more projects like my please visit Erica's Blog. Happy Crafting!