Washington DC mini album

I loved travelling last month to Washington DC so much that as soon as I returned I started to work on this album. This is an accomplishment for me because I rarely appear in pictures or scrap myself. I am one of those Moms who always take the pictures but never appear in them.

I wanted to make a mini album that I could put all of my maps and souvenirs in. If I could smoosh it in, I did.





























I cut up my lanyard to create a souvenir pocket. The plastic part works perfectly to hold all my maps and tickets. I left an open spot for a picture of my kids wearing their DC t-shirts that I brought back.



The only Cricut cartridges I used were Destinations, Going Places and Gypsy Wanderings for the page shapes. All of the paper is from the Great Vacation Stack by DCWV.

I love how it turned out!

I scream for ice cream

Every summer, our family visits this ice cream stand. We buy soft cones and walk across their pedestrian bridge. Of course, I take a picture every time as well...



This layout started with a sheet of open stock paper from Micheals by Recollections. I chopped it up so I could personalize it for the Bridge Drive In. The bridge is actually the Golden Gate bridge from the Destinations cartridge with waves from the Going Places cartridge. I dressed up the cone a bit with paper sprinkles (hand cut), a paper cover (hand cut) and Glossy Accents. I embossed the picture mat so it would match the polka dot grey paper.

I am entering this layout for Fantabulous Cricut's ice cream challenge this week. You should see all the yummy ice cream and popsicle cards!

I am also entering this layout at Cricut 360. Their challenge this week is the Outdoors. This new challenge site is pretty cool.