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Monday, July 8, 2013

Gotta Wear Shades

Hello everyone!  This is Erika from http://EKittyScraps.blogspot.com  I can't believe it is July already.  I am very sad to hear the news that this is the last month for the blog.  I would wake up in the morning and read the blog daily.  I will truly miss this.  I will try to post another project or two before the month is over.  Here is my LO for the month.  This is another LO for my Stepson that got married last Summer.  This is Pre-wedding fun with the Best Man, Maid of Honor and Groom. 
All of the pictures have black backgrounds with either brown or cream colored frames.  Gotta Wear Shades was cut at 3/4 inches using the Shadow feature on the Platin SchoolBook Cartridge.  I could not cut that small without using the Shadow feature.  Too much tearing of the letters on the mat.  The shades were cut at 3/4" and 1/2" (square shades) using Paper Dolls Teen Scene on page 56 and (girly shades) Forever Young cartridge from page 47.  The lens's were cut a 1/4 inch smaller to fit the frames better.   

The banner was cut from the Artiste cartridge on page 66 on kraft paper.  I then used my Festive Berries Distress Stain to color the banner.  Only took a minute or two to dry.  I used pop dots on the banner and all of the shades on the LO to add height.

I added song lyrics about sunglasses to both layouts for fun.


I backed the song lyrics with black paper.

I inked "Gotta Wear Shades" with Vintage Photo Distress Ink to help stand out. 


You now can see the pop dotted sunglasses fron this angle.


I hope you like my LO and Thanks for stopping by. 

Materials Used:
Cricut Expression Machine
Cricut Cartridges: Artiste, Forever Young, Paper Dolls Teen Scene and Platin SchoolBook
Silver and Gray Paper from The Formal Stack by DCWX
Kraft paper
Festive Berris Distress Stain
Vintage Photo Distress Ink
Pop Dots, glue 





14 comments:

  1. What a fun LO. Love all the sunglasses and the use of the lyrics.

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    1. Thanks Rita. This LO was alot of fun to make. :)

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  2. What an awesome layout. I love that you added the song lyrics too. One of my favorite pictures from my older son's wedding is one of my two boys and the best man wearing their shades. Thanks for sharing.

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    1. I am glad you liked my LO Cindy. It was definately a good time.

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  3. This is such a cool layout! I love the sunglasses and it was a great idea to add the lyrics from the song to the page. Very clever and creative!

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    1. Thanks cdm317! The song was going through my head while I was putting the LO together so I just had to use it. :)

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  4. Cute, cute! Looks like it was a fun event. TFS

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  5. Thanks Renee. The wedding was a great event. :)

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  6. Great layout! Wonderful photos, love the shade embellies and adding the lyrics is a great idea! TFS

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  7. Thanks Francine! It was fun to make.

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  8. What a fun layout! Everyone is just too cool for words!

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  9. Thanks Carolyn. It is a fun day.

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