Winner of the Karate Tournament!

Hello friends! I'm sorry I'm going to have to put my "Nana" bragging hat on for a moment! It just happens again to coincide with the Circle Challenge once again! I got a new Scrapbook Holder from Michaels! Love it! I can show my pages in a hanging holder instead of sitting in the books on the table! I think more people will look at it than they will pick up an album. This is the front page now! I only got the 8x8, I wasn't as ambitious to get the 12x12 yet! They had a ton of those! I had to wait a couple of weeks and go to different stores to find this size!
Here's a pic if you're interested. Only $14.99 (before coupon!) at Michaels! My DGS won his first Karate tournament! The picture here has a bad glare but it will be featured below.

Now for my challenge pic and submission info:

The Challenge: Create a layout about a recent milestone in your family. Whether it is graduation, a birthday, moving into a new house, losing a tooth, or whatever it may be. Be sure to include at least 2 Cricut cuts and use 2 Cricut fonts in your page title.
Rules and Guidelines: Circle Blog Challenges are open to Cricut Circle Members only. Your project must be newly created for this challenge and include atleast 2 Cricut Image Cuts. You must submit a project to be entered into the Challenge Prize Drawing.
How to Enter: Submit your entry using the InLinkz tool found at the bottom of this post. Please post your full name along with your entry. Entries are due by 9:00 pm MST on Thursday, May 31st, 2012.
Prize: This month the winner will receive $150.00 in credit to Cricut.com.
My Recipe:
Cricut Imagine Machine
White Colorbok paper from Walmart
Country Carnival Cart (the U)
Cricut Craftroom Basics (the R and #1)
Hannah Montana for the frame around the picture
Greeting cards Inside and Out for the badge!
Imagine TC Black and White cart for the background paper and the ruler
Thanks for stopping by and good luck to my fellow circlets!

Happy Fall Ya'll!

I know its felt like fall in the north for a while now, but it has hit us here in N. Texas last night! I'm already freezing and its only 50! Hope ya'll had a great Thanksgiving and ready to get down to business! time to get ready for the Holidays! I need to start thinking about making my Christmas cards and I just can't think of what I want to do this year. I think I'm overwhelmed. I have so many great ideas and can't use them all on 1 card! And a very good friend of mine found out the day before Thanksgiving that she has Lymphoma and has to see her oncologist and start chemo ASAP! So I've been a little down thinking about what she's going to have to go through and couldn't be a worse time! Not that there's ever a good time, but you know what I mean....
Anyhoo! this is my submission for the Cricut Circle monthly challenge for November. The Challenge this month  was to create a project of any kind using "signs/symbol" of fall. It can be any item that brings the fall feeling to you! Must inclue some way of adding texture to your project, whether its using a cuttlebug, distress the edges, ink, stickles, etc and use at least 2 different Cricut cuts.
The prize is $150.00 on cricut,com!

My recipe:
Cricut Craftroom
Cricut Imagine
Colorbok paper from Walmart
Martha Stewart corner punch
Enjoy the Seasons for the image and the background brown paper and the acorn corner banner
Orange ribbon from Walmart
Martha Stewart stamp kit for the Happy Fall ya'll stamped on flags
Gold glitter pen
Orange inkpad (around the orange mat)
Martha Stewart scoring board for the scoring of the brown mat (what was I thinking!!  As soon as I got a few of those lines done I was sorry I started that! )

Thanks for stopping by! And I hope you have a great week! I'm so glad I don't have to go back to work tomorrow! I feel for ya! I wish everyone could stay home and play with me!