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!

Campin Mini for my DGS!

My DGS went on a camping trip to Colorado (brrrr...too cold today! and they had to wear jackets in July! We barely wear jackets here in December in Texas!) last summer and I've been wanting to make a mini for him. I used the Cricut Circle Magazine Challenge as my reason to do it NOW! I've got a birthday party this weekend for DGD and luckily I have some Dora decorations that I made last year thats going to help me a little this year. I posted those at this time last year! The Magazine Challenge is to use Cricut Craft Room. I don't stand much of a chance of winning, but it was fun making it just the same! I hope he likes it as much as I enjoyed making it!
Deadline is tomorrow! Finally finished yesterday. I had finished earlier but decided to add a back page due to the diecuts I had added on the previous last page! Thats why the challenges are good for me! I'd never be finished! LOL!

I used a whole pile of cartridges! Cricut Imagine and Legacy carts! The book is 11x7! I wanted him to have room for his 4x6 photos, so almost all of the frames on all of the pages are framed for a 4x6 pic. After I was about 1/2 way into the book I had watched a video about layering the images to print and cut on 1 page and not having to deal with the little bitty eyes. I don't like working with the little bitty eyes, but I'm not crazy about the image all printed in 1 layer either, so I did texturize the animals that I did print in 1 layer! That was easier than dealing with eyeballs! But I like the layers otherwise!
I used:
Imagine Better Together, Imagine Enjoy the Seasons, Campin Critters, Pooh and Friends, Imagine The Good Old Days, Cindy Lou, Create a Critter, Imagine Country Carnival, Imagine Nursery Tails, and the Cinch to bind the book. I usually add ribbon to the binding but since its for my DGS he would not like ribbon! I'm going to think about that and what to use in its place before I give it to him this weekend at DGD birthday party!
I used 3d paint on the marshmallow! Too cute! and stickles on the fire!
Thanks for stopping by! Maybe I've inspired you to make a mini?! I love them myself! I've gotten to love those better than regular scrapbooking! I've done a couple of digital books also! Love those too! 
Good luck to all my circlet friends!