Independence Day

Monday, July 4, 2011

Happy July 4th - American Independence Day! And, a bit late, happy Canada day to our neighbors to the north! I am back with another Bitten by the Bug 2 weekly challenge. Our design team leader, Heather, chose the cut of the week, the STARFISH from the Life's a Beach cartridge.

Before I discuss today's BBTB2 layout I want to share my "vacation" week with you. As I previously shared, Doug, Ian and I were planning a few days in Chattanooga to visit with Doug's family. His sister and brother-in-law were in from NM and we were excited to see them. Well, the day before we planned to leave I woke up early in the morning ill. I had a yucky tummy, headache, fever, body aches, etc. At first I thought that I had one of those 24 hour viral deals that we have all had. But no.... My virus turned out to be a three day ordeal... In the meantime I had sent Doug and Ian on their way, promising to go the doctor is I did not feel better by the third day. Thankfully the afternoon of the third day I realized that I was on the road to wellness!

I missed seeing everyone, and as heavenly as being home alone can be, this was not one of those times. I was bored and was missing my family! So I had a bit of pity party and then I got over it!! Oh, and I did read three books last week so that was good!

As I stated above, today's BBTB2 challenge cut is the starfish from Life's a Beach. I decided to create a girlie beach layout because I have TONS of photos from Bethany's years at the College of Charleston - I think she spent a lot of time on the beach!!! I normally use blues and sand colors for the beach, but this time I went with topical pinks, salmon, etc.

I used five cartridges to create this layout - Life's a Beach for the sea life, Kate's ABC's for the title cut - Seashore, Billionaire for the cursive phrase, George for the rectangles and French Manor for the stamp shaped cuts.

I used Cricut Design Studio to design my layered title and multi-layered bottom edge border.

Please stop by Bitten by the Bug 2 and check out all of the great Starfish projects. Also, please consider playing along with us this week - you could be our weekly winner!!!