Cut It Up Challenge #14--Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss!

Happy Friday!! Today's challenge at Cut it Up Challenges is "Dr. Seuss-Inspired".  Dr. Seuss' birthday was March 2.  Make  something inspired by one of his books. (Use fish, cats, elephants,  etc.) Must use a die cut.

Here is what I created:

 My all-time favorite book of Dr. Seuss's is "The Lorax". So I had to make this cute truffula tree card. I used blue cardstock in the A2 size and then added some torn green paper for the grass. I also embossed the grass with a flower embossing folder and inked it with a bit of green ink. 

For my die-cuts, I cut the skinny tree trunks from Campin' Critters. I just modified it a bit. Originally, this cut has a bear peaking out of it and I just cut all that off so I just had the trunk. Then I took a black pen and drew the black lines on the trunk. The unless tree stump is cut from Create a Critter. Then the tops of the trees were made from wool roving I found at Hobby Lobby. They had 6 pk. of colors and I chose pink and purple and I stuck them on glubers. I tried to spiral them a little bit but I didn't want to mess with it too much and muck it up. 

On the inside, I used a bit of the words from the book for the sentiment: "Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. No, it's not. Thanks for caring!!

Hope you have fun as much fun with this challenge as I did! Thanks for stopping by and taking a look and make sure to check out the other DT creations and find out how to play along at Cut it Up Challenges!

Let's Scrap Sketch 10-3-12--A Bear-y Cute Infestation

Hi everyone,

Almost Friday! Today I'm posting the new sketch this week over at Let's Scrap! Lots of photos on this one and I really enjoyed working with this sketch:

Here is my creation:

When we went on our vacation to South Dakota this summer, we visited Bear Country, U.S.A. A drive through "zoo" where you have bears walking in front of your cars as well as other animals. When you get to the end, you park and can walk inside baby land where they have all the baby animals and their main attraction--30-some bear cubs!! The youngest one there was 3 months old and they were so much fun to watch!! They loved climbing to the tips of the really skinny trees. We watched them for quite a while and I got a nice sunburn to prove that!

I used the cartridges "Create a Critter" to make the clouds, sun, and rainbow and also the cartridge "Campin' Critters" to make the bear and bear hiding in the trees. I added googly eyes to their bears. Like I always say, googly eyes make everything so much more fun! The "notebook" paper journal spot I made with cardstock and hole-punched one side for that freshly torn out look! 

This has to be one of my favorite layouts this year so far. It's so cute!! It only helps that the photos are of bear cubs!

Thanks so much for stopping by tonight and I appreciate your comments and support! Have a great Friday tomorrow!

Happy Scrappin'!