Thor's Thoughts Layout

I host a Daily Inspiration Challenge over on Scrapbook.com, and I try to think up fun way to use our crafting supplies by being inspired by seasonal and sometimes bizarre holidays. This month, I was inspired by several challenges as I created this layout about my cat Thor:

• January 2 is Run It Up the Flagpole and See If Anyone Salutes Day, a day to get creative with new concepts and ideas, so I finally pulled out the pen that came with my Cricut and experimented with writing my journaling using the Cricut. Only took me a year to use this pen - LOL!

• January 6 is Cuddle Up Day, so I added journaling about my cat cuddling up to Cinderella.

• January 19 is Tin Can Day, and since the tin can was invented in the early 1800 but can openers didn't come along until 1858, I challenged everyone to use a tool they wish had been around when they started crafting. My tool was my Cricut, which I used to cut out the speech bubbles.

• January 22 is National Answer Your Cat's Questions Day, so I added the speech bubbles as if my cat was talking/thinking about life.

The Daily Inspiration Challenge is open all month, so come on over to Scrapbook.com to check it out and play along!

Recipe:
Blue Skies papers & stickers
Canary cardstock
Canary, Green Apple, Candy Apple, Lagoon & Sapphire ink
ShinHan Touch Twin marker
Black marker (Cricut)
Stargazer & Seas the Day enamel dots
Ric-rac (JoAnn's Craft Essentials & Wrights)
Cricut Design Space: speech bubbles and journaling
Pattern: Sketch-n-Scrap #216 (reversed to work with my background paper)

Challenges: 2 Crafty Critter Crazies anything goes with a critter (my cat); Heart 2 Heart Out With the Old, In With the New (I used the Blue Skies papers and stickers that I got for Christmas, plus a new technique using my Cricut).