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Engagement Album

So, the engagement album is ALMOST done.  I have a few more pages to go.  I tried to finish it while on an awesome vacation to Tennessee and Williamsburg, but that didn't go as planned.  I had to share this page because I finally got around to using the slice feature on my Cricut machine!!!  So cool, I can't wait to find more excuses to use it.  So I created a row of hearts.  Then I created a smaller heart and layered it on top of each heart and clicked the slice button; and there was a hole woohoo!!! So I did this 6 times, then welded them together and copy and pasted the row two more times and then welded the rows together.  There you have it your very own overlay!!!  The dots on the craft cardstock are from a dot background stamp that I randomly stamped all over the paper.  The rest of the supplies are listed under the photo.  Enjoy :-)

Supplies -

Cover A Card Dots Cling Mount Stamp - Impression Obsession

Hugs & Kisses Collection Kit - Simple Stories

Save The Date - Teresa Collins

Lagoon Hearts Washi Tape - Close To My Heart - Christine Bowyer

Catalina Splash True Color Fusion Ink - Fun Journey Stampers - Connie Powell

 

Special Birthday Card

A very special person is turning 80 years old in a few short months.  Her awesome daughter and one of my closest friends came up with this amazing idea to have all her Facebook friends send cards to her mother to help her celebrate.  Of course I was game, but I had to make one instead of visiting the local Hallmark store.  The front was inspired by Paige Dolecki's card from a few years ago.  Check out her blog and the post here.  The inside was all from my head!  So here goes..

 

The card is from Close To My Heart and came in a workshop on the go that I bought for something else.  I ripped and embossed pieces of Champagne Close to My Heart Cardstock for the sand.  I inked them with Fun Stampers Journey Oatmeal Cookie ink.  The blue background is from blue cardstock that I bought from JoAnn Fabrics.  I cut the Happy Crab with my Silhouette.  I popped the layers up with foam dots and inked them with Fun Stampers Journey Cranberry Bliss ink.  The inside is an additional piece of the ripped cardstock and a crab punched with my Martha Stewart Crab Punch.  All of the sentiments, from the AmyR Oh So Beachy stamp set, were inked with Fun Stampers Journey Black Licorice ink.  The happy birthday sentiment was really happy "belated" birthday, but I cut it apart so the fonts would match. 

 

Link to Supplies (if available)

Close to My Heart Champagne Cardstock

AmyR Oh So Beachy Rubber Stamps

Darice Embossing Folder Dot Background

Fun Stampers Journey Inks

Martha Stewart Crab Punch - discontinued

Googly eyes

Silhouette Design Studio Happy Crab

 

Happy Scrapping :-)

Polk-A-Dot Scrapper

Doodle Crew Retreat February 2015 (Photo Heavy Post)

Last weekend was the Doodle Crew retreat in Glen Allen, VA.  I actually managed to get a lot of pages done after getting there late and laughing with great friends while I was there.  Here are a few of the pages that I finished of the Cruise I took with my Mom a few years ago.  Nothing in the world like the Mediterranean.

Amazing Cave tour in Katakolan

Arriving in Santorini was my favorite part of the trip.  The wind was so crazy my hair was all over the place.  Mom happened to snap this crazy picture so I had to put it in the book!!

Leaving Santorini was just like all the pictures you see in movies and on post cards.  Absolutely amazing!!!!

Ink pad Organize More Review

Right after Christmas I purchased the 60 Ink Pad Organizer from Organize more.  It does hold every size ink pad.  I don't like it for the distress inks because the spaces are too deep.  I ordered lavender, to match my scrapbook room. It is lavender if you hold it just at the right angle.  What's funny about this is my walls are the exact same shade of lavender.  It's extremely pale, almost white, so you have to hold it at just the right angle to see the lavender color, so if you're looking for a true purple, this isn't is.  The function of course is AWESOME!!!  I have mine sitting on my Expedit, with some stuff behind it because it takes up absolutely no space.  I can't wait to fill it up with inks!!!

 

Quick Organizational Post

I found out about these Multi-Purpose Bins from the Container Store in a Scrapbook Organizational group that I'm in on Facebook!! So I got the idea of how to fix the paper falling over in my Thirty-One Your Way Cubes.  I picked up Large and Medium; one of each fits side by side perfectly inside the Thirty-One Cubes!!!  Let's not talk about how cheap they are!!! You can't beat the price, $5 for the Medium and $6 for the large!!!   Get 'em while you can, they're back in stock on their website. 

Raskog Cart Organization

Everyone is looking for organization using their Raskog Cart from Ikea.  I thought I'd finally share mine.

 

Love my Cricut

I finally got to try out a few Cricut Explore things a few weeks ago.  Love the print and cut!!! I still use photo paper and print and cut two images and tape them together with foam tape.  I did find that my HP Printer ink doesn't dry well so I have to be careful not to rub off the registration marks.  I did find that a black sharpie does fix that problem if I do happen to rub them off some.  My only complaint with the Cricut Print and Cut is that I can only print onto 81/2 x 11 paper and really more towards the size of 6x6 because of the registration marks.  Not a ton of fun when your normal printer at home is a wide format.  I'm hoping that'll change in the future.  Other than that, it's super easy and will print and cut anything!!! I used an image from the Disney Dreams Come True Cricut Cartridge and an image from the internet that I saved to my computer.  Both print and cut perfectly with no problems.

I also attempted the Cricut pens.  Well..I'll just say they kind of left a little to be desired.  I used the silver metallic which was super cute and then faded towards the end to a light gray.  I'm interested in trying other brands, because I loved the idea of it. 

Supplies:

Disney Dreams Come True Cricut Catridge

Cricut Artiste Cartridge

Close to My Heart Hooligans Paper Pack (Retired)

The other papers were from my stash. I honestly don't know what the names are, but they're fairly old.

Christmas Projects Complete

Finally finished the last of my Christmas cards!!! 

For the card I used May Arts ribbon, the moose is from the Silhouette store and the paper is from My Minds Eye.

I also made a few gift card holders.  So super quick and easy!!

This is the insde.  I decided to cut a gift card insert so the card woulnd't be floating around on the inside.

Supplies:

Basic Gray 26 and Pine Paper

Stampin Up Owl Punch

Cricut Machine for the antlers.  I cut a snowflake and cut parts off for the antlers.  I also used it for the scalloped circle behind Rudolph

Silhouette for the gift card insert

Close to My Heart Merry Christmas Stamp

Envelope Punch

Pink Glitter Wink of Stella

I followed the tutorial found on the Loven Stamps Blog.  Great tutorial give it a shot!! I made 3 of these in less than an hour from 1 sheet of 12x12 paper!

Gift Card Holder

Ok, so I really hate those boring gift card holders that you get at the store.  I also just didn't feel like buying a box of cards to only give out 5 because we're putting a gift card inside, so I decided to make my own.  Well, all the ideas on pinterest and I just oculdn't make a decision.  I didn't want just a tag with the card in it.  I didn't like the cards with the holder on the front, because we all know teenagers aren't opening the card if the cash is on the front.  So, I decided on a normal A2 size card and I found an insert in the Silhouette store and cut it down to fit.  So the pictures were quick that I took with my cell phone, it was midnight after all an I needed to be at work this morning, but ya'll get the idea.

Supplies - 

MFT Fishtail Stax Dienamics 

Jillian Vance - Polka Dot Rectangle Backdrop Die

Pink Stamper - A Punny-licious Chriastmas

Stampin Up Key Tag Punch (Retired)

Boxed Up

It's almost Christmas time so it's time to start wrapping!!!!  I exchange Christmas ornaments with my Best Friend every year.  This year I made her's and I posted the tutorial about that here.  The problem I ran into was finding a box that would fit them.  So finally after searching for something for months someone posted a picture of a jumbo box that she made and I knew it would fit my ornaments.  There is a tutorial video that can be found here.  I have now created 3 of them as I'm also giving away an ornament to a family member and I've also been invited to an ornament exchange party.  All of the pictures are below, with the supplies listed under each.  For the boxes I used the Silhouette Chipboard and the Cricut Cartridge Tags, Bags, Boxes and More 2.  The box that I used is called the Box with Handle.

 



Supplies:

Doodlebug Designs Frostly Friends 6x6 Paper Pad

Close To My Heart Clear Glitter

Close To My Heart Cricut Artiste Catridge

Supplies:

Kaiser Craft Belle Collection (Retired)

Ribbon is from Michaels

Supplies:

Kaisercraft Silly Seasons (Retired)

 

HAPPY SCRAPPING

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