Polk-A-Dot Scrapper

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.

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)

It's time for a Birthday Card

Woohoo!!! My other half is getting older, he's 36 today!!! Sounds like a great excuse for a birthday card for me!!! Normally I make him cards that look like they're for a 36 year old, but this year, NOPE! I had to use this cute owl print and cut image from the Silhouette store!!! A few balloons cut on my Cricut Machine, some stamps, an enamal dots made for a quick A2 size card!!  Can't wait to give it to him today, he's gonna love it!

Supplies:

DCWV Box of Cards

DCWV Celebrations Stack

Close to My heart Cricut Artiste Cartridge

Cricut Expression 2

Silhouette Cameo

Close To My Heart Birthday Celebration - D1529

Close To My Heart Little Princess - C1414 (retired)

Enamel Dots

DCWV Stack-a-holic Challenge

I'm playing along with the DCWV Stack-a-holic Challenge this month.  I loved the sketch and immediately had a page in mind.  On my trip to Florida with my Mom we got to meet the Cat in the Hat.  All the characters met in a specific area in Suess Landing so we got a bunch of great pictures.  We also had a little fun in one of the shops trying on hats.

The Cat in the Hat is a print and cut design that I created using Silhouette Studio.  I used the My Sunshine DCWV Stack for this layout.  You can play along with the October Stack-A-Holic challenge too!! Check out their blog for the this months sketch and all of the directions!

The Lorax

So on our trip to Florida a couple of years ago (talk about behind) we got to get big hugs from The Lorax!!!  While I was away scrapbooking this weekend I learned a new tip for print and cut with the Silhouette!!! Print your image twice on photo paper and pop it up on pop dots!!! So now my Lorax looks 3D  and it's just a better printed image.  This is definately something I think I'll do more often, I love the look of it!  I used foam tape instead of dots so it was faster to take the backing off.

Supplies:

Simple Stories Good Day Sushine

Echo Park Splash

Bazzil Borders

Silhouette Design Studio and Printed Burlap

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas every where I go, LOL!!!  Yes,  it truely is entirely too early to be talking about the subject of Christmas, BUT, I did get a few gifts completed for this year while I was watching my Redskins win yesterday.  This will be a long blog post full of pictures and  a little tutorial. 

PRINTED BURLAP!!! How cool is that! A sign printed on burlap and framed! Talk about cute and cheap!!! Quick tutorial...Open Silouette studio:

Pick the font that you want and start typing.  Center your phrase where you want it on the page.  Be sure to also set your paper size to the size of the paper that's in  your printer.  I used regular letter size.   Use the fill color (the bucket) option found at the top of the screen to fill the font with a color, I chose black.  The flourish was purchased from the Silouette Store and I used the same fill feature to fill it in red.

This is the brand of burlap that I used. I picked it up at AC Moore.  I cut it down to 8^1/2 x 10^1/2 and taped it with painters tape to a piece of white cardstock, but you could use any color, just whatever is laying aorund.  I put it in the printer tray and printed it from the Silhouette Studio.  No registration marks, just print with your default settings.

A few Tips:

1) Iron the burlap.  It comes on a role so after you cute the peice that you're going to use (I got 2 8x10 signs out of one roll) turn you iron on to the highest setting and just keep it moving aorund until the creases come out.  

2) Make sure it's taped to the cardstock especially if there is a stubborn crease.  The crease will get stuck in your printer and make the ink run.  

3) After you tape it be sure to cut off any stragling pieces so they do not get stuck in the printer and cause a jam.

4) You can use regular scotch tape, but I found that the painters tape held better in the printer.

Here's the finished product.  I haven't found a frame I liked so it's not framed yet.

Super easy and cheap!! I can't wait to frame it!