Our Story Tag Album

I purchased a $5.00 Colorbox paper pad from Wal-Mart and I challenged myself to make a tag album using only the paper in the pad. Please check out my video to see if I succeeded. I have provided measurements below for each page. Hope you enjoy the video!



Cover:
The tag is from page 79 of the Tags Bags Boxes and More (TBBM ) cartridge. I cut the tag at 5 ½ inches and I also cut the shadow. The flower is from Forever Young p 71 and is cut at 3 ½ inches. The tag packet is on page 113 of TBBM and cut at 6 inches. The inside tag is on page 79 and is cut at 3 inches. Our Story tag is from the paper pack. The rest of the tags are cut using the shadow feature. I inked all edges using Tim Holtz’s walnut stain distress ink.

Back of Cover:
I used two flower punches and attached pearls. The rectangle is 2 x 3 inches with rounded corners. The tab is from the paper packet.

Page one:
I cut three rectangles, one 2 x 3 ¼ and two 1 ¾ by 1 ½ inches. Back of page one is blank.

Page two:
I cut a 3 x 4½ rectangle and a 2 ¾ x 3 ¾ rectangle. Back of page two is blank.

Page three:
The bird house is from the Cindy Loo cartridge and cut at 3 ½ inches. I cuttlebuged the birdhouse using the Swiss dots folder and glittered the heart. The tag packet and tag are cut the same as the ones on the cover.

Back:
True Love was cut at 2 ¼ inch using the Celebrate with a Flourish cartridge

Old Guys Rule Update

I received a number of emails and comments asking about the paper I used on the card I posted yesterday, so I thought I would provide a quick update. The paper is from Creative Imaginations and it is from their "Old Guys Rule" line.

The name of the reversible paper is "No Regrets" and below is a photo. All of my cuts were from this paper. I love this paper and thanks for the questions and nice emails!

Old Guys Rule ....Happy Birthday Pat!

Saturday was my brother-in-law's 60th birthday and I made this card and matching envelope for him using my Cuttlebug and Old Guys Rule paper from Creative Imaginations. It is really a card on top of another card. The smaller card on the front opens but I forgot to take a photo of it.

I purchased the paper from The Memory Trail and had fun cutting out the recliner and the old guys rule circles. This is a fun line of paper and very versatile.

Fab Five Friday

Welcome to another Fab Five Friday. This week’s Fab Five will feature two blogs that offer a variety of easy techniques on how to use ProMarkers and Copic markers.

Cokie Pop Paper Boutique is an amazing blog with lots of great ideas. Angi’s Forever Friends layout is a must see. She chose beautiful paper with soft hues for this layout. Wow! P.S. I so love the name of her blog.

217 Creations posted an informative tutorial using white acrylic paint and glimmer mist. I can’t wait to try this technique with my homemade glimmer mist. It looks elegant and easy!

Floral Fantasies is a unique blog packed full of ideas for stampers. I love her cards and her choice of colors.

Color me Copic is the place for all things Copic. This is an informational and challenge blog designed to help Copic enthusiasts of all levels.

If you use Promarkers you may want to check out this site. I am not sure the site is updated on a regular basis; however, the older posts are worth viewing.

I would like to thank Lori from Organized Chaos for awarding me the Cherry on Top Blog Award. I am so thrilled to receive this award. Thanks Lori for all your support and for sharing your amazing designs with us!

Thanks for stopping by and have a fabulously fun Friday.

Decorating Your Envelopes and a Quick Liner Technique

A few months ago I made a video on how to make A2 envelopes and liners using the Martha Stewart score board and the Score-Pal. I had so much fun making envelopes and liners that I decided to make a video on how to decorate envelopes. I also found another quick way to line an envelope that I just had to share. Please scroll down to watch the video and have a great day.

Happy Birthday Mandy!

Today is my niece’s birthday and I made this cute card for her using the Cindy Loo and the George Cartridges.

First, I used the shadow feature of the Doily Cut on page 71 of the Cindy Loo cartridge manual along with my Design Studio to weld the base of the card. The doily was cut at 5¼”. Next I cut the filigree1 (page 28) and layers at 3½”. The circle is cut from the George cartridge and measures 4¾”. To finish it, I added pen work around the doily and added some bling. Did I say I love this cartridge?

Happy Birthday Mandy and I hope you have a fun day!

PS I just mailed the card.

Fab Five Friday

Welcome to another Fab Five Friday. This week’s Fab Five will give you ideas for scrapbooking, card making, stamping and more.

My Feathered Nest is an absolute must see for scrapbookers. Jana Eubank features absolutely gorgeous layouts that you will want to make. Her blog is amazing.

If you enjoy reading PaperCrafts magazine, you will want to visit Moxie Fab World. This unique website will provide oodles of inspiration. I love it.

Papertrey Ink’s gallery features amazing cards using beautiful stamps. In fact, there are over 40 pages of examples. Wow!

For those of you that do not know Tammy from Creative Critters Cricut Club, you may want to check out this post. One of the newest trends is making banners and pennants and Tammy provides numerous examples to inspire you to try out this new trend. I can’t wait to make a pennant with my Cricut.

I am in love with this baby card created by Julie from Ready Set Stamp! While you are there, I hope you have time to check out her website. It is wonderful.

Thanks for stopping by and have fun weekend.

Making Boxes with the Cricut

Today is all about boxes. I love making boxes and the Cricut makes it so easy! In today’s video, I will show you several boxes made with the Cricut using different cartridges.

One of my favorite new boxes is a large octagonal box that I made using SCAL and a file that I purchased from SVG cuts. This box is amazing!

Hope you enjoy the video and thanks for visiting.

Merci Card

I made this card using the French Manor cartridge. In fact, it is my version of the sample card shown on page seven of the manual. It was so easy to make. Hope you are having a great Monday and thanks for visiting!

Fab Five Friday

Welcome to another Fab Five Friday. This week’s Fab Five will give you ideas for scrapbooking, card making, and more.

Mandy from The Polka Dot Spot has all the information on the new Sew Easy stitch piercer that was featured at CHA. Check out all the photos of the newest tool. I think this may be a must have.

If you enjoy using the Cuttlebug or just want to see what is available, be sure and visit Joy’s blog, Obsessed with Scrapbooking. She has photos of every cuttlebug folder imaginable. I so need to start saving! As if her first post was not enough, check out the new designs from Tim Holtz.

For all things BBQ check out the designs at Fantabulous Cricket. So cute and perfect for summer!

Carolina Girl from Creating in Carolina has made one of the cutest SVG cards ever! This frog card is so adorable and she even provides the free SVG file. Be sure to hop in for a visit.

I love to make tags and Jenny from Jenny K. Scrappin Addict has created several elegant tags that you have to check out. Thanks Jenny for sharing your work.

I would like to thank Gaby from Scrapabookaholic for awarding me the Sweet Blogger and the Sunshine Award. I am so honored to receive these awards. Thank Gaby for all your support and nice comments. I love your blog!

Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful weekend.

Make Your Own Alcohol Ink Blending Solution

I was in the process of making backgrounds using alcohol ink and ran out of blending solution so I made my own and it worked. The good news is it is less expensive than the original brand and I find it works well. In fact, you need less of it to achieve virtually the same result. Please scroll down to check out my video on how to make it.

If you are interested in more techniques and ideas using alcohol ink…..Jennifer McGuire and Two Peas in a Bucket produced a 9 week on-line class called Thinking Inking. I watched the entire series on YouTube and loved it! As part of the nine week series she did a series of 4 videos on alcohol ink techniques. Click here to watch the first in the four part series. Click here for part two, part three and part four. Enjoy!

Teapot Card

To make this cute card, I purchased an SVG file from SVG Cuts and made the following modifications. I used my all time favorite flower from the George cartridge to make the flower, and my second favorite tool, the Cuttlebug. I am addicted to the 8 inch by 8 inch paper stacks from DCWV because they have smaller sized prints that are perfect for making cards or smaller die cuts. For this project, I used the Café Mediterranean stack that I purchased from Jo-Ann Fabrics. Thanks for visiting and have a great day!

Fab Five Friday

Welcome to another Fab Five Friday. This week’s Fab Five will give you ideas for scrapbooking, card making and more.

Valerie from Creator’s Masterpiece created an elegant book using black and white papers and the new French Manor cartridge from Cricut. You just have to visit her blog!

Card Style magazine by Paper Crafts is making its debut. Click here to see an excerpt from this new magazine.

Practical Scrappers Using up our Supplies features tons of ideas for scrapbook pages and cute cards. Stop in for a visit and leave inspired.

Splitcoast Stampers is one of my favorite places for tutorials. They feature stamping tutorials and great paper craft ideas. In fact, there are too many ideas and projects to count. The good news is the projects are arranged in alphabetical order so you can quickly find what you need.

Patti from Creations by Patti made this adorable flag card. It is hard to describe, but so cute. She provides easy to understand directions and photos. I so want to make this.

Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful weekend.

Cuttlebug Fun

I decided it was time to organize my Cuttlebug folders, so I searched for a way to use my Cricut to make file folders. Needless to say, I was excited when I found that Okieladybug’s Scrap N’More had created Cuttlebug folders using the George cartridge and posted them on her blog for everyone to use. She also created a version using Plantin. Thanks Okie for designing and sharing these files. Please check out her blog while you are there….it is amazing!

Next, I decorated a white tin container using left over buttons. For this project, I used the Cosmo Cricket Material Girl paper stack and tons of buttons. Here are a few pictures of the final project.







I love my Cuttlebug and use it frequently. However, when I used it on thinner papers it would always crack the paper. For a quick and easy way to prevent your paper from cracking please check out the video below.

Cindy Loo Circle Card

When I saw the Design Studio cut file on the Custom Crops website, I just knew I had to make this card. A special thanks to Susan Edwards for designing this adorable card. Please click here for the free DS cut file, complete instructions and an easy to follow video. Enjoy!