Make it in Minutes Monday

Welcome to Make it in Minutes Monday. I thought it would be fun to feature quick and easy cards and projects that take only minutes to make, but look like you spent more time making them.

I purchased Anna’s Gracious Giftables Cricut Cartridge from HSN and I love it. For this Father’s Day gift card holder, I used the Shirt and Tie Holder (#M1B96F1E). It would also be perfect for a birthday gift.

All I need to do is buy a gift card and I am done! I can’t wait to give it to my Father-In-Law for Father’s Day.

Click here to see Anna’s sizing directions. I followed her sizing directions with one exception. I made this holder a little smaller, because I wanted it to fit on my 8 x 8 inch paper. You can modify the measurements based on the size of your gift card.

Thanks for stopping by and have a marvelous Monday!

SOS Sunday Sort Of…..

Welcome to Simply Organized Sunday…SOS for short. Every Sunday I typically showcase blogs, websites or posts that provide innovative approaches to organizing and designing your craft space as well as other areas in your home. I am taking some time off to celebrate Memorial Day with my family so I combined my Fab Five Friday and SOS Sunday into a brief post.

I am a huge fan of bows and was thrilled when I discovered this video on easy ways to make bows by Gina K.



Have a wonderful Memorial Weekend!

Coloring Glitter Paper

I love using glitter paper, but I never seem to have the right color. So I decided to try using different glitter papers and pens to color my glitter paper.

I posted this card several weeks ago and I am finally getting around to filming the video. I used Anna Griffin silver glitter paper, but you could use any brand. The image is the Flower (#MFB2E4) from the Cricut Bits and Pieces cartridge. Any outline image will work. I attached the outline image to the solid background image that I cut our of silver glitter paper. Next I colored the paper using my Sharpies. The finished size is 4 ¼ x 5 ½.

I love how the glitter looks like stained glass!

Be sure to watch the following video to see which pens and papers work with this fun technique.



Have a wonderful week!

Make it in Minutes Monday

Welcome to Make it in Minutes Monday. I thought it would be fun to feature quick and easy cards and projects that take only minutes to make, but look like you spent more time making them.

I purchased Anna’s Gracious Giftables Cricut Cartridge from HSN and I love it. For this adorable gift card holder, I used the Coin Purse Holder (#M1B965F2). I used stickers from my stash to add to the band.

All I need to do is buy a gift card and I am done! This is an adorable and easy baby shower gift.

Click here to see Anna’s sizing directions. I mostly followed her sizing directions. However, I ungrouped the resized image and sized the band to 8.52" x .8". You may want to make the entire size smaller depending on the size of your gift card.

Thanks for stopping by and have a marvelous Monday!

Fab Five Friday

Welcome to Fab Five Friday. For those of you that are new to this blog, every Friday I showcase five blogs, websites or posts that I think you will enjoy.

Be sure to visit A Beautiful Mess for 5 ways to update a photo frame. Click here for step by step info!

I am a huge fan of Lia Griffith and love this post on how to tie a Tiffany inspired bow.



Thank Lia for the easy to follow video!

I love this box that holds three tea lights. What a great idea and you could also use this box to hold other goodies!



I love how she uses the envelope punch board to make this adorable box!

Be sure to visit Gloria Scraps for detailed instructions on how to make this beautiful portfolio. Be sure to scroll down on this post to see the scrapbook portfolio

I love all the flaps and the pocket.

Summer vacation is just around the corner and I thought you might enjoy some easy children crafts to keep your children busy!

The apple puppets are too cute!

Thanks for visiting and have a fabulous Fab Five Friday!

SOS Monday

Welcome to Simply Organized Sunday…SOS for short. Every Sunday I showcase blogs, websites or posts that provide innovative approaches to organizing and designing your craft space as well as other areas in your home. I am always looking for quick ideas for organizing craft supplies and was excited when I saw this post from BHG. Since Mother’s Day was Sunday, this week I decided to post SOS on Monday! I hope you had a wonderful Mother’s Day weekend!

Using milk glass for storage is both clever and elegant!

I love how they used a canvas apron made for gardening tools to hold children crafting tools. What a great idea!

I am so going to use my old spice rack for storage.

What a great idea to use your wire shower caddy to organize craft supplies.

Be sure to visit BHG for 27 fun craft organizing ideas!

Have a wonderfully organized Monday!

Fun with Gel Pens

I thought you might enjoy these fun videos on how to color using gel pens. I should have my video on how to make custom colored glitter paper posted next week!



This video is from CherTheFire on how to color with gel pens and colored pencils. I love her work!



A special thanks to Coloring Pages Bliss for this video on How to Use, Store and Care for Gel Pens!



In this video Jenifer talks about how to color and blend using gel pens. Who knew you could blend with them.

A special thanks to my sister for sending me these links!

Have a wonderful Wednesday!

Anna Griffin Purchase

I loved these stamps and cutting dies so much that I ordered them last Saturday! I was afraid that HSN would sell out and I wanted to make sure I got my order in.

I can’t wait to get these!

I am excited to try these label stamps and dies on my cards!

Have a wonderful day and be sure to watch Anna Griffin May 9th on HSN.  Click here for a list of all the products, item numbers and details.

Have a wonderful Monday!

Fab Five Friday

Welcome to Fab Five Friday. For those of you that are new to this blog, every Friday I showcase five blogs, websites or posts that I think you will enjoy.

If you are looking for last minute Mother’s Day ideas, be sure to visit I Heart Naptime for free gift tag and card printables

I can’t wait to try these healthy snacks from The Everyday Girl. Yum!

I can’t wait to try making these natural bath salts. These would make a great Mother’s Day gifts. Visit One Good Thing for all the details.

I love this technique from Kelly. You could adapt it for any occasion!

Be sure to visit BHG for 24 additional ways to use your paper scraps to create art.

Thanks for visiting and have a fabulous Fab Five Friday!

Coloring Glitter Paper

I am starting to feel better and slowly getting back to crafting. I hope to be back to my regular schedule soon. I love using glitter paper, but I never seem to have the right color. So I decided to try using different glitter papers and pens to color my glitter paper.

Once I discovered how easy it is to color glitter paper using Sharpies, I created this fun card.

I am working on a video to demonstrate this process in detail and how different glitter papers react to this technique. My goal is to have it posted next week.

Have a wonderful week!