I have a review of a wonderful Cricut cartridge and some tips to share with you about making your flowers from this cartridge.


Here is the cartridge image and some images from the cartridge:

 

Here are my projects:

 

I made one of the flowers that had 3 different cuts,

made 2 different sized roses and made leaves for them.

 

Tips for this cartridge:

Using a petal roller (quilling tool) makes creating the flowers that roll a whole lot easier.

Cut your leaves at the same time you cut your flowers

so you will make sure they are all sized to your flower.

Putting together the flowers that have 3 different cuts are a bit tricky...make sure you are lining them up it will get off center easy.

Smash your flowers down after creating them so they open up a bit.

 

Thanks for joining us today, hope you enjoyed this cartridge...it is a really fun one!

 

Make sure to join in our challenge over to SBC!

Scrapbook Blessings Challenge

Welcome to Scrapbook Blessings Club Challenge! So glad you could pop over here and take a look. This was a simple but fun card to create. Adding to my personal stash of cards for a future occasion. Come on over to SBC and see the other inspirations and join in on the challenge.

Let's Review!

Hello out there...there have been some fabulous projects this week over at Scrapbook Blessings Club. Have you joined our latest challenge over there? You have a few more days!

Well, without further adieu let's get to the review! Today I am reviewing the brand new Tim Holtz mini distress inks and the mini blending tool.

These inks are soooo nice! They are very versatile and certainly convenient. A great size to pack up and take to a crop. Grab a little Thirty One cube and pack all of them in for easy taking with your other supplies, or grab a lock tight container from your local Wal Mart and store all of them that way for ease of travel.

 

Now on to how they work...the tool makes blending and putting these inks on your project super easy...I recently used for the first time the rectangle blending tool that I won this past December on a card...well that tool was very hard to handle I thought and also hurt my hand. The round handle makes this tool super comfortable to hold and very convenient to use. The colors from the mini cubes are great and very vibrant.

 

 

I used the tool and the inks to create the background on this cute and fast birthday card for my grandson at the end of this month. The ease of the tool to put the ink to paper worked wonderful!

 

 

front of card

 

inside of card

 

Supplies used:

Kraft cardstock

Tim Holtz Mini Distress Inks

Tim Holtz Mini Ink Blending Tool

Cricut Cut of a Truck from my Cricut Image stash

Studio Calico "it's the little moments that make life big." stamp

Paper Smooches "Digits" stamp set.



white card stock/yellow cardstock from my stash

And there is a great site to get the Tim Holtz mini distress inks and tool from and all your other Scrappy needs as well. Head on over to Scrapping for Less and see what we have to offer. Thanks so very much for joining me. Get scrappy today!

Cuttin' and Stampin' Day!

Green Team 14-19 Challenge

Graduation 

 

 

This week the design team is using the Doodlebug "The Graduates" paper collection and the Paper Smooches Seeing Stars stamp set.  And WOW have they come up with some really terrific creations.  Stop by each of their blogs and check them out.  Then create something of your own and enter this weeks challenge.    

 

 I was so excited about this paper and this stamp set! Make sure you run over and grab both of these from the store!

I created 2 cards for special guys in my life! The are both for grandson's who this week will celebrate special achievements in the school careers...both of them about to embark on a new adventure!

 

 

 

 

Don't forget to create something special for a graduate in your life!   Check out all the other lovely creations over at Cuttin' and Stampin' and don't forget to enter our challenge!

Scrapbook Blessing Challenge!

Hello Friends! Today I have my first ever created box card! I am super excited to show you this card. It is for a very special person in my life. The Design Team all created various takes on this ever popular card and are sharing them today on the SBC blog. Thanks for stopping by!

 

Head on over to the Scrapbook Blessings Club blog and see all the inspiration...make sure you join in on our challenge as well.

Cuttin' and Stampin' Day!

Green Team 14-17 Challenge

Anything goes for Mom, with out flowers. 

I know, we must be crazy right?  When it comes to creating something for MOM, there always seems to be some pretty flowers involved.  Well this week, we are going to make you stretch your imagination and create something with out the use of flowers.  

 

This week the design team is using the Bo Bunny Modern Miss paper collection and the Paper Smooches Scripty Sayings stamp set.  And WOW have they come up with some really terrific creations.  Stop by each of their blogs and check them out.  Then create something of your own and enter this weeks challenge.  

 

 Here's a look at the full collection of Modern Miss Products.  You can pick up your items in the Cuttin' and Stampin' Scrappy Supply Store. 

 

 

 The Paper Smooches Scripty Sayings stamp can be used for so many things.   

 

 I was so excited about this paper and this stamp set! Make sure you run over and grab both of these from the store!

 

 

Don't forget to create something special for Mom, with out flower.  Mother's Day is only a few weeks away.  Check out all the other lovely creations over at Cuttin' and Stampin' and don't forget to enter our challenge!

Scrapbook Blessings Club...Creating a Card Stash!

Well, Happy Tuesday fellow crafters! We are one day closer to the weekend right? So glad you could join us here today. I am going to share with you a really quick and easy way to create a card stash...now I only have 3 cards to show you but it is just so you can get the idea on how/what to do to go about creating a quick and easy card stash!

Tip: Keep your layouts simple!

There is a little step by step process here to do this:

First, take some time on a rainy afternoon to create a stockpile of various diecuts using either your Cricut or Silhouette machine. It makes quick and easy cardmaking even quicker.

Second, choose only 1 or 2 Sentiment stamp sets to use. I used these cool and fabulous new sets from Crafting Desert Divas...check them out...I think you will love them!

Third, choose 2 main colors of cardstock (I chose blue and yellow) and choose 1 6x6 pad to use as your patterned paper. {Take one that has been forgotten and unloved and put it to use.}

Lastly, choose your simple layouts and start creating...

Here are the 3 cards I created this afternoon in about an hour.

 

Don't you just think these are super cute? I sure was pleased with how they turned out!

 

Thanks for taking the time to join us today. Make sure to check out our current challenge over at Scrapbook Blessings Club!