tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9422930927532671642024-03-19T04:48:38.510-04:00 Col's Creative CornerA Place To Share My Love Of Papercrafting cdm317http://www.blogger.com/profile/14861205131171363375noreply@blogger.comBlogger231125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-942293092753267164.post-56619432175675649612016-01-12T06:00:00.000-05:002016-01-12T06:00:02.412-05:00December Daily Days 22-25<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I only went to the 25th this year with my December Daily. Here are my last entries.<br />
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December 22nd I finished my Father in law and Stella's Christmas cards.<br />
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December 23 Danny and I baked cookies. Pete went to jam with his brother, so Danny and I watched Christmas shows all night.<br />
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We had a fun day on the 24th. My Father in law and Stella stayed at a local hotel on Christmas Eve, so we had extra time with them on Christmas morning!<br />
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After Danny was sleeping, I grabbed the camera and got a picture! Finally!<br />
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We had a wonderful day. Danny didn't open all his presents, he decided to spread them out this year.<br />
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Pete entertained us with some guitar playing, and he took a picture with the fireplace. OK, it was the fireplace on Hallmark channel, but you work with what you have, right? LOL!<br />
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We made sure to get some pictures with Dad and Stella this year. We loved having them here with us!<br />
The month went by so quickly. I can't believe we are already into January 2016! I hope that everyone has a happy New year!cdm317http://www.blogger.com/profile/14861205131171363375noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-942293092753267164.post-90994808040676098692016-01-11T06:00:00.000-05:002016-01-11T06:00:12.101-05:00December Daily Days 14-20Hello Again! I am back with more of my December Daily.<br />
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December 15th I went to my girlfriend's house for some baking and crafting! Elaine showed me how to make kruschicki and I helped her decorate Christmas stockings. She did well with the Stickles until she put her arm down on the wet stocking! We had a blast! It is also my nephew Robert's birthday! I can't believe he is 28!<br />
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December 16th was a quiet day, but Sabrina sent me a bunch of great pictures of her, Matt, Charles and Julia. They are the sweetest family!<br />
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December 17th was time to get the cards going! Nothing like waiting until the last minute!<br />
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I also made sure to get a picture of the tiny tree. It may be small, but it was festive!<br />
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Still working on those cards on the 18th!<br />
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Foo Kitty was enjoying the holiday this year. I finally finished the cards that had to be mailed!<br />
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The 21st was spent going shopping! Again, nothing like waiting until the last minute!<br />
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I was surprised at how full my December Daily ended up being! Tomorrow I will post my final entries.<br />
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Thanks for stopping by my blog today!cdm317http://www.blogger.com/profile/14861205131171363375noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-942293092753267164.post-3242376405441146902016-01-10T06:00:00.000-05:002016-01-10T06:00:02.652-05:00December Daily Days 7-13<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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December 7th was spent finishing up the mess I had made on the 6th! It was quite a disaster, but I have to say, it looks much less cluttered in the room now. Zakk was pretty grumpy with all the chaos going on. </div>
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December 8th is such a bittersweet day for me. It's my Mom's birthday. It was always such a happy day. We would usually put our tree up right around her birthday. In keeping with tradition, I put my tiny tree up.<br />
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In my Daily, I added a folder that I put some special notes about my Mom and her picture into.<br />
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Since the puppies are still young, only a year old now, I decided that putting up our regular tree wouldn't be a great idea. I bought a little 4 ft tree and put it on a table in front of the window where Spike, the cat, promptly knocked it down! and I was worried about the dogs!<br />
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For the 9th, I added Kaylee's picture with Santa, She asked him for Paw Patrol toys for Christmas this year. She was such a good girl, that I am sure she will get lots and lots of Paw Patrol goodies!<br />
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Sabrina sent me the cutest Christmas picture of Charles and Julia. Aren't they adorable!<br />
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Kaylee decorated her Christmas tree on the 10th! She was so helpful!<br />
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The Santa on this page is on an acetate tag that my friend Nadia gave me an embroidered Angel on. The Angel is on the tree now, but I just couldn't throw out the tag. It is so pretty, she ran it through an embossing folder!<br />
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To cover up the pop dot on the Santa, I added a small journaling spot on the back side of the tag. Kaylee had a great time decorating her tree! I love the picture of her with David! She is really into Christmas this year!<br />
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The pups love the warm weather we are having this winter!<br />
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December 12 was spent putting the extra touches on the tiny tree. It's my beautiful friend Julie's birthday! I love my ornaments, there are so many memories attached to them.<br />
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The 13th was back outside to finish out decorations and raking the leaves. Astro was jumping into the piles like a little child! It was so cute!<br />
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The cover. I actually used a cover I started last year but never got any further on my daily. LOL! I added some extras to it like our name and of course a new year.<br />
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Since Danny is a beast about taking pictures these days, I decided to start my book with one of my favorite Christmas pictures of him. I haven't decided what other pictures I am putting on the opposite pages yet.<br />
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These pictures of Kaylee were taken when we went for her Christmas pictures on Nov. 30th, but since I loaded them in on the 1st and started my book. I just had to use them.<br />
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My niece Sabrina was a sweetie and sent me some fun pictures of Matt and the children. Charles was in his school show on the 2nd. Although I missed it, I hear he was fantastic! I just adore him!<br />
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Dec. 3rd: Time to finish and mail a Christmas pocket letter!<br />
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I caught a rare moment of peace between Spike and Dino on the 4th!<br />
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I also celebrate Grandma's birthday even though she isn't with us anymore. We miss her everyday. The 4th is a busy day! it's also Gemma's birthday! We have been friends since we are 18, and I can't imagine not knowing her! Since her birthday was during the week, we celebrated it on Saturday, Nov. 28th.<br />
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The 5th was spent doing some housework, so I took a snapshot of our Christmas playlist.<br />
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On December 6th, I decided to rip down the shelves over my craft table. It left quite a mess that took a couple of days to clean up!</div>
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I will be back soon with more entries into my December Daily! Thanks for stopping by today!</div>
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I am entering this card in this week's challenge at Tiddly Inks. I got this stamp, Avenger - Super Stamper as a freebie, but right now she is $1.00 at <a href="http://www.tiddlyinks.com/avenger-super-stamper/" target="_blank">Tiddly Inks</a>. The challenge is to create an easel card.<br />
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I created this card as a thank you for National Scrapbook Day. I used my Minc to make the thank you and colored my image with copics. All the papers are from my stash.<br />
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<br />cdm317http://www.blogger.com/profile/14861205131171363375noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-942293092753267164.post-12377069618314191532015-06-02T17:09:00.000-04:002015-06-02T17:09:42.658-04:0030 Day Coloring Challenge Day 1 and 2<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Today's image was a challenge for me. I used a Manga Fairy from <a href="http://www.funkykits.co.uk/catalog/index.php" target="_blank">Funky Kits</a>. I have had her for a couple of years and this was the first time I ever colored her. I decided to step out of my copic comfort zone and use tombows, distress markers and watercolor pencils.<br />
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I have no idea how to color skin with any of these mediums, lol, so it was a figure it out as I go adventure. I ended up mixing a pink tombow pen with a distress ink that I ran across a clear block to get the skin tone. I used a watercolor brush to blend them. The skin color was looks ok. It was the same process with her hair. I was just mixing and blending brown pencils, tombows and distress markers. LOL.<br />
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I used my Atyou Spica pens to add some glitter to the fairy and the mushroom. All in all, I like the way it turned out. It was fun trying something a little different for me.<br />
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cdm317http://www.blogger.com/profile/14861205131171363375noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-942293092753267164.post-59694483674286442342015-05-31T13:12:00.003-04:002015-05-31T13:12:31.282-04:00Why I Love National Scrapbooking DayI saw on a couple of my friend's blogs that they did a short post about NSD. I really liked this idea so this is my post to gather my thoughts on NSD.<br />
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When my sweetie husband signed me up for the Cricut Circle back when it was first introduced, I was thinking it was waste of money for us. I really liked the first "exclusive" cartridge, but I thought it wouldn't be anything different from the public message board. I was wrong.<br />
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My crafting has blossomed with my time at the Circle. I entered contests and won, I learned techniques that I may have never thought of trying, I was enabled beyond belief, and I made some wonderful crafting friends. Don't get me wrong, I still have a couple of great crafty friends that I met on the public boards, but the intimacy at the Circle was easier for me to handle. I tend to get lost in larger crowds. LOL! Over the past couple of years, we have become even smaller as Cricut barely supports the Circle anymore. There are no more special cartridges, no magazine, no contests, but there is always National Scrapbooking Day. Those challenges breathe life back into our small group. Thank you <a href="http://sarawandrews.com/" target="_blank">Sara</a> for putting together the weekend for us. This year, I did something special, I entered all the challenges. I almost blogged them all too. LOL! So here is my wrap up from National Scrapbooking Day.<br />
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I made 6 layouts, 1 luminary, 1 bookmark, and a banner. These are just one's I blogged about.<br />
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Here are my projects that didn't make it to their own posts for one reason or another. 1 box card, an easel card, a shirt, a frame and a few tags.<br />
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<br />cdm317http://www.blogger.com/profile/14861205131171363375noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-942293092753267164.post-53022015663548952182015-05-17T18:58:00.001-04:002015-05-17T18:59:52.689-04:00WWW Snackdown 2015 NSD Challenge<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I am finally finished with all the challenges for National Scrapbooking Day over at the Cricut Circle Message Board. This challenge was so much fun. Leave it to my crafty friend Jenny, to come up with this cool challenge. We needed to create something with a food theme.<br />
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I used a couple of pictures my niece sent me from last year when Kaylee had her first ice cream cone. I had wanted to scrap these for the longest time. I used my Explore, some fun cuts and a font from Design Space, some embellies from Jillibean and my stash. The ice cream paper is from a Recollections stack I picked up last summer. The mat paper is from October Afternoon, and the rest of the papers are from my stash.<br />
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I was planning on also entering this into another challenge where we are supposed to add some sewing to a project, but my attempts at sewing was a total disaster. I went with some faux stitching on tags for that challenge. There are some sewing machine dots on the layout on the scalloped border. I went through 3 machines to get those. LOL! I wanted to use my Janome machine that my Mom got me for paper, but the foot pedal was awol. I dragged out the big Singer, proceeded to have trouble with the bobbin and then broke the needle. Finally I dragged a little battery operated machine that is so old it was made by Provo Craft. Anyone remember those?<br />
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I adore my great niece, so I have been loving creating layouts for and about her.<br />
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cdm317http://www.blogger.com/profile/14861205131171363375noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-942293092753267164.post-26455634031090733522015-05-14T16:52:00.000-04:002015-05-14T16:52:11.155-04:00Illuminate Your Creativity: National Scrapbook Day 2015 ChallengeI managed to complete another challenge! There are still a few left, but I really want to finish them all to show support to my crafty friends. This was from Joyce, and she was wonderful enough to even supply us with the base of the luminary. All we needed to do was either make a face for it ourselves, or Joyce also supplied one for us that we could use. I used a fun paper that has been in my stash for years. The colorful umbrellas added some whimsy to the luminary.<br />
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This was one of the easiest challenges ever! I found a card in design space on Artfully Sent that was originally a get well card. I used the slice feature to cut half the card out so that I only had the girl and some rain drops left.<br />
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When I was assembling it, I put the image on upside down, (naturally, LOL) so when I tried to peel it off, it had a small tear in the luminary. I used some ribbon to cover up the tear.<br />
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Here is how it turned out. I love these and will be creating more.<br />
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cdm317http://www.blogger.com/profile/14861205131171363375noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-942293092753267164.post-16985231863498781922015-05-12T17:53:00.001-04:002015-05-12T18:04:03.754-04:00National Scrapbooking Day Challenge: Ready, Set, Emboss! <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Perhaps a better title for this post would be "adventures in embossing" because that was what this challenge turned out to be for me. It was quite an adventure. LOL!<br />
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This challenge was to use an embossing technique on a project. My crafty friend, <a href="http://ekittyscraps.blogspot.com/2015/05/2015-nsd-challenge-ready-set-emboss.html" target="_blank">Erika</a>, over at the Cricut Circle Message board gave us plenty of great ideas to use. Her blog is linked to her name, it is well worth the visit. I really loved her technique of using an embossing folder and adding some paints to it, then not running it through a machine, but just pressing down to emboss the design on a piece of paper. So I had to try this out.<br />
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For my 1st attempt, I used my Explore to cut a tag with Water Color Paper. I used an Anna Griffin Border Embossing folder, Red Color Shine Spritz by Heidi Swapp, Sunshine Yellow Adirondack Acrylic Paint Dabber, and Gold Metallic Pain Dabber. It looked really nice, until I dropped Tim Holtz Alcohol Ink on to the center of the tag. I had the Copic Blender ready to blend, except, it was totally dry. :-(<br />
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I cut another tag, and tried to get the same effect but it didn't emboss quite as clear. That was ok, it still looked fine. I stamped a pair of glasses from American Crafts #Good Times Stamp set using embossing ink. Then things got really hairy. I was originally going to use glitter red embossing powder, but after holding the heat gun there for an eternity, the red sparkle rubbed right off. I re-stamped the glasses and tried black, but that also didn't take. I re-stamped it again and tried fine detail black embossing powder from Recollections, but it wasn't taking after heating it for what seemed like 10 minutes. I switched from the Ranger Heat gun and tried the Martha Stewart heat gun, and it finally melted the powder. The only problem? This is what it looked like. YUCK!!!<br />
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I stamped the glasses again, embossed it using the MS heat gun and the fine detail black powder and it looked great! I didn't realize how awful the first pair looked until the second pair was stamped. I cut the bottom of the tag off. Problem solved. Ha-ha!<br />
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I added a border from Pink Paisleee that I painted orange and added orange stickles. I embellished it with the word read that I altered from an October Afternoon journaling card using spritz paints, stickles and paint dabbers. I had the red Hash tag in my stash, and added some enamel dots and triangles. I like it!<br />
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This was fun and messy! Thank you Erika for a great challenge, now I have a cool bookmark for my summer reading!<br />
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cdm317http://www.blogger.com/profile/14861205131171363375noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-942293092753267164.post-79763332498985865022015-05-06T13:34:00.000-04:002015-05-06T13:34:18.420-04:00National Scrapbook Day 2015 Challenge: Let's Get SketchyHi Everyone.<br />
Today I am sharing a layout for another NSD challenge. I loved this challenge because it is a sketch challenge. My crafty friend Jenny K. has challenged us to use this sketch for inspiration. It is from Pagemaps.<br />
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Here is my layout:<br />
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A close up:<br />
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And here is Jenny K's Sketch:<br />
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After several attempts to slant my picture and main area of the page, I gave up. LOL! I used some embellishments from my stash and the rest is paper from a Martha Stewart Birthday Stack. I used gold thickers for my title.<br />
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I am really enjoying all the challenges from the Circle this year.<br />
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cdm317http://www.blogger.com/profile/14861205131171363375noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-942293092753267164.post-72862327863703678502015-05-04T15:38:00.000-04:002015-05-04T15:48:51.969-04:00National Scrapbooking Day 2015 Challenge: Crafting With Negative NellyI am working on some of the fantastic challenges from National Scrapbooking Day over at the Cricut Circle. The challenge I finished today was issued by my crafty friend, Sara. Sara has challenged us to use the negative of a cut on a project. Stop over at her <a href="http://sarawandrews.com/2015/05/01/yippee/" target="_blank">blog</a> to see an adorable layout featuring her little girl. I have to catch up on so many pictures of Kaylee's 1st birthday party, so this is the perfect opportunity to get those pictures out and put them to good use!<br />
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I used my Explore to cut some mustaches from Design Space to make the background for this layout. I "Mustache" you, how sweet is this little guy? This cutie pie is Matthew, Kaylee's cousin. He was a good sport and posed for pictures with some of the photo props I had for the party.<br />
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The craft paper is from Craft Smith, I used the plain back side of the cardstock to cut my mustache mat.<br />
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Instead of placing the cut mustaches behind the negative, I used pop dots and popped some up for dimension. I used DCWV Cork Paper on the background and layered everything on brown cardstock. The embellishments are from my stash. The cork stickers are from We R Memory Keepers.<br />
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I enjoyed this challenge, it really got the creative juices flowing.<br />
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<br />cdm317http://www.blogger.com/profile/14861205131171363375noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-942293092753267164.post-72611679335403204672015-05-03T15:08:00.003-04:002015-05-03T15:08:27.345-04:00National Scrapbooking Day 2015: Timed Challenge, Spring Into ActionOn Friday night we had a timed challenge presented to us by my crafty friend, Jenny. Her challenge was for us to create something with a Spring theme within and hour and a half. It was a lot of fun, but I have discovered that I am not a timed creative type of person. LOL! I was lucky enough that the drawing for a gift card from my other crafty friend, Rhondah, was random, and my name was picked!<br />
So here is what I can produce in an hour.<br />
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Yikes! That needed some love! So yesterday when I woke up, I spent about another hour working on it. Here is the final layout.<br />
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I used a Doodlebug Springtime Kit and Doodlebug bunny and friends diecuts on the layout. I changed out the Thickers letters and replaced them with letters by Jillibean. I used some ribbon from my stash for a border and I added some stickles to a pin wheel from my stash, All in all, I am pleased with the new version.<br />
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It was fun trying to beat the clock Friday night. I enjoyed Jenny's challenge very much.<br />
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cdm317http://www.blogger.com/profile/14861205131171363375noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-942293092753267164.post-44983612740540550932015-05-02T19:59:00.000-04:002015-05-02T19:59:00.206-04:00National Scrapbooking Day Challenge: Pin It!Hi everyone! Welcome to my second National Scrapbooking Day Challenge.<br />
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We all love Pinterest, don't we? I pin pretty much everything I come across these days. It is so easy to do now with Pin It buttons everywhere. Soooo, after you Pin something, how often do you go back and use it for inspiration or even recreate it? I don't know about you, but me, not so much. </div>
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So here is my layout. I love these pictures of my sweet Kaylee. It was last June, she was crawling and starting to take some steps with assistance, I had picked up the cute Yankees bow for her, so that was a good enough reason for me to take lots of pictures. I used my Explore and an XOXO cut that I found in Design Space. I think it's from Valentine's Day. I cut the frames, tabs, and an arrow from Small Talk Frames and Tags. I cut a camera from Bits and Pieces, and used this sweet stamp from a mini stamp set I had. Most of the embellies are from my Noel Mignon Kits and my stash.<br />
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Now where did I get this idea for such a fabulous layout? I pinned it from a Bing search. Here is the original layout by <a href="http://maggieholmes.typepad.com/my_weblog/2014/05/everyday-xoxo-scrapbooking-layout.html" target="_blank">Maggie Holmes</a>. She even has a Silhouette File link on her blog for the base if you like to use a Silhouette Cameo. If you would like the Design Space link to my version, go <a href="https://us.cricut.com/design/#/canvas/27133134" target="_blank">here</a>. </div>
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cdm317http://www.blogger.com/profile/14861205131171363375noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-942293092753267164.post-4490356170219114892015-05-01T18:59:00.000-04:002015-05-02T12:29:53.011-04:00National Scrapbooking Day Kickoff: Tag! You're It!I hoard my tags, admit it, you do too! My challenge is to use a tag or tags on a project. Let's break our tags and have some fun!<br />
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I have created a scrapbook page using tags as the focal point. Naturally it's about my favorite subject, Kaylee. My future niece, Jeni is always posting the cutest selfies of her with Kaylee, so I scooped them up off Jeni's Facebook page and created a selfie layout for Kaylee. </div>
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I had some messy fun with my Tim Holtz Distress Inks and Markers when I was making the tags. <br />
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On the 1st tag, I used some rub-ons that I've had forever. They are from Pink Paislee, Luxe Collection. I added some distress ink to the edges. I stamped 100% Sweet using distress ink and a mini stamp from Elle's Studio that came with a Noel Mignon Kit. A few embellies from my stash finished it.<br />
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The second tag was super fun to create. I rubbed distress ink on an Anna Griffin Embossing tag and ran it through the CuttleBug. Then I spritz it with water and heat dried it. Once that was done, I rubbed some Ice Stickles across areas on the tag. I wanted it to be very sparkly to match the bottle cap that says "Be Sparkly", so I used Glossy Accents on some of the hearts and sprinkled them with Doodle Bug Glitter. Some Doodle Bug Sequins, a wood butterfly and the bottle cap from Recollections, along with some tulle finished this tag.<br />
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The last tag on the top of the page and the title tag were done by wiping the distress inks on my craft mat and spritzing with water. Then I dragged the tag through the colors and heat dried them. I also used the Tim Holtz Marker Spritzer to add some extra color to the tags. I added a wood arrow, some cute ribbon and a fun paper clip from Maya Road, along with more embellies from my underused Noel Mignon kits.<br />
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I finished the layout using Thickers for the title along with some smaller letters from Elle's Studio. I cut a cell phone using my Explore and found a journaling card that says Girls Just Wanna Have Fun which I though worked nicely with my layout. h and if anyone from PC is looking at this, can we have an updated cell phone cut please? LOL!</div>
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Your challenge is make use of some of your tags or even cut a few from your Cricut. Use the tags on any type of project that you choose. You can post a link here in the comments area, post a picture on the Circle MB thread for the challenge, or even post a response on my Facebook Page. I will have a drawing for a $15.00 Michael's Gift Card on May 19th. I am also having a drawing for anyone who that leaves a comment here. It's a small grab bag filled with some goodies.</div>
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I really love how this turned out. I got to use a bunch of my October Afternoon Brads, Flairs, and assorted Die Cuts, Flowers, Etc. that have been sitting there unused for ages. It was just plain fun to create this layout. </div>
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Here is the inspiration for the challenge from the <a href="http://octoberafternoon.typepad.com/october_afternoon/2015/04/monday-challenge-circles-galore.html" target="_blank">October Afternoon Blog</a>.</div>
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I was so fortunate to spend the day on Sunday with the beautiful young women of our family. I was at the bridal shower for my nephew's future wife, Jeni. It was a lovely event and I truly enjoyed getting to sit with my niece Holly, and maybe even another future niece, my nephew Joe's girlfriend, Emma. I kept thinking how much my Mom would have loved this. Jeni's bridal party did a wonderful job with the event. They had some fun games to play, and the decorations were beautiful.<br />
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While I wasn't on the decorating committee, lol, I was so honored to see a banner I created for Jeni last year hung on a table with a special cake for her. I used the Dreams Come True cartridge for the banner, my Anna Griffin embossing folders, and Story Book font to create this.<br />
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I created her card using Happily Ever After. I took Cinderella's Carriage and welded two of them together to make the card. Then I took the horse from the cartridge and welded a horse rein and blanket that I found on Formal Occasion to that. I had some trouble getting it to stand, so I cut a slot into each horse on the inside of the card, and used that as a brace. I made sure to leave one side unattached so my future niece could fully open the card. I used my Explore to write a sentiment on the inside for her. I also made a little banner for the front of the card that says "showers of happiness" and attached that to the horse.<br />
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My niece, Holly, finds the most thoughtful ideas for presents and she found a really wonderful idea for Rob and Jeni. They played a lot of Scrabble when they were first dating. We made a frame for them using the definition of Marriage and a sweet quote about marriage. I used the Explore to write the quote, then we took Thickers Scrabble Pieces and added their names. It turned out very pretty.</div>
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We made 2 tees for them to wear the next time they go to Disney. I used Inkscape to create silhouettes of Belle and prince Adam, then cut them with Heat Transfer vinyl. I really love them!</div>
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My niece Holly and Emma.</div>
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Everyone enjoyed themselves, and the best part for me was being able to spend some time with my favorite Great niece, Kaylee after the party was over!<br />
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cdm317http://www.blogger.com/profile/14861205131171363375noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-942293092753267164.post-59701772827164371012015-04-05T17:59:00.000-04:002015-04-05T17:59:05.163-04:00Happy Easter!Happy Easter to all! Today I am sharing this sweet Easter Train that I created for my little darling Kaylee. I used the Easter Train SVG Set by <a href="http://www.treasureboxdesigns.com/category_34/Easter-Collections.htm" target="_blank">Treasure Box Designs</a>. I have been having so much exploring the world of SVGs using my Cricut Explore.<br />
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Knowing Kaylee would be getting tons of baskets, I wanted to make something different for her. That is why I loved the train so much. I made a couple of sets of wheels for the set, one with chipboard so that the wheels would be sturdy. I picked up some clear treat boxes at <a href="http://www.pickyourplum.com/" target="_blank">Pick Your Plum </a>last week, so I used those for the goodies, and it helped the train stand up. <br />
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cdm317http://www.blogger.com/profile/14861205131171363375noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-942293092753267164.post-17835412164933047052015-03-27T15:09:00.000-04:002015-03-27T15:09:04.198-04:00When You Are Stuck In A RutHi!<br />
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Today I am back with some cards and a layout to share. I was feeling a little stuck in rut recently. My creative juices just weren't flowing, I really needed something to jump start the process for me. I decided to turn to my Explore and the Make It Now area of Design Space. It was so helpful. I made my niece and nephew's birthday cards and a sweet layout for my darling Kaylee.<br />
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This card was actually a birthday party invitation that I customized for my nephew. I added a couple of puffy silver stars from my stash and the word "wishes". I like the finished product.<br />
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For my niece's card, I added the Birthday Wishes stamp to a Make It Now card. I didn't alter much else on the design. I think the card is very pretty.<br />
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Finally, I had this adorable picture of my sweetie pie that I have been wanting to scrap forever. I took it last year when we were out shopping for her birthday party. I saw a layout in the Make It Now Section and just added some of my own touches to it. I used some Maya Road Paper Twine Cording in Grass Green for the grass. I just unrolled some of the twine and cut frays into it. I also had a MR tree paper clip hanging a round on my table, so I added that to the title. The paper is from Die Cut With A View Collage Art Stack and did all the background work for me. This is one of my favorites layouts ever! Thank you Cricut for the Make It Now ideas!<br />
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So if you have an explore and are ever stuck like I was break out the Make It Now area of Design Space and have some fun!<br />
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cdm317http://www.blogger.com/profile/14861205131171363375noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-942293092753267164.post-51724566057390740982015-02-27T15:05:00.000-05:002015-02-27T15:05:17.277-05:00Poor PuppiesHello To All!<br />
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This week at our Scrapping Through The Snow Challenge, we have been ordered to take a "Time Out" by Sara, our hostess of the thread. I know what you are thinking, it's a shopping spree break. No, it's not that at all. We are to make something for ourselves that we have wanted to do. I have't made a layout for myself in quite a long time, so I took a time out in my craft room and came up with my 1st puppy layout. I kept it very simple. The papers are from my stash, it is the Neon Chic Stack from DCWV. The font and little monsters are all from Cricut and cut with my Explore.<br />
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We noticed that Astro had a hair missing around his eyes when he first came home, then we noticed what appeared to be a stripe on his head. Well after a few days, we saw that Dino was also losing hair. A visit to the vet confirmed what I suspected. Mange! </div>
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cdm317http://www.blogger.com/profile/14861205131171363375noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-942293092753267164.post-34591526225783487482015-02-17T16:39:00.000-05:002015-02-17T16:39:22.292-05:00More Stashing Through The Snow Projects<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I have a few projects that are made completely from my stash to share with you today! </div>
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I used the updated Design Space and my Explore to create this Birthday card for a very special little boy. His name is Chazz and he has Aspergers Syndrome and the members of Cricut Lovers Guide To Design Space FB group had a post about making some cards for him. I like the new Design Space set up, it was easy to use and I love the bigger thumbnails for the images.</div>
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I am also getting back around to finishing Kaylee's monthly pictures for her scrapbook. I fell way behind last year when we started planning her birthday party. All the embellishments on the layout were sitting in a box on my table. It felt really good to use finally use them!<br />
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And last, but not least is a Valentine for my honey. There is a story behind the I love turtles sentiment. My son loves when Pete yells "I Love Turtles!" and throws his arms up in the air. It just cracks him up. The inside of the card says, And I Love You. I truly do, he is a great husband and dad. I am very lucky to have him in my life.<br />
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cdm317http://www.blogger.com/profile/14861205131171363375noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-942293092753267164.post-7467343254813970522015-02-12T16:35:00.002-05:002015-02-12T16:35:26.868-05:00Valentines For My CutiesI am still stashing through the snow! I created a couple of cute Valentines for my Great Nephew and Great Niece. Everything was from my stash.<br />
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My Great Niece is really into cats, so I used a cute file from <a href="http://kadoodlebugdesigns.com/shop/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=21&products_id=171" target="_blank">KaDoodle Bug Designs</a>. The heart is from Close To My Heart, Art Philosophy. The polka dot paper is from a Recollections Valentine Stack from last year. I put a ribbon handle on it for her and put a Gerber's Diced Apple bowl and a Little Debbie's Valentine Heart cupcake inside. I figured my Niece can always keep the cupcakes if she doesn't want Kaylee to have them. LOL! I added another scalloped oval on the back for a message to her from me.<br />
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This adorable card for CJ is from Mini Monsters. The heart word bubble is from the Cricut Craft Room Exclusive Word Bubbles.<br />
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cdm317http://www.blogger.com/profile/14861205131171363375noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-942293092753267164.post-36903750703465186052015-02-09T11:18:00.001-05:002015-02-09T11:18:49.880-05:00Stashing Through The Snow<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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It seems like forever since I've posted. The holidays have come and gone, it's a brand new year, and it's time to get back to crafting. <br />
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My Cricut Circle crafting friend, Sara, has challenged us to use our stash. I always love these challenges. They are so motivating and it helps to clear out a tiny bit of my over flowing stash of paper crafting products.<br />
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Today I am sharing an easel album kit that was sitting in my stash since at least 2008. It is from K & Company. I used everything from the kit and only added some extra rub on transfers from Maggie Holmes to it. Naturally, I used pictures of my favorite little model, Kaylee in it.<br />
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I am so happy that I finally put this kit to good use. Now if I could only make a dent in all the paper that I own.<br />
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cdm317http://www.blogger.com/profile/14861205131171363375noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-942293092753267164.post-16269213033558369002014-10-01T12:49:00.001-04:002014-10-01T12:49:32.214-04:00A Tale Of Two ScarecrowsHi friends and fellow crafters! <br />
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Today I am sharing two scarecrows that I created using my Cricut Explore and the Scarecrow file from the SVG Cuts kit <a href="http://svgcuts.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=7&products_id=371" target="_blank">Leaves Are Falling. </a> <br />
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We were invited to visit my cousin and I wanted to bring her an Autumn themed hostess gift that she could display for a couple of months. The Scarecrow was a perfect choice. The first thing I did was watch <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0nkic2bsfho#t=119" target="_blank">SVG Cuts video on YouTube</a> to get a feel for what I would be doing. I added the images to Design Space, resized them, and cut them out. So simple! Then I began to assemble him. There may have been one or two legs and a body that were discarded, but once I got the feel for folding the paper, it was smooth sailing the rest of the way. It was so much easier than I thought it would be!<br />
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cdm317http://www.blogger.com/profile/14861205131171363375noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-942293092753267164.post-37096121663379417372014-09-10T14:20:00.004-04:002014-09-10T14:20:55.553-04:00Kaylee's 1st Birthday Party! Part 2Hi friends! I am finally back with the rest of my projects for Kaylee's 1st Birthday Party. I can't believe it was over a month ago since we celebrated her special day.<br />
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My niece found some wonderful ideas for her 12 month banner on<a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/122085141/diy-zebra-first-year-banner-pink-zebra" target="_blank"> Etsy</a>. One of the banners was really eye catching, and my niece loved it. It was at <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/122085141/diy-zebra-first-year-banner-pink-zebra" target="_blank">Luxe Party Supply</a> and is really pretty. We loved the style, but the colors were hot pink and black zebra print. We decided to base Kaylee's banner on that design. I think it may be one of my favorite paper creations ever.</div>
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I had to make her a very special glass block for her birthday.</div>
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I created a guestbook for her using my Cricut Explore and an album from SN@P. I added some of her professional portraits from her 1st Birthday photo shoot, and I am making extra pages with the pictures I took from the party. It should be nice and chunky after it is finished.<br />
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The owls are by Trina Walker via <a href="http://digiscrapkits.com/digiscraps/" target="_blank">Digi Scrap Kits</a>. There are also some great designs by her and others at <a href="http://kadoodlebugdesigns.com/shop/" target="_blank">Kadoodle Bug Designs</a>. I used her owls, along with some Cricut owls all over the decorations.<br />
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I cut some fun masks and mustaches from my Cricut image collection. We had a great time with these.<br />
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My niece decided to have a thank you for the adults as well as the children in attendance. Once again, we used the Trina Walker owls. For the adults we made mason jars filled with layers of popcorn, M&Ms, pretzels, Skittles and Cracker Jacks. They were yummy! The tags were made with my Cricut.<br />
For the kids, my niece filled up bags I made with lots of fun goodies. Candy, toys and little special extras overflowed! I wish I had a picture of them from the party, but in all the excitement I didn't take one.<br />
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I also tried my hand at making a wooden owl. I used my Cricut, acrylic paint, Mod Podge and some little extras I had in my craft room. It came out really cute considering this isn't my usual crafting forte. The eyes came from an SVG cut from <a href="http://papercraftingworld.com/" target="_blank">Paper Crafting World</a> I hand trimmed the feet and wings.<br />
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I made an extra banner for the gift table and desert table. We forgot to hang the desert table banner up. Silly us! Still the table looked phenomenal! How about those adorable cupcakes made my by niece's Mom? They tasted as good as they looked! Kaylee's cake was beautiful!<br />
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This was the best party! Everyone had a wonderful time. I loved seeing Kaylee's reaction to all the excitement and festivities! I suppose I need to start getting ready for next year's party!<br />
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