Month: July 2015

heidi swapp Marquee Letter

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Marquee letters for decor are really popular right now. I saw a demo for this heidi swap Marquee love letter kit, and thought it would look really nice on my picture gallery wall. AND it lights up – yes, it has lights . . . pretty cool!

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It come with the shape, a template that you can trace onto cardstock, lights, light covers, and instructions. I also bought heidi swapp glitter tape and turquoise light covers.

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I used a piece of light blue glitter DCWV Linen Closet cardstock.

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I traced the letter onto the back of the cardstock and cut it out.

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Then I put the heidi swapp glitter tape around the outside and inside edges. It was realllllly messy. The glitter came off the tape and it was EVERYWHERE!!! Ugh – I love glitter, but I want it on my project, not on me, my desk, or the floor. There were some wrinkles and when I tried to smooth them out, the glitter just came off!!! Ugh!!!

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Then, following the instructions, I inserted the lights through the back and popped the turquoise bulbs onto the front.

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Here it is unlighted . . .

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And here it is with the lights turned on.

So . . . here’s my review: I was disappointed that it was made out of paper – not sure how I missed that pretty important fact (thought it was made out of metal when I bought it) – and I think it came out cheap-looking. Yeah, it got bent out of shape when I was putting the glitter tape around the edges . . . Hmm, pretty sure I won’t be hanging it up. Right now it’s sitting on my fireplace mantel – I just hate not using things I make. Oh well, live and learn, lol.

Hey, if you’d like to see some of my other projects, check out my Instagram and Pinterest board, and I would LOVE it if you would follow me.

As always, I’m Livin’ the Moments . . .

Blossom Workshop on the Go Alternative Card

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In a previous blog titled “CTMH Blossom Cardmaking Kit” I created three cards following the instructions that came in the kit (check below – they came out AWESOME!!). However, you do not have to make them per the instructions. You also don’t have to make all 15 cards – unless you have a use for them??? You could also change the sentiments to make them for another occasion. These kits are meant for a workshop for up to 5 people, so if you have friends that like to make cards, this would be perfect for that.

If you only make one of each of the cards, you will have leftover paper. And it is really pretty paper! So, I used some of it to make an entirely different card. There is a variety of paper and it all coordinates, taking the guesswork out of whether various papers look good together. An advantage of using Close to My Heart (CTMH) paper and ink, is that it all coordinates.

Pinterest inspiration

This is the inspiration for my card – I got it off Pinterest from createbyrosie.blogspot.com. The thing about inspiration is that it starts out as one thing and ends up basically the same and yet you put your own spin on it.

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Using Cricut Design Space, I designed and cut out the pieces.

In my design process, I made a pretty big mistake. The words “Today,” “Memories,” and “Hopes” were supposed to be written, not cut. Hmm, how to fix it? So . . . I thought, “won’t this look cool with paper behind it?”

Here’s what I did: I cut down the dimensions of the Pear cardstock by 1/8” on all sides, and cut a piece of Kraft cardstock and adhered it behind the Pear cardstock. Voila, a background, lol.

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I used my eBosser (an awesome machine) and the following embossing folders to emboss the squares:

Provo craft Spots & Dots
Provo craft Vines
Provo craft Charles
Sizzix Tim Holtz Alterations Honeycomb
Provo craft Simple Flowers
Provo craft Brocade
Provo craft Circles
Provo craft Cross My Heart
Provo craft Swiss Dots

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Of course, I had to mist some pieces with my favorite Perfect Pearls Mists. I also used the workshop kit’s Coral Reef Sequins and the Glacier Extra Thick Twine.

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Here is the cards’ front.
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And the inside.

I used the CTMH Blossom Workshop on the Go Cardmaking kit:

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B&T Duos Turquoise
B&T Duos Floral

Thanks to Pinterest, createbyrosie, CTMH, Perfect Pearls, eBosser, provo craft, Tim Holtz, and Cricut for making this card possible 🙂

Hey, if you’d like to see some of my other projects, check out my Instagram and Pinterest board, and I would LOVE it if you would follow me.

As always, I’m Livin’ the Moments . . .

August Cocoa Daisy Day Planner Kit

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I love inspirational quotes, and I find it really useful for my state of mind to put them where I will see them often. This is one that came in the August Cocoa Daisy Day Planner Add-on kit. For me, “intention” is the key word here and I try to live every day . . . every moment . . . with intention.

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These are Cocoa Daisy Day Planner Freebies of the month-a-glance. They are in the same theme as the Planner kit. Just as summery/dreamy/watercolory . . .

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Then I use my paper trimmer, cutting them out along the indicated crop marks and hole punch them with my paper punch – I ordered it on Amazon, and I use it ALL THE TIME! So worth not having to use a single hole punch. Um, yeah, sometimes I forget to change the hole spacing and have to print again. Tip: If you can’t print again for some reason, put some pretty washi tape over the first set of holes and punch again. Problem solved!!

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These are the freebie dashboard and cards for the month of August. I am using the dashboard as a bookmark, signaling the beginning of the month. And I use the cards as bookmarks for the weeks. I HATE leafing through pages trying to find the week/section I want. Problem solved!!!

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Here are the first two pages of my August planner.

Again, I used the freebie printable as a bookmark.

Oh, isn’t the Audrey clip adorable??? I got it from ruevogueshop on etsy. She’s so so so cute!!

I made the ribbon clip from some scrap ribbon I have – there are LOTS of YouTube videos demonstrating how to make them – super easy.

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Oh yeah . . . Note To Self: Start with washi tape – it’s hard to fit in after I’ve put stickers in and started filling out the pages.

So, here is the first week. My planner is a personal pink Filofax Domino – so I use a pink pen, and it just happens to go perfectly with this month’s color scheme, don’t ya think?

I mentioned my dislike of the phrase stamp – I tried to use it a few times – still don’t particularly like the way the stamps come out – too small, blurry, hard to get a good image. The more I use Close to My Heart (CTMH) acrylic stamps and ink, the more I appreciate them. The images are sooooo much better. The green heart above was made with a stamp from the Cocoa Daisy add-on kit. Part of the image didn’t stamp, and the top of the heart has a white section – I think that’s from the stamp spreading out when I put pressure on it. I’m thinking the acrylic is not as high a quality as CTMH and smooshes when you put pressure on it???? And yet, the bottom part of the heart didn’t stamp. Again ??????? Not too happy with the stamps.

The August Cocoa Daisy Day Planner kit is my favorite so far. I LOVE the color scheme, the macaron clips, the macaron containers, the cards, and the scooter/adventure/summer/dreamy/Paris theme.

Hey, if you’d like to see some of my other projects, check out my Instagram and Pinterest board! It would be GREAT if you follow me!!

As always, I’m Livin’ the Moments . . .

August Cocoa Daisy Planner Unboxing

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This is what I saw when I opened the box . . .

I ask you . . . can a user experience BE any better than this??? That card sentiment is GENIUS!!

So, when you’re done taking in the beauty of this presentation . . . “Spontaneous Joy” (giggle) . . . on with the show, lol . . .

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The August Cocoa Daisy Planner Kit includes:

• 32 double sided daily to do pages
• 1 double sided month tab page
• 5 double sided week in review pages
• 5 double sided weekly overview pages
• 1 3×5 Exclusive notepad (macarons and confetti)
• 1 5×7 Exclusive planner sticker sheet
• Cocoa Daisy Macaron gold clips – 2 per kit, assorted*
• Dear Lizzy Typewriter Sticky Notes (are not sticky notes – rather a notepad)
• Macaron Keepsake Containers – 2 per kit, assorted*
• Tassles Charm – assorted*
• Amy Tangerine Rise & Shine phrase stamp
• Fancy Pants Summer Sun brag cards – 6 per kit, assorted*
• 2 Pink paper clips
• 1 Gold paper clip

OMG, where do I begin? I guess first I should begin with the color scheme. It reminds me of summer, ice cream, a cool breeze, dessert, Paris, adventure . . . It’s so coooooool . . . Lots of hot pink, my second favorite color (my favorite is lime green, lol). I just want to have an adventure!!

The stickers are the same each month, so far. I’m trying to think of creative ways to use the arrows, hearts, and stars??

LOVE the macarons! The clips are sooo cute . . . and the note pad . . . and the keepsake containers. Lots of awesome macarons . . .

Not a fan of the phrase stamp. I don’t like how the stamps come out. I do know that the stamps come out better when you use good ink . . . the cheaper ink doesn’t stamp as clearly – I think it’s really hard to read the words – they’re pretty small to begin with . . . Yeah, not a fan of the phrase stamps in general, anyway . . . we’ll see how this one works, I’ll let ya know.

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Here are the week-in-review and weekly overview inserts. They have the flower/summer/ice cream watercolor scheme going.
The drink tally section has a cup of tea/coffee in the images. I love the little surprise element of what they do with this section. If you recall, last month one of the glasses had a fish in it, haha.

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This month, I gave in to temptation and got the Planner Add-on. Yep, that’s it above – it came in the traditional paper bag – which I happen to love.

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These are the Planner Add On Contents:

• Crown Pen – assorted*
• Macaron Art Dashboard set – A5 & Personal sizes included
• Webster’s Pages These Are The Days Tags and Prompts stickers
• We R Memory Keepers Watercolor Washi in Sunset
• Dear Lizzy Plastic Bows made into Clips – 2 per kit
• Shimelle True Stories 4×4 cards
• Cocoa Daisy stamp set – Little Lists
• Gold binder clips – 2 per kit

Again . . . where do I begin? I’ve seen pens like this one on several planner blogs and instagram photos. I confess, I think they’re really pretty – I still have my favorite pens, but these are so cool looking. I mean, really, polkadots . . . a crown . . . pearl on the crown . . . How can you go wrong??? It’s just pretty, okay???? I’ll let you know if it lives up to its looks.

The washi tape is really unusual – it’s striped (not unusual) – and ombre (also, not unusual) – but the ombre goes vertical down the stripe. It looks really different – I LIKE different.

The Dear Lizzy Plastic Bows are super pretty and more practical than paper ones. I’ve made paper bows in the past, glued them onto paper clips, and clipped them on my Planner. They don’t last very long – I guess you’re supposed to laminate them, but still . . . Plastic bows . . . Just plain ingenious (again!!).

So, that’s my August Cocoa Daisy Planner Kit and Limited Edition Add-on. Stay tuned for what I did with it in my Planner. If you have any questions or techniques you want to see, let me know in the comments.

Hey, if you’d like to see some of my other projects, check out my Instagram and Pinterest board, and it would be GREAT if you follow me.

As always, I’m Livin’ the Moments . . .

CTMH Blossom Cardmaking Kit

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Hi Guys! Come on in and see what I’m doing today! I used the CTMH Blossom Cardmaking kit and made the cards per the included instructions. The kit does not come with ink, so you can use whatever color ink you choose. I followed the suggestions and used Pear and Smoothie for the popsicles and Honey for the popsicle sticks.

This was a new stamp set, so I had to “season” them by rubbing/blotting them on my arm first. Apparently, skin oil helps the ink adhere to the acrylic. I also stamp on a practice piece of paper first, because sometimes there are areas of the stamp you have to make sure you put pressure on to get a good image.
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1. Stamped the popsicles onto the White Daisy cardstock
2. Adhered White Daisy to the Kraft cardstock
3. Adhered the Pear cardstock to the B&T Duos turquoise paper
4. Adhered the back (floral) side of the B&T Duos paper strip to the Pear cardstock
5. Attached the Glacier extra thick twine to the edge of the floral B&T Duos strip
6. Added knotted twine with CTMH Liquid Glass
7. Stamped “Hope you have a day full of …” sentiment using Archival Black ink above the popsicles
8. Stamped “Fun” sentiment using Archival Black ink on the bottom right corner
9. Embellished with coral reef sequins
10. Adhered finished top to the card base

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Card 2 Assembly:
1. Stamped the flowers using Pear, Smoothie and Archival Black inks
2. Adhered the White Daisy cardstock to the Pear cardstock
3. Adhered the turquoise side of the B&T Duos paper 1/4” above the bottom of the Kraft paper
4. Trimmed the diagonal striped zip strip to 2” and 1” and adhered to the Kraft paper above the turquoise B&T Duos paper
5. Attached Glacier extra thick twine above the zip strip paper with Liquid Glass
6. Attached the flower piece 1/4” from the right side of the Kraft paper
7. Stamped “You are worth celebrating” sentiment vertically to the left of the flower piece with Archival Black ink
8. Stamped “Happy Birthday” sentiment with Smoothie ink on a scrap piece of White Daisy cardstock and punched it out using the CTMH 1” circle punch
9. Used foam tape on the happy birthday circle and placed it on the bottom left corner of the flower piece
10. Embellished with the light coral reef sequins
11. Attached the top to the card base

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Card 3 Assembly:
1. Adhered the floral side of B&T Duos paper 1/2” up from the bottom of the card base
2. Adhered the turquoise side of B&T Duos paper above the floral piece
3. Stamped washi tape image in Pear above the turquoise piece
4. Stamped dotted washi tape image in Smoothie above the Pear stamp
5. Using Honey, Smoothie, and Archival Black inks, I stamped “Make a WISH” sentiment on the larger White Daisy cardstock piece
6. Adhered the White Daisy piece to the largest Kraft paper piece
7. Using Honey, Pear, and Smoothie inks, I stamped the candle images on the smaller White Daisy cardstock piece
8. Adhered the candle piece to the smaller Kraft paper piece
9. Adhered the “Make a Wish” piece to the center of the card front
10. Adhered the candle piece to the bottom right corner of the “Make a Wish” piece with foam tape
11. I tied a bow with the Glacier Extra Thick Twine, knotting the ends and attached it to the card with Liquid Glass
12. Embellished with white sequins

2015-07-23 13.17.04Here are the finished cards! Aren’t they AWESOME??? My favorite technique when making these cards was the washi tape stamp (Card 3)!! It realllly looks like washi tape – my mind is spinning with what I can do with this . . . ahhhhhhhhhh, lol!

A few things you may have some questions about:

A Zip Strip is a strip of coordinating cardstock at the end of some of the 12×12 cardstock. It’s really useful for coordinating embellishments in a different design, adding variety to your projects. I used the zip strip for Card 2.

Cleaning stamps – I use baby wipes (not disinfectant wipes) to clean the ink off the stamps. CTMH stamps are awesome in that there is very little ink left after stamping an image – the ink is on your project!!

These projects DO NOT have to be completed exactly as instructed. Cards 1 & 3 can be used for various occasions without changing much. Card 2, as is, is obviously a birthday card. However, you can change sentiments easily and make the cards customized by using alphabet stamps or other stamps entirely – lots of room for customizing. Cool, huh?

Hey, if you’d like to see some of my other projects, check out my Instagram and Pinterest board and follow me. Also, if there is anything from CTMH you would like me to demonstrate, let me know in the comments.

As always, I’m Livin’ the Moments . . .

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CTMH Blossom Workshop

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Hi Guys! Come on in and see what I’m doing today! I’m using the CTMH Blossom Workshop On The Go and making a set of cards. These kits make creating cards and scrapbook pages SUPER EASY!!! They’ve provided the paper, embellishments and stamps to make professional-looking projects.

The Workshop On The Go Blossom cardmaking kit (Item G1095) comes with:

1 – My Acrylix® Blossom Workshop Stamp Set (D-size)
2 – Blossom B&T Duos™ Papers
4 – Cardstock Sheets (1 Pear, 1 White Daisy, 2 Kraft)
15 – White Daisy Cards & Envelopes
1 – Coral Reef Sequins (Z3042)
1 – Glacier Extra Thick Twine (Z3039)
1 – Instructional Brochure
The Featured Colors are: Glacier, Lagoon, Pear, Smoothie, Sunset, White Daisy

With the included supplies, you can make 15 cards – 5 each of 3 designs. Honestly, I don’t make all these cards. I usually make one of each, and use the rest of the paper for other projects – it is soooo pretty!

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These are the embellishments that are included in the CTMH Blossom Cardmaking kit. The Coral Reef sequins (you get 144 sequins), Glacier extra thick twine (10 yards), and the Blossom Workshop Stamp Set (D-size). With this stamp set, you can make popsicles, flowers, birthday candles, and the stamps in the bottom right look like washi tape – that is sooooo cool!! The instructions recommend the following CTMH inks for stamping: Archival Black, Honey, Pear, and Smoothie.

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Each Workshop on the Go Cardmaking and Scrapbook Kit comes with a Guide. The Cardmaking Guide has three sections inside.

The first section is the “Getting Started” instructions. It has the Introduction, which tells you what to do in order and includes the materials you need to complete 15 cards.

The second section includes the “Cutting Diagrams” for the different papers. The diagrams make the most efficient use of the cardstock that is included in the kit. It gives the specific cardstock needed, dimensions of each piece, as well as which card it goes with.

The third section is the “Putting It Together” instructions. This is the step where you stamp, assemble, and embellish each card.

I will create one of each card in my next blog, so stay tuned . . .

Hey, if you’d like to see some of my other projects, check out my Instagram and my Pinterest board.

As always, I’m Livin’ the Moments . . .

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Camper Birthday Card

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Here’s a birthday card I made for my brother. He just bought a camper, so I thought I’d make him a card with, you guessed it, lol, a camper on it. One of the great things about using Cricut Design Space is that I can personalize my cards for the recipient.
Once again, I used svgcuts.com as my card source. I used the Camp Firefly project file. This file includes a S’more gift card box, a round gift box with a 3D camper on top, a campfire box with a roasting marshmallow, a lantern card , and the camper card. I want to make them all! The attention to detail is unbelievable and makes the most impressive projects!!

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In the “Picnic Basket Box Card” blog, I mentioned the assembly instruction videos svgcuts.com has on their website. After you purchase a kit, you download the file. Within the file is a pdf like the one above. In the past, when you imported their pieces into Cricut Design Space, you had to resize them to the indicated dimensions, and it was an incredible pain!!!!!! That is now fixed!! The pieces are now the correct size. However, I find myself double-checking them just to make sure. I hate wasting paper!

So . . . on to the project, lol.

I used the following Close to My Heart cardstock for the pieces:

My Reflections Taste of Summer – Banner, Trailer Body, Moon, Insert
White Daisy – camper, door frame
Desert Sand – door and wheel
Topiary – grass
New England Ivy, Olive, Sweet Leaf – trees
Slate – camper side, door, tire, fin
Ponderosa Pine – Card base

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This time, I added dimension by using my eBosser and the following embossing folders:

Cuddlebug Simple Flowers – grass
Cuddlebug Birds & Swirls – tree top
CTMH Woodgrain – Camper
Heidi Swap Stripe – Moon
CTMH Chevron – Tree
Cuddlebug Swiss Dots – Door background & hubcap

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I used CTMH Cocoa ink to distress the pieces and add some color.

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I used my Xyron X to add adhesive to the back of the smaller pieces.

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I used CTMH Archival ink and the CTMH 2″ by 3 1/2″ acrylic block to stamp the sentiment on the card front. I can’t remember where I got the acrylic stamp (sorry, it was my mom’s).

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I may have mentioned this before, but I am not in the least artistic (as a matter of fact, I need lots of help!). I like to try new things, so I have these ShinHan alcohol markers from CTMH that I have not used yet. So . . . I used my Cricut to outline a campfire onto the interior of the card. Then I found a picture on Google Images and used it as my “inspiration” and made a pretty decent-looking campfire, if I do say so myself. So far, as a beginner, I have learned to start with the the lightest color and build from there??? My advice: watch YouTube videos, haha.

These are the CTMH Shin Han markers I used for the campfire:

R11 Carmine
YR24 Marigold
BR99 Bronze
BR116 Clay
Y222 Golden yellow
0 Colorless Blender

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Here’s the finished card. Pretty cool, huh? People I give my cards to are super impressed, little do they know how easy they are . . .

Hey, if you’d like to see some of my other projects, check out my Instagram and my Pinterest board.

As always, I’m Livin’ the Moments . . .

Organizing Glitter Glue

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I hate knowing I have something and not being able to find it!

Another problem is NOT knowing if I have something I want to use in a project!!

Last year, I came across the Totally Tiffany website that has periodic “Get Organized Challenges.” She sells organization tools, such as the ScrapRack, but interestingly enough does not push her products during her challenge videos. She features them in the videos, but also gives alternative suggestions if you don’t have her products.

One of the challenges I completed was organizing my glitter glue.

Here’s my process:

The first thing I did was number the bottoms of all the bottles of glitter glue I own and put them in the above organizer box, which I purchased at a craft store, and is made specifically for glitter glue.
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The next thing I did was create a master catalog page with all my glitter glue examples on it. I cut strips of black cardstock and glued them on a piece of white cardstock. The black is added because glitter glue looks different on different colored paper. I labeled each example the color number as well as the number I put on the bottle. I have a ScrapRack and this page is filed with my other catalog pages, which I will blog about in the future. You could easily use a 3-ring binder to keep your catalog pages in.

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So . . . my ScrapRack has a catalog section where the master list goes, AND THEN there is a Rainbow section where I can put each color of embellishments on its own page. Above, you can see my Orange, Yellow, White and Red/Pink embellishment pages. I organize my mist sprays this way, as well. You can also organize pens, ink, paint, embossing folders, etc. in the same way.

This organization has proved to be reallllllly useful when I’m working on projects:

1. I know what I have.
2. I can look at what my options are.
3. I don’t buy things I already have.
4. I can FIND what I want in seconds!!!

Hey, if you’d like to see some of my other projects, check out my Instagram and my Pinterest board.

As always, I’m Livin’ the Moments . . .

Picnic Basket Box Card

D&MAnniversary1I use svgcuts.com files all the time. They seem kind of intimidating when you use them for the first time, but they make it super easy to create AWESOME projects. And I mean AWESOME. Did I say AWESOME? Oh, yeah!

This project is a box card, which I have made several of (check out my Pinterest board). They are super easy, and are really impressive-looking for the recipient. There are lots, and I mean lots, of YouTube videos explaining how to import svg files into Cricut Design Space, if you want to know how. Again, super easy!

Two small glitches when using svgcuts.com files is that you have to change the score lines from cut to score and you have to attach them to the pieces. Not a big deal if you forget to change the cut to score, but you’ll have cuts instead of impressions. It IS A BIG DEAL if you forget to attach the score lines though, because, well . . . there won’t be any score lines on your pieces, they will be somewhere else????

Another reason SVGCUTS projects are so easy, is because they have assembly instruction videos for every one of their projects – YES . . . every . . .one . . . of . . . their . . . projects . . . has an assembly instruction video! These people have figured it out! From the svgcuts.com  website: “Mary and Leo are the yin and yang of SVGCUTS. Mary is the artist behind the paper designs and creates everything from cute characters to three-dimensional paper projects. Leo makes sure you know how to use your cutting machine and software.” The projects ALWAYS come out PERFECT!!

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Lots of pieces. I used the following Close to My Heart cardstock for this project:

CTMH White Daisy – Envelope, plates, labels
CTMH My Reflections Taste of Summer – Strawberry/Pink panels, bottle base, grapes, wine
CTMH Hollyhock – flowers
CTMH Slate – Bottle label and silverware
CTMH Crystal Blue – glasses
CTMH Desert Sand – Box, basket, panels
CTMH Topiary – Bouquet base

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I misted various pieces as follows:

Perfect Pearls Mist – Labels, silverware
Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist Silver – Glasses, bottle labels
Heidi Swapp Color Shine Pink – Flowers, and plate rims
Heidi Swapp Color Shine Amethyst – Wine bottle, wine in glasses

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I applied adhesive on the small pieces with the 1 1/2” Xyron X, and the larger pieces with the Xyron Create-A-Sticker. The Xyron’s save a LOT of time, aggravation, and glued fingers, lol. Adhere these pieces to the background pieces.

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Fold the basket base along all the fold lines. Adhere the pink and strawberry panels to both sides of the basket flaps.

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I embossed the basket base panels using the eBosser and the CTMH chevron embossing folder. I like the eBosser better than the Cuttlebug embosser because it applies even pressure, the paper doesn’t tear, and you get a really nice impression.

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Here’s the finished box. These always come out really nice. I have not had a FAIL yet. I like how detailed they are. I added my own text on the wine bottle label and the front label. There is an optional label you can put on the back where you can write a personal sentiment, as well. I added some buttons, as suggested in the svgcuts.com assembly instruction video. I also added “grapes,” brads, and bows for a few extra touches. You certainly don’t have to, but adding your own embellishments to your projects makes them original and unique.

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Finally, box cards fold pretty flat to fit in the envelope (which is included in the file). Be aware that extra postage is required because it is a non-standard size and bulky due to all the added embellishments. By the way, I always use permanent glue rather than my ATG gun to put the envelope together. You don’t want your AWESOME card to fall out in transit.

Hey, if you’d like to see some of my other projects, check out my Instagram and my Pinterest board.

As always, I’m Livin’ the Moments . . .

Patriotic Photo Booth Props

Lovin’ my Cricut Explore on 4th of July 2015!

Here’s a quick and easy project using a Cricut cartridge with many choices for any occasion.

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Circuit Design Space screenshot:

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We have a big family get-together over the 4th of July and many pictures are taken. This year I thought I would make some photo booth props for some FUN pictures. I used the Cricut “Photo Booth Props” cartridge and Cricut Design Space to create some patriotic props.

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I used the following cardstock and colors:
CTMH Outdoor Denim
CTMH Cranberry
CTMH White Daisy
And the following glitter glue to embellish them:
Stickles Midnight Blue
Stickles Xmas Red

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My brother’s girlfriend’s daughter (obscure relative) made these ones. She had a great time with the glitter glue, lol.

Hey, if you’d like to see some of my other projects, check out my Instagram and my Pinterest board.

As always, I’m Livin’ the Moments . . .

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