Playing With Printable Sets

Hello Everyone! Fall is already on it's way here in Alaska. 

The kids are back in school, football season is under way and it's almost hunting season. 

Now that everything is getting settled, I can sit back and relax a little before the Holidays. Today I am doing that by playing with these adorable printable sets from The Cutting Cafe.

Elisha-Jean and Friends Printable Set

Elena-Jean - Rose B. and Mckenzie Printable Set

I made a little coloring book out of these little cuties. I printed the images at 5x7 (on white cardstock) and used my Yourstory book binder/laminating machine to make a little book. 

The cover is card stock from a DCWV Stack.  

I bought markers and colored pencils to go along with the coloring book I am sending it off  as a surprise to a little girl who loves art. 

I also made a card for today's assignment. 

I found the layout on line. I can't for the life of me remember where...sorry about that. 

Please stop by The Cutting Cafe on the 7th and 21st of every month to check out all the projects from the DT. If you leave a comment on the DT post you will be entered to win 3 free sets of your choice. 

Thank you for stopping by today! 

Announcing DT Call For Ady's Doll Dreams

Hi everyone! 

Miss Ady Alamanza is starting up a Design Team. 

I am so excited and honored to be able to help her with this. 

This is one of her beautiful images. You can find more of her digis in her Etsy shoppe HERE. 

I colored her with watercolor pencils and added some stickles to her wings.

Ady's Design Team will have a term of 6 months. Design team members will be required to have an active blog, do 2 assignments a month, enter projects in a minimum of 3 challenges, share projects in/on social media groups, and follow Ady's blog and the blogs of all other team members.

To apply please email your name, pictures of 3 of your best projects, current/passed DT positions, and a little bit about yourself to tfrog77@aol.com. This DT call will close 8/20/15. 

Thank you for stopping by today. I look forward to seeing all of your beautiful creations.

Challenge Entered
Through the Craft Room Door

Clean and Simple

Hello! I'm back again today with another project. 

My goal is to learn to make clean and simple cards. I am a HUGE fan of clean and simple. 

However, I have a really hard time creating a clean and simple. 

It's the craziest thing. How can simple be hard? 

Anyways, I am bound and determined to get the hang of this! 

Here's what I'm starting out with...

the card is featuring a digi from Mari's Digis. Her digis are adorable! 

I added a little Stardust Stickles to the flowers to make them sparkle.

The sentiment is a stamp from Sweet N' Sassy Stamps. The set is called God is bigger. 

Thank you for stopping by again. Hope you have a wonderful weekend! 

Challenges Entered

Mari Digis Challenge Blog

From Trash To Treasure Altered Formula Can

Hi everyone! Happy Saturday to you all. 

Today I have an altered formula can to share with you. 

Can you believe that started out looking like this?!?

I've been hanging on to this can for over 3 years. Crazy I know! 

I knew I would do something with it SOMEDAY. 

I used some gorgeous Graphic45 paper to cover the canister. 

The adhesive I used on the card stock is Elmer's Craft Bond spray adhesive. It is my favorite adhesive for projects like this. There is no warping or bubbling in the paper. 

I curled the twine with a ribbon curling iron. Really, there is such a thing! 

I got it at Micheal's. I have so much fun with it. 

The lace is from Gone Artsy. Its my favorite lace! 

The big pink flowers are from the Cricut image set Flower Shoppe. It is #M4709B. 

I cut the image out 3 times at different sizes, inked the edges with Tim Holtz Victorian Velvet Distress Ink, curled up the petals and then attached the layers with hot glue. 

The little flowers are from Micheal's. 

Aren't those love birds the cutest!?! 

The beautiful dragonfly and butterfly are from Renea's Bouquets. She has the most beautiful embellishments and much more. 

Later today I will be abandoning my canister somewhere with a $10 gift certificate to Starbucks. 

Fun, right! It is the challenge going on right now in the Gone Artsy Challenge Group on Facebook. You have until the 15th of this month if you'd like to play along. 

Have a great day! 

Challenges Entered

Lil Patch Of Crafty Friends - Anything Goes

Through the Craft Room Door - Anything Goes

Inspiration Destination - Anything Goes

Paper Take Weekly - Anything Goes

Brown Sugar Challenge Blog - Anything Goes

Not Just Cards - Anything Goes

Craft-Dee BowZ - Anything Goes w/ Handmade Bow

Craft From The Heart - Anything Goes

My Sheri Crafts - Home Decor

Craft Your Passion - Anything Goes

Sleepy Time 3D Bestie

Hi everyone! Hope you all had a wonderful week. I for one am ready for the weekend. 

Here's a card I made for a swap. The image is a 3D Bestie. You can find her HERE.

I used my Cricut Explore to print and cut the image. 

This gorgeous dragonfly and butterfly is from Renea's Bouquets. She has the most beautiful embellishments! 

The flowers are from Micheal's. 

Have a great weekend! See you again soon. 

Challenges entered

My Besties 3D's and More Blog

Scrapbook Stamp Society

My Besties UK 1/3

My Besties French

My Besties International 1/3

My Besties Germany 3/3

Mini Happy Birthday Cards

Hello everyone and welcome to all my new followers! 

It's hard to believe I started out 2015 with just 15 followers and now I have 90. 

I appreciate you all so much! I think it's about time to start thinking about a giveaway =)

Today at The Cutting Cafe we are using the 

 Mini Note Pad and Card Set and/or the Post It Note Box and Cover set. 

I used the Mini Note Pad and Card Set to make 20 mini birthday cards.

 Kylah will be giving them to her teacher along with the Mini Note Pad she made. 

You can see the note pad HERE. It's super cute! 

Each one of these cuties comes with its own envelop. 

The candle that I used is from the Candle Shaped Card set. I put in into Cricut Design Space and shrunk it down to fit on the Mini Card. 

I love these miniature cards! They are so adorable.

 A card like this would be perfect to give with a gift basket or flowers. 

Here they are all bundled up. I used my ribbon curling iron to curl the twine. I love that thing! 

Thank you for stopping by today. Be sure to stop by The Cutting Cafe tomorrow for the DT inspirational post. If you leave a comment you will be entered to win 3 free files of your choice. Have a craftastic day!  

Steampunk Bestie For the New World Wide Open Challenge

Hello crafty friends! Today marks the start of a new challenge on the World Wide Open Design Team Challenge Blog. Our sponsor is Sherri Ann Baldy and the theme is always ANYTHING GOES. The only requirements to enter are that you must be on a Design Team and you must use a rubber or digital stamp.  

I have used Image 618 for today's project. I colored this little beauty with my Spectrum Noir markers. I usually shy away from using my makers (on more than the skin) for these digis because they have such tiny details. I'm always afraid I will make a huge mess of them, but I actually think she turned out pretty good. I impressed myself! That's always a good feeling.  

The background started out as a plain white piece of cardstock. I embossed it with a Spellbinder embossing folder and then inked it with Tim Holtz Vintage Photo, Tim Holtz Wild Honey, Tim Holtz Black Soot and Tim Holtz Gathered Twigs Distress Inks. 

The gear boarder is from the Cricut image set Birthday Cakes. I inked it with an embossing ink pad, put two different  embossing powders on it, and set it with my heat tool. 

After that I sprayed it with to give it an aged look. I also used the image set Paper Lace 2 for a couple of the individual gears. 

These gorgeous red roses were hand made by me with one of my favorite files from The Cutting Cafe...3D Paper Flowers. There's even a video to show you how to put them together. I love being able to perfectly match my flowers to my project by making them myself.

 I will often times make extra just to have some on hand. 

I am so thankful to have a Cricut Explore that does all the cutting for me. 

Here's a shot of the inside of the card. 

Card Recipe 

Steampunk My Bestie Image 618

Paper Flowers From The Cutting Cafe

Aleene's Tacky Glue

Tim Holtz Gathered Twigs Distress Ink

Tim Holtz Wild Honey Distress Ink

Tim Holtz Vintage Photo Distress Ink

Tim Holtz Black Soot Distress Ink

Ranger Embossing Pad

Embossing Powder

Scotch ATG 

Cardstock

Spellbinders Embossing Folder

Die-Namites Leafy Flourish Die

Cricut Image Set Birthday Cakes

Cricut Image Set Paper Lace 2 

Metal Charms

Challenges Entered

Through the Craft Room Door Anything Goes (1/2)

Craft Your Passion Anything Goes (1/3)

Scrapbook Stamp Society Anything Goes/ Holiday (1/3)

My Besties French Anything Goes/3D Option

International Besties Anything Goes (1/3)

Dutch Besties Anything Goes (1/2)

My Bestie Dutch (1/3)

My Bestie UK (1/3)