My Journey Breast Cancer Book

Hi everyone! It's time for some inspiration from The Cutting Cafe DT. 

This week we are working with Album-Books. There are SO many choices! 

I chose to do the Journey Word Book. 

I went with a breast cancer theme for this because I am a Chemo Angel. 

It will make a great gift for my chemo buddy! 

This was super easy to put together. 

What started out as 12x12 sheets of cardstock quickly transformed into a pretty booklet. 

From start to finish it took about 3 hours. 

The base is made out of Bazzill cardstock. 

It's super thick, but cut easily in my Cricut Explore on the Fabric+ setting. 

The breast cancer papers came in a mambikit that I ordered off Amazon. 

It came with stickers as well. 

I also used ribbons and other embellishments that one of my crafty friends gifted to me =) 

Here's  a look at the pages...

This image is from KennyK Stamps. She is a Breast Cancer Fighter Digi Stamp, although she could be used for any form of cancer or other diseases.

This image is Fight For A Cause Digi. She goes perfectly with this hair is overrated sticker! You can find her in Sherri Ann Baldy's Etsy Shop. 

Thank you all for stopping by today! Please stop by The Cutting Cafe on the 7th to see the rest of the projects from the DT. If you leave a comment on the inspirational post you will be entered in a chance to win 3 free Cutting Cafe files of your choice. 

Also, if you are interested in becoming a Chemo Angel or want to read more about what that is you, can find that information HERE. I have been a Chemo Angel for a little over a year now. It is such an awesome program to be a part of.

Have a great day! 

Bible Journaling with My Besites

I've been secretly admiring bible journaling for awhile now. I have been intrigued by all the beautiful pages and messages. At first I kinda struggled with the idea of doing art in a bible. Is it disrespectful? Is it defacing the bible? 

As I asked myself these questions, while looking at people's bible journaling pages, I decided that if I was reading, studying, and doing this to glorify God then it was ok. So, I went out and purchased a bible just for bible journaling.

For my first bible journaling entry, I read Romans 12:9-12:21. 

9 Love must be sincere. Hate what is evil; cling to what is good. 10 Be devoted to one another in love. Honor one another above yourselves.11 Never be lacking in zeal, but keep your spiritual fervor, serving the Lord. 12 Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer. 13 Share with the Lord’s people who are in need. Practice hospitality.

14 Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse. 15 Rejoice with those who rejoice; mourn with those who mourn. 16 Live in harmony with one another. Do not be proud, but be willing to associate with people of low position.[c] Do not be conceited.

17 Do not repay anyone evil for evil. Be careful to do what is right in the eyes of everyone. 18 If it is possible, as far as it depends on you, live at peace with everyone. 19 Do not take revenge, my dear friends, but leave room for God’s wrath, for it is written: “It is mine to avenge; I will repay,”[d] says the Lord. 20 On the contrary:

“If your enemy is hungry, feed him;
    if he is thirsty, give him something to drink.
In doing this, you will heap burning coals on his head.”[e]

21 Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.

After I read and studied these scriptures, I used a clear stamp from the My Besties Shop called Butterfly Kisses to put the image on the page. I then colored in the sweet My Bestie with Copic markers. As I was coloring I was thinking about the scriptures I had read. I re-read them several times. 

When I was finished coloring, I wanted to add something more. There were  many words in these scriptures that stood out to me. I decided to write the words around the page that had touched me...

Love

Pray

Hope

Good

Overcome

Patient

Honor

Share

Rejoice

Serve

Be joyful

Bless

Harmony

I am not a reader. I never have been. I wanted to start reading my scriptures and needed a way to make it more interesting to me. Bible journaling not only made reading my scriptures fun, it made me remember what I read. I had these scriptures in my head for days. 

Thinking Of You

Hi everyone! 

I have a card to share with you today using one of Ady Almanza's beautiful dolls.

I love Ady's dolls. I thought this one was perfect for a thinking of you card.  You can find more of Ady's images in her etsy shop, AdyAlmanzaDolls.

Those tiny, adorable flowers are from sweet friend Missy. She made them! She sent me some in six different colors. I'm such a lucky girl =) 

The thinking of you sentiment is a stamp in the Everyday Elisha Jean and Friends stamp set, from The Cutting Cafe Shop. 

I colored the image with Copic markers. 

Skin: E0000, E000, E00, E11, E21

Hair E29, E25, E21

Dress, shoes, and make up: V000, V01, V04

Thank you for stopping by tonight! See you again soon =)

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New Color It Create It Show It Off Challenge For May

Hello and welcome back to my blog! It's been awhile. 

I've been preparing my veggie garden for planting. Sounds impressive, right? Not so much. 

I have no idea what I'm doing! I seem to kill every plant I touch. 

I am learning to garden through trial and error. Some things I have learned over the last 2 years...

1) Don't over water your plants, you'll kill them.

2) Water your plants or they shrivel up and die

3) Weed your garden (even if the weeds are edible) or the weeds will take over and nothing else grows.  

4) Keep trying until I get it right? 

Anywho, I took a break from gardening to get some craft therapy in.

 This beauty is for the new Color It Create It Show It Off Challange sponsored by Sherri Ann Baldy and her My Besties. 

I've used IMG005 from the My Bestie Shop for my card. 

She is colored with Copic markers. 

The awesome card is a file from The Cutting Cafe. 

It come in the Assorted Card Folds Set 2 along with several other cards. 

Embellishments are from Lavish Laces. I love her shop! Such beautiful flowers and laces!

I hope you will stop by and check out the new Color It Create It Show It Off Challange! 

You can enter with an image from ANY artist =) 

Thanks for stopping by! Have a craftastic day! 

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Altered 45

Hello! Welcome back to Toadally Love To Craft!

I have something a little different to share with you today. 

I told my Mom that I was going to alter a small record. 

She replied with "a 45?" Ummm....what the heck is a 45?!? 

Turns out, a 45 is a small record with a big hole in the center. 

It's bigger than a CD, but smaller than a vinyl record. 

Anyways, I slapped some Sugar Shoppe cardstock on both sides of this baby, added some flat back pearls, seam binding, lace, a few sweet treats and one TOADALLY adorable My Bestie....

AND VOILA! I now have a My Bestie wall hanging. 

The lace was originally white. I "died" it by spraying it with bubblegum pink dylusions ink spray. 

I often dye laces and seam binding this way.  

The sweet treats were cut out using my Cricut Explore and misc Cricut image sets.

Here's the link to this adorable My Bestie IMG120. I colored her with Copic markers and added a few highlights with a white gel pen. 

This was my first attempt at coloring hair like this. It turned out pretty darn good, thanks to the online coloring classes I have taken at Kit and Clowder.

Seam binding from Gone Artsy

Lace and flat back pearls from Lavish Laces

Image from The My Bestie Shop

Thank you for stopping by! Have a fabulous night! 

Playing with Clear CardStock from The Cutting Cafe Shop

WARNING...long post with lots of pictures!

It's inspiration time again from The Cutting Cafe!

 This week we are playing with clear cardstock from The Cutting Cafe Shop. 

What's clear cardstock, you might ask, it's acetate or thin clear plastic that you commonly see used on shaker cards. I'm here to tell you that the fun with clear cardstock doesn't have to stop at shakers. 

The Cutting Cafe has tons of files that you can use with it, including boxes, bags, tags, and cards. 

Here's a few projects I made using clear cardstock.

The awesome Cheveron Background I used, is a file you can find at The Cutting Cafe. 

It works great with the clear cardstock. 

One of my favorite Cutting Cafe files is the Paper Flower. It makes the prettiest roses. I love that you can make them different sizes AND you can make them to match anything you are working on! I used pink cardstock this time for my Paper Flower. Once I had it all put together, I sprayed a little Prima Frost Spray Mist (purchased from Renea's Bouquets) on it for a little added texture. 

The sentiment is stamped on clear cardstock and then embossed. Be careful not to go overboard with your heat tool so you don't melt the clear cardstock.

Embellishments from Gone Arsty, Lavish Laces, amd The My Bestie Shop were also used on the chevron card. 

Here's a card that I made with the Assorted Card Folds  file. This one I made completely clear and then made another card to slip inside to write on. I left the colored cardstock unattached so it could be pulled out. I love the way that the clear card looks with this image from theeastwind. 

The image name is Aurora Prayer. 

  

Ok, we've all seen the famous pocket letters that are the rave right now, but have you seen mini pocket letters?! NO? Here's a great tutorial...Mini Pocket Letter. Fun, right?! What about being able to make a pocket letter ANY size you want?

That's what I did, with the clear cardstock from The Cutting Cafe Shop. 

This was super easy to do with my fuse. 

If you don't have a fuse, you could use a sewing machine to make the pockets. 

The adorable bathing suit and flip flops are also files from The Cutting Cafe. The bathing suit is from the Summer Fun Printable Stamp Set and the flip flops from the By The Sea Basic Shapes set. I filled the other pockets with stickers and things from misc Cricut image sets.

The adorable image is img081 from The My Bestie Shop. She is one of my favorite Fluffy My Besties yet!

Whew! You made it to the end!
Thank you for taking the time to visit and read my blog =)
Be sure to stop by The Cutting Cafe on the 21st to see the DT's inspirational post. You are sure to be awed by all the clear cardstock projects. If you leave a comment on that post you will be entered in a chance to win 3 FREE Cutting Cafe files of your choice. 

Howdy Partner!

Howdy! 

Check out this adorable Besties Cowboy. 

I absolutely love him! So does my 4 year old.
She claimed him as her boy friend and named him Dipper.

The barrel is an SVG from The My Bestie Shop.

IMG115 Besties Little Cow Boy

I colored him with Copic markers. 

The Step Card is a file from The Cutting Cafe.
The howdy is from the Cricut image set Old West and the fabulous paper is from BoBunny. 

Copics Used

Skin: E0000, E000, E00, E21, R30

Hair: B29, B25, B29

Eyes: B0000, B02, B06

Jeans: W3, B91, B93,B96, B99

Shirt: R14, R46, R59

Hat, Vest, Boots: E41, E42, E44, E47, E49

Thank you for stopping by today. Hope you all have a fabulous day!