Happy New Year Everyone!

This year I want to work on my blog more. Catch up on some pages and not wait to the last second to get my projects and gifts done! LOL Yes, I know. I will break those but still, it is nice to say! LOL

Love Owls Card

             Love Owls from Stamping Up. How simple is this card! But Thanks Pinterest!

Square Bird Card

 

 

The bird is from Stampin Up. Love the pop dots under the one inch squares.

BBQ

Nothing like a BBQ!

The Spatula was cut out at 11 1/5" or use the "Cut to Length" button on the Expression. The oven mits were cut out at 3". Small rubber ants were used on top of the red checker pattern ribbon (Thanks Susan for having the ants!:

The steaming hot grill was cut out at 5". Love the Ruby Red Stickles that gave the grill a little sizzle.

Paradise Layout

 

 

This layout was made using the Life's a Beach and Luau cartridges.

Paradise was cut out at 3.5". I then cut out the Bird of Paradise as a layer at 3". I did not want it to match perfect.


The Palm Trees are cut out at 4.25" and the Sun was cut out at 3". Instead of using the sun's shadow as a shadow, I moved the toy layer to the side leaving more of the brown shadow showing. The Palm frowns are cut out of the same paper as the mats.

The mats are inked with brown distressed inks.

Both cards are the same layout with just different pattern papers. Martha Stewart punch created the small boarder under the "celebrate and smile". The Celebrate and Smile is from Stampin Up.

 

 

I love the shape of this card. Cut 2 3/4th inches from a normal card. Place sideways and you will get this pattern. How could one simply cut make such a difference.

Thanks Maria for the techique.

Owl punch is from Stampin Up. The pattern on the top is stamped.

"Metal" Christmas Card

The "metal" ornimates on this page is actually tin foil that we all have in our kitchens. Glue the tin foil onto card stock. Then punch the "metal" with a punch. No need to buy expensive metals.

 

 

Thanks Maria for the techique!

Birds

The Stampin Up bird punch is fast becoming a favorite of mine. I used green smooch to accent the leaves and white smooch for the eyes.

Praying Hands

I love the Praying Hand stamp. I used Viva Pearl Pen for the center of the flowers. The flowers are from a punch.

Iris Paper Folding

This is my first attempt at Iris Paper Folding. As you see below, I did not follow the pattern to the T!

This is the start of Iris paper folding

Pooh and Friends

The tree is from Pooh and Friends cut to "Fit the Page".

Christmas Fuzzy Cutting

Fuzzy cutting has become a passion for me!

Booze Bouquet

The vase is actually a "POP CORN" bucket that was purchased from the Dollar Tree which was covered with scrapbooking paper. The flowers were cut from Mother's Day Bouquet Cricut cartridge. The small bottles of liquor were tabled to wooden sticks then wrapped in clear cellophane. 

The flowers were inked to give them a distressed look. Moss is placed at the top to hide the sticks. In order to keep the arrangement from tipping over, small glass beads were placed in the bottom. Floral foam holds everything in place. A simple bow placed at the front to finish the project. 

Santa Belt Layout

Welcome to Christmas! The lights are cut at 2". A shiny silver base with primary colored bulbs. Santa is cut at 2" as is the Santa belt. 

The Santa is cut at 3". His mustache and hat are pop dotted. The black ribbon came from Michael's. 

Christmas Hats

The hats were made for a friend's photoshoot. 

Snowflake Hat in Blue

Who would think that a snowflake diecut would make such a pretty flower. Each flower is inked to add extra texture. 

Snowflake Hat

The flowers on the hat are actually snowflakes cut from the Cricut cartridge "When it is Cold Outside". Each layout is inked a soft baby blue. The ribbon was purchased from Michael's as was the fuzzy ribbon giving the hat a softer look. 

Fussy Cuts "Flower Garden"

Each of the flowers and leaves were cut from a sheet of printed paper. Some of the flowers were popped dotted. 

The photo mats were inked on the edges to give the mats a more rustic look. 

I have never been a big fan of fussy cutting but my mind has been changed forever after this page. 

Fussy Cuts "Forest Dreams"

This page was made by hand cutting the swirls from a patterned page that someone gave me. I loved how it turned out.. 

Close up look at the left hand page. The flowers are silk and paper.

Close up look at the right hand page. The small circles were also fussy cut and pop dotted. 

Giggle, Laugh, Smile Hanging Project "Indy Art"

To start the project, I cut chip board and card stock into 6" squares.

After cutting out all of the chip board and base color card stock, I inked around the edges to add texture.

Placing 3 card stock onto my cutting mat, I cut out the base pieces of each image and word.     Bird is cut out at 2.25 inches. Rose is 3.5 inches, Lips is 2.06 inches, Butterfly is 2 inches, Heart is 2.5 inches and the close is 2.5 inches, Giggle, Smile and Laugh are all cut out at 1.75 inches .                              

I design on my Cricut mat as much as possible. I have a horrible habit of "losing" my cut outs. When I design on my sticky Cricut mat, I do not lose pieces!  As you see on the picture, I have cut the images out and have inked around the edges. I love using my "Color Box inkes".

I am also a huge fan of Pop Dots! The bird, butterfly and the lips have all been pop dotted to make the project 3D.

Stickles always seem to end up on my pages! I love Bling! Each of the words have been Glossy Accented. If you have not tried Glossy Accents, it is a Must! After the liquid dries, it looks like glass.

Ugly Paper Swap

This layout was made from what someone else called "Ugly Paper" at our local crafting meeting place.