TGIF; Thankful Friday 388

Hello and happy Thankful Friday. I'm thankful for girlfriends. I have a regularly scheduled breakfast the first Wednesday of every month with six girlfriends. We gathered this week and we always have so much fun. Lots of talking and sharing stories. I'm so thankful for this group of women! 

What are you thankful for this week?

Christmas Eve Layout

I went to a scrapbook crop this past Saturday and was able to finish lots of layouts. That’s always a good feeling. 

I'm still behind but I think we're always behind, right? I just posted a two page layout spread on YouTube using a sticker sheet by Echo Park along with a scrapbook kit that I made by gathering patterned papers and cardstock from my stash. 

If you're like me, you have lots and lots of papers that will coordinate with sticker sheets or other embellishments. We just need to remind ourselves that we don't need all the things!

I used a sketch for this that I've used before which made this quick to put together. Although I did change the patterned paper a little. I also used my Cricut to create the title on the left. Using an assortment of fonts makes it super fun!

I love the non traditional color scheme too!

Be sure to watch the process video and leave a comment. I love reading them.

Waterfall Gift Card Holder

Being on a Design Team has its perks but what I really enjoy about it is the challenge to make something spectacular. I hope when you see my projects that you can tell how much heart is in them.

When I received this Kaisercraft Christmas Wishes stamp set from Jenlee Schoolcraft, my first thought was ok I'll make a Christmas card but then it came to me. I'm going to make a gift card holder and use the beautiful poinsettia stamp to decorate.

Watch the process on my YouTube channel:

I stamped the poinsettia four times using red ink; colored the leaves using an alcohol ink marker and gold glitter marker. I also added Stickles in gold glitter to add more sparkle and dimension!

To give credit where it's due, I watched a video by Stamp With Peggy and got the measurements from her blog too. Please visit her site to get all the measurements.

While you're scrolling through the internet, make sure you also visit the Jenlee Schoolcraft website for budget friendly new and used crafty items. And if you use my name, Dorlene, you'll get 10% off your order. Can't beat that!!

Bouquet Painting; LTCCB

It's November 1st and time for another six week challenge on the Love To Craft Challenge Blog (LTCCB). This challenge blog is for all sorts of crafty projects not just paper. 

I decided to paint a canvas and create a flower bouquet. It went through a few stages before I finally decided it was done.

Adding black around the flowers made the colors really pop and I was happy with that addition. Here's when I thought I was done and my granddaughter even added some paint splotches.

Wow! What a difference! It just goes to show, if you're not happy with something, keep at it. Eventually you'll love it!

Now it's your turn. Create something...anything and upload it on the LTCCB blog. It's always Anything Goes. Click there for lots of inspiration from the DT and the other crafters!

TGIF; Thankful Friday 387

Hi there and happy Friday and another week to be thankful. We are starting to go through our garage to throw out some things and also organize!

I'm thankful that both hubby and I are both in out "toss it" frame of mind because normally we have a hard time letting things go.

But there is one huge exception since he does not want to toss our old VHS tapes. Not our home movies but actual movies. I know for a fact we will never look at them again and we have them in totes that have not been open in years.  One day...

What are you thankful for this week? Please share!

Week One TKS IV Two Page Layout

I feel like I've been lagging with my scrapbooking lately. I didn't even feel like it today, but I pulled out my TomKat Strut scrapbooking kit and went to work. I never thought about scrapbook kits this way before, but it's nice to have all the things pulled out in advance just in case you need a little nudge.

I recently purchased a few kits from Club Scrap because I saw an ad and the kit caught my eye. When I was ordering the particular kit, I thought why not check out other goodies. So I did. I grabbed these cut a parts because I thought they would work with the color scheme for the TomKat Strut Year Four graphic.

I was able to get ten total photos on this two page spread and that always makes me happy! Check out the YouTube process video to see how it was put together.

Super simple with the focus on the photos - just like I want it!

The TomKat Strut is a virtual marathon that my family and I started to honor my nephew who passed away during COVID. We couldn't have a service so we created this instead. During the quarantine, many marathons were switched to virtual marathons using an assortment of apps to track distances, etc. Well, we did just that. All participants upload the app on their phones and log in right before they start walking. 

The TKS lasts for the entire month of November and we have until the end of the month to walk 50k (which is a little more than 30 miles). We have challenges throughout, share photos, comment encouraging words and some trash talk all month.  

You Are Fabulous Pop Up Card

Hi there! It’s Dorlene and I’m sharing an easy to make fun fold pop up card using multiple items from the Make Up SVG collection from Printable Cuttable Creatables. You can certainly use any of the make up cut files that come with only a specific tool type but I knew I wanted to mix and match. 

After uploading each item into Cricut Design Space, I chose the make up item that I wanted to use for the front and inside of the card. (I used the same make up items for both, just made the sizes smaller for the inside.)

I played around with the placement and size for the card front. Once that was determined, I used the offset function in Cricut Design Space to add a border around the group of supplies. I did this for two reasons, 1) to separate it from the busy patterned paper and 2) to give the items a base to adhere to.

After everything was cut, I laid them out on my worktable to make sure of placement. I mention this every time since it is so important. Whenever I don’t take my own advice, I always seem to add adhesive to the wrong side of the cut and somehow make a mistake!

Once everything is in its correct position, I use my Precision Glue Press to adhere all the layers together.

To add some pizzazz, I used silver glitter paper on the brushes & lip gloss. All the bright colors look so pretty together!

Looking good so far! I used some coordinating patterned papers from my stash and added them to the card front and inside.

To make the pop out card, cut the card base at 4.25x11; score at 5.5”. This is a top folding card. Cut patterned paper at 4x5.25”.  Center and adhere to the front of the card base.

I centered and adhered the focal piece and added the stamped words, You Are, to the lower right. This was stamped on white cardstock and fussy cut.  I think this alone is super pretty!  But of course, I needed to do something to really make it pop!

For the inside. Cut a piece of coordinating cardstock (I used white) at 4.0x10.5; score at 4.25, 5.25 and 6.25”. Patterned paper is cut at 3.75x4” and two at .75x3.75”.

Fold accordion style at the score lines. (Valley fold at the 4.25 score line, then mountain, then valley fold to finish it.)

Add adhesive to the lower half of the white cardstock and center it at the bottom. Then, add adhesive to the top section and close the card for perfect placement.

Once the inside panel is adhered to the inside, add the decorative pieces as desired.

I tried to add something to each level of this pop up card but you can certainly add more or less items.

There are so many ways you can decorate both the outside and inside of these types of cards. I used foam adhesive for the front panel nail polish and the red polish on the inside.

This is the first time that I’ve tried making this type of fun fold card. It was really easy and so fun! I can’t wait to make more. Watch the YouTube process video to help you while you figure it out!

I know so many fabulous people who would love this card. I’m sure this will be one that I make often. Be sure to use my discount code 3SONS15 for 15% off your order on the Printable Cuttable Creatables website. I know you are going to want this set too!