A place to showcase my crafts and talk about it...what's better than that? I hope to inspire and encourage others to create things for themselves, friends and family.
Oh, I have a fun masculine card for you today. I am using Crafter's Companion Time Piece embossing folder from Jenlee Schoolcraft for half of the card front. The other half are strips of scrap paper.
You can watch the process YouTube video but this card is pretty simple.
Jenlee Schoolcraft website is your Go To for budget friendly new and gently used crafty projects. You'll find a great assortment of items at excellent prices AND if you use my name, Dorlene as the coupon code, you'll receive 10% off your total. Can't beat that!
I used a stamp Sophisticated Animal for the focal image on the card front and two different circles. One cardstock and one in vellum. I love the way this turned out. It's so unique and perfect for a birthday celebration!
Hi there, it’s Dorlene and I’m excited to announce that I’m guest designing this month on the Printable Cuttable Creatables Blog. It’s Spring and a perfect time of the year for butterflies, flowers, sunshine and even rain.
I decided to create a different kind of card to feature the Spring Butterflies SVG cut file. I’m calling it a flip out arch card. I don’t know the official name, but this one pretty much describes what it is.
After uploading the Spring Butterflies file into Cricut Design Space, I also uploaded the Spring Borders SVG cut file set. You don’t necessarily have to use this file, but it sure does add more Spring fun! The card base was also created in Cricut Design Space using their free shapes & score line.
You can watch the YouTube process video to help visualize how it was made:
After everything was cut out with the Cricut, as always, I put the small pieces together to create the images.
The butterfly is so pretty with three different shades of yellow to create more dimension and interest. I love it!
As shown in the video, layer and adhere the different Spring Borders to the inside and also the open arch shape that is the card front.
I used foam adhesive to place the butterfly within the arch; added sequins; and stamped a Happy Birthday sentiment to finish the card.
I love, love, love how this turned out! Making the base was so easy on Cricut Design Space!
Be sure to go to the Printable Cuttable Creatables website for so many cute SVG cut files. Their blog has so many cool projects as well. It's a great place to be inspired!
Can you believe another Friday is here?!? This week I'm thankful for another sweet cantaloupe. Sometimes you think you picked a good one but it's just not.
The last three melons purchased were all perfect and for that I am thankful!
What about you? What are you thankful for this week?
I'm participating in a YouTube Hop hosted by The Paper Snob (a Facebook Group) and the challenge for April is Nuvo Drops. I don't have a lot of them, and I realized that they are all pretty much the same colors! But I tried to get a little creative by making stars and just fun-fetti all over the page. I think it turned out ok. What do you think?
I also used a sketch by AnnMarie from her website, Scrapbooking the Day Away. Click HERE for the website.
My finished layout:
This is the right side to a two page spread. I created the left side awhile ago without knowing about the banners & Nuvo Drop challenge so I brought it back out and added some more embellishments in order for the two sides to coordinate:
Now watch how it's done in my YouTube video:
Read below for all the hop details:
Join a fun group of crafty people each month as we take on the Iron Crafter Challenge! Each month Tara from @thepapersnob will select a challenge ingredient to use on a layout. This hop goes live on the THIRD FRIDAY of the month. We will have a hop on YouTube and Instagram to show how we used the challenge ingredient(s) for the month.
The mystery challenge for April is to use our Nuvo Drops! You can also use Stickles or Pops of Color or anything similar by other brand names.
Hello and happy thankful Friday! This week has been loaded with lots of out-of-town family time. I'm so grateful, I mean thankful, for the ability to travel with gas prices at $5+ per gallon; physically able to handle 12+ hours of drive time and the time.
Woo hoo for retirement once again!
What are you thankful for this week? Please share in the comments.
