TGIF; Thankful Friday #377

Hello and happy Thankful Friday. Temperatures are still high, this was the first complete week back to school and our street got slurried.  Nope, I don't know exactly what that means because the street still looks the same if not worse. 

This week I'm thankful for another sporadic day trip. Wednesday we took a drive to Elk Grove to the Sky River Casino.

I'm also thankful that neither hubby nor I are big gamblers. I mean it was nice and we had a good time, but I couldn't even imagine how poor we would be if we had this addiction.  In other words, we LOST. 

We had drinks and lunch and I actually put on real clothes!

What are you thankful for this week?

Ready to Paint Canvas

This Doodle Mushroom Garden cut file from Printable Cuttable Creatables was perfect to add to a dollar store canvas using HTV. Once I uploaded the file, I removed the two complete images and kept the line drawn image.

I ungrouped the total image and played with the images to create two different groupings for two different canvases.

Once I knew which images were going to be on each canvas, I grouped all images except the butterflies, bottom aligned and then attached them. I wanted them to cut exactly as shown. But keep the butterflies unattached so they would be placed to fill the canvas.

Once they were cut and weeded, I used my Easy Press to adhere to the canvas.

I set the temp at 375 and pressed at 45 seconds twice for it to completely adhere to the canvas. Use a lot of pressure to ensure adhesion.

And, there was definitely an odor coming from it. It stung my eyes!

But the final result is worth it!

Easy process video is posted on YouTube:  

Make sure to use 3SONS15 for 15% off your total order on the Printable Cuttable Creatables website.

Rainbow Crush YT Hop; Black and White

Welcome to Rainbow Crush – a Social Media hop where we share projects that feature a color of the rainbow each month! This hop is hosted by Tara on her Facebook Group.  Anyone is welcome to play along.  This hop takes place on the  2nd Wednesday of the month!  The color for August is black and white. 

You can sign for the next month’s hop over on the The Paper Snob Community Facebook group: 

https://www.facebook.com/groups/thepapersnobcommunity/

This is my layout. I added purple to my otherwise black/white layout. 

I also created the customized title using the Print then Cut function in Cricut Design Space. This is a great way to create your own custom title.

Here's my video 

#scrapbooking #scrapbooklayouts #rainbowcrushhop #scrapbookprocessvideo

INSTAGRAM:

Brandi:  https://www.instagram.com/scrappy.boymama/

Tina:  https://www.instagram.com/tinamcmmvr/

DawnLyn:  www.instagram.com/dawnlynsdesigns

Laurie:  https://www.instagram.com/scrapbookingbits

Simera: https://www.instagram.com/scrappysimi/

Neyla:  instagram.com/nelliepickles_crafts 

Here is the YOUTUBE PLAYLIST for this hop! All the videos in one place!

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLCfSqErOPJorX7FuXKMUBoLuCvSBqDcmq

Junk Journal Pocket Tag

I kept the parking tag on a recent trip to some day go in my Junk Journal. We'll, guess what? That day is here!

Using watercolors, water brush and some acrylic paint, this double sided tag came out so bright and cute.

Watch the process on my YouTube channel. Makes you want to save everything, right!?!

My snippet roll covered envelope made the perfect pocket!

TGIF; Thankful Friday #376

Happy Friday and another week to be thankful. This week went so fast and I'm not sure why. The new school year started yesterday and we now have a high school sophomore and a kindergartner. 

Hubby went fishing on Monday and caught a beautiful trout. I'm thankful that we both have friends and activities that keep us busy both separately and together. 

What are you thankful for this week? Please share.

Scrapbooking Simple

I put together a two page layout spread and it was very easy and it didn't involve "all the things" which made me think to talk about basic scrapbooking.

How to create a simple layout and feel good about it. We get caught up with the need to emulate all these fancy layouts that sometimes we don't appreciate our own layouts. 

Here's my two page spread using only the Baby Girl pack from Echo Park. It has everything you need except the basic cardstock.

There are seven 4x6 photos on the layouts. 

This is a MUST WATCH video for tips and suggestions on building your layouts to have an eye pleasing layout.

Paper Piecing and Paper Dolls

Hi there. I have a fun slimline card that I'm showing off today. I rarely make slimline cards but I received an adorable Julie Nutting, Ava, stamp set from Jenlee Schoolcraft that was perfect for that size.

I don't know about you but I loved playing with paper dolls when I was a kid and this stamp set reminds me of those times.

I have a process video on my YouTube channel so check it out!

I stamped Ava on both a white piece of cardstock and a pink patterned paper; fussy cut the dress & headband; used alcohol markers for the hair, skin and shoes.

*A slimline card is 3.5 x 8.5" (7x8.5 and scored at 3.5")

Pink mat is 3.25 x 8.25 and white panel is 3 x 8"

You can find this stamp set at Jenlee Schoolcraft website along with other Julie Nutting stamps a budget friendly prices. She has new and slightly used products and all at affordable prices!  Use my name, Dorlene and get 10% off your order.