LTCCB; Pop Out Z Fold Card

It's time for a new six week challenge at the Love To Craft Challenge Blog (LTCCB). This challenge blog is for any type of crafty project, I happened to create a fun fold card - pop out Z fold to be exact.

Here's the card before I added some embellishments. It looks difficult but it's actually pretty easy.

The card base is 5.5x11 scored at 2 1/8 and 4.25 on the 11" side.

You'll also need three pieces of either the same or coordinating cardstock cut at 1.75" square. (Green squares)

I added a layer (green) of coordinating cardstock as well as another layer of patterned paper. Watch the YouTube process video for more details. Each layer is 1/4" smaller than the other. 

The pop out mechanism is 5x1 scored at 1, 2, 3, and 4" to fold into a square. Use a strong adhesive to adhere the square together and to attach it to the inside fold of the middle of the card.

Added some die cut leaves, sentiment and gold pearls to finish this cool pop out card.

Be sure to link your crafty project to the LTCCB blog. Remember it can be any type of craft project. Even if you don't link a project, go check out the DT projects as well as the linkers. Don't forget to leave comments!

TGIF; Thankful Friday #371

Happy Friday and another week to be thankful. Boy, what a week! My back has been on fire this week and I've been taking it easy this whole time. 

This week I'm thankful for a lunch date with my sister. She's moving out of state and honestly I don't know how often I'm going to see her. 

When she called to tell me she was going to be in the area, we jumped at the chance to get together. I can't believe neither one of us thought to take a photo.

After we said goodbye, I cried on the way home but I am thankful for the visit.

Here's a picture of us in December 

Printable Cuttable Creatables; Hello Lemonade Card

Hi there. Dorlene here to share a refreshing summer card with you using the Lemonade SVG cut file from Printable Cuttable Creatables. You may notice that this file includes both your standard and pink lemonade in both a pitcher and a glass (that’s four files in one).

I decided to use the standard lemonade but the glass image only. When I uploaded the file into Cricut Design Space, I ungrouped the entire image and then deleted the pitcher image.  This removes the pitcher from the canvas but not the upload.

This image uses three different shades of yellow, two shades of pink and two shades of blue. Since my image was less than 4”, using cardstock scraps was perfect for this!

As always, I place each piece together before adding adhesive.  I do this so I know exactly where things fit and most importantly, so I won’t apply adhesive to the wrong side.  This prevents unnecessary glue residue and mistakes.

Then I adhered all the pieces together using liquid adhesive and tweezers.  It’s hard to tell, but I used 3D foam adhesive to attach the lemon slice on the left hand corner.  This gives the image a little dimension.  Even though the file includes white highlights, I did add a few more using a white pen.

Some summer themed patterned paper, a punched circle and letters completes the card.  It looks so refreshing and ready to drink!

I love the contrast of the black letters in ‘Hello’.  I think it really pops against these cool summer colors.

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Zoo Layouts

Hey there! I'm still working on my 2023 photos and had fun creating layouts of our San Diego Zoo visit.

I used lots of patterned papers from a paper pad from xxx. I also used a Freaky Fast Friday challenge from The Scrap Room. I know it's for May, but I still used it for inspiration!

I used the Cricut for the silhouette animals and sign posts, some enamel dots and random stickers to embellish the pages.

There's a flip flap for me to add more journaling and of course more photos!

Even though there are so many patterned papers, it doesn't overwhelm the photos. I also created this page for the title and more photos.

YouTube video:

Jenlee Schoolcraft Card

I tried something new with this Santoro London Gorjuss Owl stamp set from the Jenlee Schoolcraft website. I love the vintage black/white look and needed to try it.

I felt like this stamp would be perfect for my first attempt.

I definitely need to practice more, but it's not bad for my first attempt. I pulled all my grays and black alcohol markers and did my best with the shading.

I also made this into a fun fold front flap card. The patterned paper is from my scraps so I don't know where I got it but isn't it perfect for this vintage looking image?

In the inside of the card, is the word s*#t.  I wasn't sure if it was appropriate to show a picture!

What do you think? Check out the video.

Go to the Jenlee Schoolcraft website to purchase budget friendly crafty items. Use my first name, Dorlene, to get an additional 10% off the already low prices.

TGIF; Thankful Friday #370

I know, I know, it's Sunday and just a little late for the Thankful Friday post. I have an excuse though. I was out of town with the family in San Diego.

I gotta tell you this was a weird week. On Saturday, we gathered together to celebrate a new peanut to join our family. Sunday was Father's Day and on Monday we buried my mama. 

Lots of emotions, lots of family and lots going on. I won't even talk about the hospital and Urgent Care visits either.

What a week! But like I always say, there's always something to be thankful for and I'm thankful for all that.

To see the obituary, click HERE 

Scrapbooking With the Cricut

I love using my Cricut for scrapbooking. This time I did something different. I created a background square divided in three. I could have just cut three different papers, but in order for them to fit, I'd have to completely cut all three. I only need three pieces not nine!

Here's what it looks like in DS. If you want the DS file, HERE you go.

I know you can't see all the square on the final layout but it still looks so good with all that patterned paper!

Add stickers and a 3x4 card and that's all this layout needs.

Check out the YouTube video for the process