Coffee Tea Junk Journal

I made a new junk journal specifically for coffee and/or tea experiences and this is the first spread! I used treasures I picked up from my recent trip to Portland OR. 

This was so fun. I didn't do any artsy stuff (ok, maybe just a little) because I wanted the 'junk' to be the showcase and I think I did a great job.

Super fun, right?

I love the coffee sleeve tuck pocket the most. I also tried the packing tape method to remove the art from the plastic iced coffee cup. It worked well for my first try, but I definitely need to practice!

Words to live by from Bea, a seven year old kid...You Are Not in the Way!

Making Stickers with the Cricut

There's a sticker function within Cricut Design Space that I've never used before. When I've make stickers in the past, I just create my images, add an offset and then flatten. Well, by using the sticker function, you basically just have to choose your images and DS does all the rest.

I made stickers for our family virtual marathon, TomKat Strut and it was so easy! Follow along as I go through the steps. I'm just learning and I know I will perfect the process in the near future!

Here's one of the layouts I added stickers:

So fun, right?

TGIF; Thankful Friday #430

Happy Thankful Friday! We're back to high temps this week. I guess they call it sunny California for a reason!

This week I'm thankful for a quick road trip to So. Cal and being near the ocean. There's something so soothing and peaceful when you're near that huge vast of water.

I'm also thankful for the first week of the NFL games and a Niner victory!

What about you? What are you thankful for this week?

Rainbow Crush YT Hop; Forest Green

Here's to another month that we can crush the rainbow! This month, the color is Forest Green. I actually looked this one up so I'd have a better idea of what shade is actually Forest Green.

Here's my layout:

This is a Month in Review layout and worked perfectly with these fall colors from the Coffee Collection from Echo Park.  You just never know how I'm going to use a product!

And my video:

The hop info:***************************************

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.  This hop takes place on the  2nd Wednesday of the month!  The color for September is to use forest green on your layout or card.  You are only required to use 75%.  

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

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

INSTAGRAM:

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

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

Kathy:  https://www.instagram.com/kacarr61 

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

Tammy:  https://www.instagram.com/handcrafterhaven/

Kaitlin:  https://www.instagram.com/keptinteal... 

Keely:  https://www.instagram.com/keelylowedesign 

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

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLNcTc_lj-jeE

Thanks for hopping along.

Bootiful Night Card; JS

I love Halloween and I love making Halloween cards. When I opened my Design Team package from Jenlee Schoolcraft this month, I was so excited to find this Bootiful Night stamp set by American Craft.

I have a confession...I am not a cat lover BUT...I love cat crafty products and projects. This stamp set is full of super cool vintage black cats and I couldn't wait to play with them. My initial thought was to emboss them all over my card front to make my own patterned paper, but it just didn't work out. So, Plan B is to stamp them using the MISTI and some black ink instead.

The stars that are also in the stamp set were stamped in orange and a bright green to add some fun colors. I also used a black glitter marker to add some sparkle.

I tied some twine and added a cute cat charm to the front to complete the card.

Be sure to watch the YouTube video to watch the process.

And if you're looking for budget friendly craft supplies (aren't we all??), check out the Jenlee Schoolcraft website. You'll find new and gently used items. Use my first name, Dorlene for 10% off your order. 

TGIF; Thankful Friday #429

The weather has really cooled down this week which feels like fall is coming early. That's great but it's not what I'm thankful for this week.

This week I'm thankful for channeling my grandma Weatherby. I baked her bread recipe and made a pot of beans with a ham bone. Both were so good!

What about you? What are you thankful for this week?

Jump 4 Joy Junk Journal Spread

What a fun junk journal spread that didn't start that way. A little background on this piece...in July, I led a painting event with our local CSEA Chapter that was for both adults and kids. Of course, my DIL and two older granddaughters attended. After that, my 6-year-old granddaughter was so excited about watching me lead the class that she wanted to paint another frog when we were home.

I've been recycling our brown paper grocery bags and packing materials as paint canvases when we paint at home so that's where they started. Once my pink frog was complete, I thought what am I going to do with this now?

Easy answer...my junk journal! So this video shows how I added it to the journal and how I added more marks and a title to it. I talk about how to paint the frog so watch to the end for that quick tutorial. I love how it covers two pages that have to be opened to reveal the entire frog. It just JUMPS out at you!

I hope you enjoy it! As always, thanks for watching. 

Oh, and a question??? What do you do with your clogged ink sprays? I'm thinking I can soak the nozzle in hot water. What do you think? Have you tried this before?