Alcohol Marker Coloring

If you're like me, we're not great at all the detailed coloring. Look... I just want something pretty without too much work. 

On September 6th, it's National Read a Book Day so I created this card with that in mind. The stamp set is an oldie from CTMH called, In a Book.

It's a great set if you can find one.

Check out my quick YouTube video on how I colored the image!

And follow me on Instagram for more less popular holiday cards each month. @3sons_and_astar

Christmas and Overlays

I'm finishing up my 2022 layouts and adding final touches to this Christmas December Daily layout. I created the first (right side) layout earlier. You can watch it HERE.

I finally completed the left side and created a smaller version of an overlay for it.

Watch the YouTube video to see how it was created.

If you want to watch the video to learn how to create an overlay in more detail, check THIS out.

TGIF; Thankful Friday #380

Hey there it's Friday and another week to be thankful. It's still hot over here and the girls and I decided to take a little road trip to the coast.

This is what I'm thankful for this week...living in California. We are close to the coast, the mountains, the desert and pretty much everything else. 

It's great to be able to pick up and go! What are you thankful for this week?

Happy Birthday Layout; LTCCB

It's the first of September and time for another six week challenge at the Love To Craft Challenge Blog.

The challenge blog is for all things crafty. I decided to make a masculine scrapbook layout for my hubby. I have a hard time finding birthday paper and embellishments for grown men. It's so much easier to find stuff for boys.

But I found a sticker sheet from Echo Park and a matching 'Happy Birthday' paper that was perfect!

I added strips of torn coordinating patterned papers and grouped stickers on the right side to create a sticker/embellishment cluster. Super easy and perfect for showcasing the photos of the birthday boy and a photo of the football helmet cake topper that I made as well.

Your turn. Add your crafty product to the LTCCB blog site and check out the Design Team projects for inspiration!

TGIF; Thankful Friday #379

Happy Friday and another week to be thankful. This week I'm thankful for a safe drive home. Hubby and I went on a road trip to Tucson AZ via San Diego and back. 

The trip was a necessary one and I'm glad to be home!

And my niece had a baby boy this weekend! Yay!

What are you thankful for this week? Please share in the comments.

One Smart Cookie; PCC

Hi there! Everyone is back to school in our house and I just had to use the One Smart Cookie cut file from Printable Cuttable Creatables to make a T-shirt for my granddaughter. 

Since PCC's files include one designed for paper and another one for vinyl, I removed the image I didn't use before resizing and don't forget to mirror before cutting!

I used five different color HTVs for the image.

Cut, weed, and press to finish the job!

And a close up:

Printable Cuttable Creatables has so many cute images. After filling your cart, make sure to use 3SONS15 for 15% off your order!

Check out projects on the PCC Blog for lots of inspiration!

TGIF; Thankful Friday #378

Hi there. Happy Thankful Friday and another week to be thankful. On Saturday we celebrated my granddaughter's 15th birthday. It was so nice and so beautiful. 

We were all together and took the most fun pictures 

This week I'm thankful for Photo Booth photos!

What are you thankful for?

Christmas Card; Jenlee Schoolcraft

Christmas in August? Sure, why not! When I received this ornament die from Jenlee Schoolcraft, I instantly heard Christmas carols! 

Since I used glitter paper, I had to run it through my Sissix Sidekick twice and it cut beautifully. 

This fun fold card was fun (and easy) to make. I have a plethora of Christmas patterned papers and I decided on ornaments & greenery for the card.

Watch the process video to see how to put it together.

Cardbase: 5.5x8.5 scored at 2 1/8, 4 1/4 and 6 3/8

Cardstock: 5.5 x 4.25

Patterned Papers: four at 2x5 3/8 and 4x5 1/4

You can find this die at Jenlee Schoolcraft website where you'll find stamps, dies and other crafty items at 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. 

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.