Wedding Card?

Hi there. I just finished a different wedding card. Sure it has flowers, tulle and bling but it also has dark colors and skulls. This tunnel card might be my favorite card I've made this year!

When I saw this skulls on the Mathilda and Godfrey stamp set from the Jenlee Schoolcraft website, I knew exactly what I was going to do with it. Combine it with a darker floral 6x6 paper pad from my stash, it all came together better than I imagined.

You'll have to watch the YouTube process video to see how this was created.

I used two different oval sizes for the middle cuts on two pieces of the patterned papers to create the tunnel affect.

Foam tape helps with dimension which allowed me to tuck elements in.

I hope you can see the dimension on it and all the details. I used alcohol markers to color the stamped images, die cut foliage and bling to complete the front.

The bride loves Halloween and everything inspired by it so it's made specifically for her. I know she's going to love it!

Go to the Jenlee Schoolcraft website for budget friendly options for your crafty needs. Items are new and/or slightly used - good quality at excellent prices. The stamp set and foliage dies are from the website. 

When you use "Dorlene" as a coupon code, you'll receive 10% off your order! Check it out and happy shopping!

TGIF; Thankful Friday 372

Can you believe I missed another Friday?  Now that I'm retired, I forget what day it is!

Well this week I'm thankful for friends. There’s a group of recently retired ladies and we decided to meet for breakfast this past Tuesday. It was so fun and we decided to continue to meet on the first Tuesday of every month. 

I'm thankful for the friends that put this all together!

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

Junk Journal Spreads

 

I'm been playing in my Junk Journal a lot lately and even helped my niece start one of her own. There are YT videos available to these new ones and others on my YouTube channel.

Look for the Junk Journal and/or Mixed Media playlists there. Here's some photos:

Click HERE for the Junk Journal Playlist.

Using the Cricut Scrapbooking

Hey friends. You know I use my Cricut a lot with my scrapbook layouts and this one is no different. I cut a large hexagon shape to set my photos and title on.

So easy! But I didn't stop there. I also created a fun title using a fun child-like font and a fun splash image in Design Space.

Just a few enamel dots and some journaling strips complete the layout. Watch the process video to see how I saved some paper using the gutting technique.

Would you like to see a tutorial on creating a layout title? Let me know!

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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