Love To Craft Challenge Blog; September

Can you believe it’s September already? My Design Team project for the Love To Craft Challenge Blog (LTCCB), I made some cards using cardstock scraps. I gathered a bunch of scraps and cut them into different size strips. Then I adhered them onto a piece of scrap cardstock. On one I put an assortment of soft natural colors and the other rainbow colors.

To make two cards, I cut the strip panel in half to make the following cards:

To make the card, I adhered the strip panel to the bottom of the card front. I added a skinny strip of black cardstock right above the color strip and the top of the card. I stamped and fussy cut the four dogs and adhered them above the black strip. Aren’t they so cute?!

I didn’t add a sentiment to this card since I wasn’t sure what I am going to do with it...more than likely it’ll be a birthday card.

The second one:

I love this super cute doggie stamp who looks so sad. The strip panel was added to the lower half and I added the “woof” washi above it. The doggie is matted on a piece of red cardstock before adhering to the card.

I used Versamark ink to stamp the clouds on the top half before adding the sentiment.

By using the different dog stamps, I’m also participating in my Bash Your Stash series. These were from my Animal drawer. I have a lot of dog stamps! To see more projects for this series, click on the label to the right.

I hope you enjoyed these two cards. Stayed tuned to see the cards made with the rainbow strip panel.

Be sure to click on over to the LTCCB to join the Anything Goes challenge. Be sure to link your project before the end of the month. 

Bitten By The Bug 2: Back to School

Time for another challenge at the Bitten By The Bug 2 website. This two week challenge theme is...Back to School. What does that look like in your area? Like most, our school district is starting the school year with Distance Learning.

Even though students are not physically going back to the classroom, they are still starting a new school year via Web Ex and Zoom class time. They still need new school clothes and school supplies.

When I saw this clear fanny pack at Hobby Lobby on clearance, I had to buy it! Since I also purchased a cute flamingo umbrella, I went with that theme. I went with a basic flamingo from Design Space and cut an assortment of circles from .5 to 2".

I had a hard time with one of the circles and just couldn't get rid of the bubbles.  I tried using a pin to release air, heat gun to heat it, but no luck. Everything else was so easy to adhere - just like applying stickers!

I really, really liked the white circles. I love the way they look and will probably use them again as an added decoration to other projects.  The flamingo is from the Summer Vibes collection and the font used for her name is Babette.

I also decided to add some vinyl to a pencil sharpener to coordinate with the fanny pack.

Now it's your turn...link a photo of your back to school project using your Cricut. Click HERE to get to the site. I can't wait to see what you create!

Guest Room Revamp II

It's funny because the reason I chose the Hawaiian theme for the Guest Room is because I had made some Hawaiian print curtains for my son years ago and I didn't want to toss them. Guess what? I decided I'm not going to use the curtains after all. The print is so busy, I feel they will clash with the bedspread I purchased.

I think that is hilarious!

I made these cute Hawaiian themed pillows using old pillow forms that hubby wanted to throw away and the Cricut. The dancers are from Design Space and the Aloha SVG was a freebie on the Pineapple Paper Company website HERE. The freebie is given once you sign up for her email list.

Stay tuned for more posts on the revamp. I'm super excited about it!

Thanks for looking!

Am I The Cricut Queen?

I'm joking, but sometimes I feel like the only crafting I'm doing is with my Cricut. And for someone who used to say, I'll rarely use the HTV, I'm using it more often than not.

I'm sharing some Cricut projects I've made lately:

I made this tank top for DIL1. The tank was a jersey knit so I had to use the Sports Flex HTV.

TIP: Search under Images for word strings. For instance, I searched for "Best freakin'", found an image that I liked and then used the contour tool to remove words I didn't need. (This one had dad in the image.) Then you can either search for the words, "auntie" and "godmother" or use text. I used text for these two. Sized & moved them around until I liked the way it looked.

The "93" is Iron On Mesh HTV. This was the first time using this - easy, peasy. Just like regular HTV! I used the Extreme Font for this jersey type shirt.

I also made these awesome kitchen towels for DIL3. Do you watch Schitt's Creek? Hilarious! I'm on the last season and my DIL said it had the perfect finale. I must savor it!

These were made with Strong Bond black HTV and flour sack towels from Walmart.

And I never did show you guys the finished onesie I made for my granddaughter. Now, my sewing skills need a little work, but I added some eyelet ruffles to the bottom area too. This image & words were from Design Space.

Super cute, right?

So, what do you think? Am I the Cricut Queen or what? I sure feel like it!

If you love to make things with your project, be sure to click over to Bitten By The Bug 2 (BBTB2) to join a current challenge. The Design Team has inspiring projects for you to try!

TGIF; Thankful Friday #143

Friday is here and I'm officially on vacation! We're taking a Road Trip to Utah and Arizona. I'm letting the guys plan the trip and all I want to be is a passenger! I was very reluctant to go because of the hotel situation, but I gathered some items to create a COVID-19 Kit. I got the idea from one of my coworkers.

This week, I'm thankful for the anticipation of a vacation from all the things.

I really do plan on letting it all go...truly appreciate God's creations/nature and of course the 100+ degree weather.

Our first stop...

What are you thankful for this week? Leave a comment and let me know.

WOYWW #585

Happy Wednesday and Happy WOYWW! I missed posting last week and realized it about halfway through Friday. LOL

I've had a pretty clean desk the last few weeks but it's back to it's usual style this week. I've been busy making a cake topper for my granddaughter's birthday, a shirt for my daughter's birthday, some kitchen towels for a DIL and a custom order card for a friend.

What I really need to do is work on my scrapbooks. I'm already a year behind. Here's my desk this morning:

The wood panel paper is used for the background when taking photos of my projects. I also use a light box that my son bought, but sometimes it’s easier to just grab this roll.

My daughter and I went to Hobby Lobby last weekend and I was disappointed in the amount of sales or lack of sales. I was really good and only bought sale/clearance items. With the exception of the scrapbook album I so desperately needed - but I did use the 40% off coupon for it.

They did have a great clearance on their Spring Items so I bought some towel blanks and a few things for my oldest granddaughter. You know the next week, all their Paper Studio line was 50% off. Was that good or bad...?

Click on over to Stamping Ground and visit Julia and the other deskers for the WOYWW day.

Sunflowers & Sushi

Round One: What does sunflowers & sushi have in common? I had a request for an anniversary card from my daughter's friend incorporating sunflowers & sushi. Whoa! I had to really think about how to make this work. I felt like I was on one of those competition shows where you have to mesh random things together to make a project!

I went to Design Space to search sunflowers. I wanted something whimsical to match the sushi die cuts I already had. I used the Walk In My Garden image set for the full sunflower and two flower heads. (although the final project, you can't see the stem or leaves from the full image.)

As I was fiddling around with all the elements, I just wasn't feeling it. Then I remembered that my daughter has sushi Washi tape. So...I grabbed those and decided to use this instead of the sushi die cuts.

Originally, I had a brocade look patterned paper for background which was too heavy for the overall feel so I grabbed this small dots paper from a 6x6 pad in my stash. The sentiment is from FSJ, swiped glitter pen around the edge & added some tiny pearls plus the one red enamel heart.

Everything color coordinates. I didn't want it to be too amorous since it's a first year boyfriend/girlfriend anniversary. Good news...she loved it!

Yup...I beat Round One of the competition! LOL