Cameo Project

My dear Tiki Sistahs are going to Key West in June and sadly I can't join them. Sniff sniff. I will be there in spirit especially since I'm making them these handy dandy mini-books to take with them. Think Smash book only not nearly as big.

I found this tiki sign in the Silhouette store. It took me about an hour to figure out how to ungroup the image and separate all of the elements out. I set it up so I could cut all of the pieces out at once.

I used coasters for the front and back covers. Then I painted them and sprayed them with gold Glimmer Mist. I did add a trip title to the middle using a really cool font and my pink vinyl. I'll leave that part as a surprise just in case any of the other Tiki Sisahs decide to take a peek at the old blog.

 Screen Shot

 paper layout before cutting

 After cutting

assembled cover

I added some yellow liquid pearls in the center of the flowers to give it a little something extra. I'm thinking these could also make for cute mini-albums for any occasion!

April Card Kit

Here is the last card from the April card kit. I must say that I absolutely LOVE the washi tape that came in the kit.

I might try this same concept in different formations. At the time I made the card I wasn't aware she had a heart die-cut and put the flowers on it. I just sort of eyeballed my heart and I think it turned out great.

My May card kit should come in later this week. I can't wait to see what goodies I get this time and I'm certain there is another roll of red and white dot washi tape.

Washi madness!!!

It's been...two weeks since you looked at me and said you're sorry

Sorry for the Barenaked Ladies lyric. I can't believe I haven't posted in over two weeks but what can I say? Life has been busy between my birthday, Easter, and school/work/life.

I have been busy with cards too. I had an order for an assortment of sympathy cards. Here is what I came up with:

That last card was a pain to make but it just might be my favorite. :)

It's been awhile

March has been a busy month here. I haven't had much time to update the blog so here goes...

I had friends from Indiana come and visit. We had a lovely lunch together and spent a beautiful day at the zoo with the kids.

The weekend after we attempted to have our own scrap-a-palooza with Tiki Laru and little sis Amy. Not much went according to plan but all was good since their brother arrived safely home from Afghanistan that weekend. :)

Last weekend we went bowling with little buddy's preschool class. We had lots of fun and I almost, almost, beat the man of the house. Is it cheating if we used the lane with the bumpers too?

I started (and almost finished) another online card class. It's called "Creative Chemistry" and shows the different Tim Holtz/Ranger products and how they work and why. It is definitely very interesting and I'm learning a lot of techniques.

I also signed up for a "card kit of the month club" through simonsaysstamp.com. I've been busy playing with my new goodies.

Enough talk. I know y'all really just want to see pictures of what I've been up to lately...

Reorganizing...again

It seems like I am in the constant search for the perfect organization/table set up for my craft stuff. I currently use an old desk that had a shelf on the top. I took the shelf off thinking that it would limit my room and throw a shadow over my workspace. With the recent addition of my silhouette I was pretty much forced to put the shelf back on. The good thing is that I now have more room for my laptop and lots of room for "stuff" underneath. It will be nice to have stuff right in front of me so I won't have to go searching around.

One of these days I will be satisfied with the way things are, but I doubt it. I also went through all of my carts and reorganized. Tiki Laru and her little sis are coming over Friday night and we are having a scrapfest at my house. It will be lots of fun and I've been looking forward to this since we decided to do it. Bring on the junk food, crass movies, and lots of creativity.

Just a quick update...

March is a crazy busy month for me. We have 5 birthdays, I have friends visiting from out of state, friends staying and scrapbooking, and at the end of the month I have a Hunger Games weekend planned. I shudder to think about what my house will look like come April.

Anyway, I did make some time to play with my new Silhouette and I must say that IT. IS. AWESOME. It was worth every single penny I paid for it. The software took a big of a learning curve to figure everything out but the possibilities are endless. The cuts are absolutely amazing.

I'm looking forward to experimenting with it a little more on Sunday and trying out the different features and I promise to post some pictures of some of the things it can do.

I must say it is a far cry from my Slice. It served its purpose and has been given a home with my mom.

Is it 4:30 yet????

I finally bit the bullet and decided to order the Silhouette Cameo. I love my Slice but the simple fact is that sometimes I want to cut bigger images and I hate the fact that I have to buy a whole cartridge for just a few images I like.

Anyways, I ordered it yesterday and as of right now it is on the UPS truck on the way to my house. I'm excited beyond words.

March is a really, really, REALLY busy month for me so I'm not sure how much I'll be able to play around with it. On top of school and work I have something going on every weekend. And by every weekend I mean EVERY Saturday and Sunday in March. I'm tired just thinking about it.

New Stuff in the Shop

I found these cute little notebooks at my local dollar store and thought they would look so much cuter covered in paper and other fun stuff. As always, I just posted these in my etsy shop. Oh, and there is a random sympathy card at the end too.


They are really easy to make and I thought they'd make great teachers gifts.

Uneventful

This weekend has been pretty slow. I should have been crafting Saturday but I decided to read Mockingjay instead. I tell you, those books sucked me right in. I took advantage of the kid being gone a few hours and tackled my closets again. It feels so good to get rid of so much unneeded stuff. I also found the humidifier that I've been looking for. I knew it would turn up eventually. I did whip out a few notebooks but I haven't taken pictures yet.

Hope to post more stuff soon! Stay tuned...

the learning curve

So I have finally decided to mess around with blogger and see all that it has to offer. My goal is to make additional pages with things such as tutorials, gallery, and miscellaneous things.

I also discovered that I can add "buy now" buttons that link to paypal so you'll also be able to buy things right from my website. I will still be linking things to my etsy shop but after 120 days the listings expire. I have to pay again to relist the item. If it is a seasonal item I'd rather not but if I list it on my blog then they will always be there. Plus not everyone has, or wants, an etsy account.

Please bear with me during this transitional process. I'm not web savvy whatsoever. I know how to waste time on the internet but all of this code stuff is above my head.

Don't forget...you can always subscribe to the blog using the RSS feed, google friend, or by email. All options are on the right hand side.

Testing

Item 1

new cards and stuff in the shop

I've been a busy bee working at my craft table.

As always, they are listed for sale on my etsy shop.

Shop News

I finally decided to buy a banner for my etsy store. It looked so blah and I think this is a nice touch.

One of these days I'll dig deeper and figure out how to put more advanced features in the blog. But for now it works.

Packages!!!

I don't know why I get so excited when I get packages in the mail. I mean, really, I was the one who ordered the stuff.

Anyway, today I finally got a t-square ruler and a powder tool for embossing and de-sticking stickers.

It's the small things that excite me.

Now, if only my other package would come....still waiting after almost 2 weeks.

Perfect Ending

This weekend was overall lazy. The huz and the boy left the house for a few hours yesterday to get hair cuts. I cleaned and got it over with so I could craft the rest of the weekend.

The result? A ton of cards. Some are pictured in the previous post. Then the kid took a nap today and I knocked out a few more.

I'm slowly using up my stuff one brad and chipboard piece at a time. It won't happen overnight since it took me about 10 years to accumulate all of the stuff. One day I'll take pictures of my craft area and my organization and all of the stuff. Oh who am I kidding? I change the way I have everything organized about every other week.

Using up the Stash

I used up more of my stash o'stuff this weekend.

Check it out!

As always, these will be listed on my etsy shop.

Clean & Simple Cardmaking...Day 1...another sketch...

I promise this is the last one since I'm not working on anything tonight and class starts tomorrow night.

The yellow paper is just plain cardstock that I dry embossed with my texture boutique. The yellow fibers are way old. Yay for using up some of my stash!!!!