Hi ~ Lori here from ScrappinMyStressAway and I am excited to be here today!! I wasn't sure how much crafting I would be doing once I broke my wrist, but as long as I keep it simple and go slow I can still create!!
This week at Sweet Sassy Diva's, our theme is Strawberry Fields. I am not a strawberry fan, but I do love ice cream!!
I found my ice cream cone on Sweet Treats and sized the layers to 4 inches.
I used cardstock for my layers. I forgot to hide the drip on the ice cream cone layer (lt. brown), so I opened another Layer and copied a cone on it. I hid the contour and moved it to the left of the first cone, fed the mat back in and cut it out.
I used my stitching stamps to create the zig zag lines on the cone with Antique Linen ink.
I trimmed off the cone part of the pink layer. I inked the edges of each layer.
I added some black ink for the seeds and lime green stickles for the top of the strawberry.
I hope you enjoyed my card, but not as much as a "real" ice cream cone!!
This is Jen from 3 Cats and a Bug! This week we have a fun theme at Sweetsassydiva's, using a Mojo Monday Sketch! I can't wait to see what the rest of the design team comes up with for this sketch. I'm using this sketch to make a birthday card for my son's 21st birthday.
The tags was cut from Sentimentals, @ 3 and I used my white gel pen to add a border to the dark blue tag. The scalloped circle was cut from Easter 2010 @ 3. I used my Gypsy to hide the inside cuts on it. The banner was cut from Lovely Floral, @ 3. I used my Gypsy to hide the two slits in the banner and the circle part of the image. I used my white gel pen to add the border. I used Straight from the Nest to cut out the cupcake @ 2. I used Sweet Treats to cut out "21" @ 1.5 and added orange stickles to the flame.
Please stop by my blog, 3 Cats and a Bug and see what else I've been up to! Thanks for looking.
Hi Everyone! It's Liza from Hoo's
Crafty! Very excited to be back here on SweetSassyDiva for
another wonderful project week. This week we are doing STRIPES for
the 4th of July. When I decided to do this, I thought....sure, that's
easy! Three colors, some stripes, some stars, tada! Oh, but the
catch..... TRY NOT TO USE STARS! My brain froze. How do you do
4th of July without stars???
After some thinking and staring at the wall I knew exactly what I wanted to do!
I decided to make a new door hanger for the holiday
I used Recollection, DCWV and Core'dinations papers
Gypsy Wanderings for the postage stamp cut {11.25"}
I hand cut the white mat {9.75" x 9.75"} and layered that with the blue mat
{9.75" x 5"}
I did ink the edges of those mats with Tim Holtz distress ink before adhering
together.
I cut a border from the kraft paper with a Fiskars punch and placed it below the
blue mat.
Wrapped red bakers twine around the bottom of the white mat to add some color
and texture.
I added some faux stitching all the way around with a white marker.
The red and white stripes were cut {1" x 5"} and {1" x 9.75"}
I doubled up on the reds and placed 3D foam between to give those stripes more
dimension
For my medallion, I made an accordion fold rosette from some patterned
paper. I used two {1" x 12"} strips glued together.
For the number I used Sweet Treats with REAL DIAL SIZE {2"} and did some faux
stitching in white.
The letters were welded together on the Gypsy using BATMAN font {1.25"}, faux
stitched and layered onto the number.
The rocket cuts are from Designers Calendar {2.25"} in varying colors. I
popped up the center rocket for dimension and added some white dots with a Gelly
Roll pen.
I tucked those in behing the rosette and adhered down.
As you can see...I stayed away from the stars by using white buttons.
I added some polka dot grosgrain ribbon from SU! to the back and proudly hung on
my front door.
Hope you are all having a wonderful week and have been coming back to see some
of these great projects from the Design Team. Visit me over at Hoo's Crafty! to see some more of
my projects.
You can get baker's twine by Clicking Here! be sure to tell them that sweetsassydiva.com sent you!
Here is my first entry into the cricut expression 2 anniversary edition contest.
I printed the cricut bug using my imagine and storefront cricut cartridge. It was also used for the photo mat.
I also sewed the ribbon to the paper and then folded it to sew again.
I used a zig zag stitch to sew the paper strips to the base.
I picked this cosmo cricket line as it had a nostalgic feel and computer circuitry. The inside of the cartridges and cricut machine has circuit boards as well.
I sewed around the sticker and if you look at the layout, I also adhered irock silver pieces to the circuit board.
I cut this from sweet treats along with the happy birthday title. I also stickled it. The sewing gives it added detail.
I used the irock to add a gem instead of a dotted I.
I then added the stickles to the birthday to bling it.
Here is the back of the layout. Look at all the sewing.
The photo mats were each sewn twice.
Then, finally sewn to the back of the layout to give added strength for the tag in the pocket.
There is a tag behind the cricut machine and the cricut bug head is a tag!
Here is the tag that is behind the cricut machine. It is pictured folded open. When you first pull it out, it has the phrase "caught a bug?"
The other side has some room for journaling.
Did you notice all the sewing on the front and back of the tags as well?
Here is the cricut head tag that tucks behind the photo mat.
When you take the tag out and open it, there is the original bug and the current new logo.
On the back when you flip the tag, there is more journaling room.
Again, I used the irock and some divine twine from through the button.
Everything was sewn and inked.
Of course more ribbon was added and a cute charm. I thought to add my circle charm but, as these layouts aren't returned, I didn't want to lose my charm.
But, the circle pin and charm would go great!
and of course some coordinating flowers to give it an added finished touch.
You too can make this layout with cricut imagine, storefront, sweet treats, and everday cricut.
If you missed some of the layouts on HSN during the launch, I have some snips from the launch. If you are on email subscription, you can view them on http://www.sweetsassydiva.com/.
Congratulations to all the winners as well as those that had their layout shown on HSN.
SweetSassyDiva will be participating in the blog hop! Be sure to mark your calendar and check it out!
There will be a GRAND PRIZE of a Gypsy being given away. Just find the two "Hidden Mickey" blogs in the hop, one from each day, to enter to win a Gypsy donated by Marlo of Scrap N Tote! I hear she is also donating a scrap'n tote and scrap'n easel!
You can see the video that I made with the scrap'n easel below or if you are on email subscription, click here and view on my blog on the right hand side.
For more information and current sales offers on the scrap'n tote and scrap'n easel, click on the picture of them below. They are having a sale and you can get the details and special codes by clicking the picture below.
I am so excited that my subscribers will have an opportunity to enter for a chance to win one of these fabulous prizes! I absolutely love mine!
Did you see the new color offered in the scrap'n tote! wow!!! love it!
I inked all the cuts with a brown ink and added i-rock jewels to the title. This cut is layered with an orange, red, blue, green and rainbow. I used Sweet Treats cicut cartridge for the title.
These photo mats were cut using Nursery Rhymes cricut cartridge. And the photo mat was cut using george and basic shapes. I added a green ribbon to both mats and this mat has a sun charm.
Here I added a bushel apple button which coordinates with the apple in the tree on the following picture.
The children dancing around the tree is cut from the cricut cartridge Nursery Rhymes.
I used the irock on the i in birthday and stickled it to give it some bling. Also, I added some white pen dots to the 'happy'. These were cut from Sweet Treats and I hand cut them apart.
I used cosmo Cricket paper to make this along with solid cardstock. I also cut the orange using the Cricut Imagine with RGB codes to get the correct color.
I hope you enjoyed my entry. I look forward to my E2 arriving so, that I can play and do some projects and videos to post.
Good Morning! This is Jen from 3 Cats and a Bug. This week SSD asked her DT to make a home decor project and I played along this week too. I've never done anything like this before, having only been doing scrap-booking and card making for a few years. I think it took me longer to think out the project then to actually do it! lol
I started with a wreath form from Joann's~ with a coupon it was about $3.50. This way if it didn't work I wasn't out much!
I then took 1.5" purple ribbon and wrapped it around the wreath form. Still not knowing if this would work or not, I only scotch taped it on. :) {Please excuse the very dirty table, as soon as it warms up I will clean all the glue off of it!}
I used 3 different carts for the flowers: Serenade, Pagoda and Sweet Treats. All the flowers with lose petals (not glued down) I ran my thumb nail over them to give them a slight curl.
The large flowers with the blue base were cut from Serenade at 2 3/4, 2 1/2, 2 1/4 and 2. For the smaller flowers, still from Serenade, they were cut at 1 3/4. I used stickles and a white gel pen on some of them.
For the large flowers with the pink base, I used Pagoda. The large were cut at 2 3/4, 2 1/2 and 2 1/4. The small ones with the dark pink base were cut at 1 3/4. The yellow ones were cut at 1.3, .9 and .6 on my imagine. The blue one, also cut on the imagine was cut at 3.0, 2.5, 2.0 and 1.5.
After I took these pictures, I went and used Viva Decor violet pearl pen to add purple dots.
For the large flowers with the purple base, I used Sweet Treats. They were cut at 2 1/5, 2 1/4, 2 and 1 3/4. The smaller flowers were cut at 1 3/4. I added yellow stickles to some of the centers.
I used Picturesque for the leaves. For the large flowers the leaves were cut at 2 3/4 and for the small flowers they were cut at 2. On almost all of the leaves I cut out the center leaf and used it elsewhere on the project.
The butterflies were cut from Sentimentals at 1.7 and 1.5
That brought me to the fun part... using the hot glue gun with 3 cats!! 1 of them is fearless and will stick her nose in everything she shouldn't. Not much different than my kids when they were little! LOL
FYI ~ the scotch tape I used on the ribbon worked just fine!! For those of us who can't make all those pretty 3D paper flowers (I hope I'm not the only one!!), these are a great alternative. Thanks for looking!
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