Showing posts with label Sentimentals. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sentimentals. Show all posts

13_04

CwC #131 Office Supplies

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Good morning crafty friends,
Welcome to another Wonderful Wednesday Craft With Cartridges Challenge!
So happy you could join us! Today our challenge is…all things OFFICE In honor of National Administrative Professionals Day!
If you have ever been a Ms. Penny, a Girl Friday or the “Power Behind the Throne” then we salute you!
Let’s see what office related projects the wonderful DT has to inspire you!

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lynn b
Cartridge Used: Sentimentals
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brenda
Cartridge Used: Locker Talk and Pooh Font
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janet
Cartridge Used: Tags, Bags, Boxes n’ More 2 and CCR Basics
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kaylee
Cartridge Used: Potpourri Basket
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jennifer r
Cartridge Used: Heritage
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sheena
Cartridge Used: Pooh Font & A Child’s Year
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melin
Cartridges Used: Nifty Fifties and Artiste
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Wow what fabulous inspiration!!! Now it's your turn!  Link up your "office items-supplies" card for a chance at being this week's "Top Crafty Cutter."  Here are some guidelines:

  --> Must follow the challenge topic. 
  --> Must be a NEW project for this challenge; no backdated posts, please. 
  --> Must have a link back to this post on your blog. 
  --> Must link your project through Inlinkz and not just your blog. 
  --> Must use your Cricut in some capacity. 
  --> Must have FUN! 
  --> You may gladly combine challenges . . . we love to pile it on, too! 
  --> And remember, you now have until the end of the month to link up your project. 
We'd love it if you would join us!  Link up your book themed project for a chance at one of the two prize packages below. Don't forget to click on the Designer's name to travel to their blog for more details on their fantastic projects and to leave an encouraging word or two.  And don't forget . . .



We have changed our Prize Offerings for all of our challenges.
Join this and any of our other link-ups and/or challenges during the month of April,

and you could win ONE of TWO prize packs!  For Details: CLICK HERE

We hope you'll join us tomorrow for Totally Tags 'n ATCs Thursdaze and 
Friday for Digi Desserts Fridaze!  
~ Jen & the CWC Designers

12_04

Cartridge Showcase: SENTEMENTALS



Hello Bloggie Friends.  Welcome to another Cooking With Cricut Cartridge Showcase.  I'm Larelyn and I'll be showing you some projects using the Sentimentals cartridge. 










The reason I wanted this cartridge was because I thought it had the most fantastic butterfly.  I'm really guilty of doing that - ordering a cart for one special cut!  Fortunately I discovered lots of other fabulous ways to put Sentimentals to use.  It is a full cartridge that includes Phrases, Tags, Cards, and Envelopes along with the Base, Layer, and Shadow cuts.  It's a great place to find your common Tag shapes all in one place and each page in the handbook has a card with matching envelope - great for cutting and assembling a card in a hurry.
So here we go with some projects using the Sentimentals cartridge.
The first two projects feature the butterfly - the original reason I purchased the cartridge.



These next two feature two of the mats that are found in the Base images.



Here is one of the many Phrases.

And finally, a really easy envelope and card.  I set the envie size at 4.5 which made a perfect A2 envelope and then cut the card at 4.0  I also included the Layers (Hello and heart)

Thanks for joining me today.  It's always fun to dig into our cartridges to discover different ways to use them.
Hugs and Happy Crafting,
Larelyn


A-MAZE-ING! What a wonderful showcase Larelyn! What great ideas and inspiration. Please be sure to head over to Larelyn's Blog and give her some love for this wonderful post!

11_05

Paper Temptress Layout

Good morning Crafty friends,
Today's project is one I made for the Paper Temptress Design Team. I posted this on my PaperCraftingWorld.Blogspot.com blog, but I wanted to re-post it here in case you missed it.
The Paper Temptress’s Paper is hands down the most BEAUTIFUL paper I have come across! Most other papers you have to “ALTER” to get even close to the look of some of this gorgeous paper!

This is posted HERE on the PT Community Blog so be sure to head over
there too and see what the rest of the PTDT is up to!
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Here is my project. It is a layout featuring some of the yummiest paper you’ll ever find!
I used the following Paper Temptress Paper to create this layout.
Pink Ice – Pink Parchment Looking Photo Matte
I used the following additional Tools and supplies to complete

Cricut Expression 

Ornamental Iron Cartridge 
Sentimentals Cartridge 
EK Success Daisy Punch 
MS Butterfly Punch 
EK Success Butterfly Punch 
MS Flower Punch 
MS Border Punch 
Misc. White Silk Ribbon  
Bazzill Brown Cardstock  
Bazzill White Cardstock 
Prima Patterned Paper 
Warm Red, Blue Iris and Dark Brown Cat’s Eye Chalk Ink 
White Signo Gel Pen


Here is what I did:

First: I used some of the Laser Silver Lustre Text paper to cut these birdcages out of my Cricut. You can see that the paper has a striped “Columned”, shiny appearance. Did I mention TEXT WEIGHT….yep it wasn’t thick paper, but look how beautifully it cut the details on the cages.
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Here is a photo to show of one of the cages cut in the Laser Silver Lustre Text paper and just some regular white cardstock. This helps you see the difference in the paper…hopefully :-)
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Next: I used some of the Silk Silver Lustre paper to punch out my flowers. I tried to capture in this photo how pretty this paper is: all by itself.
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I then used some Warm Red Cat’s Eye Chalk Ink, to ink the edges of the petals.
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After inking them all, I curled the petals. Just look at the shine and texture of the flowers.  They were so pretty, just like that. The Silk Silver Lustre Paper is absolutely beautiful!
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I then used some Cappuccino Mica/Metallic Text paper to punch out the border. This too has such a soft and subtle sparkle. I love that you don’t have to “spray it, or slather it in messy glitter to get that gorgeous shimmer. I laid it on some regular brown cardstock to try and show the difference between plain cardstock and this beautiful paper.
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I then used some Nero Incandescent Text paper to punch out my butterflies.
This photo shows a plain white cardstock butterfly on the top left, the Nero Incandescent Butterfly on the top right, the Nero Incandescent Butterfly with Pink ink on edges on the bottom left and then the last one is inked with pink and brown ink. I love how the shimmer of the paper still shows through the ink….just so pretty!
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Here is a close up of the birdcages and some of the butterflies. The birds are cut out of regular plain white cardstock because I really wanted some shimmery contrast between them and the gorgeous cages and butterflies.
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Next: I punched out the flower centers from some more Cappuccino Mica/Metallic Text paper. This photo shows that I inked the edges of the paper with some dark brown Cat’s Eye Chalk Ink. I love how the shimmer still shows through…just gorgeous.
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Here is a shot of the Nero Incandescent paper that I used for the large photo matte. I wanted this picture to show the beauty of this paper against plain white paper. Gorgeous texture and shimmer.
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Finally, here is a close up shot of the finished flowers and butterflies. I love how all of the die cuts held their shapes even though most were created with “text weight” paper.
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Don’t forget to enter our challenges & Drawings!
Current Stamp Challenge at PCW: HERE
Digital and or Regular Stamps allowed
Current Craft Challenge at PCW: HERE
Can include a Cricut Cut.
Our Cele’Bear”ation blog hop challenge: HERE
Plus our celebearation blog hop post is still “open” so be sure to comment!: HERE
Don’t forget to come back tomorrow when we reveal our next CWC challenge!
Thank you so much for stopping by! have a wonderfully crafty day!
Melin

10_12

Day 11–25 Days of Cricut(Crafting) Holiday Fun, FREE Files

Good morning everyone and happy SATURDAY!  Boy we are in FULL Swing with the holidays!

Our little town is having it’s Christmas parade today, so we are going to head out and watch it….yes, I realize many of you live in an area where a parade is out of the question right now :-) Having been born and raised in a northern state, seeing Santa walking down the street, ringing his bell….and sweating profusely…lol...wasn’t part of my idea for Holiday fun….but you get used to your surroundings!
Okay, enough rambling, on to today’s projects.

Today Sheryl (Beanie) from our design team sent me a plethora of holiday stuff she has been working on….Talk about a little elf, bug-juiced on Cricky-roids….okay, my made up name for steroids….the Cricut version…lol…sorry starting to ramble again!

Anyway, here are some fabby projects to feast your eyes!
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Some adorable cards featuring the print n’ cut technique from Make The Cut.
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A super cute pull out tag.
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And this scalloped – Poinsettia tag. You can visit Beanie’s Blog to see more of her wonderful creations.


Now for my project for today
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I created these tags for a tag swap that I was a part of. I have never done anything like this before, 
so I was pretty excited. I can’t wait to see what tags I get back Smile
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Here is a close up of the tag. The cartridges I used:
  • The Sentimentals Cartridge for the tag
  • I did use my Gypsy to “hide” the holes in the tags
  • The Lacey Labels Cartridge for the smaller snowflakes
  • The Joys of The Season Cartridge for the large snowflake
  • I used George and Basic Shapes Cartridge to cut the 2 circles at the top.
  • I used some very old Basic Grey patterned paper for the top layer of the tag.
  • I found the angel image on the net.
  • The little frame around the image was just some cardstock that I punched at the top and bottom with an EK Success border punch.
  • I inked all the pieces with my trusty Chestnut Roan Chalk Ink and the snowflakes were also lightly inked with Azurite Chalk Ink.
  • I glued the circles down and then punched a hole at once and through all the layers with my Crop-I-Dile.
  • Lastly I added ribbon at the top and used the Diamond and Champagne Stickles to glitz it up just a bit.
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So now for today’s FREE files. I didn’t get a chance to make a sample tag from the files I created, but here is a picture of what the files look like.
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Here is the link to the FREE cutting files. This includes the tag, the “picture frame” and the two types of snowflakes.


Here is the link to the rejoice pdf digi stamp


Here is the link to the picture. I think it is okay to share as I found it on the net. I wish I could give you the link, I downloaded a whole bunch of vintage clipart last year…oh gosh actually it was two Christmas's ago…man where is the time going! For some cards I had made. If anyone happens to know of the place, please let me know. I am all about giving credit where credit is due.  But I do know these images are really, really old, so I don’t even know if a copyright exists on them anymore.


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10_09

Psalm 130 Cards-Free Cut File & Digi Stamp

UPDATE: I have sent the file to everyone that I could. There were many of you that I couldn't send it to as you didn't leave a way for me to contact you. For those of you that commented and didn't get the file, PLEASE email me directly and I will send it off to you. email: melin @ scrapbookeden.com (remove spaces). Thanks so much for your wonderful comments.

Good morning Everyone!

Happy Saturday! WHOO HOO a long weekend of some great crafting fun! Please be sure to stop by each day! I will be posting something new and giving away a little of this...and a little of that!

For Today: Here are two cards I made one with the Cricut and one with files I created. Both have a digi stamp sentiment that you can download for FREE at the bottom of this post :-)
First Up: Here is the card with the Cricut cuts. The "Frame" is from the Sentimentals Cartridge. I believe I cut it at either 5" or 5.25". Sorry, didn't write it down. And the flourishes at the bottom are from the Splish Splash Lite Cartridge. I cut those at 1". I embossed them with some Gold metallic embossing powder.
Here is a side view of the Cricut Version card. I used good ol' pop dots to lift the frame. This card has the digi stamp sentiment in a Serif type font.
Now here is MY Version.

I created the frame and the flourishes. I used Gold Glitter embossing powder on this one. I know they both look the same in the photograph, but you can tell the difference in embossing powders in person :-)
Here is a side view of the MY version card. Again, I used Pop dots to give the Frame a little lift. This card has the Digi Sentiment in a Script Style font.

REVISED- OKAY, NOW For the FREE STUFF!

For the FREE Digi Sentiment File in PDF: CLICK HERE Sorry link now expired

For the Free Flourish Cutting FILE: Sorry link now expired
For the FREE OVAL FLOURISH FRAME FILE: Sorry link now expired


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I will be checking the comments several times throughout the next THREE DAYS ONLY. Any comments with the request, and I will email you the file. Please be sure to leave me a way to send the file to you on your comment. If you are uncomfortable with leaving that information, then please feel free to email me directly. My email addy is: melin @ scrapbookeden.com. Be sure to remove the spaces.
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PLUS: Don't forget to sign up for my newsletter. It will be going out tomorrow and there will be a new subscriber's only file on it!
I will be back tomorrow with another great project and some more freebies! Afterall this is labor day weekend and we should have some fun!