Card For Mariyah By Madison

Good morning crafty friends,

Today designer Madison is sharing another one of her adorable card creations. This card is for this month’s IFTL recipient, a sweet little girl named Mariyah.

If you would like to join us in making a card for Mariyah, be sure to head over to IFTL and do so!

Madison used the Kitty Praying Digi From PCW.

This is sweet little Mariyah.

Mariyah loves Barney so here is a free digi you can download and use to create a card for this sweet little girl! CLICK HERE to download the digi.

Thank you so much for stopping by today! Be sure to check back in tomorrow as designer Sandy shares some “REFRESHINGLY FABULOUS” Sneak Peek cards!

Lattice Card By Larelyn

Hello Crafty Friends.  It's Larelyn, back to share a  project using another cut file (SVG) from

Paper Crafting World.

I hope you're enjoying our Sizzlin Summer posts.

The projects have been so inspiring and Melin's tutorials are wonderful!  I learn new techniques every time she shares one of her creations.

When Melin first shared her own Lattice Card to introduce the new file, I knew I had to try it using my Pazzles. I decided to change the orientation and arrange the flowers a little differently.  That's the great thing about the cut files.  They are delightful as designed, but you also have the ability to resize, reorient, do whatever you wish to make the design your own.

PCW cut file used: Basic Lattice Card

All of the papers are from the DCWV Lemon Flower Stack.  The ribbon is my own hand-died crinkle ribbon and the bow is black Crafter's Floss accented with a black gem.

I hope you'll visit my blog - Handmade From My Heart.

And be sure to return here to tomorrow to see what designer Madison Womack, has to share with you.

Hugs and Happy Crafting,

When Life Hands You Lemons…..

Good morning crafty friends,

I hope your Tuesday is shaping up to be a TERRIFIC ONE! I have a cheery project to share with you today! It includes “Sneak Peaks” of the files that will be released this weekend at PaperCraftingWorld.com!

Here is my fun and easy to make set! I created a card to match my Water Bottle Treat Holders.  The Water Bottle Treat Holders come in two sizes. One for a standard sized water bottle and one for a larger water-beverage bottle.

 Here is a closer look at the cute card. I used the lemons and wedges from the Lemonade Boy Stand CF set and the cute Bear With Lemonade Glass Digital Stamp. I used the pre-printed version and then used my dry chalks to add some shading and dimension. For instructions on how to do this, check out my tutorial HERE.

Bear With Lemonade Glass Digi

RELEASING THIS SATURDAY

Lemonade Stand Boy v. Cut File Set.

RELEASING THIS SATURDAY

 Here is a shot of just the two water bottle treat holders. On the larger one, I used the cute little lemon digi. On the smaller one, I used the lemon and wedge again from the Lemonade Boy Stand Cut File Set.

Be sure to sign up for my newsletter. I will be sharing quite a bit of information and even a special code for a SUPER discount on all the new files that will be released this weekend!

PLUS there will be a free subscriber only cut file and digi! You can sign up HERE

Products Used For These Projects
PCW Files Listed Above
DCWV: The Fresh Floral Stack
Yellow, Green, White and Cream Cardstock
CTMH White Chalk Writer
Dry Decorator Chalks
Misc. Cream Ribbon

Thank you so much for sharing your crafty time with me. Come back by tomorrow for a wonderful project from Designer Larelyn!

Fourth of July Layout

Good morning crafty friends,

Today I am sharing one of the layouts that I recently created

as a kit. Yep, you heard right, I am producing kits again!!!

Be sure to sign up for my Newsletter. We will be sending those

out again Late-Friday, Early Saturday morning

(depending on your time zone..lol).

We will have subscriber only freebies and projects by our

designers as well as announcing the latest kits and premade pages!

Now that your 4th of July festivities have concluded, it is time to

get those photos printed and on to some pages! This kit is the

perfect project! Super fun and colorful but still created to allow

your photos and memories to take center stage!

BORN IN THE USA

A view of the entire layout.

Closer view of the full bodied bear piecing. Holding his/her sparkler.

Closer view of the half bodied bear piecing holding his/her sparkler.

Here is a closer look at the USA letters. Also, the red star patterned

paper is actually glittery…it just didn’t show in photo.

Again, sign up for my newsletter HERE to receive your

free subscriber only files and more!
By the way, I am entering this layout into the Cut It Up New Nations Challenge HERE

Thank you so much for sharing your crafty time with me. Be sure to come back by tomorrow for another great project from myself and Larelyn!

You Are My Sunshine Cricut Paper Piecing Layout

Good morning crafty friends,

I hope you are all doing well. It has been hot and rainy in our neck of the woods this week. As most of you know, I have changed the format of my blog and now have a handful of designers who will be sharing projects with you through out the week. One of the opportunities this change will bring, is the chance for us to share projects that include techniques and or out of the box ideas.

A few weeks ago we showcased the Country Life cartridge. One of the projects that I started working on but never completed is today’s project. So here it is.

Here is a view of the entire layout.

Here is a view of the left page.

Here is a view of the right page.

Close up of the cute little bear holding a flower pot.

Close up of the little bear holding his watering can.
I used my Chestnut Roan for inking the bear and them my Chalks for his face and watering can.

Close up of the sun and title. I used my chalks for the sun and my warm green cat's eye for the grass mounds.

Close up of the banner title.

Close up of the super cute little flowers. I used my Versa Marker Pen, Warm Green,
Tangerine Inks and my Dry Chalks to add some color and dimension to these

One last look at the layout.

All of these cuts are from the Country Life cartridge. I love to challenge myself and create paper piecings from the cricut. You can visit my Cricut paper piecings page HERE.

I do plan to make a little pattern book detailing the “HOW-TO” and patterns for making these.  Again, for this layout all you need is the Country Life Cartridge and the Cricut Expression to recreate this. Of course you will need your consumables too…(Paper, Ribbon, Embellishments, etc.).

I used the following products to create this project
Cricut Country Life Cartridge
Cricut Expression

DCWV Cotton Bloom Stack

Red and Blue Patterned Papers

DCWV The Count Down Stack

Yellow Background Paper

Pebbles Inc. Basic Brights

Cat's Eyes Inks In The Following Colors

Blue Iris, Amber Clay, Yellow Ochre
Warm Green, Tangerine and Chestnut Roan
American Crafts Black Fine Tip Pen
VersaMarker Pen
White Gel Pen
Green, Tan, Cream, Yellow and White Cardstock
Misc. Ribbons

Thank you so much for sharing your crafty time with me!

Bears in Bikinis by Larelyn: FREE Digi

Hello Again,

It's Larelyn from Handmade from My Heart, here again to share more wonderful files from Paper Crafting World.com.  Since it is Friday, we're going to continue providing a FREE digital image so be sure to follow the link below for your free download.

Many of you know me as one of the Digi Gals from Digi Desserts Fridaze, but I do have a Pazzles and I have been exploring the world of cut files (SVGs) too. Today you'll see the same image as a digital stamp and a cut file.

I created this card about a year ago for my Copic class gals.  I used the Bear in Bikini digital printable and colored her with my Copic Markers.  This has always been one of my favorite cards - I think this image is just so cute and fun.

Now that I have a Pazzles (you can use the same files with your Cameo, EClips, eCraft, and most other cutting machines) I wanted to create a card using the cut file of the same image.  I think it's so exciting to find a wonderful image and be able to color the digital image or use the cut file.  Many of the PCW files are available in both formats.

Here's my card using the Bear in Bikini cut file.

So, whether you love to color or create with cut files (or both!) you'll find amazing images at

Paper Crafting World.com

Next Up

Cindy created this adorable card for this month's IFTL project recipient. 

She used this week's free digi download.
Head over to her blog and get all the details.

Free Digi

A short word about our free digi. This digi was created with this month's IFTL recipient in mind. For those unfamiliar, IFTL (I Feel The Love) is a project created by our very own Madison. Each month a recipient is selected and handmade cards are created and sent to this individual and or family.  Please visit IFTL and consider taking just a small amount of your crafty time to create and send an encouraging work of he(art)!

CLICK HERE to Download

Please visit again tomorrow as we continue our Sizzlin Summer excitement.  You'll see great ideas from each of the PCW designers and Melin will be releasing brand new cut files and digital stamps every Saturday beginning July 13th.  You won't want to miss a day!

Big Crafty Hugs,