Crafting keeps me Sane in a world of insanity.
I make all kinds of things from party stuff (decorations, invitations, diaper cakes, etc) as well as cards. I also do a bit of scrapbooking. Here you will find videos of the projects I have made.
Welcome to the first What What Wednesday blog post. Today I wanted to share my thoughts on the Stamps Storage Pockets. I am not using the Avery Elle pockets I decide to go with the Simon Says Stamp and MFT ones. Before I get into anything I do want to say that I am not apart of either company and no one has asked me to do this. Now I will say that I am loving my new stamp storage and will share that more with you once it is finished (hopefully this weekend) but today is just about the pockets. There are so many things to factor in when I talk about them so I wont be going into all that in this post but that is why I did a video. I will have links to everything below the video.
Thanks so much for joining me and if you would like to see a review on anything else i would be happy to do so as long as I have said product.
Hello everyone. I hope everyone has had a wonderful holiday season! I am so excited to being back in a crafting mood and getting videos up. I know this one is a little late going up today but I found out at 6:30 am (this is when my alarm starts going off and when I try to get myself up to get my kids ready for school) that there was not school today due to weather (it snowed most of yesterday and stuck around but has turned to ice today) so I slept in a bit longer. Then once up I tried to help my kids with their new video game so I could film a video (hoping it would be uninterrupted) and then of course I was have problems with todays simple card, go figure right.
Well I was able to get it done and I really like it. My kids wanted to send a thank you card to my son and his family for the wonderful finger puppets they sent them. So I let them pick the card and customize it. The card can be found in the Make It Now section in Design Space (under cards and just scroll all the way down) it is the one that you get to make when you first set up your Cricut Explore. My youngest wanted to change the background color from the teal to purple, she picked the shade of color from my card stock. After that is really is all the machine doing the work. I just used some Tombow to make sure everything laid down flat. A simple card to give to anyone (and using two of my favorite colors too). They both loved the way it turned out as well.
I also cut out a white insert so we can send them a message.
Today's inspiration comes from many places. As I was paying bills (yuck not my favorite thing to do lol) I was updating my bill tracker (something I came up) and while looking for the file I came across my file for digital stamp images for The Greeting Farm. I decided to open it and see if I had a Thanksgivingy (i know not a real word or at least not spelled right) kind of image. I did not but I do have the Pregnant Anya one (I don't you can get this one anymore) and thought this would work instead. I have a good friend that is going to be having her third baby. I also have this cute stamp that i have been wanting to use for a while and it works great for this too. So those three things are what made up today's card.
I printed her out on to some copic quality paper (sized her about 2x3). I tried to color her to match my friend's hair color and skin color. I used N8 and 100 for her hair as well as shoes and E11 for her skin. I also used a little R20 for her cheeks and eye lids. I then took B02 and used a little for the top of her tummy bump, under her arms as well as for her under shirt. Then I took B000 to color the rest of her top and blend out the B02. For her pants I used G14 and some G17 for the shadow as well as for her hair band. I took a heart shaped enamel dot and used it where the little heart was in her hair.
I have made my card base to be 4.25x4.25. I used my corner chomper to round the corners, I used the 1/8 side. The pattern paper is from Nana's Nursery Baby Boy paper pad. She is pretty sure she is having a boy (she will know for sure in a month or so) since she is not 100% sure I thought these colors would work for a gender neutral card too. I timed it down just shy of 4.25 all around. I just used my ATG tape and stuck it in place after rounding the corn to match the card base. I then add my image to the bottom. I really wanted the paper to speak as the sentiment.
As for the inside I used this stamp that I got a long while ago on clearance at I believe Michaels. I thought this is such a great sentiment for any baby card and was really glad to be able to final use it. I stamped it with VersaFine ink.
This card is just so cute. I just cant get over how cute it looks. It's so simple and yet has so much beauty to it. Thanks for joining me today and I hope you have a wonder rest of your week.
