tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17560406644567884242024-03-13T04:51:26.307-06:00AT Home InkA place for my cards... and a few other things!Amanda Thttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06685307484950172185noreply@blogger.comBlogger181125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1756040664456788424.post-36613390454520938752018-11-07T07:00:00.000-07:002018-11-07T07:00:07.893-07:00Paper House "You are Loved" Treat Box<br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Hello Friends!<br /><br />Welcome to the Paper House/Glue Dots Collaboration Blog Hop! I have a project I made with a friend in mind as a Just Because treat box because she's amazing, and so are those Paper House Papers! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic", sans-serif;">Size:
2 ½” x 2 ½” x 3 ¼” Box and a 3” x 4” card/envelope</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif";">Level:
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif";">Time:
40 minutes<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif";">This
box can come together in no time with the punch board.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The hard part is picking which beautiful
paper to use! Paper House and Glue Dots is a magic match!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif";">Adhesive:
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif";">Glue
Dots® Super Strength Tape Runner<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif";">Glue
Dots® Pop Up Dots<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif";">Glue
Dots® Mini Dots<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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House Color Washed Paper Pad<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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House StickyPix Cardstock Stickers<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif";">Gold
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R Memory Keepers 1-2-3 Punch Board<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif";">Once
you’ve decided the paper for your box, use the paper trimmer to cut a 9”
square. Use the 1-2-3 punchboard to make the box, following the steps for the 2
½” x 2 ½” x 3 ¼” box.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Fold the score
lines, and glue the box together with the Glue Dots® Tape Runner.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif";">With
one of the many papers in the Color Washed pad, choose a rectangle and trim it
out with scissors. Use the bone folder to crease it in it half. It should be
about 3” x 4”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Find a sentiment you like
and cut that too.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With the StickyPix
stickers, pick a few stickers you like with the rectangle you chose.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Trim one of the border stickers to fit the
length of the card base.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Stick it down
and add the rest of the elements, using Pop-Up Dots for the sentiment.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif";">Chose
a paper that goes with the box and cut it down to a 6 ¼” square to make an
envelope.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Follow the instructions on the
1-2-3 board to make an envelope.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Really
score this and use the Glue Dots® Super Strength Tape Runner to glue the
envelope together.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Once you sign the
card, add a Mini Glue Dot® to the flap and seal it closed. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif";">Fill
the box with a treat of your choice, and close it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With the gold paper clip, attach the envelope
to the box and you’re all set! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif";">This
works for just about any occasion and looks beautiful with those gorgeous
papers from Paper House!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Pretty Pink Posh Autumn Blooms Acrylic Stamp Set</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">VersaMark Watermark Stamp Ink </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Recollections Detail Embossing Powder in Gold </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Coffee Filters</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Small Clear Adhesive Bag</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> No. 260 Deep Red</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> No. 060 Brown</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> No. 067 Mustard</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> No. 022 Carmine Red</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> No. 043 Olive Green</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">6 Die cut tags with a shadow at 3.00" Tall. I used my <a href="https://shop.cricut.com/en_us/machines/cricut-explore-air-2/cricut-explore-air-2.html">Cricut Explore</a> to cut my tags</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Baby wipes/or stamp cleaner</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Self Adhesive Gems</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.mysweetpetunia.com/MINI-MISTI-p/mini-misti.htm">Mini MISTI</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.uchida.com/product/54/embossing-heat-tool-cul">Heat Tool </a> for embossing</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">With the Mini MISTI, put one tag in to begin stamping. I was able to fit 3 stamps on one tag. Stamp with the VersaMark. Add some Gold Embossing Powder to the image and heat set it. Use the tweezers to hold it in place so you don't burn your fingers! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">With the same color you colored your flower, run a line around the outer edges of the tag and use the water brush to bring the color inward. Use the tweezers to hold this piece while you run the heat tool over it again to speed up the drying. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Use Glue Dots® Tape Runner to glue the colored tag to the shadow. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">With the 1/8" hole punch, punch through the colored piece and the shadow. Run some twine through the hole and tie it off to make the tag. Use the scissors to trim the twine evenly. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Once your tags are all assembled, place them in the clear bag and you're ready to give them to a friend, or save them and use them yourself! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Special thanks to Pretty Pink Posh and Glue Dots for this awesome collaboration! These stamps were so much fun to use and even more fun to color! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">This cute set of cards is the perfect touch to go along with a birthday gift, or just because! With Glue Dots® and Pink & Main, there is no end to the cards you can make!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Made By: Amanda Tibbitts<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Time: about 1.5 Hours<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Size: Six A2 Cards <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Glue Dots® Permanent Tape Runner<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Baby wipes or stamp cleaner<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.mysweetpetunia.com/MINI-MISTI-p/mini-misti.htm" target="_blank">Mini MISTI</a> or an acrylic block <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">6 110lb cardstock card bases cut at 4 ¼” x 8 ½” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">6 patterned cardstocks cut at 4” x 5 ½” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Scraps of ivory cardstock to do the stamping<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">6 envelopes<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">6 Die Cut Flowers at 3” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Faux self-adhesive pearls<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Distress Oxide Ink in Vintage Photo and ink blending tool<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Clear Box <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Add some distress ink to each of the petals on your die
cut flower, as well as the center, and anywhere else you want.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Use the Glue Dots® to adhere the flower
pieces together.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Set these aside. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Fold the 4 ¼” x 8 ½” card bases in half and use the bone
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">On the 4” x 5 ½” patterned cardstock, measure a length of
ribbon that will reach about ½” up the panel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Use a completed flower to make sure it reaches.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Cut this piece so a bit runs over the bottom
edge.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Use a Glue Dots® Glue Line on the
backside in the middle of the patterned cardstock.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Stick the ribbon that is a little longer than
the panel to the glue line.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Wrap it
around the front of the panel, adding two more glue lines to the ribbon.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Stick it down to the patterned panel. Then
run some Glue Dots® Tape Runner around the back of the patterned panel and
adhere it to a folded card base.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With a
bit more ribbon, tie a not and trim the ends on an angle to somewhat mimic a
leaf shape. Use Glue Dots® Micro Dots to glue this to the ribbon stem.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Place a finished flower over the top to make
sure the leaves get in the right spot!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Once you’ve placed the leaves, glue the flower to the cardstock with a
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">With the MISTI, and the Pink & Main stamps, stamp the
sentiments from the super cute Stitched Greeting set with the Distress Oxide
Ink.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">With the coordinating dies and a piece of washi tape,
line up the die you want to use for each sentiment and run it through the
Cuttlebug. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Add some distress ink to the edge of each sentiment and
use the Glue Dots® Glue Lines to glue to the bottom of the ribbon stem. </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">With the faux pearls, add two in the left top corner. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Add an envelope to each card and fill the clear box with the cards and tie the twine
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">This set is fairly quick to put together and looks so
cute!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Who doesn’t love blank cards to
use?!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; mso-spacerun: yes;">Thank you so much for hoppin' along with us today...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="font-size: 1.125em; font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Now for the fun part! </span></span><br />
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Now through Tuesday September 25th, join us for a fun joint blog hop between Pink & Main and Glue Dots. Our teams will be sharing lots of beautiful projects featuring products from both companies. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 16px;">To enter into the drawing for the $25 gift certificate, you just need to comment on EACH blog throughout the hop. The lucky winner will be randomly selected and announced on </span><em style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px;">Wednesday, September 26</em><span style="font-size: 16px;">. Good luck and have fun!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://inkyfingersandribbon.com/2018/09/21/pink-main-and-glue-dots-blog-hop">Tracy </a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.createitgo.com/2018/09/have-norse-day-treat-bag-topper-pink.html">Robyn</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><a href="https://sparkliiecreations.blogspot.com/2018/09/glue-dots-and-pink-main-blog-hop.html">Lynnea</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><a href="https://athomeink.blogspot.com/2018/09/pink-main-and-glue-dots-blog-hop.html">Amanda</a></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">*You are here</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><a href="https://taylorstamped.blogspot.com/2018/09/you-are-my-sunshine-layout.html">Samantha</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><a href="https://dawnmercedes.blogspot.com/2018/09/glue-dots-meeting-up-with-pink-main.html">Dawn</a></span><br />
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<a href="https://ithappensinablink.com/hello-darling-greeting-cards/"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Melanie</span></a><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><a href="https://jackiegdesigns.wordpress.com/?p=251">Jackie</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><a href="https://tolmanchronicles.blogspot.com/2018/08/congradulation-wishes-card-glue-dots.html">Grace</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Today I have a card I made with a few of Whimsy's gorgeous stamp sets. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Here's what you need to make this cute card:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Adhesive:
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Glue
Dots® Permanent Tape Runner<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Dots® Micro Dots</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> <a href="https://whimsystamps.com/products/soul-mutts?variant=8698458243191" target="_blank">Soul Mutts</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> <a href="https://whimsystamps.com/collections/clearly-whimsy-stamps-collection/products/fadoodles" target="_blank">FaDoodles</a> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> <a href="https://whimsystamps.com/products/card-builder-windows-die-set" target="_blank">Card Builders Window Die Set</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> <a href="https://whimsystamps.com/products/new-summer-breeze-enamel-dots" target="_blank">Enamel Dots</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Zig
Clean Color Real Brush Markers<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> Flesh Color No. 071<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> Yellow No.050<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">VersaFine
Pigment Ink in Black<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Distress
Ink Picked Raspberry<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Recollections
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Bristol
Smooth Card stock<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Baker’s
Twine<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.mysweetpetunia.com/MINI-MISTI-p/mini-misti.htm" target="_blank">Mini MISTI</a> other stamp positioner<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><a href="https://shop.cricut.com/en_us/essentials/cuttlebug/die-cutting-and-embossing-machines.html" target="_blank">Cricut Cuttlebug</a> or other manual die cut machine<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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the Recollections card stock down to 4.25” x 5.5” and the Bristol down to 4” x
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the VersaFine, Mini MISTI, and the adorable dog and girl stamp from Soul Mutts,
stamp one in a corner of a left over piece of Bristol from trimming your card
mat from. Heat set this with the
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the Yellow Zig Marker, go around the edges of the dog and the bow on the girl’s
dress. Use the water brush to water
color the image. Follow the same steps
for the rest of the image. Heat set the
image after each color you add and make sure it’s all the way dry before you
add anymore color. Once dry, use the
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the Whimsy Stamps Card Builders Window Die and the Cuttlebug or other machine,
make a window in the Bristol white and the Recollections card base. Use some washi tape to hold the die in place
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the Picked Raspberry Distress Ink, stamp some corner designs in two of the
corners of the white layer of your card.
Pick which ones you like that you feel go with your image. Also stamp the sentiment with the distress
ink. Using the MISTI helps get everything
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the Card Builder Window die that you like and will fit your sentiment, use the
Cuttlebug and cut it out. Also fussy cut
a shadow around the sentiment with the Recollections paper. Tie a small twine
bow for the top of your sentiment and attach with a Glue Dots® Micro Dot. <span style="font-size: 16pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Amanda Thttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06685307484950172185noreply@blogger.com46tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1756040664456788424.post-71658787995899793152016-10-12T06:00:00.000-06:002016-10-12T11:57:42.026-06:00CardMaker Halloween Blog Hop<div class="x_MsoNormal">
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Welcome to the CardMaker Blog Hop!</div>
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I am so excited to be a part of this wonderful Blog Hop!</div>
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For my project, I wanted to do a box filled with some little note cards for a friend. Halloween and cards just go together if you ask me! I used Glue Dots® Glue Lines, Glue Dots® Mini Glue Dots, Glue Dots® Permanent Glue Dots and Glue Dots® Craft Dots along with some black, green, purple, orange and white cardstocks. Of course I had to use some black and white twine too. I used my <a href="https://shop.cricut.com/en_us" target="_blank">Cricut </a>Explore to cut some cute Halloween elements and a darling <a href="https://shop.cricut.com/en_us/cartridges-images/holidays-seasons/halloween/creepy-critters-by-nancy-kubo.html" target="_blank">Frankenstein Box</a>. I changed the size a bit so it would hold six note cards. I used the We R Memory Keepers Envelope <a href="http://www.wermemorykeepers.com/default.aspx?PageID=956&CategoryID=804&ProductID=12572&RootCatCode=08000" target="_blank">Punch Board</a> to make a custom size envelope. That is an essential tool for card makers!</div>
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After I cut my Frankie Box, I used Glue Dots® Lines and Glue Dots® Permanent Dots to put him together with the handle and set it aside. I then cut my six 3 1/4" x 6 1/2" cards with white cardstock. Using my Cricut, I cut the 6 silhouette images I was going to use on my cards. I cut the coordinating color blocks for each die cut as well. I glued each silhouette image to the square with Glue Dots® Mini Dots. </div>
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After I had the images on their colored squares, I cut random lengths of twine to add some patterns around the colors, in a line, or doubled up or however! I just wanted to add a hint of dimension to these cards. I put a Glue Dots® Glue Line on the back of my colored square and stuck twine into it and wrapped it around here and there on each card, adding another Glue Dots® Glue Line to the opposite side. I did this for each of my 6 cards. </div>
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After I had twine around all my colored squares, I put them on my white cards. I adhered them with a combo of Glue Dots® Glue Lines and Glue Dots® Craft Dots. I made sure they were super sticky to hold the twine in place once it was on the card. </div>
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Here is the a list of the blogs that are hopping today in case you get lost along the way:</div>
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CardMaker blog: <a href="http://www.cardmakermagazine.com/blog/" target="_blank">http://www.cardmakermagazine.com/blog/</a></div>
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Amanda Tibbitts: </div>
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Danielle Hunter: </div>
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Kelly Gettelfinger: <a href="http://www.alwaysstampin.com/" target="_blank">www.alwaysstampin.com</a></div>
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Dawn Barrett: <a href="http://dawnmercedes.blogspot.com/2016/10/blog-hop-with-glue-dots.html" target="_blank">http://dawnmercedes.blogspot.com/2016/10/blog-hop-with-glue-dots.html</a> <br />
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Grace Tolman: </div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: , "segoe ui" , "segoe wp" , "tahoma" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">Janet Van Lone Trieschman </span><a href="http://tryit-likeit.com/entries/create/halloween-spider-card-and-glue-dots-giveaway" style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px;" target="_blank">http://tryit-likeit.com/entries/create/halloween-spider-card-and-glue-dots-giveaway</a></div>
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Kelly Hedgespeth: <a href="http://simplykellydesigns.com/blog/2016/10/12/youre-my-boo-card/" target="_blank">http://simplykellydesigns.com/blog/2016/10/12/youre-my-boo-card/</a> </div>
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Kim Rippere: <a href="http://wp.me/p4F1xt-40o" target="_blank">http://wp.me/p4F1xt-40o</a> </div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14.6667px;">Catherine Scanlon: </span><a href="http://www.catherinescanlon.com/" style="background-color: white; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14.6667px;" target="_blank">www.catherinescanlon.com</a><br />
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Melanie East: <a href="http://ithappensinablink.com/happy-halloween-greeting-card/" target="_blank">http://ithappensinablink.com/happy-halloween-greeting-card/</a> </div>
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Robyn Power: <a href="http://www.createitgo.com/2016/10/halloween-papercrafting-fun-and-blog.html" target="_blank">http://www.createitgo.com/2016/10/halloween-papercrafting-fun-and-blog.html</a> </div>
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Samantha Taylor: <a href="http://taylorstamped.blogspot.com/2016/10/halloween-lunch-box-notes.html" target="_blank">http://taylorstamped.blogspot.com/2016/10/halloween-lunch-box-notes.html</a> </div>
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Jeanne Streiff: <a href="http://www.inkypaws.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/" target="_blank">www.inkypaws.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com</a></div>
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Amanda Thttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06685307484950172185noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1756040664456788424.post-13116082409752737852016-05-26T09:00:00.000-06:002016-06-01T21:42:17.197-06:00End of Year Teacher GiftsHello Friends!<br /><br />Today I wanted to show you the End of Year Teacher Gifts my daughters and I made for their cute teachers. It's so hard to believe I'm going to have a Second Grader and a Fifth Grader! They really need to slow down on this growing up business! <br />
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I have wanted to do a little gift basket for their teachers that wouldn't be too spendy, but would look cute. Enter, an ice cream care package where they only have to add the ice cream! My little one was SO excited to give this to her teacher. I had to use my <a href="https://shop.cricut.com/en_us/machines/cricut-explore-air.html" target="_blank">Cricut Explore</a> to make the tag and my little poem was just the perfect touch and my oldest daughter said it said everything she could want to say to her teacher, so she just said "From, Shelby". HA! She cracks me right up. Her teacher had planned a root beer float party for his class and forgot a scoop! So glad we gave him one! Thank you for visiting today! <br />
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<br />Amanda Thttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06685307484950172185noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1756040664456788424.post-74710212627146532812016-05-08T09:00:00.000-06:002016-06-01T21:56:09.701-06:00Mother's Day for a Dog Mom!Hey There!<br /><br />My SIL adopted the cutest little puppy I've ever seen and I'm truly smitten! Mother's Day was coming up and I thought we should at least give her a gift card to Petco because that Ella is the cutest puppy! And wow is she full of energy, too! I was trying my best to design a cute gift card holder with my <a href="https://shop.cricut.com/en_us/machines/cricut-explore-air.html" target="_blank">Cricut</a> and only have one dog on it, but as I got into it, we needed to have all sides of Ella that we could. I used a <a href="http://hallmarkscrapbook.com/products/productsgelly-roll-medium-point-pen-open-stock-white-html" target="_blank">white gel pen</a> to add the fluffy fur to the silhouette images and I had a cute little gift card holder and I was super excited to give it to my SIL. That dog has added so much to our family and my girls cannot get enough of her! Thank you for visiting today! <br />
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Amanda Thttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06685307484950172185noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1756040664456788424.post-51533447090731549002016-05-05T08:30:00.000-06:002016-06-01T22:05:11.378-06:00A Teacher Appreciation GiftI love Teacher Appreciation Week! It's my favorite time of year, and our school each year sends home a little list of things we can do for the teachers each day of the week. A thank you note, a treat, a chore, etc. It really is a great time! My little one gets into it BIG! She wanted to get her cute teacher a notebook, some pens that matched and some dry erase markers. Done, and done! I of course had to make a silly tag for the girls to sign. I had my <a href="https://shop.cricut.com/en_us/machines/cricut-explore-air.html" target="_blank">Cricut Explore</a> write the lines on the tag in <a href="https://shop.cricut.com/en_us/supplies/accessories/pens/cricut-explore-wildflower-pen-set.html" target="_blank">the bluebonnet pen</a> from the <a href="https://shop.cricut.com/en_us/supplies/accessories/pens/cricut-explore-wildflower-pen-set.html" target="_blank">Wildflower Collection</a> and then it wrote the "Just Write" sentiment in <a href="https://shop.cricut.com/en_us/supplies/accessories/pens/cricut-explore-reg-variety-pen-set-black.html" target="_blank">black pen</a>. Done! I was in a rush and just had to tie it super quick but it worked out and my little first grader couldn't wait to give it to Ms. Chesnek! <br />
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<br />Amanda Thttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06685307484950172185noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1756040664456788424.post-16604345565787508222016-04-29T09:00:00.000-06:002016-04-29T13:46:40.366-06:00Teacher Appreciation PostersHello friends!<br />
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I signed up way back in August to do the Teacher Appreciation doors this year. I love making posters and was happy to do it. As the year went on, I had zero clue what to do for Shelby's male teacher. Guy things are so hard for me to make cause I'm all about the frills, ya know. Ha! But as the due date was quickly approaching, I was hit with some much needed inspiration.<br />
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I used a rectangle and some lines from a ruler image in Cricut Desgn Space and had these cute rulers to paste on this poster! I'm feeling very thankful for my Cricut and Glue Dots! </div>
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Now on to the first grade teacher! I love this poster, and rolled flowers are my favorite so it only felt natural to put them together! She loved her poster and so did I!</div>
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Thanks for visiting today, and thank you to all the amazing teachers who have helped my kids grow!!</div>
Amanda Thttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06685307484950172185noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1756040664456788424.post-83991458568047445472016-04-25T12:00:00.000-06:002016-04-25T12:00:24.626-06:00Cricut Cards Hi Friends!<br />
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I wanted to show you some cards I made for a birthday gift. I love to make a box of cards for my friends and add a book of stamps and a fun pen. #longlivesnailmail right?! Anyway. It makes a great gift and with my <a href="https://shop.cricut.com/en_us/machines.html" target="_blank">Cricut Explore</a> gifts have never been easier!<br />
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This card was a fun one to make. Those balloons are from the Hello Kitty Greetings cartridge but I didn't want to use Hello Kitty. I cut the shadow and then snipped her off with scissors and put the banner over and had a cute lil' card!<br />
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This one may be my favorite of the group: I had the Cricut cut the "thanks" on a rectangle and then I did some back stitching through the holes and had a way cute sentiment! <br />
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This card looked like a cupcake from the beginning to me and I felt that it needed a topper! Those flags from <a href="https://shop.cricut.com/en_us/party-picks-and-pennants-digital-set.html" target="_blank">Party Picks and Pennants Digital Set</a> are so fun to use. You can change the size in Design Space and have a sentiment in no time!</div>
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This card was probably the easiest for me because I just had to choose paper and have the Cricut cut it! It is from <a href="https://shop.cricut.com/en_us/cartridges-images/view-all/creative-everyday-cards.html" target="_blank">Creative Everyday Cards</a> and it was done! </div>
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This card was one I wanted to be simple but have a little texture to it. I used my Cuttlebug to emboss the background and added some enamel dots in the corner and had a simple little card.<br />
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Here is the packaging for the gift. I used a cupcake I had made long ago for the tag and it was the perfect finishing touch!<br />
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Amanda Thttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06685307484950172185noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1756040664456788424.post-77102003595385066522016-04-25T09:00:00.000-06:002016-04-26T16:26:41.859-06:00Burlap Flowers? YES!Hello there!<br />
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Today I want to show you these amazing flowers that my <a href="https://shop.cricut.com/en_us/machines.html" target="_blank">Cricut Explore</a> cut for me with the Deep Cut Blade. I had watched a video from<a href="https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=5uTO0thHp8U" target="_blank"> the super fun Country Charm by Tracy</a> and I just had to try my own. I love burlap so much, but the messy factor of it almost always makes me choose a different material to work with. <a href="http://www.countrycharmbytracy.com/" target="_blank">Tracy's blog</a> has been a place where I can always find inspiration. You should check her out! I mod podged my burlap a bit too heavy so when these flowers were all rolled and set they were a bit hard and since I was making them for a wedding I thought they should be a little softer. I don't have a ton of die cuts for my <a href="https://shop.cricut.com/en_us/cuttlebug.html" target="_blank">Cuttlebug</a> but after this project, I will be getting so many more! Rolled flowers are my favorite things to make with my Cricut so it seemed as natural as Burlap to make some! Thanks to Tracy for being my inspiration!<br />
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School is in session and this Mama has a whole new idea of freedom! Both girls are in school full time, and I wasn't sure how I'd do without my little buddy around. Turns out, I'm just fine! The first day of school is a big deal around here. A new lunchbox, new clothes, new teachers. Everything is new! My oldest daughter is in fourth grade and is obsessed with hipster glasses and hashtags. I knew exactly what her note would be like:</div>
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She came home and was just thrilled that age got a pink note in her lunch. She promptly hung it on her door. Aw!<br />
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I was cruising <a href="http://www.pinterest.com/mandamom" target="_blank">Pinterest</a> hoping to find a simple card idea that I could just slap together. Upon seeing <a href="http://scrappincookie.blogspot.com/2012/03/my-craft-spot-spring-stamp-release_27.html?m=1" target="_blank">this card</a> I knew I could easily make one for my Soul Sister! <br />
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My very best friend had a birthday a few weeks ago and I knew her card had to be as special as she is. Therefore I had to make her a box card! This was only my second one of these, and yep. I LOVE them! I love that you can make them as involved as you want, or you can simplify and it still is adorbs! My favorite. <br />
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Hope everyone is doing well! My sweet Bestie is moving out of state in June and although I'm pretty bummed, I thought we could make a tank top to do the <a href="http://bikinibodymommy.com/" target="_blank">Bikini Body Challenge</a> as accountability partners. I don't know what I'd do without her, and I was so happy to try the awesome <a href="http://us.cricut.com/shopping/products-Iron-on-737.aspx" target="_blank">Cricut Iron On Vinyl</a>. I must say, it was hard to control myself to only add it to our tanks. I cannot wait to iron more! As a fun tip, remember to "Mirror" your image! We learned the hard way that it truly won't work if it's not mirrored. <br />
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I cut each of the flowers three times and bent their leaves back and fluffed them up a bit. As I added them to one another I staggered the placement to give even more dimension.<br />
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Today I've got a project I made to thank all of the students at our school for collecting the most <a href="http://www.btfe.com/" target="_blank">Box Tops</a>! I ended up with 195 of these cuties made with my <a href="http://us.cricut.com/shopping/products-Machines-363.aspx" target="_blank">Cricut Explore</a> and some fish! I love to reward the kids for collecting these and earning money for our school. Being the coordinatior is going to be very rewarding for me as long as I've got my Explore!<br />
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Happy Holidays to you and yours. I wanted to show you the tags I made for my four dearest friends. I used <a href="http://us.cricut.com/home/SearchResults?searchquery=Bits%20and%20pieces" target="_blank">Cricut's new cartridge, Bits and Pieces</a> and these cuties when together in no time!<br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I wanted to sincerely thank you from the absolute bottom of my heart for making a machine that I can start with a simple 9"x5" rectangle and turn into a "Party in a Box" for my sweet Mother-in-Law, Jill. She started me on my crafting journey in 1996 with Rubber Stamping. I fell in love with crafting way back then and I just couldn't get enough. In 2005, I became a Mom for the first time and crafting was my "me time". In 2007, my handsome hubby gave me my very first Cricut Expression and let's just say I used that thing to death! Literally, it died. :) In 2013, my MIL and FIL gave me a Cricut Expression 2, and that was my favorite machine of all time, and it opened so many crafting doors for me that I couldn't have imagined without it. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Enter, the Explore. Can we say "OH MY HEAVENS"?? I HAD to have one. As soon as I heard about them. It was almost too good to be true... March 29th, 2014, my husband took me to Michael's to check out the Explore. He bought me their last one and I've been hooked ever since. It's more than incredible, it's out of this world with what it can do. I thought I would love it solely for the scoring it could do for me, but NO! It literally has taken me to great heights with my crafting and I cannot believe I can do what I did for my MIL. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I began with a 9"x5" rectangle, and added score lines, cut lines, smaller rectangles for the panels,the "Happy Birthday" banner was written with the Explore and cut out and all the cute birthday cuts from Birthday Bash and began to glue. My Explore made every cut and line and piece of this adorable card, and I was SO excited to give it to her. SHE LOVED IT and my engineer Father-in-Law even called it a masterpiece! My heart was bursting and I couldn't believe I made this. Without my Explore, I couldn't have pulled it off, and I sincerely thank you for your machine. It has made me a total rock star to my family and I think it's safe to say that I am truly a "FAN FOR LIFE!" </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Here's a close up of the sentiment flag. I love having the Explore write my sentiments. It's SO easy, and cute to boot! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Thank you, Cricut. You have made this once shy, scared to try anything, introverted girl into a Confident Crafter, and that's what I need in my life! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">CraftsManda </span>Amanda Thttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06685307484950172185noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1756040664456788424.post-75682355609199782632014-11-24T13:15:00.000-07:002014-11-24T14:48:24.576-07:00Lego Friends Birthday Party!<br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Well, my sweet daughter is on her last year for single digits. She turned 9 on Saturday and requested a <a href="http://www.amazon.com/LEGO-Friends-Heartlake-Shopping-Building/dp/B00J4S4EWO/ref=sr_1_2?s=toys-and-games&ie=UTF8&qid=1416858410&sr=1-2&keywords=lego+friends">Lego Friends</a> theme. I knew when we began to look at Amazon, Zurchers, Party City, Target and anywhere else we could think of, we'd have to get very clever and come up with some decorations. No problem, thanks to my <a href="http://www.cricut.com/explore">Cricut Explore!</a> Man, that machine made me a total rockstar and my sweet Shelby was SO excited with her party. For starters, her cute daddy wrapped her gifts to look like Legos. Holy cute, I must say!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">She ordered a strawberry cake with vanilla frosting. So, once again her awesome daddy made her a cake, also resembling a Lego: </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Next, is where I was able to help out. I made the confetti to match all the colors of the presents and her banner that I was so delighted with. Here's a close up of one of the panels: </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I found this <a href="http://www.urbanfonts.com/fonts/Legothick.htm">Lego Font</a> and had added it to my computer so I could use it in <a href="http://www.cricut.com/design">Design Space</a>. Well, this font in particular has characters in some of the letters, and Design Space only added them as X's. I was panicking a little but I decided to add her name in <a href="http://www.photoshop.com/products">Photoshop</a> and make it a Jpeg so I could use it in Design Space. It looked SO cute and I could get to work. I made 9 panels on her banner, each panel had 9 circles with her cute name on them. I double stick taped them to give them a little dimension and asked my 5 year old if it looked like a Lego. She said exuberantly, YES! I was so excited. The first panel and last panel needed to look like a Lego scene. I scoured my cartridges and found the perfect cuts to weld and add to the scene. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The branches were from <a href="http://us.cricut.com/home/SearchResults?searchquery=cindy%20loo">Cindy Loo</a> and the grass was from <a href="http://us.cricut.com/home/SearchResults?searchquery=walk%20in%20my%20garden">Walk in My Garden</a> as well as the butterflies. It was SO fun to make this look as Lego-y as possible and I have to say it was perfect. She now has it hanging in her room and I love that she wanted to keep it. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Here's the whole thing that we hung in our front window. It was a hit! And I love that font written with my Explore so much. The word is "AWESOME" on her banner.... Thanks to the Lego movie, I could include that as the birthday theme. It was such fun and I am so happy we could pull off this not-so-easy theme. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Thank you so much for visiting today. I hope your Thanksgiving is the best. I'm thankful for each of you!</span></div>
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Amanda Thttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06685307484950172185noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1756040664456788424.post-33640574839211277352014-11-20T22:00:00.000-07:002014-11-20T22:28:52.799-07:00Gift Card Holder<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Hello Friends!<br /><br />I wanted to show you a gift card holder I made to give to my daughter's substitute teacher. She is having surgery next week and won't be subbing anymore. My cute Shelby is so sad to see her go so I thought we could do something that may help her after surgery. She decided on a gift card to <a href="http://www.kneaders.com/">Kneaders</a> and I thought that would be perfect!<br /><br />I decided to try something new with my <a href="http://us.cricut.com/shopping/products-Cricut-Explore-949.aspx">Cricut Explore</a> and have it emboss my words "Thinking of You" and then I'd scratch off the color and see what happened. WOW! Can we say "Love!!!". I was so excited at how quickly this worked and it has that shabby distressed look that I just go crazy for. I just love when things work out exactly how I think they should!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I've only tried that technique just once, on a paper with a white core, but I will be trying solid colors soon! I mean, why not!? It worked so well, and I am even more in love with my Explore than before. HOORAY!</span></div>
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<br />Amanda Thttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06685307484950172185noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1756040664456788424.post-25852967096857100492014-11-19T09:00:00.000-07:002014-11-19T16:22:06.512-07:00A Wood Turkey? YES, PLEASE!<br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Today I have a project I actually completed in November and have been loving it as a Thanksgiving accent to my house. Hooray for the <a href="http://thewoodconnection.com/turkey/">The Wood Connection</a> and their adorable wood crafts. Oh how I love that store!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I of course had to add feathers cut with my <a href="http://us.cricut.com/shopping/products-Cricut-Explore-949.aspx">Cricut Explore</a> and some 12x12 paper. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Thank you so much for visiting today! I wish you all a wonderful Thanksgiving, and I'm so thankful for you!</span></div>
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