It's a Boy - LO

Hi everyone!
Just wanted to share with you a 2 page LO I've been feverishly working on. Turns out I'm the slowest scrapper in the world... haha.

For this LO I used 4 Cricut Cartridges and the DCWV Nana's Nursery Baby Boy Paper Stack.



For the Train I used New Arrival. The animals are all cut from Create a Critter and the letters for the name and date are from Simply Sweet, welded together in my Gypsy. The banners are from Simply Sweet - stretched in my Gypsy. Love my gypsy!!! :)



This LO was fun for me because I did it differently than I have any other LO. Basically I knew the five photos I wanted to use and I layed them out in my Gypsy. (I just used George and Basic Shapes to hold the spot of the photo - even though I never cut it out)
I designed the LO around those photos and this is what my gypsy screen looked like before I started cutting.
To design this two page LO I chose the 12X24 mat option on my Gypsy and designed the left and right pages accordingly.



The animals on the gypsy LO screen were all the base models of the animals. For each animal I added a tab and added the layers there. That way when I was ready to cut I just rearranged the animals according to where I had room for the scraps on my mat.

(Even though the 12x24 mat was chosen - I only cut things out with my 12x12 mat. I just had to make sure the images that were actually being cut would only be where they would be on the screen for a 12x12 mat.)




The banner is from Jubilee and stretched to fit the top of my LO. I put the little boys name in it and welded as much of it together as I could. I liked putting the name in the banner so I knew I had the exact size I wanted.
I did the same thing for the date inside the train to make sure it fit nicely.
(I did delete the banner and train car before cutting!)






I kept this banner blank because I need to ask his momma what his exact weight and length was when he was born. :)


If you would like the gypsy file for this.. just let me know. I'm having trouble with my sharing site for cut files right now. But I'd be happy to email you the file if you'd like.

Thanks so much for stopping by! Happy crafting!!

A New Type of Word Book

Hi everyone!

I am so excited to share with you a new type of word book I have created. This video shows you three of them.



If anyone wants a tutorial video for making these just let me know and I can do one for you. The steps are pretty much the same as they were in my last post and video on making a word book. It's actually easier than a typical word book because you dont have to stretch each page. Like I said, just let me know if you would like more information on how to make this in either Design Studio or Gypsy.

Here a couple pics of some other books I have done since I made this video.







Thanks for stopping by!

Happy crafting!!

Student Teaching Journals

Hello Everyone!!!

I wanted to share with you a project I have completed. These are journals made from store bought notebook paper. I have made them for myself and some friends who are going to be student teaching soon. I really hope they enjoy them!









Recipe for this project:
Paper Studio - School Days Paper Pack
Doodlecharms - apple
Don Juan - letters
Plantin Schoolbook - Tag
Spellbinders Nestabilities
Notebook Paper (torn out)
Bind-It-All
Jute (or twine) - optional
Glossy Accents - optional

Thanks for looking!!

Happy crafting!

Believe Word Book

Hello everyone!

Just wanted to share a word book and how-to video with you. This word book was a present for a friend to give to a family member for Christmas. I didn't have time to get this video loaded before Christmas, but I hope the video will still show you my basic steps on designing and cutting a basic word book. I used Design Studio, but I'm pretty sure the same steps can be done on a Gypsy if that is what you have.





Sorry that the video is kind of long in length. I am still working on my videoing skills with my new Flip! Plus there were a lot of steps in making this book so that makes it pretty lengthy as well.

I must say that my inspiration for making word books in general came from The Bug Junkie! She is an amazing crafter! Her Halloween Swap Shape Book video tutorials were what got me started with word and shape books!

I got a Flip!!!

Merry Christmas to me! :)

My hubby got me this Flip for my Christmas present this year! I am so excited to get familiar with it and start making videos for my blog!!

Thanks for watching!

Happy Crafting!

-Jessica

Wood Blocks - Easy Gift!!

Hey everyone! Just wanted to share a quick and easy gift you can make for someone! I got the idea from Karlee Kraft's YouTube video. Her video shows you how to make this craft step by step.

I really love this craft because it is something that can be used year round- - just change the side that is seen!!! I made this as a gift for my cousin who had just gotten married. I chose to use smaller blocks than Karlee did in her video because my cousin's new last name is pretty long and I thought smaller blocks would fit better on a shelf.

I used wooden blocks from Hobby Lobby, Mod Podge, a sponge brush, and my Cricut Cartridges.



Here are the papers I used for this project. After I took this picutre I added a valentine's day themed paper that you will see in the next few pictures.

All of the letters on these blocks are from the Jasmine Cricut cartridge.


The hearts on this one is from the Simply Sweet cartridge.


The spiders are from the Doodlecharms cartridge.

The leaf is from the Doodlecharms cartridge as well.


And the trees are cut from the Christmas Cheer cartridge.

Thanks so much for looking!

Happy crafting!!!

Wedding Shower Card - New Cuttlebug Technique

Hey everyone! I am so happy to share this card with you! It took some research, but it was surprisingly easy! The inspiration for this card came from The Cuttlebug Spot's blog - with a new technique called Double Embossing. I had to alter the way they did it because of product availability - so I wanted to share with you how I did it.

First I made a A2 size card on my Design Studio program (you can also do this on your Gypsy). Because I had the size and image decided for the card, I measured where the stamp that I wanted non-embossed to be. I also measured the size of the actual stamped imaged.

I made a rectangle the size of my image and placed it in the card template in DS. I cut out two of these from chipboard.

After I cut out both pieces I placed the stamp inside the hole in the template to double check my sizes and placement.

I then ran everything through my cuttlebug. Here's the sandwich:
A plate
embossing folder with paper in it
both templates (lightly adhered together)
C plate


Here is the finished paper after it has been cuttlebuged :)

I had cut the bride from the Sweet Hearts Cartridge @ 4 1/2 inches. I placed the bride on the card with pop dots.

I wet-embossed "Congrats" with a stamp I purchased at my local HL.

Thanks for looking!