Tag Swing Card

The other day Kristina Werner had a swing card on her blog that was really cool.  I've never tried making one of these before.  She used a Sizzix die for hers, but I thought maybe I could design my own in Silhouette Studio.  It took a long while, but I finally figured it out!

Instead of a circle, like the die she used, I decided to put a tag shape in the middle of mine.  I really liked Kristina's use of embossed vellum, so I did that too, using the Papertrey Ink Crackled Mini Stamp Set.  I also used the Cricut Life is a Beach cartridge to cut a 1 1/4" anchor.

My sentiment is from My Creative Time's Wow!  So Many Candles stamp set, my "go to" set for birthday cards.

This picture shows the back of the tag.  When I cut my anchor, I used my Gypsy to flip the image horizontally and cut it again so that I could match it up on the back of the tag.

The nice thing about designing this in the Silhouette is that I now have the file to use again!

Products used for this card:

Silhouette Cameo Cricut Life is a Beach PTI Men of Life Patterned Paper PTI Smokey Shadow Cardstock PTI Vellum Cardstock PTI Crackled Mini Stamp Set MCT Wow So Many Candles Stamp Set PTI True Black Ink VersaMark Ink White Filigree Embossing Powder PTI Pure Poppy Baker's Twine

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Road Trip Card

If you saw yesterday's post, I shared some pictures of the road trip that Eric and I just took with my parents.  It was really an incredible trip, full of memories that will last forever, and I wanted to make a card thanking my parents for this experience.  This card was made with an 8 1/2" x 11" piece of cardstock, folded in half, so I was able to include plenty of images that represent our trip.

The whole reason that we went on the trip was for a family reunion in Michigan.  Since we spent a weekend on Lake Michigan, with all of the little cousins building sand castles, I had to include a bucket and shovel.  They are cut from the Life Is A Beach Cricut cartridge, at 2".

You can't have a road trip card without a car on it.  This one is from Campin' Critters, cut at 2 1/2".  I added a couple of Imaginisce Glam Rocks on the front of it. The gas pump is from Pop-Up Neighborhood, cut at 5".  I had to include it, because it represents one of our funniest memories of this trip.  My dad decided not to get gas in Salt Lake City, because it was too expensive.  He was sure it would be cheaper in Wyoming.  Well, the gas light came on, and there were no gas stations in sight.  We just made it to one in Wyoming, where the gas was 11 cents MORE expensive!  He'll never live that one down.

When you drive across the country, there is plenty corn to see, so I had to include that.  I cut it from Pop-Up Neighborhood at 3".  Probably the most amazing thing we saw was a herd of buffalo in Custer State Park.  As we were filming them, they came right on to the roadway!  I cut this buffalo from Destinations at 1 3/4".

Lastly, I created my title by welding together 1" letters from Nate's ABCs.  A card full of memories!

Recipe:

Papertrey Ink New Leaf & Dark Chocolate Cardstock

Papertrey Ink "Road Trip" Patterned Paper (map print)

DCWV "The Stack 6" Patterned Paper (sand)

Core'dinations Textured Cardstock

Glossy Accents

Imaginisce Glam Rocks

Glass Beach Layout

Here's another layout of our trip to Menodino, CA in 1999. Eric and his cousins had a blast skipping rocks and jumping off driftwood at this beach! For my Cricut cuts on here, I cut the circle at 6" and the stitched circle at 7 1/2" (real dial size) from Mini Monograms.

The anchor is cut at 4 1/4" from Life Is A Beach.

My favorite part of this layout is the title. I cut it at 1 1/2" from Boys Will Be Boys and covered each letter with Glossy Accents, which I think gave it a fun "glassy" look.

Recipe:

K & Company "Americana" Patterned Paper

Papertrey Ink Dark Chocolate, Enchanted Evening, & Smokey Shadow Cardstock

ek Success "Circles Large Edger Punch" & "Binding Edge Punch"

Glossy Accents

Sakura White Gelly Roll Pen

Versa Magic Jumbo Java Chalk Ink

Tide Pools Layout

For this layout of my son's field trip to the tide pools, I followed the sketch below, another one by Jana Eubank.

My title is from 3 Birds on Parade, cut at 2".

The sun and clouds are from Pop-Up Neighborhood, cut at 2 1/2".

I cut the sea stars at 1 3/4" from Life Is a Beach, and the crab is cut at 3 1/2" from Create a Critter.

The journaling tag is cut at 2 3/4" from Pop-Up Neighborhood.

Recipe:

My Mind's Eye "Good Day Sunshine" Patterned Paper

DCWV "The Stack 6" Patterned Paper (sand print)

Papertrey Ink Summer Sunrise, Stamper's Select White, Dark Chocolate, Hawaiian Shores, Harvest Gold, Pure Poppy, & Terracotta Tile Cardstock

Peachy Keen "PK-755 Critter Faces Set A Large" Stamp Set

Papertrey Ink True Black Ink

ekSuccess Circles Large Edger PUnch

Sakura White Gelly Roll Pen

Glossy Accents.

Post-It Note Holders

Yesterday was my last day of school, so I can finally post pictures of the gifts I made for my students. Some people wondered what I worked on at the Northern California Circle Crop, and this was it. I'd held off posting because some of my kiddos like to visit my blog. A few weeks ago I surveyed my students on their 3 favorite colors and animals so that I could personalize each notepad. Here are some of the ones I made:

And a side view...

I packaged each gift in a cellophane bag, tied it with a ribbon, and added a cute tag.

My tag was made by using my Gypsy to weld together the sun from Create a Critter (with the face hidden) and a tag from Sweet Treats. The cute sentiment is from My Creative Time's "Have Fun in the Sun" stamp set, and I used a Peachy Keen face on the sun.

Click here to see my post where I give dimensions for making these post-it note holders, along with a link to a great tutorial by Made by Momo.

Recipe:

Papertrey Ink & Core'dinations Cardstock

Papertrey Ink Ribbon & Rustic Cream Button Twine

My Creative Time's "Have Fun in the Sun" Stamp Set

Peachy Keen PK-491 Everyday Character Faces Stamps

Memento Tuxedo Black Ink

Sakura White Gelly Roll Pen

Michael's Googly Eyes

Ice Cream Sundae Cake Pops

Since I'd mastered the basic Cake Pops, I decided to try making some more advanced ones for end-of-the-year treats for my coworkers. I used the recipe in Bakerella's Cake Pops cookbook, but it's also on her blog. I mixed it up a bit by using mini flat bottomed wafer cones that I found at Walmart.

I made my tag by taking a tag from Sweet Treats and adjusting its size to 2.24" x 3.5" on my Gypsy. The flip-flops are cut at 2" from Life Is A Beach. The rectangle for the sentiment is cut at 2.5" x 1". This is my FAVORITE sentiment from My Creative Time's "Have Fun in the Sun" stamp set.

Tag Recipe:

Papertrey Ink Dark Chocolate & Sweet Blush Cardstock

Papertrey Ink Distressed Dots Patterned Paper

Cuttlebug Polka Dots Embossing Folder

My Creative Time's "Have Fun in the Sun" Stamp Set

Papertrey Ink Dark Chocolate Ink

ColorBox Cat's Eye Chalk Ink

Papertrey Ink Vintage Button & Rustic Cream Button Twine

Altered Frame with the Imagine

For my Creative Critterz Imaginations design team post this week, I created an altered frame to display one of my favorite pictures. Can you believe I found this frame for $1 at Michael's? Such a bargain! I began by printing a 6.5" rectangle (5:7 ratio Imagine stock rectangle), flood filled with a striped pattern from the Imagine More cartridge. I then traced my frame on the paper, cut it out, and used Mod Podge to adhere the paper to the frame.

The picture is of my son on the beach in San Diego from a trip we took a few years back. It was such a wonderful relaxing trip, that I knew I needed the word "relax" to capture the moment. I cut it at 4.8" from the Life Is A Beach cartridge, flood filling it with another Imagine More pattern. The word comes attached to a chair, but I just trimmed it off. To make the cloud from Create a Critter, I used my Gypsy to size it at 5.04" x 2.17" and then cut it out of Rustic Cream cardstock on the Imagine. I also ran it through the Divine Swirls Cuttlebug folder.

The 3.5" adirondack chair, from Life Is a Beach, was also cut out of the Rustic Cream cardstock, but I flood filled the layers with turquoise from the Imagine More cartridge.

Lastly, the flip flops were cut at 2.2" from Life Is A Beach, again using patterns from Imagine More.

Recipe:

Michael's Frame

Bazzill White Cardstock (for Imagine cuts)

Papertrey Ink Rustic Cream Cardstock

Cuttlebug Divine Swirls Embossing Folder

ColorBox Cat's Eye Chalk Ink

Lighthouse Scrapbook Page

It's been way too long since I've done a scrapbook layout, especially since I'm only up to 1999! I had fun making this one with my Imagine. These are pictures from when some good friends visited us, and we took them to the Point Reyes Lighthouse in California.

Recipe:

12" Background Paper and 12" x 1/2" Gray Strip from DCWV Neutrals Stack

Papertrey Ink Smokey Shadow and Stamper's Select White Cardstock for Photo Mats and Lighthouse (cut from Life Is a Beach at 9")

White Bazzill Cardstock for Imagine Cuts, flood-filled with Imagine More Patterns:

Scalloped Circle (Imagine Stock Image) cut at 10"

Journaling Tag (Imagine Stock Image) cut at 2" and 1.8"

"Point Reyes" cut from Boys Will be Boys at 1.5"

Stitching done with Zig Writer

Summer Vacation Photo Card

Last week my son and I had a fabulous vacation with some friends from Philadelphia. They flew out and met us in Southern California, and we were busy nonstop for 9 days. I made this card for them using my friend's favorite photo of all of us. The sun is from Just Because Cards, and the rest of the cuts are from Life is a Beach. Each cut represents something from our trip: the sun is for the incredible weather we had throughout, we saw dolphins when we were on the ferry to Catalina Island, we had dinner on the Queen Mary in Long Beach, and we were successful in our search for new flip flops!

I am submitting this to Lauren's 40:31 "Under the Sea" Challenge. Perfect timing!

Recipe:

(all materials Papertrey Ink, unless otherwise specified)

Cardstock: Vintage Cream, Orange Zest, Summer Sunrise, Lemon Tart, Stamper's Select White, Pure Poppy, True Black, Aqua Mist, Spring Rain, & Enchanted Evening

Patterned Paper: Dotty Biscotti

Ink: Dark Chocolate, Vintage Cream, & Chai

Stamps: Simple Alphabet & Peachy Keen Paper Doll Face Assortment

White Gelly Roll Pen

Sun cut at 5"

California Dreamin' cut at 3.35"

Flip Flops cut at 2.06"

Ship cut at 2.06"

Dolphin cut at 1.59"

Waves (from Everyday Paper Dolls) cut at 1" (2 welded together)

Dad's Birthday Card

Hello, all! I'm happy to be back to my Cricut after a fabulous trip to Southern California. Eric and I met up with some good friends from Philadelphia and explored Los Angeles, Long Beach, Catalina Island, and San Diego. I have tons of great pictures to scrap! For now, I have to catch up on cardmaking for the many July birthdays that are in my family. My dad's is on Friday, so I just made this one for him using Life Is a Beach.

Recipe:

(All materials Papertrey Ink)

Cardstock: Enchanted Evening, Pure Poppy, Spring Rain, and Stamper's Select White

Patterned Paper: Men of Life Collection

Ink: Chamomile and Versamark

White Filigree Detail Embossing Powder

Stamp Set: Daily Designs Sentiments

White Gelly Roll Pen

Enchanted Evening Cardstock cut at 11" x 4 1/4", scored at 5 1/2"

Pure Poppy layer cut at 4" x 5 1/4"

Patterned Layer cut at 3 3/4" x 5"

Waves cut at 1 1/4" and welded to a 1" x 5" rectangle from Don Juan

Sailboat cut at 2 3/4"

Seagulls cut at 2"

Pool Layout

I started this layout on the 4th of July, which I think influenced my color choices! I have loved this clothesline from Straight From the Nest, but I changed it up a bit with swimsuits from Life Is a Beach. All of the rest of the cuts are also from Life is a Beach.

Recipe:

(all materials Papertrey Ink, unless otherwise specified)

Cardstock: Enchanted Evening, Smokey Shadow, Pure Poppy, New Leaf, Kraft, and Stamper's Select White

Patterned Paper: DCWV Summer Dream Stack (background and swim trunks) and PTI Men of Life

Ink: Fresh Snow & Spring Rain

Rustic Jute Button Twine

Michael's Rhinestone

White Gelly Roll Pen

Woodgrain Impression Plate

Journaling Tag stamps from Mini Scrapbook Series: Library Ledger

EK Success Rick-Rack punch

Clothesline cut at 7.71"

Bikini cut at 3.47"

Swimtrunks cut at 2.53" and 1.59"

Flip Flops cut at 2.76"

(I didn't save the lifeguard stand on my Gypsy, so I'm not sure of the size. "Lazy Days of Summer" was attached to another lifeguard stand, which I just trimmed off.)