Cricut Explore

Well I jumped on the Cricut Explore bandwagon and broke down and bought one only a month after I had bought the Brother Scan and Cut. Both machines have awesome features and they each have features that the other one doesn't. I plan on using both of them to enhance my card making and scrapbook layouts. Like all crafters out there I have tons of material that I need to use up.

I have been watching tons of YouTube videos on how to use both machines. I found Debbie O'Neal's blog http://www.scrapmequickdesigns.com and she has some very good tutorials on there. So after making the one card that the Explore wants us to make after we open our box I decided to try this card. I was very disappointed that my pen that came in the box was almost already dry. REALLY....I have only had the machine for two days!!! 

Here is the card that I decided to make as my second cut on the Explore.

Here is Debbie's video on how to create this card. She even provided a couple of SVG's to download.

After I cut my card out and used the dried up pen for the writing feature I went back and outlined the letters in the word HAPPY with my Pentel Slicci gold pen. Of course it does not look as good as it would have had my pen not been dried out. I then sprayed the entire card with Radiant Rain shimmering mist in Ice color (29044). I added washi tape at the bottom and white paper on the inside to highlight the shadow cut outs. Oh and since the pen did not show up I went back and cut the letters for the word Birthday. Not quite how Debbie's card came out but pretty close.

Go check out Debbie O'Neal's blog and try to make this card. I know if I can make it then anyone can. TFL!

May Flowers...Use Your Stash Bloghop

For this month's Blog hop we were to make flowers in any shape or form. Flowers are awesome and they come in many shapes and colors. You should be coming from Cassandra's blog her flowers were beautiful.  Don't forget that the blog hop makes a complete circle so if you get lost go back to the beginning to Katy's blog to see the complete list.  

I love to make rolled flowers and I don't like to use a pattern.  Just cut a square and start cutting.  You can make any size flower. I made a canvas and I got my inspiration from  the CTMH 2013 spring/summer catalog. There was a canvas on page 16 and it featured Chantilly paper.

  I used promotional paper pack Dotty for You (CC1017). I just cut a bunch of squares and started rolling away. I included Garden Wooden Shapes (Z1718) from the 2012 catalog and Pretty pins (Z1148) from the 2009 Autumn/Winter catalog.  I added Crystal Blue card stock (1292) and inked the edges with Chocolate ink (Z2111).

Now head on over to Joy's blog and see what an awesome job she did with her May flowers. TFL!

Honoring 30 years of Jeannette Lynton

June 2014 Constant Campaign

In honor of our founder and CEO Jeanette Lynton’s 30-year anniversary in the stamping and scrapbooking industry, when you place an order totaling $50 during the month of June, you can add your choice of 1 of 6 great gift collections to your order for just $30! Each collection has an original retail value of at least $50—some even as high as $65. Plus, each collection is perfectly tailored to fit a variety of interests and styles. They feature everything from gift bags to ribbons to washi tape to alphabet stickers—and much more! Take advantage of these savings and snag your own collection for just $30. It may be Jeanette’s anniversary—but you get the gift!

Dates: Offer valid June 1, 2014–June 30, 2014.

Go to my CTMH site to see all the cool things you can order https://tmorrowstreasures.ctmh.com

CTMH MAY TECHNIQUE BLOGHOP FEATURING BASE AND BLING

Hello fellow bloggers welcome to May's technique bloghop. This month on the CTMH techique bloghop we were to feature the new Base and Bling featured in our 2014 catalog. Base and Bling is the new line being offered and it is normally used for necklaces. My fellow consultants and I will like to show you  how all our products can be used in other ways not just for their intended purposes.

You should be coming from Michelle Loncar's blog wasn't her technique great!! Remember that all our blogs make a complete circle so if you get lost along the way just go back to the begining to Debi Barber's blog
to see the entire list. Be sure to leave some love to each and every blogger. We like getting love.

I choose to do a card. I know there were many ways that I could have shown differant ways on how to repurpose our base and bling but I found the perfect paper to go with my card. I made an A2 card featuring a 4x6 card that looked like lace from the "Picture My Life Ballon Ride Scrapbooking program. This is in CTMH's version of project life style of scrapbooking. The entire set is only $24.95 (Z1948) and come with a huge assortment of 4x6 and 3x4 cards.  Go check them out in the catalog or go to my site and order a set .https://tmorrowstreasures.ctmh.com there are 4 sets to choose from and so far I love them all.

My card is a standard A2 card and features a 4x6 Picture My Life card I did have to cut it down to fit on the card. I used stamp set Tailor Made C1442 which has been retired. I stamped all the images in Archival Black Ink (44751) and cut them out on my Brother Scan N Cut machine. Don't you love how precisely the BNC cut the images. I then colored them with my set of  Promarkers that I won in a blog giveaway. I won an entire set of  148 markers. I used the following colors: Amethyst, Tulip Yellow, Warm Grey2, Putty, Poppy, Powder Blue and Bright Green.

Okay so now down the main feature: the Base and Bling.... I used the Faux 

Antiqued Gold Square pendant (Z1963) with the Base and Bling Glass Square covers (Z1967). Then I found the perfect sticker for my card. It was found on Style sheet "N" (Z1975). I added my pendant to my card with Color Ready Seam binding ribbon (Z1732) and tied a nice little bow. I used 3-D foam tape (Z1151) to pop up the smaller images.The rest of the Base and Bling designs can be found on page 80-81 of the Spring/Summer Catalog 2014. Go check it out and remember you don't have to make a necklace with the Base and Bling just look at how my fellow consultants used theirs.

Now hop on over to Lisa Plummer's blog and see what awesome technique she used to show off her Base and Bling, TFL!!

Scrapbook Folder Folio

I have read that scrapbook folder folio are the hottest things in the scrapbook world right now. So after looking at YouTube I found a couple of videos my favorite came from SuperHappyscrapper  She has the coolest video tutorial and  produced at least 4 videos. Here is her original video Superhappyscrapper

Here is my version of her folder folio.

I used a paper pack from Hobby Lobby called Simple Stories.  It had project life papers. This is a really cool paper pack cause all I did was cut and mount to cardstock. TFL!

MAY STAMP OF THE MONTH

Check out the May Stamp of the month.."You've Got A Friend" S1405. This stamp set comes with 5 differant stamps and can be yours for only $5 with qualifying purchase of $50 or more.

Head over to my CTMH website https://tmorrowstreasures.ctmh.com if you would like to place on order for this as well as other great products from CTMH.

SOFTBALL FLIPFLOPS

With baseball and softball season upon us my friend came to me and asked if I could make her some flipflops for her so she could show support for her daughter's softball team. I was up for the challenge. First of all I had never cut open a softball so that was a challenge right there. And where to make the first slice. I felt like a first year residence makimg my first cut on a body.

She saw the idea on my favorite site Pinterest. You can find all sorts of cool projects on this site. Okay so I searched and the flip flops I saw only had 5 petals. I wanted a six petal flower. I cut a oval shape from one of my cricut cartridges and proceed to cut the softball. Well once you cut into the ball the string starts to unravel. Panic set in then I remembered I had some wonderful clear glue from CTMH called Liquid glass (Z679). So every time I cut an oval out I put the liquid glass on the string to help it from unraveling. I was able to get two 6 petal flowers out of one ball.

Here is a close up of how the flowers turned out. I did not have any baseball buttons so I blinged it up with some bling from CTMH. For my first time I think they came out pretty good. I added some teal ribbon to match the team colors. I hot glued the bling and the flowers to the sandel.

Here is a close up of how the sandels turned out.

I also made her a necklace with some baseball charms and added her daughters initail "K" and her team number. 

I think that Kelsie will have the coolest mom at the ballpark tonight. I love making one of a kind items for friends and let them show them off for me. TFL!!

CTMH USE YOUR STASH APRIL BLOG HOP

This month we are featuring Bling showers. We all love bling and we all have plenty of it. This month we were to feature bling in any shape and form that we have. You should be coming from Judy Faye's blog. Wow she can really bling things up.

 

Ever since I was a little girl our family has always gathered for Easter Sunday. My sister and I and 1 boy cousin were the first children there. Now in 2014 we have over 75 family and friends attend our annual Easter celebration.

 

CTMH has new Picture My Life scrapbook programs. You get 44 - 4" x 6" cards and 78 - 3" x 4" cards and 1 - 12" x 12" Designed cover sheet and 10 memory protectors all for $24.95.

 

We started our celebration on Friday night and continued until Sunday afternoon. We had relatives from all areas of Texas show up. The weather was so beautiful and no rain in the forecast. The colors of this Picture My Life Skylark Z1947 goes perfect with what everyone was wearing. The bluebonnets were in full bloom as well as the Azaleas. I plan on putting a 5 x 7 photo of the girl cousins and my mom with her sisters in the slot for the photo.

 

I have always wanted to do a Picture my Life book and the Skylark paper was perfect. I took at least 200 photos if not more. The sayings on the card will be perfect for my Easter book. I used the following bling1104 Sparkles down the side and on the flowers and the bird's eye. I used two word accents Z1882 in the upper left corner and in the middle on the right hand side. I used the metal flowers Bulk319 and aqua dots Z1853. I also sprayed the page with Radiant Rain shimmering mist called solar gold. It is made by Creative Imaginations.

 

From here head on over to Shirley's  blog and see how she blinged up her project. Don't forget that our hops always go in a circle so if you get lost along the way go back to the beginning to Janet's blog

 to see the complete list of all the blog hoppers. I hope that everyone had a good Easter. I certainly did. TFL!

 

CTMH Technique Bloghop

Welcome to this month's technique blog hop, this month we are featuring embossing folders. CTMH has a great selection of embossing folders. This is our first year to carry them and they did a great job.

You should be coming from Michelle's blog . She showed an awesome way to use the embossing folders. Don't forget that this hop goes in a circle so if you get lost along the way go back to the beginning to Shirley's blog to see all the ladies participating in this month's hop.

I decided to make a Father's Day card for my Dad. I used a retired paper pack called Dreamin'
X7142B. I also used Chocolate ink Z2111 and square studs Z1705 in pewter also retired.  For my stamp set I choose one of the hostess stamps B1448 My Hero. I used embossing folder Quatrefoil Z1926. I used a card recipe from My favorite Things pattern MFTWSC58. I embossed all the papers and then inked them all in chocolate to give them depth. This folder reminds me of a Turkish bath house. Not that I have ever been to one...lol. I think the card came out really nice. I am sure that my Dad will love it.

 He has kept most of the things that we have made for him throughout our lives. I love to visit and check out his special drawer in his dresser where he keeps all his special gifts. He still displays a Dad and me mini album that I made for his birthday 5 years ago, His birthday is on November 11 and mine is on the 9th.

Now head on over to Judy Faye's blog and see how she used the embossing folders. TFL!

The Super Spectacular Grand Prize Giveaway

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Enter to win our Super Spectacular Grand Prize Giveaway!  Filled with more than $700.00 worth of amazing prizes from 15 companies, this is the ultimate way to get crafting this month! The deadline to enter is April 25, 2014 at 11:59:59 p.m. Eastern time.

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Uncle Arthritis

Well Uncle Arthritis has decided to come and move in to the Morrow household univitied. The nerve of the man..........well I knew it was bound to happen but I am so young (54) can't he find someone else to move in with??

It turns out  that I have bad knees but who doesn't?? I have bone spurs on both my knees and very little cartlidge left. Thank goodness my very cute Dr. said that I did not need surgery and that with excercsie and proper care I can improve the health of my knees. So first thing he said was that I would have to get a series of three injections..........WHAT!! So bravely I went back for them on Tuesday. Of course a lot of people said OMG it is going to hurt really bad...no pain at all....quit being a whimp....so with all that in my head I braced myself. Okay he cleans the injection area and then sprays this super really, really cold spray on my knee..I guess to numb it. Then he said here we go.......holy crap Batman that hurt!!! By the time both knees were filled up with some clear who knows what he smiles and says all done and have a good day!! Really!!!

I get up to walk out of the room and I could hardly stand up....so much for being a good trooper...now I know why they took my payment first...lol.  I leave the office hobbling like the hunchback of Notre Dame. I saw a little old lady in a walker and almost walkerjacked her for it.  I felt like a crab trying to get back in the water....

Well I made it to my car and drove to Hobby Lobby. I had to get a buggy which I never do and lean on it the whole time I was there. Let's just say that this was not one of my funnest trips to HL. The Doctor said what ever you do keep moving so bravely I went to the ribbon store to by some ribbon and made my Granddaughter Emma this baseball bow so she can show team spirit to her brother.

I think it came out kind of cute. She loved it and I asked her as she been wearing all the bows that I have made her and she said yes and that all the girls at school were jealous cause she has the best Grandma in the world........awwww shucks!!

Then feeling pretty good I sat and made these baseball charms to sell. I used the Base and Bling square and circle pendants (Z1962 and Z1964). I bought the charms at Hobby Lobby. I love the qualtiy of the pendants that CTMH sells. They are only $4.95 for a package of 3.

I told my boyfriend Adam that I should get an injection everyday. I was a crafting fool yesterday. I really enjoyed making the necklaces. They took me about two hours to make the all.

Thanks listening to me rant and rave about my knees. I took my body for granted but now is the time to really start taking care of it. If only I had listened when I was youner. There are millions of others that have more pain than I do but like the Doctor said pain is pain no matter how severe. I refuse to take drugs to get cured for anything so exercise it is. TFL!

CTMH USE YOUR STASH BLOGHOP MARCH 2014

Hello everyone, this month we are featuring use up those older brads/eyelets/durable studs/any metal that we have on hand. You should be coming from Janet McCormick's blog wasn't her use of her stash fantastic. This blog hop makes a full circle so if you get lost along the way head Joy McHargue's blog to see the entire list of hoppers.

I choose to do layout of my newest grandson Bryce Geoffery Morrow. He was born on March 14, 2014 which also happens to be his big brother Copper's birthday. No brother could ask for a better present. Cooper has been working hard at saying Bryce's name but he really just says Baby, baby a lot. He can say Bryce's name when he wants to. They are born two years apart.

I took this photo at the hospital a day after the baby was born. Matt,my son is the father, then there is Cooper just looking in awe at his new brother and then there is Bryce looking up to his big brother. This was not a staged setting it just worked out perfect. You can see the love in all their faces.

I used My reflections Babycakes X7173B paper pack for my base. I used the stripease that also came on top of the paper.

I used the Mini Melody Antiqued Copper Assortment photo corners on this photo.

I used the Bitty Brad Assortment for the rocking horses eye. I cut this horse out with my Brother Scan and Cut. This was one of the built in SVG cuts.

I used the Basic Brad Assortment in chocolate Z1218 for the periods after Bryce's name.

Then last but no least I used a tag from the Picture my Life Balloon Ride Z1948. It say "LIFE is the greatest adventure" I thought this was perfect because their life has just begun and it will be an adventure for them all.

I also used X5643 Chocolate CS and X5930 Slate CS and I inked the edges in Chocolate ink Z2111.

Thanks everyone for looking and now head on over to Judy Faye's blog and see how she just her stash of metals. TFL!

 

 

 

CTMH TECHNIQUE BLOGHOP PATTERN SWITCH

This month we are featuring Pattern Switch...kind of like wife swap only better!! LOL! Anyway if you view the 2014 catalog you will see many good ideas. Lots of cards and layouts and fabulous 3-D items. We were to pick one thing and make it into something else. You should be coming from Michelle Battitori blog. Wasn't her project fantastic. If you get lost along the way go back to the beginning to Debi Barber blog to see the entire list. We have 9 players switching patterns.

I choose to make  layout from a card, I choose a card in the Lollydoodle WOTG cardmaking kit G1080.

I choose card number 3. There are three card patterns in this kit and you get enough material to make 15 finished cards plus it come with the cards bases and envelopes. You also get a cute stamp set with lots of bling. A great value for only $24.95.

Here is the sketch for card #3.

Here  is the picture of the layout I decided to make based on the sketch above. I used White Daisy CS (1385) for the base. Then I used a piece of B&T duos for the second layer. I also used Kraft CS (Z1375), Lagoon CS (X5762), Topiary (X5635) and finally Cotton Candy (X5760). I used Silver Shimmer Trim (Z1799), Sequin Dot Assortment, the Flamingo Dots (Z1934) and last but not least I used an Adhesive gem (Z3006) from the Lollydoodle Assortment. I cut the flourish and the banner at the bottom with my new cutting machine called the Brother Scan and Cut.

So thank you everyone for looking! Now head  to Melissa's blog blog to see what she switched. Leave a comment  or not. TFL!

SNC Cuts for Card Class

My friend/Downline Ms. Joy called and asked if I would use my new Scan and Cut to cut her some shapes out for card class next week. I was up for the challenge...I thought.

After a few attempts and referring back to the manual several times I figured out how to save and add images to the screen so I could make multiple cuts. Once I got the hang of it my machine was cutting like crazy.

Obviously we are going to by using the CTMH stamp of the Month for March "Happy Place" S1403A. You can get this cute stampset for $5 by placeing a $50.00 order during the month of March,  So I cut the three nesting ladies for cardclass. I will post next week how our cards turned out. TFL!

cut with the SNC

closer version of what I cut out.

SNC cuts

Well so far I have been amazed with the new Brother Scan and Cut. So far it has done what it says it can do. Last night I grabbed differant stamp sets and stamped on some white cardstock to see if I could cut them out. First of all everything has to have a SOLID line all the way around or else it will not recognize your image. A couple of sets I had to close up the lines. If your stamp is to busy then it will scan but it will not cut. I have not read the manual long enough to figure out if this will actually work. I also scanned a whole sheet of B&T paper from CTMH called FLIRTY and the scanner detected two flower sets and cut them out. It was a very precise cut. What I like is that once you scan your image do not remove your mat. Leave it in the scanner and it will cut it out where it is. I put a 0.4" border around the stamped image. I love that little white border it gives it.  I also wrote some words with a fat SHARPIE PEN and as long as the letters are connected it will scan and cut. How awesome is that. I may have my grandchildren write their names out and scan and cut them so they can see how they wrote as small children. TFL!

Assorted stampsets..make sure all lines are closed.

Flirty paper pack. Zoom in and see how percise the cut was.

Brother Scan and Cut

Okay so last week I was on Facebook and I kept seeing all these ladies posting about a new machine called the Brother Scan and Cut.........hummmm I thought...let's check this out. Well 100's of videos later and reading 100's of posts I decided I just had to have this machine. Granted I already have 2 Cricuts, 1 Pazzle (that I have never used), and the Cricut Imagine that is gathering more and more dust every day.

I just told myself you have to have this machine....look at all the cool stuff it can do. Well it turns out I was right...boy can it so some cool things. I have owned the machine a whopping 18 hours and I am an expert!!
Right...not! But let me tell you the things  I did with it was awesome!!

Please read the manual like I didn't (cut a hole in my new mat). Or jump in like I did. I stamped some images on a white sheet of paper and scanned them in and asked that they get cut out with a .4" border and wow it did just that. I have not even touched the surface of what this machine is capable of doing but once I can really play with it and read the manual I am sure this will be my go to machine.

I will NEVER give up my cricut!! I have to much invested in my machines and I really like the carts that I currently own. I really bought the new SNC mainly so  I could cut out my stamp sets that did not have a cricut cut for them. I have 100's of stampsets that I don't use because I don't want to fussy cut them. So as I do more cutting and playing I will keep everyone updated. TFL!!

HAIR BOW MAKING

This year 2014 I have decide to branch out and embrace my creativity......what......as if I didn't have enough to do already! Anyway if I don't have at least 5 pans on the stove I feel like I am missing out on something.

There are 1000s of YouTube videos on how to make bows. Some good and some not so good. Bow making takes lots of practice but once you get it you will never forget. Here a couple of my favorite sites that I go to when I want to make a bow.  "My favorite bows" and "Justaddabow" and finally the "The ribbon Retreat" these three ladies give excellant tutorials and they are very easy to follow.

I only have one Granddaughter and her name is Emma. So guess what Emma gets all the bows I can make. So I went out and have bought 100s of yards of ribbon.....solid colors, thick and thin, designs, no designs you name if I like it I have bought it. I have a hook in my craft room full of ribbon and a metal box of ribbon, a large pickle jar of ribbon, on the desk, on the floor......well I have LOTS of ribbon!! Here are some of the bows that I have made for Miss Emma. I am happy to say that she has loved everyone of them. TFL!!

St. Patty bow

just a bling bow

bow for baby Emily Fox.

Studio J March Special from CTMH

BABY SHOWER CENTER PIECE

A friend at work asked me if I could make her a center piece for her friend's baby shower. I love to make center pieces and this one was pretty easy to do. She wanted something simple and her theme was nautical. Well CTMH had the perfect paperpack called Tommy. The colors matched perfectly with her invitations. What a coincidence. I used my cricut to cut out the shapes and hot glued them to wooden skewers and put them in the metal buckets. My co-worker said that they were a big hit at the baby shower and she plans to put them in her nursery. It is nice to know that our creations are going to be used over and over and not just thrown out after the event. TFL!

Base & Bling Style