WORKING ON SOME NEW STUFF!!

Valentines Time!

2012-01-21T20:13:00.000-08:00

Was looking for some new Valentines cards for this year, saw a great card on youtube from SprinkleNSparkle.com Valentine card video. It was a multi-heart folded card, could not find any instructions or a pattern so decided to make my own. Started out in inkscape first, ended up just opening up SCAL and using the heart shape that was more uniform to make this card. There is also a cute wonky looking one which I also used. The printed papers I used were from Kraft Love Words CCP2313, the other 2 were from Jillibean Hearty Barley collection. Quick Cooking Barley and Canola Oil The hardest thing to get figured out is the opposite side of the half heart, when your using just plain paper there is just stamping to make a different look for the paper but when your setting up the printed stuff then u get that if I turn it over I get the opposite one I need. That did not seem to happen so I guess need to take a step back, since I made so many they sort of ended up working out ...through trial and error. After getting all the parts glued on I started decorating with gel pens. I love those things used a black one and my opaque white one to write on the sentiments all over the card just had fun with it.

The link for the SCAL download is here this scal includes and extra heart like on the fronts of these cards on the right , I cut out the double small hearts on the inside needing to put the larger single heart on front.Hopefully you have a s much fun making these as I did. Can't wait to get them out.

Found another reason to post

2011-12-24T17:51:00.000-08:00

Well got annoyed last night was looking for an svg for a gift card. So I found a plain one one but that was not what I wanted, of course wanted on with something Christmas theme, nothing elaborate. So I have been busy today making 3 new gift card holders with snowflakes on them. I have snowflake 1, snowflake 2, and snowflake 3. I also did photos did not really detail them wanted to get them out here in case someone else was doing a little last minute gifting and had no where to look. Hope these help someone out, will probably be making some for birthdays shortly since these were easy once I got the main shape down. Just realized did not take the pictures in order so you can not tell which card is which. The Green one is flake 2, the red card is flake number 1 so that leaves the blue on which is flake # 3.

Going to the Fair

2011-12-23T06:49:00.000-08:00

Finally got the pages for the fair done, got my Tilt-a Whirl a feature spot and a pic my husband got of me worked out great as an addition to the ride. We also of course rode the bumper cars blurry as the pics were I got one of my husband driving and used him for the paper piece one too. The next pictures if I can get this right is the pictures with bumper car booklet and the paper piecing of the car with husband added.

There is more to finessing pics into a blog than it is cracked up to be Next Pics are of the Tilt-a Whirl and the page and the larger paper piecing.
Oh well you get the gist of what I am doing, did not the paper piecing turn out great with me in the car....Good shot Robert. looks like I am really sitting in the thing... The paper I used for all of these pics from
Strictly Scrapbooking but it appears to have already closed. Just bought this paper in September when they were here for the Expo. There is not any evidence of the papers name on the scaps I have left so we are all out of luck finding anymore. I may be able to get a name forgot my daughter bought some think it is in storage since she just moved down here 6 months ago and is building a house now. If so I will post it here. Have a Merry Christmas and Happy new year since I will probably not post anything until after holidays. My daughter had the paper with her and not in storage so the cool Fair paper is from Best Creations and it is called Loops and Scoops found it at a place called Scrap Your Trip this will take you to the page where you could order some if you like. When I did the I pretty much bought 1 page of each since the Ferris wheel and roller coaster gets cut out completely and then u have to mount them on another page, the site appears to have plenty in stock, have fun.

Done with Turkey back to the Fair!

2011-11-24T15:06:00.000-08:00

Was done with our Thanksgiving dinner early since it is just my husband and I ...Started watching football and had the tilt-a-Whirl on my mind since last night since I finally got around to printing my pics from the fair. So I decided to build a Tilt-a Whirl since could not find a decent looking piece of clip art went to work...used one of my own pictures that I had taken and started from the ride up. I think it turned out pretty good, right up there with my bumper car. The SVG for the Tilt-a Whirl is here.I hope you have a much fun with it as I did I did do a little ink enhancing with it since it had a lot of detail that would have caused some really small snivels, and I do not do snivels if I can help it. Did a little chalking too along the upper part of the hood,and the leather head part. Have fun...Cindy

Icicle and Goo drip SVG

2011-11-23T10:54:00.000-08:00

Saw all the people looking for the SVG of the Icicle and Goo drip so thought I might as well post them so whoever wants them can get them. If you want the Icicle and the goo drip go here. They are both in the same file they are not grouped so you can copy or paste them to separate files if you wish.

Turkey Card

2011-11-16T18:13:00.000-08:00

Okay I have been bitten by the make a turkey card bug, saw the Gobble till you Wobble on the web, was not liking cutting it out from a cartridge since I do not own that many I am kinda a DIY person so...I made one myself. He is so cute, made the feathers from a leaf I found made it three different sizes and then made a shadow to mount the whole bird on drew in the legs. The legs will be on the svg but decided it would be a booger to glue them on so they got tossed . The paper for the one set of leaves I have gotten emails about so the name of the paper was a Heidi Grace harvest card stock flower. Tried to find it on line to give you a link but it appears to be not there, had purchased mine at AC Moore. I just cut them the parts out tonight and put them together in about an hour. The back round I used was an idea Tricia Morris had done on Club scrap where she stamped a bunch of stamps in back round and then colored it here and there with inks. Have fun making these guys they were a blast.....Happy Thanksgiving it is around the corner got to get these in mail tomorrow....get your svg for the turkey here.

Publish Post

Fair Time!!

2011-11-13T16:06:00.000-08:00

Went to the fair here in Jacksonville, Friday night, went to ride the rides and eat junk food that is the best every with the cool fall air and the noise of the rides. Hit the gate and headed straight to the 4-H trailer that sells Pig on a Stick. My husband loves those so he had one and then I found a corn dog for some reason was craving one of those first. Walk a little rode the Scrambler and then the Tilt a Whirl. Love that thing the faster is spins the more I love it....We were waiting for our daughter and her husband to get there they were coming with a couple that is friends of theirs. They finally arrived after we had ate out first order of ribbon fries. We walked with them and they also got the Pig on a Stick and her husband got a foot-long corn dog. We walked a little more road the scrambler again and the tilt a whirl again, got on the Gravitron with my son-in-law and then we all rode the bumper cars which brings us to our file...Made this really cute bumper car svg available from here. Just cut one out for a test just a few ago and it worked perfectly. This car came from a sign that was connected to the ride I have been looking for a bumper car for a while but just could not fine one that would work as an svg. I just love it can't wait to start scrapping a fair jaunt.

I Love Drawers!

2011-11-06T08:34:00.000-08:00

I found this cute 6 drawer cabinet at the thrift store yesterday, I have started working on it, first I sanded it around the outside had to remove some pictures, and give the paint that was already there a little bit of tooth. The pictures that were on there were partially peeling so made short work of that. After wiping the sawdust residue away I put a coat of black acrylic paint on it all over including the inside of the drawers and let it dry. I am using Graphics 45 paper Curtain Call Collection. My daughter and her husband bought a new house and are planning on a video room, so this should fit in nicely a little nostalgia movie wise. I cut the paper down to fit each drawer leaving it slightly smaller than the drawer face itself. I like a little of the face to show n either side to frame out the paper and also keep it from pulling way from the face with use. I have not decided what to do for drawer pulls since some of the 6 knobs were missing when I bought it. I have been thinking about very small eye bolts, but will have to see what happens once the paper it on it, may look for old shack buttons that are brass to set in for a knob. Will see what I can find. Had some thin Carousel poles from when I had a ceramics shop so since they were laying in the garage and going to waste they worked out to be perfect!! Love these little drawers

Something New!

2011-11-02T16:28:00.000-07:00

Been a while since I was last here, finished my Christmas cards already this week. They are so cool, I love them I ended up combining 2 different elements. I saw a wiper card and had already seen a really cute Elf Shoe Card, the shoe card was done by Patty Lee. Have seen it other places but believe this is the one that got me inspired. The wiper card was done by several people also, Janine Tinklenberg made hers. I decided I loved both of the cards and came up with a blended version I hope all of you will enjoy. I drew out the shoes and made a svg of them also the detailing of the shoes. The cute peppermint candy I found on line and scrap-lifted it and created a printout in the size I wanted and punched it out with my 1/4" hole punch from Creative Memories. The legs were made from a cute company I found out at the convention in Jacksonville in September. I was from Canvas Corp. the print was Kraft & Ribbon Stripe CCP2370. The cards themselves I had two pads of Designer Paper from K&Company one was Designer Glad Tidings and the other is the same name, but the speciality paper version. I took the 12 x 12 double sided paper cut it 4 1/2 inches wide and 9 1/4 long. You need 2 pieces of so I measured the 12 x 12 cut it down to 9"x 9 1/4" I cut that in half vertically to create the sides of the cards. Get your svg here for the shoes, shoe detailing and legs, the santa chimney I made myself also saw a cute idea and drew it out also have it as an svg. Trying to figure out how to get the svgs out here also have them in scut files. Also will add a page with the measurement on it .

I was finally able to get the files out here, there are 2 scut files as well as a pdf for the instructions, I am a little rusty on that part but should be able to follow. Elf Shoe Instruction, Elf Shoes scut file, Santa chimney and feet, the SVG for the elf shoes and chimney is here

Again been long gone

2011-07-17T11:59:00.001-07:00

Here I am again been gone from here for a while I have ideas about what to write but just never get around to it. So much fr writing the next great novel that again has been bouncing around in my head. It will probably never come to fruition. When I think about writing about my life I do not worry about what will come out in the wash at this point in time the people I would be mentioning are dead so they will not know so it does not really matter. Again if the book was written I do not know that I would want to make the daytime show circuit. That is a lot of fun but it would probably get old after a few talking again and again about the book, blah blah blah....heard it get over it...So i the interim I have been scrap-booking stories. Someone somewhere on some blog had mentioned a story about a coat hanger do not remember the punch line but know thinking aback that could really conjure up some seriously weird thoughts. Anyway last night went to a new shop here in town and finally scrapped a few of my stories. These are things about me that happened when I was younger so one day even though my girls have heard them more than once I tend to repeat myself sometimes like who does not....they will have them in the book to tell their kids that your grandma was out there...she did this and this,,,alsong with some pics that had to be web lifted....I told about TV shows I watched one particular memory was 7:30 o Sunday night getting ready for bed washed my hair and was in the living room to watch "Wonderful World of Disney". It was the Sunday night ritual. Will post pics of pages later got to take pics of the pics...

New page layout

2011-02-25T07:41:00.000-08:00

Been a while since I last posted not something I had planned on doing, thought I was going to get out here and blab all the time, just have not had a lot on my mind to write about. I did finally do a really cute page layout that I thought would be fun to share. Since I have dogs and not grandkids this is what occupies my time in scrapbooking when I am not off visiting holidays and taking other pictures. The dogs win, in the layout we have Lucy she is our German Pointer mixed with Chocolate Lab. I had made this hooded dog coat(Pirates of Caribbean fleece on sale) for last year because she goes to work with me everyday and gets cold in our office. This one day she was sitting on porch and it just hit me to take her picture. Then of course I posed her with the hood up farther than other pic. Then of course I had to photoshop bling on her and add the back round to make it look like graffiti. When you get a vision of what you want to do with a pic it just kinda grows. So here is Lucy with her diamond necklace on looking all bad, and the others were taken in the park next door. The back round for the page is grout cut out of grey paper layered over dk red paper. The red paper was sponged with black and white to make it look more distressed. Then I cut out red bricks to hold the pictures on the pages for a more fun effect. Just was too fun for words.

2010-12-11T07:04:00.000-08:00

Well since it did not let me continue with blog, here it is. I am leaving on Wednesday to go up to DC with my daughter and her husband, to spend Christmas up there and finish looking around DC. So I have had to get the office in shape Husband is going to go up there every so often to do so billing and this and that. Hopefully not much happens while I am gone but you never know in a vets office, it could be quiet or hell on wheels. Got to go for now got to stuff Christmas cards for office so they are done before I leave.....

2010-12-11T06:48:00.000-08:00

Well here it is Saturday Dec 11, 2010, I have not been a prolific writer on this blog thought this would be a place to put intimate thoughts about whatever was going through my head at the time....either I have not had thoughts or no time think it is the latter. The computer at work got a virus last Wednesday and boy what a mess that could have been, we had Mozy which I thought was going to save the day but actually it only had a few of the files I thought had been save in their entirety. Guess again! When I installed the rescue files that had come with the computer ages ago I told it to only install original equipment so it did not disturb any files that were there. It ended up taking the computer back to original out of box condition, The caveat there was that the computer does a backup every so often and the backup had everything I had thought I had lost.

Jack n' Box

2009-07-03T19:02:00.001-07:00

Yet another former DXF file worked again I made the facial features separate as well as the puff on hat , hat and hands so u can change colors if u wish. This is not to be confused with the drive thru!! http://www.mediafire.com/?sharekey=f1120a0e206cdcec9bf8d6369220dcabe04e75f6e8ebb871

Baby Train

2009-07-03T16:51:00.000-07:00

Was going through some old DXF files I had from the Wishblade.....and decided needed to make them again since I know more about Inkscape now than then. The first offer is a Baby train the letters can be removed the wheels cut separate as well as the hubs on the wheels. Have fun wil get to work on some others I made a year or so ago, never saved teh svg back then figured would never need it. Bad idea! here is the file below http://www.mediafire.com/?sharekey=f1120a0e206cdcec9bf8d6369220dcabe04e75f6e8ebb871

Meshes

2009-06-06T02:05:00.000-07:00

Had to figure out how to get these things out here so u all could get them. This blogging thing is new to me even though I have had the site for almost a year. I was ver prolifick in the begining but that lasted about a week...so they have all been deleted and I am starting fresh. Here is the link to the meshes all four are there , http://www.mediafire.com/?sharekey=f1120a0e206cdcec9bf8d6369220dcabe04e75f6e8ebb871. Hopefully this works since like I said am new to this bloging stuff, can make websites all day long from scratch but having to plug stuff into something that is already created is another thing. Hope this helps Cindy