Cards & Bleeding Tissue Technique

Yesterday, I needed to make 5 cards for birthdays in October. My SU order came last week, and I really wanted to try a couple of the sets. These daisies just cried for the bleeding tissue technique (from Technique Junkies!). A sunset scene would go perfectly with the daisy silhouettes. I pulled out my purple, yellow, orange, and red tissue and went to work. Before I knew it, I completed 6 backgrounds. They made really pretty cards - without much embellishment needed. Hopefully, my friends won't mind getting similar cards for the October birthdays. :)


These card were made using bleeding tissue from Michael's and SU glossy cardstock. The daisies are from Upsy Daisy set - new this catalog - and are stamped in basic black. Elegant Eggplant is used for the back layer.








This card is done the same way (and is the one on the right above), but "live with passion" is stamped as a sentiment on the front. It's stamped with basic black directly on the background. The sentiment is from the new SU set Inspired By Nature.





October cards are done. Cruise is right around the corner!!!



Have a great day, and remember that there's a great, big, beautiful tomorrow shining at the end of every day! :)

Can't resist ...

Our cruise is coming up soooooo soon, and I canNOT wait!!! :) We are making gifts for some others on our cruise that are participating in the Fish Extender program. Our fish extender pocket thing was posted a couple of weeks ago. Anyway, I decided to do gifts for the kids and gifts for the adults. I'm a bit afraid that what I've done for the adults (one per cabin because I made all of them) is lame. Soooooo, I'd appreciate your opinions and thoughts.

These are the little gifts that I made. They are magnetic frames for small 3x4 pictures. You just load the pictures at the opening in the top of the frame. Lame???

The paper used is all SU - real red and basic black. The stamped sentiment - Magical Moments - is a Disney set that I bought in WDW several years ago. It is stamped in basic black ink. The frame front with the Mickey ears was cut with the Cricut. I cut 4 at a time using the Design Studio and 12x12 paper. The ears from Mickey Font were welded onto a rectangle from George. I spaced it all out so that each frame fit into the middle of a 6x6 piece.








Ok ... your turn. Tell me what you think.

AND ..... VAL and KIMBERLY ....... you aren't suppose to be looking!!!!!!!!!!!!! LOL!!!!!!!


Have a great night and remember .... there's a great, big, beautiful tomorrow at the end of every day! (I hope to hear that in person in 4 weeks!!!!!!!)

Arrrgh, Matey!

My youngest child is turning 3 in just a few weeks. It's so hard to think that she's growing up so very fast. Anyway, as everyone knows, when a child turns such an important age, a party must ensue! So, in a couple of weeks - just before we leave for the cruise - we will have a fun pirate party for the little pirate princess here at our house. Now, coming up with a QUICK, girly invitation to a pirate party was interesting. I knew that my Cricut was a must. I can cut things so fast with the bug. Below is what I came up with. Yes, it could be more fancy, but I needed 22 of them, so fancy was not in my time allotment.


The cards were designed in the Cricut Design Studio. I used George for the square silhouette around the skull and crossbones, Plantin' Schoolbook for the back of the card, the inside liner of the front, and the hearts in the skull, and Paper Dolls for the skull and crossbones (I LOVE that cart!!). The paper is all SU. I had to use several colors because I didn't have enough of any of them to make all of the invitations. Oh well, variety is the spice of life, right? :) The bow on the front is the small organdy that SU retired some time ago.



Inside the invitations, I adhered the actual invitations. I printed them on computer paper and cut them out. After cutting them, I scrunched them up and inked the edges with basic brown ink.









As usual - let me know what you think!


I have several more projects in line before the cruise. The cruise is coming in only 3 1/2 weeks, too!!!!! :)

Have a great, big, beautiful tomorrow! (and today, too!)

Memories

Another cruise book for memories. This one is for my soon-to-be 3-year-old daughter. I'm hoping that she can use the book for autographs. She can have the autograph on one page and the picture of her with the character/person on the opposite page. I didn't decorate all of the pages, leaving myself the option of embellishing pages when we get home.

The book was created using my Cricut Expression and the Design Studio. I could have used the original Cricut, but I was cutting 2 book covers at the same time. It was cut from lightweight cardboard (like at the back of a package of paper you might buy). I cut the outer layer paper the same way - and cut some other paper for the inside covers. "Jaydin's Memories" was welded in the Design Studio. The "o" in "memories" was replaced by a Mickey head. I put a small circle in the middle to make sure it still looked like an 'o'. The words were cut from SU basic black paper. The ship was cut on the Cricut, too, using the Design Studio. Black, white, and red ribbons were used on the binder rings that hold the book together. A little bling from AMuse makes the cover just a little more magical.

This is inside the front of the book.











And this is the back of the book. The Mickey and Minnie heads were cut using the Cuttlebug and embossed, as well. I love those.






This is one of the princess pages that I made. I think there are 4 or 6 princess pages. I will try to take some more pictures of those to post, as well as the other pages that are done.








As always, I'd love to know what you think!

Have an awesome day and a great, big, beautiful tomorrow!

Not Paper

Ok ... this is definitely not a paper craft project, but I'm very pleased with how this came out. In several weeks (6 weeks from Friday), we're going on a cruise. Recently, I joined the DISboards and found out about Fish Extenders. These are wonderful little pocket things that hang from the little fish note holders outside some staterooms. I created mine today!! Here are a few picture - keep in mind that I am NOT a seamstress in ANY form of the word. :)

Yep ... that's my Fish Extender .... It's made from pirate map fabric, with Mickey, Marines, flames, and princess fabric for the pockets. There is batting on the inside to make it a little stronger and stiffer. Craft sticks hold the top straight.










This is the pocket for Jared, my oldest. Everything is top-stitched. I did this to make it easier on myself, and I really think it looks better that way.








Here's the top of the FE. It shows the pirate fabric a little better, the little bows, and the top pocket.








Later this week, I plan to have a tutorial (photo) of welding in the Cricut Design Studio. It was requested by some friends on the Cricut thread on SCS. Just know I'm working on it!!!