Bakesale

My son joined Boyscouts this year, and today they put on a car wash and bake sale. I made some cupcakes and packaged them into cellophane bags. The tags and fall leaves were made using oval Spellbinder dies. I really like these leaf dies, if you run the dies thru the Cuttlebug with the embossing mat it will make veins in the leaves. I also rubbed some brown ink on the edges of the leaves to give a more realistic touch. I couldn't resist a touch of glitter on the outside scalloped oval. The center oval was stamped in brown ink with a 'journal' background stamp.

I just sent my boy and the cupcakes out the door - hope they sell well!

Edit: I had a question on how I frosted the cupcakes so nicely (thanks for the compliant by the way). I used a 'cupcake decorator kit' by Wilton. I bought the kit at Target for around $10. Here is the link to show the 'Cupcake' kit. This kit has a hard plastic tube instead of a plastic decorator bag. Wilton also sells a kit that has uses a decorator bag - I tried this first and didn't like using the bag. Easy Peasy, if you can draw a circle - you can do it!!

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Here is a Thank You card that I did for a Yahoo Group that I belong to. I signed up for a thank you card swap. The bird is another dry embossed technique. I believe the Lasting Impressions template is called 'Love Birds.'

I made the tree branch with Inkscape and Sure Cuts A Lot (SCAL) and cut it out on my Cricut!

Custom Stamp

I designed the above image - and had it made into a clear stamp! I wanted to have a stamp for the back of my cards. I just got the stamp in the mail and I am thrilled! It looks just the same as the above image, very clear.

If you are looking for a place to have stamps made - check out Imagine Stamps

svg file sharing

I am new at blogging - I am not sure how to share files on the blog. So when I get that figured out I will make svg files available. In the meantime, just email me the request.

SCAL cards

Here are a couple of cards that I made using my Cricut and Sure Cuts A Lot (SCAL) program. If you have a cricut machine you should look into the SCAL program! I can't tell you how much I enjoy this program. I first bought the SCAL program because it allows you to cut out any font you have on you computer, great no more expensive cartridges. But then I learned how to make my own designs - like the ones above! I am so loving SCAL. In order to make the above cards, I had to learn the Inkscape program, warning there is a bit of a learning curve but well worth it. I joined a Yahoo group for SCAL that that has been a great source of information!

Quilling

Ok, there are not many paper crafts I don't enjoy! Here is a quilled card that I did awhile back. This week I made a similar one for my husband's grandmother's birthday (no photo of that one as I had to quickly get it in the mail). I don't do quilling as much as I used to. The single flowers go fairly fast but when you start to hook them together it can get a little more difficult. I am not very patient with glue! I think it is a very pretty effect, even if it does take a little more time.

Invitations

I belong to a MomsClub and this week I have been busy making some invitations for a 'new member tea.' I used a lasting impression stencil to make the dry embossed flowers. This stencil was the first stencil I ever purchased, and it s still one of my very favorites!