One sheet wonder cards

Back to some paper crafting and card making. It has been a while. I have been so inspired by fall cards on Pinterest, so I had to get down to business. The stamped pieces of the above cards are what I would call a one sheet wonder project using the baby wipe technique. I took a scrap piece of paper 5.5 x 8 or 9 inches and stamped randomly all over it with a bunch of small leaf stamps from a couple of different Studio G $1.00 stamp sets. I took a baby wipe and I dropped dots of CTMH Re-Inkers in Tulip, Sweet Leaf, Sorbet and Creme Brulee randomly on the baby wipe. Then I ink up the stamps and it gives a beautiful water color effect to the finished stamped images.

This card is inspired by this card I pinned on Pinterest.

This one was inspired by this pinned card.

And finally, the inspiration for this card is this card.

This final card is my own design inspired by the final scrap of the stamped paper and scraps on my work space from the other creations. I made this into a birthday card. 

It's hard to tell but all have been embossed and then sprayed with Glimmer Mist. All of the Thanksgiving sentiments came from a retired CTMH stamp set called November Word Puzzle. It's just perfect for small sentiments for the holiday season.

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Where have I been

I have finished the Christmas card class. It was last weekend, and it was a lot of fun and a great success. I made 22 of these Santae from yogurt cups party favors and 5 center pieces from the Scallop Circle Christmas Trees shown earlier.

And I am still loom knitting. I finished the above white scarf and a black and navy combo one for my oldest son. I have yet to catch a picture of him modeling it. I am loving knitting right now and it is taking up most of my free time.

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Loom knitting

I go through these fazes each year. I get bored with paper and I pick up fabric or yarn or both. Lately it has been yarn. I made this scarf for my son on my Knifty knitter loom. It is actually equal parts red and black yarn even thought the red seems so much more dominant. I'm really happy with the weight and feel of this finished project, I used regular worsted weight yarn for the red and Caron Simply soft for the black yarn. It's soft and cuddly but thick and warm at the same time. 

These are fashion scarves, not really for warmth, more for decoration. The two outer scarves are made from Red Heart Sashay yarn. They are ruffle scarves, super simple to knit up and so soft and pretty. The middle scarf is Loops & Threads Flaunt yarn, a kind of tape yarn, not as simple to knit but not terribly difficult either. Such a luxurious scarf when you are done.

Here's a closer look. You can see the flounce and ruffle action. So wonderful, I am addicted. And it is so fun to pull out my grandma's long neglected knitting needles and put them to good use. Makes me smile when I use them.

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Coffin shaped party favors....with a surprise

These are some Halloween candy favors I made for a few co-workers and neighbors. They are cut out on my Cricut using the CTMH Artiste cartridge. The finished size is 4 x 2 inches. When you pull off the coffin lid you get a surprise. 

Boo! I put a skull cut out and a black out version onto a strip of recycled acetate, so that it pops up when the lid is removed. Fun stuff. Add a few pieces of candy and its ready to go.

The paper is from Joann's and was originally intended to be paper place mats. I got 48 pieces of 12 x 18 inch heavy weight patterned paper for around $5.00. Awesome! Gonna keep my eyes out for other holidays and see if they offer these again.

These cuts are super simple, but I did save the design in my Cricut Design studio so if you would like this .cut file I am happy to share. Leave a comment below, with the ever important email address, and I will send it out to you.

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Disney style tags & tag gift box

Oh my, where do I start. I mean it's Disney inspired. It's washi tape. It's cuteness knows no bounds, in my humble opinion. 

I was inspired to create this Cricut .cut file originally, by this beautiful project on Pinterest. You can see my first creation after having created the Cricut .cut file, posted here. Which made a fun little birthday present I gave to a friend at work. And now I have another birthday for a friend, another Disney fanatic, so I was inspired to create this set. Dare I admit how easy it was to put this together since I had a ton of Disney color coordinating supplies to choose from? I have a long standing love of Reasonable Ribbon monthly ribbon club and I have a new found but ever growing love of washi tape (or paper tape, as washi might actually be a brand name. I'm not sure). So far I have found all of my washi tape at really great prices offered at Groopdealz. But you have to move fast there, because their washi tape offers go FAST! So I must not be the only one with the addiction. 

I created this .cut file using Cricut George Basic Shapes cartridge in Design studio. So if you use those and would like to recreate this project in your own styles, I am happy to share this file. Leave a comment below, including your email address and I will send it out to you. 

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Ruffled tote bag

It's been sooo long. Sorry. I was suffering from bronchitis and my family all got it too. Of course it takes me the longest to recover from it. Ugh. But I think I am getting my mojo back. I have been playing with paper a little. But it's nothing new, just repeats of projects I have already shown, but I have been knitting and sewing up a storm. I seem to do this once or twice a year, just switch gears completely and go for the fibre's and fabrics instead of paper. This is one of those fabric projects I have been eager to do. I have pinned on Pinterest a bunch of these ideas, the one that influenced the final project the most is this one. This will make a nice trick or treating bag.

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Envelope mini album

I made this mini album for a friend, a brag book for her to load some vacation photos in quickly. I took elements of inspiration from tons of different mini books I have seen from all over the internet for as long as I have been checking out different minis. The finished size of the album is 5.5 x 8.25 inches, and it will hold 60 full sized photo's.

I used a 4.5 x 6.5 inch paper stack by The Paper Studio called Stonewashed, I believe I picked it up at Hobby Lobby. A bunch of different stickers and some mini stamps to add some titles and details.

The base is made from 5 x 7 inch kraft envelopes, also from Hobby Lobby.

The pull out tag style pages are cut on my Cricut, mostly so that I could have the circle pull tab on each page. I reinforced it with kraft scallop punches.

The covers where made from recycled corrugated card board that I covered with more of the patterned paper from the paper pack. I added a tie of CTMH Denim blue grosgrain ribbon and bound the book covers and envelope pages with my bind it all. I added a little baggy full of different sized tags and shapes for quick and easy spots of journaling.

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