Summer Fun Mini Album

Today is my day to design at CricutDIVA!!!

I found these 45 records at the thrift shop and thought they would make fun mini album covers!!  

I re-created the record on my Gypsy using two circles sized 7 inches and 3 inches.

I used vinyl for SUMMER FUN using the font Cherry Limeade sized to .75 inches.

I sized my letters by leaving the layer with the "record" on it open.  That way I knew my title would fit.

I cut out 3D flowers from Atriste sized from 3 - 5 inches out of sheet music and cardstock.

I inked the sheet music to match the cardstock.  I used my tweezers to roll up the flowers and liquid glue to adhere them.  I attached them to the cover with glue dots.

I traced and cut out chipboard circle pages and covered them with sheet music.  I painted the edges of the pages with a bright blue acrylic paint.

I made some photo mats and cut out some flip flops and beach tags to attach to the corners.

I cut out a wave and some fish and tied the tops with twine.

I like to make a pocket for my mini albums and include tags or coordinating paper scraps.

I cut out layered flowers from Mother's Day Bouquet sized from .88 - 2.53 inches.  I cut them out of sheet music.  Cutting did not go well as the paper is on the thin side, but I got enough to make my flowers.

I cut out some images from Life is A Beach.  The flip flops are 1.82 inches.  The tags are 1.75 inches.  The gecko is 3 inches.  I cut the images out in cardstock.

I tied a little twine on the  tags.

I attached the gecko to the back cover.

I hope you like my unique mini album.  I had a lot of fun making it!!

Yummy Note Card Set

Hi!!  I am super excited to share this Yummy note card set today at CricutDiva!!

I am also sharing this card set with my dear friend Sheila at She's A Sassy Lady today!

I made a set of 3x3 cards with truffles on them from the Cricut Imagine Yummy Cartridge.

I printed out the light pink distressed-look pattern on white cardstock to use as background paper for my cards.  I cut them to 2 7/8" squares and adhered them to my note card (3x6 folded in half).

I printed and cut out the three truffles and mini cake at 2" each.  I inked the edges in Vintage Photo ink, and added a little stickles to each piece and let dry.

Before I adhered the patterned paper to the card, I wrapped a piece of 3Girl Jam 1/3 the way up the paper.  I chose the blue to bring out the bit of blue in each card.

I got the We R Memory Keepers Envelope Punch - super cool new toy!!!  I wanted to make envelopes for my little note cards.

Making the envelopes were fun, once I watched a YubeVideo on how!!

I found this Enveolope Gum at Archivers to seal the envelopes.  I just painted the glue on and let it dry.  It just needs a little water to seal.

I made a little folder to keep the card set in - this makes a great gift idea!!

I started with a piece of Kraft cardstock and cut it to 8 1/2" x 6".  Placing the paper horizontally on my Score Board, I scored 2" up from the bottom to create the pocket.

I turned the paper to score the fold lines.  I scored at 4 1/8" and 4 3/8".

I used my ATG gun to adhere the center of the bottom flap (pocket) to the spine of the folder.

I punched a hole on each side of the pocket.  I ran a piece of 3Girl Jam ribbon across the inside of the folder and used a glue dot in the spine to hold the ribbon down. 

When you close the folder, simply tie a pretty bow.

What a Yummy Gift card set!  These are great for teachers, friends or even secret pals.  I included this set in an Easter Swap gift with another paper crafter!

I also linked up my card set at Sarah Hamer Designs!!

Graduation Cards

Happy Graduation Cards!!

My middle son is graduating next month and he has a lot of friends.  I am making a LOT of graduation cards!!!  I typically don't like to mass produce my work, but in this case I would drive myself crazy (and run out of time) if I didn't!

I did use a file from Silhouette to cut out the jumping graduate and hats.  I am new to Silhouette but I still prefer the Gypsy.  I can file all of my project pieces in one place and refer back to them when I need measurements for blog posts.

I LOVE having the option to open several layers in a project too.  This project has 12 Layers and three card designs.

I used CTMH Artiste for the scalloped circle.  I sized them to 4.62 inches (3 inches using Real Size).

On one page, I hid the outer circle so I cut out the scalloped circle.  I cut these out in white cardstock.

On the second page, I hid the inner scalloped circle and cut out the shadow circle.   I cut these out in black cardstock.

I used Birthday Bash for the numbers and sized them to 1.25 inches.

I custom the colors of the numbers to match the school.  I have an entire page of 2013 to cut out in blue for my son's school.  The red and maroon are for some of his friends from other schools.

I used my 5" Xyron to put adhesive on my numbers.

I saved a piece of the leftover cuts to use as a stencil.  I placed my numbers inside the template and carefully peeled off my blue "leftover" paper.  I do this to line up my letters (or in this case numbers) perfectly every time!

I added some matching twine and stickles to finish the card front.

I punched a 2" circle and stamped the sentiment inside.

This card I did a little different on the outside.

I am off to finish the blue cards!!!

Thanks for stopping by!!

Baseball Pennant

Hi!!!  I am so excited to share my very first CricutDIVA post with you today!!  It is official - I am a DIVA!!!

My middle son is graduating from High School in just over a month (sniff, sniff).  He is also a baseball player (catcher) and I have been working very hard at making his graduation party decorations.

I was inspired by a post on Pinterest to create my centerpiece.

I started with my Gypsy Girl and opened a 12x24 mat.

I used the shadow of this pennant from Locker Talk sized to width 15.24 x height 7.12.

Once I sized the shadow layer to 7.12 inches, I put all of the pieces for the banner on layers of my Gyspy all sized to 7.12 inches.

I used watercolor paper to cut out the base of my pennant.  Watercolor paper is very sturdy and it cuts well on the cricut.  I use it for banner flags and mini album pages too.

I used multi-cut of 2 and the blade depth at 5 (which is the depth I use for cardstock). 

I put the pennant in the next layer of my Gypsy, sized the same.  I wanted the pennant to be white and the tassles to be blue, so I hung the tassles off the mats.

I cut out two in white cardstock, one for each side.  I trimmed off the edges and adhered one piece to each side of the watercolor paper layer.

In Gypsy Layer 3, I put the tassels, borders and the numbers from Varsity Letter sized to 2.28 inches.

I cut them out in blue paper (I call this shade Titan Blue for my son's high school).

In Gypsy Layer 4, I put the baseball layer from Boys Will Be Boys sized to 6.15 inches.  

On the bottom half of the mat, I put the numbers from Varsity Letter sized to 2.28 inches.

I also put the graduation cap from Recess sized to 1.82 inches.

I cut out the baseball in white cardstock and the rest in black cardstock.

I decided later I wanted a second graduation cap so I copied and pasted one to the next Gypsy layer along with the base of the baseball.  I cut them out in black cadstock.

I opened a final Gypsy layer and kept the eyeball open on the tab so I could see the baseball base (shown in grey).  I copied the baseball onto this layer and sized it to 6.74 inches to create a shadow.  I cut the layer out in blue cardstock.

I adhered the blue tassels on the pennant.  I cut several strands of twine and tied a knot in the center.  I used my ATG gun to adhere them to the blue tassels.  Once adhered, I trimmed the edges of the twine.

I used my Sew Easy to punch holes in the border piece.  I used the red and white twine to stitch around the edges. 

I pop-dotted the border piece to the pennant.

I adhered the baseball layers and pop-dotted the number 8 (Tyler's jersey number) and the graduation cap to the pennant.

I used a liquid glue pen to adhere blue and white twine to the edges of the pennant.

Here you can see the dimension.

On the other side of the pendant, I adhered the numbers and pop-dotted the second graduation cap.

Before I adhered the border to the pennant, I used ATG to adhere a wilton cookie/cake pop stick to the pennant.  I reinforced the stick with some tape.  

I pop-dotted the border on with an extra layer of pop dots to account for the height of the stick.

Here is the reverse side of the pennant.

This will be a center piece for one of the food tables at Tyler's graduation party.

Thanks for joining me today!!