Stained glass with a transparency & alcohol inks

Well, I finished both a page and card using the cut file from George and Indie Art. I still would have liked the one created with the Christmas file, but it will wait for another day, when I can afford the Christmas Noel cart. Or, perhaps I will overcome my Inkscape learning disability and I will get it done then.
Once I cut the black cardstock, I tried using colored cardstock and hated it! Here is a picture.
Very Mondrian, but not what I wanted or liked. So, I set it aside and spent the day in the sun with the boys. Then it hit me! I had some alcohol inks in my stash from Archivers. I could use those with a transparency sheet and try and get a stained glass look.




I backed the transparency with white paper before mounting it to the front of the card and the page, so that the stained glass look would show up.
The sympathy card is for a German friend and I am so thankful I had just created this file when I got the call. I think I would use this look again, for a sympathy card, a 1st communion, wedding, or other religious occasion.
Cut file here.

Church Window Cut file to Share

Please download your file here.
Ok, ok, I know I just posted, but the kids are asleep and I had a chance to create a cut file for my Christmas Card Album. I have an album, with just Christmas card photos sent by my family members over the years. I have been enjoying making pages with just one photo and the album has come together so quickly! So, this weekend I have been trying to make a church window cut file. It has not been easy! My first attempts in CDS failed when I tried to use George Basic Shapes for a circle and a font font for the number 8. I originally wanted to create a circle and then place three number eights inside to get a six petaled flower shape. Here is my first attempt, pretty but not regular enough.

Then I realized Cricut must have a snowflake or flower I could use inside to get the look I wanted. So, after browsing the cartridges I found the look I wanted in the Christmas cartridge. Problem is, I don't have this cart! So I will try to borrow it from a friend, but in the meantime, please feel free to download this file. Please don't share the file, ask your friends to visit my site to download and please leave your kind words in the comments. You will need George, and the Christmas carts. Be sure that the portions of the ornament of from the Christmas cartridge are hidden when you open the file, as there are some bugs with the DS and Hide Line Contour.
I will try and post the page, if I can find a friend who has the cart! You can see my screen preview in the meantime. I am thinking of cutting it in black cardstock, and using multiple colors underneath.

Contest Closed. Another give away at Creating from the Heart

Well it has been awhile since I posted a link to a contest, not too many to share. Finally, I found one, at Keepsakes by Melissa.

Can't Scrap Just One Photo!

I have been scrapbooking now for over 10 years, and until last year, I never made an album with more than one page with only one photo on it. I take lots of pictures and all of them are valuable to me! Maybe it is because I have such a large family and I want to include everyone!
So, today I am sharing a method for including many photos on a two page spread. The pages I created here are from my sister's 40th birthday. She and her husband were blessed with a surprise baby after they had handed down or sold all of their baby items. So, when it came time for our traditional weekend away to celebrate big birthdays that I take with all of my six sisters, we conspired to throw her a birthday party and surprise baby shower.
My method to scrap all of these photos: a matchbook mini-album! I took the mini-album provided by my photo developer and cut off the ugly plastic cover. I then created a matchbook cover and attached my photos; in the mini-album sleeves, with eyelets. I love the look of a prize ribbon, and have made them using flowers or circles and ribbons. Once I had glued everything, I inserted the page into my page cover and carefully, cut my 12 x 12 page protector so that the minialbum could be viewed.
I used the m & m ribbon left over from a Christmas candy gift, because my sisters and I, all have the first name Mary, and it just seemed to go with that! We all use our middle names, because of course, Mom's name was Mary too!
The first photo is the first page in the 2 page spread, the second photo is a close up of the minialbum, the third photo is the whole page and the fourth photo is the mini album opened up. My page title was Fabulous @ 40 and I thought it called for a bit of bling!

Michael Miller inspiration

While shopping for Cricut Cover fabric today, I found this fabric from Michael Miller and knew I needed a new cut file. Found the fabric on Ebay at Emerald City Fabrics. I love her store and her end of bolt bonus cuts!
So here is my card made with an adjustable scalloped swirl from Accent Essentials and George.
I have a cut file and am willing to share, but please don't sell it or make something to sell from my file. Also, please don't share the file, ask your scrapping friends to visit my site and download it from here. Do you know that I had 115 people download my scalloped marquee and only five left comments. Please leave me your encouragement if you download! Thanks!
Here is the cut file.

Cat Close up

I just realized this morning, that you can't see the cats in this fabric. So, here is a close up. I just love the graphic styling of this fabric and all the colors! There is one cat visible on either side of the flap, an accidental but happy placement! To see any of my photos close up, just left click on them!

Cricut & Cat Lovers Rejoice!

Just finished up this Expression Cover for a customer. She loved my hand bag style for the baby bug and wanted it for the Expression. So, I worked a pattern and here is my first handbag style Expression Cover. She sent me a list of colors she liked and off to Tammy Tadd I went. Wouldn't you know that I would be attracted to Wendy Slotboom's work again! She is a designer for In the Begining Fabrics. So, I sent her five choices and she chose the cats. She also requested lace and bling. So, I added those in the flap embelly. So, happy with the results!