Saturday, January 25, 2014
Sparkly Sooner State
I was looking through Cricut Craft Room to see if they had any new, free images out there I might like when I saw the "50 States" images again. It reminded me of a tote bag I had seen for sale a couple of weeks ago. I still had an extra bag and some left over Cricut Iron-On material from Christmas so I decided to make myself a bag instead of buying one. I added a heart over the part of the state that I call home. It was a super quick, easy, and cheap project that turned out pretty cute!
Tuesday, January 14, 2014
It's a Cinch!
Guess what I got for Christmas?! That's right, a Cinch binding tool! It is amazing and so much fun to use! I have been trying to think of things that might need binding just so I can use it. :-)
I put together a Christmas mini-album using a festive kit from Echo Park Paper Company called "Reflections Christmas". There were so many cute stickers that sometimes I had a hard time deciding which ones to use. I still might go back and add on a few more when I am attaching my photos to the pages. I also used quite a few of the chipboard pieces. They were supposed to be self-adhesive, but they weren't as sticky as I liked so I had to add a little extra glue to ensure a good bond.
After many days of anticipation while working on my mini-album, I was so excited to finally use my Cinch! I used the .625" binding wire and quickly realized it wasn't big enough. I went to 4 different stores and nobody had the 1" wire in black. I ordered it online and will replace the .625" once the 1" shows up in a week or so.
Now for the final product! (I scraplifted the cover idea and two page layouts from embellishonline.com. I hope they don't mind!)
I put together a Christmas mini-album using a festive kit from Echo Park Paper Company called "Reflections Christmas". There were so many cute stickers that sometimes I had a hard time deciding which ones to use. I still might go back and add on a few more when I am attaching my photos to the pages. I also used quite a few of the chipboard pieces. They were supposed to be self-adhesive, but they weren't as sticky as I liked so I had to add a little extra glue to ensure a good bond.
After many days of anticipation while working on my mini-album, I was so excited to finally use my Cinch! I used the .625" binding wire and quickly realized it wasn't big enough. I went to 4 different stores and nobody had the 1" wire in black. I ordered it online and will replace the .625" once the 1" shows up in a week or so.
Now for the final product! (I scraplifted the cover idea and two page layouts from embellishonline.com. I hope they don't mind!)
Wednesday, January 1, 2014
Hello 2014!
A new year and a new obsession... Cricut Iron-on! I made several of these cute tote bags as Christmas gifts for some of the girls in my family. The iron-on material is incredibly easy to use. I usually screw-up my first try on most projects, but not this one! I used the Close To My Heart Artbooking Cricut cartridge for the design and and the Plantin Schoolbook Cricut cartridge for the font.
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