tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17999763451896064682024-02-21T06:33:29.475+02:00Hello SunshineAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04290601790500074436noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1799976345189606468.post-3086598086884894962014-08-08T09:24:00.000+02:002014-08-08T09:24:31.671+02:00Scrap-a-Doodles Design Team Finals 2014<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Thank you so much to Scrap-a-Doodles for choosing me as one of the 10 finalists for the Design Team Auditions! It's such an honor to be in the company of the other 9 hugely talented finalists!!!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This is my audition for the final round and I created a video tutorial of the project I made. I'm also including a printable document if you want to follow the instructions and make this project on your own. This document can be found <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/sh/cir1604n30hyobt/AABL0e7DyT6DR2VirijmShAsa" target="_blank">here</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I designed a mini album that fits inside a box photo frame - this can be displayed in your home as a decorative piece. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The pages are very interactive and it was such a fun project to create.</span>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Here is a peak inside this mini album - I used black & white photos as this adds to the vintage feel of the album.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: xx-small;">- <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Box photo frame: Heidi Swapp</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">- Pattern paper: Heidi Swapp - Color Pop, Heidi Swapp - Vintage Chick, American Crafts - </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">- Embellishments: Heidi Swapp - Color Shine Ephemera, Heidi Swapp - Banner delights, Heidi Swapp - Mixed Company Ephemera</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">- Spray mists: Prima Marketing Color Bloom (Cotton Candy, Storm Cloud), Heidi Swapp Color Shine (Coral, Blush)</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">- Doilies: Dovecraft lace doilies</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Thank you once again to Scrap-a-Doodles for the opportunity to audition for this team and choosing me as one of the 10 finalists - it truly is a huge honor! </span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hello and welcome to my blog! I am so excited to share my projects with you as part of my application to the Scrap-a-Doodles Design Team. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I decided to share different types of projects with you to give you an indication of my crafting style and what type of projects I love to create.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The first project is a hybrid project that I created for The Digi Chick. I was part of the Kelleigh Ratzlaff design team and they noticed my love for 3-dimensional projects and asked me to create a special project for their annual "Homecoming parade". I created a float using some of Kelleigh's designs and cut files, namely; a strawberry cut file that I converted into a fish and a lobster, a pinwheel cut file and a cupcake cut file that I converted into a shell.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The first project I created for Kelleigh Ratzlaff's team was a carousel using her cupcake template cut file.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The next project is a scrapbook page I created for the Jenni Bowlin Design Team. Scrapbooking is my favourite hobby as this not only allows me to use the awesome products that are available in the market, but I also want to preserve the special memories that are captured in the photos that I take with my digital camera or cellphone.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The next project is another scrapbook layout using Heidi Swapp's products. To say I'm a huge fan of Heidi's products is an understatement! I love Heidi's innovative scrapbook products and it's such a reflection of her personality and style.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">- Pattern paper: Heidi Swapp Serendipity</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I love creating mini albums and therefore I'm submitting a recent project I created using 6x6 paper and various mixed media techniques.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">- Pattern paper: Maggie Holmes Flea Market, Amy Tangerine Sketchbook, Heidi Swapp Serendipity, Hedi Swapp Hello Today, Heidi Swapp Color Magic Paper, Heidi Swapp Sugar Chick</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For my last submission, I created a few handmade cards. I am a firm believer in giving </span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">handmade cards to</span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> friends and family - it just adds that special touch to a gift.</span><br />
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everyone and welcome to my blog!!! Today I'm taking part in <strong><span style="color: #666666;">Lori Whitlock's Creative Team</span></strong> blog
hop.</span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #666666;"> If you are coming from Lisa's blog, you are in the
right place. If you've just stumbled upon my post, then I'd love it if you'd
start at the beginning, <a href="http://www.loriwhitlock.com/blog/" target="_blank">HERE</a></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The most difficult part of scrapbooking for me is choosing a layout design. So imagine my excitement when Lori released layout templates in svg format - which means I can cut the templates out using my Silhouette Cameo! There are various templates to choose from in her shop and the only difficulty is deciding which paper and photos to use.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I used the <a href="http://www.loriwhitlock.com/shop/index.php?route=product/product&path=64_95&product_id=989" target="_blank">Four Seasons Spring Layout</a> template and <a href="http://www.jessicasprague.com/index.php?page=shop.product_details&flypage=flypage.pbv.tabs.tpl&product_id=2426&category_id=138&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=565" target="_blank">Lori's Patriotic Picnic collection</a> available at Jessica Sprague. </span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04290601790500074436noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1799976345189606468.post-52123498885836172492013-01-25T19:51:00.000+02:002013-01-25T19:51:01.800+02:00Mini folder<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I am a huge fan of Heidi Swapp's new memory file concept - you can fit so many photos in one layout. I thought I will create my own memory file with <a href="http://www.loriwhitlock.com/shop/index.php?route=product/product&path=17_93&product_id=271" target="_blank">Lori Whitlock's file folders</a> using my Cameo to cut the folder.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana;">Lori will also be releasing a new digital paper collection over at Jessica Sprague today and there are 5 different colours to choose from - these papers are gorgeous!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana;">This layout was super easy to assemble and the most difficult part was choosing my photos to use in the folder.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana;">As I mentioned in my previous post, I recently joined the Jenni Bownlin Digital Creative Team. I decided to be brave and for my first project create a mix media project with Jenni's latest digital collection - Family Tree. This collection is available at Jessica Sprague.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana;">I started off by printing two sheets of the paper using my colour printer and adhering these two sheets to my canvas using mod podge.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Speaking of 2013 being amazing...I was chosen to be part of Jenni Bowlin's Creative Team!!! How exciting!! I am a huge fan of Jenni's vintage style and can't wait to use her digital and traditional products to create projects.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I don't believe in new year's resolutions, but one thing I am hoping to achieve in 2013 is to have more blog posts. This will be an easy one to achieve I'm sure, seeing that I will be part of two new amazing Creative Teams (Lori Whitlock and Jenni Bowlin) I will be required to post my projects on a weekly basis. I'm really looking forward to sharing more of my projects, tips and techniques with everyone in this new year.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My first project for this new year was created with Lori's latest paper collection - Kiss Me. This is the perfect collection for Valentines Day!</span><br />
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</span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I am so excited to announce that I will be part of Lori Whitlock's Creative Team from January 2013! Ever since I bought my Silhouette Cameo, I've been a huge fan of Lori Whitlock's cutting files in the <a href="http://www.silhouetteonlinestore.com/php/?page=view-artist&artist_id=20509" target="_blank">Silhouette Online Store</a> and I am so thrilled to be part of her amazing Creative Team!! Not only does she create the cutest cutting files, but she also designs scrapbooking products for Echo Park Paper and digital scrapbooking at <a href="http://www.jessicasprague.com/index.php?option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=565" target="_blank">Jessica Sprague</a>, to name a few. She is such a talented artist!</span><br />
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</span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I used the <a href="http://www.loriwhitlock.com/shop/index.php?route=product/product&filter_name=mini%20album&product_id=674" target="_blank">accordion fold binding mini album</a> file to create this project. The paper is a digital collection from <span style="background-color: yellow;">Jenni Bowlin Studio</span> that I printed using my colour printer. I cut the files using my Silhouette Cameo and it was so fun and easy to assemble. </span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The album measures approximately 7.5"x5.75"x1.5" upon completion. This</span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> is a great gift idea - the person that you giving this to can just add photos and journaling. </span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04290601790500074436noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1799976345189606468.post-34405522244939694182012-08-18T22:34:00.000+02:002012-10-17T10:23:54.004+02:00DigiChick Homecoming Parade Float<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If you follow my blog, you would have noticed that I love creating 3D hybrid projects and I always turn to that type of craft when I need some inspiration.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana;">Her instructions to me were to use a combination of templates from Kelleigh Ratzlaff (as I am one of her creative team members) and papers & elements from only one designer in <a href="http://www.thedigichick.com/shop/" target="_blank">The Digichick Shop</a>. I chose to work with Designs by Dani and opted for a "Under the Sea"-theme.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana;">What a fun project - it really got my creative juices flowing!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">- Digital Die-cutting machine: Silhouette Cameo</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">- Paper: Mermaid Lagoon by Megan Turnidge</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana;">Hop on over to the <a href="http://www.thedigichick.com/forums/showthread.php?40277-2012-Homecoming-Parade" target="_blank">DigiChick forum</a> for some great specials and enjoy the rest of the parade!</span><br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04290601790500074436noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1799976345189606468.post-18544357199402713592012-08-16T13:56:00.001+02:002012-08-16T13:56:42.340+02:00Shrink Plastic<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I recently discovered the magic of Shrink Plastic and have been creating my own jewelry pieces and pinned some great examples on my Pinterest boards. This is super fun for young and old!!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Trebuchet MS;">And to follow some ideas on my Pinterest board: <a href="http://pinterest.com/vdberro/jewelry/">http://pinterest.com/vdberro/jewelry/</a></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Today I want to share a mini album I created using the Echo Park Everyday Eclectic collection that will be released in <a href="http://www.jessicasprague.com/" target="_blank">Jessica Sprague's</a> website next week. This album was so easy to create as I just glued 6 pieces of pattern paper back-to-back and created a cover to cover the album.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana;">For this project, I used Kelleigh's <a href="http://www.thedigichick.com/shop/Perfect-Pumpkin-Cutting-Files.html" target="_blank">Perfect Pumpkin Cutting file</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I used my Silhouette Cameo to cut the SVG file. I resized the lid and bottom so that the lid will be larger than the bottom. The lid will form the balloon part of the project and the bottom will be the basket.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I then glued these wires to the lid so that the top piece will be suspended from the bottom piece. </span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The final step was to decorate the project with embellishments - I used the print and cut functionality of the Cameo for this. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #666666;">Hi everyone and welcome to my blog!!! Today I'm taking part in the <strong><span style="color: #a64d79;">Kelleigh Ratzlaff's Seed Packet Card</span></strong> blog hop.</span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #666666;"> If you are coming from Rachel's blog, you are in the right place. If you've just stumbled upon my post, then I'd love it if you'd start at the beginning, </span></span><a href="http://kelleighratzlaff.com/" target=""><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">HERE</span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This blog hop<span style="background-color: white;"> features</span> a sneak peek at one of Kelleigh's new paper craft templates. You can enjoy a great line up with some amazingly talented ladies and the AWESOME designs of this new file in the hop, then you can go create your own project and post it on facebook. The file can be purchased <u><a href="http://www.thedigichick.com/shop/Seed-Packet-Card-Template-and-Cutting-Files.html" target="_blank">here</a></u>. This card is so versatile and easy to assemble and can be used for any occasion. Here's my card and the supplies I used to create this card:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Used the Silhouette Cameo to cut the template:</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">- Template: Kelleigh Ratzlaff Seed Packet Card</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">- Patterned Paper: Trim Craft (First Edition New Leaf)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138; font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">- Chipboard Butterflies: Scrapbook King</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138; font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">- Digital stamp: Tiddly Inks (Wryn Spring Bling)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138; font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">- Alcohol ink markers: Spectrum Noir</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138; font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">- Doily: Doily lace by Jamie Koay - Silhouette Online Store</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138; font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">- Paint: Making Memories</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">- Cardstock: Bazzil Basics</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138; font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">- Glue: Heritage Scrapbook Glue</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana;">Here's what you need to do for a chance to win <span style="background-color: white;">one of two $10 gift certificates to Kelleigh's store. </span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><em>Become a follower of my blog and please leave me a comment with your e-mail address and if you have a blog, include your blog address in the comment. I'd love to visit and become a follower of you, too! </em></span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Alright, it's time for you to head over to </span><a href="http://scrappydonna.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="background-color: white; color: #3d85c6; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Donna's blog</span></a><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> to see what she created. Remember: the more blogs you comment on, the more chances you have of winning</span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">. The deadline for comments is Thursday, 26 April 2012 at 9pm Eastern Time.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Here's the blog hop lineup, just in case you get lost along the way: </span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Kelleigh Ratzlaff - </span><a href="http://kelleighratzlaff.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">http://kelleighratzlaff.com/</span></a></div>
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Hybrid Chick/Pattie - </span><a href="http://www.thehybridchick.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">http://www.thehybridchick.com</span></a><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Ria - </span><a href="http://www.dragonmagic.nl/" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">http://www.dragonmagic.nl/</span></a><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Nikki - </span><a href="http://onefaithfulstep.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">http://onefaithfulstep.blogspot.com</span></a><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Andrea - </span><a href="http://www.boyerville.net/" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">http://www.boyerville.net/</span></a><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Rabogner - </span><a href="http://rcbogner.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">http://rcbogner.blogspot.com/</span></a><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong><span style="color: #a64d79;">Roelien</span></strong> - </span><a href="http://hellosunshinecreations.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">http://hellosunshinecreations.blogspot.com/</span></a> <span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>You are here</strong></span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Donna - </span><a href="http://scrappydonna.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">http://scrappydonna.blogspot.com/</span></a> <span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>Next stop</strong></span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Cathy - </span><a href="http://scrappycath.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">http://scrappycath.blogspot.com/</span></a><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Elise -<span style="color: blue;"> </span></span><a href="http://elisespieces.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">http://elisespieces.com</span></a><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Ceci V - </span><a href="http://www.craftinginthenight.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">http://www.craftinginthenight.com/</span></a><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Michelle P - </span><a href="http://ladyofleisureink.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">http://ladyofleisureink.blogspot.com/</span></a><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Joana - </span><a href="http://joanastamps.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">http://joanastamps.blogspot.com</span></a><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>Thanks so much for taking the time to hop with me today! </strong></span><br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04290601790500074436noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1799976345189606468.post-74845317870785313242012-04-01T16:22:00.001+02:002012-04-01T16:24:06.873+02:00Boys and their Toys<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I'm back with another project using Kelleigh Ratzlaff's templates and I actually used more than one template this time. The most challenging part was making something for the boys this time around.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I started off by selecting the mini mailbox template and asked myself what can I make with this shape. And the most obvious choice was either a train or a tractor. I opted for the tractor project. I used the following templates from Kelleigh's designs:</span><br />
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<ul><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.thedigichick.com/shop/Mini-Mailbox-Cutting-Files.html">The mini mailbox cutting file</a>;</span></li>
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I imported the svg file into my Silhouette Designer Edition software and ungrouped all the shapes in this file. I deleted all the other shapes and only cut the box part of the template.</span><br />
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</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04290601790500074436noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1799976345189606468.post-72740877427202519662012-03-12T21:51:00.000+02:002012-03-12T21:51:08.483+02:00Piano Box<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">It's been a while since I posted a blog but unfortunately I also have a day job that keeps me busy most of the day and which brings it's own challenges and deadlines. But I'm happy to be posting this blog post from my new craft buddy....my Apple iMac. This computer changed the way I craft and edit photos and I know there will be a huge learning curve for me as I've always just worked on a PC. I'm looking forward to become a complete Mac-addict! :-)</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I opened the svg file in my Silhouette Designer Software and removed the circle so as not to cut a circle in the house. I cut the template on cardstock using my Cameo.</span><br />
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For this, I cut the lid part of a <a href="http://www.silhouetteonlinestore.com/v2/viewShape.aspx?id=24613">3d box</a> that is available at the Silhouette Online Store. I then adhered the house to the lid using paper glue.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMdkoZ4H7cfmkzCsInZGuqfL1Tejzmhyn2h69K-0qcOTPLXnQ1-1WLLcOdL8qkXolZQg8FNIYxLolprsVc1jSwk1drrXOMERu93lQ_oik0cG34NEIVLsyOppt2DeBE2DtsnJyiZVwDvIc/s1600/Box+lid.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMdkoZ4H7cfmkzCsInZGuqfL1Tejzmhyn2h69K-0qcOTPLXnQ1-1WLLcOdL8qkXolZQg8FNIYxLolprsVc1jSwk1drrXOMERu93lQ_oik0cG34NEIVLsyOppt2DeBE2DtsnJyiZVwDvIc/s320/Box+lid.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I printed some forest characters using my colour printer and cut it out and adhered it to the lid. I used the Cameo to cut out two <a href="http://www.silhouetteonlinestore.com/v2/viewShape.aspx?id=22551">3d-christmas trees</a> and glued it to the lid as well. I made the yellow bird using air dry clay. I printed the clock face clip art on my printer and the dials were adhered using a brad.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirVv07w8AxZh-2Nz21NpD2LoGfrwOuCnS1Gh6sXOX2t3ArvgYuyEmfvprmafqXLsJeClYEZjAnOB2OrqrNVwycByodBw_nKINbdbs12Lwx8YMZjDekzuVOXwmGf6jExRWGLg4dQbaehJM/s1600/Characters.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="244" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirVv07w8AxZh-2Nz21NpD2LoGfrwOuCnS1Gh6sXOX2t3ArvgYuyEmfvprmafqXLsJeClYEZjAnOB2OrqrNVwycByodBw_nKINbdbs12Lwx8YMZjDekzuVOXwmGf6jExRWGLg4dQbaehJM/s320/Characters.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">What is a cuckoo clock without pine cones? I used the Cameo to cut out two <a href="http://www.silhouetteonlinestore.com/v2/viewShape.aspx?id=15050">3d ornaments</a> and fastened a piece of twine to the top part of the ornament. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyFlFmcWP0YZRX2who6-9gs_xmZ83j6gaUwYBnRMBcpwJzsBShPBN8Wu4ACX6oQrW9Y-2f18QG9lILPDyV4LnT7-F6mM9qeLTkY9047hDjjZ9JtL0GIQytE_V5h158g4UXRdYe36ZzZoI/s1600/Cones.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyFlFmcWP0YZRX2who6-9gs_xmZ83j6gaUwYBnRMBcpwJzsBShPBN8Wu4ACX6oQrW9Y-2f18QG9lILPDyV4LnT7-F6mM9qeLTkY9047hDjjZ9JtL0GIQytE_V5h158g4UXRdYe36ZzZoI/s320/Cones.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">To hang the pine cones from the clock, I attached the twine to the lid by pulling it through the bottom using a needle and making knot so as to prevent it from slipping through the hole.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmIBx01GbkOFY2oQWclyQNAaWDev6YBbMC-UYTvm34bLmieRfsZabZvv-BG8wrrJib-BojAafjn8GIYGU86DNxbQsHjkj4ucz78XfGYdyXPUCWnV8RQTJymuFaDAG-bu0IMO-xnhKMkbE/s1600/Cord.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="309" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmIBx01GbkOFY2oQWclyQNAaWDev6YBbMC-UYTvm34bLmieRfsZabZvv-BG8wrrJib-BojAafjn8GIYGU86DNxbQsHjkj4ucz78XfGYdyXPUCWnV8RQTJymuFaDAG-bu0IMO-xnhKMkbE/s320/Cord.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">The weekend was all about taking photos with my new zoom lens and I ended up with some nice photos if I may say so myself. The photos of the lions were taken on the first evening when we took a drive before the gates closed. The gates closed at 18:30 and we came across these two male lions at 18:15 and it was still a bit of drive to the camp from where we found them. We could not spend too much time admiring them, but I managed to take some awesome close-ups.</span><br />
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</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04290601790500074436noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1799976345189606468.post-40354937197809542012012-02-20T21:46:00.006+02:002012-04-04T19:37:26.400+02:00Happy Monday<span style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">What a busy weekend!!! My boyfriend's (Terence) sisters came to visit all the way from the Isle of Man and the family had a get together on Saturday. We had a braai (more commonly known as a barbecue) and just had such a nice time catching up with the family.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">As a result I had very little time to craft and when I sat down in my studio on Sunday, I just knew I had to finish at least one project so that I can feel I at least accomplished something. Since I became part of Kelleigh's creative team, I have all these ideas in my head of what I want to make with her cutting files, so when I get time to sit down and craft, I just can't stop until the project is complete. Her files are so easy to use that it does not take long to assemble the template! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="color: #444444;">The cupcake shaped box, which is the most popular cutting file in her shop, was on my list of projects to assemble. When Kelleigh send me an email informing me that I have been chosen to be part of the team, she stated that she wants new members to play with her templates in unique ways. I then decided to turn this cupcake shaped box into a carousel using my Silhouette Cameo.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="color: #444444;">I started off by importing the svg file into the Studio Designer Edition. I then cut it using the Cameo.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">After it was cut, I removed it from the cutting mat and cut the base part (cup) from the top part. I assembled the two pieces separately. Below is the cup after I assembled it. </span><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">These images were now ready to be printed and cut. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR_NkXB827mmyaZibGZiWGghn7lNOJJGd3BD-4TFFz3Ut-c7T_tU4OyVBoc4xefXbB7aZyT9SiQU9w4D62zjBqxiTzrUQ6aR5FCc9aXEvi56tQVzheyzgUrN3H7tTdSOLlMADCXRkeYyY/s1600/Horses.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="234" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR_NkXB827mmyaZibGZiWGghn7lNOJJGd3BD-4TFFz3Ut-c7T_tU4OyVBoc4xefXbB7aZyT9SiQU9w4D62zjBqxiTzrUQ6aR5FCc9aXEvi56tQVzheyzgUrN3H7tTdSOLlMADCXRkeYyY/s320/Horses.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I adhered the horses to toothpicks, which I painted and inserted into the top of the cup.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I assembled the roof of the carousel and decorated it with rhinestones and flags. The flags is a shape from the Silhouette Online Store and was cut using the Cameo. I cut a few rosettes with the Cameo and adhered it to the sides of the cup. I attached the roof to the pole using my hot glue gun.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I hope this inspired you to go and try new things with Kelleigh's designs. They are so versatile and fun to play with!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i style="color: #6fa8dc; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: small;">Supplies used:</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;"><i>Paper: Trim Craft - Bird Song</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;"><i>Cardstock: Bazzill Basics</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;"><i>Glue: Heritage Scrapbook Glue</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04290601790500074436noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1799976345189606468.post-75845367400694845762012-02-15T21:23:00.001+02:002012-02-15T21:37:27.400+02:00Milk Carton and Announcement<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">A few days ago I came across a Team Members Call to work with </span><span style="color: #02a4eb; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;"><a href="http://kelleighratzlaff.com/">Kelleigh Ratzlaff's designs</a></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">. I sent her my application with a couple of pictures of my favorite projects. Kelleigh replied to my application right away and invited me to join her team!! How exciting! I am thrilled to be working with her files. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">My first project was the<a href="http://www.thedigichick.com/shop/Milk-Carton-Cutting-Files.html"> </a></span><span style="color: #02a4eb; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;"><a href="http://www.thedigichick.com/shop/Milk-Carton-Cutting-Files.html">milk carton file from her store</a></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">. For this project I used the New Leaf paper from Trim Craft. I altered it to create a mixed media project. I played around with various techniques as taught by <a href="http://christytomlinson.typepad.com/">Christy Tomlinson</a> in her She Art workshops.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">This was a really fun project and can't wait to play with the next cutting file!</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';"><span style="line-height: 19px;">And last but not least....a special thank you to my friend Tania for designing the gorgeous logo for my craft business - she is truly brilliant at what she does!</span></span></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04290601790500074436noreply@blogger.com0