February Blog Hop

 Welcome to the February Blog Hop! Not sure where January went but here we are trudging into February full force. Today I made a fun little treat container. I used the Mini Coffee Cup Carrier found HERE.

I used Echo Park Paper's Valentine's Day collection that Lori Whitlock designed found HERE.

The file comes with the cut for the wrap for the cups too. It's such a great little file.

Blog Hop Order:

• Lori Whitlock
• Brandie Adams
• Cathy Harper
• Chelsea VanWyk <-- you are here
• Sue Kment
• Noelene Apap
• Holly Jo Hodgson Taylor

Don't forget to use the code below for 30% off any digital file in the store found HERE. 

Enter HERE to win $20 in store credit.

Also don't forget the free file this week.

Thanks for stopping by and happy crafting!

Love You Gnome Matter What

 Happy Monday everyone. Can you believe it's February already? That means Valentine's crafts! Today I made this little treat box to share.

I used 3D Gnome Treat Box found HERE. Then I messed with the contours on his hat to remove the stars and added 1 of the Nesting Hearts found HERE to make his hat Valentine Day worthy.  I used Echo Park Company's Valentine's Day paper designed by Lori Whitlock.

I loaded the little box with goodies and a giftcard and it's ready to be gifted.  

Thanks for stopping by and happy crafting!

 

5x7 Shutter Card tutorial

 Happy Thursday everyone!! I'm here with a quick and easy tutorial for you all today.

Here in South Dakota, at least my side of the state, we still haven't had any snow. So I created this fun little shutter card in hopes of encourging the snow to fly. We also all need a reminder that even the easiest cards bases can turn out super cute and detailed. I used the 5x7 Shutter Card found HERE. Its such a fun little card base. My paper is from Echo Park Company. It's Lori Whitlock's Winter Fun line found HERE.

As usual get all your pieces cut and organized.

The base itself gets folded on the score lines like the below photo.

Add your first patterened paper to the base remebering there is a bit of a mat on the base so don't line your patterned paper to the edge.

Go ahead and add your 2nd patterened paper like shown.

And add your white piece to the center. I did use some pop dots to pop mine up a little.

Decorate your card as you see fit. I used some chipboard stickers and some regular stickers. Again I used pop dots to give my cute fox some dimention. I also added some enamel dots for a little more fun and detail on the card. 

 

How cute is this card with such a simple and easy card base?!

 

Thanks for stopping by and Happy Crafting!

January Blog Hop

 

HOW is it January ALREADY?! That means January birthdays! I made this Flexi Card Happy Birthday found HERE. I didn't realize how easy these were to make. (I did flip the orientation on my card.)

I used Lori Whitlock's new paper line with Echo Park Paper called Party Animal. This line can be found HERE. Such great colors in this line.

How fun is this card? I love the flexi pieces.

Finished my card off with this cute little balloon puppy from the sticker sheet.

Don't forget to use the code below to get this and any other fun SVG's 305 off.

Blog list:

• Lori Whitlock
• Traci Penrod
• Brandie Adams
• Cathy Harper
• Chelsea VanWyk <-- you are here
• Sue Kment
• Noelene Apap
• Holly Jo Hodgson Taylor

Go HERE to enter for a chance to win store credit. The below shows the free SVG this week. 

Thanks for stopping by and happy crafting!

Santa's Cookies Layout

 And the countdown to Christmas is on! Who's ready? NOT ME!! But I did take a great cookie decorating class recently to have some cute Christmas cookies and what a better way to show everyone the cookies than creating a layout!

I used the Echo Park Paper line that Lori designed called Santa Clause found HERE.

I used 3D Cookies For Santa SVG from Lori's website found HERE. But instead of making it a card, I added a background to the words and used it as a title. I cut one of the cookies and turned it into a shaker piece for one of my embelishments.  The rest of my embelishments were sickers and chipboard pieces from the paper collection.

Thanks for stopping by and Happy Crafting!

December Blog Hop

 

Welcome to our Deember Blog Hop!!

Today I created a layout using a photo of my adorable grandbabies and some of Lori's great files.

I used the Trees Background Lace (found HERE) 

Then I layered the background on some of Echo Park's Santa Clause line (found HERE).

I embelished with some Nested Star cuts (found HERE) as well as some stickers from the paper collection and some Ephemra. I also used a brad and some enamel dots from the collection as well.

 

I absolutely LOVE the detail of the lace. It cut nice and clean and was easy to weed. 

Use the code below to get your Christmas cuts at 30% off.

Don't forget to enter to win $20 in store credit by going to Lori's BLOG.

Hop List:

• Lori Whitlock
• Traci Penrod
• Cathy Harper
• Chelsea VanWyk <-- you are here
• Sue Kment
• Noelene Apap
• Holly Jo Hodgson Taylor

Thanks for stopping by and Happy Crafting!

Canning Label Tutorial

 I plant a large garden every year and then every fall I do a lot of canning. As you remember I did a cute tutorial awhile back for a canning jar box and so I thought I would elaborate on the way I use my Cricut with my canning.  For everything I can, I made labels for the lids so I thought I would share how I do that.

First, I went and downloaded the Circle 1 Dingbats Font  (you could also use Circle 2 Dingats Font) and install it on my computer. 

I then open a new project on my Cricut and add a circle shape. 2.4 inches for wide mouth and 2 inches for regular mouth. I also like to turn the color to a light color so I can see my dingbat over top.

Then I add text and change my font to LW Circle 1 Dingbats. I selected the letter E for my dingbat

I then shrink my dingbat down to fit within my circle. This ended up being 1.845 x 1.868 on a regular mouth sized label. 

Then I change my Operation from basic cut to pen. I use the .4 mm fine point pen.

I then go in and add text as to what's in my jar. The top font is LW Thankful and the bottom is LW Longhand. 

Make sure to change your operation again to pen.

I will add the year as well. Once I have everything on my label and layed out how I want it, and everything except the circle (shown in pink) is changed to pen, I select the entire label, circle, words, dingbat, and on the bottom right, I click "attach".

This keeps everything in place on the label when cutting and drawing the label. 

At this point, you can select the label you have created and copy and paste it to make more of that same label. You can also copy and paste it and increase or decrease the size the make both regular mouth and wide mouth labels.

If you would rather have a cute label for the jar instead of the lid, the Label Shape Bundles 1-5 would make great jar labels (instead of using the circle). I also used the Mason Jar Dingbats on the label from the labels shape bundle below. 

This is what it looks like all drawn and cut and on my jars. 

Thanks for stopping by and happy crafting!

October Blog Hop

 

Welcome everyone to the October blog hop! As most people are prepping for halloween, I needed a birthday card so I whipped this cute little Easel Card Birthday Beehive together. It turned out so cute and it was so easy to put together. 

I used Echo Park Firefly line and it was perfect for this card.

I also popped my bees and flowers up for a little dimention.

Use the code below to get this, or any other adorable cut file for 30% off.

Don't forget to enter to win. Enter HERE.

Blog list:

• Lori Whitlock
• Brandie Adams
• Cathy Harper
• Chelsea VanWyk <-- you are here
• Sue Kment
• Tamara Tigchelaar
• Holly Jo Hodgson Taylor

Thanks for stopping by and Happy Crafting!