A Bit Geometric Contemporary with a Touch of Western!

Inside of Card

Something a bit different from me today!  I wanted to go with something a bit contemporary with the geometric shapes.  It also came off with a bit a a western influence with the chosen colors!

I see myself doing this again and changing it up a bit to go further Western in theme.  Stay tuned for that one!  ;)

Check out the video below to see how this was created in Cricut Design Space using only shapes and fonts!

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Material List:

 White Cardstock

CTMH Autumn Terra Cotta Cardstock

Black Gems

Adhesives: ATG

Cricut Design Space: Design and Print then Cut; Offset; Shapes

Cricut Access: Text Fonts inside card - BFC French Bread; Confetti + Sprinkles

Cricut Standard Mat

Cricut Maker

 Sharing with these challenges:  

613 Avenue Create:  AG

 Dragonfly Dreams:  Masculine

Place to Start:  Anything But A Card or AG

Perfect Time to Craft:  AG

Sparkles:  Masculine

Creative Crafters:  AG

Dragonfly Dreams:  Masculine

Crafty Calendar:  All About the Men/Boys

Crafty Catz:  AG

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Six Embellishments

 As we meander a Path of Positivity, we are talking about numbers this year! Of course, you can share anything positive you like, the theme is always optional.

Due to unforeseen illness, the PoP June challenge has been delayed.  My best wishes for recovery go out to my dear friend, Lisa.  

The challenge has been posted!  Please come share your makes!

Remember, you may share any sort of artistic medium over at PoP:  writing, cards, journals, scrapbooking, painting, sewing, baking, needle crafts, etc as long as it is positive.  The theme is always optional.  

This month we are inspired by the number 6 with an optional theme of using 6 embellishments!  Be sure to visit Path of Positivity for a description of this!  

Check out the video below for more information.

 Material List

Digital Paper Sande Woodson

White Cardstock

Eyelet We R Memory Keepers

White Ribbon

Blue Ribbon

   Blue Embroidery Floss

CTMH Blue Gems

Adhesives: Double Score Tape; Fabric-Tac

Cricut Design Space: Shapes

CDS Access: Wedding Dress-Divine Wedding; Wedding Dress-Tiptop Graphic; Label-CTMH Artiste

Cricut Standard Mat

Cricut Maker

My tag is off to the following challenges:  

Ally's Angels:  AG

Classic Design:  AG

Christmas (or not) BINGO:  G-Wedding, free, Ribbon

Crafting from the Art:  AG

Double Trouble:  Thing 1~ Anniversary or Wedding

CD Sunday Plus:  AG using a USB, CD, or Digital 

AllSorts:  AG

Crafty Catz:  AG

613 Avenue Create:  May Flowers or AG

Place to Start:  Anything But A Card or AG

Die Cut Divas:  AG with a Die Cut

Crafts Galore Encore:  AG

Love to Craft:  AG

A Cut Above:  AG with a Die Cut

The Outlawz Twisted:  Color Option

TAG-ALONG (and atc's):  Add Some Text

Be sure to come over and see 

what the team thinks about our optional twist.  

You can also find more information about entering the challenge.  

Thanks to Scribbles Designs for sponsoring our Monthly Random Prize.

  

Thanks for stopping by!  Make yourself at home and feel free to peruse other posts/pages, leave a comment, and/or check out my Pinterest and YouTube Channel.        

"Let's Play" over at The Outlawz AbaC!

 Time for a new challenge at The Outlawz Anything but a Card.  This is a fun month over at AbaC because we have an optional theme:  Let's Play!  The idea is to make a craft with a kid or make a craft you loved as a kid!  AND...kids can play along!  

I've chosen to go with a messy craft made with my grandgirl, Cass!  Check out the video below to see all the fun we had making this bookmark.

A huge thank you to Cass for her work on this video and project!  

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 Material List

Teal Ribbon from Stash

Shaving Cream 

White Cardstock

CTMH Inks:  Sky, Blush, Honey

Adironda Inks:  Lettuce, Purple Twilight

CTMH Shimmer Trim

CTMH Cardstock Sky

Cuttle Bug Embossing Folder

Adhesives: ATG; Bearly Arts Glue

Plastic Bookmark Sleeve from Kitchen Sink Stamps

Cricut Design Space: Curly Line-Cute Clipart and Things; Flower-Okadee SVG; Balloon String-Dottie Digitals; Bunny And Daffodil-Mihaela BlackCat

CDS Access: Shapes; Text-BFC Fantasy Stencil

Cricut Standard Mat

Cricut Maker

I'm sharing with these challenges:

Classic Design:  AG

Crafting from the Art:  AG

Crafty Catz:  AG

Critter Crazy:

613 Avenue Create:  May Flowers or AG

Place to Start:  Anything But A Card or AG

Die Cut Divas:  AG with a Die Cut

Crafts Galore Encore:  AG

AllSorts:  AG

Love to Craft:  AG

Ally's Angels:  AG

A Cut Above:  AG with a Die Cut

Lil red wagon:  Create Your Own Background

Perfect Time to Craft:  AG

The Outlawz Twisted:  AG option

TAG-ALONG (and atc's):  Add Some Text

Be sure to visit  The Outlawz Anything but a Card

for all the details about the challenge and 

to check out all the creative inspiration from the DT and participants!

Thanks for stopping by!  Make yourself at home and feel free to peruse other posts/pages, leave a comment, and/or check out my Pinterest and YouTube Channel.       

Sweet Kitty

As we meander a Path of Positivity, we are talking about numbers this year! Of course, you can share anything positive you like, the theme is always optional.

Remember, you may share any sort of artistic medium over at PoP:  writing, cards, journals, scrapbooking, painting, sewing, baking, needle crafts, etc as long as it is positive.  The theme is always optional.  

This month we are inspired by the number 5 with an optional theme of 5 Layer Cake!  The idea is to use 5 layers &/or make it sweet!  Be sure to visit Path of Positivity for a description of this!  

I have gone with a sympathy card for a musician friend who needed some positivity after losing her sweet kitty.  

Inside of card

 Material List

Digital papers from: Polkadoodles,

Music Paper: Stash

Sentiment: ScrappyHorses

Adhesives: Double Score Tape; Fabric-Tac; Bearly Arts

Cricut Design Space: Shapes for Pattern

Cricut Access: Cat from SVG Design Company; Thinking of You from Sara Hurley; Heart Swirl from Bola Eniola

Cricut Fonts: BFC Fantasy Connected

Cricut Access Shape Digital Cut: CTMH Artbooking

My card is off to the following challenges:  

613 Avenue Create:  AG

Place to Start:  AG

Paper Rocks Scissors:  AG using paper and/or scissors

Crafty Catz:  AG

Creative Fingers:  AG

Perfect Time to Craft:  AG

Crafts Galore:  AG

Critter Crazy: AG with an Animal

Love to Craft:  AG

Craft Rocket:  Not a Square

CD Sunday:  AG using a CD, USB, Digital 

Love those Pretty Papers:  Highlight pretty papers

Cut It Up:  Flowers and a Die Cut

Just Us Girls:  Flowers

little red wagon:  May Flowers

Aud Sentiments:  Embossing and/or Flowers + a Sentiment  I went with floral paper for flowers

Ally's Angels:  AG

Classic Design:  AG

Crafting from the Art:  AG

Crafty Animals:  AG featuring an Animal

The Outlawz Twisted Thursday:  AG or Poem Ring-a-Ring o'Roses

Looking Ahead

Need ideas for Father's Day?  Check out the video series below!

Be sure to come over and see 

what the team thinks about our optional twist.  

You can also find more information about entering the challenge.  

Thanks to Scribbles Designs for sponsoring our Monthly Random Prize.

  

Thanks for stopping by!  Make yourself at home and feel free to peruse other posts/pages, leave a comment, and/or check out my Pinterest and YouTube Channel.        

Sweet Puppy with 5 Layers!

As we meander a Path of Positivity, we are talking about numbers this year! Of course, you can share anything positive you like, the theme is always optional.

Remember, you may share any sort of artistic medium over at PoP:  writing, cards, journals, scrapbooking, painting, sewing, baking, needle crafts, etc as long as it is positive.  The theme is always optional.  

This month we are inspired by the number 5 with an optional theme of 5 Layer Cake!  The idea is to use 5 layers &/or make it sweet!  Be sure to visit Path of Positivity for a description of this!  

This card has 3 printed layers, one die cut layer, and a gem for 5 layers...and I think this pup is really sweet!

Check out the video below for all the information and a tutorial.

 Material List

Neenah Cardstock

Copic Markers

Gem

Adhesives: Double Score Tape; Fabric-Tac; Bearly Arts

Cricut Design Space: Shapes

Cricut Access: Paper Pattern from Print then Cut; Puppy from Dibrush; Flowers from CTMH Artfully Sent (Sub Flower Background from Paper Lace); Happy Birthday from Erica Digital Design; Flower from EliArt Studio;

Cricut Standard Mat

Cricut Maker

My card is off to the following challenges:  

613 Avenue Create:  AG

Krafty Chicks:  AG (no opt twist for me)

Paper Rocks Scissors:  AG using paper and/or scissors

Crafty Catz:  AG

Creative Fingers:  AG

Perfect Time to Craft:  AG

Crafts Galore:  AG

Critter Crazy: AG with an Animal

Love to Craft:  AG

Ally's Angels:  AG

Crafty Animals:  AG with an animal

Classic Design:  AG option Furry Friends

Dream Valley:  All Creatures Great and Small

Stamps & fun = Creativity:  Use Dies

A Cut Above:  AG using a Die Cut

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends:  AG

Dragonfly Dreams:  Die Cuts

Be sure to come over and see 

what the team thinks about our optional twist.  

You can also find more information about entering the challenge.  

Thanks to Scribbles Designs for sponsoring our Monthly Random Prize.

  

Thanks for stopping by!  Make yourself at home and feel free to peruse other posts/pages, leave a comment, and/or check out my Pinterest and YouTube Channel.        

Vintage Meets New Technology!

Time for a new challenge at The Outlawz Anything but a Card.

This time I've created a digital vintage layout in Canva! I find it interesting to combine new technology with old photos.  There are so many beautiful faux-vintage pieces out there as well as the 'real thing' you can combine with heirloom pictures.  

For me, a great aspect of digital is I can always go back and change things as I acquire more information and add to my digital collections.  I also can print it at anytime as one page or I can print the pieces and make a traditional physical page.  

Lastly, I like to use digital to lay out pieces to see how it will look when I'm going to create a physical page!  It's sort of like creating my own recipe and then following it at the craft table.  

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 Material List

Design Program:  Canva

Framed in PhotoScape

Digital pieces from:

Vectoria Designs

Decosse's Dynamite Doodles

Polkadoodles

Creative Fabrica

Digital Droplets

Touched by a Butterfly

KittenScraps

 

I'm sharing with these challenges:

A Perfect Time to Craft: AG

Place to Start: AG

Try it on Tuesday: AG

Classic Design: AG

Polkadoodles: AG

613 Avenue Create: AG

Crafting from the Art:  AG

Be sure to visit  The Outlawz Anything but a Card

for all the details about the challenge and 

to check out all the creative inspiration from the DT and participants!

Thanks for stopping by!  Make yourself at home and feel free to peruse other posts/pages, leave a comment, and/or check out my Pinterest and YouTube Channel.      

Remnants from 4 Spring Papers!

As we meander a Path of Positivity, we are talking about numbers this year! Of course, you can share anything positive you like, the theme is always optional.

Remember, you may share any sort of artistic medium over at PoP:  writing, cards, journals, scrapbooking, painting, sewing, baking, needle crafts, etc as long as it is positive.  The theme is always optional.  

This month we are inspired by the number 4 with an optional theme of Use 4 or more Spring papers!  Be sure to visit Path of Positivity for a description of this!  

Check out the video below for more information.

 Material List

CTMH Papers from Stash:  Happiness Lives Here and other I can't remember!

Neenah Cardstock

Copic Marker

Adhesives: Double Score Tape; Fabric-Tac

Cricut Design Space: Shapes

Cricut Access: Gingham Patterns from Marta Silvestre; Reading Girl Silhouette from Dibrush Studio; Font-BFC Skylight

Cricut Standard Mat

Cricut Maker

My card is off to the following challenges:  

613 Avenue Create:  AG

Paper Rocks Scissors:  AG

Place to Start:  AG

Neglected Stuff: Old CTMH papers!   

Fab'n'Funky:  Clean and Simple

Paper Funday:  AG opt twist:  Die Cuts/Punches

Crafty Calendar:  Dies/Punches

Craft Rocket:  Layer It Up!

Four Seasons Challenge:  AG Spring

Let's Craft and Create:  AG

A Cut Above:  AG w/ a die cut with pastels

AUD Sentiments:  Watercolor &/or Spring + a Sentiment

Crafty Gals Corner:  AG with opt Spring

As You Like It:  Simple or Fussy  Oooh, that's a tough one to answer.  I think lately I've been more toward the simple side on cards with fewer embellishments and such.  I actually looked back through my projects and it seems there is a real mixture of styles lately!  hahaha

Perfect Time to Craft:  AG

Crafting from the Art:  AG

Crafts Galore Encore:  AG

Crafting Happiness:  AG

Cut It Up: The Colors of Spring

CRAFT:  AG

Dream Factory:  Use at least 3 colors

Be sure to come over and see 

what the team thinks about our optional twist.  

You can also find more information about entering the challenge.  

Thanks to Scribbles Designs for sponsoring our Monthly Random Prize.

  

Thanks for stopping by!  Make yourself at home and feel free to peruse other posts/pages, leave a comment, and/or check out my Pinterest and YouTube Channel.        

KIT Journal Take 2 with 4 Spring Papers!

As we meander a Path of Positivity, we are talking about numbers this year! Of course, you can share anything positive you like, the theme is always optional.

Remember, you may share any sort of artistic medium over at PoP:  writing, cards, journals, scrapbooking, painting, sewing, baking, needle crafts, etc as long as it is positive.  The theme is always optional.  

This month we are inspired by the number 4 with an optional theme of Use 4 or more Spring papers!  Be sure to visit Path of Positivity for a description of this!  

I wanted to make a 5x7 inch KIT (Keep it Together) art journal again, but this time I've made some changes besides the size.  Obviously, I've blinged it out this time and I'm including a free pattern over at Cricut Design Space!  Info in the video below.

Check out the video below for more information.

Oh, and about the Spring papers...they are inside the book!  

 Material List

CTMH Brushed Embellishments 

CTMH Happiness Lives Here Papers

Graph Paper

Mixed Media Paper

Sketch Paper

Old Jeans and Kid's Jean Pocket (do not detach from jeans)

FF Nylon Thread

Tapestry Needle, Ruler, Scissors

Bead Design Co Pastel Faceted Bead Mix 10 mm

Clear Gems Stash

Flower Gems from Stash

Copic Markers to color gems

Cereal Box

Adhesives: Double Score Tape; Fabric-Tac; Bearly Arts

Cricut Design Space: Shapes for Pattern

My KIT Art Journal is off to the following challenges:  

  

Neglected Stuff:  I bought the CTMH Chipboards (2013) and dug those out...unused!  The papers have also been in the drawer for a long time, too! 

Place to Start:  AG

613 Avenue Create:  AG

Creative Crafters:  AG

Creative Fingers:  AG

Fab'n'Funky:  Spring/Easter  I've used some pretty spring papers in this journal!

Paper Funday:  AG

NBUS:  Use Never Before Used Stuff - I bought the CTMH Chipboards (2013) and dug those out...unused!  Oh my! 

Love to Scrap:  AG

Love to Craft:  AG

Paper Rocks Scissors:  AG using paper/scissors

Creative Knockouts:  AG

Creative Artiste:  AG

Be sure to come over and see 

what the team thinks about our optional twist.  

You can also find more information about entering the challenge.  

Thanks to Scribbles Designs for sponsoring our Monthly Random Prize.

  

Interested in another video?  I have a new video series about background patterns for 'guy cards' in CDS!  You can check out video 3 here and get links to the other 2 videos if you are interested!

Thanks for stopping by!  Make yourself at home and feel free to peruse other posts/pages, leave a comment, and/or check out my Pinterest and YouTube Channel.        

Denim, Faux Pearls, and Button Covers - Really!

Time for a new challenge at The Outlawz Anything but a Card.

I've decided to go with a sort of recycling project using an old button cover (from the '80's) and the seam from old beat up jeans!  The faux pearls were from a broken necklace (probably also from the '80's)!  This bracelet is fun to wear and looks great with a fluffy sweater.  ; )

So, have I truly dated myself with this project?  I didn't say these pieces belonged to me originally!  hahaha

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 Material List

Old Jeans

Button cover

Old faux pearls

Needle and thread

B7000 (glue)

Old jewelry findings and links from stash

I'm sharing with these challenges:

FarmQuest General Store:  Every country store needs some denim jewelry!

Place to Start:  AG

613 Avenue Create:  AG

Creative Fingers:  AG

Crafts Galore Encore:  AG

Perfect Time to Craft:  

Crafty Catz:  AG

Love to Craft:  AG

Be sure to visit  The Outlawz Anything but a Card

for all the details about the challenge and 

to check out all the creative inspiration from the DT and participants!

No video for this project, but I have a new video series about background patterns for 'guy cards' in CDS!  You can check out video 3 here and get links to the other 2 videos if you are interested!

Thanks for stopping by!  Make yourself at home and feel free to peruse other posts/pages, leave a comment, and/or check out my Pinterest and YouTube Channel.