New Cricut Cartridge !!!

Hey everyone. So on friday I ordered the Disney Mickey and Friends Cricut Cartridge and it come today on saturday !!! Wow so quick. I was soo excited when I heard the post then someone knock at the door. So I rushed down stairs and there it was ...

 Then I got a little less excited because it would just not open, grr !!! I was pulling and pulling and that tape would just not tare. So I turned to the scissors, I should of just picked them up in the first place. :l Anyways, I finally got it open and got soo excited again.

 

The hand book on this one is seriously thick there was like four different languages in there I think. There are some really good different features on this one though there are the three layers. The first one is for faces, the second is for outfits and if you press the shift key you will get the tongue or something and the third layer is either for shoes, minnie's/daisy's ribbon or goofy/donald's hats. There is an icon feature, shaddow and an icon boarder. So if the icon is mickeys hand thats what the boarder will e of.

 Next I had to have a little play so I got out my Cricut expression machine, my new mats, blades spatula, DCWV card stock stack, a zig 2 way glue pen, my tweezer bee's and of course the Cartridge.  

 I used the DCWV brights textured card stock stack there are some great colours in there that are perfect for this cartridge, the only colour's that aren't in there that you will definitely need are black and brown. There is a red in there but its not red red its a pinky shade of red.

 So I had to have a little play and I decided to make a donald duck. :D One of the reasons I love this cartridge is not just because its disney but also because the characters have a few different poses and facial expressions which makes it work so well with your scrapbook pages.

I cut donald and all of his pieces at 4" just remember not to have the real dial size button on because I did that when I was trying to cut his hat out :l heehe.

I used my tweezer bee's and my zig pen to put him together because there are a lot of small fiddle pieces. The tweezers are helpful to hold them with and the zig pens can get right in to all of the little nooks and crannies.






Here is little donald I love him, he's soo cute. But I wanted to do a little more with him so I ended up using the giant hat that I cut along with some pictures from my trip to Florida this year and I made a little scrapbook page.

I met donald a few years ago also in Florida so I put one of the old ones in there the one in the bottom right, then I added one of me and my mom with him over at magic kingdom near splash mountain and big thunder mountain railroad. He was wearing a little Swede tassel jacket and a funny little hat we were standing in front of a pile of logs down in the bottom left. He loved my top and was trying to kiss it because it had Daisy Duck on it, how sweet was he. After that I went and tried on one of his hats and I out that on there too.

Thank you for reading this post I hope you enjoyed it stay tuned for whats up next. Thank you all again, Sarah xoxox  

Happy Fathers Day !!!

Hey everyone Im sorry I know I'm a little late but my blogger has been down :( But this is the fathers day card I made this year. If you cant see its a shirt and tie. It was nice and quick to make and pretty simple the hardest part for me was probably cutting the collar haha. If you are wondering why I will explain a little farther down. Get it huh huh ??? Not further down, farther down for fathers day, bad joke yeah I know x

So this is the card.  I do love it. I just think its so god darn cute. I actually made this card for my granddad and he always wears shirts and ties and he even has one this colour.

I made it a 6"x6" square card, I used a DCWV stack that is called 'match maker bright textured card stock stack' in bright. The stack is perfect for this card as the texture of the papers is just  like the cotton texture of a shirt.  So the stack is 12"x12" so I just had to cut it in half. 

To make the collar I measured about an inch down from the top and cut in wards leaving about 1"-1 1/2" in the middle. Then I just folded both strips into the middle. Now the reason I said this was probably the hardest part was because I had to cut along the fold of the card. I know what your thinking, that doesn't sound that hard. Well it wasn't. Nothing about this card was.

But anyway, next you'll need to take a 4 1/2" square piece of card. The piece I used was also from a DCWV card stock stack called 'the patterned glittered stack'. This is used to make the tie. First you'll need to fold it in half. I have made a diagram to help you a little more.

First you need to fold it in half diagonally (along the dotted line), then unfold again. Its just like making a paper aeroplane at first because next you'll have to fold the sides in to the line. 

Next turn it over and fold the top pointy part down about a 1/3 of the way. then fold it back up again so it looks like a little swan from the side. 

 Now turn it back over and fold the point down as far as you can to form the knot. Then fold the sides in again to the middle line and your tie should be complete. 

 So I said it was simple. well it was but my explanation might be a little confusing, sorry about that but I tried. haha Thank you for reading Sarah xoxox

Im back !!!

Helloo everyone !!!

I have missed my blogging soo much, how are you all ??? Sorry its been so long but as you will all know I was on holiday in Florida !!! for 3 weeks so I was un able to make anything let alone post and once I was home I was jet lagged for a few days as there is a 5 hour time difference !!! So I still didnt get to post. Then I was back at school and didnt really get any time to, but anyway im back up and running and ready to post very soon. It may be a project or may be a very long and exciting haul !!! My first ever haha x So I'll speak to you all soon xoxox Thank you for reading and staying interested haha xoxox

My Finished Project.

Hello everyone. Im off on holiday on wednesday so I thought I'd better get posting. I'll be away for 2 weeks so I wont be able to post while I am, but hopefully I'll be able to post again today or tomorrow !!!

So anyway, at school I've been working on a project in woodwork. I was supposed to be designing and making a clock but my teacher said he wanted me to do something a bit harder so here it is. 

It's a 12"x12" paper holder with different compartments. It's made of MDF and held together with PVA glue, it's surprisingly strong too.

I started out by cutting 4x  12"x12" sides and glued them all together. This took up a 1 hour lesson as I had to let it dry in a vice. 

So next I used a big machine with a blade in it to cut 

the sides. I wanted them to look like they just swept 

across, so I didn't just do straight lines. I curved 

them as you can see in the picture to the right.   

The first sweep stops at 2" down then the next one 

continues from there and stops at 5" down and the last sweep continuing from there and ending at 8" down.  So the front is 4" and the back is 12". 

Then I cut two panels, one at 12"x 6" and one at 12"x 8". I was going to glue these into place but I decided no to so that I could have a smaller section or a larger section. 

Finally I just added some of my paper pads and that was pretty much it, done. I may paint it white but I'm not sure yet, if I do I'll let you know. 

Thank you for reading, Sarah xoxox 

National Scrapbook Day Project

As you all well know it was National Scrapbook Day last saturday, so I thought I'd share my project. Hope you like it.  It's a mini book of my little kitty's, I haven't added any pictures yet, but I'll explain photo sections as we go along. I only just started it so there isn't much done but as I add more I will share it with you.  So here is the front. I believe the paper I used was from the dcwv (die cuts with a view) blossom & butterflies paper stack but I'm not positive. I added some ribbons to the d rings to make it look a bit prettier. 

  

I also Cut out to little paws from another paper that I have, I stuck one down and I put the other on a pop dot.  I did this throughout the mini so that I can insert photos in and the paws act like photo corners I guess, but I can also move them around if I want to.

This is the second page and as you can see I used the same technique in the middle of this page again for a photo or some journaling paper. 

I added some stickers for a little dimension, they are little glittered and foiled kitty's from Hobbycraft. They don't seem to carry these particular ones anymore but there are some other cute ones. (http://direct.hobbycraft.co.uk/products-Kitty-Sticker-Sheet_288765.htm)  
I also used some other stickers from hobby craft there are multiple designs with glazes, strings, ribbons and gems. 

On the next page I set it in the garden. On one side I used a flowery paper from Papermania, and on the other side I cut out leaf's from the Create a Critter Cricut cartridge and used some brown parchment paper to create a tree. I also made a branch to the side on witch I stuck another of the cat stickers. I made a flap in the trunk of the tree so that I can add a hidden photo. 

 Finally the last page I did was a play page its just a plain piece of striped paper so that I can add many photos, but I added a little embellishment in the bottom corner. 

Now I thought I'd add some pictures of my kitty's themselves. 

 They aren't the best pictures but they are cute. 








Me: Sleepy ??? Rascle (cat): How about using the drier as a bed ??? Me: well it it rather warm in there, if you must. 

 Dizzee (cat): How about the sofa ???
Me: go on then. hey thats my cushion !!!

Rascle: yes, have I done something wrong ??? 

 Rascle: I wonder where Dizzee is ??? 

 Rascle: who cares, I'm so cosy !!!

 Rascel: Huh !!!

 Rascle: ZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzz

Together again, yay !!!!

Thanks for reading, Sarah xoxox

London Landmarks Card

As I promised you there would be a card with my stamps coming soon, I decided to make on today.
Here it is...

I started off with a white regular A2 sized card, and added a piece of parchment type paper. I wanted the card to have an old vintage style look and feel, so thats why I used the browns and parchment.

I inked aver the whole piece and gave it that really old paper look. I pulled up the corners to make it seem worn and tattered so I also inked those a little lighter.

From this...                                                                       To this...

Next I went to google images and printed of a picture of an old London map.  Again I wanted it to look old so I screwed it up, tore it, sanded the edges, made a couple of wholes and inked. 

From this...                                                                       To this...

Then I added it to the card in the top right corner. I was going to put it in the centre but I wanted to see more of the map and I thought if I put it in the top corner Id have room for a sentiment. 

Next I stamped my stamps with the same ink, then I used some cut and dry foam to rub ink across the image background. I also used the same ink for this I just didn't put as much pressure so it would be lighter and you could still see the stamped image. 

I think they look like old sepia photos witch was the exact effect I was going for. This particular one has a bit of a blob in the top centre, but old photos weren't perfect so Im not that bothered about that. Happy Accident. 

I stuck them down and to finish off the card I added a sentiment in the bottom corner witch says...

Every JOURNEY needs a roadmap.

I used the same technique, inking and sanding.

 

And thats the card, Thank you for reading, Sarah xoxox