.--Happy Birthday Cupcake--.

Hi Crafters,

Let the birthday celebrations continue!  I made this side step birthday card for my baby (I say this loosely, she's in her mid twenties) sister who celebrated a birthday this past weekend.

I used this Side Step Card Tutorial from Split Coast Stampers for the pattern.   The frame cut is from Gypsy Wanderings. 

Happy Crafting,

{Prelude to Fall}

Hey Crafters,

I did a little pre-fall shopping this weekend! I stopped by a few nurseries and got some pumpkins and a pot of mums.

 I also went to Michael's and got a few fake pumpkins as well.  I thought mixing those in with the real ones helps to throw off the fakeness.  I used vinyl to do our name on the large pumpkin.  The cute jack-o-latern accent came from Teresa Collin's Chic and Scary cartridge.

The smaller pumpkin says "Grateful" and that cut came from Gypsy Wonderings.

Here's the whole ensemble with the wreath from a few weeks ago.  Im welcoming fall with open arms!

Happy Crafting,

Pumpkin Hat Layout

Hi Crafters,

I couldn't resist snapping a few pictures of my niece when she came to visit a few weeks ago. She was so excited to get her pumpkin hat.

I'm so pleased with how all the colors pulled together with her outfit! She looked adorable! She spent quite a bit of time going up and down the steps to visit animals (deer heads, wood ducks etc) in CraftyMr's studio.  We also spent some time in the craft loft.  She declared the cuttlebug to be magic!  We made a card for her to take to her uncle, which I heard later she couldn't part with.  I used the markers to outline the letters and cut pumpkins.  The font is Don Juan and the pumpkins are from Gypsy Wonderings.  

Happy Crafting,

Easter Cards

Hi crafters,

I was able to spend some time making cards yesterday.  I won a set of stamps Faith in Bloom from Taylored Expressions at their Facebook launch party last month.  They are such a pretty and inspiring group of stamps.

I used Give a Hoot for the bunnies (cut at 2 inches) and Gypsy Wonderings for the sentiment shape.  The cards are standard A2 size cards.  The patterned paper is cut at 2.75x4.00.

The stamp reads "My soul finds rest in God alone; My salvation comes from Him."

They've made great progress on the house in the past few weeks.  The roof is on and the siding is almost finished.  We chose Smoky Olive by valspar for the color.  The rock is on the outside of the chimney. They started hanging the dry wall and that should be finished and ready for mud by the end of the week.

Enjoy this beautiful week Crafters!

Summer Layouts

Hi Crafters,

Here are a few more layouts from my weekend.  I had a bit of catching up to do!

The artist is from Printing Press.  I actually found this scrap with a star already cutout and ended up liking how it worked with the layout.  The bucket, shovel, and text on the next layout are from Life's a Beach

This next layout uses text from Opposites Attract.  I welded the letters with the gypsy.  I used my xyron to put the ribbon and rick-rack through.  Don't worry about the chocolate spatula licking, her aunt is feeding her GrandMary's fudge (no raw eggs).

Happy Crafting,

Baby Book Fall Layouts

Hi Crafters,

I worked on my nieces baby album some this weekend.  Shutterfly has been sending out free print deals left and right so I was able to stock up on pictures.  I know she is more of a toddler now but I decided to add on to her baby book.

Here are a few layouts I came up with.

I made this layout with Teresa Collin's Chic and Scary.  I embossed the circles (cut at 1.25 inches) with a halloween embossing folder and rubbed them on a watermarking embossing ink pad.  Isn't she the cutest cat you've ever seen?

I made this Autumn layout using the Gypsy Wonderings cartridge for the pumpkin boarder.  Autumn came from Stretch Your Imagination.  I love the picture of her squealing with delight in her swing.

Check back tomorrow for a few more layouts!

Happy Crafting,

Bridal Event Oreo Cupcakes

Hi Crafters,

Here's my weekend project!  I made oreo cupcakes using Bean Town Baker's Recipe.  I followed the advice of some of the comments and added the sugar with the butter to cream it before adding the milk. I also put a bit of batter in the bottoms of the cups to keep the cookie from sticking.  The wrapper peeled off like butter once they were completely cooled.  I brought these to a party my best friend was hosting for her bridesmaids.  They were a big hit.

Now on to the toppers...

I made the fan-folded rosettes with 1x11 paper strips.  I used my Martha Stewart scoreboard to score every 1/4 inch increment.   I used my cuttlebug to cut out small scalloped circles out of gold paper from the DCWV Peacock stack.  I then hot glued the ends of my rosettes together and hot glued a scalloped circle on each side.

The blue bridesmaid dresses and shoes came from Gypsy Wonderings.  The white bridal gown came from Sweethearts.

I glued toothpicks to the backside of the rosette for support.  Sorry about the subpar picture,it is from my cell phone because my husband had the nikon with him.

Happy Crafting,

Monograms

Hi Crafters,

When I saw the font on the Martha Stewart Elegant Cake cartridge I knew it would be perfect for all my monograming needs.  I used a frame from the Cricut Cake Basics cart and the font from the MS elegant cake.  The gypsy made this project possible and allowed me to weld the letters together an to the frame.  I made these card sets for my college roommates.  I made them two of each of the following colors for a nice little 6 card set.  I used this tutorial A2 Gift Box to make boxes and I put the monogram on the front of the box as well. I was shocked at how smoothly these monograms cut.  I used Martha Stewart cardstock for the monograms.

They seemed to like them, this will be a gift I will make again.

Happy crafting,

A few of my favorite things Friday

Hi Crafters,

Just wanted to share a few of my favorites for the week.

I got the Tipsy Finger Stylus from Oh My Crafts (picture from their site).  I use this with my gypsy and I must say it makes a huge difference.  The screen reacts so much better to this stylus as opposed to the ones that come with it and it sure beats the price tag for a pack of three!  It doesn't fit as nicely in the slot in the gypsy itself but that doesn't mater to me!

I am sure you've also seen the Provo Craft promotion for the gypsy going on through the end of the month.  They are doing free downloads of 6 different cartridges (1 exclusive one as well). 

The carts are

1. Smiley Cards
2. Indie Art
3. Christmas
4. Tags Bags Boxes and More
5. Black Letter
6. Printing Press

Make sure your gypsy is registered before October 31st! The downloads are supposed to be available starting November 1st.  I'm excited about adding to my cart collection!  I am thrilled that Provo Craft also extended this offer to current gypsy users and not just new gypsy owners.  THANKS PROVO CRAFT!

Happy crafting,

A Few Winter and Christmas Layouts

The weather has finally started to cool off a bit! I must say I am really looking forward to fall in the mountains!  I created a few wintery layouts in the past weeks. They turned out really cute!

The font from this is from Storybook I combined two of the features on this and welded on the gypsy.  The gingerbread house is from Stretch Your Imagination.  I used stickles along the icing and the gumdrops.

The next layouts are pictures from last winter.  We had an INCREDIBLE amount of snow!  We had two large snow storms in our area within a month of each other.  The second one put us out of school for almost 2 weeks.  We typically get less than 10 inches on average in a year...this past year we had almost 50 inches of snow.  It made for some great pictures!

The heading for this page was cut from the Gypsy cartridge. First I outlined the headings with cricut markers in blue, then I ran it through upside down and then put white Martha Stewart glitter.

The word winter is from Stretch Your Imagination and the numbers are from A Child's Year.

Happy Crafting,

6x6 Grandparent Album Pages

Hey Crafters,

Here are a few more layouts I completed during my craft weekend.

I made this layout using Gypsy Font.  You'll notice I used some pink bling for the dots on the 'i's.

My husband said this was VERY corny but I just couldn't help it.  I think this picture is just precious.  The fonts are welded with the gypsy and I used A Child's Year for the upright font and Lyrical Letters for the other font.

I think this picture with my dad and Penelope is just perfect.  It was taken Father's Day weekend.  You can tell he is one proud Papa!  I used Don Juan for this font.

Happy crafting <3

Festivities!

Hi Crafters,

Just checking in with a few project updates.

I made this banner using the mini monograms and a Child's Year font.  The letters are embossed with the swiss dots cuttlebug folder.  I attached the scalloped circles together with little brads.

The next part is a wedding gift.  I used vinyl to decorate a cake carrier.  I used the Gypsy Wonderings font and the gypsy to weld the letters together.  I believe the side accents are from Lyrical Letters.

Are you tired of seeing this bird yet? I sure do like this little bird.  I think she's just too pretty. She is from Give a Hoot.  I put it on the top of the cake carrier in the same color vinyl.

This is the shower gift that I made for the bride.  I used clear cellophane from Michael's to wrap it up and protect it.  I also put a cake dow through the center to keep it stable.

Well, that's all I have for now!

Happy Crafting,

Gypsy 101

Hi crafters,

I made this quick little gypsy video for you all.  A lot of people on the Gypsy message board have just purchased this fantastic crafting tool.  I hope this answers all your questions about all the cords.

Happy crafting,