Monday with Mom 8

After a two-week break, Mom and I are back at it. This week's challenge from Stamptv was to create images beyond the border with nestabilites. The idea was to stamp an image and cut it out with Spellbinders nestabilities but to have part of the image outside of the border of the die.
I used one on the new clear stamp sets from Sweet n Sassy. If you haven't heard the news yet, Sweet n Sassy is adding clear stamps to the store. June 1st six new sets will be released! There will be a blog hop on that day and a release party. Don't miss all the fun!

I used the Everyday Miracles set to stamp my butterfly with Momento ink in Rich Cocoa and the sentiment in SU Taken with Teal. The paper is from the SU Sweet Pea DSP. I colored the butterfly with my copics and added stickles to part of the image.
I used the My Time Made Easy Trendy Tool Tote Template and my SCAL software and Cricut to create this gift holder. I've been making a lot of these lately and there are more to come. I'm trying to create gifts for some of the office personnel at our school before the school year ends.
Mom created a card for a friend of ours who recently lost her mother. She used the same technique with the nestabilities. Isn't her image gorgeous! I love how this turned out!

Be sure to come back throughout the week as I will continue to give you peeks of the new clear stamps from SNS! Happy Crafting!

Deedee's Digis Blog Hop

If you are looking for cute and super adorable in a digi stamp, look no further! Deedee's Digis are top-of-the-line CUTE! Hopefully, you have joined me from Leah's site and have already seen some great projects from this new digi stamp store. I've got another one that is just too cute to poot!
Using the Caity Caterpillar digital stamp set, I created a tool tote filled with some "little things" for our school secretary. I missed Secretary's Day because I was super busy with college work, but I wanted to get her something before the school year is out.

The sentiment "Enjoy the little things." is part of the whole set. There are four sentiments to go along with the image. Be sure to head to the store and check out the entire set. It's quite a steal for only $3.  I printed out Caity and colored her with my copic markers. Look at Caity close-up:

Love this little girl! Don't forget to leave a comment on my blog for a chance to win a digi of your choice. If this is your first stop, check out the links on the side bar and visit all the blogs on the hop for even more chances to win. Next head on over to Lorie's blog. Then, be sure you end up at the Crafting with Deedee's Digis blog for a freebie! Don't forget to check out the store to see ALL the amazing, inexpensive super cool digis!
Project Recipe

Paper: PTI White CS, SU Certainly Celery CS, The Paper Studio The Basics Paper Pack PP

Stamps: Deedee's Digis Caity Caterpillar digital stamp set

Tools: Cricut, SCAL software, My Time Made Easy Tool Tote template, cuttlebug, Spellbinders Long Rectangles Nestabilities, copic markers, chalk, SU 1 3/8 circle punch, SU Scalloped Circle punch, EK Success 2" Scalloped Circle punch, Scor-Pal

Embellishments: Paper Studio rhinestone brads, silk flowers (Hobby Lobby)

It's a Flutter Basket

Isn't this a cute way to package up a little treat for someone special. This is an SVG file for use with a Cricut and SCAL software. I got it at My Time Made Easy a new digital shop offering stamps, cut files for packaging and embllishments, and digital papers. There are some great items here including the one in the picture above called All a Flutter. I just think this is great how it looks like a butterfly but it's a basket. I've got cookies in there. Even the "parts" of the butterfly are a cut file. It's just so easy to load my Cricut and let it do all the work for me. I'm definitely going to be using this quite a bit!
Project Recipe

Paper: SU Apricot Appeal, DCWV Whimsy Stack

Tools: Cricut, SCAL software, My Time Made Easy All a Flutter file, scor-tape, scor-pal

Cuttin Up with Shutt-erfly

My Cricut is a smokin'! And I've fallen in love with it again. Yes, Provo Craft is finally releasing cartridges more frequently and are even offering more affordable options, but that's not what's rekindled the romance with my Cricut. No, there has just been a rash of designers offering better and better SVG files for cutting with the Cricut and SCAL (or the new Make the Cut). You can see some great projects I've made with SVG cut files from LSS  here, here, and here. But the project I created today is from another 3D template designer--Lauren Meader of My Time Made Easy. Lauren's started a new company offering mainly digital products and featuring templates for creating great and easy 3D projects.

This template is called Shutt-erfly because of its unique closure. I chose not to feature the top closure, but instead focused in on the daisy which I also created using another SVG file called Flutters and Flowers from My Time Made Easy. I have unlimited cuts from the files, and they can be resized to fit whatever project I'm working on.
I just think these SVG files are a much better investment than cartridges which I never seem to use. Of course, in case you can't tell, I'm very partial to gift packaging and love the ease of cutting these with a machine instead of a pair of scissors!
Project Recipe

Paper: SU Rich Razzleberry, SU Orchid Opulence, SU Old Olive, SU Cottage Wall DSP

Stamps: My Time Made Easy All A Flutter

Tools: Cricut, SCAL, My Time Made Easy Shutt-erfly and Flutters and Flowers SVG cut files, SU Tag punches (large and small), Martha Stewart lattice border punch

Embellishments: Recollections brad (Michaels)