Playing with my Viva Decor Pearl Pens - Play Football Tag

I'm back with another tag today. While I have owned several colors of pearl pen for a couple of years I have never tried it until now!! I tell you, 2014 is it! I am going to try out all the things I am hoarding in this craft room! I made the pearls on a craft sheet this time but I am strong enough with it now to make it right on my next project.

I made several of this tag for an all-boy swap.  I figured most boys are into sports at some point. I hoping my son doesn't play football but I figured hey... it's one of America's favorite pastimes.

Supplies:

• Bazzill cardstock
• xyron
• cuttlebug tiny mosaics embossing folder
• football tag cut at 3.75" relative size Wrap it Up Cricut cart
• Play cut at 1.75" real dial size Graphically Speaking cart from recollections kraft cardstock inked with vintage photo distress ink
• twine from stash
• American crafts ribbon
• Viva Decor Bronze Pearl Pen
• Recollections bling - diamond cut pattern
• Glossy Accents by Inkessentials

I have two versions of this tag, one with the pearl pen and another with bling. Another with ribbon straight up and another with ribbon tied to the side. Which features do you prefer?

Here's all the tags. I love making multiples. Once I have my game plan, I am like a machine.

I hope you enjoyed my swap tags. I cannot wait to see what the other participants made. I'll update you asap.


La-Vie

Challenges:

• Crafts 4 Eternity - Texture
• Creative Fingers - ATG
• QKR Stampede - Anything but a square card
• Suzy Bee's Bloomin' Challenge - Make it Masculine
• Robyn's Fetish Challenge - ATG
• Papertake Weekly - ATG 
• The Craft Place - ATG
• The Cheerful stamp pad - ATG
• Just B Creative Crazy - ATG
• Kaboodle Doodles - Embossing
• The Squirrel and The Fox - something spooled

Sandy Hook Ele. Snowflakes (post 4)

Happy Birthday to my 8 year old daughter Zora!!

 

 

Here are the final Sandy Hook Ele. snowflakes. Together with my past 3 posts they show a complete set. I'm hoping these flakes bring them joy.

 

This set of snowflakes really made great templates (masks) once it was cut out using the fit to page function. Now I can use chalk, spray ink, ink pads etc. to create this snowflake pattern on 12x12 paper for a layout. I'm going to do it too. You'll see my post later in the month. I'm determined to try every tool and concept I have in my craft room this year. You wouldn't believe what I've had for 2 or 3 years and have never even opened. Anyhoo, I digress...

 

 

 

Cricut Cartridge Graphically Speaking - I made this one double sided using DCWV glitter cardstock.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Both of the above are from Cricut Cartridge Joys of the Season using Bazzill cardstock.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And the final two are from Cricut Cartridge Sophie. The black and white is from DCWV (all dressed up stack? Don't quote me...)

 

 

http://cestla-viedesigns.blogspot.com/2013/01/sandy-hook-ele-snowflakes-post-3.html

http://cestla-viedesigns.blogspot.com/2013/01/sandy-hook-ele-snowflakes-post-2.html

http://cestla-viedesigns.blogspot.com/2013/01/sandy-hook-ele-snowfalkes-post-1.html

 

 

La-Vie

Provo Craft Birthday Layout Challenge - Cricut 5th Anniversary

I am excited to share my second layout submitted to the contest. It is a challenge for me to do boy layouts because I started scrapbooking for my daughter. This Birthday Boy layout is my greatest page yet! The robot is cut from the Boys will be Boys Cricut cartridge - pg 64. I used the fit-to-page button which cut at 11 1/4". Die Cuts With A View - the Metallic Stack (silver). The black layer is cut from the same cartridge at 10 1/2". The robot's clothes are cut from stripped paper from Darcie's Country Folk.

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Recipe

• The base layer is blue bazzill premium cardstock
• The eyes of the robot are made of white Bazzill premium cardstock and large google eyes from Hobby Lobby
• The gift is cut at 3" from Create A Critter cartridge pg 27 from Die Cuts With A View paper. It was cut with the real size dial on.
• Birthday - cut from American Crafts foil cardstock and Create A Critter cartridge pg. 27. Boy is cut at 1 1/2" from Graphically Speaking Cricut cartridge pg 41 with the jumbled button on.
• The mats on the robot's body are cut from Die Cuts With A View safari kids matstack
• Balloon and Party hat layer are cut from Create A Critter at 5"
• eyelets, white paper clips, blue brads and metal arrows, brown twine and white wired pompom ribbon are from my stash

La-Vie

Cricut Circle Magazine March Spring Cleaning Contest

Today I am entering the March Cricut Circle Magazine Challenge. They are looking for unique ways we store our Provo Craft machines and accessories. We had to showcase at least 4 different products and how we store them. I have shown more (just in case). I would love to win a challenge! Wish me luck!

My first storage solution is for my growing collection of Cuttlebug embossing folders. This idea came from a blog I follow The Paper Boutique and she got it from yet another person's blog. As soon as I read the post I went to my craft room and created mine. I used a file folder cut from Cricut Cartridge Graphically Speaking pg 59. I cut it at fit to length at 10 1/2". I had to cut off 2 1/2 " from the end and used my corner rounder from creative memories. I then embossed the image of each folder on the front so I could see how it looks. It really makes a difference when I am looking for that special something.

I keep my Cricut Expression and my Cricut Expression on a desk and I add my cuttlebug as needed. I store my mats and 12x24 Cricut Cardstock on the keyboard tray underneath. That way my long cardstock doesn't get bent or crumpled.

This is my favorite new storage item. Scrap 'n Tote from ContainYa Crafts. I have three that fit all my cricut cartridges. Each binder holds 36 cartridges, books and overlays. It's very handy. I can see everything I have at a glance.

the clip it up is in the upper left hand corner

Lastly, I love my clip it up by Simply Renee shown at the upper left. The two-tier carousels spin around and I have all my embellishments categorized. I keep my Cricut cutables, Cricut tools, ribbon etc. in the white and gray bins on the left bottom a system from Office Max. Lastly, I bought the paper storage system from Jo-Ann fabrics where I keep paper sorted by color, theme, style etc. All of these storage ideas keep my ideas flowing and my frustration low.

~La-Vie