Posted on Monday, June 30, 2014

Simple Solution For A Tiny Craft Room

We have a small room on the second floor, we call it a loft. We use that room as my husband working area on one side and my craft corner on the other, and in the center it’s used for kids playing and crafting place. If you have a tiny craft room like mine, you probably will understand why I kept rearranging my craft room so many times in the last 2 years.

As time goes by, my crafting and paper crafting supplies are growing and taking over every spot in that tiny corner I have. So I need some solution! I searched some inspirations on Pinterest and found a lot of inspirations crafters using pegboard in their craft rooms. I showed that to my husband and he said, “Oh pegboard. It is doable and not expensive. I can do that for you.”

Pegboard is usually used in a workshop or a garage where men put up or organize their working tools. And this handy dandy pegboard has its new function in craft room. All you need just the a large piece of pegboard, several pieces of woods for the pegboard frame and pegboard accessories.

So couple of weeks ago, we went to Lowes and got some supplies for this project. They even can cut the pegboard for you as you need it. As you can see, all credits go to my crafty husband, Dave!!!

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Posted on Friday, June 27, 2014

Sending Love Your Way!

It is Friday again… We love weekend, especially when we can have fun and enjoy the day. My daughters love to play with the sprinkler at the backyard, especially in the hot hot summer days!

And… today is Stuck On U Sketches has new Die Cut Challenge on their blog! The challenge is that add ANYTHING IN THE WATER die cut shapes on your project.

You can create any paper projects as long as they have die cut shapes on your projects. And link up your project at SOUS Die Cut Challenge here to be eligible to win the prize from our sponsor this month, The Cutting Cafe

Here’s my take on this challenge:

I created this card using my Silhouette Cameo. I found this whale with wave set on Silhoeutte Online Store. Isn’t that cute? The background cloud I stamped the 3 clouds from Lifting Spirits stamp set (C1570) with Sky Exclusive Inks Stamp Pad. The plane, banner and sentiment are also from the same set. I stamped them with Black Exclusive Inks Stamp Pad and colored the plane with pencil color. Then fussy cut them and I added them on the card with glue dots, the very bottom wave I used 3D foam tape to give extra dimension.

Join us and let’s have fun! Link up your projects at the SOUS Die Cut Challenge! And thank you so much for visiting my blog today!

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Supplies:

Whimsy Cardstock Combo Pack (Sky, Twilight)
Basic Cardstock Combo Pack (Black)
White Daisy Cardstock
White Daisy card & envelope, value pack

Posted on Monday, June 23, 2014

Just Because

I was so excited when I got my prize from Waffle Flower blog hop giveaway on last Friday! I won the new set, Surface – Tag Stamp Set and I couldn’t resist not to order the coordinating dies, Surface – Tag Die Starter Kit. And also I got the Bowtiful Die Set but cannot get the Bowtiful Stamp set because it was out of stock but now it is in-stock!

Here’s my first card I made using my first Waffle Flower products:

For the sentiment, I die cut a piece of Lagoon cardstock with the tag die and stamped it with the White Daisy Exclusive Inks Stamp Pad.

And the flower I made out of the small bows. I die cut Honey cardstock using the Bowtiful Die set and then just stacked 2 bows together using mini glue dots and added a button brad. Quick and easy, yet beautiful flower 🙂

I felt like something still missing on my card… So I added the Durable Triangle Studs. Yup! That’s it 🙂

The inside I stamped the Happy Birthday with Black Exclusive Inks Stamp Pad. And for those stars, I stamped with Lagoon, Goldrush and Honey Exclusive Inks Stamp Pads.

I made this card for a dear friend’s birthday 🙂 Hope you like my card today and thanks for visiting 🙂

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Other supplies:
White Daisy Card & Envelope value pack
Scallop Border Punch
National Scrapbooking 2014 paper packet (expired)

Posted on Friday, June 20, 2014

DIY Stenciled Burlap Plate

Last weekend one of my close friends had a house warming for her new house. It was a very nice house. Lots of close friends from church came and we had fun fellowship there. And my baby was too sneaky… she had more than enough candies because she could reach the dining table! It is surprised me because I just don’t realize how tall she is now!!

For my friend’s house warming, I made her gift… it’s stenciled burlap plate. I got the plate at Hobby Lobby a couple months ago.

The same way I stenciled the canvas tote bag for my craft swap friend, I used the freezer paper for stencil. I got a bottle of White Plaid all purpose paint at Walmart to sponge the dots and phrase. Then I trace the white paint with Sharpie marker.

Supplies:

Burlap plate (or burlap canvas works great too!)
Freezer paper
It’s Little Things That Make Life Grand cutting file
White acrylic paint (all purpose that works on fabric works well).
round sponge dauber
Sharpie permanent marker
Iron
Silhouette Cameo
Cutting Mat
Spatula

Here’s the simple way to make this burlap plate decor:

Open the phrase cutting file I got from Silhouette Online Store designed by Lori Whitlock on Silhouette Studio Designer Edition (but Silhouette Studio software is free software you can download here).
Resize the phrase according to size of your plate or burlap. Do not ungroup!
Flip the phrase to the right.
Place the freezer paper on the place mat. I cut it 12 x 12.
Load the mat.
Set the blade setting to printer paper.
Cut. – Enjoy while the machine does the work for you 🙂
Use spatula to get the stencil off the mat. BE VERY CAREFUL! (I learned in a hard hard hard way!)
Place the stencil on the burlap.
Set the iron at lowest setting, no steam. Run lightly on the freezer paper couple times. Make sure the paper stick well.
Put some paint on paper plate, dip the dauber in the paint.
Add the paint on the stencil. Be very careful.
Remove the stencil before the paint gets to dry. You don’t want it to stick on the burlap.
Let it sits to dry completely. The pain I used is Plaid All Purpose Pain which dries quickly. It was about 2 hours.
And then trace the letters with Sharpies.
Done.

I hope you find this easy to follow, if you have some questions, feel free to leave me a comment. I will reply as soon as I read it.

THANKS for visiting today 🙂

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Link up the project at:

Lori Whitlock Link Up Party with Traci

Creative Spark Link Party Week #7

Posted on Wednesday, June 18, 2014

1 Design, 2 Anniversary Cards

I know some friends who celebrate their anniversaries in this month, at least 4 in 2 weeks! Apparently June is a favorite month people to get married… including us! LOL!

Celebrating their anniversaries, I made some cards for them… today I would love to share 2 of the cards I made with one design from The Cutting Edge Challenge, a new challenge blog, the challenge is to create new cards using any die cutting machine. The first challenge is to create using any of these inspirations:

Here’s are my cards inspired by bottom left card:

The first card, I used the die cut flower petals and leaves on embossed background card. The die cut flowers and leaves are gifts from my card swap friend a few months ago. And the background card I embossed using CTMH Damask Embossing Folder with WRMK Evolution Advanced machine. I added some gems on the flowers and added them on the card using 3D foam tape.

The second card has the same embossed background card like the first one. I used Teal Shimmer Trim for the strips. The roses I cut with my Silhouette Cameo. To put them together, I used craft glue pen. I added some glitter on it. A bit more blings won’t hurt, right? I added the flower on the card with 3D foam tape.

The sentiment I used is from The Happy Couple stamp set (D1539) that I stamped it using Black Exclusive Inks stamp pad.

And they will be on their way tomorrow morning! I hope they’ll like them, and you too! 🙂 THANKS for visiting today!

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I enter this card for The Cutting Edge Challenge – Launch Party & Guest Designer Contest