Some pages I've done lately

Nothing fancy here.  The alphabet page is a "CASE" of a page done by Above Rubie's Studio and the music page is something I created on my own.  Just trying new layout styles

Musical Sympathy Card

Hi!

     This is a musical sympathy card I made for a beloved man from my church.  He played the clarinet and made band so much fun.  He was so sweet when I was first getting back to playing my violin in the church setting.  He'd tell me that even the bad notes are music to God's ears, he didn't lie, but he could sure stretch the truth mighty thin, LOL!!!

The scan leaves out the black border on the right hand side.  I hope the family likes the card.  In order to make this card I purchased a Cricut Cartridge, Quarter Note, at full price (I know but I had no time to wait for a sale) in order to make this card for him. 

Panda Pop-Up Card Style 2

Hi!.  Pop card, style 2.  This card needs you to cut into the card stock to make the pop-up part.  It's not harder, it's just more steps.

Supplies:  Two pieces of card stock, any color, I used A-2 size card stock.  Of course, you'd use pretty coordinating paper, I just white to show the steps.  You will also need die cut images (the Panda is 3" and the hearts are 1"), glue or tape, bone folder, ruler, exacto knife and a pencil.

On the back of the inside piece of card stock I drew the pop-up lines.  The wide lines in the center support the Panda, and are 1-1/2" long and 1" wide.  This size will vary depending on how far into the card you want the image to pop and how big the image is.  For the hearts, I used used 1" long lines and 1/4" wide.

Use the exacto knife to cut along the pencil lines.  You use the bone folder to score a line to connect the lines.  Don't cut where you score, if you do, you will have empty space.  Just try again.  Been there, done that, LOL!!!

Push the pop ups into the card.  See the photo, you're making little steps.  Again, make them any size you need to support your image

I attached one heart to the bear, and I'm getting ready to attach the Panda and the other hearts.

First glue on the images in the back, which are the hearts.  Make sure they are just a smidgen above the card stock, so when you fold the card the hearts don't wrinkle.  Then attach the Panda, the same as the hearts.

The back of the inside of the card

Attach the second piece of card stock so that it hides all the cuts.  That way you can stamp and decorate the outside of the card.

Side view so you can see the hearts don't stick out as far into the card as the Panda does.

Front view.

Panda Pop-Up Card Style 1

Hi!  With the release of Cricut's Pop-Up cartridge, I thought I'd share how I make pop-up cards.  I learned how to do them this way over 15 years ago when I was a Stampin' Up! demo.  We made due since there wasn't as many gadgets or tools back then.   Okay, here we go. 

Supplies:  Piece of card stock, half of a sheet of 8-1/2"x11" card stock, folded in half, foam pop dot (optional), glue pen or tape, bone folder, score board (optional), Image (I used the Panda from Pagoda, cut at 3"), additional images (optional - I used a heart from George and Basic Shapes cut at 1"), lastly 2 strips of card stock cut 1/2" wide and  2-3/4" long. 

 

Assemble your supplies.  I didn't try to camouflage the pop-up strips, if this were a card I was giving to someone, I would decorate the card stock, and use paper strips that blend into the background.

Supplies

 

Score the strips at 1/2" (this attaches to the card stock) then at the other end 1" and 1/2" (these will attach to the back of the Panda)

Strips attached to the Panda, I only used 2 strips, you can use more or less depending on the size of your image.

Use glue and attach the strip to the card stock.  Dry fit first to make sure the Panda stays inside the folded card.  If your strips are too long, shorten them.  There isn't a set length, just use strips that fit your design.  I attached a pop-dot to the heart.  The Panda just sits on the bottom part of the card, it's not glued or attached, it needs to move so it can lay down when the card folds.

Finished Assembly

Jeness Project

Hi!   These are some cans that were converted into table center pieces.  My job was to turn them into something other than a tin can.  Another lady will add stuff inside the cans, arrange them on the tables and they will end up being fabulous.  The original plan was for 25 center pieces, they only had 18 cans for me so I did what they gave me and gave them extra cuts to make more cans if there is a need.  I will be unavailable to make more cans for them. I had a short time to get them done, and considering what I started with they came out pretty cool.  Thanks to my family for pitching and helping me glue and assemble and ignore them for long hours, I couldn't have gotten it done without their help and understanding.

The empty cans and plastic coffee cans, on the right is the sample, they will all end up looking like

The insides of some of the cans were a bit "old".  I covered the inside of the cans with black paper too.

Stage 1, covering the inside and outside of the cans with black paper.

Stage 2, adding a dripping border, using the Martha Stewart paper punch

Stage 3, finished cans.  School Bus, truck, car and dump truck are from Everyday Paper Dolls, the road is the lower case letter "L" cut and glued down, we cut over 100 of these little shapes.  The Curvy Road sign and Man at Work is from Street Sign.  The Cricut was such a big help making all these cuts.

Spring Fling Layout

A very kind crafter posted in her blog a video of a two page layout and encouraged us to copy and share. Here's my version. I taught this page in my SDU class and it was a big hit. Thank you Tammy at www.scrapcavecreations.com

What I've been working on.

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Book, Fabric & Floss

I've been doing a lot of stitching.  I need to clear out a project or two so I can finish this project.  It's a reproduction of the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel.  When I saw the finished piece and saw that I could purchase the pattern it was a major "I have to do this."  For several reasons, the first reason is my faith, it just calls me.  The second reason is that I was there, DH and I were in Italy and toured the Sistine Chapel back in 1984 and that was before it was "cleaned" and it was amazing.  The third reason, I've never done anything this big or fabulous, and it'll be the last big piece I ever do.  So that's what's up with this piece. 

I started in the center of the piece,

 

this is the beginning of "The Creation of Eve"

Progress to-date