Frugal Fridays: $1.00 stick pins with Fabric cutter file today only!

Howdy everyone!
       August is quickly coming to an end.  Pretty soon September will be here and my son will go back to school.  We found out his teacher's name today also discovered that his friends from Kindergarten aren't in the same class as him.  Boo Hoo! Ahhh well I'm his Mom it's my job to worry but I know he'll do great!  I'm looking forward to taking those back to school photos.  I have made a goal by the end of September to complete a least a few layouts from Tyler's preschool and Kindergarten years as I have not done one school related page ever!  It will be a fun theme to do!  If any of you have some school inspired pages to share with me I'd love to see them please e-mail me at shellysart@verizon.net.  I hope to do up some school themed files in the process so please share any ideas you have for them too.  Thanks!

       Now for the Frugal Friday special.  For today only you can get my Stick Pins with Fabric Cutter file for only $1.00 hurry though the price will expire at midnight EST today 8/27/2010.  I designed this file because many scrapbook papers remind me of fabric.  Also, I loved the look of stick pins poked through fabric but hated the idea of a sharp point appearing on my scrapbook pages and cards.  So I figured if I could replicate the look in a cutter file with paper then that would be wonderful!  I hope you agree.  Click on the words above the preview to purchase the file.  But before you leave please check out some project by my CDT.

Stick Pins With Fabric

Aussie Caz has been on a creative streak again.  I will share two projects with you today and then one more in a few days.

Caz did a great card with my Stick Pins with Fabric file and Card Base 1 file.  Don't ya think!  I love the colors she chose and what a great idea to turn the card base file on it's side.  For the pin Caz cut out two of the stick pins in gold paper and glued them back to back to resemble a real pin.  Next she punched two holes in the faux fabric and slid the pin through.  It looks so real!  I just love it!  If you'd like to duplicate Caz's card you can find the card base by clicking on the words above the preview.

Card Base 1

If you like this type of cutter file.  I do have a few others in the store and more to come in the future.


Card Base 2

Card Base 3

 Next up Caz has another fabulous card to share.

  I just love the bright colors and that glittery hummingbird!  I love that ribbon too!  As you all know I'm a sucker for ribbon.  I think it would be a fun challenge to pull out a piece of ribbon and design a card completely from the colors in that ribbon.  Hmmm....maybe one of these days I'll post that challenge.  After my craft room is organized! Ahhh it seems so funny to say that!  I do love having my own space but hate figuring out where everything should go!  I love watching that TV show Mission Organization...wish someone would come and do my house!  How about it anyone want to come and visit?

Hummingbird Card

We went to Shaver's Creek Environmental Center a few weeks a go.  It's a wonderful place!  They have various birds which were hit by cars or injured in some way and they keep them safe and take care of them.  There are plenty of wooded hiking trails and a little nature interactive room with learning games for the kids to play.  The kids really like it there.  So I thought I'd share a few photos with you.

The owl in the photo was one they brought out during their bird show.  It was great to see these animals up close without all those bars and learn a little about them.  I have no clue what this wild flower is called.  I just remember as a kid I would spend hours digging these up and replanting them in my patch of dirt I played in.  I still think they are just beautiful.  If anyone knows the name please speak up as I'd love to make a note of it in my scrapbook.  The picture below is of a bee hive they have in the one room.  It's fascinating watching all those bees work to make that honey!  I am glad there was a piece of glass between me and them though.

I found this photo particularly interesting and just had to share it with you.  It explains how long it takes things to naturally break down over time.  Click on the photo to make it larger if you can't read it.  I think it says 200 years for aluminum cans!   Gosh I'm glad we recycle!

One more fun photo then I'll say goodbye!  The kids were pretending to be "king of the mountain" while showing us their muscles.  Too funny!  We are soo lucky to live in a place that allows us to enjoy the not only the beauty but the fun nature has to offer. 

Thanks for stopping by!  I hope you have a fabulous weekend! 
Shelly

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Frugal Fridays: $1.00 Accordion Folded Flower today only and Iris Paper Folding

Hello,
    Whew this has been on exhausting week!  We decided to have a yard sale tomorrow.  So we scoured just about every inch of our house for excess stuff that we just didn't need.  It was soo hard for me to get rid of stuff.  I have the mentality you never know when you may need something!   (The kids didn't want to give up their old toys either!)  But we did it!  I still have a few things to price but overall I'm ready!  Nothing is coming back into this house if it doesn't sell!  Hopefully this will get some stuff cleared out of the attic rooms and I can be one step closer to have a craft room for me and a play room for the kids. Yeah!  Wish us luck selling lots and it does feel great to declutter! 

     Now for the Frugal Friday special.  You get my Accordion Folded Flower file for only $1.00.  Hurry though this price expires today Aug 13, 2010 at midnight EST.  I created this file as a topper for my explosion box last year.  However, it seems recently that flowers like these were seen everywhere at CHA.  How about that I was actually ahead of the trend for once!  LOL!  Anyway, my file makes it very easy to make these flowers as the cutter can even do the score lines for you making everything perfectly spaced.  They are very versatile too just by changing the paper and center embellishments these work well for any season as you will see by the examples my CDT made below.  Click on the words if you would like to purchase the Accordion Folded Flower and keep up with the trend without emptying your wallet!

Accordion Folded Flower

I asked my CDT members if they could make this flower more Summer looking.  Boy did they meet the challenge!  Lisa and Caz did a wonderful job getting this flowers ready for Summer!  What a transformation!  Okay I know you want me to stop gabbing and show you huh!

See I told you Caz did a great job!  We both had to laugh when she finished these as they reminded us of tropical drink umbrellas.  Very Summery indeed!  It's amazing how just by changing the papers and adding a button could completely change the look of these flowers.  Don't they look great on Caz's colorful card too?!  I'm sorry I was hoping the Card Base 3 would be in the store today but I don't see it in the store yet...it should be there any day now though.  Please check back if you like it.  I will announce on this blog too when it's officially in the store.

Lisa did a great job too with the flowers she simply added a circle to the center.  I just love the colors in her card.  I also love how she turned the card base 3 on it's side.  The little green ribbon tails are a perfect accent.
I bet these flowers would even work for Fall or Halloween too by adding large brads or small pumpkins in the centers. 

Tyler loves to craft and even Santa got him some scrapbooking paper one year.  He is looking forward to having a crafting space up in the attic almost as much as I am I think.  Anyway, he had to make a thank you card.  So he decided he wanted to try his hand at Iris Paper Folding.  If you want to see more about this technique click here to see my previous blog post all about it.  The lady he is making the card for has two dogs that great us when we go to visit her.  So Tyler said we had to do a dog pattern for her.  We found this great pattern at Circle of Crafters.  I let Tyler pick out the papers himself and for the most part he folded each strip too.  Since the pattern had 28 pieces...I numbered the pieces to make it easier on him and did hold them down while he added the tape but overall he did quite well with little assistance from me.  I think he really enjoyed it and will be making another one for his cousins birthday next week.  He also loved that he got to play with my stamps too.  He also got to use my glitter glue in the center of the iris.  Yep...he is definitely my crafting buddy!  I'm sure Adoree would love to help us too but she is a little young yet for this particular technique!

Okay lunch and then more pricing of our unwanted items.  Hope you guys enjoy your weekend and thanks for stopping by!
Shelly 

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Here are a few of the files I have available at Cutters Market

alphabet charm letters

baking cookies



















bunny basket




















This one will be posted as soon as I get it converted to GSD and AI...I created it as a KNK file so stay tuned! Thanks for looking! Shelly

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This is a credit card holder I created to match my handbag. I used Carrie Creation's layered flowers file. You can find it at this link layered flowers . I inked the edges with fluid chalk...love that stuff. If you haven't tried it I urge you to do so.....so easy! You can buy it at Joann's online.
I also used a technique found in March 2008 Papercrafts magazine for the dotted paper. Doesn't it look a lot like ruffled material? I hope to create a digital cutter file to teach you this technique so stay tuned.





My baby girl came 3 weeks early so our church choir had a baby shower without me! One of the choir members was gracious enough to bring the presents home to us.
I used many digital cutter files in this layout
my file: found at Cutters Market
alphabet charm letters
Carrie Creation's files:
all about the arrow
baby accessories
playful banners:frills
playful tags

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Hello everyone!

I figured it is about time I set up a blog since that is the easiest way to share my layouts, cards and digital cutter files with you all.
I have been scrapbooking for a little over 9 years. I purchased a Silhouette (digital cutter) around August of 2007. I quickly became addicted and started designing my own cutting files. I now have started selling those files at Cuttersmarket I intend to post previews of the files I am selling and sample layouts and cards using my files on this blog. Occasionally, I will even offer a few free files once I figure out how to do that.
I am also on Carrie's Creations Design Team. She is a wonderful friend that designs absolutely fabulous cutter files. You can find her file for sale at Paperthreads here Carrie's Creations files
I will also be showing layouts and cards I create using her awesome digital cutter files.
Shirley Clark is a good friend of mine. She has played a key role in helping me learn the whole designing files process. She is a wonderful digital cutter file design for Paperthreads too. You can find her files here Shirley Clark Files

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