Art Philosophy Gift Box

Using the Art Philosophy cartridge and a few Sissix dies I created this gift box. I used my Gypsy to resize the doorhanger image and added some pattern paper from Me and My Big Ideas Speciality Stack. The flower is the Tattered floral die by Tim Holtz and the leaves are one of the original Sissix dies. The little tag I cut using a Cuttlebug die and stamped it.

A Design Team Call

Sketches in Thyme Design Team Call!!

Here is my submission:

Another "Two" Cute Layout

While piddling around in my scrap area last night, a decision was made to do a layout. Now my desk is usually covered with the remains of some project that I just finished or that I'm not quite finished with. So there are scraps of paper and other materials just ready to be grabbed and used somehow. Then, I usually reach for my fav tool---Cricut cartridge. This time I settled on the Lovely Floral which is one that has only a few images but it has become one of my favorites. I don't know how I made out without it.(LOL) Taking some pictures from my pile of leftovers that have not reached the layout page yet, I chose these two of my granddaughter. Isn't she CUTE! Then the wheels started turning and turning until the end product was this:

Here's the Layout Recipe:

Cricut Cartridge: Lovely Floral

Flourish(right side),

Font

Journaling Tag

Sissix Decorative Strip: Hello Kitty

Flourish (left side)

Stamp

Dear Lizzy+American Crafts

Inspiration Projects

Inspiration is abundant all around us. I'm often found surfing the www for it and boy do I find some fabulous artistic works of art. Just recently I scraplifted two such projects. The first is a junk journal that Tmika(Scrapdaworld- Youtube) created. I used the Just Because Cricut cartridge to create what I think is a lovely journal. You can view my Youtube video(FayRaiDesigns) to see all the pages I designed. Here's the project.

Miniature Layout

If you feel intimidated by 12x12 layouts, why not try scrapbooking layouts miniature-style. These are a great alternative and can be easy tucked into a small album or your purse. I created two layouts using 5x5 size cardstock. I then added smaller versions of embellishments and tuitles. These would fit perfect for those school photos or wallet photos. Why not give it a try.

Layout Recipes:

Layout#1:

CS - cut at 5x5

Banner - Cricut Essentials (E2)

Title - Cricut Essentials

Bling- Ja-Jinker

Layout#2Flourish - Sissix

Title - Cricut Graphically Speaking

Label - EK Success

New Layout

Doing layouts can be so much fun and rewarding. As you look at the memory that the layout creates it just warms your heart. Then there all the colors and design that enhance that even more. In this layout, I used some simple punches(Martha Stewart) and made some rosettes using some of my scraps. The leaves and title were cut out using my Cricut and the eyes were stamped using a Hampton Arts stamp. To finish it off, I add to clear dewdrops and two buttons in the center of the rosettes. Hope you enjoy.

ATC card holders

Everyone is creating and swapping ATC cards. So I thought I would make a few card holders to store some as well as display them. One of the holders I designed with my Gypsy. The other holder I created using the Tim Holtz tag die. These projects were created for the StampinDymonz Design Team.