Free SVG File– 06.15.11 – Step Right Up Caption

Here's another Freebie from SVGcuts!  Use this file with your Make The Cut! software program to add a bit of fun to your layouts or cards.  Actually this would be so cute to cut it out of vinyl and put it on a stepping stool for a kiddie!  They have AWESOME files and well as video tutorials!

Thanks SVGCuts for another little nugget!

Free SVG File – Sure Cuts A Lot – 06.15.11 – Step Right Up Caption

MTC and SVG CUTS Peony Cottage SVG Kit

Oh my...when I saw this file, I had to have it!!!  It's so darn CUTE!  I made it for my 7 year old great-niece Kamiko.  She had a dance recital last weekend and I missed it.  So I thought about this new kit I bought from SVGCUTS.com and decided to make it and fill it with goodies.  I think she'll like it. Hopefully her 20 month old brother doesn't love it to pieces...literally!  Here's the link for the kit:

PEONY COTTAGE SVG KIT

It was super easy to make using my MTC software. This tutorial is so well done!  I love it.  I first printed out the directions, it has all the sizes and paper type (solid or patterned)  printed under the pic of each piece.  I just imported each piece onto my Make the Cut! mat, and cut everything out on my cutter. Inked edges and then followed Mary's video for assembly on their website.  Super, SUPER Easy! (did I say that already??)  I want to make myself one...for what, I have no idea.  But it's so darn CUTE...I think I said that already too! LOL  You can easily customize your design for each season, just by changing your paper choices.  This file is so ingenious!  Great Job Mary Rudakas!!  There's a few more fun files that I purchased and will have to make asap.  Maybe I'll wait to make them until I get that new cutting machine.  Which one you say???  One? hahahaha....time will tell, and then I will shout it out here and on the MTC forum of course! Ü

5 NEW LETTERING DELIGHTS Summer SVG Sets!!

Look at these awesome MUST HAVE summer svg files from Lettering Delights!  They are totally sweet! 

I swear that they look into my wishlist and play around with my head! LOL  I have 4 of these graphic sets sitting there in my wishlist...and now look what they did! They took the work out of converting it into svgs to cut out in my MTC software program.  

Now this is a "no brainer"! I gotta have these.  If you want to get a better look at these sets, just click on the pics and it will take you right to LD.  And we all love using coupon codes when ordering...so don't for get to include this when checking out!  FiveSVGS  Now off to play....

ENJOY!! Ü

Coupon Code: FiveSVGS

My Turn...MTC BLOG HOP! Day 22

Alrighty then...if you been keeping up with the Make The Cut! Blog Hop this month, you have now enjoyed 21 days of fabulous projects by amazing crafters.  If you have missed a day or two, just click on the MTC button on my right sidebar and it will take you to Christy's blog...she has the Host link for each day listed there.

Now on to my project. The inspiration for this mini photo album is the grand daughter of one of my clients.  Wendy's baby sister is due this week, and I thought a little gift to include her in this exciting event would be fun.  I decided I was going to demonstrate the Print 'n Cut method using Make the Cut! for this chipboard book.  To my delight, it was sooooooo easy! 

For each page I started with bringing in a square from the MTC! Basic Shapes file and resizing it to 6" x 6".  Then opening my Lettering Delights Baby Girl Mini Album file, I chose the paper I wanted to use and resized the texture to 32% to fit the square.  For each page I brought in a coordinating image from the LD Baby Animal Squares Graphic Set.  Setting the Visualization properties as follows:

Apply Changes, check Set Image as Texture and Import. Resize your image and texture to your desired size on the MTC! virtual mat.  When all of your images are imported, resized and textured, send each page to your printer.  Place your printed cardstock onto your cutting mat and load into your machine. Before cutting out your images, go back to your virtual mat in MTC! and select the image you will be cutting out.  To simplify your cut, press shift/ctrl/Z keys on your computer.  You will get a pop up box (Auto Simplified Node Count) that will tell you how many nodes or spots the blade will go to around your image/path.  Hit  OK or the enter key and repeat this process until no further simplification can be done.  This process will help to make your machine cut  around your image more quickly.  From the drop down tab under "Cut Project With..." select your cutting machine.  Depending on the thickness of your cardstock or chipboard, you may want to select from the drop down box how many passes you want to cut your design, as well as how fast you would like it to cut. Press "Start!" to cut.  Complete this process for each page of your album. Once everything is cut out, ink edges, assemble and embellish as desired.

So here is my finished album for Wendy...you can double clink on pic to get a closer look!

If you would like to purchase this FANTASTIC software for your creative projects, please click my MTC! button below and you will be directed to the order form.  This updated and fast growing software is on sale for a limited time, and you will want to pick it up now while the price is still HOT. And FYI...all updates are FREE and new cutting machines are being added to the supported list when available. This is a list of machines that are supported by Make The Cut! at the time of this posting:

* Klic-N-Kut™ Series

* Black Cat Cougar and Lynx

* Boss Kut Gazelle

* USCutters MH/LaserPoint Series

* Craftwell eCraft

* Any cutter machines that support HPGL printing (Craft ROBO, Silhouette, etc)

* And many more to come in the near future Ü

To purchase these fun files I used with MTC! just click on the pictures below and it will link you straight to Lettering Delights.  There's so many fun files...something for everyone!

Thanks for looking!  I hope you consider this AMAZING software...you won't regret it...just ask anyone on the MTC! forum. Ü

MTC Blog Hop May 1-31

 Can you believe it?  I am participating in my very first BLOG HOP!!!  Yeaaah-Huh....{i think i just heard a few peeps fall off of their chairs} LOL  Well get up and listen to this...

Let me tell you...I actually committed to STARTING and FINISHING a project and will have it posted here on my very own blog for all to see. yep:) My day is Sunday May 22nd....oh yeah, and this year...2011...hehehe.  And so hopefully all you wonderful bloggers and super crafters will come and see what I have been planning to make for this event.  Our goal is to share with the world how AMAZING our favorite crafting software, MAKE THE CUT! is...and how easy it is to use with the many different cutting machines available on the market today.  Everyday, beginning with May 1st. through May 31st, at 7:00 a.m, there will be a new blog to visit.  There are amazing designers lined up with awesome projects to share to help you keep your MoJo flowing at top speeds.  Please come join us in the fun.  Make sure to check back here May 1st to see where to go first and then back everyday throughout the month of May to see where the hop will take you next for the excitement...you just might find a project or two that you will have to do before the month is over.  And...there just may be some blog candy along the way to sweeten this adventure! ;)

If you'd like to check out why we are so excited about our MTC, download the TRIAL. And when you are totally blown away by it's simplicity to create your own cuts, and you just have to buy your own copy of MAKE THE CUT! just click this highlighted link, you will be directed to the order form. Feel free to and contact ME with any questions about this wonderful program. 

Cutting machines that support MTC!

* Black Cat Cougar and Lynx
* Boss Kut Gazelle

* USCutters MH/LaserPoint Series

* Craftwell eCraft

* Any cutter machines that support HPGL printing (Craft ROBO, Silhouette, etc)

* And many more to come in the near future

Winter Scene Window Painting

The girls at work informed me that I was in charge of painting a window for our window display...yay.  For those of you that don't know me...I procrastinate about procrastinating.  But even I surprised myself on this one!  LOL  I went to the salon on my day off and in 4 hours got it mostly done.  The following day, I put in two more trees, and while my client was in the pedi spa, I "found" the snowman sitting in the back yard waiting to be seen, so I picked up my paint brush and got him in there.  I really wanted to redo the sky because it isn't how I wanted it to be, but DH said it was done.  hahaha....it looks like Lake Michigan.  I used acrylic paints for all but the sky.  The girls at work thought I should use window paint daubers...ummmm...no.  You can't layer with that stuff to make it look realistic.  They thought that we...I...could just wash off the window and paint something else for next season....ummmm...again...no.  I will fix the sky next winter, and I will find another window downstairs and paint something else on it to use in the display.  So help me if I see someone with a razor blade heading for that painting! ;)  Here's a few pics I took of it on my iPod...just incase I can't save it from the co-worker that doesn't understand how attached I am to my artwork. 

Inkspot Workshop Hump Day Giveaway!

Inkspot Workshop and The Twinery are teaming together this week for an AWESOME Hump Day Giveaway!  Check out Inkspot Workshop's blog site for details!

Best Buds...

So we went to visit our best buds in Indiana last weekend and had a fantastic time as expected!!  Of course I had in mind that I wanted to make a scrap book for Debbie...just didn't know exactly WHEN I was going to actually start it...lol...doesn't that sound just like me???!!!  Well, after a few attempts in DS and then decided I love MTC far more, I went ahead and started my project.  Worked on setting up the pages for about 1 1/2 to 2 hours, only to forget to save the darn thing and closed out of the program,  Yeah, dumb me.  But all worked out in the end, because on further meditating on the idea, I went about it way too difficult.  That's what I get for not pounding out projects on a more frequent basis.  Well with a few very late nights, I got 'er done just the way I had imagined...with a bit of extra ideas that came to me because I had actually gave it more time and thought.  I was kind of worried about Deb's reaction towards it.  She's not a scrapper, and is a very thrifty and practical person.  When we were discussing my addiction to this hobby, she was kind of callused with her comments.  Before I gave it to her, I at first doubted if she would appreciate the time and effort I put into the book.  But she was THRILLED with it!!!   Yeaaaa...as was her hubby! :)  I had left one mat empty because I could not find a pic with all four of us together, but she and Aaron ran to find their photo albumns to put a pic in the spot and we completed it together.  I only wished that I would have gotten a final picture of that page.  But any how...this is the book.  I like how it turned out and have plans to make other books as gifts also...but ahead of time...right.  hahahahha....

 

 

Winter Bears colored in MTC

Here's something I did with a new stamp image I found.  I just LOVE Make The Cut!  It is so easy to convert images into layers for scrapbook pages and cards.  Isn't this image sooooo darn CUTE!!!!  The eyes were too small to cut out, so I'll have to draw or stamp them on.  You can download your own copy of MTC by clicking on the icon on my sidebar.   

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OKAY!!!  Here's the cut!  I used my Make The Cut software to make the layers and cut it out with my sweet Pink E.  See Amy...I can multi task too!  LOL  My DH was razzing me too...he said this was cute, but what am I going to do with it!  HA...I need to get a couple pics together and put this on a layout.  I'll show him! ;)

Altered Tin Box

Alright...this is a metal box that I've stored my gel brushes for work for the past 6 years.  I found it at Hobby Lobby, and it had the Disney Princesses on it.  Yes...I kept it like that and it was a topic of conversation for a while.  :) Well...I decided it was time to "mature" the look...just a wee bit...Won't my clients be shocked!!  I took some of my pretty paper from the My Minds Eye~Simply Delightful paper stack, a bit of Modge Podge and this is what I came up with.  I am still undecided if I like the bling I put on it...some random and a few aligned...just don't know if it's working. I keep moving the bling around, but am afraid one of these times I'll tear the paper when I do it. Why do I stress over things like this???!!! {I'll probably change it another time or two yet...sigh}  So here it is...leave me your thoughts on what I should do.  Thanks a bunch!  This reminds me that I'll have to take pics of my tin I altered when I first started scrappin'.  I put my Cuttlebug folders in it.