Craft Room Redecorate: Dresses Banner (Take 2!)

Hi everybody!  I hope you are having a fabulous weekend.  This week, I announced to my husband that I wanted to redecorate my craft room.  I told him that I wasn’t at all changing my purple door, or anything drastic, but that I wanted to add a little more color instead of JUST purple like I had been going for a couple years ago.  The fact is---I was doing this with VERY limited craft supplies (and no silhouette cameo) when I did this over 2 years ago.  I feel like the papers/colors I chose was by necessity of using what I have.  Two years later, and 6 paper packs (or more!) and a whole bunch of embellishments later, I’ve got a lot more resources. 

I also decided to go a little trendy this time.  I haven’t really jumped on the houndstooth/chevron bandwagon, but I decided I’d try a little bit of everything.  I decided this room will be ‘girly modern.,’ defined by me of course!  I’m loving what I  have done so far.  Mostly it’s just recovering things I already have made, so I am not using a lot of brain power! :)

I whipped up this quick banner this morning.  I used the same file as this banner, but changed up the flourishes to these from Miss Kate.  I used white sketch pens for the flourishes, and love how they turned out.  (I love the sketch pens by the way!  They can add a little bit of detail in a lot of different projects.)  I also changed the neckline of one of the dresses using the edit points feature because it wasn’t cutting well on the paper I was using, and that was THE right paper for that dress. :)

Well there’s the banner!  How about a sneak peak of the other things going around here?

Thanks for reading!  Have a fantastic day!

~Lynette~

Card Mania

Greetings!  Thanks for popping in today.  Lately, I have been trying to improve my card making skills.  I love all the really fancy hand made cards I see in blogland, but I haven’t really had any ideas on how to get those looks.  I finally looked on pinterest, and have been making cards to mimic the ones I like.

I made this one on World Card Making Day (or something like that) at the beginning of October.  The “you are loved,” was a premade chipboard cutout I received in a giveaway.  This was the first card that I felt looked really good.  I have a pretty simple style, and I’m learning to add a few details for visual appeal.

I used this card as inspiration for this one.  I would have NEVER thought to use so many pieces, but I love how it turned out.  I used washi tape for the flags.  No words on this one. I couldn’t figure out where to make them fit, and I’m okay with wordless sometimes.  I cut out all the pieces in a few different colors and made 3 cards with alternating colors.  I’m learning it’s a great way to mass produce cards.

I think this card is my favorite I’ve made so far.  I got inspiration from this card.  I again made three copies of this card, with different colors for the parts.  I made the hello in solid red for all three cards.  The font for the hello is halo handletter. 

I love how these cards use simple shapes and layers to get a really fun and complex look.  I hope you’re having a wonderful day.  Thanks for stopping by!

~Lynette~

Easy Scalloped Circle Card

Hi everybody!  I hope you are having a fantastic weekend.  I got a carpet cleaner a few weeks ago, and tried it out Wednesday.  The pump died after one silly pass!  I had moved furniture and EVERYTHING out of the room…only to have to move it back so we could sit on our couches (and still dirty carpet) that evening.  I was disappointed, but Coscto took it back easily and I got a new one.  I decided to try it out today- just because I was so eager to see if it would work.  I normally go on strike from major cleaning on the weekends, but today was an exception.  Once I’d finished and put my son down for a nap, I whipped up this card using the free shape of the week from Silhouette.

I simply typed out the hello in xiomara font, (it’s a freebie) welded it, and then did a small offset.  I had sketch pens draw out the “hello,” and then cut out the offset.  I used the free shape for the circle and scalloped circle.  I made the inner circle a little smaller so you can see the polka dots on the scalloped circle.  I simply cut a 1’’ strip of pink plaid with my paper cutter, and glued the pieces on.  Tada!

Now I’m off to make a few more---saying “Thanks,” instead of hello.

Thanks for reading, and Thanks silhouette for a fabulous free shape this week!

~Lynette~