Glimmer Mist

   Hurricane Irene has passed with no further problems. So today I did my errands and had to stop by the local scrapbook store. I'm behind on the "new stuff" curve and am just starting to play with Glimmer Mist. I'm working on scraping a 4th of July page and wanted to try something different. I saw an idea on Cricut website for the Word Collage cartridge and wanted to give a try. 

http://www.cricut.com/thursday/lookbookcart.aspx?Book=wordcollage 

   However, I wasn't very successful. What the picture showed was a flag background with chalked letters for 4th of July. I tried different ways to create a stencil - I used poster board then vinyl and just didn't work. The size I was trying to do may have a lot to do with that. I'll have to do some searching online to see how others manage this trick. I wanted the "negative" so I could chalk the words onto a background I made using Glimmer Mist.

   What I did instead was make my background with Glimmer Mist -- Red Velvet, Snow Queen and Bell Bottom Jeans. I sprayed onto white cardstock I had in my stash. I had gotten CRI-Kits Gel Pen Holder & Pens and decided to give them a try. Wow!! They worked great. I'll be using them on more of my projects. I did get all the colors available. 

   I think this looks pretty good considering it's not what I was trying to do. Sometimes what I end up with works better than what I was trying to create. But that doesn't mean that I'm not going to keep trying to do the stencil idea.  I'm trying to decide if I'm going to do a 8 x 8 mini album or just a two page layout but I'll post my project when I'm finished.

What a Week!!

   This has been a hectic week. First an earthquake on Tuesday afternoon & lots of clean up when I got home from work. Then we had another smaller quake/aftershock on Wednesday night around 1am that woke me up.  And if that's not the highlight of the week, a hurricane hits today.  I've only lost electric once today. Sad to say that messed up the bread I was baking.  But all is not lost. I've used the day of being inside to do fun stuff.  
  
   I've been wanting to try cutting fabric with my Cricut. I made pj bottoms for the grandson that had trains on them and decided to make a tshirt with a train on it to match. I went on You Tube and watched a couple of videos (thanks to all who have posted their "how to") but even with that I had trouble. But I'm not one to give up easy so I kept trying.  Here's my results - I used Boys Will Be Boys for the train and calico fabric I had in my stash.

  I didn't think that the train showed up very good since the outline wasn't defined so I decided to put a blanket stitch around the train.



  I had some trouble with the fabric not cutting well and raveling. I used Wonder Under but a lightweight type. I'm going to try again with a heaver weight & see how that works.  I've got a Robot tshirt to make.

My Pages

I've been slowly working on my older pictures and getting them scrapped. I got a set of Perfect Pearls awhile ago and decided to give them a try.  I used the Perfect Medium and stamped hearts on the pink across the top. I then used Berry Twist Perfect Pearls - I wanted to create my own "pattern paper".  I think it turned out pretty good.  I also used Doodlebug glitter to give the LOVE stamp some glitz.  The cardstock and embellishments are some I had in my stash.  I used my Cricut to cut the green tag under the LOVE circle at the top of the page. You can't read my journaling - I used a pink sparkle gel pen. I wrote the quote "You're everything I never knew I always wanted." I had planned this page out a long time ago - I tend to scraplift or use sketches I find on-line a lot. Thank you to everyone who posts their sketches & ideas - you make my life so much easier. I have noticed my "style" of scrapbooking could be called basic but that seems to work for me. Although Kenny & I are no longer together,  he was in my life for over two years and a part of who I am now.  I wanted to celebrate that. I'm finding scrapbooking is a great way to heal.

Making Cake Balls

 

My daughter, grandson & me making cake balls -- an idea I found on Bakerella website. Great Site!! As you can see, my grandson is enjoying the fruits of his labor.  Of course our didn't look as pretty as Bakerella's but they sure did taste good. We will definitely be making these again!!

Sitching My Sunflower Quilt

I've begun to stitch my quilt. I've not gotten it done yet - I work on stitching a couple times a week. The hard part is not missing a spot to tie a knot. I have to keep going over quilt to make sure I don't miss a spot.