Monthly Archives: May 2011

Using up leftovers

Posted on May 31, 2011 by Evelyn

I have all these leftovers from the mini-albums I made last year and I can’t bear to throw them away, so I worked on them today.  I’ve completed four more Christmas mini-albums.  Here is the first: I’m not sure what … Continue reading →

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Bunches of bookmarks

Posted on May 29, 2011 by Evelyn

I made these summer bookmarks for the people I work with.  Soon it’ll be summer vacation and we teachers will finally get a chance to sit down with a good book!  All the clip art is from pcCrafter. I made … Continue reading →

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A Picturesque bird

Posted on May 28, 2011 by Evelyn

I cut this blue bird and branch from the Picturesque cartridge, which came with my new Cricut Expression.  It’s the “corner” feature of the image found on page 59 of the handbook. I cut the bird-and-branch (shift + corner) with … Continue reading →

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It’s good to have backup

Posted on May 27, 2011 by Evelyn

You know how I love my Cricut and my Sure Cuts A Lot.  Well, recently Provo Craft (the makers of the Cricut electronic cutting machines) sued Craft Edge (the creators of SCAL) for copyright infringement.  They settled out of court, … Continue reading →

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Altered Notebooks

Posted on May 23, 2011 by Evelyn

I picked up these little notebooks at Michaels for $1.00 apiece. They were easy to cover and used very little paper.  Each book used one 12 x 12 inch patterned paper cut to 7 inches.  I scored them at each … Continue reading →

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Cookie Monster thank you card

Posted on May 15, 2011 by Evelyn

I made a Cookie Monster for a card a few weeks ago.  (The file was a freebie from Short ‘n Scrappy.)  The monster turned out real cute.  I set him aside while I thought of what I wanted the card … Continue reading →

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Programmed for Play

Posted on May 14, 2011 by Evelyn

I don’t often go for cutesy titles on my scrapbook pages, but awhile ago I saw a page somewhere with the title Programmed for Play.  I LOVE the Robotz cartridge, and really wanted to use it again and this title … Continue reading →

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One lone Halloween photo

Posted on May 11, 2011 by Evelyn

that didn’t make it into this album. The green “grass” paper is from Martha Steward Holidays punch pad.  All the cuts are from the Cricut Mini-Monsters cartridge, except the black road, which is just hand-cut. I got the idea from … Continue reading →

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Summer bulletin board

Posted on May 9, 2011 by Evelyn

This all started with the little bird with the umbrella.  Remember the April Showers Bring May Flowers bulletin board?  This little guy was supposed to be for that bulletin board, but I couldn’t get the colors to match.  So I … Continue reading →

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Waterfall cards

Posted on May 8, 2011 by Evelyn

My niece just had twins and I wanted to make her a nice card.  I bought these waterfall cards from SVG cuts.com and made some of the baby cards.  I followed the directions in their video to make these. Next … Continue reading →

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