August 16th Steampunk Serengeti Blog Hop!

 I wanted to make a steampunk luminary with the Cricut and I don't know my way around Design Space to create one.  Jennifer Maker has a Christmas Tree Luminary Set that made it not so hard for me to do!  I used the plain frame in PDF and cut that out with scissors.  I printed Leigh's Steampunk Serengeti Rectangle Collage Lace Cutz large enough on patterned paper to be able to put them on copy paper and use for each window.  I used copy paper because vellum in one of those things I never ever think of to buy when ordering craft goodies!  All the items from the Steampunk Serengeti Collection are just a joy to work with....I am a tad obsessed!

 Believe it or not the top pic is with the lights on and the bottom with them off.  Somehow I managed to make them look exactly alike!

To embellish the front,  I cut the gears from the Gears and Leaves Steampunk Elements Cutz Set and sprayed with Distress Oxide Ink Sprays (wilted violet and spiced marmalade) then layered in a cluster.  I inked the  tree frame with Distress Ink (pink lipstick) then I sprayed it with Distress Oxide Spray (picked raspberry).  Another one done and dusted for the Steampunk Serengeti Blog Hop hosted by LeighSBDesigns!  All the details and linky party are HERE!

August 12th Steampunk Serengeti Blog Hop with LeighSBDesigns!

Here with another one from Leigh's Steampunk Serengeti Collection!  I used the Collage Layer Lace Cutz which is available separately or in the Steampunk Serengeti SVG Cutz Bundle  .  I also used a sentiment from the Grunge Essential Sentiments set.  I layered the Lace Cutz onto some pieces from the Gears and Leaves Layered Cutz that I had been playing with and put everything on top of a Steampunk Paper from Dragons Lair Designs (no longer in business). 

I am still trying to learn the ins and outs of my Cricut so there are a few uh ohs mainly due to my blade being dull me thinks and my getting my up sides mixed up with my down sides!  All defintely user error!😉  This is another one for the linky at the Steampunk Serengeti Blog Hop with LeighSBDesigns!  All the details and the linky party are located HERE!

August 9th Steampunk Serengeti Blog Hop with LeighSBDesigns!

Rolling in tonight with some fantastic svg cutz from Leigh's new collection Steampunk Serengeti!  I played it smart this time and got the digi bundle and the cutz bundle cause I always want to play with ALL the new releases!  I used the following from the Bundle SVG Cutz Steampunk Serengeti Collection: Africa Layered Lace Cutz and Steampunk Serengeti Text Layered Cutz.  All of the new releases can be purchased separately or in the bundles!

Easy Peasey with Leigh's wonderful svg files and the Cricut.  Papers from around the desk and I did download some freebie animal print paper from gathered.com (I want to say this is for Making Cards & Papercrafting magazine from UK but not 100% sure).  Off now to the linky party at LeighSBDesigns Steampunk Serengeti Blog Hop!  All the deets and the linky are HERE!

Cricut Pumpkin Cat Treat Box

I am still working on the art of using a Cricut machine!  Today I played with a cute little Pumpkin Cat Treat Box by Dreaming Tree and it is a FREEBIE!  I still haven't upgraded to a higher weight cardstock so I am still getting sorta wonky finishes 😸  But that didn't take away the fun of making this!

The backdrop for the kitty treat box is another one by Pexels at Pixabay.  The sentiment is from a Kit and Clowder Coloring Class.  I inked the edges with Distress Ink.  Now it is ready to pop some of Ichigo's favorite treats in and surprise him!  

I am going to enter this in Ike's Show Us Your Pussycats Challenge for July!

Oct. 27th the 31 Days of Halloween

 

We are staring down the barrel of another hurricane tonight!  I can barely believe it!  This one is possibly going to leave us in the west of its landfall but right now we are just waiting to see who goes to work tomorrow or how it will play out. 

I’m so inspired by all the amazing projects being posted everyday by you fabulous bloggers!  Leigh’s spectacular luminaries inspired me to tackle the Cricut and I have some small luminaries on my work table tonight !  A work in progress so to fill the void here is my Boo! Raven 👻.  I am reminding myself baby steps as I try new things!  This is the 10th Annual 31 Days of Halloween Blog Hop presented by LeighSBDesigns and it ends on October 31st at 11:55pm pacific!  Leigh's blog hops are stress free...you play when you want and how much you want!  All the details are HERE at LeighSBDesigns Inspiration Blog!  The linky party is there, too! 😉