True Scrap Kids - An online event!

Calling Crafty Kids and {Grand}Moms!

If your little ones are bored out of their gourds this summer and are looking for some crafty activities, you need to check out True Scrap Kids! 

It's a one-day, online, LIVE event for crafty kids AND their moms. Presented in a rocking-cool web room just like the big boys use, True Scrap Kids will be super- fun for school-aged kids (as well as the young at heart!).

The event includes:

-Five 30-minute crafty classes on everything from phone photography to an up-cycled summer memory album.

 -A pre-event virtual PJ party

 -The chance to win cool prizes

- FULL VIDEO REPLAYS of all the classes so you can watch over and over again! 

To find out more, head over HERE!  

True Scrap Kids takes place online on Saturday, July 27, and is sponsored by Fiskars.

Check out all the details in the video below (click HERE if you can't see the video):

Sign up HERE!

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How to Layer Cricut Iron On Vinyl!

Today's T-shirt features layered iron-on vinyl!  It was incredibly easy to do.  Just follow these steps:

1) Iron shirt where vinyl will go for 15-20 seconds using highest, non-steam setting.

2) Place bottom layer of vinyl (yellow star layer in this case) onto shirt, with its plastic backing intact.  Using a iron cloth over it (I used a pillowcase), iron for 15-20 seconds.  Then, turn shirt over and iron the backside for 15-20 seconds.

3) Remove plastic backing from bottom layer.  Carefully, place top layer onto bottom layer, with its plastic backing intact.  Use parchment paper to cover bottom layer and prevent trouble.  Now iron with your iron cloth over both layers for 30 seconds on front.  Turn shirt over and iron with iron for 15-30 seconds.

4) Wait until vinyl cools and remove plastic backing and parchment paper.  Shirt is finished!

One last tip:  You cannot layer on top of the glitter vinyl -that must be the top layer!

The "Rock Star" was cut from the Cricut Rock Princess cartridge at 5".  That cartridge has some great word art that's perfect for iron on vinyl layering.  Here's a link to the handbook: Cricut Rock Princess Handbook

Here are all the cool Iron On Vinyl colors Provo Craft has come out with - they are $12.99 each.

We've only got a few more days left to sign up for the May Layout a Day class! I hope you will join me in doing this class.  I am a little nervous about doing so many layouts but I really want to do this!  Here's some more info on the class:

Want to make 31 layouts in 31 days?

Lain Ehmann is running her "Layout A Day" class again in May.  Join me as we take on this fun class together!  Daily video and daily prompts are a great spur to action.  I am hoping to learn how to make layouts faster.

Here are the details:

What’s Waiting for You in May:

• 31 days of brand-new video prompts and lessons, guaranteed to bust you out of any scrapbooking rut, bring a smile to your face, and make your hair shine!
• Exclusive message board for LOAD members only where you can connect and chat with the coolest scrappers on the Web!
• Private gallery for our members where you share your daily creations, win prizes, and strut your stuff!
• 31 never-before-seen sample layouts!
• Random surPRIZES, Hugh sightings, and fun for all!

SPACE IS LIMITED!
To Preserve the Intimate and Personal Atmosphere of This Event,
Participation Is Capped!

Click here to sign up! 

Here's what others have to say about Layout A Day:

“Before I did LOAD I would spend hours on a page. Now because LOAD is on during one of the busiest times at work (16 hour days!) I’m scrapping quicker, not afraid of committing, and best of all using up all my old stash! I’m loving the prompts scrapping stories I wouldn’t have thought of. I’m seeing a style and what I enjoy using on my pages.”-learncreatedo

“I am having SO MUCH FUN with LOAD!!! I’ve been pushed to go beyond what I thought my creative limits were and I can’t thank you enough for that. I look forward to your email every morning and I always want another prompt as soon as I finish my daily challenge. Thank you so much for this awesome challenge; this LOADster is absolutely loving it!!!”-Jennifer.

Click here to sign up! 

Want to see more of my projects?
Click HERE to see my gallery!
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You're the Best and I'm Not Lion Card

I have wanted to cut this lion forever!  He's from the Cricut Create a Critter cartridge and was cut at 2-3/4".

There's an easy way to cut the animals out in the proper colors on Create A Critter using the Cricut Craft Room.

Here's a photo tutorial on it:

First, you select the Cricut Imagine as your machine.

Now all the animals will show up properly on your mat in their colored form.  All the animals from Create A Critter, Team Spirit and some from Cindy Loo are divided out like this.

Select Create A Critter-34 for the lion (he's key 34) - see images below.  Drag him to the mat.

After sizing the lion as you liked, then click on the "edit group" button as shown below:

 Next, in the upper right hand of the mat, click the button that says "separate" as shown below:

 Then, this will happen (see below):

Now, you can grab the pieces separately and move them around on the mat for best paper placement (see below):

 When you get that arranged as you like, click "Exit" shown below:

Now, layout out your papers on your mat according to color.  Then go back and change the machine setting to "Cricut Expression" or whatever machine you are using, if not the Imagine.  

When you do this, all the pieces will turn one color as shown below so it's important to get the papers on the mat laid out BEFORE you switch the machine setting.  If you forget which papers went where, just switch it back to "Imagine" and the different colors will show up again.

This speeds up figuring out which papers go with which layers.

Have you tried doing this in the Craft Room before?  Let me know if this was helpful!

The stamp on the card is from a Scrappy Moms set called "Little Critters".  Take a look how cute this is:

Don't forget that Scrappy Moms is sponsoring my giveaway this week - you could win a set of your choice!  Enter by clicking HERE (and then scroll to see the entry form at the bottom).

The card base is from the Cricut Birthday Bash cartridge.  I love that cartridge for it's great card shapes and word art.  I cut it at 5".

One more thing:

There are only 50 more spots left in the Layout A Day class for May.  I've signed up, hoping to get more layouts done to show you guys!

Lain explains the fun we'll be having in May in this video (click HERE if you can't see the video):

Here are more details:

What’s Waiting for You in May:

• 31 days of brand-new video prompts and lessons, guaranteed to bust you out of any scrapbooking rut, bring a smile to your face, and make your hair shine!
• Exclusive message board for LOAD members only where you can connect and chat with the coolest scrappers on the Web!
• Private gallery for our members where you share your daily creations, win prizes, and strut your stuff!
• 31 never-before-seen sample layouts!
• Random surPRIZES, Hugh sightings, and fun for all!

SPACE IS LIMITED!
To Preserve the Intimate and Personal Atmosphere of This Event,
Participation Is Capped!

Click HERE to find out more about Layout A Day and sign up!

Want to see more of my projects?
Click HERE to see my gallery!
Subscribe to Obsessed with Scrapbooking to learn more about ways to use the Cricut in your scrapbooking!

How to Make A Quick Layout with a Free Video Lesson!

After signing up for the Layout A Day class, launching in May (see THIS POST for more details and an early bird special), I started to panic about how I could make so many layouts in one month.  And show them on this blog. YIKES!

Then, I got an email from Debbie Hodge from Get It Scrapped.  Many of you got her FREE From Photos to Scrapbook Page in 5 Easy Steps class (if not, get it HERE) so you may remember her high quality teaching.

She is rolling out a series of low-cost classes called Scrapbook Coach and the first one is "On A Shelf".   Here's a bit about that Scrapbook Coach:

Scrapbook Coach is a series of self-paced video classes that teach you to start with a  common page foundation and then shake it up to make great looking scrapbook pages efficiently. In every class you scrapbook alongside Debbie Hodge as she guides you in photo crops, paper choices, title treatments and embellishing.

There is a free video tutorial that gives you an idea what the class will be like so I decided to watch it and make the layout in it.

So, I created this layout:

Watching the video and following her instructions made creating the layout so much easier.  What was nice was that she explained why she put things where she did and what design principles she referenced.

I worried about lining things up evenly so I used a large 2" x 18" clear quilting ruler and mat to try to get those things perfect.

By using painter's tape and sticking down my layout, I was able to get pretty close.  Of course, I thought of that idea towards the end of the project...

No project is complete without some Cricut cuts!  I used the new Creative Memories Tiny Treasures cartridge for the lettering (cut at 1").  Even though this is a baby cartridge, the fonts are excellent and there are many shapes that can be used in a variety of ways.  You can see all the images on the cartridge and purchase it HERE, from my good blogger friend Diane of Capadia Designs.

The label was cut at 1-1/2" and is from the Cricut Sophisticated cartridge by Teresa Collins. Love that cartridge.  And finally, the pennants were from the Pretty Pennants Cricut cartridge and were cut at 2-1/2".

All in all, it took me about an hour to make this layout.  Much of that time was spent finding the right paper.  I have 11,000 sheets of paper (ok, not really that many...but a lot) and selecting paper is always tricky.  For me, this is a speedy quick layout.

Click here to see the free video and sign up for the class!

If you watch the video and make a layout, leave me a link below.  I'd love to see what you make!!

Want to see more of my projects?
Click HERE to see my gallery!
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How to make 31 layouts in 31 days!

Want to make 31 layouts in 31 days?

I do!  I have many fun memories to scrapbook but somehow I'm not getting it done.

So, when I heard Lain Ehmann is running her "Layout A Day" class again in May, I decided to sign up.  Join me as we take on this fun class together!  At less than $1 a day now with the early bird promo, it will be well worth it!  Daily video and daily prompts are a great spur to action.

Here are the details:

What’s Waiting for You in May:

• 31 days of brand-new video prompts and lessons, guaranteed to bust you out of any scrapbooking rut, bring a smile to your face, and make your hair shine!
• Exclusive message board for LOAD members only where you can connect and chat with the coolest scrappers on the Web!
• Private gallery for our members where you share your daily creations, win prizes, and strut your stuff!
• 31 never-before-seen sample layouts!
• Random surPRIZES, Hugh sightings, and fun for all!

SPACE IS LIMITED!
To Preserve the Intimate and Personal Atmosphere of This Event,
Participation Is Capped!

For Only $50 $30* You Can Have the Time of Your Scrappy Life!

*Hurry! Sign up by March 31 to save $20!

Click here to sign up! 

Here's what others have to say about Layout A Day:

“Before I did LOAD I would spend hours on a page. Now because LOAD is on during one of the busiest times at work (16 hour days!) I’m scrapping quicker, not afraid of committing, and best of all using up all my old stash! I’m loving the prompts scrapping stories I wouldn’t have thought of. I’m seeing a style and what I enjoy using on my pages.”-learncreatedo

“I am having SO MUCH FUN with LOAD!!! I’ve been pushed to go beyond what I thought my creative limits were and I can’t thank you enough for that. I look forward to your email every morning and I always want another prompt as soon as I finish my daily challenge. Thank you so much for this awesome challenge; this LOADster is absolutely loving it!!!”-Jennifer 

Don't miss out!  There are a limited number of seats and the $20 off promo is only good through March 31.  That's a 40% savings!

Click here to sign up! 

Click HERE to see my gallery!
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