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a long 2 weeks

the ideas are stacked up and I have a bit of cutting to get done -- Covid sort of put a crimp in things and when you're down you're down.  3 of 4 of us tested positive within 24 hours.  I've been the last holdout and finally....  tested negative this morning.  I'm very grateful and there's even a bit more energy and less coughing than yesterday.  

COVID brain leaves a lot to be desired and when you need to get something done and all the steps just don't fall into place, it's difficult to see something through.  After sleeping on a a design idea for 24 hours, I was able to figure out what I was doing wrong and get it together.  It really is an easy card -- and it was a good design for who it was meant to go to.  


The dandelion SVG is from Creative Fabrica and I unioned that with a square frame.  A couple of swashes of color, a bit of vellum and a printed card front and it's done.  The frame is popped up on foam tape for a little more dimension.  This card was submitted for the Anything Goes Challenge on Facebook.  

Designed in SCAL 6 Pro and cut using the Skycut C24.  

another mini -

but it's much too large for the Halfling Hideaway house.  Drats!  At least it was easy to put together and I'll make another after the next couple of projects are out of the way.... 
There's even a fire in the stove -- a little bit of plastic upcycled for a flame colored using alcohol markers and the wood is from a branch that's been drying for a couple of years and was to be used for another project that I just never got around to.  I need to size the pattern down a bit more - probably 50% from the original.  This is at 75% of the original 1:12 size.  It's just a bit too tall even without the stand.  So maybe my next iteration will fit in the house and the straw stovepipe will still be a good fit into the chimney.  

I will keep this one as a reminder that it doesn't hurt to try something you've never done before and it can be a good experience.  The svg pattern is a bit pricey -- I'm not sure I can justify purchasing too many more, though if making miniatures does become a new hobby I'll be delving into more fully, a few more patterns that could be adapted might be a good investment.  And not having to cut a lot of pieces by hand and letting the machine do the cutting for me did help keep the arthritis flare at bay.  


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Stove SVG pattern from:  Spellbound Miniatures
Cardstock:  49 And Market Black
Skycut and SCAL 6 Pro
Bearly Art Precision Craft Glue
plastic scrap; transparency scrap
Alcohol markers
small branch
hot glue

Cut n Create Challenge piece

Insomnia has played a huge part in this project.... I got all the matting done after finding all the required files in my stash the other night after searching through lots of files to find just the right cutting files to create this framed wreath.  


The leafy wreath and square shadow box frame file are both from Creative Fabrica.  I used an old Stampin Up punch for a few extra "branches."

The rolled roses are from a file from Simply Crafty SVGS (Victorian Hat) and the small flowers are from a Dreaming Tree file (Hydrangea Tray).  The doily is a file from SVG Cuts Doily Collection.  

All files were matted in SCAL6 Pro.  I used print 2 cut print for the sentiment on the doily and then it was cut using the SkyCut.  I cut 3 of the leafy wreaths and inked them.  I wanted a little more depth and used foam tape between two of the layers.  The roses are inked on both sides and the top of the petals are slightly flared for a little more dimension.  They are glued directly to the wreath.  The smaller flowers have a small pearl in the center and are glued to the wreath as well.  Additional pearls are glued using E6000 and allowed to dry for a couple of hours to make sure everything is secure.   I added a loopy bow using 1/4" wide lavender ribbon and secured with a drop of hot glue.  

The 6" box frame is a single piece file.  Easy to put together.  The center area of the frame is about 5 inches.... it's a pretty snug fit.  

April Teacher Appreciation

Sticky note holder for the gift this month.  Super quick to make and it was fun to find notepads in colors that nearly matched the colors used in the rainbow.  I found the notepads on Amazon - they're vintage colors and blend well with the Boho Rainbow with Positive Quotes from Creative Fabrica.  

I did remove the sentiment in the original png image and added something that we thought would work well for this month.  The font is also from Creative Fabrica which can be printed without the stroke added for an almost single line font look when done in SCAL6.  

I had purchased some mystery boxes filled with Bazzil cardstock a couple of years ago and wasn't quite sure what to do with several of the packs, however, this color works well with the image and has enough weight and strength to hold the sticky note pad.  

a stack of cards

This is one that I chose not to use digital stamps for, but did bring out a couple of retired stamps from Fun Stampers Journey that I still have in my stash.  The coloring is done using pan pastels and the border is drawn using a fine liner pen (winsor newton) No need to stay within the lines either... I like the slightly out of the line look for this card.  

Originally inspired by a find on Pinterest.  I chose to use the Pan Pastels because I used some regular 110 lb cardstock for this stack of 20 cards.  Things need to be quick and replicable in a short amount of time.  All but 4 of the cards have been delivered.  Hoping they were well received.