Scrapbooking Made Simple

This is a project I created for a glimmermisting class.  I had pulled this post (previously posted in March) as this project was to be publlished in the Cricut Magazine but now that it has gone to publication I can again show you my creation. I am really loving my glimmermist at the moment and am trying to get as much done as possible before the Tim Holz Distress Pens come cause I know I'm gonna want ALL of those! LOL So one of the things I love about glimmermisting is how pretty the effect of mixing colours comes up and how cheaply you can complete a project. This project uses three pieces of white cardstock attached to mini canvases.  The only extra costs are two little charms, a rub on from Kaisercraft, some acetate and styrofoam, toothpicks, some ribbon and the wings. Everything else was created from my three pieces of cardstock. The techniques I used here were misting, pooling, masking, resist stamping and heat emboss stamping.  If you want to know how to do ...

I am loving my cricuit lately. Got some great new cartridges and have been having a ball with them. One of the things that has limited me with my cricuit is the need to buy new cutting mats . When I first got my cricuit the mats seemed to last for ages..... but then.... over time the mats have had less and less longevity. Which has put me off using it as I never seemed to have a useable mat when I needed it.  Until recently that is.... I am now using a repositionable adhesive (like you use for quilting) on my mats and haven't looked back since. This is such a money saver. Plus my projects don't take so long.  You see by spraying the mats all my old mats are now useable again. So when I want to cut  a project that maybe needs 5 different papers (like the store in sweet tooth boxes ) I simply spray all my mats add all my papers and then cut each paper one after another. Rather than waiting for me to remove the paper and then all the little cut out pieces and then add the n...