New For June: Creative Memories Limited Edition Americana Bundle

This limited edition, USA themed bundle is available only for a very short time.  

The bundle includes a Cobalt bookcloth album cover with a custom design in Red & Silver foil,  the Americana paper pack and a Shooting Star Punch.  Perfect for scrapping your 4th of July or USA vacation photos.  

Bundle available through June 19 at 3 pm CT or while supplies last.  Order early to avoid disappointment. Pages and protectors sold separately.

Also available for purchase separately or in digital format for use with your favourite scrapbooking or die cutting software.

See the What's New section of my Creative Memories website for the full product collection.

New for June: Creative Memories Adventure Collection

I'm really starting to like Mondays - that's the day that the new Creative Memories products are released (at least once a month)

New for June:

The Adventure Collection - camping, nature and outdoors themed products, including a beautiful coverset with a coppery-foil tree silhouette on chocolate bookcloth.

Coordinating sticker, paper, and mat packs are also available along with the new Outdoor Adventure Quartet Punch.

The Adventure Collection is also available in digital format for use with your favourite scrapbook or die cutting software.

If you prefer pocket scrapbooking there is also a Father's Day Outdoor Adventure Bundle available for a limited time.  The bundle includes a one-of-a-kind 11x14 Pocket Album featuring beautiful foiled wild animals, the Adventure Mat Pack and a Brown Dual-Tip Pen for $65. Available through June 23, 3 pm CT

In addition to the Adventure Collection, Creative Memories also added a new Border Maker Cartridge and two new solid cardstock colours,  Orange and Goldenrod.  

Here's a complete list of the current Border Maker Cartridges:

Order early to avoid disappointment.  The one thing I've noticed is that Creative Memories is really good at cycling through inventory to prepare for the new items released each month.  

See all the new items in the What's New Section on my Creative Memories website

Check the Going, Gone section to see the current list of items that will be unavailable once they sell out.

All Dreaming Tree SVG Freebies Available With One Click Download

For a limited time, download all 39 of Dreaming Tree SVG freebies with one click! 

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Cutting Stamped Images using Silhouette PixScan Mat

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I'm always looking for ways to make crafting a little easier on my hands.   I haven't been doing much crafting for the past month or so but am hoping to do more now that I have the new We R Memories Keepers Precision Press and a Silhouette Portrait with PixScan Mat.

I love using my Cricut with the co-ordinating CTMH Stamp Sets and Cartridges but really struggle with the acrylic blocks and fussy cutting.

I'll be posting about the Precision Press soon but did post my FB Live Video on YouTube.  I tried to cover as much as possible about it (don't mind the flipping around at the beginning, I almost lost my wifi connection as I started recording) and tried out a few different types of stamps to see how it worked.

I used the Press to stamp out a bunch of images last weekend to test with the Silhouette Portrait and PixScan mat.  I decided to buy the smaller Portrait instead of a Cameo since I already had a larger machine.  I also upgraded the Silhouette Studio software to the Designer Edition since I have so many SVG files already.

I'd watched a bunch of YouTube videos while I was waiting for my machine to arrive so the software wasn't too difficult to figure out.  I'm used to the Cricut adjusting the settings for blade, speed and pressure so it will take some playing around with the Silhouette to get the best cuts.  But overall the cuts were pretty good once I adjusted my blade.

 After I uploaded my photo of the PixScan Mat and imported it into the software I selected Trace and highlighted the stamped images.

Then I turned off the high pass filter and bumped up the threshold until I had a nice solid line around the outside of each stamped image.

Here it shows the red outline which is the cut line after tracing.  

Then I created a border around them using the offset feature set at .04 so it would look similar to using metal dies with stamped images

Then I selected release compound path so I could see both the offset and original trace lines.

Then I removed the inner cut lines and deleted them so I was left with the stamped image with a border around it. 

Then I grouped the images so I wouldn't accidentally move any of the cut lines before sending to my Silhouette.

Here's a close up of my screen before cutting....

...and my stamped images after cutting. 

Love how it turned out and am looking forward to cutting more stamped images without scissors! 

I've bumped my blade up a notch since cutting these and didn't get any fuzzy edges on the other projects that I'm making for the holidays.   I think I may even end up using this little machine more than I first thought.  It is so convenient to have it sit under my desk in my office and then I can leave my Cricut in my craftroom with the bulk of my stamps and supplies.

New Autumn Decor SVG Bundle from Dreaming Tree

Have you seen the latest from Dreaming Tree?

This Autumn Decor Svg Bundle is free with $9.98 purchase.

What a fun set - I love the lantern.  Don't forget to check the Freebies section - lots of great files to download for your cutting machine.

Mojo Monday 456 with CTMH Tickled Pink

I absolutely adore these Flamingos from the Tickled Pink Stamp & Thin Cuts dies sets by Close To My Heart.  

I had so much fun creating this card for Mojo Monday 456 using this set and the coordinating cardstock from the CTMH Calypso Workshops Your Way Kit.   

Close To My Heart Products Used:

 Tickled Pink Stamp Set*

 Tickled Pink Thin Cuts*

 Calypso Workshops Your Way Kit (Cardstock and Sequins)*

*available until August 31, 2016 - while supplies last

 Black Cardstock

 Pixie Exclusive Inks™ Stamp Pad

 Cotton Candy Exclusive Inks™ Stamp Pad

 Black Exclusive Inks™ Stamp Pad

CTMH Blossom Scrapbook Layout with Springtime Wishes Thincut Dies

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Working on layouts right now using up retired CTMH cardstock from 2015.

This layout uses the Blossom paper pack from last year's Seasonal Expressions 2 Idea Book and I got my inspiration from the cover of the 2016 Seasonal Expressions 1 Idea Book.   I love the new Thin Cuts metal dies that CTMH introduced in this Idea Book back in January.  

I also used a pattern from the Regatta Workshops Your Way Guide.  The Workshops Your Way program was also introduced in the SE1 Idea Book - the layouts for these workshop kits are available to download for free right off my CTMH website.   Each guide is only available until that Idea Book retires so make sure you download the current layouts and then check back in September for the Holiday WYW layouts - each guide features card and scrapbooking layouts.  

My son, the clown...

Springtime Wishes Flower on Blossom patterned cardstock with Lagoon and Pear die cut accents.  Embellished with Coral Reef Sequins and Bitty Sparkles.

Large cluster of Springtime Wishes Flowers using the cover of the SE1 as inspiration.   Embellished with Bitty Sparkles.  I cut the title and date pieces with my Cricut and sponged the edges of the Sunset and Glacier Cardstock with the coordinating inks.  

 I used a Ranger Clear Embossing Pen in my Cricut Explore to write the words out, then heat embossed with Ranger Super Fine While Embossing Powder.  

CTMH Products Used In This Project:

Springtime Wishes Stamp Set (retired)

Springtime Wishes Thin Cut Dies (retired)

Blossom Paper Pack (retired)

Sunset Cardstock

Pear Cardstock

Sweet Leaf Cardstock

Lagoon Cardstock

Glacier Cardstock

Sorbet Cardstock

Coral Reef Sequins

Bitty Sparkles

Glacier Extra Thick Twine

Mini Staples

Mini Stapler

Ranger™ White Super Fine Embossing Powder

Glacier Exclusive Inks™ Stamp Pad

Sunset Exclusive Inks™ Stamp Pad

Black Exclusive Inks™ Stamp Pad

Cricut Cartridges Used:

CTMH Art Philosophy - Frame 

Days and Dates - Oval

Haley Font from Cricut Access

Other Products Used:

Ranger Clear Embossing Pen

Sizzix Big Shot Machine

Sizzix Magnetic Platform for Wafer Thin Dies