One World, One Heart

...let's get together and feel all right...

In an effort to make 2010 as crafty as possible, I decided to commit to the following. Got a blog? Join in! Thanks, Ann, for the shout out to this event. It's as hippie as this conservative girl gets. :)

Cranking it out

I finally had extended time to work on my sister's scrapbook. Photos to come soon... after I know it's been delivered. Just didn't want it to seem as though I am doing nothing crafty. Au contraire!

Seriously?!

So, with Thanksgiving break comes the ability to waste a little time without feeling as guilty as typical. I hadn't been to Beate's blog in... forever... when something caught my "sparkling" eye. Seriously.

Check out the site. Oooh, man... this is a crazy set, but it involves Twilight AND True Blood, so it's a bargain, right?

Dude!

Lisa Bearnson is leaving Creating Keepsakes. Holy crap.

http://www.lisabearnson.com/blog/

Thanks to her for starting a magazine that I look forward to seeing in my mailbox.

Peace

Last weekend, I mounted my "create" definition in my craft room, and Scott and I mounted the Thoughts & Prayers tree from Stampin' Up! in the dining room. We have been hemming and hawing about what sentiment should go with it. Today I took several plunges. First, I had never cut vinyl lettering with my Cricut. Let me tell you, it was like buttah. It was so easy I want to use it on cards and scrapbooks. Seriously. I also had not yet used my Jasmine cartridge for the Cricut. What a pretty script!

I cut out "Peace" at the 5 1/2 dial size, and I took "to all who enter here" to the 2 dial size. I used Provo Craft's vinyl and transfer tape. They say you can hang it without the transfer tape, but that would have been a recipe for disaster with this script. You have to line up the letters once you cut them out, and the transfer tape was indispensable in that task (as was my hubby's level app on his iPhone).

I really like this very much. When you enter my home, it greets you on my dining room wall.

Now, what else needs some vinyl...?

create

My first experience with vinyl wall-hangings. Let's just say that, if you want to experience these, choosing something with fine print is a challenge for the first time. It was much like a giant rub-on, and a lot of the same principles apply. You just have to have a patient hand. I was glad I bought the Stampin' Up! scraper, as that came in very handy. This particular wall cling is produced by Stampin' Up!. It's in my craft room above the bar and decorative hooks I purchased at Ikea. You can't really tell, but the cling is a chocolate color. They do not recommend hanging it on a textured surface, but it worked fine clinging to our wall, which has a texture. We'll see how it does in the long run.

CathyZ has gone digi

Check it out:

http://cathyzielske.typepad.com/my_weblog/digital-scrapbooking/

Love her!