Padded Cinderella

Padded notebook .cut file by Sara Paschal

I think I love to make these as much as the receiver loves to get them. This will be making its way east to a friends DD for her birthday. Every little princess has to have a Cinderella notebook. I cut the gloves over 10 times then just went with the best cut, they are still far from perfect...need more practice.



Below is a shot of the open book with pages in it. I used Blue copy paper that was rescued from a friends burn barrel.


Below is a screen shot of Cricut DS, to get the notebook shape you need to copy, paste then flip on of the images. Next you connect your notebook with a rectangle. Your padded notebook will fit inside, use double stick red liner tape to adhere the pages to the inside.



Product list...
Cricut Expression
Cricut Design Studio
Cricut Happily Ever After Cartridge
Cricut George and Basic Shape Cartridge
Copy Paper
PTI Card stock
SU card stock
Padding compound
Glitter
Bling
Google Eyes
Pearls
Tombow Multi Adhesive

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52 Weeks 52 Sketches week 23

I love this sketch and I brought out my PTI stash of DP I have been hoarding. I love this stuff and am so very sad that they are no longer making the 12 by 12 size. I love this thicker card stock for cricut 3d items and scrapbooking. PTI, if you read this please reconsider the 12 by 12 paper size. The pic is of little J on her Sears photo shoot, the resolution is low (they want you to purchase from them not print your own) but I still wanted to keep all of the pics they took. Last time I checked if you wanted the high resolution pics you had to pay over two hundred bucks for the CD. Well for Little J's book I think just a reminder of how cute she was at this age is fine in the lower resolution. I will link up a pic of the shot we chose for our pic wall.




Product list...
PTI DP
PTI stamp sets Anniversary Set 2008, Floral Frenzy
PTI card stock, ink and ribbon
Cricut
Cricut Walk in my Garden
Black Pen
Sewing Machine

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Johnny Appleseed

When we moved to our home in 2003 there was this homely apple tree on the property. It had been cut way back and DH was not sure if it was going to live. Well you can see in the pic above it did make it, this photo was last spring 2008. The apples have not been good they get full of bugs and fall from the tree before they are ripe. Well it turns out my Sister has the same problem with the apple tree on her property and this is the advice her neighbor gave her...

1C sugar
1 banana peel
1C Apple Cider Vinegar
2C water
1 Gallon Plastic Milk Jug

Rinse out Plastic Milk Jug, fill with ingredients and place the cap on. Cut a dime size hole toward the top of the jug and hang in the tree. The hope is the bugs that usually migrate toward the apples will see this jug as a better treat and become trapped in it.
So we shall see if her neighbor is a Johnny Appleseed, our jug went in the tree this AM.

My Bday Cake...A license to drive

This is the Birthday cake my DH brought home for me on Tuesday, LOL. I loved it, well it being Chocolate helped a bunch. The lady he works with at the grocery came up with the yarn idea, so perfect for this year.

And yes, I have been a bit crabby lately. Who would not be walking around with a broken tooth and a sore back. Okay, probably more disenchanted then crabby waiting for another shoe to drop and something else to go wrong.

On Thursday our DD passed the tests to get her Drivers Permit, she actually drove us around Sioux Falls and then home. Two new disasters, and major freak outs by me but we made it. DH is teaching her, he used to train drivers for a CDL license so he figures he could teach his DD how to drive a car. Good luck, I will make sure to stay home for the next lesson. It is so very hard watching your kids grow wings and start doing what they want to do, ACK time passes very quickly does it not?

Have a great weekend and a Happy Stamp Day!

Proud Mama

I am one Proud Mama;) I taught myself how to make crocheted flowers for my cards along the way taught DD how to make a few stitches and walla this is her purse. She made it in just under three hours, flower by Mom. Keep in mind this is her first attempt at something like this and she is twelve. She would love to read your comments so please if you read this post leave her some love.



DD has also taught her friend how to make a few basic stitches, it is so cute to watch them pick out yarn LOL, so many choices it is hard to decide.

Happy Birthday shout to my friend Dana and to TNB on the SCS forum.

Product list...
Red Heart Yarn from Wal Mart
Crochet Hook 4.25

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Scrap and Stamp Challenge Page

I did get to complete a few scrap pages over the past weekend this one was for the challenge at Stamp And Scrap...
Have to say the weather in South Dakota has been anything but TROPICAL this is the 8th coldest start to June on record. I actually turned the heat on for a bit Friday and Saturday needless to say the pool has not been used so much this season.




My page was scanned in so I have two scans to piece together as one 12 by 12 page, I have not figured out how to do this seamlessly yet so please take that into consideration when viewing the page below. Part of the challenge was to make the page summer and to use two stamps my stamps were a little wave from Studio G and PTI's Borders and Corners Circle.



Product list...
SU DP Retired
SU Brilliant Blue ink and card stock
PTI Lemon Tart card stock
PTI boarders and corners circle stamp set
PTI summer sunrise ink
Studio G wave stamp
Cricut Expression
Cricut Cursive 101 cartridge (Tropical Paradise)
Crucut Walk in my Garden Cartridge (SUN)
Cricut Design Studio
Bling
Foam Tape

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100,000 Hits Blog Candy Edit and a new Site

Edit, moving up to the top for a reminder...It is my Bday today and I am being lazy I don't have a new blog post to share ;) My Friend Chris has been selected for a Scrapbook Design team and they have launched a new layout you can find it here...



I am closing in on 100,000 blog hits thanks to all of you that visit my blog. I have moved my blog counter to the top of my side bar, blog candy goes to the person that emails me a screen shot of the 100,000 hit counter Or the first person who is the closest to the mark that emails me first.

I found this fun game at my friend Wanda's Blog My Creative Corner, she has posted a beautiful dress today made from scallop circles, this is a must see for sure.

To get a page screen shot on the web you use your PrtSC Key upper right hand side of the keyboard. This copies the screen to your clipboard, next you need to paste the screen into your program and save it. Send as an attachment in email to...

paschal.sara@gmail.com

Good luck and Thank You!