Shoptastic Cuties - Jelly Bean Jar Cutie

It's a treat to be with you to share a cute layout for favorite pictures.

I used the file: Shoptastic Cuties - Jelly Bean Jar Cutie.

This file could be used for many things.

I added lace to the lid for added an embellishment.

What will you make with it?

Hiding Eggs Bunny

Let's get a layout ready for those

cute Egg Hunt pictures.

I used the file 

Hiding Egg Bunny.

I just love the expressions the Melissa Deuss, from

Kadoodle Bug Designs puts on her creations. 

Just a little ink on the edges, white gel pen for the dots, and chalk for the cheeks and they come to life.

Happy Easter!

Jumpin Jelly Beans It's Easter!

It's true! The Easter Bunny is just around the corner.

(Hopefully, spring is too.)

Today I have some added fun to share.

I used the file Jumpin Jelly Beans.

I created a shaker tag and a layout with this file. 

First, the shaker tag. It was so fun to create and here

is how I did that:

Ungroup all of the pieces.

In the cute, you find a piece for the white pack of the jar. Duplicate three times. One is for the acetate cover and the other two to

create the border that holds the things inside the shaker.

Set aside the piece for the acetate and change its color so that is

will cut as a different piece from the rest of them.

With the other duplicate, decrease its size so when it is on top of the of the other piece there is a small border when it is cut (sliced) out of the other.

Duplicate this piece as many times as you want to hold its pieces,

I used the jelly beans and some beans that coordinate with the beans. I think I used about 16 pieces cut out of cardstock. You could also use chipboard to make the border. If you use cardstock, glue them one on top of the other.

Glue them on top of the original piece of the jar. 

Put in your contents of the jar,

Glue the acetate on top of that.

Add one more piece of the border on top of there acetate

to finish it off.

I added a piece of lace on the jar lid to embellish it up a bit.

I then added it to a tag shape. You could use it however you chose. I

though it would be cute to attach to an Easter basket.

With the other pieces of the file, I used them in a cute layout for those

special Easter pictures.

Shoptastic Cuties - Cool Bean Cuties

When I think "cool" beans, my mind goes to

the Fonz, Henry Winkler, on Happy Days.

A new cute file from Kadoodle Bug Designs called

Shoptastic Cuties - Cool Bean Cuties.

So bright and cheerful! They could

brighten up anyone's day on a card.

Here I have used them in a layout of our lab that loved to wear

sunglasses. Silly boy!

How will you use them?

Easter Egg Painter

Easter Egg Painter can be found here: https://www.bloobel.com/collections/new_digi_stamps/products/easter-egg-painter-digital-stamp. I added my own background. It is not part of the digi stamp.

Cutie KaToodles - Lucky Clover Bear

Created some cuteness for the 

Kadoodle Bug Designs challenge.

Kadoodle Bug Designs host a weekly

challenge on their fan page. 

This week the challenge was

an Anything Goes St. Patty's Day challenge.

I used this week's free file of

Cutie KaToodles - Lucky Clover Bear.

I hope that you will join us each week for the

challenges. It is so fun to see what everyone makes. 

Check out the link above for details.

Shoptastic Cuties - Lucky You Cuties

I hope you are all having a good lucky day.

I made some cute cut pieces that would be darling

in a pot of flowers and or clovers.

I used the file Shoptastic Cuties - Lucky You Cuties.

All you would need to do is stick them on a stick and then

into your pot of flowers. 

May the luck of the Irish be with you!!!

Shoptastic Cuties - One Smart Cookie

Do you know any "Smart Cookies"

Remember their accomplishments with this cute layout using

Shoptastic Cuties - One Smart Cookie.

There are so many different things that you can do with this file.

I used just the cookie in this layout.
I cut the glasses 6 times and glued them
together to make them thick.
Then I gut one more out of Glitter cardstock to make
the sparkle.
I also used 3D foam squares to give it some
dimension. The edges are inked as well.

I pledge myself to uphold

The high purposes of the National Honor Society

to which I have been selected;

I will be true to the principles for which it stands;

I will be loyal to my school.

And will maintain and encourage

High standards of scholarship, service, leadership

and character.

Chibi Chick from Bloobel

You can get her at

 https://www.bloobel.com/…/new_d…/products/easter-chick-chibi

Chunky Grad Kids mini album

As promised, here is my mini album for 

graduation.

I used the file 

Chunky Grad Kids and rectangles from my design program (Cricut Design Space).

This project takes a good amount of playing with the files

but is easy once you know how to do it. I will

do my best to explain how to do this. 

Once you know how you can use this technique to

create many other mini albums if you would like to.

1.  Load the KBD file into your design space.
2. When you load the print then cut, make sure you make it so it does print the cut. This is an important step in this file. Some of KBD files do not have a base file so you have to use the print then cut to make one.
3. 
4. You will need to duplicate the colored print then cut image and make it so it just cuts and not print then cut (unless you want to use the print then cut).
5. Duplicate the base pieces. You will then need to regroup the file so that you can size everything to the right size to fit onto the shaped album pages.
6. 
7. Size the file so that the base piece is about 6 inches. You will need to use the grids in your design space and enlarge the file until the base is 6 inches. Everything must get bigger proportionately or they will not layer. This is why everything must be regrouped to enlarge them. You can use whatever size you want. I chose 6 inches.
8. To do the numbers with this file, You will need to ungroup the file with the numbers 2 times to separate the numbers.
9. You will then need to use an inserted shape to slice them from the file so that you have individual numbers and not need to cut them all. 
10. Size the numbers the way that you sized the base pieces. 

  9. Once everything is enlarged, bring in some squares that you will make into different sized rectangles for the pages of the album.

  10. Make the size of the rectangles that I used to the size you want so that the pieced image you will add is showing as much as you want it to. I like them so they all show most of the image. However, I do not have any of the large 12x24 inch paper. When you make them that big, you will need larger paper than 12x12 inches.

11. Align the base shapes to the bottoms of the rectangles. 

12. The base shape should overlap the rectangle when you weld it. 13. Weld the base shape and the rectangle together.

 14. Embellish and assemble the pieced shapes (the kids and numbers).

 15. Glue on top of the page where the shape was welded on.

 16. Decorate the album the way you want it.

 17. Add pictures.

 18. Give to the recipient and watch their excitement.

Accordion spine

I put an accordion spine hinge in my mini album. There are many ways of doing it. You can look on YouTube for videos on how to make it. It really isn't hard.

Easter Mini Album

I don't very often create mini albums but I couldn't resist

making a cute mini album using Easter files from 

Kadoodle Bug Designs.

The files that I used are 

Easter Egg Lamb,

Cutie KaToodles - Beachy Cricket (modified to be a 

Cricket with bunny ears),

Cutie KaToodles - Easter Egg Fox, and 

Easter Bunny Bear.

This project takes a good amount of playing with the files

but is easy once you know how to do it. I will

do my best to explain how to do this. 

Once you know how you can use this technique to

create many other mini albums if you would like to.

(I will be sharing a graduation mini album this next week.)

1.  load the KBD file into your design space.
2. Duplicate the grey base pieces.
3. You will then need to regroup the file so that you can size everything to the right size to fit onto the shaped album pages.
4. Size the file so that the base piece is about 6.5 inches. You will need to use the grids in your design space and enlarge the file until the base is 6.5 inches. Everything must get bigger proportionately or they will not layer. This is why everything must be regrouped to enlarge them.
5. Once everything is enlarged, bring in some squares that you will make into different sized rectangles for the pages of the album.
6. The size of the rectangles that I used was 4x5,5.5x5,7.5x5, and 8x5.
7. Align the base shape on the bottom. 
8. The base shape should overlap the rectangle.
9. Weld the base shape and the rectangle together.

 10. Embellish and assemble the animals.
 11. Glue on top of the page where the shape was welded on.
 12. Decorate the album the way you want it.
 13. Add pictures.
 14. Give to the recipient and watch their excitement.

Thanks for taking the time to check out this post and learn a

new technique for making mini albums.