Craft With Me!

  I have recently joined a card club!  We meet every month and exchange cards or card kits.  The ladies are so nice and so creative.  I cannot wait to see what they make next! The next card I made for the swap had to be Halloween or fall themed.  I chose this cute dog ghost card for my theme.  I included a wobbler so that the dog shakes as well!  I love how it turned out. I really love being part of a monthly card club as it really makes you create and gets the juices flowing.    What do you think of this one?  I really love it. Thank you for reading and please consider following my blog! ImGinbugCrafter

 Come and do  card swap with me! So I have been officially scrapbooking since around 2000 or 2001 but then got into cards at some point.  I think because my friend Sandra started making them.  I have never done an official card swap until recently.  I went to the Creative Escape/Spellbinder retreat and thought hmmmm Ill try it out!   The only rule was you had to make 21 cards and had to use a spellbinders product.  I knew from seeing other card swaps that I prob needed to make 21 of the same card so that is what I got started on.   I felt like to really do the right thing, I would include envelopes, clear plastic sleeves, and the card in each little packet. I've really loved this die and never used it so I had to make the Sunday Drive Christmas card from Spellbinders. I ended up with a ton of really nice cards that other people made.  I love this spellbinders set but it was a lot of work. Let me know what you think! Thank you for re...

 Come and make a stamp with me! I haven't used my stamp making machine in quite some time.  My husband is a Special Ed teacher and he asked me today if Amazon sold custom stamps and I laughed and said, your wife does! He couldn't believe that I could make stamps!  haha so I designed a stamp for him to use for his teacher passes etc. The supply list is really all Silhouette branded items as for the stamp maker I feel theirs come out best.  I have seen others use reinkers from your current collection and they work. Supplies Silhouette Mint Machine Silhouette Mint stamp kit, I chose the 15x60 mm set Silhouette reinkers I designed the stamp in the Mint software that comes with the machine. We have beetles so he wanted a beetle on his stamp. You simply feed the stamp blank into the machine and the machine accepts it and makes your stamp in seconds. You adhere the stamp blank on the block it comes with.  Then you want to put ink onto the pad di...

  Come and use a MISTI with me! Most Incredible Stamping Tool Invented (that is what MISTI stands for) Out of all the stamping tools I have used, I prefer the MISTI. There are several similar items on the market and if you have a different brand, use it.  MISTI was the first brand to come out with this type of stamping tool.  A few of my Best Friends got together for my 40th birthday and gifted me my MISTI.  I have the 8.5x11 inch version and I LOVE it.  I prefer to stamp with it.  I love that if I do not get a clear image the first time, I can go back and reink it.  I do not know everything about using a MISTI but I will show you how I use it. A few things you can do with the MISTI or any stamping platform: Layering Stamps Perfect impressions Mass Producing cards Stamping on die cuts (after you have cut them) Large Stamps, background stamps, solid stamps easily Cleaning your misti, I have had good luck with the stampin up cleaner and have had no ...

 Come use the Brother Scan N Cut with me! I have not blogged in a while.  I have been crafting and maybe just having too much crafting fun and not documenting it as much as I should. Okay, To start off......I know I am crazy!  I have quite a few cutting machines.  I have the Silhouette Portrait 3 and 4, Cameo 4 and 5 on the way, and Curio, the Cricut Maker, (just got rid of the Joy), and now I am the proud owner of a Brother Scan N Cut SDX85 which is known for its scanning abilities.   I decided to try a few projects today.  There will be so much more to come but wanted to get this blog out! I want to start out by saying that I love the PixScan mat feature with my Silhouette Cameo and Portrait but......Wow, the Scan N Cut just sucks up the mat, scans the mat, produces a cut file, and cuts it out for you all within the machine.  BTW it knows the thickness of your paper amd sets the blade itself.  If you are a person that doesn't LOVE technolog...

Singe Quill by We R Memory Keepers on Balsa Wood with the Cricut Maker-Come Craft with ME! Have you ever thought to yourself.....Wow that wood burning sure looks cool and I have this cool cutting machine that can make any image on wood.  I also bought a kit like 2 years ago that I need to try.  LOL Well I was cleaning my craft room and you know how that goes.  You find some cool stuff!  I found this kit for the singe quill by we r memory makers and its so cool.  So I tried it today with my Cricut Maker.  This kit will work on the Silhouette Cameo as well. I bought the Singe Quill kit, it came with wood and the singe pen and any adapters for your pen housing if you need them.  Cool thing, is the Maker just takes the pen and you don't need an adapter. I designed my image and put it on my canvas in the exact area I needed.  Put my wood on the strong grip mat and taped it down with painters tape.  Remember where you put it because Cricut moves yo...

  Come Craft Cricut Pop Up Cards with ME! I recently bought myself a Cricut Maker for Christmas. After being married for 28 years we just kinda buy our own Christmas presents.  When I started my crafting, years ago, Cricut came out with their first machine.  It seemed so awesome to be able to cut anything in any size.  My husband found it for a good deal and I got it for Christmas 2007.  I loved it! I still used it up till around 9 years ago when I upgraded to a Cameo.  I am still a Cameo girl but as I check out the Cricut stuff these days, I am impressed with how far they have come.  I pay 9.99 a month for Cricut access which allows me to use their font and image library.  If you do not have this access the cards are around 2.00 each to download and use indefinitely.   I was recently at a crop and a new friend made a 3d card, (hers was a unicorn) and she made this 3d card so easily.  It was so adorable!  I was impressed so I h...