Another milestone for my niece she is now 16.  What a big year for her.  Driving and more responsibility as well.  Below is the Sweet 16 card I made for her.  There is a cherry SVG that you will find in the June Download.  You can get the password by joining the email list found in the right navigation bar. Sweet 16 Card Inspiration dress My biggest issue with making cards and scrapbooking is picking colors.  I have a color wheel that helps but I have recently stumbled on another idea.  I ... Read Full Story

While I am dreaming of my future home I am considering pool options. We have had various above ground pools and even one that we dug into the ground for a make shift in ground pool. If we go all the way with an in ground pool I would like to have it heated. Reviewing geothermal energy options I came across swimming pool heat pumps. I have found that the initial pool heat pump price is more than a gas swimming pool heater but in the long run it will be very much more cost effective and ene... Read Full Story

This weeks Top Scrapper Award goes to. . .  Amy Tsuruta. You are going to love Amy’s projects. Amy was nominated by Naomi Chokr. She is a mom of 2 lovely children living in the beautiful state of Washington. Amy works full time but I can see by her projects she [...] Read Full Story

Crocus SVG Card I love flowers.  If I am not good at growing them I certainly know I can pull out inkscape and create one for my beloved cricut using sure cuts a lot. Today I have create a happy birthday card with crocus.  Stickles have been added.  This will continue to happen until my supply starts to dwindle. Enjoy the Crocus.  The file will include the svg files as well as a Scal Library. June 2009 Free SVG Files Read Full Story

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The creators of Sure Cuts a Lot have a companion piece called Lib It Up.  Scal Lib it up is a free download.  Lib it up creates little library files of all your svg or .scut files.  It organizes them and makes them easily accessible via the shapes window in Sure Cuts a Lot. I have started to incorporate .lcut files in my svg mult cut downloads.  You put the lcut files in the library folder where you installed sure cuts a lot.  Believe me once you get into the habit of using the libraries y... Read Full Story

The creators of Sure Cuts a Lot have a companion piece called Lib It Up.  Scal Lib it up is a free download.  Lib it up creates little library files of all your svg or .scut files.  It organizes them and makes them easily accessible via the shapes window in Sure Cuts a Lot. I have started to incorporate .lcut files in my svg mult cut downloads.  You put the lcut files in the library folder where you installed sure cuts a lot.  Believe me once you get into the habit of using the libraries yo... Read Full Story

Sorry for the delay.  I had a technical difficult which was my fault.  I order the service to allow me to broadcast my announcements but it didn’t get upgraded until today.  In any event I am happy to announce that the winner of our big scrapbooking giveway is April Tobias of Ohio. April your prize was put in the mail today.  I look forward to seeing some of your fabulous creations from the goodies you are getting in the mail.  Don’t fret if you did not win this one.  Karen Fos... Read Full Story

Just Married This is a fun piece as it is very versatile.  You can add lots of dimension with pop dots or embellishments.  If you happen to create a wedding scrapbook using this piece I would love to see it. This is the final cut in the Wedding SVG Trilogy.  If I did this car again, and I will, I would cut to of the backgroud piece twice.  One a little smaller and use the other for a true shadow.  This pieces works with sure cuts a lot. You can find addition wedding scrapbook items on the ... Read Full Story

I won a gift certificate from scrapbooks.com come last week.  I there were a ton of things I wanted but I couldn’t decided so I put it on hold for a bit until my scrapbook budget could bump my gift certificate up to meet my wish list. As I am waiting for my budget to meet my wish list I get an email from Scrapbook.com with a link to an item I was on the waiting list for.  It is the Quickutz -  QuickStik Scrapbook Tool.  This is a very inexpensive item but one I was willing to wait fo... Read Full Story