Spring Forward Blog Hop

Welcome to the Spring Forward Blog Hop, jointly hosted by Celeste at Touched by a Butterfly and myself here at Notes from the Scrapbooklady. Thanks for stopping in to see the great spring themed projects offered by the talented ladies at each of the blog stops.

This blog hop will offer one lucky blog hopper a TWO PART blog candy. Celeste and I have both put together prize packages and we will each mail our prize package to the ONE LUCKY WINNER! The rules are pretty simple - visit each participating blog and leave a comment - a winner will be chosen from among all comments left at Notes from the Scrapbooklady blog and then we will verify that the winner has visited and commented on each blog. The winner will be posted at both Notes from the Scrapbooklady and Touched by a Butterfly and will have one week to contact Lora or Celeste with a mailing address for their prize packages.

Some of the participants may also be offering their own individual blog candy - please note their terms and conditions which may vary from the main blog hop rules.

So, for my project, I decided to create a mini butterfly book/card. The scut2 file for using in SCAL2 is available for download at the link below the project pictures - this file will only be available for the duration of the blog hop. The file includes both front and back versions of each page as well as the detail cut butterflies to add for embellishments. I chose to make my project as a mini card to honor my good friend and co-hostess of this blog hop - Celeste at Touched by a Butterfly. Celeste this card will be on it's way to you this weekend! Without further ado, here are the pics of my project - The papers are from the SEI Poppy Paper Pad:

Mini Book Files no longer available for download - Offered only for duration of Blog Hop.

Here's a picture of my Blog Candy package that will be awarded jointly with a prize package from Celeste to ONE participant who visits and comments on every blog. See details on prize give away above.


Now it's time to get hopping! Here's the complete list for you in case you need to refer back to it.

YOU ARE HERE
1. Lora at http://scrpbooklady.blogspot.com/

YOUR NEXT STOP SHOULD BE:
2. Celeste L. at http://touchedbyabutterfly.blogspot.com/

3. Brandi at http://joyfullycreative.blogspot.com/
4. Carrie at http://doubleclickconnections.blogspot.com/
5. Celeste B. at http://ccscards.blogspot.com/
6. Karel at http://karelj.blogspot.com/
7. Kacee at www.youhadmeatscrap.blogspot.com
8. Melanie at www.arkmom-scrappilyeverafter.blogspot.com
9. Michelle at http://peanutbutterandjellydesigns.blogspot.com
10. Patti at http://lilbitcreations.blogspot.com
11. Sue at http://susanascorner.blogspot.com/
12. Amy Jo at http://lv2scrapandfibrofacts.blogspot.com/
13. Yolie at http://www.justyolie.com/

Thanks so much for hopping with us this weekend - we hope that you find lots to inspire you for spring projects.

And, a very special thanks to all of the talented ladies who are sharing their work with us!

ETA: Closed comments at the end of the Blog Hop - winner will be announced 3/14/11 both here and at Touched by a Butterfly!

Pages for a Wedding Album

On my way to work so just some pics this morning:

Chocolate Chip Cookie svg

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This file is a special request for Jennifer - hope this will help you finish up that Happiness is Homemade layout!

Chocolate Chip Cookie

And while I was at it, how about a cookie sheet?

Cookie Sheet

FYI - Print & Cut with SCAL2

Been reading a lot about the new print and cut capability of SCAL2 so I decided to play around with it some today.

A couple of days ago, I upgraded to SCAL2 v2.041 which includes a calibration feature. Before trying the print and cut, I went through the calibration steps and after several test cuts, finally found that I got the best results with offsets of 6 and 18 - but this will vary with each machine. You will find the calibration feature under the cutter menu in SCAL2. I've included a screenshot of my settings below:


And, here is a scan of the little label with text that I was playing around with. It's not 100% perfect but I think it looks fine. (compared to the cost of buying an Imagine and for the little that I would probably use this feature, I can live with it!)

Sorry it's been a while.....

Been working a lot more hours and trying to get some things done around the house too.


I don't know about all of you - but I know I don't have the room or $$ it would take to own one of the big commercial size steel die cutting systems - think the type used in schools, etc. However, there are some nice cuts in some of the larger dies. Based on a request on the SCAL forum, I created files to cut some of the mix and match style album pages so I thought I would share them here in case anyone can get some use out of them.

Download Album pages

My latest card

.....I love how this turned out. It's quite simple by the standards of many a card maker - but I love that it's not too fussy.

Here's the cut I created using a cute coloring graphic from scrapcoloring.com (with permission from the owner to show my results here .)


The card front:

And the inside:



It's off to the store I go - snow headed our way AGAIN and need to get a couple of things. Hope everyone is staying warm in this latest cold snap.

Guest Designer

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This morning I am excited to feature the work of a guest designer - my lovely daughter, Jennifer.

Jennifer has just recently started paper-crafting and got a new Cricut for Christmas. She still hasn't started creating her own files but she comes up with some really cute ideas and then asks me to help her create the files.

First up is a scrapbook layout - she had some pictures of my grand daughter working a floor puzzle that featured dinosuars. She asked me if I could make the green dinosaur from the puzzle - so I gave it my best shot and this is what I came up with:


And, here is her layout:

Next up, Jenn wanted to created some v-day cards that weren't the typical lovey-dovey type - things she could send to her friends, whether male or female. She came up with a couple of cute quotes, showed me what she wanted in graphics and I created her a cutesy bug and a cupid with attitude! Here are here cards:

And - here are the insides so you can see the quotes she used:

I think she is doing a great job for just getting started! I'm sure she'd love to have some feedback from my readers!