Barnyard bookmarks!

I made these a while back using the trial version of Cricut Design Studio and my George cartridge.
If you don’t have the trial version of DS why not? It’s free and you can download it here. Each of the bookmarks consist of a body and a head. When you cut them out and glue them [...]

Leslie’s Wowie Cake Recipe

I get asked for egg-free and dairy free recipes a lot. Recently more from parents with children with milk/dairy allergies. Here’s a good one that my friend Leslie made yesterday and was kind enough to share. It’s light and spongy (unusual for a vegan cake) and she topped it with a dusting of sugar. I’m [...]

Cricut Machine and cartridges on sale at Custom Crops!

I just got an email from Custom Crops an they have almost every cartridge for the Cricut on sale for $39! And the expression is on sale for $280 with free shipping! The sale is over tonight at midnight so hurry! I have orderd from them and they are legit! Best, Lindsay

How to make an SVG file with any coloring page!

If you are a parent you are probably asked to provide “on-demand” coloring pages for you brood on a daily basis. Thanks to the wonders of the Internet you can find any character they would like with a quick Google search. So I thought to myself today “Hmmmm, I wonder if I could take these [...]

You’re The Man card and markers on sale!

Hi there, here is another card I did using Bic Mark-Its and a Prismacolor blender to get the look of Copics. If you want to read my faux Copic tutorials you can check them out here and here. I just got my Jerry’s Artarama catalogue in the mail yesterday and their Prismacolor markers are on [...]

Stamping with watercolor and watercolor crayons

Hold on to you heat-guns guys because I have a cool technique to show you! Did You know that you can stamp with watercolors? No not stamp, then watercolor, stamp WITH them. Here’s how. Get a stamp and lay it rubber side up on your work space. Gather your supplies: white card stock or watercolor [...]

Free paper shoes SVG and SCUT file!

Thank you Denise for converting my paper shoes template into scut and svg files! If you have a cricut and SCAL or any other electronic die cutter that uses svg files you can make my paper shoes without having to cut them by hand (love that) you can get the SCUT file here, and the [...]

A Cool Freebie at SisTV!

Happy Monday! I found an awesome scrappy website this weekend where you can watch tons of mini scrapbook TV shows for free. It is called Scrap in Style TV or SIStv and it’s gonna be big! OK it’s already big but just discovered it LOL! You can check it out here, be prepared to [...]

A SVG Freebie for you!

I’ll warn you, this post will be longer than usual so grab a frosty cold beverage and get comfy. As you know I love using my Sure Cuts A lot software (SCAL) with my Cricut. I just learned how to design my own files that I can cut with SCAL and my Cricut using a [...]

Do you want free paper-crafting templates?

Of corse you do! I used a free template from Stampington to make this funky little bird and they have lots of great templates free for the taking here.
Here are some paper shoes I made with a template I made:
And here is the template. Right click and choose “save as”. Print on a full sheet [...]