Halloween & Decorative Edges

Do you find using decorative edge scissors tedious and frustrating even though you love the look they give? If you do, you may want to check out the Creatopia and Cutz component. There are many different cartridges available for the Cutz, and I have used a couple different cartridges on my Halloween cards I'm featuring today. Here's a link to Beate's Tutorial, and to the main page of the SCS Product Review so that you may check out this feature of the Creatopia

Images & Papers from Lizzie Anne Designs

Stamps: A Harvest Of Memories (October Monthly Mix/Lizzie Anne Designs
Card Stock: Elegant Eggplant, White, Spooktacular (LAD digital papers)
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Elegant Eggplant, Copic Markers
Accessories: Creatopia Cutz, Modern Label Punch (SU), Orange Zest EF Polka Dot Satin Ribbon (PTI), Scotch Foam Tape

Image© Inkadinkado & paper by BasicGrey (purchased at Jacksonbelle Embellishments)

Stamps: Jack o Lantern (Inkadinkado)
Card Stock: Perfect Plum, Yo Yo Yellow, Eerie (BasicGrey)
Ink: Pumpkin Pie Craft & Dye ink, Old Olive Craft, various Stampin' Write Markers, Copic Markers, Spica Glitter Pen

Accessories: Chills & Thrills Rub-ons, A Muse Sheer Ribbon, Color Spritzer Tool, Creatopia Cutz, Scotch Foam Tape, Taylor's Tiny Twinkles, Tombo Multi Glue

Thanks so much for visiting! I hope you all have a wonderful weekend!!

JustRite & Creatopia

Today I have a couple of projects that I made for my T1 diabetic son, Lance. They are mostly keepsakes, and he seems to like them a lot.

My first project is a journaling book that I made for Lance to use whenever he wants to jot down his thoughts and feelings about living with T1 diabetes. There are high emotions whenever his sugars are too high, or too low...and I thought it would help him out if he had a special place to write things down. He has been encouraged throughout school to continue writing, so perhaps this may help with that as well.

I used some SU chipboard and some denim fabric. The Creatopia has a Fabric Adhesive Refillz that is 12" wide, and sticks sooo well. I used my Corner Chomper to round the corners, and my Crop-a-Dile to punch the holes in my fabric-covered chipboard. I used my JustRite Stamps for the personalized label. The stickers are Jolee's Boutique.

Stamps: Trompe Script Font, Special Occasions Font, Times New Roman 15 pt. Font (all from JustRite Stampers)
Card Stock: Kraft, White (PTI), Chipboard (SU)
Ink: Onyx Black VersaFine
Accessories: Xyron Creatopia & Fabric Adhesive, Oval Nestabilites, Jolee's Boutique stickers (EK Success), Crop-a-dile, Rings, Corner Chomper, Ribbon from Sharon Johnson's Ribbon Store, Denim Fabric

The next project has photos of the walk I posted about a few days ago. I didn't mat them, as I wanted to keep things pretty flat for laminating with the Laminating Refillz. The decorative edging on the blue paper was made using my Creatopia, then I ran the whole layer through the Permanent Refillz to stick it on my green Coredinations paper. Next I laminated the whole thing, so now Lance is able to use it as a placemat or just as a protected keepsake as he chooses.

Card Stock: Vintage Collection (Coredinations), Sanctuary (me & my BIG ideas)
Ink: Pigma Micron pen (Sakura)
Accessories: Creatopia Cutz/ Permanent Adhesive, and Laminate

Thanks for stopping by, and I hope you have a great day!!

Creatopia Review at Splitcoaststampers!

The Splitcoaststampers Product Review Team have a new review up today! We are reviewing the extremely versatile Creatopia from Xyron. Hop on over if you would like to see what this machine is all about. You'll be able to check out the various components, video demonstrations & tutorials, and of course our reviews. We have a special gallery full of different ideas as well.

Here are just a couple of projects I've made using this machine. I will be sharing more within the next couple of days.

Stamps: The Places You'll Go (Taylored Expressions)
Card Stock: Almost Amethyst, White, Echo (Memory Box)
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Almost Amethyst, Copic Markers, Spica Glitter Pens
Accessories: Creatopia Cutz & Border Patternz, Circle & Inverted Circle Nestabilites, Rain Dot, Scotch Foam Tape

Stamps: School Bus Fun (A Muse), Simple Celebrations (A Muse)
Card Stock: Kitchen Yellow 4 Bar Notes, White, Black
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Yellow, Copic Markers, Spica Glitter Pens
Accessories: Creatopia Cutz, Paper Piercer & Mat, Labels 3 Nestabilites, A Muse Sheer Polka Dot Ribbon, Foam Tape

Thanks so much for stopping by today!! I appreciate your visit!