Silhouette Cameo Score!

  The other day I had an hour to kill before going to Crossfit. I was contemplating just waiting it out in front of the gym or wandering aimlessly around a craft store. I had zero plans to buy anything since I had already spent way too much between crafty stuff and workout stuff this month. Overkill on my end but sometimes I just HAVE to have it.

  Well, wandering around aimlessly won out and I went to Michael's. During my wandering I happened upon a sign in the die cut machine and accessory aisle. The sign that stated 40% off and in small print it stated "includes machines and blah blah" (not really blah blah but my mind didn't go past the "machine" word). Wait...what?! I read and re-read and re-read. There were no exclusions like there normally are. I swore I was wrong on what I saw. When are the machines ever discounted? Never.

   I asked the first associate I saw if they had any Silhouette Cameos in stock. They sure did. I told her about the sign and mentioned that it was so weird. She thought so too (apparently she scrapbooks as well). She went to the back and got a Cameo box and rang it up. No deal. It rang up at $299. Darn but I pushed a little and mentioned the sign. It's advertised as 40% so......so she called her manager down and low and behold he agreed with me! I ended up with an amazing price for the Cameo (see picture below). I ran out of that store with my machine as happy as can be!!

 I think the manager went to check on the signs and have probably revised them but maybe they were correct. If so, you better head on down and grab your Silhouette Cameo or whatever machine you wish to purchase.

So my plan of spending $0 failed.  My inner voice won out and it must have known about the amazing deal.  Under $200 for a Silhouette Cameo!  SCORE!!

Adorable

Hi again!  Two posts in one week!  Yay!  I worked on a layout this morning that I absolutely love.  I also am going to enter it into DCWV's monthly challenge. 

Love it!  I used DCWV's Nana's Nursery stack for baby girls.  I also used some Unity Stamp stamps for the hot air balloon and the three pennant flags.  The other day I hit Joann's and found some Basic Grey chipboard, among other items, and I used the "Adorable" banner from one of the sets I bought.  How do you like the hanger?  Love those little things!  I used them one other time n a Halloween layout I made.  Oh and of course I used some Trendy Twine on my layout!   

Well, I gotta get going to a BBQ.  Enjoy your Sunday!!

~Kasi

Cute as a Bug

I have a quick post for you.  Gotta get going so I have to make it quick.

First off have a great 4th of July to all my American followers.

Here's my latest layout.

How do you like the googly eyes on the butterfly?  Cute right?

The 5x5 and 2x2 prints are from Postal Pix which is my new favorite go-to picture printing place, err app.   

I purchased the title from the Silhouette store. 

I used the Butterflies & Blossoms stack from DCWV.

Gotta run!!!

Kasi

Hello Summer

It's still been pretty nice here in SoCal so we have been going to the beach here and there on weekends so now I have another beach layout to share.   

I gave up on trying to make my own layout designs so I look to Pinterest for inspiration.  Here is my inspiration (linked to my Pinterest).  I tried to get to the original source but it no longer exists.  Sorry!  

Welp. here you go....

 

I've been finding a lot of free project life printables and other printables to incorporate into my layouts since  I've been steering away from paper piecing.  You can find my printables board on Pinterest here.  The Hello Summer and the Snap Shot prints are part of my awesome findings on Pinterest that I printed out.  The quality is great!  

Aside from printing elements I also used a new material on my layout that I have never worked with before.  Cork!  I won a Stack-a-holic challenge over at DCWV and part of their prize package included a 6x6 pack of cork board. I used it as the background for the picture.  

Two other techniques I haven't done in awhile was heat embossing and hand stitiching.  I did both on this layout.  I colored the heart in the 2013 with an embossing marker and then added sparkle embossing powder.  I heated it and voila...a pretty glittery heart that was once brown and boring.    As for the stitching, I pulled out my Sew Easy and one of the piercing heads I've never used before and I stitched away.  

The "May" stamp is from Unity Stamp Co.  (LOVE those stamps).  The paper is from DCWV's Surf's Up stack that I purchased from their DCWV Deals site.  I got the picture printed at Postal Pix which is an app you can download to your iPhone.  I know I said I'd review the app but I forgot!  Oops.  

Enjoy your Memorial Day Weekend!!! 

Kasi

Insta-Love

Happy National Scrapbook Day!  Did you participate in any activities or events to celebrate?  I did!  Well, I only made a layout but I did something right?  

Today I made a layout for Elle's Studio Sketch Thursday challenge.  I believe I recently discovered Elle's Studio via Paper Issues.  Lately I've been wanting to participate in challenges to get me motivated to scrap.  it's been working! 

I printed some Instagram pictures using an app on my iPhone called Postal Pix.  This is my first go at printing Instagram pictures.  I'll give a review of Postal Pix tomorrow.  

Story of the layout

 

We went to the beach a few weeks ago (yes, it has been toasty in SoCal lately...sorry midwest and east coast ladies!).  I took plenty of pictures of my daughter *discovering* the beach.  She loved it until she face planted and literally ate sand.  Poor thing but it was pretty funny.

 

And guess what......I pulled out the sewing machine again!  I sewed on my layout again.  This time it came out great!  

*applause*   

Well, great to me since this is like the third time I have ever done this before.  The stitch came out pretty straight.  Yay me! 

I used DCWV's Surf's Up Stack and Recollections open stock paper.  I got the Polaroid frame from  LuScapandCrafts (a freebie!).  I had to convert the file to an SVG.  The stamp is Sandy Toes from Pink by Design.  I handcut the triangles on the banner.  Oh and I sewed them...yes I did!

Enjoy!

Kasi

Welcome Sweet Baby

Let me tell you, sewing is no easy task.  I go this great idea that I would sew on my latest layout.  What in the heck was I thinking?  I cannot sew!!  Yesterday I was frustrated and wanted to punch my machine so I walked away.  It was a disaster.  Today I figured out where I was going wrong.  I wasn't catching the thread from the bobbin.  Yea yea...whatever.  Blegh.

Well, with that figured out I thought I was golden.  No.  I still can't sew.  I didn't take into account the size of a 12x12 paper in relation to the room I had on the machine to sew.  I sewed on my page alright but the stitches are everywhere.  It's a jumbled mess.

Let's put my horrible sewing aside and enjoy the layout (minus the crazy stitching).

 

Maybe you can't see my mess.  It's on the banner.  I tried to make a pretty banner....oops.  :)  I don't know how you all do it.  Maybe I'll keep trying but I think sewing in a curve is beyond me.  Well, a straight stitch is too. 

Oh yea, by the way that's my daughter.  She's 8 months old now. First layout.  I was so stuck on my crappy sewing that I forgot to introduce her. 

~Kasi

I have a bone to pick....

...with you all.  Yes you.  Especially my long time followers. 

Why oh why did no one tell me my older pictures were horrible?  I went back through some older posts and was horrified by how bad my pictures were!  So so bad.  I have definitely improved in that department but I am appalled that I thought those pictures would pass.  

That's all.  :)  Enjoy your weekend!

Kasi