STORAGE: Ribbons in Spool & Store

Hello Everyone!

Wow! I loved going to all the links that were left yesterday and looking at how everyone organizes and stores their ribbons! I really don't think there is ONE right way and hope that all these ideas can help someone. I personally have ribbons stored about 4 different ways... I know, I know... I just can't commit to just one! LOL!

Here is my second method:



The SPOOL & STORE system sits in my drawers.


This is what the tray and dispensers look like.



It comes with this handy dandy ribbon rolling thing-a-ma-bob...



Here's a quick little video about what I think about this system and how to use that thing-a-ma-bob:


Click HERE if you cannot see the video above or if it does not fit on your screen.

To find out more about this little system, you can visit their website at http://www.bestscrapbookshelf.com/ .  I'm giving away a RIBBON BUNDLE this weekend and will randomly draw the winner from all the ribbon storage links that are located HERE.  You can participate too, it's not too late!

Have a scrappingly great day!

Tammy

STORAGE: Ribbons!

Hello Everyone!

This week I am featuring different ways to organize your ribbons!  As a papercrafter, I am more productive when my supplies are organized and I am sure you are the same way.  Ribbon is definitely one area that I have always struggled with because I am a ribbon fanatic.  My number #1 obsession (other that cricut products!) is paper, but ribbon runs a close second.  There are two ways to purchase ribbon:  1) By the roll and 2) By the yard.  So, there has to be two ways to organize it too.  Today I'm talking about organizing the ribbon you buy by the yard.

One of my local scrapbooking stores, SCRAPPIN' BUNNIES (McKinney, Tx), carries a delicious array of ribbons and they will have a 40% off ribbon sale from time to time.  Of course, that is when I 'stock up' and will buy a variety from them. 



Now... that's a mess.  And that drives me crazy!  So, I will plan to watch a dvd or tv show with my sscrubby and will meticulously roll each and every one of those ribbons!  Yep... I start with this:



And end up with this:



Much better right?  Now, I know that alot of you carry around those ribbon bags that have your ribbons sticking out of all the holes looking like a bad hair day and I totally understand how much faster and easier it would be to just stuff your loose ribbons in that bag.  But, I have a true confession... I am just a 'little' bit OC (obsessive compulsive).  Not enough to require medication... but enough to not be able to 'handle' stuffing all my ribbon in a bag.  That really freaks me out! LOL!  So here is my alternative:



I like to carry my 'designer' ribbons around with me when I go to crops.  So, I put them all in these plastic cases that you can buy at the craft store.  I have three of them that hold just enough of a variety to travel with.  Tomorrow I want to show you the new SPOOL & STORE ribbon cases that I bought at the GREAT AMERICAN SCRAPBOOK CONVENTION.  There are pros & cons to these ribbon cases and I'm gonna list them out for you.

How about you?  How do you store your ribbon?  Feel free to share with everyone here and leave a link to your RIBBON STORAGE.  I don't think there is any ONE right way and we can always learn from each other!  I have a 'Ribbon Bundle' to give away to someone sharing pictures of their ribbon storage... doesn't even have to be organized!  LOL!  Just show us what you've got and I will pick a random winner this Saturday!  You have until midnight on Friday (07/02/10) to add your link here:

Meet my assistant, Lexie

Okay... she's more of an encourager.  She is only 8mo and is a Yorkie and is the cutest thing ever.  I just had to share a quick little (funny) video of my little assistant!




Now you know where some of my encouragement comes from!  LOL!  Thanks for watching!

Scrappingly yours,

Tammy

Cricut Circle Club

More and more information is coming out about the new Cricut Circle!  Click HERE for the new press release that was made today!  I am so excited about this program and this EDUCATION INITIATIVE is just a small part of the reason why!  Here are the other reasons:

1) Exclusive cartridges

2) Cricut Charm Bracelet (I'm crazy that way... luv the bling!)

3) Invitation to special Cricut Circle events

4) Discounts from Cricut Circle Partners - Imaginisce was just announced as one of them!

5) Daily inspiration from a Cricut Circle blog with giveaways!

6) PDF Magazine - I love those!  Have you seen the Embellish magazine?!

7) Exclusive cartridges... Oh... I said that one, huh?  LOL!

What do you think?  Have you gotten an invitation yet?  Make sure to check your spam folder, because alot of people found their invitations lost in the spam folder.  Are YOU a circle member?

ASK TAMMY Gypsy Questions

Hello Everyone!

Today is ASK TAMMY over at the Cuttlebug Challenge blog! I will be busy over there all day answering questions about the gypsy! There are always some really good questions too! Hop on over and see what we are up to!

Click HERE to join us!

Dinner with Tim Holtz

Tim Holtz demonstrating his latest and greatest...



Okay.... the truth is, we were having dinner AT the same restaurant as Tim Holtz and not actually having dinner WITH him!  LOL!  But, he and his crowd were very nice and we had fun chatting with them.


At first we didn't want to intrude, so I was trying to casually take a picture of my bff, Angela with Tim Holtz positioned directly over her shoulder... slick, huh?  Well... Tim was watching us the whole time and right before I snapped the picture he waved really big at the camera and laughed.  So much for not intruding!  LOL!  Loved his sense of humor!



Me and my besties... we had so much fun!


cricutingly yours,

SUGAR & SPICE Cricut Lite: Chrissy Girl Scrapbook Layout

Hello Everyone!

Back to previewing the new Cricut Lite cartridges! I know alot of cat lovers out there were disappointed that Provocraft's first cat cartridge (MEOW) was not a full cartridge, and I'm just guessing, but I think we will be seeing more and more cats on cartridges. They've been sneaking them in on us already! There is a really pretty cat on the new CINDY LOO and this one on the SUGAR & SPICE Cricut Lite Cartridge:



There are three cricut cuts on this page and all of them are from the this cartridge.  I cut the word art, 'Girl' in white at 3.75" and shadowed it with alternating pink & green cardstock.  Because this is only a one page layout, I wanted to condense my title by adding our cat's name in the 'G'.



I love to add little feminine touches like this bow to layouts.


This cute little scalloped circle journal box was cut at 4".



And my little grey tabby was cut at 5.75". 


Very easy layout, but I really like how it turned out.  The cardstock I used was DCWV and Core'dinations. 

I hope everyone has a wonderful Father's Day!  Our three kids are all over the place, so I am taking my sscrubby out to a special dinner after I finish my cricut demos at Michaels!  What are you doing today?  Whatever it is, make sure you take lots of pictures... because you don't ever want to run out of scrapbook material!!  LOL! 

Cricutingly yours,




 

H20 - Pool Party Invitation

Hello Everyone!!

Okay... okay!  So I jumped into Halloween a little early with the OCTOBER 31ST and PUMPKIN CARVINGS cartridges and then 'hopped' back to Easter with the 3 BIRDS ON PARADE cartridge this morning... but, this invitation has perfect timing!!  The fourth of the new cartridges release this past Thursday is the H20 Cricut Cartridge.

Perfect for my Pool Party invites!  (sry for the bad lighting... broke one of my photo lamps!)



The little swimmer guy was cut at 5" to fit my 5x5" card.



The phrase "Water Fun" was cut at 3.5".



"Please Come" is a stamp and I typed my inside invitation details on my computer, then matted them with blue and viola! Invitation is done! Now to do 24 more!! LOL!



This cartridge is one of the SEASONAL cartridges and has no creative feature keys.  It actually has 20 images with 20 layer keys (layer key is located right below the image key) and the bottom row contains 10 word art phrases.  Not that different from the other SEASONALS, except that it has 'layers' instead of 'shadows'.  I think it is really cute and for the cost of a SEASONAL cartridge, it is a must have!

Tomorrow I will continue previewing the CRICUT LITE cartridges with the cute cute cute SUGAR & SPICE Cricut Lite.

Cricutingly yours,

3 BIRDS ON PARADE: Bunny Ears Scrapbook Layout

Hello Everyone!

3 BIRDS ON PARADE Cricut Cartridge.... so darn cute!  Click on the title to see the sample sheet of images... seriously, this cartridge covers all the major holidays in such a unique and cute way!  But, that is not even my favorite part... in has the cutest FONT I've ever seen! With little bird claws in every letter!  Look at the word EASTER in my layout below...



When I got the 3 BIRDS ON PARADE cartridge and was looking at all the images... this little birdie with the bunny ears just jumped right out at me!  I had the PERFECT pictures to use him with!  This is my nephew this past Easter with the same kind of bunny ears!  Thank you Provocraft for making this cartridge specifically for ME!  You did, didn't you?  Because it sure looks like it!  LOL!



My papers were mostly from the LINEN CLOSET DCVW stack.  And yes... I used floral cardstock on a boy page!  And I liked it too!!  Hehee



"Funny Bunny" word are was cut at 5".



And there is that adorable font!  This cartridge is a FULL cartridge and has LAYER1, LAYER2, PHRASE, FONT, FONT SHADOW & SHADOW creative features.  So the font has uppercase and lowercase and both have the shadow option.



Here's a close up of the font... the shadow is a dark green and the top layer is the plaid.  Both were cut at 1.5" and cut perfectly.


I typed my journaling on my computer and printed it on the blue cardstock.


Now for the second page...


Another sample of the font... but I decided not to layer this one because I didn't want it to look too heavy for the egg... these numbers were cut at 1".


Now for the cute little birdie!  Isn't he adorable!?  Love those bunny ears!  He was cut at 6".


Well, you are going to love this cartridge, I think the font alone is worth it and you are going to die over all the word art!

I'll be back later with my H20 project... its another 'must have' seasonal cartridge!  So... I should activate my ENABLER alert now!

Cricutingly yours,

PUMPKIN CARVINGS - Halloween Door Decoration

I'm back with a home decor project for your door!  PUMPKIN CARVINGS cricut cartridge was designed for you to cut actual templates for carving pumpkins!  LOVE THAT IDEA!  But, you can also use the images for oh, so much more!

How about a wall hanging!



I painted the canvas orange (looks red in the photo).  This was made with three images from the new PUMPKIN CARVINGS cartridge.  The pumpkin was cut 4 times at 11.5" and the face and halloween were nested in a box and were cut at 11" (face) and 6" (Halloween).  Here is a SHORT video of how I made this wall hanging.... enjoy the music!  It's Halloween in June!  LOL!



Click HERE if you can't see the video above or if the video is too wide for your computer screen.



Cricutingly yours,

OCTOBER 31ST Cricut Cartridge - BEWARE Scrapbook Layout

Hi Everyone!

Our family loves Halloween every year!  Not necessarily the spooky-scary-kinda-weird type of Halloween... but the pumpkin-carving-family-fun type of Halloween is what we enjoy!  And I have to tell you that those pictures are some of my favorite to scrapbook (yes... I scrapbook, lol!)!  Everyone is just having such a good time and it always includes family time!

You can also really allow your 'sense of humor' to show through on Halloween pages.  Take my 'BEWARE... THE COMBAT MEDIC IS IN!" layout of my oldest son, Patch.  Who, most of you know, is in the Army and is an Airborne combat medic.  We were visiting family in California last Halloween and these are only a few of our annual family pumpkin carving.  Patch was demonstrating safe.... pumpkin carving to his cousins, lol!



The new OCTOBER 31ST cartridge has everything you need to complete some really great layouts!  Supplies needed for this layout are:

2 - 12x12 Halloween paper (Wicked Whimsy by Imaginisce)
2 - 12x12 Orange cardstock (Core'dinations)
2 - 12x12 Black cardstock (Core'dinations)
Memento Ink Pad (Tuxedo Black)
Computer Journaling



The signpost (border1) was cut at 11.5" in black and the BEWARE is one of the wordarts on this cartridge, it was cut at 2.25".  I suspended it below the signpost and drew chains to make it look more realistic.



My favorite part of this whole layout is the CLAW that I cut out at 7"! It was perfect for this layout (thanks PC!)... and of course, the expression on the pumpkin (cut at 3.5") lends to the humor of the page... not to mention the expression on my son's face! LOL!



The second page finishes the page title, "the Combat Medic is in.."



I use to find it hard to put 4 - 4x6 photos on one page... but I learned this 'filmstrip' technique from a magazine and use it often. 



My journaling was typed on the computer and lined up discreetly on the side of the photos.



I typed the title on my computer using "Beat My Guest" font (I promise that is the name!) and printed it on the orange cardstock.  The chain suspending the title box was cut at 1" and the poison bottle was cut at 3.5".  I inked around the edges to give it that distressed look.



The spooky jack o'lantern was cut at 3.5" and I added the date.


That's my 2 page layout using the new OCTOBER 31ST!  I used 7 cuts from this SEASONAL cartridge, that does not have any layering or shadows, but not one of them needed it!

Hope you like it!