Tip Tuesday! Tips for that perfect lay-out!

Hi everyone! I'm Tonya from Itty Bitty Ladybugs here to share with you what was a "light bulb" moment for me in my scrapping.

Have you ever designed the perfect layout or title on your gypsy only to have translate not so perfectly to paper? Well I have a few tips for you today that will hopefully help to get on paper what you see on your screen.

To start with, I designed yet another Disney layout on my gypsy. This is what it looks like on the screen.

You can see I have my title on two lines and my frame centered left-to-right but slightly higher than vertical center.

So how do I get my title to be straight, center and spaced just like I see it on my screen? Well I use my negative paper as a stencil! Let me show you how.

First I "hide" my frame and pumpkin cuts so my screen looks like this.

You can see my title is still exactly where I want it on my finished layout. I then cut this on a full sheet of paper. It comes out looking like this:

my paper, that will be my template

and my mat

At this point I line up my cut paper with my background paper. If one sheet is slightly larger than the other make sure your upper left-hand corner is lined up.

Now you'll want to apply adhesive to your letter and use your template to apply those letters to your background paper.

As you apply your letters make sure you lift up on your template paper every once in awhile. This helps ensure you're not gluing your template to your background.

This is what it will look like when you have all your letters glued down.

Once you remove your template you'll be left with a title that is perfectly straight, centered and spaced.

This technique also works on images.

1) Cut your image.

2) Line up your template paper on your background paper. Make sure the upper left-hand corner is square.

3) Add adhesive to your image and line up with your template.

4) Remove your template.

You'll be left with a perfectly aligned frame that is centered, straight and exactly where you want it.

I finished my layout with a picture and mats as well as my pumpkin cut. Now my completed layout

looks just how I designed it on my gypsy

Thanks for sharing these great tips Tonya!

Creative Cutter Room Update

First of all Happy Birthday Elder Derek Johns!

It was my son't birthday yesterday(his first one ever away from home) and a very kind member from Maryland emailed me this picture of him.

I miss him so much...but I am happy to know he is doing well and surrounded by good people!

Second, I apologize for not posting regularly these past few days...this problem will soon be corrected!

I have had to re-do my studio to make room for some new shelving to hold my 

Books & Bow Makers that thanks to all of you have been selling at a steady pace.

I am happy to report that my Cricut Expression Book is a best-seller in the craft world and I hope that many of you that have it are enjoying the content.  

Those of you that don't have it yet please check it out.  I hope to soon report that it will be in a large craft store near you (more to come later on this)

Third, I will be teaching a flower making class this weekend for any local followers that are interested.  The information is on my Class tab above on the navigation bar. 

The cost is $15.00

And Last but certainly not least check back this weekend when you will see lots of new items added to the Creative Cutter Store-there are some great new Echo Park papers I have added and you will see some great inspiration from the design team in upcoming months using these wonderful collections.

Thank you for your support and for your comments! We have been growing and trying to plan for more Cricut & Cameo Fun in the upcoming year so I hope you will bear with us and stop back often to see what's new in Creative Cutter Room!

Design Time Thursday! Photo Inspiration Theme!

Thank you for joining us for our new challenge! We saw some great Graduation cards and projects during our last challenge!  We appreciate you joining us and hope you will join us for this next challenge!

Theme:  Photo Inspiration!

Inspiration from the Team:

Carri

Georgiana

Tonya

 DIANA L.

Challenge Starts today May 31 and runs until June 13, 2012.

Follow the rules then submit your new  project over at the

Creative Cutter Room!

Looking forward to seeing your creations! 

Only entries that fit the challenge guidelines will be entered to win the prize!

 

The Prize:

Some Rules to keep in mind while playing along:

Project submissions must be new, no back linking

CCR must be mentioned in the description with a link back to here

Entry must fit theme to be qualified for the prize

Prize must be claimed within 2 weeks

Please link your project posting not just your blog

One Entry per person

Please comment after linking 

You have until June 13, 2012 to enter your project.

Here is the Line Up You for some great inspiration:

Carri (that's me!)

Georgiana 
Diana 

Tonya

Watch This Wednesday: Calendar Gift Idea & Blog Hop Winner

My son's birthday is coming up June 3rd and since he is away from home I wanted to send him a small piece of home that was actually functional.  Here is my Video sharing this 

Desktop Calendar I made him:

Hope you liked it!
I also wanted to announce the winner of the Disney Blog Hop candy:
What a great fun project! Who wouldn't love receiving that! It is adorable! TFS
Miranda :)
miranda at nanasscrapspot dot com 
www.nanasscrapspot.com

Please use the Contact Form from the above navigation bar to send me your snail mail....Congrats!

Happy Memorial Day

After visiting Pearl Harbor this month I have an even greater respect for the Men & Women that sacrifice for our FREEDOMS.  Thank you for your Service and to the wives and families of our Service Men & Women....Thank You for your sacrafice and for sharing your HEROES with the rest of us!!

Cricut Cruise Mini Album

This is the Cricut Cruise to Hawaii Mini Album my ladies all made.  

I wanted to share it with all of you and let you know that I will be offering this as a local class & kit 

(information to post in the SHOP tab on Sunday)

Here is the video:

Here are some pictures of the group from our Cricut Cruise.

These ladies were so much fun!!! 

Welcome to Tip Time Tuesday at the Creative Cutter Room!

Hi, this is Elaine from ExpressionsByElaine  I am sharing a tip with you today for Creative Cutter Room!

Last month I shared some tips for organizing your scraps. And while I was organizing I realized how many large pieces I had. 

So I decided to go through my scraps and get out all the large pieces I had like these.

And cut them down to use for my A2 size card bases. 

Some were cut to 4.25" X 11"

like this.

And some were cut to 5.5" x 8.5"

like this.

Then fold them into a base for your cards and they are ready to go.  Grab the color you want for your 

card base and start creating your card!

This will help reduce your scraps and 

save you some time.

I hope this has been a helpful tip for you, I know it has saved me 

a lot of time when creating my cards.

Thanks for joining us at Creative Cutter Room!

Mother's Day Challenge winner & Graduation Mini Album

So first things first here is the winner of the My Creative Time for me stamp set:

 39. Hattie

CONGRATULATIONS!

Be sure and grab the Design Time Thursday Challenge winner button from the left sidebar to post on your blog.

Use the Contact Me Form above to send me your snail mail.

Here is the video showing the details of this 8x8 Mini Album.  CLICK HERE

I have 8x8 and 12x2 Paper Stacks for $11 & $13 each with free shipping if anyone is interested.

~HUGS~