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My Yarn Order

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It’s here! I ordered some yarn from Knit Picks a few weeks ago and it arrived yesterday.I ordered 9 skeins of this lovely pink color in Wool of the Andes (100% wool) in the papaya heather colorway. The plan is to make the Lilas Cardigan (ravely link). These skeins are only 50 g each so they seem quite a bit smaller than the kind you get at JoAnn;s…but they are super pretty and I think will…

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Cricut 201 Project {Name Chipboard Book} Part 1B

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Let’s finish designing our Chipboard “Baby” book (or any other word you want)!Project Steps:Part 1A – Creating the first pagePart 1B – Completing the design Coming soon:Part 2 – Cutting the ChipboardPart 3 – Cutting papers and embellishmentsPart 4 – Putting it all togetherWe are using Inkscape – a free vector graphics editing software. If you haven’t yet, go download it right now!In this video we’ll finish up our digital design by creating the last…

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Project Diary: Big Brother Sweater

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Project:  Big Brother SweaterPattern: mine. based on Incredible Custom Fit Raglan.Yarn: Premier Yarns Everyday Soft Worsted Prints (Color: Winding River)Needles: US 5 (3.75 mm)Why you were excited about knitting this project: I wanted to make a sweater for Ben to match James’ sweater. I was really excited to learn how to design my own raglan sweater. Starting with a small size made it seem more manageable.What size you made:  To fit Ben (about 2T). Project…

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Cricut 201 Project {Name Chipboard Book} Part 1A

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Let’s use what we know about file types and create our own letter chipboard book. You can make any word you want, and use any font you want to totally customize it. This will be a multi-part project. In the end, we’ll end up with something like this…Baby Bookor this…Friend Bookit’s up to you!Project Steps:Part 1A – Creating the first page…

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Cricut 201 {# 1} Understanding File Types

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Whatever happened to 101? I’m not going to be talking about basics – so we are skipping ahead to the intermediate level. I’m assuming you have the following:Cricut – any kind will work. You should also have the USB cable that allows you to attach it to the computer.Sure Cuts a Lot – (abbreviated SCAL) this software allows you to cut out any font/dingbat/clipart you have on your computer…no need to buy expensive cartridges.Inkscape – A…

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Project Diary: James’ First Sweater

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I liked the project diary idea from Knitting Daily and thought it would be a nice way to share my own projects. Here I go:Project:  James’ First SweaterPattern: Paxton (Preemie and Newborn Jacket) by StitchyMamaYarn: Premier Yarns Everyday Soft Worsted Prints (Color: Winding River)Needles: US 5 (3.75 mm)Why you were excited about knitting this project: I wanted to make something for James and was having a hard time finding cute preemie patterns. This one caught my…

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What a Crazy Week

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Its been a wild ride! Last Monday I was admitted to the hospital due to complications with my pregnancy and on Thursday, baby James decided it was time to be born…even though he wasn’t due until January. He will be in the NICU for a few months but is doing well and I am also recovering well.Needless to say, crafting will be taking a backseat to other needs for a while. I’ll post updates on my…

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Halloween Boo! Banner

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I am thinking that I need to package my digital files to share with everyone. They’re already made…I might as well. So, I’m going to share some svg and scal2 files with you. (want to know what the difference is between svg and scal2…check back later this week. I’ll come back and link it up once I post.) Here’s the first of what I hope to be many.Create a stylish Halloween bunting banner…

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"Heavy Metal" Pumpkins {Tutorial}

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I’ve seen some cool metal pumpkins around, but they were huge, heavy and expensive. I was looking for something a bit smaller but still modern looking. Here’s what I came up with.These metal pumpkins are super cheap and easy! Here’s how you can make them.Materials:- Hanger Strap. This is found in the plumbing department. You can get different lengths and either stainless or copper plated. I think the copper plated helps add to the “pumpkin…

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How to use a template – tutorial

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Today I thought I’d walk you through how to use a template as a base for your digi-scrapped page. Here’s what I’m going to create.Credits: Template: “Template 16” by Dunia. Papers: “Summer Sorbet” from DigiFile 6 by Zoe Pearn, “Spring Mini Kit” by Amanda, and “So Crafty” by Krystal Hartley. Alpha for title: “Giggle” by DigiTreats. Font: “Pea KevinandAmanda Funky” by Amanda. Overlay (edge): “Shabby Overlay” by Shabby Princess.Now, I ended up having to…

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Digi-Scrapping 101 * Lesson #3

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Are you ready to go? Today I’m going to walk you some basics of using Photoshop (you can download a free 30 day trial here) and how to work with your images. This is very, very basic but we will practice some important techniques.Here’s the pdf outline:DOWNLOAD HEREAnd you can also watch the videos. Note: youtube only allows my vids to be up to 10 minutes long and this one was 18 minutes long so I…

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Hybrid * Recipe Cards * Freebie

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My sister and I are throwing a shower for my other sister next week. The theme is recipes and we wanted everyone to bring a recipe as part of their gift. I decided to make up some basic recipe cards using my sister’s “colors” so they would match her kitchen. These were included with the invitation so her recipe box would be super cute!They turned out so well I thought I’d share! I made these very basic…

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