Today is the last day of my Opening Sale! Prices are 10% off until tomorrow only, plus, don't forget about the extra $5 from etsy. Find out more about my new shop in this post.
You can get one of my take along memory books HERE, or sign up to get a free class so that you can make your own.
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I'm in wonderful company! These ladies are new to the team as well:
bat owl by PPdN Designs
hockey skate by Sarah Bailey
Here are the steps to making your own shaped cards. I've broken it down for you so that even if you are a beginner die cutter, you can make shaped cards :D I use a silhouette, but you can adapt the steps to your electronic die cutter.
Step 1 Decide on a cut file whose shape would make a good card and resize it. I like to go roughly 4X6 (10x15cm) so that it will fit in a standard envelope.
tip resize all of the pieces of the design at the beginning so that they will all fit together once the card is finished.
Step 2 Open the TRACE window, and selecte Trace Outer Edge, to trace around only the outside edge. Move everything else aside for now, including the piece you just traced, leaving just the traced outer edge.
tip You may want to rotate the image to get a straight line on top (if you want a flip up card) or on the left side (if you want a regular card) to make a nice fold. For example, I lined up the two points of my bat's ears on the same line on the grid.
Step 3 In the Replicate window, choose mirror above if you want your card to flip up or mirror left if you want your card to open like a book.
tip If the tops of your images (in a flip up card) or sides (in a regular card) don't completely touch, you may want to draw lines at each end where the images meet. I made mine big, fat and blue below so you can see better.
Step 4 Next, open the Trace window and trace around the outer edge again, getting both versions of the image. Then, you can get rid of the other images. Don't forget the little lines if you used those.
tip You can group the pieces before tracing to make deleting them all easier.
Step 5 Now, you need to make a score line so your card will fold easily. Move your image so that one fo the lighter grey lines from the grid runs right where you want your fold to be. This makes it easier to get a straight score line. It doesn't matter if that means putting parts of your image off of the cutting area, you can move it all later. Open the Line Style window and choose a dashed line. With the Draw a line tool from the menu on the left, draw your score line.
Step 6 Select both the score line and the complete design and group them. (See tip from step 4)
Step 7 Move the piece to where you'd like it and cut! Cut other pieces from the design as usual and have fun decorating your card :D
I'm working on my Christmas cards next! Keep an eye out for them coming here soon, along with something fun that I have in the works!! :D
I am cheating today... GASP! It's been pouring down rain all day and it's so dark and dreary here that I can't seem to get a good photo of my handwritten post (or anything for that matter) and I hate the way the handwritten pages look when it's dark, soooo, here's a typed post for a change ;)
I was tagged by the awesome Sarah from Sarah Shotts Storytelling and the fabulous Trish from Jewels by Trish with another blog tag from April of Blacksburg Belle. Today, I'm going to take you behind the scenes here at the Hooting Pirate :D Here goes!
Question 1: What’s your two to three sentence bio? (You know, what the heck do you do?)
I'm a scrapbooker, but not the stereotype granny in a rocking chair! As a modern scrapbooker I am a storyteller, a photographer, a designer, a mixed media artist, a historian and most importantly a memory keeper.
Question 2: What’s your favorite part of your job?
I absolutely adore sharing with others. Whether it be teaching, selling my projects or simply story telling. I love sharing my world with others.
Question 3: What’s your least favorite part of your job?
Going to the Post Office.
Question 4: What are the top three tools you use the most in your work?
My Nikon (to take photos for my pages and to take photos of my pages and projects) my Silhouette and a .3 tip black felt pen.
Question 5: What business goal would you love to reach before the end of the year?
I would love for my Christmas products (planners and cards coming really, really soon!) to be well received and successful.
Question 6: Who are three creatives that inspire you?
Jascha Hoste-He photographs forgotten buildings and things and makes them beautiful again.
Ashli Oliver-I'm taking Supplies on Hand from May Flaum and Ashli's projects have been so very inspiring!
Kris Windley-Her words! Oh how I wish I could write like she does. I would love to be able to tell my stories exactly how they feel in my heart, and she does it so magically.
the painted, woven and stitched circles were inspired by Ashli :D
Question 7: What do you listen to (if anything) while you work?
I love listening to crafty podcasts and watch videos while I work. I listed lots of crazy cool crafty sites to inspire you here.
Question 8: Morning person or night owl?
Neither, I'm a middle of the day person, always have been. Anything before 7am is jsut gross (even 6:59, there's something about that 6) and I can't stay up late. However life decided that it wants me to be a morning person so I'm up at 6 (sometimes before, ack!) with the baby, then workout at 6:15 all before I get the kids up and ready for school. Blech.
Question 9: How many employees do you have and what are the main things they do for you?
Just me, myself and I.
Question 10: What’s your favorite social media platform?
INSTAGRAM!! It's so inspiring and I love how easy it is and how few rabbit holes I can get lost down :D
Question 11: What’s your least favorite social media platform?
Twitter, I'm not sure why, it's just not my thing.
Question 12: What works best when it comes to marketing your business?
Guest blog posts and I have one coming up pretty soon, I'll keep you posted! It's an exciting one!
Question 13: What’s one thing about your business that your blog readers probably don’t know?
I really enjoy making things for people and all I really want to do is to share my stuff and help people out.
Question 14: If your business were a fashion accessory, what would it be?
It would be a vintage locket with a treasured photo inside that had a very romantic story to go along with it ;)
Question 15: What’s your top tip for someone who wants to do something similar to you for a career?
Just do it! Hop in where you are. You'll never be 100% ready because it's not something that you can learn about and then do. You have to learn as you go. :D Good luck and make it fun!
Okay, so now it's my turn to tag :D
Kris Windley (see number 6) - right back atcha ;)
Melissa Shanhun - She is so motivated, motivating and productive that I want a peek behind the scenes!
YOU! I'd love to take a peek behind the scenes of what you do :D
No worries if you can't participate, but please let me know in the comments if you do. You can use the post title Behind the Scenes of My Business Blog Tag and the hashtag #MyBizBlogTag so we can all find your post :D
Here are the questions to copy and paste:
Question 1: What’s your two to three sentence bio? (You know, what the heck do you do?)
Question 2: What’s your favorite part of your job?
Question 3: What’s your least favorite part of your job?
Question 4: What are the top three tools you use the most in your work?
Question 5: What business goal would you love to reach before the end of the year?
Question 6: Who are three creatives that inspire you?
Question 7: What do you listen to (if anything) while you work?
Question 8: Morning person or night owl?
Question 9: How many employees do you have and what are the main things they do for you?
Question 10: What’s your favorite social media platform?
Question 11: What’s your least favorite social media platform?
Question 12: What works best when it comes to marketing your business?
Question 13: What’s one thing about your business that your blog readers probably don’t know?
Question 14: If your business were a fashion accessory, what would it be?
Question 15: What’s your top tip for someone who wants to do something similar to you for a career?
This blog post is a part of the ‘Behind the Scenes of My Business’ Blog Tag started by April ofBlacksburg Belle. She began this blog tag experiment to build community among creatives, help us bloggers to connect more and get to know each other better. This month’s topic is all about sharing the behind the scenes stuff of our businesses. If you’d like to participate or want more info, check out this post right here.
Philippe in Lily's awesome treehouse
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December Daily
My December Daily album video
Shimelle's Journal your Christmas
My Shop - Memory Keeper planner
My free class to make your own planner
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