I've Been Sewing some Cute Flannelette Baby Bibs

I made these cute baby bibs a little while ago from some leftover flannelette I had. They all have a patterned side and a plain side so that I can use them either way then they also coordinate with more outfits!

They are so quick and easy to make and a great project even for a sewing beginner. The only stitch involved is straight stitch so if you have and antique or vintage sewing machine that only sews a straight this is another project you can make easily.

I drew a simple bib shape onto some paper and used that as my pattern. The ties are made from bias binding that I already had on hand so cost was minimal.

Organising My Cricut Cartridge Handbooks

I have had so many enquiries on this post so have made a tutorial on how I print and organise my cartridge handbooks. You can find it here.

I have been arranging my printed Cricut cartridge handbooks so I can lay my hand on each one quickly and easily.

All the handbooks are placed in clear pockets, sorted into alphabetical order and then labelled. Each tab is coloured according to whether the cartridge is a font, shapes or lites/seasonal cartridge.

Orange/peach tabs are for font cartridges

Blue for shapes cartridges

Green for lite and seasonal cartridges

The tab shape is from Tags, bags, boxes and more cut at 1 and 3/4 inches. It is the mirror tab shape on page 34 of the handbook.

If you label the tabs like on my photo here, then tape or glue to the first page of your handbook, you will be able to see the names from both sides as you browse through your file.

Easter Cards using Penny Black Bunny Bath Stamp

I made these cute cards for Easter and just had to share them with you. Apart from the colouring and waiting for the stickles to dry they were quick to make.

The stamp is Penny Black Bunny Bath, it's an old one but new to me. I love this stamp so much I had to make several cards the same but different. The border is decorated with ice stickles in a swirl pattern. The stamp is coloured using a water brush and markers.

Very Feminine Card

Here is a real girly card made for a birthday for someone in the family a while ago. I normally try and make cards ahead of time so they are ready to use when I need them. This one was no exception hence the date on the watermark!

The centre flower is made using a bottle top flattened in my cuttlebug, then topped with a punched paper circle and ribbon flower.

I used stickles on the background paper and dimensional pearl paint dots on the lace.

The frame was given to me in a RAK (Random Act of Kindness). It was dry embossed with the swiss dots folder in the cuttlebug then covered in glossy accents.

28 Cards with 4 Sheets of paper and my Cricut

I created a one sheet wonder file on Design Studio using Plantin Schoolbook based on the template by Scrapoholic on the Cricut messageboard and cut 2 pieces of patterned cardstock and 2 bazzil card. Some of the cutting lines are out of the boundary but they are easily cut with a pair of scissors. Then I made a whopping 28 cards with all the cuts!

I tried to make many of the cards both normal and tent fold so they would be more versatile and I left room on most of the cards to stamp a sentiment later as the cards are needed. I used a couple of the layouts from Scrapoholic, but most of these ended up my own design so I could make as many cards as possible. I also embossed some of the plain card and only used 2 packets of flowers to keep the cost down.

Feel free to use the cut files and scraplift card layouts for your personal use only. Link photos of your cards here so I can see them.

Click here for the Design Studio File

Click here for the Gypsy File

Free Business Cards to Download and Print

I know many of you crafters out there are selling at markets and fairs so business cards are a great way to get your name out there. They can be expensive to have made for you and when you only need a few so why not try making them yourself?

I create my own business cards using microsoft publisher, but then I found these sites where you can make your own then save and print off so I wanted to share them with you.

Business Card Star Prints 8 or 10 per page, lots of designs and colours to choose from. Easy and quick to do. Allows you to move text and change colours and even lets you print on the back of the cards if you want to. Here is a sample of what you can do.

Business Card Land A sister site to the above link that also prints 8/10 per page

Free pdf cards Plain cards with a picture or logo you can upload

New Arrival - in the Pink!

We have added a new baby girl to our family recently, hence the lack of blog posts. As you can imagine life has been very hectic but I am looking forward to getting back to blogging as things settle down and we get into more of a routine.
Naturally you can expect to see a few baby related creations. I managed to find some time while waiting for bub to arrive to get some sewing and even knitting done. So once I get them photographed I can share them with you. Until next time, bye for now.

* Clip art above from http://hubpages.com/hub/baby-clipart