Gail's Cafe

PixScan

2016-08-04T04:00:00.000-07:00

I wanted to share with you how I fixed a fubar...

Recently I thought I would be able to be one of you folks that can keep an organizer. So far not so good and it's only month one.

I found some freebies at Five Sixteenths blog

Added some others I made with digital paper I have and sized it all to fit my planner.
Then before I cut them out...... I deleted my tab. I almost cried!

before I realized there was a sticky back to the PixScan

After sleeping on this sadness for a few weeks (yes weeks) I realized I had a PixScan somewhere buried in the bottom of a pile of cutting mats! Never used before I went to work.

Not a good picture either

Not a good picture for the program

I gotta be honest, it took some time to get just the right picture that the Silhouette DE program liked but I did it! Secret is? don't stress on getting the perfect picture! The program will make it all right.

Perfect!

(somehow the Silhouette DE made it right!)

Not all of the stickers got a good outline but the important odd ones did and I was more than happy to draw circles and squares! Why in the world did I wait this long to use this fun toy?

Now on to find something else to PixScan!

Explosion Birthday Box

2016-08-02T04:00:00.000-07:00

Here's another bundle from Dreaming Tree called It's Your Birthday. Doesn't it look yummy?

It's pretty huge!

It's called Explosion Box and you can purchase this with the bundle or alone!

It's amazing and so easy to put together and you can fit at least 1 cup of candy in the center.

There's a video for easy learning but I'm sure you can figure it out yourself too (it's that easy)

I sued paper from AC Cardstock in the Tropical colors

This paper was great to cut on my Silhouette Cameo!

A little sparkle using Martha Stewart Crafts Glitter Finish.

Show me your explosion box!

Free SVG files from Dreaming Tree

2016-07-28T23:16:00.000-07:00

Free gift with purchase of $9.98

Once upon a time I posted on my blog and shared my makings. Hello again! It's me and I'm baaaaack! Can't wait to start posting again and hope you keep in touch.

$2.99

Firstly, I wanted to share with you this new company. He's been around for quite some time but has decided to have his own company a go! I think he's doing quite well, don't you? This new set just came out and it's not too early to start your Christmas cards!

One of the amazing things I love about this company is not only does he create great 3d goodies, you can either buy them in the set or singly!

$2.99

Aren't these stinking cute! Such detail!

$2.99

And you make your own sentiments! How great!

Anyway, I can't wait to play and tell with you again!

I'm here for the boos!

2013-10-20T17:11:00.000-07:00

Fun little project I made for my kids and their men :) Oh gawd... men? It's sad when you actually put that down into words. You know what that means right? Augh... I don't think I'm ready to admit that they have grown up even though they have been out of the house for a few years.

I put some bling on the cups for the girls and left them off for the guys. I just don't think they would have appreciated it as much ;) The stems were glittered on both.

Since they are both going to have a Halloween party I thought these would come in handy!

The words on this one is from Miss Kates Cuttables. She has a freebie EVERYDAY!!!

All of these were done with my Silhouette and vinyl.

Thanks for stopping by!

Roses are red

2013-08-03T14:08:00.000-07:00

I had to put down the vinyl and actually cut paper again! haha

MIL Birthday is Friday and she looks forward to my cards

What girl doesn't like bling and roses?

and ribbons

and class

I got the started idea from Quilling Ideas. Paper is For the Record from echo park. Penny Duncans spiral rose file (free), brackets are from the Silhouette store called Holiday Label ($0.99), not sure where I got the leaves. Small stones are from The Rhinestone World and are actually heat applied. Stones inside the flower are cheepo's that I have no clue where I got ;)

A post from a very bad blogger

2013-07-31T22:52:00.002-07:00

I've never been a great blogger but come on! Mothers Day? wowzers! I'll just post what I've been up to in a nut shell...

1) got my first paying gig from an archery club! I designed and cut them up 50 window decals! whoot whoot! The loved them but I don't have a picture to show you :( sorry.

2) Made a new work out tank. Hot pink on grey. BAM!

3) Made a new wine tasting shirt ;) This was a challenge I joined in on with a Face Book group. Now that I look at it... looks like I should be drinking a margarita with those colors I picked.

4) Completed the Tough Mudder. Pretty proud of myself for completing every single obstacle on the very first try! My teammates were impressed too! I have to credit it on the Cross Fit training I've been doing this year. The course was 11 miles up and down a ski slope. I'm sure one of them had to have been a black diamond because it was straight up! Over 20 obstacles including the Arctic Enema, Boa Constrictor, Electric Eel, Shock Therapy, Everest, Funky Monkey, Hold your Wood, Kiss of Mud, Log Jammin', Trench Warfare and Walk the Plank. Soooo fun! Very hard but fun!

5) Made hubby a glow in the dark shirt. This one is so much fun! You should see it on him. He looks like a big kid! haha

6) Hubby and I at Sand Harbor Lake Tahoe waiting for the Shakespearean Festival to start! We rode up there on our motorcycles. You can see behind him is one of my saddle bags we used as a pick nick bag lol

7) No pics but my garden this year is awesome! So much lettuce that I have to give it away! Tomatoes are slow this year but almost ready to pic my first one, zucchini and other squash has been delish and the cucumbers actually survived this year! Still waiting on those to mature.

So this has been a little taste of my life since Mothers Day. I haven't done a card since but I've been loving my Cameo and trying new things with it.

Hope you enjoyed as much as I have! Have an exciting day!

Mothers Day

2013-05-04T23:51:00.000-07:00

I've been playing around in my room a little more now that the challenge is over. No I didn't win the competition but I don't need to win that to win. I lost almost 20 pounds in 12 weeks and a total of 21 inches! So I really did win :) I signed up to continue the ~~punishment~~ Cross Fit because I really do like the intense work outs and I love the results I got!

So... Mother's day is coming up next weekend here in the States. I made another cup and a card and in time to mail them out so they get them before Mothers Day! I know! I surprised myself too! haha

This is the cup I made...

I belong to All Things Silhouette forum on Face Book and boy do they ~~enable~~ teach you a lot there. They also have a bunch of files to share. I got the 'M' from there. the font used for the 'Mom' and SuperPower is from Lettering Delights and is called 'Free Spirit'. Only $3 and in a few bundles too.

This is the card I made...

Each Mom is going to get one of each. My Mom will get this cup and Hubby's Mom will get a cup with peach color. Their favorite colors :)

Isn't it a pretty file? Oh! Did I mention that it's FREE!!??!! I didn't? Well, this file came from the great file maker Miss. Meredith over at Birds Cards. She's got a few samples that she did too. Each one is so pretty. She's the same Miss Wonderful that I got that cute little cupid for my V-day box I made for Hubby.

I did mine in a paper piecing technique. I love the final look and I'm sure the Mom's will too. After all... no matter how old you get, Mom's always love something you put the time, thought and effort into making yourself! And if not... I ordered flowers as a back up LMAO!.

Well... that's if for now. I think next I'll make a bling shirt for myself. Or maybe a bling decal. So much fun but so little time. I heart my Silhouette!

Sending this love to:

My Sheri Crafts - Mothers Day

Sugar Creek Hollow - Flowers

Cameo Creations - Mothers Day

Totally Gorjus - Swirls (M's in Mom)

Blinging Baby!

2013-04-14T09:30:00.000-07:00

Wow! I'm loving this blinging thing! Love love love shiny, sparkle stuff :) I bought 3 onsies from Walmart, the rhinestones sample pack from Craft Vinyl and comes with everything you need to make the flower and stars and have a bunch left over. The crown was used with Hot Pink which was a must and sold separate. I put the images in my Silhouette DE software and traced them and added an extra border for the flower. I love how they turned out and my Nephews wife loves them! BONUS!

These were quick and so easy! I purchased the crown from Silhouette but the star and flower are from Lettering Delights freebie Banner Day SVG. All you have to do for this is sign up!

Not only that but all the 'SVG' files are only $1 right now and usually have at least 6 separate files in each

Vinyl attempt!

2013-04-13T19:40:00.000-07:00

I've been wanting to try some vinyl now for some time and finally did it!

I have to say, I'm quite impressed with my first attempt :)

This weekend our niece flew out from Oregon. Hubby invited her to come out and go to a concert with us and our two girls. Suicidal Tendencies is an old skater band from the Long Beach area where hubby comes from. Great work out music. Really gets your blood pumping LOL. Not music that I would normally listen to in my car but once in a while, it's nice to have some angry music with words you can't understand to just work out with. We got home at 1:00am just to get back up at 7:00am and run a 5k (3.1 miles). My personal best today too! 33min 15sec! That's almost 15 min off my last 5k just in October. LOVE THIS CROSS FIT STUFF!

Bling is my next attempt! Can't wait to dress up a new niece with blinging onesies :)

Helloooo!

2013-04-07T19:20:00.000-07:00

Well, it's been a while hasn't it? I've been super busy in life itself. As most of you know I work full time. Well, hubby also won me a 3 month long Cross Fit/Paleo challenge and it's been kicking my ass!

I have only 2 more weeks to go in the challenge and would love to keep going with it. I've only lost 15 pounds but the body is shaping up quite nicely! I love this kind of work out. I always have. I just didn't know that it had a name! So after I get off work at 4:30 I would drive to the gym and crochet for about 30 min waiting for my 5:30 class to begin. Work outs last an hour and I get home around 7:00 at night. After dinner I just don't have the energy to do ANYTHING! I vedge pretty much. While vedging, I found this great guy named Mikey from The Crochet Crowd. Mikey is a wonderful teacher of yarn. I learned how to make granny squares while in elementary school from a neighborhood grandma. I self taught knitting but my heart has always been with crochet. Not only does he teach step by step on his YouTube channel, but he has a crochet club with monthly challenges. I signed up and started my first challenge right away!

I love it! It's just a lap blanket but it's so purty. First time EVER doing the hexies. Told ya, he's a great teach!

All Star $1 Sale and Freebies at LD!

2013-02-15T16:09:00.004-08:00

In honor of the NBA All-Star Game this weekend Lettering Delights have marked down 12 ALL-STAR items to just $1 each (Some cut-its included), AND...giving another dozen items away FREE! The catch is, they're not telling us which, you have 3 days to find! Shop the sale now and start searching for you FREEBIES
While you're there, try their 'TRY ME TOOL' in the upper right corner...

I think it's beautiful and goes with so many of their files!

I Heart Boxes...

2013-02-08T19:06:00.003-08:00

Valentines is ALMOST here!!

I haven't had the time of day to craft until today. I took a mandated furlough from work, drove hubby to the airport and came right home and made this box! It's a free file from Paper Pulse

to show layers and sparkle!

The first time I saw this heart box I just HAD to make one! (cupid not included). I saw the cupid somewhere and had to have it too... but... for the life of me I can't seam to remember where I got it!

It fits a bunch if hugs and kisses in it. It stands 2 2/3" tall and 4 2/4' wide!

The top if the box almost looks like a doily with this paper that has 'love' written all over it.

I'm entering this baby in:
Anything But A Card: Heart
The Corrosive Challenge: Hearts and Flowers
My Grafico: Anything goes
Tip Tip Tuesday: Romance and Hearts
My Sheri Crafts: Valentines
Sugar Creek Hollow: Romantic Love
Milk Coffee: Valentines or Love

Fantastic paper sale!

2013-01-30T15:57:00.001-08:00

That's just 50 cents per packet!

Hogs & Kisses!

2013-01-21T16:13:00.000-08:00

I got an e-mail the other day for a new set for Valentines day! So cute! I had to get them! This light pink one is from just printing and cutting on my beloved Cameo!

The pink was OK but I wanted a little more pop so I used paper from the Hogs & Kisses paper pack.

I wanted to show you that when you use the 'print and cut' (even on this SVG set) you will see the white lines...

When they are put together the white lines aren't really that much on an eye sore.anyway... Once I re-sized it to fit my printer (letter size) I was still able to fit 17-20 Hogs and Kisses in them!

And really not worth the time to singly change every.... single.... cut line!

Then I HAD to make something with this cute love cone AND paper from the Hogs & Kisses paper set!

This one would have been the better one to take the time to take those cutting lines out LOL

How about a freebie? No need for a print and cut machine, just print and hand cut this. Makes a little black polka-dot matchbox with a wrapper and a tic-tac-toe game card to fold up and place in the box! cool hu? (sorry about the short notice)

Hogs and Kisses Tic Tac Toe Potpourri	cart
created by LetteringDelights.com	wishlist

4 items

hurry, sale ends today $2.00 sale: $0.00

Go hog wild with your love and affection for everyone. Get Hogs and Kisses today!

File Size:

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All Valentine items are on sale now! They have a cute Scottie Terrier

Love is in the air!

2013-01-13T15:24:00.000-08:00

I love Valentines Day. It's my favorite holiday. Yes... Favorite! Maybe because I know Spring is around the corner, maybe it's the pretty colors, maybe it's actually about romance and love. It just makes me happy all over.

I love this envelope from the Silhouette Store. The back flap has some personality.

This owl is also from Silhouette. Had I been thinking, the edges would have been rubbed a little.

To go with the envelope, I made this card! This was a freebie at one point.

I folded the harts and glued just the middle to give it a little pop. Dotted silver with Gelly Roll 'clear star'.

I like the way silver goes with almost everything!

Challenges
Anything But A Card - things with wings (owl)
Cameo Creations - Pink and Brown (envelope)
The Cuttlebug Spot - Triangle (owl nose - yah it's a streatch but a DT did the same thing so it's ok)
Daisy Doodles Creative Challenges - Fresh and Simple (card)
Victorine Stamps - Sparkle and Shine (Silver card + Gell glitter dots)
The Corrosive Challenge - Out with the old (ALL paper except envelope is from old stash)
Our Daily Bread designs - something old and something new (old scraps, new cutting file)
Mygrafic Challenge - anything goes
Top Tip Tuesday - furs or feathers (owl)
Quirky Craft - something pink
Totally Gorjuss - spotty

Happy New Year!

2012-12-31T11:25:00.002-08:00

Today is the last day of our beloved 2012! Tomorrow starts out with a new day in a new year. Are you ready?

with glue sapped all over the place

Have you found Bird's Cards yet? She's awesome and is sharing all her files with you.

This one is simply called New Year Card

w/o glue sapped all over the place (q-tip and stamp cleaner)

It was exactly what I was looking for and I love how it curves!

All her Formats include ai, dxf, gsd, mtc, pdf, SS and SVG. How awesome is that?

Have a safe and exciting new year's eve and I'll see you all next year

(((((HUGS)))))

Entered in Cameo Creations Challenge

Luke 2:11

2012-12-25T03:55:00.000-08:00

Animation

Freebie Friday!

2012-12-14T16:17:00.000-08:00

Make your treats for Santa EXTRA special this year with this FREE printable placemat and milk carton wrap. YES... FREE PRINTABLE!

Print, cut, wrap no machine required (but a printer haha)

Get your freebie from the Silhouette online store

Krewella Kreations 12 days of Christmas presents!

Each day a new free gift!

Cheap Fonts...

2012-12-14T11:12:00.000-08:00

To You From Me!

2012-12-03T23:13:00.000-08:00

I've been playing a little more with my Cameo and the Peppermint Holiday set

These are my first shot at them! Not bad, not bad! I'm really loving the print and cut feature

I created these using the tools in the Silhouette Studio by using the rounded rectangles and eclipse (round) tools. The polka dot paper was also in the Studio under Fill Pattern.

I wish I knew how to do tutorial picture shots. It's getting much easier to use the Studio. I guess practice practice practice!

This is the whole file (19 images) which is as with all graphic files are only $1 until this Thursday and also comes in cut files!

Nontraditional Christmas

2012-12-01T20:35:00.002-08:00

Remember when I posted this with a freebie file from Silhouette? Well... I needed to make some quick Christmas cards and remembered how easy it was to use this one. Here's what I came up with...

Not one of the cards are exactly the same and I love the nontraditional colors of Christmas.

The deer is from the Peppermint Holiday graphic set, which by the way is only $1 through the 7th and has 19 graphics in all :) I brought the file into the Silhouette Studio and traced it to made a cut and used the print and cut feature for this bad boy. I'm super excited it actually worked out. I'm still getting the hang of this great feature and it's getting MUCH easier! yay!

I chose 3 double sided papers and was able to make 6 cards out of them plus the base.

Hope you like!

Black Friday!

2012-11-23T07:43:00.001-08:00

I hope everyone had a fabulous Thanksgiving and ready for this black Friday! Just a little something to get you going on your next project...

The Holiday Ho-Ho-Ho Down is better than any Black Friday. Get our kickin' deal all week. Shop until November 29th midnight MST.

Gallop over to LD where all our "cut its" and marked to only $2 each! And to really give this deal a special "kick", use coupon code: HoDown for an addition 40% off a purchase of $20 or more!

*minimun purchase of $20 required for 40% back with coupon code: HoDown

**Santa courtesy of www.photographybykam

Happy crafting!

New set of fun!

2012-11-09T09:42:00.000-08:00

I couldn't wait to show you what SVGCuts just released!

As every year, I plan on baking my butt off for Christmas presents. I usually make items from old family recipes. I think I'm pretty much the only one in the family that loves to bake as much as I do so. This is usually the time of year that my family gets what grandma's and aunties used to make for them before.

I just love the box wrap on this one with the sprigs too!

Nothing is better than getting a box of goodies that you can see. These are a one piece box too!

The recipe box would be a great gift esspecially if your making gifts from the kitchen. Everyone wants that recipe!

Make it more personal by dressing up your goodies!

Love his little nose :)

Although these are great for my gift giving for Christmas, most of these can be used all year round.

Normally this is a $6.99 purchase. They are also offering this as a freebie with a $9.98 purchase! Check out their Advent calendar HERE and HERE and maybe some Autumn Frames for those cute Fall pictures you've been taking.

Just too bad I have to wait until after I get off work tonight to play...

Here's their freebie!!! I see a shaker card with sand in the middle with this one!

Would love to see what you make with any files I've been sharing with you lately.

Fall Forget Me Nots

2012-11-05T21:00:00.001-08:00

I'm loving this new file I found a few days ago at LD! I had a post getting ready to send out to you and everything! I got it in a bundle. This is just one of the sets you can make with this file. There's 4 different designs with extra embellishments to play with that match.

I just found out that you can get them without a bundle for on $2! That's a $4 savings. There's 18 files all together so that's under ¢12 each file! WHAT?

Just look at that detail in the cut...

So pretty... I'm going to have to go back and get the regular Forget Me Nots file. The file I used for this project was from the Fall Forget Me Nots. AND... if you went and got your freebie from THIS post (still available) you would have gotten a 25% discount code to use on your complete order! (still can get-hint) this will make your purchase even sweeter!

Please note... this particular sale ends tomorrow (Tuesday) at midnight! (see below for an ongoing deal)

Fall Forget Me Nots Graphic Set	cart
created by LetteringDelights.com	wishlist

20 items

hurry, sale ends Tuesday $4.00 sale: $1.00

Fall Forget Me Nots Paper Pack	cart
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7 items

hurry, sale ends Tuesday $2.00 sale: $1.00

Fall Forget Me Nots Cut It Set	cart
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18 items

hurry, sale ends Tuesday $6.00 sale: $2.00

Forget Me Nots Cut It Set	cart
created by LetteringDelights.com	wishlist

18 items

hurry, sale ends Tuesday $6.00 sale: $2.00

Forget Me Not Box Cut It Set	cart
created by LetteringDelights.com	wishlist

2 items

hurry, sale ends Tuesday $3.00 sale: $1.00

I bet you can make this box top embellished with any of the card sets... just re-size the design top!

This is the bundle I got for only $8. It's from the Facebook Favorite Five bundle...

Bundle Contents:

Fall Forget Me Nots Cut It Set
created by LetteringDelights.com

Quilled Flowers Cut It Set
created by LetteringDelights.com

Seven Seas SVGs
designed by Jillustration

Something Fishy SVGs
created by LetteringDelights.com

Sweet Nothings SVGs
created by LetteringDelights.com

Yah... sweet aren't they? This is of course just a little of each set but I'll tell you there are 12 flowers, 22 Seen Seas, 36 Something Fishy and 23 files in the Sweet Nothings. ALL ARE SVG! Adding these separately would normally cost $19 more. But this bundle is marked at only $8! Hold on... here's a fun extra... I had a 25% discount coupon from my last purchase I got from them ( I think it was a freebie Friday thing too). Using my coupon brought it all back down to my original $6! HA! So the way my mind works is that it starts spinning numbers... 111 files for $6 = 18.5¢ each file. I say that's a great find!

'Ello Govina and Freebie Friday!

2012-11-02T17:49:00.000-07:00

This is one of the things that was done while my In-Law family came up to visit... Say hello to the new look of my water heater door in the back of the house! Cool hu? We had such a great time in London a couple of years back that we wanted to have something to remind us of the trip.

A little close up of some of the details... I cut a stencil with vinyl using my Cameo. I couldn't find a crown that looked just right anywhere so this one was cut by hand... by the MIL's boyfriend LOL. Such a trooper. (his decisions BTW. MIL was going to paint it by hand.)

During their visit, MIL and I went treasure hunting at the thrift stores and I found 2 donut pans for $7! So I woke up this morning and made pumpkin donuts with cinnamon sugar. sooo gooood.

So needless to say I didn't have to go cold turkey on my idea room! Speaking of Turkey... on to the freebie Friday at Lettering Delights

bonus freebies

Every month, Lettering Delights features new products for you to try absolutely free! Some are available for download and the other, a sample alphabet, is available for you to use in our Try Me Now Tool to create as many free titles as you please!

You can also refer a friend to our online newsletter and you'll both receive a $5 coupon code good for any purchase of $15 or more. (Your friend will also receive 9 free fonts for subscribing!)

If you're new to Lettering Delights, please let them know I sent you :0)

This month's alphabet sample:

Pumpkin Alphabet

You can try this font out for free all month long! I find that if you click on the 'try me now' button, set your resolution to the 750 pixels, type what you want your word to say and then chose 'new window' works best. Then you can 'save as' to your computer and drag it into your program! Easy Peasy...

This month's freebies are:

Thanksgiving Art DoodleBat Font -

This is a little something I made using the fonts 'F' and 'I'. It's printed out on the printer then the card was cut on the Cameo. Such an easy way to make a quick tag or name card for the places at the dinner table.

Thanksgiving Can Potpourri	cart
created by LetteringDelights.com	wishlist

3 items

$1.00 sale: $0.00

Share a Thanksgiving treat with special friends and family that lets them know what a blessing they are to you. The images in the Thanksgiving Can set just need to be printed, snipped and added to an existing can that's filled with something yummy. What a clever gift!

File Size:

1,554 KB (1.5 MB)

This one is a printer all the way. All of this prints out on a sheet of paper with full instructions. I added a little string up top and bottom of the can as well as in the lid. I used a beet can and still had to trim off a little on each end. I have a Pampered Chef can opener so I'm able to close it back up without worrying about someone getting hurt reopening it. :)

Remember, even when you get their freebies, you will also get a 25% off your next purchase with a coupon code they send you with your receipt!