Valentine's Day Romance - Candle Wrap Tutorial

 Hi ya everyone! Today I'm sharing my tutorial at She's A Sassy Lady.  If you haven't visited She's A Sassy Lady - you really should!  So many great tutorials and a free Gypsy tutorial every Saturday!  I'm getting excited for Valentine's Day and realized I had no decorations for the occasion and wanted to spruce up my dining room table.  I decided to I make candle wraps and wanted to share the how to's today.
I started with my Gypsy and used the following cartridges: Indie Art - lips, George - rectangle tabs, and Sweethearts - all other shapes.  First, I used the shadow heart cut from Sweethearts and attached rectangle tabs to each side of the heart.  Heart Shadow = 4.16x3.84 Rectangles = 1.3x1.77

The tabs allow you to connect each side of the wrap.  Once I had these designed I opened a new page and make the hearts that will go on top.  Hearts = 4.01x3.82

I also made a blackout version so I could have a little contrast in the background to help the upper heart stand out against the background paper.

Next, I chose each shape I wanted for three sides and doubled those for two wraps.  I used from Sweethearts - the cupid and the XO and the Kiss Me.  I also used the Lips from Indie Art.

I chose my paper and cut each shape on the Expressions.

Once I had all my pieces cut on my Expressions I layered each one accordingly.

 I didn't want Kiss Me so I cut the Me portion off and mounted the lips to the Kiss part.

 I set each of these cuts aside and scored each tab directly down the center of the tab.

 

 I then attached each tab to form a triangle using my ATG adhesive.

  I then ran my heart through the Xyron and attached it to the white heart.

 I then attached each of these to the wrap.

 Next, I attached each of my cuts using pop dots that I had set aside.

 Once the wrap was put together, I added some stardust Stickles to the Cupids arrow and the heart in XO.

  I also added glossy accents to the lips to make them shine!   Here the lips aren't dry and look cloudy.

 I left one candle wrap blank so you could see how pretty they are without anything on them too!

I hope you enjoyed this tutorial. Thanks for letting me share with you today.  If you have any questions please feel free to ask in the comment area.  I love comments too - feel free to share!  Thanks so much for stopping by - for more fun projects check out She's A Sassy Lady!

Laugh Often - Jitterbuggin' Challenge Pastels

Hi everyone,

  I made this card for Sherri's Jitterbuggin' Challenge - use pastels, use a cricut sentiment, add at least one button and follow the sketch.  I just got this new paper from DCVW called the Linen Stack - I love it!  So I had to use it.  I needed something simple so this card is it.  I've been a bit out of it for crafting lately - block, too tired, unmotivated - not sure, but I know from speaking with many crafters that it happens.  My hubby and I have a beach vacation coming up and I think my mind is on that!!!  Anyhow, I used the couple from Sweethearts cartridge and I used the sentiment from Beyond Birthdays.  Something you should note, the Laugh Often from Beyond Birthdays didn't turn out so well.  I'm not sure if it's the way the cricut cuts this image or if the blocky letters just don't look that great.  But I touched it up a bit with some brown marker and now you can read it a bit better.  I welded the shadow for the bride and groom on my Gypsy and then cut the regular image out separately.  Then I pieced them together.  I added some buttons and called it done.  Quick and simple - just what my non crafting brain needed!!! 

Enjoy!