Cupcakes are Yum

Here is one of my Chicago Based layouts! We went to a really cute cupcake place called 'Molly's Cupcakes' and it was delish! 

I loved using my glitter thickers on this layout and the big Live Laugh Love piece. 

Enjoy!

Happy Crafting

xo

March 2013 Whimseybox content

My March Whimseybox got here a while ago, and finally want to share what was in it!! 
This months box includes items with a specific project in mind. If you've been on Pintrest, there is no way you could have missed it at all. I was really happy when I opened the box to find:

A block of wood about 1 inch thick, about 5x7
2 spools of nice, thick twine in Orange and Purple 
2 spools of wire in blue and 
1 paper of 4 designs templates
1 5x7 geometric. Print 
1 metre of ribbon

Excited to see what was inside?

Scrapbook Layout - Evergreen Brickworks

Just spent the last few weeks working on some layouts for my scrapbook. I plan on sharing these on the blog once I make them. I usually post them on Instagram as soon as I finish, so you can check them on on there too!

Here is one I made today about a small trip to Evergreen Brickworks in Toronto last spring. 

Loved the little cafe there and the decor inside so I had to make sure I documented that! 

Enjoy!

DIY: Letterpress with the Cuttlebug

Hey Everyone!

I am so excited about this post and cannot wait to share my latest discover. There is something you have to know about me. I love letterpress! I love the feel and texture of the depressed print into a thick piece of card stock. Yes, I am talking about paper and card stock, but you already know that this stuff makes me very excited!

I have been scouring the internet for a long time trying to find out how this print method could be done at home and I was at a loss for a very long time. Each time I found something it would consist of making a huge contraption out of wood and using tools and muscles (something I sorta lack) to put it together. 

I have an embossing/die cutting tool called the Cuttlebug by Provocraft and thought that there must be someone out there that has put something together using this, there just has to be! I mean I wasn't totally wrong,I constantly searched "How to make letterpress stationary with the Cuttlebug" and more with fewer or more words. I found quite a few videos using it but they either used another platform with their machine called the L letterpress starter kit by Lifestyles but that cost about $60 and I was not going to be dishing that much out. I couldn't do it because it looked so similar to what I already had. 

And then it struck me, just like that (tends to happen when I am just mindlessly thinking.)I could make one of my own using the plates I already owned and some other things I had on hand. I tried it before, but I was missing a key ingredient at the time and had gotten my hands on it at the last One of a Kind Show in Toronto during the winter.

Enough of my explanations! Here is the DIY: