January 2009

I don’t know how I stumbled upon Becky Roberts Blog but… I fell in love with her latest project then quickly become obsessed with the featured SU stamp. As we should all know original ideas are few and far between… there’s always some variation or take on something somewhere so it’s not her original idea but I followed the credits and hers was what did it for me.

The stamp ‘Simple Birthday Thanks’ is SU… and $17! OMG $17!! Needless to say, it had me tossing and turning in my sleep. I just love it but $17 for a single stamp, pa-leez!! So this is what I did…

Took out the ‘ole SU catalog… scanned the image, cleaned it up in Photoshop, imported into Inkscape and created an .svg. Now… I have the stamped image if I want to print and do a little gamsoling or I can cut in SCAL! I’ve posted a pic of the SCAL image but I’ll be back to post an actual cut after the kids go down.

Yippeee! I’m so flippen excited!!

Update: Okay… below is the cut. It’s a test and nothing fancy. I’m just excited to have created a .cut from a scanned image! Yipee!

And here is what I did with the printed image:

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Nilda over at the board started a challenge where you choose one cut from the cart that came with your machine, cut 5 times in 1/2 inch increments and use in a LO or card.

Here’s my take. I used the balloon from the George cart, stamped with Itty Bitty Backgrounds from SU and popped with some dots.

I loved this because it gave me the push I needed to create one of the many birthday cards on my to-do list. Thanks Nilda. You can check out the Challenge here: Cricut Rookie Challenges

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Micah just turned 4. He’s growing up so fast, he can maneuver the web like it’s nobody’s business and he’s so close to being a ‘reader’ it’s crazy! I can’t believe my baby is already THE big brother. He’s still such a Mama’s boy and a bit of a cry baby but there are other things he could be that I have to be thankful crying is our only real hurdle. He’s such a good boy. His Dad and I couldn’t be prouder.

I just love my little man. (He’s so lucky to get his Dad’s lips and not mine!)

Here he is at 1 and a half years old. “Cheese Micah Cheese” – guess you can say I took a lot of pics of him.

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