Robot Card And Cut File Brought To You By Designer: Kimberly (Sentimentalscrapper)

Hi Everyone!  My name is Kimberly (Sentimentalscrapper) and I am so excited that Sheila invited me to be a Designer! If you want to see more of my projects, visit me anytime on my blog, (My Craft Spot).

Here is my project for this month:

I designed this robot on my Gypsy using mostly the George cartridge.  The antenae is the 'S' from Opposites Attract and the smile is from Home Accents.  The red 1/2 circle shoes are from the Gypsy Wanderings cart already on the Gypsy.  You can download this Gypsy cut file from the 'CUT FILES' tab at the top of my blog.  You can also download a PDF document of Robot sentiments to go with your cards.  :-)

Here is a video showing how to assemble the Robot and the card.  It also has some tips and tricks for working on the Gypsy:




Here is a picture of this cut file on my Gypsy:

These are pictures of how the cardstock needs to be placed on the mat:

Thanks again for this opportunity to share, Sheila! Congrats to all of the new designers! I can't wait to see what everyone else comes up with! Come visit me at My Craft Spot anytime!  :-)

Spring Floral Background

I was walking through one of the craft stors and saw this awesome floral background for a scrapbook page and immediatly was going to buy but it was $9.95! I thought the store manager must have bumped his/her head to charge an outragious price like that and then stopped at the next craft store on the way into work it was $14.95!! I know I have seen these at HL for $2 was my first thought and that I thought was high but possible you know for all the cuts. Either way I wasn't going to pay so I designed my own 12x12 floral background!

This is my entry for the spring challenge on the Gypsy MB at Cricut.com. I love it and it can be printed in any color you want! See how cool it looks on My Gypsy Woman!

It takes 20 minutes to render for cutting and about 15 minutes for this cut to complete once it starts. Make sure you don't use a band new mat.... I am still cleaning that mat and oh the paper was sooooo pretty!

I used a patterned print and just can't wait to use this on a layout!

I think I will use a full page green and then various scraps for the floral centers.

And if you would like the Gypsy floral background file is available for you to download now and soon as I get PC on the line to help me reinstall my DS on my computer I will make the DS file available too. Check back next week for that.

Gypsy Floral Background File                  DS Floral Background File

I hope you enjoyed todays project and come back and visit real soon!

I love your sweet words of encouragement in your comments, they make my day!

Baseball Purse & Box

Guest Designer Lori Apgar
I was in a Gypsy rut and SassyLady challenged me to make a box. Now, I have never made a box before AND I loaned my TBBM cart to a friend over a year ago. I got the cart a long time ago BE (Before Expression) and then was frustrated at how small things cut!! Well, SassyLady inspired me to make a box so I finally had a reason to get my cart back!!

I am a Baseball Mom and baseball season is just getting started, so I wanted to make a baseball themed box. I couldn't just make a box ~ I NEEDED to make a purse too!! One of my fellow Baseball Moms is a 5 year Breast Cancer Survivor, so this purse is dedicated to her. When our boys went to nationals at age 10, she had recently lost her hair from chemo. She proudly painted her head to look like a baseball and put all of the boys' jersey numbers on it for opening ceremonies. She wanted all of the other Baseball Moms to know that this can happen to Baseball Moms too - get your mamograms!!!

I used the purse on page 118 sized at 11.79 x 7.26. I used watercolor paper to cut out the purse with the multi cut set at 3.





I repeated the cut (no multi cut) with the baseball paper. I found this paper at Hobby Lobby from Paper Studio. I scored thw watercolor paper purse and the paper. I put the watercolor purse together and used tacky tape to stick it together. I trimmed off the flaps and bottom of the baseball paper and glued it to my box using my 5" Xyron.




From the Baseball Cartridge, I used Baseball at 2.40 x .68 and 2nd Base at 3.31 x .92. From Base Camp I used MOM at 1.39 x .58 and SAVE at 2.01 x .85. I cut these words out of pink cardstock.



I used my Xyron 1" sticker maker to adhere Baseball Mom to the front flap and Save 2nd Base to the back of the purse. I used pink acrylic paint and a foam brush to ink the edges. I added a ribbon handle, some boa trim (to make it Sassy!) and three crystals to the flap.



Baseball Box:
I wanted to make a basic box. I cut out the box on page 119 at 11.96 x 9.29. I used watercolor paper to cut out the box with the multi cut at 3. I repeated the cut just once with the same baseball paper as the purse. I scored both the watercolor paper and the baseball paper.



From the Baseball cart, I cut out the scoreboard at 2.82 x 2.71. I also cut out all three layers of the baseball at 1.15 x 1.11. I cut out the numbers for the score board from Base Camp. I had to rotate the numbers in order to determine the best size. I originally cut the numbers out in the regular font option in white paper. I changed to black letters and also to the shadow option. The regular font was too delicate. I decided not to put the baseball paper behind the score board, so white was not going to show up!

I cut out the HOME RUN from Base Camp in regular and shadow. I rotated the shadow letters around the blackout baseball shape. I welded HOME RUN around the ball.



I arranged the pieces on my mat by color, placed the paper on the mat and cut. I used green for the score board, red for the baseball, black for the blackout baseball, white for the numbers (originally) and the shadow ball and blue (for my son's team)for the letters.


I assembled the box and used tacky tape to adhere it together. I used my 5" Xyron to adhere the score board to the front of the box. I cut apart the pieces of the box from the baseball paper and used my 5" Xyron to adhere the paper to the remaining three sides. Originally, I was going to put the baseball on the opposite side of the scoreboard (back of the box) but I liked it better on the top. I lined the inside of the top flap with the baseball paper. I tied a ribbon on the inside of the box to make a handle. I planned on inking the edges in brown, but really liked the clean look of the box ~ so I left it!!


Thank you SassyLady for the inspiration and for the opportunity to guest design on your blog!! You are so talented and it is an honor to be here!!

Shopping With Sass!

TuesdayTreats – Puts A Little Sass In Your Shopping Bag!

These are the lovely bags from TBBM, below are the same bags filled With Gifts - I Used Tags From Page 32 of our instruction booklet.

And for those that would like a little something to carry into the office that has plenty of Sass, try this alligator inspired bag, coupled with matching tags, this will make a great gift all by itself.

Hello everyone today I was the Guest Designer for TuesdayTreats featuring TBBM!

We are so fortunate as Gypsy owners to have Crystal and Pam (aka MyaMagoo and TheBugsBytes) host TuesdayTreats.com it is an inspiring blog. It is designed to share, teach and guide us into getting all we can out of our Gypsy. I was soooo excited to have the opportunity to contribute just a little to such a WONDERFUL blog!

I really am honored to do this guest appearance knowing just how creative and talented Pam and Crystal are, but I have to admit my knees are still shaking because when I look at the calendar of guest designers I am humbled by the talent…

I was asked to make the bag on page 114. It is a simple little shopping bag. Yet, after spending days wondering why they wanted this little bag I emailed MyaMagoo. ‘These bags are soooo little, why would anyone want such a small bag?’

I made the bag as large as I could on a 12x12 sheet and decided it was still too small. After all, what could you use a little bag like this for? Ladies, it’s a shopping bag and if you’re anything like me you want it BIG to fit all your goodies in it! So I enlarged the shopping bag. When you place this cut on your Gypsy it will measure 11.85wx6.17h when it is enlarged. I took it a step further by enlarging the height only to a 7.33h adding a full inch to the bag! 

Now we have a bag ready for a little SASS because I won't carry anything that looks like a plain ol' shopping bag!

This big little bag is a great gift by itself, but you can place many things in it. I chose to make gift tags from TBBM, as for many ladies, that in itself is a wonderful gift. I used the leftover space above the bag and placed a tag within the purse and enlarged it until it fit. The dimensions are 3.97wx4.16h. Look at my Gypsy Woman, she is such a diva, showing her dimensions and everything! I then duplicated the tag until I had 3 and lined them up accordingly.

I highlighted 1 tag, tapped the plus sign on upper left corner of screen, then moved to page 2 on my Gypsy Woman, and hit the duplicate button. Resize the tag to fit within the 1st tag 3.63wx3.84h, duplicated until I had 3, and lined them up on the screen. I chose the blackout feature as the holes will not line up properly when making 2 separate sizes. I chose artwork to fit within the tag from GW that I like. Because I was making 4 shopping bags, I chose an additional set of artwork. (Note: I did not use the flower cut that I planned too).

Here is the material for each bag. All I used was 1 -12x12 sheet of colored paper for the purse and 3 matching tag backs, 2 other sheets or scraps to make tags, ribbon, feathers for the edge and red tape to adhere, pop dots, zip dry glue, buttons or whatever you want to use to embellish, 2 charms (the cat was found on the sidewalk), and lots of rhinestones and skittles.

On the next purse, I used a beaded fiber to Sass up the bag. This is my favorite!

For the faux crocodile/leather bag, again, all I used is 1 - 12x12 sheet or paper, some ribbon, Primas and red tape to adhere.

Cutting was simple as my first page was all the same color. I did however use a very heavy stock designer paper requiring multiple cuts. I set the blade on 4, pressure med, speed slow and set # of cuts to 3. The cut still didn’t penetrate so I changed blade to 5 and cut 2 more times. Rechecked the paper and then unloaded the mat. Glitter is very hard to cut through so please check before unloading the mat.

On the second page, I used the accent color for the tags and another for the artwork. Again 1 cut. I repeated the cutting steps for 4 purses. After cutting the tags, I decided that I needed to place an actual layer up against the back to cover the back of the decorator paper as it had a peel back look to it. I went back to the 1st page, highlighted the tags, hit the plus and then duplicate button on page 3, allowing for an exact match to the tag. As I made 3 pink purses at the same time, I hit duplicate again, allowing 6 tags to cut at one time.

Below you will see what your score lines look like after cutting. Use these as guides to fold the flaps and adhere your edges on the bag. Because my paper was so thick I scored very lightly on the front and then again on the back of the paper. This allowed for a nice clean fold.

Putting the bag together was very easy. First score at all score lines as shown except for the bottom flap. This gives you a real close look where you will score. See the lines by the bone folder? That is where you will fold your paper.

This is the first purse I scored, and as you can see it is perfectly lined up with the lines they provided. Here is where I am going to change the directions..... Remember I altered the design, yet I did not adjust the score line guides so at this point you need to take out your ruler and score exactly 1" from the base of the purse, which in the photo below would be the line in the center or from the flap score marks. Notice my final flap is larger than the side flap due to the adjustment. You can adjust the sizing, just remember to measure the side score marks and match to that.

After scoring, adhere red tape to your flaps so that it will attach to the inside of the bag. If you are adding decorations use red tape to secure. Make sure that in cutting, you allow enough to tuck ever so slightly into the fold of the bag, being careful that it does not add bulk. Don't you just love the feathers?

Be sure to tuck flap under while matching the side of the bag. Press firmly without crushing. Voilà, you have a bag with plenty of SASS!

You will need to fold the edges as shown. Note, I didn't pull the red tape off and adhere it until after the photo was taken as you will need both hands to make sure your edges are straight. After my bag was put together, I took a very small scissor and cleaned my edges, as the paper I chose left little fuzz balls on the paper that I didn't like.

After completing all 4 bags, I then turned to the tags. After cutting, leave the matching tag to bag as is. The accent tags I ran through the Cuttlebug using my favorite, the paisley folder. Then I put them together using my Glue Glider Pro. Same size to same, back to back, then with the smaller size I positioned a short strip of ribbon and taped it to the back. I then glued the smaller tag onto the larger tag. 

Then I decorated my cuts with rhinestones and skittles and used dimensionals to adhere. Needing more goodies on the tags, I used a set of old letter buttons to decorate the first set and liked it so much I went to pick up more just like them. Of course I couldn't remember where I bought them and had already thrown out the tag, and could not find anymore. So I used brads. As you know, I had already put them together so I cut the back of the brad off with wire cutters and used the large glue dots to adhere. As I was making 4 sets I kept them separate by using Ziploc bags and kept them with me to work on whenever I had the chance.

A word of caution on adhesives, if you are using designer paper or ribbon you must at least use the red tape. However, in the brown purse even that would not hold the purse or the ribbon. I stopped at our local scrap store for the first time and met the owner, India at Scrapbook Mania, and she told me about Zip Dry glue. It worked wonders and the brown purse is solid now!

Skittles need to be placed on 1 at a time. Notice though the excess glue from the glue dot. I then used my fingernail to push the excess up against the skittle to give the tag a nice clean look.

After deciding how much ribbon you need, measure and cut enough for all the tags you are making.

Adhere the ribbon with tape on the back then use your glue gun to adhere to the tag.

I used left over rhinestones and some that I got on sale (wish) for only 39 cents. I again used the tweezers and applied one at a time. By the time I got to the third set I was using their rows applying 1 strip at a time!

I think the rhinestones add a little Sass! After I embelished the tags I punched a hole in the top and added matching ribbon.

Thank you for leaving a comment! I love hearing from you and am encouraged by them!