It's the day you can let all of the women in your life feel your love and support for them. Traditionally this happens on February 13th...but I think any day we can uplift each other would be a great day to celebrate!

If you need to whip up a quick sign or card here's what you'll need:

• ScanNCut Machine and Accessories
• Sign/Canvas/Cardstock Card Base
• Red & Gold Craft Vinyl
• Grid Transfer Tape
• FREE Cut Files: Happy Galentine's Day AND Hearts

This project is simple, just put the cutfiles on your ScanNCut, resize if needed.  Place the correlating craft vinyl on your mat and you're good to start cutting them out. Don't forget that you need to do a "half-cut" when you work with vinyl so it will only cut through the vinyl and not the backing. 

Once the vinyl pieces are cut, remove all the negative parts by peeling that vinyl off of the backing. Next, place the Grid Transfer Tape onto the vinyl, rub it with your spatula and then slowly peel it up. 

Place the vinyl design down onto your canvas or card and rub over the design again. Slowly peel up the Grid Transfer Tape and you're finished.

Do you know someone with a December birthday that always gets their special day eclipsed by winter holidays? Make them this birthday card to let them know you care.

Supplies:

• ScanNCutDX Machine and Accessories
• ScanNCut CanvasWorkspace
• Tattered Lace Pattern Collection 11 (Pattern TTLP11011)
• Green, Red, Light Red, Blue Green, and Black Cardstock
• Gold Washi Tape
• Glitter
• Liquid Glue
• Foam Adhesive
• Enamel Dots
• FREE ScanNCut Cut File: Merry Birthday (https://www.erinbassett.com/Freebies/Cut_Files/merry_birthday.fcm)

Instructions:

1. In CanvasWorkspace, activate the Tattered Lace Pattern Collection 11 and select it under “Pattern Collection”

Choose the poinsettia pattern

2. Select the flowers and it will appear on you mat

3. Right click on the leaf and choose “duplicate” to increase the number of leaves on the mat.

Send the patterns over to your ScanNCutDX by clicking on “file,” and “transfer FCM file via the internet.”

4. On you ScanNCutDX machine. Click “retrieve data.”

Then click on where you’ve sent the data from, in this case the computer.

5. Click “ok,” then select “cut.”

And then press start

After it’s finished cutting, press “ok” and then press the “mat” button to unload the mat.

6. Repeat these steps for all the poinsettia pattern pieces.
7. For the “merry birthday,” download the pattern, then in CanvasWorkspace click on “file” and “Import from your computer.” Locate the pattern you downloaded and click “ok.”

Next, send it over to your ScanNCutDX by clicking “file” and “transfer FCM File via the internet.”

8. On your ScanNCutDX choose “retrieve data”

Then click on where you’ve sent the data from, in this case the computer.

Click “ok”

9. To assemble the card, fold the 6” x 12” blue green card base in half and add gold washi tape around the edges of the front of the card.

10. On the small center cut-out, apply a layer of liquid glue and then cover it in gold glitter. Allow it to dry.

11. Adhere the poinsettia together using foam adhesive to layer the petals and leaves.  

12. Adhere the letters for “Merry Birthday!” onto the front of the card and add on enamel dots or other embellishments.

Disclosure: Erin is a paid consultant and has received  products from Brother to evaluate. However, the opinions expressed are entirely her own and based on her use of the products.

This post contains affiliate links. If you buy from these links it won't cost you a penny more but Erin will make a little bit of money (not enough for a pony😉.)

This St. Patrick’s Day you can try your luck at catching a leprechaun, and if you’re kind to him you might be able to convince him to share his gold with you!  Just remember that leprechauns are very clever, so don’t take your eyes off of him for a minute or he will disappear!

Supplies:

• ScanNCut Machine and Accessories
• ScanNCut USB 4 “3D Paper Craft Pattern Collection”
• FREE Clover Cut File: http://www.erinbassett.com/Freebies/Cut_Files/St_Pat/4LeafClover.fcm
• FREE Rainbow Cut File: http://www.erinbassett.com/Freebies/Cut_Files/St_Pat/Circles_RB.fcm
• Cardstock: 12”x12” green, 6”x12” red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple
• Cotton Balls or Fiber Fill
• Adhesive
• Scissors or Paper Trimmer
• Something to attract them: chocolate coins, glitter, rainbow candy or cereal, etc

Instructions:

Here's a video on how to create this:

Make the box

1. Place the 12”x12” green cardstock onto the ScanNCut cutting mat and insert it into the machine. Insert USB4 directly into your ScanNCut and retrieve box #5. (Alternatively, you can also load open it in CanvasWorkspace and transfer it over to your ScanNCut using the ScanNCut Transfer feature. If you are using this method, change the size of the box by selecting all of it, grouping it, and then pulling the corner handlebars out until the design fills the inside of the red boarder, and then transfer it to your ScanNCut.)
2. If you are resizing it on your ScanNCut, resize the box as large as it will go by selecting all of it and then clicking on the mat icon, and then the resizing icon. Adjust the height/width.
3. Cut out the design by pressing “ok” through the screens and then press “cut”. If you are not sure of the correct blade depth setting, perform a test cut first. To add a test cut press the back arrow, then press “add”, then press “test” and select the shape you want to use. Press “set” to add it to the mat. Now when you press “cut” and “start” it will perform the test cut and then pause for you to evaluate the cut and determine if you need to make any adjustments. If all is well, press “start” again and it will continue to cut out your design.
4. Unload the mat from the machine and gently remove the paper.
5. Crease the paper on the fold lines.

Add a clover shaped window

1. Place your unfolded box onto the mat, keeping in mind where you want your clover window to be. Load the mat into the ScanNCut.
2. Load the clover cut file onto your ScanNCut using the same method you used for the box.
3. Scan in the mat.
4. Drag the clover to where you want it to cut, zooming in if needed to make sure it’s centered in the panel and not on a fold line. Resize the clover by selecting it, clicking on the mat icon, and then the resizing icon. Adjust the height/width.
5. Press “ok”, then “cut” and “start”.

Assemble and fill the box

1. Apply adhesive to the appropriate tabs and corners to adhere it together.
2. Partially fill the box with a treat to allure the leprechaun. Make sure you leave room for the leprechaun to fit!

To create the rainbow

1. Cut your remaining cardstock so that it is larger than the circle you will be cutting out.
2. Place the pieces of paper onto the mat and then “scan” and “start”.
3. Load the rainbow circle cut file onto your ScanNCut using the same method you used for the box.
4. Move the correct circle to the center of the correct color paper and press “ok” until you get to the “cut” screen. Press “cut” and “start” to cut out the circles.
   
5. Remove the papers from the mat.
6. Adhere the circles together in the proper order – red on the bottom, orange on top of that, and so on.
7. Using your paper trimmer or scissors, cut the radius of the rainbow circle, then rotate the circle so that the radius cut line is horizontal and then cut the radius again as shown below.
8. On one edge of the rainbow fold it back about ¼”. Cut the orange-yellow-green-blue-purple layers off at the fold line, but leave the red layer to act as a tab that you can use to adhere the rainbow to the lid of the box.
   

9. Adhere the rainbow’s tab to the lid of the box.
10. Pull apart some cotton balls and glue them to the lid of the box as clouds.

Now that your box is complete you can place it in a safe spot so that when the leprechaun goes inside you can cover up the clover window and have him trapped!

Good luck!

Disclosure: Erin is a paid consultant and has received  products from Brother to evaluate. However, the opinions expressed are entirely her own and based on her use of the products.

This post contains affiliate links. If you buy from these links it won't cost you a penny more but Erin will make a little bit of money (not enough for a pony). 

You are awesome!

Sometimes you just need that reminder or want to share it with someone else so I made this little 4" x 6" piece of art so that I could stick it in our guest room. I love how it turned out and how it's almost magic how the highlighting of the flowers happens with this technique!  Here's how I created it...

I started off by using PITT^® Artist Pen Black #199 as ink to stamp a flower image (Altenew: Peony Bouquet) onto a 4" x 6" piece of watercolor paper. 

Next I used Art GRIP^® Aquarelle Watercolor Pencil #126 to color in any areas of the flowers that I wanted shaded.

And then I activated the watercolor with water.

While that dried I mixed together about a 1/8" chunk of Guava colored Gelatos^®, a pallet knife full of Gel Medium, and a small spritz of water.


I then painted it onto the shadow stamp and stamped it onto my flower.

I really love the irregularity and how the watercolor pencils pop through. 

Next, I stamped on some leaves with May Green #170 PITT^® Artist Pen and watercolored them in with a Kiwi Gelato^®. I also used Art GRIP^® Aquarelle Watercolor Pencil #147 and #152 to color in the blue background and then activated it with water.  Lastly, I added a sentiment (Altenew: Label Love) that I had stamped and embossed with black embossing powder to it and slipped it into the fame.

Disclosure: Erin is a paid consultant and has received  products from Faber-Castell to evaluate. However, the opinions expressed are entirely her own and based on her use of the products.

This post contains affiliate links. If you buy from these links it won't cost you a penny more but Erin will make a little bit of money (not enough for a pony). 

Here's a card I whipped up the other day using Snowcone Gelatos and Texture Luxe...

To create this card I got started by applying Pearl Texture Luxe over a Mixed Media Stencil. 

After that dried I rubbed Snowcone Gelatos  over it and then spread it around with a water.

I then took a baby wipe and wiped it off of the Texture Luxe since it acts as a resist.

While that dried I applied some to a white paper flower as well and also spread it around with water.

I mounted the card base onto a cardstock card (Stampin' Up: Not Quite Navy) and then stamped a sentiment from Hero Arts Live Life stamp set onto the same cardstock and then embossed it with Cotton Candy WOW embossing powder 

Once everything was dry I just assembled it all together.

Disclosure: Erin is a paid consultant and has received  products from Faber-Castell to evaluate. However, the opinions expressed are entirely her own and based on her use of the products.

This post contains affiliate links. If you buy from these links it won't cost you a penny more but Erin will make a little bit of money (not enough for a pony).