Happy Summer!

It's been a while since I blogged. I will admit that I have been enjoying the beautiful west coast summer but I really have also been busy creating. I just haven't taken pics and shared! I made a custom scrapbook for an Etsy Shop customer using Graphic 45 'French Country' and did a crackle finish on it.

I also made a couple Layouts -a beach one of my youngest grandson and a '1st Haircut' one, as well as 3 mini scrapbooks that I still need to add to my shop. My friend has also made minis to sell in my shop.
As much as I love summer my work gets behind as I take advantage of rain free days so forgive me for not taking pics yet!
Other than scrapbooking I have finally started playing with my Silhouette Cameo machine - bought 4 months ago. It's very intimidating at first and has a steep  learning curve.  But by reading and watching (youtube is my  friend!) and playing and experimenting I am starting to make my way up the slope. I started simple (okay - I am still at the simple stage) with cutting cardstock dinosaurs and such for my oldest grandson. Once I figured out how the machine worked I tried my hand at heat transfer vinyl on t-shirts. (Truthfully - I promised one to my grandson so Grandma could not let him down - haha). He wanted one for his dinosaur birthday party and I was happy with the way it turned out. Unfortunately I concentrated on the method and design and did not pay attention to the size. Dang - it was too big. 

That's okay, practice make perfect. So, I did a second one - this one smaller and with his favourite dinosaur - a triceratops! Not a t-rex grandma! Yes, at 3 years old he corrected me. Sheesh when I was that age a dinosaur was a dinosaur. Haha!

Even though it was his birthday, with 3 adorable grandchildren I couldn't leave the others out.  So I printed my granddaughters name on a little sundress 

 and then I got braver and experimented with vinyl layers. I made a t-shirt for my younger car loving grandson - Beep Beep!

Now my brain is full of ideas - canvas art, t-shirts, aprons, layouts, minibooks ... My talented daughter is a glass blower so she has made glass balls and is experimenting with etching on them with stencils  made from my Silhouette. They're going to be beautiful! The Silhouette Cameo is amazing - it does so much! I need to keep climbing that learning curve. It's going to be a fun winter!  For now though I will keep enjoying the summer and hope to soon post more pics of work that I have done. In the meantime, enjoy the sound of the waves and the sand between your toes!