Shake One in the Hay and Spit on It!

It sounds gross, but it's not! 

“Shake One in the Hay and Spit on It” is soda jerk lingo for a strawberry shake with raspberries on top. These guys had slang all their own for calling out orders. Soda fountains had handbooks of recipes they had to memorize, but hundreds of variations were created on the fly by the creative Soda Jerks. They had to put on a show to get that tip!

           

Today's post is part of the new Taylormadecards4u/Crafter's Castle Challenge collaboration featuring the Soda Fountain Shoppe! 

I thought I'd get a creative jump start for the new year with an art journal layout.

The kit can be printed on your home computer "as is" for fussy cutting or "print and cut" using a die cutting machine. You can also create some fantastic digital designs. I've shared details in the video on how I transformed the images using Photoshop Elements for a 3-dimensional effect. You can watch the video tutorial here or on my Youtube channel.

Here are a few close-ups showing all the detail I've added like distressing, shadowing, and embossing with metal!

The Taylormadecards4u Inspiration Team will host a video hop with the Crafter's Castle Design Team each month featuring the newest Taylormadecards4u digital kit. The featured kit will be the prize on the Crafter's Castle Challenge blog and if you link up to the challenge and use digital products from the TMC4u Shop, you get a second entry! Take advantage of this 20% discount code to the TMC4u Shop so that you can get that second entry to the Crafter's Castle challenge...type in Loyalty in the promo code box in the shopping cart!

I've included the full list of inspirational videos with links below 😉.

Taylormadecards4u - https://youtu.be/PZ_Ux898mI0

Amanda - https://youtu.be/OTYPFKvae2A

Deborah Jenkins - https://youtu.be/2CIKhSY7x4k

Mynn Kitchen - https://youtu.be/993a3HZS91I

Tracy Shultz https://youtu.be/40TmXUIfado

Craft With Te https://youtu.be/zv0p9ljk1L0

Jeanie Ellis https://youtu.be/sZ8bSWe0FnI

Wendy - https://youtu.be/6gkZCgYvNPk

Janie - The Craft Princess https://youtu.be/uhHghYKL85E

Coming soon...videos sharing some fun stuff you can create with metal!

SUPPLIES LIST:

Below you can find a list with all the products used today. Links to multiple online shops are available. Just click the static image below to be redirected to the LinkDeli product list. When the bookmarklet opens, click your favorite store link below each item. Compensated affiliate links may be used – that means if you make a purchase using my links, I receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. Thank you for your support of my work on this blog!

Click HERE to shop for Rinea metal foil using my discount code!

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Ringling Gift Basket

Many years ago I taught scrapbooking classes and "make and takes" as a Club Scrap Crafter (demonstrator) at scrapbooking crops and events. This was one of my favorite projects to teach.

(shared with permission from Club Scrap)

I like making projects that are not only fun to look at but are functional as well. This gift basket holds a lotta loot!

I used heavyweight cardstock from Club Scrap to create the paper basket and decorated it with digital embellishments from the Taylormadecards4u Passport to the Circus kit!

Click HERE to check out what the rest of the Taylormadecards4u Inspiration Team has created using this fun kit!

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Easter Parade

Spring is in full swing here in Louisiana...pollen and all! I hope it's a sign that our bees will make lots of honey. I love springtime. I'm a March baby and this is MY time of year!

I've got some fun Easter/spring themed cards for you made with the Taylormadecards4u.com Passport to Spring digital kit!

These pop-up shadow box cards are so easy to make and super fun to decorate! They also fold flat for mailing.

I didn't try to reinvent the wheel and make a tutorial, there are too many awesome videos out there for that! I'll share two of my favorites...

https://youtu.be/_qeYeeaostI

https://youtu.be/swv8AquXd1E

I resized the two Passport to Spring background layers in Photoshop Elements to 8.5x11 in. and printed them along with the other elements on 8.5x11 in. smooth white card stock. ( All available supplies used will be listed in the list at the end of this post). I trimmed the card panel pieces to 5.5 x 4.25 inches and used some of my dies to cut the windows on the front panels. (I scored and folded the panels according to instructions in the first video.) I fussy cut and trimmed some of the elements to decorate the panels and got busy designing!

All elements from the Passport to Spring kit. Distress ink in Old Paper was used to ink the edges of the elements and card panel. Pearl gems for interest. Spellbinders scalloped oval die no longer available, but there are other brands with that shape.

Passport to Spring background and elements. Stamped sentiment from a past Club Scrap kit. Elizabeth Craft Designs stitched ovals die. Inked edges with Ground Espresso Distress Oxide ink. Diamond Stickles for sparkle.

Passport to Spring digital elements and background image. Stamped sentiment from the Club Scrap Scandinavia kit. Spellbinders scalloped ovals die and shadow box circle is the negative of the previous card. Pastel green pearl gems for interest. Diamond Stickles for sparkle.

Oh, the things you can do with digital kits! Check out what the rest of the TMC4U Design Team has created with the Passport to Spring kit on the brand new "all in one" Taylormadecards4u.com website! (Click the blog archive link in the header)

Thanks so much for stopping by and H💐ppy Spr🌷ng!

SUPPLIES LIST:

Below you can find a list with all the products used today. Links to multiple online shops are available. Just click the static image below to be redirected to the LinkDeli product list. When the bookmarklet opens, click your favorite store link below each item. Compensated affiliate links may be used – that means if you make a purchase using my links, I receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. Thank you for your support of my work on this blog!

https://linkdeli.com/widget.js?1552642647875

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Let's Talk Valentine's Day

My grandparents were very frugal people. They grew up during the depression and lived through WW2 and food rationing. They kept everything! Memaw even kept a book of ration tickets with her box of keepsakes. I think she kept every card we ever gave her and she would thoughtfully "re-gift" them to us on special occasions. On my parents' 25th wedding anniversary, she gave them the card they had given to her and Papaw on their 25th anniversary. Last weekend I cleaned my craft room and found a folder of treasures that belonged to my Memaw that I didn't know I had.

There are some sentimental things in here including her high school "newspaper" from 1944 and a newspaper clipping of her engagement announcement to Papaw in 1947!

She started writing a blog at 87 years old and posted her first blog post in September 2012. She even had a Facebook page. I was feeling a bit nostalgic, so I pulled up her blog and started reading some of her posts. Her writing is short, sweet and to the point...just like she was in real life!

I knew Memaw and Papaw's anniversary date was coming up, but I forgot the exact date. I just knew she would have posted something about it on her blog, and she did. I decided to incorporate her writing into a project, especially after I saw the Taylormadecards4u Passport to Love digital kit!

I found this picture of my grandparents from when they were first married to go with her story. They look so young. Memaw once said that the first time she saw my Papaw she thought he looked like a little boy who had just had a bath!

They always had roses growing in their yard and climbing roses on the front porch. Even after Papaw died, and she went to live with my aunt and uncle, Memaw had a rose garden. Now I know why.

"So with roses you get flowers every day. They adorn your garden and make beautiful bouquets for your table. It's like getting a gift every day and it's practical. "

Virginia Chapman, Ridges of Lee County blog, February 15, 2013

I'm so glad she left her thoughts for us to read! It's like getting a gift every day. I like that.

Thanks so much for stopping by! Be sure to check out what the rest of the design team has created over on the Taylormadecards4u blog and you can find the Passport to Love digital kit in Monica Taylor's Etsy store here.

P.S. We'll have another fun retro Valentine release on January 25!

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